inimesele

Inimesele is the allative singular form of the Estonian noun inimene, meaning “a person.” The allative case marks direction toward a person or recipient and is used in sentences where the person is the indirect object or beneficiary of an action. It is one of the grammatical case endings that Estonian uses instead of prepositions to indicate recipients.

Morphology and usage: The allative form is created from the genitive stem inimese- by adding the suffix -le, yielding inimesele. The corresponding plural form is inimestele, used for “to people.” In sentences, inimesele commonly appears with verbs that involve giving, sending, writing to, or addressing someone. For example: Ma annan raamatu inimesele. (I am giving the book to the person.) Ma kirjutan inimesele. (I am writing to the person.) See on mõeldud inimesele. (This is intended for a person.)

Notes and related forms: In the Estonian case system, allative forms contrast with other cases such as adessive, elative, and genitive. The adessive form inimesel means “on the person,” while the genitive inimene’s and its stem inimese- appear in other cases (for example, inimese kuuendasti). The plural allative varies accordingly to broader discourse, with inimesed used for “people” and inimestele for “to people.”

Overall, inimesele functions as a standard grammatical tool to indicate the recipient or target of an action toward a single person within Estonian syntax.