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NowhereMan
Number of posts : 350 Age : 41 Localisation : Russia Registration date : 2007-05-17
| Subject: Learning Estonian language Wed Jun 13, 2007 9:10 pm | |
| Tere everyone. I have already said that I would like to learn estonian. I am not gonna try very hard, because it's just for fun. It will be my hobby or something... Anyways, I have no idea how the language sounds and there's no books here, so I am looking for someone who can help me. If you are a Skype user or just can send me audio-files to some estonian words and phrases I'd appreciate that a lot. Here I will post my questions and thoughts regarding the language. If you have something to say about the language and/or want to help you're welcome | |
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Kiskun
Number of posts : 319 Age : 36 Localisation : Hungary, Kecskemét Registration date : 2007-05-20
| Subject: Re: Learning Estonian language Thu Jun 14, 2007 3:55 pm | |
| I had similar thoughts some weeks ago. And I also engaged myself with Estonian as I could borrow a book "Észt nyelvkönyv" from the library. I reached a level, but I must concentrate on Swedish now and I am better at Finnish than Estonian ,but that knowledge isn't so solid, so I should practice Finnish rather, before going on with Estonian :/ But even though I am still interested in Estonian. | |
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whatever
Number of posts : 33 Registration date : 2007-05-22
| Subject: Re: Learning Estonian language Thu Jun 14, 2007 9:00 pm | |
| http://www.speakestonian.co.uk/ This site may help learn but don't know where to get recorded expressions/words And Kisku Estonian is kinda similar to Finnish. Estonian isn't probably the easiest language to learn. Some consider it one of the hardest to learn, but what do I know some people say Chines is easy but sounds very hard for me Since Estonian and Finnish sound kinda similar: http://donnerwetter.kielikeskus.helsinki.fi/FinnishForForeigners/parts-index.htm here Finns have recorded speech, then it will give some kind of idea how does Estonian sound. Happy learning | |
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Helena
Number of posts : 142 Age : 32 Localisation : Eesti/Estonia, Tallinn Registration date : 2007-05-17
| Subject: Re: Learning Estonian language Thu Jun 14, 2007 10:28 pm | |
| Maybe some Estonian videos from youtube would be useful? I guess you'll get a quite good imagination about how it sounds from this one: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LbyIXAbXhhI . Don't mind the singers, we are not all like them And how about the AK news: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M0AZUi0FJT0 And that's the funny man who has frequently promised to blow up the monument (which for his sorrow is now relocated so he doesn't have any reason to put bombs any more): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D6o59dhA25Y&mode=related&search= https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Egme7q1ubyY&mode=related&search= . It's a comedy show from the time when Bush was just about to come to Estonia. Edu! | |
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Admin Admin
Number of posts : 96 Localisation : Estonia Registration date : 2007-05-12
| Subject: Re: Learning Estonian language Thu Jun 14, 2007 11:38 pm | |
| come to visit and learn in person | |
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Kiskun
Number of posts : 319 Age : 36 Localisation : Hungary, Kecskemét Registration date : 2007-05-20
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Communist Gipsy
Number of posts : 107 Age : 41 Localisation : Финляндия Registration date : 2007-05-21
| Subject: Re: Learning Estonian language Fri Jun 15, 2007 5:25 pm | |
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Earthland
Number of posts : 112 Registration date : 2007-05-17
| Subject: Re: Learning Estonian language Sat Jun 16, 2007 10:56 am | |
| I tried to learn finnish. It's even more difficult than Russian language for me, because our languages sounds similar but grammar etc are different . Taking it as a hobby, I think it won't be very hard... | |
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NowhereMan
Number of posts : 350 Age : 41 Localisation : Russia Registration date : 2007-05-17
| Subject: Re: Learning Estonian language Sat Jun 16, 2007 8:19 pm | |
| - Quote :
- I guess you'll get a quite good imagination about how it sounds from this one: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LbyIXAbXhhI . Don't mind the singers, we are not all like them
Yeah, it sounds like Finnish, and I quite like it. It's not easy to learn, but not that hard, I think... Thanks for the links | |
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Kiskun
Number of posts : 319 Age : 36 Localisation : Hungary, Kecskemét Registration date : 2007-05-20
| Subject: Re: Learning Estonian language Sat Jun 16, 2007 11:50 pm | |
| For us, Finnish sounds like when a 5 year old child starts to use the funniest terminations for every word. And Estonian sounds like when a 3 year old child does the same, just with funny "s" sounds. | |
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whatever
Number of posts : 33 Registration date : 2007-05-22
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Kiskun
Number of posts : 319 Age : 36 Localisation : Hungary, Kecskemét Registration date : 2007-05-20
| Subject: Re: Learning Estonian language Sun Jun 17, 2007 2:21 am | |
| But on the contrary with Finnish, we DO have one really common word with Estonian, which is of Finno-Ugrian origin: Sarv=Szarv And one case in grammar is the same in many cases: õht=est--->õhtut=estet (or este--> estét) | |
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Helena
Number of posts : 142 Age : 32 Localisation : Eesti/Estonia, Tallinn Registration date : 2007-05-17
| Subject: Re: Learning Estonian language Sun Jun 17, 2007 2:42 am | |
| - NowhereMan wrote:
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- I guess you'll get a quite good imagination about how it sounds from this one: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LbyIXAbXhhI . Don't mind the singers, we are not all like them
Yeah, it sounds like Finnish, and I quite like it. It's not easy to learn, but not that hard, I think...
