Estonian/Plural

In this lesson we'll learn about the Plural quantity, the Null subject and impersonal verbs. Plural EnglishNominative s.Genitive s.Accusative s.Nominative pl.Genitive pl.Accusative pl.thisseesellesedaneednendeneidcatkasskassi.kassikassidkasside.kasse.kassisiddogkoerkoera.koerakoeradkoeradekoerte.koeri.koerasidnewspaperajalehtajaleheaja.lehteajalehedaja.lehtedeaja.lehtiaja.lehtesidcuptasstassi.tassitassidtasside.tasse.tassisidmugkruuskruusi.kruusikruusidkruuside.kruuse.kruusisidAdjectivesbigsuursuuresuurtsuuredsuurte.suuri.suuresidsmallväikeväikseväikeseväikestväiksetväikesedväiksedväikesteväikseteväikseidväikeseidheavydifficultraskeraskerasketraskedrasketeraskeidlighteasykergekergekergetkergedkergetekergeidenoughsufficient.piisav.piisava.piisavat.piisavad.piisavate.piisavaid Plural direct object In Partitive we learned that there are some verbs that distinguish between partial and whole direct objects like "võtma" - to take. In the whole case, these verbs took the Genitive instead of the Accusative. With plural direct objects, they will instead take the Nominative: Verb with distinction: Whole: ta võtab kruusi - ta võtab kruusid. Partitive: ta võtab .kruuse Verb without distinction: Whole: ta tahab seda - ta tahab neid. Partitive: ta tahab neid Nouns raha (uncountable) - money töö - job, work Adverbs ka - also, as well samuti - synonym of ka väga - very .liiga - too, excessively palju - many vähe - little, too little pisut - little veidi - synonym of pisut .liiga vähe - too little .liiga pisut - synonym of liiga vähe, but adopted from western European languages and might sound slightly foreign .piisavalt/.piisavasti - enough-adverbial. This is available in the two common adverb endings -lt and -sti Verbs hoidma - hoia - to hold leidma - leia - to find üles leidma/leidma üles - üles leia/leia üles - whole of "leidma". "Üles" here is similar to "ära" in Partitive otsima - otsi - to look for/to search andma - anna - to give Phrases Ta otsib .kruuse Translation He is looking for mugs Siin on .liiga palju koeri Translation There are too many dogs here Ta annab piisavalt raha Translation He gives enough money Sa teed seda liiga vähe Translation You do this too little Ma tean, et see ajaleht on väga suur Translation I know that this newspaper is very big Ka tema koer on liiga väike Translation His/Her dog is too small tooEven his/her dog is too small Ma pean iga tassi üles leidma Translation I must find every cup Kas seda on piisavalt? Translation Is there enough of this? Ta teeb väga kerget tööd Translation He does a very simple job