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