Vocab: võrdlema - to compare

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to compare; to look at things together to see how they are the similar or different

Building blocks

• võrd- → comes from "võrdne" (equal)

• -le- → frequentative (indicates repeated or continuous action)

• -ma → infinitive ending

So võrdlema literally means = to repeatedly check for equality or difference → to compare

How to use it

What to remember

• Whom or what you compare is in the Partitive Case (third base form)

• With whom or with what you compare something is in the Comitative case (ending -ga)

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Examples

Võrdle seda toodet konkurentide pakkumistega

Literally: “Compare this product competitors' offers-with”

Idiomatically: “Compare this product with the competitors' offers”

Võrdle - Verb - 2nd Person Singular, Imperative Mood: "Compare"
seda - Pronoun - Partitive Singular: "this"
toodet - Noun - Partitive Singular: "product"
konkurentide - Noun - Genitive Singular: "competitors'"
pakkumistega - Noun - Comitative Plural: "with offers"