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selmet

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Estonian

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Etymology

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A contraction of selle asemel et. Created in the 1930s as an artificial stem. See see, ase, and et

Adverb

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selmet (not comparable)

  1. (dated, uncommon) instead of

Usage notes

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selmet (and by extension, selle asemel et) is mostly followed by a -da infinitive or a verb in the conditional. (either directly after it or not)

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