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 example See film meeldib mulle meaning “This film pleases me” or “I like this film.” For plural subjects, the form changes to meeldivad, as in Need asjad meeldivad mulle “Those things please me.” The negative form is ei meeldi, as in Mulle ei meeldi see raamat “I don’t like this book.” The past tense can be expressed with meeldis/meeldisid, for example See film meeldis mulle “That film pleased me.”

Meeldima comes from a stem related to meel, meaning sense of pleasure or liking. The related adjective meeldiv means pleasant, and it frequently appears in everyday language to describe preferences, tastes, or experiences.

Examples:

- 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.