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      Basic Estonian / Eesti keel


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      Hello! 

      I'm a native Estonian speaker here and I thought that I would share some basic Estonian here. 

      Tere - hello, hi

      Tere hommikust! - Good morning! (hommik - morning)

      Tere päevast! - Good afternoon! (päev - day)

      Tere õhtust! - Good evening! (õhtu - evening)

      Tere tulemast! - Welcome! 

      Head aega! - Goodbye! (literal translation Hea - good, aeg - time)

      Nägemist! - Goodbye!/See you! 

      Head ööd! - Good night! (öö - night)

      Aitäh - Thank you

      Tänan - Thank you

      Palun - Please; You're welcome

      Jah - yes

      Ei - no

      Minu nimi on ... - My name is ...

      Mina olen... - I am ...

       

      And here's an example how to pronounce letters (I found it on the internet)

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        On 9/18/2016 at 12:32 PM, linguaholic said:

      Great posts! Thanks so much for introducing those Estonian Basics. Much appreciated!

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      I see that your native language is German, so I'm glad to inform you that there are German loans in Estonian. 

      For example:

      • arst (Arzt, doctor)
      • suhkur (Zucker, sugar)
      • loss (Schloss, castle/palace)
      • kleit (Kleid, dress)
      • tass (Tasse, cup)

      There are many exampes. Estonian also has Swedish and Russian loans due to ocupations in the past. 

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