Let's Learn Estonian ep. 23 THE VOWELS (a e i o u õ ä ö ü)

[@csaba9285]

I really want to learn estonian! It's such a beautiful language!

[@switch9561]

All the Estonians be like ,,You serious?'' Kõik Eestlased on nagu ,, Oled sa tõsine?'' I am Estonian btw

[@Olivia-uw7wk]

Oo, it iz, i am estonian

[@erikvunn274]

you’re wrong

[@Frawt]

@@switch9561 Enamik eestlasi ütleks pigem vast midagi nagu "Nalja teed vä?". "Oled sa tõsine?" on tibake...stiff. Ei oska isegi Eesti keelse sõnaga kirjeldada seda.

[@jonn_mace_80_95_]

Thank you for the lessons in Estonian! I love Estonian people and their lovely language!

[@ShadowYeeter]

jonn mace Tänan

[@switch9561]

And you also love those who cannot say the letter õ but they need it for their life? im one of those

[@TestTubeVideo]

thank you for this. my Aunt was born in Estonian many years ago and now in U.S. i will be writing her shortly with some of the sayings you have here. i like "Elu On Lill" . :)

[@LittleMissSquirrel]

that's great! :D

[@tiirismaa]

Goddamn õ is hard, im a finn btw, we have ö and ä, and ü is written y in finnish, so y and ü are same sounds. But the õ is so insane!! Its the ɤ sound, a bit similiar with ö, ü/y and e

[@ApprenticePL]

Poland agrees, bro :) (being a graduate in English and French "only" ain't helping...)

[@engorgioarmani3381]

Isn't it like schwa sound?

[@bravuuritar4468]

Hahah, happens

[@arnau9638]

Very good video! Keep it going, my girlfriend is from Tallinn and I am learning estonian! It's really useful

[@carmen8462]

I'm so happy you're back!! 😻💕

[@DRAAT]

Excellent! Thank you very much for the videos

[@28if]

Welcome back. We missed you. Sa olet tagasi!

[@LittleMissSquirrel]

I am :D and as your teacher I feel the responsibility to inform you that it is not olet but oled ;) Have a beautiful day!

[@28if]

Hah, you are right. At least you know I didn't cheat and copy paste from the internet.

[@LittleMissSquirrel]

:D one of the best ways to learn is to start making sentences :D

[@ElenKessler]

so good you are back! thank you!

[@bfingulmer]

I love your enthusiasm! Such a great help!

[@luckirishgurl]

Could you do a crash course for what a visitor might need? Like directions and words like restroom and airport etc?

[@sirlollododpref]

Literally couldn’t stop to smile while watching your video.. what a lovely smile you have :D

[@alexcampolieto8077]

Soooo helpful!! Thanks for another great episode!

[@w.h.1339]

I was in Estonia last year and what weirded me out was how many Estonian words are like 100 percent Dutch. Kiek in de kök, klooster, kaart, troost, mantel... they mean the same and are even pronounced exactly the same. Estonian sometimes sounds strangely familiar.

[@LittleMissSquirrel]

it's becasue these words are loan words :)

[@elliphobic]

Thank you so much for this! I love your Let's Learn Estonian series, it really helps me out. And this video especially, I've had some trouble pronouncing the vowels õ and ö haha. I really want to go to Estonia soon, even my dad there is right now. Again, thank you and have a nice day!

[@LittleMissSquirrel]

no problem, hope this helped you :D

[@switch9561]

You pronounce õ like ahhhhhh in a misunderstanding way like your vocals pop

[@eduardoluann]

Hi! Can you do a short video on repeated vowels? One things that truly strikes me about the Estonian language is the clustering of repeated or sequential vowels. For example, how one pronounces kõueöö?

[@willeighteen816]

Väga kasulik; teie suu on hea õpetaja! Suggestion - how about simple directions and how to tell the time (Eestlased do this backwards?). Kui sul on aega...

[@LightningGlass]

Yay it's back!

[@LittleMissSquirrel]

trying to be back again :D

[@LightningGlass]

I really enjoy these videos, there isn't a lot of other material for learning Estonian.

[@SkullMan---]

She's a legit good teacher

[@Evque]

I like your videos soooo much! Thank you! :)

[@LittleMissSquirrel]

No problem :D

[@tolidz]

At last I got how to pronounce the sound ä 😅 , ja suur aitäh! Minu tere Valgevenest! (I hope you'll understand 😅)

[@wingedhussar1117]

Germans, French people and Turks will have no difficulties to pronounce "ö" and "ü".

[@linajurgensen4698]

Winged Hussar all nordics won’t have problems with it too because they have either „ö“ or „ø“.

[@izanhoward7742]

and Finno-Uggraics in general

[@switch9561]

Meanwhile people that live in Estonia have trouble pronouncing the letter õ XD

[@bravuuritar4468]

Roblox Gamer tf we don’t have that problem, saaremaa people only have that problem

[@exloster9624]

@Emilia Kids in particular or people with an island dialect(for example in Saaremaa), where they don't use õ and instead just replace it with ö.

