käändatud

"Käändatud" is a term used in the Estonian language to describe a word that has been inflected or declined according to its grammatical function in a sentence. In Estonian, nouns, adjectives, pronouns, and verbs can all be käändatud, and the process of inflection is governed by a complex system of declensions and conjugations.

The Estonian language has 14 cases, which are used to indicate the relationship between words in a sentence. These cases include nominative, genitive, partitive, translative, inessive, elative, illative, adessive, ablative, allative, abessive, comitative, terminative, and essive. Each case has its own set of endings, which are added to the base form of the word to create the käändatud form.

For example, the noun "koer" (dog) can be käändatud in the genitive case to mean "of the dog" or "the dog's." The base form "koer" would be changed to "koera" to indicate the genitive case.

The process of käändamine (inflection) is an essential aspect of Estonian grammar, as it allows speakers to express a wide range of meanings and relationships between words in a sentence. Mastery of käändamine is a key component of learning the Estonian language, as it enables speakers to communicate effectively and accurately.