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davisma1984 wrote:I've been learning Estonian off and on for a little while with a textbook I bought a while ago. Its called "Estonian Textbook". Its pretty good. I only went through the first lesson. I gave up because I had no way to learn pronunciation and the three degrees of length are a pain for me. The book as 40 lessons and covers A LOT of vocabulary and grammar. Just a suggestion if you're looking for a book.
davisma1984 wrote:Yeah, its by Juhan Tuldava. ISBN: 0-933070-34-9
I bought my copy off of Amazon.com.
I can't compare it to other Estonian books. It's the only one I've ever looked at. Every lesson has a grammar section, a text, vocab section, exercises, and expressions. Every chapter has a different theme for expressions.
Liisi wrote:I also have a question for anyone who can answer: I know that tänan and aitäh both mean "thank you", but is there any difference when to use which one?
Liisi wrote:Liisi wrote:I also have a question for anyone who can answer: I know that tänan and aitäh both mean "thank you", but is there any difference when to use which one?
Today I found out the answer myself: aitäh is what people usually say, and tänan is something more official.
Liisi wrote:Ma olen Liisi (I am Liisi), ma olen soomlane (I am a Finn). Ma räägin (I speak) soome keelt (Finnish), vene keelt (Russian), inglise keelt (English) ja (and) leedu keelt (Lithuanian). Ma saan aru (I understand) natukene (a little) eesti keelt (Estonian), kuid (but) ma ei oska (I don't know how to) rääkida (speak).
Liisi wrote:1) Instead of ma you can also say mina
Liisi wrote:3) Estonian verbs can have two different infinitives depending on the other verbs in the sentence, for example "to speak" can be either rääkida or rääkima. The -da ending usually goes in sentences that express you like doing smth, you can do smth, you want to do smth... etc. But there are exceptions.
Liisi wrote:I also have a question for anyone who can answer: I know that tänan and aitäh both mean "thank you", but is there any difference when to use which one?
E}{pugnator wrote:http://www.ibs.ee/dict/
A very good Estonian-English-Estonian dictionary.
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