Vocab: sisaldama - to contain
to contain; to include; to hold within; to have something as a part or ingredient; to encompass
Building blocks
sisal- → root, related to sisald- / sisu (content, substance, interior)
-da- → verb stem extension
-ma → infinitive ending
So literally sisaldama means: “to have substance/content inside”
How to use it
What to remember
What is contained is in the Partitive case (third base form)
Example
See raamat sisaldab palju kasulikku teavet.
Literally: “This book contains much useful-of information.”
Idiomatically: “This book contains a lot of useful information.”
See – Pronoun – Nominative Singular: "This"
raamat – Noun – Nominative Singular: "book"
sisaldab – Verb – 3rd Person Singular, Present Tense: "contains"
palju – Adverb – Indeclinable: "much/a lot of"
kasulikku – Adjective – Partitive Singular: "useful"
teavet – Noun – Partitive Singular: "information"