Playback speed
×
Share post
Share post at current time
0:00
/
0:00
Preview

Real Estonian: helistamisest pole kasu

A post from the "Kalamaja" group on Facebook

The post

Breakdown

Aastaid - aasta (year) in the Partitive plural

ei ole - “is not”, a form of “olema” to be

helistamisest - helistama (“to call”), helistamine (“the calling”), in the “out of” case

kasu - use (noun), in the Partitive singular

olnud - past participle active, from “olema” to be.

Analysis

  1. Finding the main verb: “ei ole olnud” - it hasn’t been

  2. Who i…

Listen to this episode with a 7-day free trial

Subscribe to Decode Estonian to listen to this post and get 7 days of free access to the full post archives.