Thanks for the links Any time - whatever wrote:
- Kiskun wrote:
- For us, Finnish sounds like when a 5 year old child starts to use the funniest terminations for every word. And Estonian sounds like when a 3 year old child does the same, just with funny "s" sounds.
Well Estonia and Finnish languages are similar biggest difference is that Estonian have more vocals used what makes it harder to spell and makes the language "ring". There's also another quite big difference when you start learning - when Finnish has only two lenghts of consonants (short and overlong), Estonia has three (short, long and overlong), if I remember right. Plus we have a little more cases. By the way I, to Estonians Hungarian sounds very weird, too By the way II, "est" is "õhtu" not "õht" in Estonian. By the wayIII, I've heard there are 23 cases in Hungarian. Is that true? Because I have been thinking about starting to study Hungarian but that news actually decreased my enthusiasm a bit. (In Estonian there are only 14.) | |
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Kiskun
Number of posts : 319 Age : 36 Localisation : Hungary, Kecskemét Registration date : 2007-05-20
| Subject: Re: Learning Estonian language Sun Jun 17, 2007 12:17 pm | |
| - Helena wrote:
- NowhereMan wrote:
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- I guess you'll get a quite good imagination about how it sounds from this one: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LbyIXAbXhhI . Don't mind the singers, we are not all like them
Yeah, it sounds like Finnish, and I quite like it. It's not easy to learn, but not that hard, I think...
Thanks for the links Any time
- whatever wrote:
- Kiskun wrote:
- For us, Finnish sounds like when a 5 year old child starts to use the funniest terminations for every word. And Estonian sounds like when a 3 year old child does the same, just with funny "s" sounds.
Well Estonia and Finnish languages are similar biggest difference is that Estonian have more vocals used what makes it harder to spell and makes the language "ring". There's also another quite big difference when you start learning - when Finnish has only two lenghts of consonants (short and overlong), Estonia has three (short, long and overlong), if I remember right. Plus we have a little more cases.
By the way I, to Estonians Hungarian sounds very weird, too
By the way II, "est" is "õhtu" not "õht" in Estonian. By the wayIII, I've heard there are 23 cases in Hungarian. Is that true? Because I have been thinking about starting to study Hungarian but that news actually decreased my enthusiasm a bit. (In Estonian there are only 14.) Oh yeah, "õhtu", otherwise it would get a vowel... Well, there are 18 cases which can be taken to anything which is not a verb, but altogether the number of cases can be 34. And yeah, we use all of them. You say, "Mina lähen rongiga" , we use also -ga (-val/-vel) not "by" and -"lla/llä" like other languages. So learn Hungarian! | |
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Kiskun
Number of posts : 319 Age : 36 Localisation : Hungary, Kecskemét Registration date : 2007-05-20
| Subject: Re: Learning Estonian language Sun Jul 01, 2007 4:56 pm | |
| Do Estonians also consider an elk something strong like Finns do in linguistical contexts? | |
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Helena
Number of posts : 142 Age : 32 Localisation : Eesti/Estonia, Tallinn Registration date : 2007-05-17
| Subject: Re: Learning Estonian language Sun Jul 01, 2007 9:47 pm | |
| For Estonians an elk is no symbol, excepting the fact that Finnish are often called "põdrad" by Estonians. It's not considered to be very polite. And I better not think what are the Finnish calling us. | |
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Kakeporo
Number of posts : 4 Localisation : Finland Registration date : 2007-05-22
| Subject: no nick for Estonians in Finland Mon Jul 02, 2007 12:37 pm | |
| - Helena wrote:
- For Estonians an elk is no symbol, excepting the fact that Finnish are often called "põdrad" by Estonians. It's not considered to be very polite. And I better not think what are the Finnish calling us.
