Vocab: tavaline - ordinary
ordinary; usual; normal; frequent; common; typical; habitual
Building blocks
tava- → custom, habit, common practice
-line → adjective-forming ending (-like, characteristic of)
So at its core, tavaline = “the way it’s usually done”, not special, not standing out — just following tava (custom)
How to use it:
Here is how you use the word “tavaline” ⬇️
Examples
Tavaline hommik algas vaikse vihmaga
Literally: “Ordinary morning began quiet rain-with”
Idiomatically: “An ordinary morning began with quiet rain”
NB! In Estonian, adjectives agree with the noun in case and number,
but they do NOT take -ga in the comitative.
Tavaline - Adjective - Nominative Singular: "Ordinary"
hommik - Noun - Nomiantive Singular: "morning"
algas - Verb - 3rd Person Singular, Past Tense: "began"
vaikse - Adjective - Comitative Singular: "quiet"
vihmaga - Noun - Comitative Singular: "with rain"