Vocab: paindlik - flexible

flexible; adaptable; versatile; open to change, not rigid; adaptable to situations and needs; willing to compromise; easily bendable, not stiff

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Building blocks

• paind- → comes from the verb painduma – to bend, to flex

• -lik → an adjective-forming ending, that means "having the quality of" or "characterized by"

Literal meaning:

• Something that bends easily, is not stiff

How to use it:

Here is how you use the word “paindlik” ⬇️

Examples

Paindlik ajakava aitab üliõpilastel õpinguid ja tööd ühildada

Literally: “Flexible schedule helps students-on studies and work to combine”

Idiomatically: “A flexible schedule helps students combine studies and work”

Paindlik - Adjective - Nominative Singular: "Flexible"
ajakava - Noun - Nominative Singular: "schedule"
aitab - Verb - 3rd Person Singular, Present Tense: "helps" 
üliõpilastel - Noun - Adessive Plural: "on students"
õpinguid - Noun - Partitive Plural: "studies"
ja - Conjunction - Indeclinable: "and"
tööd - Noun - Partitive Singular: "work"
ühildada - Verb - da-Infinitive: "to combine"