Vocab: masendav - depressing

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depressing; disheartening; something that brings you down emotionally; that which causes a feeling of heaviness or hopelessness

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Building blocks

• masen- → root (base meaning: to weigh down/oppress)

• da- → verb infinitive ending (masendama = to depress)

• -v → adjective forming ending (turns the verb into "that which depresses")

So literally "masendav" means "that which is depressing/that which weighs you down."

How to use it:

Here is how you use the word “masendav” ⬇️

Examples

See film oli masendav, aga väga hea

Literally: “That film was depressing but very good”

Idiomatically: “That film was depressing but really good”

See - Pronoun - Nominative Singular: "That/This"
film - Noun - Nominative Singular: "film"
oli - Verb - 3rd Person Singular, Past Tense: "was"
masendav - Adjective - Nominative Singular: "depressing"
aga - Conjunction - Indeclinable: "but"
väga - Adverb - Indeclinable: "very"
hea - Adjective - Nominative Singular: "good"