Estonian Grammar

The Estonian grammar allows you to manipulate the vocabulary to obtain multiple forms of a word. The grammatical rules below are the most important in Estonian and help connect words or shape the structure. We start with the prepositions:

And: ja	Under: all
Before: enne	After: pärast
Inside: seespool	Outside: väljaspool
With: koos	But: aga
For: jaoks	From: juurest
To: kuni	In: sees

Questions and Adverbs

To ask questions, use the following:

What?: mida?	Who?: kes?
How?: kuidas?	Why?: miks?
Where?: kus?

Some of the most important time adverbs:

Never: mitte kunagi	Rarely: harva
Sometimes: mõnikord	Usually: tavaliselt
Always: alati	Very: väga

Most commonly used pronouns in Estonian:

I: ma	You: sa / teie
He: tema	She: tema
We: meie	They: nad

To express the possession of something [possessive form]:

My: minu	Your: sinu, teie
His: tema	Her: tema
Our: meie	Their: nende

Grammar in a sentence

Some random verbs to show how it's being used:

I speak English: ma räägin inglise keelt

You speak French: te räägite prantsuse keelt

He speaks German: ta räägib saksa keelt

She speaks Italian: ta räägib itaalia keelt

I visited France: ma käisin prantsusmaal

I will drink milk: ma joon piima

Some extra grammatical structures:

I understand you: ma saan teist aru

I don't understand you: ma ei saa teist aru

I don't speak French: ma ei räägi prantsuse keelt

This is my house: see on minu maja

That restaurant is far: see restoran on kaugel

No problem: pole probleemi

The above Estonian grammar can provide tools to use in coordination with the Estonian vocabulary to obtain some popular Estonian phrases.