Eesti Notes: Part 8

Part 8 of my Estonian language notes~!

Eesti Notes Part 8

Estonian Textbook Lesson 1

PERSONAL PRONOUNS!

There are two forms of personal pronouns in Estonian; long form to emphasize the pronoun, and for when you would rather not.

Mina – Ma	‘I’	Meie – me	‘we’
Sina – Sa	‘you’	Teie – te	‘you’ [plural]
Tema – ta	‘he/she/it’	Nemad – nad	‘they'

Ma olen siin – ‘I am here’
Mina olen siin - ‘I am here’

PRESENT TENSE NOTES!

In Estonian, present tense words have a stem at the end to tell you who it is referring to. Here are some examples.

	Thank	Come	Speak	Beg	Study	Be
Mina	tänan	tulen	räägin	palun	õpin	olen
Sina	tänad	tuled	räägid	palud	õpid	oled
Tema	tänab	tuleb	räägib	palub	õpib	on
Meie	täname	tuleme	räägime	palume	õpime	oleme
Teie	tänate	tulete	räägite	palute	õpite	olete
Nemad	tänavad	tulevad	räägivad	paluvad	õpivad	on

Present tense words use the following stems, to explain the above table;

1st Person Singular	-n	1st person Plural	-me
2nd person singular	-d	2nd person plural	-te
3rd person Singular	-b	3rd person plural	-vad

LESSON 1 VOCABULARY!

Amérika - America
Ameerikas – In America 
améeriklane - (an) American 
eestlane - (an) Estonian 
ela/n - (I) live 
Homme - tomorrow 
Hästi - Well 
Inglise keel - (the) English Language 
Ja - And 
Ka - Also 
Kirjuta/n - (I) write 
Kodus – at home 
Palu/n - (I) beg; Please; You’re welcome 
Räägin ___ keelt - (I) speak the ___ language 
Seal - there 
Siin - here
Tule/n - (I) come 
Täna - today 
Täna/n - (I) thank you; thanks 
Väga – Very much 
Ole/n - (I) am 
Õpin - (I) learn/study 

I used a boook called Estonian Textbook for these notes, and got some help from my good friend Tea!

I continue to learn more :)

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