Declinations in estonian
In the sentence "Vahel, vaatame taevasse" I know infinitive vaatama turns into vaatame to say we look or we see. And I know taevas means sky or heaven. sufix: "se" at the end of the word Taevas-se means "in direction to" or "at"
I want you to give me more examples to know how and when to use "se" sufix like this in taevasse, sentences made with different verbs plurar.. I just want to know when i should is "se" sufix at the end of the object from the sentence.

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Declinations in estonian
In the sentence "Vahel, vaatame taevasse" I know infinitive vaatama turns into  vaatame to say we look or we see. And I know taevas means sky or heaven. sufix: "se" at the end of the word Taevas-se means "in direction to" or "at" 
I want you to give me more examples to know how and when to use "se" sufix like this in taevasse, sentences made with different verbs plurar.. I just want to know when i should is "se" sufix at the end of the object from the sentence.

Answer

"-sse" suffix indicates the Illative case and means usually "into" something.
Me istume autosse. We sit into the car.
Ta vajub mõttesse. He falls into his thoughts.
Sa süvened töösse. You delve into the work.

See also:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Estonian_locative_system
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Illative_case

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