Vocab: pealiskaudne - superficial

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superficial; shallow; not very thorough 

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Building blocks

• pealis- → comes from peal = “on, on top of.” The prefix “pealis” often gives the sense of “surface” or “outer layer”

• -kaudne → means “indirect” or “not direct.” It comes from kaud (an old root meaning “by way of, through”)

Literally it means ➡️ “through the surface”→ metaphorically: not going deep, superficial.

How to use it:

Here is how you use the word “pealiskaudne” ⬇️

Examples

Suhtlus jäi pealiskaudseks, sest aega nappis

Literally: “Communication remained superficial-into because time lacked”

Idiomatically: “The communication remained superficial because there wasn’t enough time”

Suhtlus - Noun - Nominative Singular: "Communication"
jäi - Verb - 3rd Person Singular, Past Tense of jääma: "remained"
pealiskaudseks - Adjective - Translative Singular: "into superficial"
sest - Conjunction - Indeclinable: "because"
aega - Noun - Partitive Singular of aeg: "time"
nappis - Verb - 3rd Person Singular, Past Tense of nappima: "lacked"