juurde / juures / juurest

To Someone's Place (Juurde)

Level 2

To go to a person, use their name or title in the genitive plus juurde: Ma lähen arsti juurde. (I'm going to the doctor.) Being there is juures, and coming back is juurest.

How It Works

The three forms

  • juurde – to: Ma lähen arsti juurde. (I'm going to the doctor.)
  • juures – at: Ta on arsti juures. (She is at the doctor's.)
  • juurest – from: Ma tulen just juuksuri juurest. (I've just come from the hairdresser's.)

Choose the form by the verb, as with other three-way postpositions.

With people
Use juurde, juures and juurest for going to see someone, whether at their home or where they work: sõbra juurde (to a friend's), vanaema juures (at grandma's), arsti juurest (from the doctor's). A regular visit uses käima: Ma käisin eile arsti juures. (I went to the doctor yesterday.)

With places and things
Here the words mean "by" or "near": Kohtume jaama juures. (Let's meet by the station.) Ta läks akna juurde. (He went over to the window.)

Asking
The question word is kelle (whose): Kelle juurde sa lähed? (Who are you going to see?)

Good to know
For someone's home you will also hear poole, pool and poolt: Ma lähen vanaema poole. (I'm going to grandma's place.)

Examples (6)

  1. Ma lähen arsti juurde.

    I'm going to the doctor.

    Word by Word: I go doctor(GEN) to

  2. Ta on praegu arsti juures.

    She's at the doctor's right now.

    Word by Word: she is now doctor(GEN) at

  3. Ma tulen just juuksuri juurest.

    I've just come from the hairdresser's.

    Word by Word: I come just hairdresser(GEN) from

  4. Ma elan praegu sõbra juures.

    I'm staying at a friend's place for now.

    Word by Word: I live now friend(GEN) at

  5. Kohtume jaama juures.

    Let's meet by the station.

    Word by Word: meet-we station(GEN) at

  6. Tule minu juurde!

    Come over to my place!

    Word by Word: come me(GEN) to

Common Mistakes

  • Putting a person into the illative, like a building.

    Ma lähen arstisse.
    Ma lähen arsti juurde.

    People do not take the "into" ending -sse. Use the genitive plus juurde.

  • Using juurde when you are already there.

    Ma olen arsti juurde.
    Ma olen arsti juures.

    olema (be) takes the "where" form juures. Keep juurde for movement.

  • Leaving the noun in the basic form.

    Ma lähen arst juurde.
    Ma lähen arsti juurde.

    The noun before juurde is in the genitive: arst → arsti.

How It Connects

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juurde / juures / juurestLevel 2To Someone's Place (Juurde)

Learn This First

juurde is a three-way position word.

Words in This Pattern

juurdejuuresjuurest