[@razaghulam8705]

You are doing a Great Job

[@co-jt6gd]

Some dialects also have 3 additional vowels: Y, Å, and É. Y = [ɨ] Å = [ɒ] É = [ε]

[@Tijuanoinsolente]

This is very helpful because I'm having trouble pronouncing correctly the name of one of my classmates (Märt) and one of my teachers (Mats). I'm studying in Tartu :D

[@aristeidistrochopoulos2656]

little miss squirrel hi.. I d like to know if there are different accents in different regions of Estonia..Could you make a short video showing the differences in pronunciation??.. I know it sounds weird but I m writing somth regarding Estonia and I d like to know!...Many thanx! Aris

[@izanhoward7742]

I watched this video to figure out how õnellik is pronounced, great video!

[@eliinamihhailova8191]

I’m õnnelik you like Estonian :)

[@emizerri]

You sound almost like British woman. Very good I like this very much! 😊👍💕

[@esportsPathos]

Great video again! I have to nitpick something though. õ is same as Korean ㅡ or 으 or Turkish ı. The o in "go away" is actually just o.

[@LittleMissSquirrel]

I know it's the same in Korean I was actually thinkign of doign a little bubble but forgot to add it there :D :D :D

[@ranchocommodorereef]

I get confused between the sounds of õ and ö

[@STOPandsaid]

hello I'm glad you upload these videos to help people learn Estonian! i'd like to know where did you get the name Little Miss Squirrel from? how did you come up with that interesting idea? Greetings

[@LittleMissSquirrel]

It comes from my name :)

[@Fujihoffmann]

Yippi! Your back! :D

[@onechoicemusic88]

Is there any IPA that goes along with the õ sound? I’m trying to teach my choir “Ei saa mitte vaiki olla” and we are having trouble

[@LittleMissSquirrel]

that would be ɤ

[@onechoicemusic88]

Little Miss Squirrel thank you so much!

[@lennuklennuk]

I am on estonia and i learn inglish you are so good wow but what is mean arvuti arvuti

[@jonn_mace_80_95_]

I'm not sure if the camera light was hurting your eyes or something but it kind of seems like you were about to cry in this video. Maybe it's just me.

[@LittleMissSquirrel]

I damaged my cornea a couple of months ago (almost lost my eyesight). So because of that my eyes are very try adn get tired easily. That's why I get red eyes - my new daialy look :D

[@jonn_mace_80_95_]

***** Oh dear, I'm sorry to hear that. Nice seeing you still healthy overall. Hope the treatment for your eyes get better.

[@peterndirangu1390]

hi, am peter, really interested in studying in Estonia. I thought you can just assist in one way or another on the same.

[@toomasargel8503]

Õ õõtshoob . -swing arm (tehcnical part of cars,)

[@kerririley8957]

Would you be willing to speak the pronunciation to a song my choir is singing? The song is Muusika by Part Uusberg. I can send you the text. We are singing it for a competition and I would love to have an expert record the rponunciation!! Thank you for your consideration. :)

[@LittleMissSquirrel]

when is the competiotion? I am very busy until the end of January and have no time to do extra work before February.

[@kerririley8957]

Unfortunately we perform March 10/11. We are within one week of beginning to learn words, as that is why I am trying to verify. IPA is given, but I'm not certain of the accuracy. For example, you said that "e" is always "eh", but the IPA shows that some of these vowels are "ee" (as in "feel"). Is thee a rule to know when that happens? I will include text here: Kuskil peab alguskokkukõla olema, kuskil suures looduses, varjul. On tema vägevas laotuses, Täheringide kauguses, on tema päikese sära sees, lillekeses, metsakohinas, emakõne südamemuusikas või silmavees - kuskil peab surematus olema, kuskil alguskokkukõla leitama: kust oleks muidu inimese rinda saanud ta - muusika? (sõnade autor: Juhan Liiv)

[@LittleMissSquirrel]

if you contact me through my email that is given on my channel info page then I am able to send you the recordign file. Also, by following my alphabet and the vowels videos you should be able to pronounce everything right. Estonian is pronounced the way it is written, not like English, so if you pronounce the letters as they are pronounced in the videos then you should be fine. But I'll try to help you as well.

[@hongjia2655]

where are u from

[@Nonames569]

Is Õ like Ы?

[@LittleMissSquirrel]

i believe it is

[@nicklass7075]

Väga hea video

[@superbird2814]

I have relatives living in Ääsmäe. Good luck to me pronouncing that correctly.......

[@Optiqe_]

EI no jah ma räägin praegu eesti keeles kuna mina olen eestlane!!! Tore on vaadata kommentaare kuidas inimesed räägivad et tahavad õppida eesti keelt ma ei translate midagi!!!

[@iangates580]

So õ is like oo in book?

[@Optiqe_]

Book i think more has like Buuk but i think that microphone has more like "õ" in it...

[@saboei16]

hooooly shiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiitt you are actually alive?

[@LittleMissSquirrel]

hahahahahahahha :D I most definitely am :D

[@ShadowYeeter]

Sa Surid

[@4thThe5th]

HOW DO YOU SAY "DROP-DEAD-GORGEOUS" IN ESTONIAN???

[@jkl3937]

Kukku Surnuks ilus

[@rjgjn378]

Heey you said ö sounds like.. "e" in her? Couldn't really make out what you said, sorry..

[@gacha_sushiyt5648]

Imma estonian😂👌🏻

[@coffeedvdrw]

this is kinda like Finnish but harder

[@Uga-booga]

Elu on lill

[@tonyl4997]

Sa oled ilus

[@kristo2588]

tere