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.
- 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.)
- 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
- Comitative and instrumental constructions in Estonian
- Other vehicle-based forms such as autoga, rongiga, lennukiga