Let's Learn Estonian Episode 2 "How to say Hello!"

[@jasonvanboesschoten6680]

I have been thinking about moving to Estonia and this helps a lot with general idea on the language. Your culture seams so more peaceful and less crazy then the US.

[@Teabearson1]

Genius that you add context and culture in your learning. This fills in a gap that i didn't know I had before watching this video. Thank you!

[@HenrySnider]

My wife's family is from Tallinn and these videos are helping us learn her family's language. Thanks so much for taking the time to share.

[@flufky7518]

i hope u diveorce

[@spenserpruden805]

I'm so glad I found your channel; my grandfather (and all of that side of the family) is Estonian, but he never taught my father or myself the language. So its like finding a little lost part of myself, and I can finally hear and learn his native tongue. Thanks for making these videos :)

[@LittleMissSquirrel]

+Spenser Pruden thank you soooo much for such a lovely message! i hope to have more time to do videos in future :)

[@crispkiller1157]

When she hugged that teddy..my heart melted...

[@AllieCheeky]

Finally something to study some Estonian! I've been studying Estonian by myself for a quite short period of time... about 1-2 months... but to find material available is not really easy. I am happy I've found this channel!

[@CeeCeeImouto]

Tere! I just love this nice neightbour. Im from Finland! I don't know if someone has already said that but 'aitäh' means 'excuse me' in informal way in Finnish (actually spelled 'Ai täh?"). And there's many other similar words. Sometimes I can fully understand Estonian and sometimes I can perfectly misunderstand because of the similarity. Greetings from Finland!

[@LittleMissSquirrel]

that's is very interesting :) will def remember it :)

[@CeeCeeImouto]

Oh. Actually "Ai täh?" is only used when you dont understand or hear what the other person is saying. :)

[@wilmaj3885]

And it gets awkward with istu minu kõrvale :D or when an Estonian friend of mine forgot the word wrinkles, and told me the boys said she has kortsud under her eyes. Kortsut in Finnish means condoms.

[@lynmullet-sumaila2025]

Itah means thank you

[@MrWhoevr]

Thank you for the videos. I'm trying to learn but it is difficult. However having such a beautiful teacher is a big plus.

[@MrGonzalezabel]

Hi are making anymore vids? My I live in the US and my girl is from voru Estonia. I want to surprise her by speaking Estonian.

[@mantoookaz]

Estonian language sounds cute :) I wish my language was cute...

[@Pietr01337]

You are so cute it makes learning even more fun :3 watching your expressions makes a smile on my face aswell x) Keep doing these! -Greeting from Finland

[@21scurdie]

Haha! I love these videos because you teach whilst doing funny scenes like with the teddy! You are helping me learn Estonian which is a crucial thing for me so good on ye :D

[@angeleliot3472]

Oh Waouh ! That's great ! Next september I'll be moving in Estonia. These videos of yours will be really, really precious to me ! Hopefully I won't make a fool of myself when actually talking to people instead of imitating you behind my computer ! So, aitäh from France ! xx

[@sirgalahad1100]

Thank you for posting these videos! It is extremely hard to find anything to help you learn Estonian out in the English speaking world. Thank you for sharing your beautiful language with us!

[@adalwolf8328]

It's kinda awkward for a finn, two languages very similar

[@tandemsolo7433]

Swede as well

[@hard.to.define]

How it's akward I don't understand.

[@notsofatmike1]

Thank you Miss Squirrel, I'm from Australia but my family is from Estonia. I hope to visit one day soon!

[@bambam4832]

Which state are you from??? I'm from qld

[@BloodMoonHunter7]

So I found your tutorial videos after watching your singing ones, and I must say that they are very interesting. I like hearing you sound out the words and explain everything. Plus you make them cute by adding your personality. :) I hope you make more of these as well as more song videos.

[@danielb3871]

Terekest! I just met an Estonian friend and I have learned some words but I wasn´t sure about the pronounciation... I like your videos because you are pretty good at explaining stuff.. I hope you can continue doing this awesome job! Head aega!

