x0xLucyMx0x Posted September 18, 2016 Report Posted September 18, 2016 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) linguaholic 1 Quote
linguaholic Posted September 18, 2016 Report Posted September 18, 2016 Great posts! Thanks so much for introducing those Estonian Basics. Much appreciated! Quote
x0xLucyMx0x Posted September 18, 2016 Author Report Posted September 18, 2016 26 minutes ago, linguaholic said: Great posts! Thanks so much for introducing those Estonian Basics. Much appreciated! 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. linguaholic 1 Quote
linguaholic Posted September 18, 2016 Report Posted September 18, 2016 Those words are extremely close to the German equivalents. Maybe I have to start studying Estonian in the near future Quote
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