meeldib
Meeldib is an Estonian verb meaning to be pleasing to someone, in effect to like or to find appealing. It is used to express that something is enjoyable or agreeable to a person or group. The person who is pleased is typically in the dative form (for example mulle, sulle, talle), while the thing that pleases is usually in the nominative and serves as the subject of the sentence.
Conjugation and usage notes: In present tense, the form meeldib is used with a singular subject, for
Meeldima comes from a stem related to meel, meaning sense of pleasure or liking. The related adjective
- See film meeldib mulle. (I like this film.)
- Mulle meeldib see restoran. (I like that restaurant.)
- Need asjad meeldivad mulle. (Those things are pleasing to me.)
- Mulle ei meeldi see laul. (I don’t like that song.)
- Eile meeldisid mulle need lood. (Those songs pleased me yesterday.)
Meeldib is common in neutral, everyday Estonian and is a core verb for expressing personal preferences.