[@martinclazy]

Daniel Barrantes =)

[@joyspoliquit8578]

Tere, I watch your videos recently to learn how to speak Estonian language. You help me a lot. Suur Aitah! ^___^

[@patrikosgnach]

Thank you for this video. Today I managed to freak out my Estonian colleague. She was not expecting to be greeted with "Tere Hommikust" :D

[@Yohann_Rechter_De-Farge]

Aitäh 🌸🌺🌷

[@Dudekid]

As an American with an Online friend from Estonia, I always watch your videos just to try and help myself learn. I want to be able to communicate in this beautiful language and impress my friend Toomas. =P Thanks

[@sugardust]

im estonian and seeing people want to learn the language and move here makes me smile

[@briansmith7977]

Thank you so much for posting these videos. I finally am made it to Tallinn and these first two days have been a pleasure thanks to learning some of the basics from you. Maybe we'll run into each other

[@lnorman79]

thank you so much liisa, but i'm just wondering how to start the card at the top? in english we start with "to " then the persons name... is ok to write.. "to Rister.. Haid Joule! ja head uut aastat".... then "suur tanu koige eest" etc. or is there a more traditional way? once again any help would be realy appriecated, by the way i've watched every video of yours and i'm a huge fan,, your music rocks!! but i realy enjoy the "lets learn eesti vids"!! Aitah =)

[@primerooriginale]

Thaaaaaaank you for this video and also for the other ones that you have made. So far i have seen 5 of your videos and they are all veeeeeeeery good ! ! I already speak 4 languages and this is the FIRST TIME that i am learnig a language with a lot of happiness because you are very happy and you transmitt your happiness and your passion to help other people learn EStonian . THAAANK you !! Nektarios from Athens -- Greec

[@LittleMissSquirrel]

+primerooriginale Thank you for such kind words!!! I hope your studies will go well!!

[@titogonzalez8987]

entertaining, amusing, and educational. thank you for sharing a piece of your personality with you lesson.

[@CheapVinylRecordsUK]

Thanks for the lessons :) Please continue with them. You are great to listen to! :)

[@TheShocolatemoose]

Thank you. I have been looking for years trying to find a fun way for my children to learn Estonian. My husband's family is from Estonia, but my husband was never taught to speak Estonian. :) I am sharing your link with others in his family here in the states who have always wanted to learn, but were never taught... for whatever reason. Thank you so much! :)

[@deathoctopus4087]

I'm moving to Estonia soon

[@Antonio231095]

death octopus I want to apply the Erasmus for the next year. I don't know almost nothing about the Estonian culture and I would like to know it. I think it could be a fascinating experience

[@fucklespoules]

where are you from?

[@Antonio231095]

Claudia Elena Mendoza Cedeno lo stai chiedendo a me?

[@fucklespoules]

No scusa, chiedevo al death octopus. Tu sei Italian@, certo?

[@Antonio231095]

Claudia Elena Mendoza Cedeno si

[@DayMakeMy]

Thanks for your mention about Korean bow. I stopped by your channel to learn "greeting in Esonia" cause I've got an online friend. He taught me Estonian greeting several times, but I am a stupid and forgot evrt he said. LOL Happy to find your channel to learn about it. And I can say "tere õhtust" which he would want me to memorize. Thanks, again! I couldn't resist to subscribe you!!!

[@magic13christispage]

Tere! Really well done for your videos, they are extremely helpful, starting from the basics and well-settled. I will be using them during my stay in Estonia I guess. Thank you very much for your work!!:)

[@LinguistRevolutioner]

If this language didn’t have 14 cases, I’d learn it until I reach C1.

[@alexciorici]

Suur aitäh! Good vide-lessons, keep doing a great job, because it's actually quite difficoult to find good content for Estonian language

[@mwahrk]

very inspiring! my friend learnt so much when she will go to estonin school much luck and hugs

[@egoadefonso]

I visited Tallinn a year ago and I fell in love with it and with Estonian people, so I decided to learn your language. I love you methond, you're funny and your explanations are simple and easy!! thank you so much!! (must say I teach English in my own country, so I know what I am talking about... you rock, Little Mis Squirrel!!).

[@LittleMissSquirrel]

+egoadefonso thank you very much! It means a lot to me!

[@egoadefonso]

+Little Miss Squirrel you're most welcome!! :)

[@mustivil8765]

:'D

[@iamcheerios2549]

aitäh-Thank You! Btw did you know in estonia it is against to but II H aside each other or next to D B G

[@BackToLife35]

well. hommik in estonia means morning, but in lithuania homik(as) means gay :(

[@Latvialainen]

Hey neighbor, greetings from Latvia, and thank you for the video. :) There is one thing.. is there any difference between Õ and Ö ? i just can`t hear it. maybe couse we just don`t have sounds like that in latvian.

