kellele
Kellele is an Estonian pronoun form used to ask about or refer to the recipient or beneficiary of an action. It functions as the to- or for- whom construction in questions and in relative clauses.
In Estonian, kellele is formed from the interrogative pronoun kelle (whose) combined with the allative/dative suffix
Kellele is commonly used in direct questions, such as:
- Kellele see kiri on adresseeritud? (To whom is this letter addressed?)
- Kellele sa selle kingituse annad? (To whom will you give this gift?)
It also occurs in relative clauses, for example:
- Inimene, kellele see kiri on adresseeritud, on mu kolleeg. (The person to whom this letter is addressed
- kellele typically asks about recipients, beneficiaries, or indirect objects, rather than about the owner of something.
- In formal and written Estonian, kellele appears frequently in interrogative and relative structures; in everyday speech,