grammar

Grammar: expressing obligation

How to express "must" and "should"

Jan 10, 2024 •

Grammar: common ambiguous forms

Some endings can be produced by more than one rule

Dec 4, 2023 •

Grammar: ma vs da infinitive

Why are there two infinitives and why you should care

Nov 14, 2023 •

Grammar: overview of the cases

Over the last few weeks, we covered all of the cases in Estonian. Time to tie it all together.

Oct 16, 2023 •

Grammar: Partial vs Full objects

How Estonian expresses ongoing actions

Oct 9, 2023 •

Grammar: Comitative - with

The Comitative expresses the being accompanied by something and is translated with "with"

Oct 2, 2023

Grammar: Terminative - until

The Terminative expresses reaching until a certain point in time or space and is usually translated with "until"

Sep 25, 2023

Grammar: Abessive - without

The Abessive expresses the lack of something and is translated with "without"

Sep 18, 2023

Grammar: Essive - cases for states of being

The Essive expresses being in a certain state or role and is usually translated with "as"

Sep 11, 2023

Grammar: Translative - cases for states of being

The Translative expresses becoming something or being used for a specific purpose

Sep 4, 2023

Grammar: Ablative - outer local cases

The Ablative talks about moving away from or from the top of something.

Aug 28, 2023 •

Grammar: Adessive - outer local cases

The Adessive talks about being close to or on something.

Aug 21, 2023

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