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Millised

Millised is an Estonian interrogative determiner and pronoun meaning “which kinds” or “what kind of.” It is the nominative plural form of milline, used when the noun it modifies is plural and in positions where the question concerns type or kind rather than quantity.

Usage and function

Millised is employed to ask about the kind or type of several items. It accompanies a plural

Variants and related forms

Estonian has several related forms for different cases and parts of speech. The partitive plural form is

Etymology and grammar context

Millised belongs to the set of Estonian interrogative pronouns and adjectives built from the base mill- meaning

See also: milline, milliseid, milliste, Estonian grammar.

noun
and
agrees
with
it
in
number
and
case.
It
can
appear
in
direct
questions,
such
as
asking
for
preferences
or
classifications,
and
it
can
also
introduce
a
relative
clause
describing
a
group
of
things
or
people.
For
example:
“Millised
riided
sobivad
peole?”
(Which
clothes
suit
the
party?)
“Millised
omadused
on
oluline?”
(What
kinds
of
features
are
important?)
In
relative
clauses,
it
can
appear
as
in
“inimesed
millised
on
töökad”
to
refer
to
people
who
are
diligent.
milliseid,
used
in
questions
or
clauses
requiring
a
partitive
object,
as
in
“Milliseid
puuvilju
sa
valid?”
The
other
inflections
of
milline,
such
as
milliste
(genitive
plural)
or
millist
(partitive
singular),
are
used
depending
on
the
grammatical
role
and
number
of
the
noun
they
modify.
“which.”
It
is
used
across
formal
and
informal
language
to
identify
or
classify
items
and
is
a
standard
element
of
grammatical
agreement
with
plural
nouns
in
Estonian.