Vocab: uurima - to investigate
to investigate; to examine; to research; to study; to look at something carefully or to try to find out information by reading, asking questions, or analyzing; to discover something; to do scientific research
Building blocks
uuri → related to the meaning to examine closely, to investigate, to study carefully, or to look into something in detail
-ma → infinitive ending
Origin: It’s a native Estonian word (põlissõna)
How to use it
What to remember
Whom or what you investigate/examine/research is in the Partitive Case (third base form)
See the examples below ⬇️
Examples
Ajaloolane uurib keskaja käsikirjade säilimist ja levikut
Literally: “Historian is studying medieval manuscripts preservation and distribution”
Idiomatically: “The historian is studying the preservation and distribution of medieval manuscripts”
Ajaloolane - Noun - Nominative Singular: "Historian"
uurib - Verb - 3rd Person Singular, Present Tense: "is studying"
keskaja - Noun - Genitive Singular: "medieval"
käsikirjade - Noun - Genitive Plural: "manuscripts"
säilimist - Noun - Partitive Singular: "preservation"
ja - Conjunction - Indeclinable: "and"
levikut - Noun - Partitive Singular: "distribution"