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"