laevaga

Laevaga is the instrumental or comitative form of the Estonian noun laev, meaning ship. It is formed by taking the genitive singular laeva and adding the suffix -ga, resulting in laevaga. The form expresses means of transport (by ship) or accompaniment (with a ship) and is commonly used with verbs of motion or travel.

In use, laevaga appears in contexts where the ship is the medium or companion of an action. It answers questions such as how one travels or with what one arrives. The construction is a standard way to indicate transportation by vessel, similar to autoga (by car) or rongiga (by train).

Examples:

- Ma sõitsin laevaga Tallinnast Helsingi. (I traveled by ship from Tallinn to Helsinki.)

- Ta tuli laevaga. (He/She arrived by ship.)

- Nad jõudsid laevaga sadamasse. (They reached the port by ship.)

Notes:

- Laevaga relies on the genitive laeva plus -ga, a common pattern for comitative/instrumental forms in Estonian.

- The form is versatile and can be used with various verbs of movement or accompaniment, and it often appears in travel writing or directions describing transport options.

See also:

- Comitative and instrumental constructions in Estonian

- Other vehicle-based forms such as autoga, rongiga, lennukiga

- Transportation and travel phrases in Estonian