[@eskarinajaanus1845]

we also nod our heads at someone we know ( but not too closely) when seeing eachother on the street

[@baregrilles5445]

So people are very reserved in public?

[@eskarinajaanus1845]

+Wes Livingston mostly yes

[@baregrilles5445]

+Eskarina Jaanus I think I was born in the wrong country because that's how I behave 😂

[@JosephChambers]

I never knew Estonia even existed until today. Love the English accent, and very interesting language to hear someone as a foreign language; for me at least.

[@Latvialainen]

Aitäh! Will se what i can do. :D It`s awsome that you do what you do, estonian needs to be teached, couse not many people speaks estonian in the world, same as latvian. I want to learn estonian, finnish, livonian and lithuanian. :D

[@ImanolGonBar]

Tere!! Congratulations for your videos, I have enjoyed watching it. Sorry, I've got a question. What's the meaning of "Tere toulemast"??

[@ulttari5192]

Anna vodka siia

[@moonmoon51]

Anna viin siia*

[@na35wnasdt]

Anna viin siia

[@CalebMeadetman2015]

I really like you! You seem so fun and sweet and genuine. I agree about the hugs as well. If you're gonna hug someone, give them a REAL hug!! Not what I call a "half-hug".

[@yaraayoubi5857]

amazing lessons!!and i love the way u pronunce the R!!👏 :D

[@LittleMissSquirrel]

that's how we do it in Estonia ;)

[@arthurmtz4030]

Little Miss Squirrel I want to visit Estonia, but I don't know anyone from there :(

[@HallyuBack]

WOW this was really good!! Thanks for making this! I never knew how to say anything in your language before ^^

[@LittleMissSquirrel]

wow, thank's for watching and learning :D

[@VittorioLinoLevi]

***** at the very end you mixed up revise and review. You said "let's revise" when "let's review" would've been more appropriate. Other than that very educational! Thank you!

[@LittleMissSquirrel]

i've already explained the difference between American english and British english :)

[@thisguy86265]

***** Euh, Do you give private lessons?

[@tif131]

nice mulle meeldib :D

[@riccapatrol]

Congrats on 6,000 subscribes! :)

[@dimikus8]

Greeting from Latvia! I also know some words in estonian like tere, aite, jataiga, keskus and kusi mu kaest :)

[@patrickdupont3051]

Great video! I'm wanting to travel to Estonia next year and I was wondering if many people speak Russian/ would be offended if I spoke Russian to them? My only other languages are English and Vietnamese and I don't think I'd be able to attain a decent level of Estonian by then s:

[@balazslaczi9020]

Clearly you are a very nice person.

[@HippoReacts]

I could watch and listen to you all day! helpful hint: Revise = remove and change or to change something that was written or said... What you meant to say was "Review" meaning to go over something, or to go over something written or said again. You can also say "Let's do a recap" or "Let's recap".

[@amandadomingos5652]

Amazing! I'm interested in learning the language and I'm Loving the way you explain it!

[@TeutonicPrussia]

I plan on going to Estonia on a university exchange at some point. These videos seem great for preparing so far! Aitäh!

[@Oliver443ify]

Estonian is a really hard language... :)

[@TeutonicPrussia]

So I've heard, but I'm sure it will be worth it in the end. :) I've meet a native speaker who's willing to help me. :D

[@Oliver443ify]

:P Where are you from

[@TeutonicPrussia]

Canada :P

[@TestTubeVideo]

thank you for this. I will share with my brothers. our father was born and raised in Estonia and we would always say deh da deh da for hello in greeting our grandparents which were both Estonian. maybe we heard it wrong from my father but that is what it sounded like to us as kids. The way you pronounce Tere sorta has a d sound to it and not a hard t sound. we would also say nagamist for goodbye. nice video.

[@stinavirgo3925]

I am estonian if you need help

[@doncosmic6946]

girl or a boy

[@sergiosanchezpadilla1418]

Please help me :3 I will be going to Estonia next year to a congress (hopefully hehe)

[@europwithrohan7954]

Hi

[@tompson4587]

Phillip hanna okey

[@RizzyBoeh]

When you realize that around 15% of the viewers are estonians

[@steveeveryman7623]

Your videos are quite helpful, I'm coming to Tallinn in 3 weeks!

