Vocab: sõltuma - to depend
to depend; to depend on; to be strongly affected or controlled by something or someone; to obey someone; to be under someone's control
Building blocks
sõltu- → root meaning related to “addiction” or “dependence”
-ma → infinitive ending
The root sõltu- comes from sõltus, which means both dependence and addiction, reflecting a state of being bound or tied to something.
How to use it
What to remember
What or Whom you are dependent on is in the Elative Case (ending -st)
See these in use ⬇️
Examples
Hea tervis sõltub paljudest teguritest, näiteks toitumisest ja liikumisest
Literally: “Good health depends many-from factors-from for-example nutrition-from and exercise-from”
Idiomatically: “Good health depends on many factors, such as nutrition and exercise”
Hea - Adjective - Nominative Singular: "Good"
tervis - Noun - Nominative Singular: "health"
sõltub - Verb - 3rd Person Singular, Present Tense: "depends"
paljudest - Pronoun - Elative Plural: "from many"
teguritest - Noun - Elative plural: "from factors"
näiteks - Adverb - Indeclinable: "for example"
toitumisest - Noun - Elative Singular: "from nutrition"
ja - Conjunction - Indeclinable: "and"
liikumisest - Noun - Elative Singular: "from exercise"