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Phrase Book: Estonian

In Emergency Useful Phrases
Help! Appi! Awpy! How are you? Kuidas läheb? Cooi-das la-heb?
Stop! Peatuge! Beh-atu-gay! Very well, thank Aitäh, väga hästi. Ai-tah, va-ga has-ti.
Call a Kutsuge arst! Coot-soo-gay arst! you.
doctor! Pleased to meet Meeldiv tuttavaks Mayl-div too-
Call an Kutsuge kiirabi! Coot-soo-gay you. saada. taw-vawks saa-daw.
ambulance! keer-awbi! See you soon! Varsti näeme! Vaarsti nay-me!
Call the Kutsuge Coot-soo-gay po- Is there … here? Kas siin on ...? Cos scene onn …?
police! politsei! leet-say! Where can Kust ma Coost ma sawk-
Call the fire Kutsuge Coot-soo-gay I get …? saaksin ...? sin …?
department! tuletõrje! too-lei-tur-ye! How do you Kuidas minna ...? Cooi-dass min-
Where is the Kus on lähim Coos onn la-him get to? na …?
nearest telephone? telefon? telefon? How far is …? Kui kaugel on ...? Cooi cow-kel onn …?
Where is the Kus on lähim Coos onn la-him Do you speak Kas te räägite Cos tay ra-gi-tay
nearest hospital? haigla? high-glaa? English? inglise keelt? ing-li-say keylt?
I can’t speak Ma ei oska Maw ey oska
Communication Essentials Estonian. eesti keelt. eysti kaylt.
I don’t Ma ei saa aru. Maw ey saw aru.
Yes Jah Yah understand.
No Ei Ey Can you Kas saate mind Cos saw-tay
Please Palun Pa-loon help me? aidata? meend eye-data?
Thank you Aitäh Ai-tah Please speak Palun rääkige Pa-loon ra-ki-
Excuse me Vabandage Va-ban-da-gay slowly. aeglaselt. gay ayg-la-selt.
Hello Tere Te-re Sorry! Vabandust! Va-ban-doost!
Goodbye Head aega Heyad ayga
Good night Head õhtut Heyad ewh-toot
morning hommik hom-mik Useful Words
afternoon pärastlõuna pa-rawst-lew-na big suur suur
evening õhtu ewh-tu small väike vayke
yesterday eile eilay hot kuum coom
today täna ta-naw cold külm kewlm
tomorrow homme hom-may good hea he-ya
What? Mida? Meeda? bad halb halb
When? Millal? Meelal? enough küllalt cool-alt
Why? Miks? Meeks? well hästi hasti
Where? Kus? Coos? open avatud aw-va-tud
closed suletud soo-laytud
left vasak vaw-sawk
Guidelines for Pronunciation right parem paw-rem
ot-say
otse
straight
near lähedal la-hay-dawl
The Estonian alphabet consists of the following far kaugel kaw-ghell
letters: a, b, d, e, f, g, h, i , j, k, l, m, n, o, p, r, s, š, z, ž, up ülal oolal
t, u, v, õ, ä, ö, ü. The letters c, q, x, y, z are used only down all all
early
vara
va-raw
in proper names (of places and people) and in late hilja hill-yaw
words borrowed from foreign languages. Unlike entrance sissepääs see-say-pa-es
English, all letters in Estonian are pronounced (for exit väljapääs val-yaw-pa-es
tualett
toilet
too-a-lett
example: the silent k in “knee”). free/unoccupied vaba vaw-baw
free/no charge tasuta taw-soo-taw
Some letter sounds:
a as in the “u” in cut Making a Telephone Call
b similar to “p” in English Can I call abroad Kas ma saan siit Cos maw sawn seet
from here?
välismaale helistada? va-lees-maw-lay
g similar to “k” in English hay-lees-taw-da?
j as in the “y” in yes I would like to Tahaksin helistada Taw-haw-ksin
r like in English, but rolled call collect. vastaja kulul. hay-lees-taw-da
vaws-taya koo-lool.

š “sh” local call kohalik kõne kohaw-lik kew-ne
ž as in the “s” in pleasure I’ll ring back Helistan hiljem Hay-lees-tawn heel-
õ like the “o” in own later. tagasi. yem taw-gaw-si.
Cos maw sawk-
Could I leave
Kas ma saaksin
ä as in the “a” in bat a message? teate jätta? seen tyate ya-taw?
ö similar to the “u” in fur Could you speak Kas saate natuke Cos saw-tay naw-
ü as in the “u” in cube up a little, please? valjemini rääkida? too-kay vawl-ye-

meenee ra-ki-daw?
Some letter combination sounds:
ai as in the “ai” in aisle Shopping
ei as in the “ei” in vein How much is Kui palju see Cooi pawl-yu say
oo as in the “a” in water this? maksab? mawk-sab?
uu as in the “oo” in boot I would like ... Tahaksin ... Taw-hawk-sin ...
Kas teil on ...?
Cos tayl onn …?
Do you have ...?
öö as in the “u” in fur I’m just looking. Vaatan lihtsalt. Vaw-tan liht-sawlt.
Some points to remember: Do you take Kas krediitkaardiga Cos kre-diit-kawrd-
• Usually the first syllable of a word is stressed. credit cards? saab maksta? eega sawb mawk-

sta?

However, quite a few words with foreign origins What time do Mis kell teil Mees kell tayl a-vaw-
and some native Estonian words, such as aitäh, you open? avatakse? tawk-say?
don’t follow this pattern. What time do Mis kell teil Mees kell tayl su-
lay-tawk-say?
you close?
suletakse?
• Vowels and consonants can be short (written this one see cee
with one letter), long or extra long (written with that one too toe
two letters). expensive kallis kaw-lees
cheap odav oh-dav
size suurus soo-rus
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