Vocab: rõõmus - happy

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happy; joyful; cheerful; glad; feeling or expressing joy

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Building blocks

• rõõm- → root: the noun rõõm (”joy”)

• -us → adjective ending (turns the noun into an adjective — “full of joy”)

So literally “rõõmus” means “having joy/full of joy”

How to use it:

Here is how you use the word “rõõmus” ⬇️

What to remember

To say what you are happy about, use the postposition üle ("over/about") with the genitive: rõõmus millegi üle.

Example

Ma olen väga rõõmus sinu edu üle

Literally: “I am very happy your success over”

Idiomatically: “I'm very happy about your success.”

Ma – Pronoun – Nominative Singular: "I"
olen – Verb – 1st Person Singular, Present Tense: "am"
väga – Adverb, Indeclinable: "very"
rõõmus – Adjective – Nominative Singular: "happy"
sinu – Pronoun – Genitive Singular: "your"
edu – Noun – Genitive Singular: "success"
üle – Postposition (governs genitive): "about/over"