[@problem7061]

We use Servus for Hello too :)

[@Qian1980]

Will go to Estonia for a few day in February

[@ft6755]

Great videos thank you! Your English is really good btw, have you spent time here in England or are all Estonian people great at English?

[@LittleMissSquirrel]

+Traitorbagel I am doing my degree in the UK hence the occasional british accent here and there :D. tho, estonians tend to generally be relatively good with English :D

[@iamcheerios2549]

second,All estonian pepole know good english lollakad

[@jacobli1604]

+Little Miss Squirrel Tere!I'm Chinese,I think you are very beautiful!You look like Finnish player Korpi.

[@Sandra-sm3nc]

A lot of estonians speak english fluently. I learned english through cartoons when I was small. Good news is: because I learned english before school, english classes are now super easy :D

[@bimbercackle]

Thank you....very, very much. I love all language (Ühest keelest ei piisa kunagi) yes?.... And you are a fantastic helper!!

[@arturrodrigues1345]

Hi ! I'm Brazilian and good to learn Estonian language. May God bless you!

[@zionwhipple]

Tegelikult, ma olen Inglisekeeles õpetaja via Skype jaoks saaksama. I am teaching myself Estonian by reading Loomade farm haha. I want to make some videos like you have done, see näeb suurepärane välja. What video editing software are you using btw?

[@michaelgervais2901]

i was on saaremaa for about a month earlier this spring. i loved it there :)

[@michaelgervais2901]

i saw a lady doing maintenance near Old Town and actually told her "Joudu"... it was exciting when she replied "tarvis" :) haha

[@brendanswift597]

The rule is actually that those vowels can only occur in stressed syllables. Since almost all words in Estonian (like in Finnish) are stressed on the first syllable, what you read is true almost all of the time, but misses the point slightly. There are a few words where the stress is carried on a non-initial syllable, such as "aitäh" and various foreign loanwords. /// Liisa, thanks for your videos. Ma armastan eesti keelt! :)

[@yujitsuzuki5439]

I currently live in Estonia for my school and filming local grocery stores and what I see here in Tallinn!! If you just have 5 minutes of your time, please watch some of videos I filmed! Love Estonia!!! Thanks Estonia!! from Japanese boy. And your English is way better than others! Thanks for your video!!

[@LavaGamers]

+Yuji Tsuzuki i am clad u like our country m8! Greetings from Hiiumaa island xd

[@jacobli1604]

+Yuji Tsuzuki I know you,you are studying in TUT for Bachelor of BA,and you are Japanese Canadian?

[@elisatorm3529]

i love when peapole visit my home country its small but peapole say its beautiful witch i agree but also greetings from Tartu

[@Skibidonium]

Yuji Tsuzuki Im estonian and 2018 IS estonia god 100 years old

[@matthewteepa5910]

I have been to tartu

[@salsaestonia]

Are there even countries where you are taught American English? Usually everyone teaches the Queen`s English.

[@mrsxenny]

Until 9th grade I was learning American English. Now, since I started 10th grade I started learning UK English. It all depends on school, because all schools dont have same system or they change as you go into high school. My opinion :)

[@26blanco]

Very good,i like the end with revisión

[@waleedhrary3511]

شكرا على الدرس الذى قدمتيه وأتمنى السفر الى استونيا

[@nauravanauris5551]

In Finnish aitäh means someting like "oh what?". Altough it is written like "ai täh" they sound almost the same.

[@shahae6348]

I can only write to you Liisa that you are truly beautiful! Keep up the amazing work!!!!

[@steelgear3876]

I've been dating this Estonian girl for about 3 months so I am trying to learn some phrases. Thanks so much for putting these up :D

[@diogocoimbra8445]

Beautiful teacher

[@jakobmiikaelkaljurand2263]

You can also say "Türa" when you medt someone!

[@shreyesbasutkar9206]

Well I learned alot.. tere in Hindi(one of the indian languages) also means "yours" so it was bit easy although it doesn't have a same meaning . But I am use to the word tere

[@sanwarsha2734]

I loved your videos

[@TheRomaniia]

I'm so sorry but what do you say at 3:34? "When you see somebody..." I can't understand it as much as I replay it.

[@jman1948]

I want to learn a little estonian since that is where my grandfather is from.

