teistele

Teistele is an Estonian grammatical form used to express direction toward or allocation to others. It is the allative case form of the determiner teine, meaning “other” or “another,” and it functions to mark the recipient in ditransitive constructions.

In usage, teistele indicates recipients when the clause involves giving or transferring something to more than one person. The corresponding singular form is teisele, used for a single recipient. For example, in a sentence like “Ma annan selle teistele,” the phrase translates roughly as “I give this to the others.” By contrast, “Ma annan selle teisele” would refer to giving to one other person.

Morphology and scope: teistele is the plural allative form and is typically used with plural recipients. Its exact inflection can depend on the surrounding syntactic structure, but its core function remains to designate the indirect object or beneficiary in a transfer toward others. It appears in standard Estonian and is common in everyday speech as well as in written language.

See also: Allative case, Estonian grammar, teine (the root meaning “other”).