Estonian 5 Flashcards
Chapter 5 of Keeleklikk: My Family!
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Q
My family
A
Minu pere
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Q
Cat
Cats
A
Kass
Kassid
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Q
only
A
ainult
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Q
man
A
mees
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Q
attractive
A
sümpaatne
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Q
What an attractive man!
A
Nii sümpaatne mees!
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Q
Show me!
A
Näita!
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Q
lovely
A
väga armas
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Q
wife
A
naine
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Q
He has a lovely wife too.
A
Tal on väga armas naine ka.
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Q
beautiful home
A
ilus kodu
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Q
child\nchildren
A
laps\nlapsed
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Q
Do they have (any) children too?
A
Kas neil on lapsi ka?
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Q
young daughter
A
väike tütar
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Q
And the man has children from the previous marriage too
A
Ja mehel on eelmisest abielust ka lapsed.
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Q
grandmother
A
vanaema
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Q
grandfather
A
vanaisa
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Q
dead
A
surnud
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Q
I don’t have a grandmother. She’s dead.
A
Vanaema mul ei ole. Vanaema on surnud.
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Q
own
A
oma
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Q
Does he have his own house there?
A
Kas tal on seal oma maja?
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Q
there
A
seal
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Q
summer
A
suvi
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Q
I am often there in the summer.
A
Ma olen suvel sageli seal.
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married
abielus
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several
mitu
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year
years
aastal
aastat
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By the way
Muide
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happy
õnnelik
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One would assume. (I can guess!)
Arvata võib
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nice
kena
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Mind
meel
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I’m glad!
Mul on hea meel.
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aunt
tädi
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uncle
onu
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sister
õde
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brother
vend
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parents
vanemad
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gandparents
vanavanemad
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grandchild
lapselaps
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husband
mees
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spouse
abikaasa
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son
poeg
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daughter–in–law
minia
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son–in–law
väimees
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mother–in–law
ämm
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father–in–law
äi
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partner
elukaaslane
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single
vallaline
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divorced
lahutatud
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widow
lesk
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both
mõlemad
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woman
naine
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How many friends do you have?
Mitu sõpra sinul on?
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Grammar: Has / Have
We add "–l" to the end of the case, and use "on"
minul/mul on, sinul/sul on, temal/tal on, meil on, teil on, Nendel/neil on
Names also have second form and get "–l". If name ends in vowels, just add "–l". If not add a, e, i, u + "–l", some name change completely Ott –> Oti –> Otil, Koit –> Koidu –> Koidul, Kärt –> Kärdi –> Kärdil
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Who has?
Kellel on?
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the oldest
kõige vanem
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after all
ju
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36 years old
kolmkümmend kuus aastat vana
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younger
noorem
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he is 2 years younger than me
Tema on kaks aastat noorem kui mina.
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same age as me
sama vana kui mina
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He is the same age as me then, thirty–three.
Ta on siis sama vana kui mina, kolmkümmend kolm.
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youngest
kõige noorem
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Precisely!
Just nimelt!
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Diana is 3 years older than me.
Diana on minust kolm aastat vanem.
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above / up
üleval
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I have uploaded new pictures. (I have new pictures up)
mul on uued pildid üleval.
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exciting
põnev
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how exciting!
kui põnev!
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Unbelievable!
Uskumatu!
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a lot / much
palju
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I thought she is much older (than you.)
Ma arvasin, et ta on palju vanem.
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side / half
pool
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half–brothers
Poolvennad
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twins
kaksikud
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Let me think, ...
Las ma mõtlen, ...
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I am old
Mina olen vana.
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old
older
the oldest
vana
vanem
kõige vanem
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big
bigger
the biggest
suur
suurem
kõige suurem
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small
smaller
the smallest
väike
väiksem
kõige väikesem
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Grammar: Comparison
we add "–m" to the 2nd form of the word.
Exception: some words ending with "a" change to "e" e.g: vana (old) –> vana (2nd form) –> vanem (older), pikk (tall) –> pika –> pikem
Other exceptions: hea –> parem –> kõige parem,
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tall
pikk
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male name
female name
mehenimi
naisenimi
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How old are you?\nI am 36.
Kui vana sa oled?\nMa olen kolmkümmend kuus (aastat vana).
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Grammar: 2 ways to say Sasha is bigger than Leena.
Saša on Leenast vanem.\nSaša on vanem kui Leena.
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Then I'm 35 years older than you (formal).
Siis ma olen teist 35 aastat vanem.
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Then you're older than me.
Siis sa oled minust vanem.
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What work does your brother do?
Kellena su vend töötab?
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geography teacher
Geograafiaõpetaja
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His wife works as maths teacher.
Ta naine töötab matemaatikaõpetajana.
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I work as a coal miner.
Ma töötan kaevurina.
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shop assistant
müüja
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Locomotive engineer
Vedurijuht
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I also work as a locomotive engineer, just like Oleg.
Ma töötan ka vedurijuhina, nagu Oleg
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unfortunately I’m unemployed at the moment
ma olen kahjuks praegu töötu
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book–keeper, accountant
raamatupidaja
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construction–worker
ehitaja
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but for several years I’ve worked as an excavator driver in an open–pit mine
aga ma töötan juba mitu aastat karjääris ekskavaatorijuhina
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nurse
medõena
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my husband works as a constructor–worker in Finland
minu mees töötab Soomes ehitajana
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He doesn’t have a job in Estonia
Temal ei ole Eestis tööd
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taxi
takso
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taxi driver
Taksojuhina
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IT specialist
IT–spetsialist
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What does that mean?
Mis see tähendab?
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I don't know exactly.
Ma ei tea täpselt.
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What does he do, when he's working?
Aga mida ta teeb, kui ta tööd teeb?
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To play
mängima
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He plays on the computer.
Mängib arvutiga.
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fierd, wild, violent, cool
Äge!
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Doctor
Arst
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shop assistant
müüja
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hairdresser
juuksur
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cleaner, cleaning woman
koristaja
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manager
juht
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locomotive
veduri
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bus driver
bussijuht
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coach
treener
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scientist
teadlane
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policeman
politseinik
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farmer
talunik
123
actor
näitleja
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factory laborer
tehasetööline
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factory
tehas
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seamstress
õmbleja
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kindergarten teacher
lasteaiakasvataja
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border guard
piirivalvur
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electrician
elektrik
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chef
kokk
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seaman / sailor
meremees
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sea
meri
133
fish
kala
134
fisherman
kalur
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photographer
fotograaf
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border
borders
piir
piirid
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guard (n.)
valvur
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Grammar: What's your profession?
Kellena te töötate? (What do you work as?)\nMina olen + ... (IT spetsialist) (I am an IT specialist)\nMa töötan ...–na (õpetajana) (I work as a teacher)
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job\nwork
töö\ntööd
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engineer
insener
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Grammar: Üles vs üleval
- “Üles” is used when something or someone is moving upward.
- “Üleval” is used to describe the location of something or someone that is already in a higher place.
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Grammar: Mis vs Mida
• Use “mis” when asking for identification, state, or quality (subject or general questions). \n • Use “mida” when “what” is the object of an action, particularly in sentences where something is being done to or with that object.
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Grammar: Different cases of "Olema" e.g Mina ...
Mina/ma olen, sina/sa oled, tema/ta on, meie oleme, teie olete, Nende/nad on
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Letter
kiri
