Estonian Nouns

Welcome to the third Estonian lesson about nouns. This time we will first learn about fruits and vegetables, followed by grammar rules, then food items, finally a conversation in Estonian to help you practice your daily phrases.

potatoes kartulid

tomatoes tomatid

onions sibulad

carrots porgandid

fruits puuviljad

apples õunad

bananas banaanid

oranges apelsinid

Nouns Grammar Rules

In general nouns refer to a person, an object, or abstract ideas. For example: a fast runner the noun is [runner] because it refers to a person. The examples below use nouns in different ways and places to demonstrate how they behave in a sentence.

Grammar + Rules - Estonian
do you have milk? [verb + noun] kas teil on piima?
I have milk and coffee [preposition + noun] mul on piima ja kohvi
he has three apples [number + plural noun] tal on kolm õuna
she only has one apple [number + singular noun] tal on ainult üks õun
we live in a small house [adjective + noun] me elame väikeses majas
I like our breakfast [pronoun + noun] mulle meeldib me hommikusöök

The following are nouns of food items that you might be interested in learning and memorizing.

bread leib

milk piim

butter või

cheese juust

coffee kohv

sandwich võileib

meat liha

chicken kanaliha

fish kala

breakfast hommikusöök

lunch lõunasöök

dinner õhtusöök

Conversation in Estonian

Now we finally reach the fun part, the practice of the daily conversations. These phrases are used to get to know new people, and break the ice.

English - Estonian
Do you speak (English/ Estonian)? kas te räägite (inglise / eesti) keelt?
Just a little natuke
I like Estonian mulle meeldib eesti keel
Can I practice with you? kas ma tohin teiega koos harjutada?
How old are you? kui vana te olete?
I'm thirty three years old ma olen 33 aastat vana
It was nice talking to you oli tore vestelda!

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