keegi / midagi
Someone and Something
Keegi helistas means someone called. Kas sa tahad midagi? means do you want something?
How It Works
keegi is someone, a person. miski is something, a thing.
Their forms. The ending -gi or -ki stays at the very end of the word:
- keegi – kellegi (genitive) – kedagi (partitive) – kellelegi (to someone) – kellegagi (with someone)
- miski – millegi (genitive) – midagi (partitive) – millestki (about something)
In speech you may hear forms like kellegile and kellegiga, but the written standard is kellelegi and kellegagi.
midagi is the form you meet most, because objects are often partitive: Ma tahan midagi. (I want something.) It also appears in "there is" sentences: Laual on midagi. (There is something on the table.)
Describing words after midagi go into the partitive too: midagi uut (something new), midagi head (something good). After keegi they agree with it: keegi tuttav (someone I know), kedagi tuttavat.
With a da-infinitive: midagi süüa (something to eat), midagi juua (something to drink).
In questions, keegi and midagi mean anyone and anything: Kas keegi on kodus? (Is anyone home?)
With a negative verb they mean nobody and nothing: Keegi ei tulnud. (Nobody came.)
Examples (6)
- Keegi helistas sulle.
Someone called you.
- Kas sa tahad midagi süüa?
Do you want something to eat?
Midagi + da-infinitive: something to eat.
- Kas keegi on kodus?
Is anyone home?
- Ma nägin pargis kedagi tuttavat.
I saw someone I know in the park.
The object is partitive: kedagi, and tuttav agrees: tuttavat.
- Räägi mulle midagi huvitavat.
Tell me something interesting.
The adjective after midagi is also partitive: huvitavat.
- Ta rääkis kellegagi telefonis.
She was talking to someone on the phone.
The comitative of keegi is kellegagi: -gi stays at the end.
Common Mistakes
Using keegi in the nominative as an object.
Ma nägin keegi.Ma nägin kedagi.As an object, keegi is in the partitive: kedagi.
Leaving the adjective after midagi in the nominative.
Räägi midagi huvitav.Räägi midagi huvitavat.A describing word after midagi is also in the partitive.
Using keegi for a thing.
Laual on keegi.Laual on midagi.Laual on keegi means that a person is on the table. For a thing, use miski, midagi.
How It Connects
Learn This First
keegi and midagi are built on kes and mis.
Related Patterns
- keegi ei / mitte midagiNobody and Nothing
With a negative verb, keegi and midagi mean nobody and nothing.
Level 2 - -gi/-kiToo and Even (-gi/-ki)
The same -gi/-ki ending that makes these words indefinite.
Level 3 - Partitive Object
Midagi is common because objects are often partitive.
Level 2 - kunagi / kuskil / kuhugiSometime and Somewhere
The same -gi pattern gives words for sometime and somewhere.
Level 3
Words in This Pattern
Practice keegi / midagi in Bubblegum
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