we may have some own fault for the nick "põdrad" "poro" . I think no-one gets insulted of it. Estonia has a false name in finnish: we call Estonia as Viro and estonian is "virolainen" lives he/she in Virumaa or not. Maybe the finns visiting Tallinn have changed a little bit from the past to more sophisticated manners, but still we see a lot of boozing there. The alcohol is so temptating cheap there! | |
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Kiskun
Number of posts : 319 Age : 36 Localisation : Hungary, Kecskemét Registration date : 2007-05-20
| Subject: Re: Learning Estonian language Thu Jul 05, 2007 3:50 pm | |
| Isamaa ilu hoieldes Okey,so now Estonians are going to translate me what it means. I know isamaa=fatherland (motherland), like the land of the ancestors, ancient land of us... ilu=gladness, joy hoieldes=? Mis hoieldes on? That song rocks | |
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Helena
Number of posts : 142 Age : 32 Localisation : Eesti/Estonia, Tallinn Registration date : 2007-05-17
| Subject: Re: Learning Estonian language Thu Jul 05, 2007 5:28 pm | |
| "Hoieldes" is about the same as "hoides" (comes from word "hoidma"=to keep, to save, to hold), but "hoieldes" is rarely used somewhere else than in poems. Isamaa ilu hoieldes=when saving fatherland's beauty And I agree about the song | |
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Kiskun
Number of posts : 319 Age : 36 Localisation : Hungary, Kecskemét Registration date : 2007-05-20
| Subject: Re: Learning Estonian language Thu Jul 05, 2007 5:57 pm | |
| - Helena wrote:
- "Hoieldes" is about the same as "hoides" (comes from word "hoidma"=to keep, to save, to hold), but "hoieldes" is rarely used somewhere else than in poems.
Isamaa ilu hoieldes=when saving fatherland's beauty
And I agree about the song Tänan. Though I don't completely understand its grammar now. Is hoieldes a noun? | |
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Helena
Number of posts : 142 Age : 32 Localisation : Eesti/Estonia, Tallinn Registration date : 2007-05-17
| Subject: Re: Learning Estonian language Thu Jul 05, 2007 6:08 pm | |
| - Kiskun wrote:
- Helena wrote:
- "Hoieldes" is about the same as "hoides" (comes from word "hoidma"=to keep, to save, to hold), but "hoieldes" is rarely used somewhere else than in poems.
Isamaa ilu hoieldes=when saving fatherland's beauty
And I agree about the song Tänan. Though I don't completely understand its grammar now. Is hoieldes a noun? No, it's a verb. Unfortunately I can't explain you that, I think. It answers to a question "mida tehes" (probably ca be translated "when doing something", I hope it gives you the main idea). | |
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Communist Gipsy
Number of posts : 107 Age : 41 Localisation : Финляндия Registration date : 2007-05-21
| Subject: Re: Learning Estonian language Thu Jul 05, 2007 10:08 pm | |
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Kiskun
Number of posts : 319 Age : 36 Localisation : Hungary, Kecskemét Registration date : 2007-05-20
| Subject: Re: Learning Estonian language Fri Jul 06, 2007 1:06 am | |
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Kiskun
Number of posts : 319 Age : 36 Localisation : Hungary, Kecskemét Registration date : 2007-05-20
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Helena
Number of posts : 142 Age : 32 Localisation : Eesti/Estonia, Tallinn Registration date : 2007-05-17
| Subject: Re: Learning Estonian language Fri Jul 06, 2007 1:40 am | |
| You're welcome, Kiskun I've heard that Russians call Estonians "tshuhnaa's" which is supposed to be quite impolite. Is that true? And the Swedes undoubtedly also have names for us as (at least as much as I've heard) they don't like us. | |
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