Linguaphile wrote:Too in Estonian is used a bit more often than the textbooks would lead you to believe. It's true that it's used less commonly than see, but it's definitely used.
Thanks a lot!
dat = 'it', something previously mentioned
dát = 'this', proximity to the speaker
diet = 'this/that', proximity to the listener
duot = 'that', distance from both
dot = 'that', large distance from both
dát = 'this,' proximity to speaker
dat = 'that,' proximity to the listener
dut = 'that,' distance from both
see = 'it', 'this', proximity to the speaker (sometimes also used for 'that', distance from speaker)
too = 'that', distance from the speaker
se = 'it' (colloq. also 'he, she')
tämä = 'this', proximity
tuo = 'that', distance
se = 'it,' 'this,' 'that'
nece = 'this,' proximity to the speaker
se = 'it,' 'that,' distance from the speaker
kase = 'this,' proximity to the speaker
se = 'that,' distance from the speaker
seo = 'it,' 'this,' proximity to the speaker
taa = 'that,' proximity to the listener
tuu = 'that, it' distance from both
те / te = 'this', proximity
се / se = 'that', distance
тиде, ты* / tide, ty* = 'this', proximity
тудо, ту* / tudo, tu* = 'that', distance; 'he, she, it'
тидӹ, ти* / tidy, ti* = 'this', proximity
тӹдӹ, тӹ* / tydy, ty*= 'that', distance
* In Meadow Mari, the short forms are optional. In Hill Mari, the short forms have to be used when the pronoun appears before a noun as an attribute. тайö / tajö = 'this', proximity
сiйö / sijö = 'that', distance; 'he, she, it'
tim = 'this,' proximity and visible
ťit = 'this,' proximity and unseen
tom = 'that,' distant and visible
ťot = 'that,' distant and unseen