Vocab: solvuma - to get offended
to get offended; to take offense; to feel insulted; to feel hurt or offended by someone's words or actions
Building blocks
solv- → likely derived from "solvama", which means "to insult" or "to offend"
-u- → reflexive (meaning the subject performs an action upon itself). In this case, it translates to "to become offended" or "to take offense"
-ma → infinitive ending
The root "solva-" is considered a loanword from Finnish, where "solvata" carries a similar meaning of "to insult."
How to use it
What to remember
Whom or what you get offended by is in the Genitive case and you add the word “peale” (onto)
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Examples
Kas sa solvusid minu nalja peale?
Literally: “Did you get offended my joke onto”
Idiomatically: “Did you get offended by my joke?”
Kas - Adverb - Indeclinable: "Did"
sa - Pronoun - Nominative Singular: "you"
solvusid - Verb - 2nd Person Singular, Past Tense: "get offended"
minu - Pronoun - Genitive Singular: "my"
nalja - Noun - Genitive Singular: "joke"
peale - Postposition - Indeclinable: "onto"