millises

Millises is an Estonian interrogative determiner form used before nouns to introduce questions about location, selection, or specification. It translates roughly to “in which” or “which kind of” in English and is commonly found in sentences that ask about a particular place, language, or category. The form is inflected to agree with the noun it modifies, so it appears in various number- and case-specific variants such as millises (singular, often with inessive), millistes (plural, with inessive), and other corresponding forms.

Typical usage patterns include phrases that probe where or in what manner something occurs. Examples:

- Millises linnas sa elad? (In which city do you live?)

- Millistes koolides nad õpivad? (In which schools do they study?)

- Millises keeles see kiri on kirjutatud? (In which language is this text written?)

In everyday Estonian, millises is frequently paired with nouns in locational or qualitative contexts to specify a particular setting or kind. The exact inflected form depends on the noun’s number and case, making millises just one of several related forms of the root milline used to construct questions.

Related forms include other inflections of milline, such as milline (base form) and milline + endings adapted to different nouns and grammatical contexts. In dictionaries, milline is described as an interrogative determiner meaning “which kind,” with millises and its variants illustrating its application in real sentences.

See also: milline, mis, kus, millal.

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