[@iamcheerios2549]

Estonian finally

[@KoolaidHippie]

Tere=Hello

[@eiffelminar4835]

Tere! Thanks for the lesson! Is there something to say when both me and others are about to begin to eat? Is it the same as "Jatku leiba"? Or different? And what about toasting? ("Cheers! chin chin!")

[@MerculesFX]

Most Estonians actually say "Head isu!" when they start eating. As for cheering, "Hurrah!" is probably the closest you can get :)

[@eiffelminar4835]

Thanks!

[@mustivil8765]

I just eat

[@eiffelminar4835]

Jossif Thanks a lot!

[@iamcheerios2549]

Alustame Söömist

[@zionwhipple]

this is really cool - i am learning Estonian in Tartu. Thanks for your help

[@Mustamaggara]

I read somewhere that Estonian words can't have ÄÖÕÜO in their last syllable. So what's with aitäh?

[@TheIamdaniel]

How would one go about moving to Estonia on a permanent note?

[@kurjast]

Thats because the region has strong Livonian influence, which is one of the closest languages to Estonian, being that Livonians were a Finnic people closely related to Estonians and Finns. So its not that weird at all.

[@balazslaczi9020]

I love the sound of that language. And it's related to my mother-tongue, but still, I feel there is not much in common, still I love it :)

[@maniksarker325]

Nice your information. You try to explain it properly. I like your video, so i subscribe it..😀😀😀

[@wyunaboy]

It is very informative and is estonian are very warm people like you? Or it is just you? Are you a language teacher by profession? That for the video 😄hi from the other side of the world (indonesia)

[@MojjeMoil]

Estonian have very much common to Finnish, almost understood everything (i am Finnish), but it is a little bit faster language to talk than Finnish. :) The word "Tere" is the same when i come from, but not in whole Finland. In the most of Finland its "Terve", but all understand "Tere" too! ;) Almost all letters where pronounced the same way, but we have not "Õ or Ž" (Ü is written Y, but it is the same sound) It will not be hard for me to visit Estonia some day! :D Thanks for the video!!

[@believeinpeace]

Excellent! Thank you!

[@Uudestisyntynyt]

You've got such a lovely voice! Estonian and Polish have a very similar pronunciation of letters. And I've laughed when I heard a word "Hommik", because in Polish it is pronounced just like in Estonian but here it means "hamster" :D God I love languages

[@deanc3032]

I am a Yankee who loves the Estonian culture and language and I thank you (aitäh!) for this. When I eventually can visit Eesti, I look forward to using this lesson in Tallinn, Tartu and Pärnu.

[@iamcheerios2549]

but what about Rakvere,Viljandi,Tõrva,Jõgeva,Narva,Võru and many more

[@alexciorici]

Päevast, I know in German language the noun is always written with capital letter. Is the same rule in Estonian language? Aitäh

[@fenotipobombay]

Hello, just a curiosity. Are there many Italians in Estonia? I could choose it as Erasmus destination but I don't know what kind of opinion the locals have about us.

[@LittleMissSquirrel]

fenotipobombay umm, i think it can be a fun experience. To be honest, as long as you are a nice person and respect others then u'll meet nice people who respect you as well :), I think this is true, wherever you go :D

[@martinkont6481]

Nice lighting.

[@reaox7917]

im teaching my non estonian friend estonian and this is helping so much aitah!!

[@Chrismacleod777]

How come your English is so good? Especially as Estonian is not an Indo-European language and there are very few similarities between the words in Estonian and English. It is a very nice sounding language but I don't think I could learn to speak it as well as you speak English! Thank you for these videos.

[@მემარივარ]

Christopher Mcleod she studied in the United Kingdom ...

[@tiiasaviste6041]

yeah they are i know because i live there

[@hans-adamii4103]

as a Swedish speaker it is hard to say ä ö in Estonian because they do have these letters (disclaimer: I'm native in Portuguese) and Portuguese also have õ and ü (we no longer have ü but I used to like it)

[@hans-adamii4103]

Portuguese also have ã á à é ê í ç now I see why people found my language hard

[@robin2000]

Õ in Estonian and Portuguese are completely diffrente sounds, don't get confused because of the way it is written in each language.

[@hans-adamii4103]

@@robin2000 i didn't say they have the same sound, and because of that we may get ourselves confused lol

[@bimbercackle]

I also was taught UK English. And I am proudly Canadian....funny we are sooooo close to America! haha!

[@Singhsingh-gx9kw]

Nice