tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13406351.post115409955701262054..comments2023-11-05T09:55:13.077+02:00Comments on Itching for Eestimaa: Mis Giustino ei õpi ...Giustinohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04756707910693785516noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13406351.post-1154399870727219292006-08-01T05:37:00.000+03:002006-08-01T05:37:00.000+03:00We were walking around in Supilinn with a well-tra...We were walking around in Supilinn with a well-travelled Japanese gentleman in the group. Suddenly he stopped and pointed at a house number sign: "well I haven been in many places, but never have I seen a house with number zero A!" We had reached the Bean street...Kaurhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12804631573255124249noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13406351.post-1154375347486438892006-07-31T22:49:00.000+03:002006-07-31T22:49:00.000+03:00You are absolutely correct Epp, and I was mistaken...You are absolutely correct Epp, and I was mistaken! Yep, checked it out - Lithuanin and Latvian are Baltic languages, it's a Balto-Slavic branch grown out of Indo-European languages. I guess I was having a temporary memory loss :-pAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13406351.post-1154359997977573062006-07-31T18:33:00.000+03:002006-07-31T18:33:00.000+03:00I think Latvian and Lithuanian are in the same lan...I think Latvian and Lithuanian are in the same language group? The Baltic.Eppppphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15198668905167508640noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13406351.post-1154279890561688022006-07-30T20:18:00.000+03:002006-07-30T20:18:00.000+03:00;-) Try to say as fast as you can: MUSTA LEHMA SAB...;-) Try to say as fast as you can: MUSTA LEHMA SABA KIRJU LEHMA TAGA, KIRJU LEHMA SABA MUSTA LEHMA TAGA with a mouth this -->( )<-- big, and several times in a row :-D<BR/>(itsitab omaette)<BR/>Estonian, Latvian and Lithuanian languages may have some words that have mixed in but they do belong to totally different language groups - Lithuanian is a language group in itself.<BR/>Good luck in Estonia, Justin!<BR/>Life in US has changed my perspectives and the distance between Tartu and Tallinn is becoming smaller and smaller.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13406351.post-1154212812299621152006-07-30T01:40:00.000+03:002006-07-30T01:40:00.000+03:00Yes, this is true. PAHE, PAHED - sin, sins.(In the...Yes, this is true. <BR/>PAHE, PAHED - sin, sins.<BR/><BR/>(In the song they say PAHAD and thats what I followed)Eppppphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15198668905167508640noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13406351.post-1154208168328771512006-07-30T00:22:00.000+03:002006-07-30T00:22:00.000+03:00"Võibolla pahed on hoopis HEAD" can make a sense w..."Võibolla pahed on hoopis HEAD" can make a sense with "pahed" = sins. "Maybe sins are good actually."<BR/><BR/>Uba and oad - supposedly initial plural was "ubad" or something similar, but "b" softened in the beginning of a closed syllable - kind of general rule in our language history - until it got totally lost. And then it took another while for uad > oad (BTW, in some dialects it is still "uad"). I learned it once, but have forgotten what all those reconstructed ancient forms are based on. Other finno-ugric languages probably.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13406351.post-1154111512275295482006-07-28T21:31:00.000+03:002006-07-28T21:31:00.000+03:00Endel eelistab oad. - Thats tricky. Endel eelistab...<I>Endel eelistab oad. - Thats tricky. Endel eelistab ubasid või ube. (osastav kääne, mitmus)</I> <BR/><BR/>When I saw the word uba I immediately heard that song karu mõmm sings about grinding kohvi.Giustinohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04756707910693785516noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13406351.post-1154103146117518342006-07-28T19:12:00.000+03:002006-07-28T19:12:00.000+03:00Speaking about "Conan the Barbarian" words. Estoni...Speaking about "Conan the Barbarian" words. <BR/><BR/>Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania have the same (more or less, a few vocals are different) for:<BR/>KIRVES - ax<BR/>RATAS - wheel<BR/>PUDEL - bottle (actually "pudelis" in Latv-Lith, or something like this)<BR/><BR/>Three most basic words! ;)<BR/><BR/>Ok, and your words<BR/><BR/>Epp limpsis jäätist. OK<BR/><BR/>Oleg oli halb eeskuju. OK. (But maybe: kellele? oma pojale?)<BR/><BR/>Sting jagas autogrammi Tallinnas. - autogramme või autogrammisid (plural! you used singular. You can say "andis autogrammi", singular. But "jagama" means there must be plural.)<BR/><BR/>Joonas esitas asja kohtus. OK perhaps. <BR/>But it also means perform. Eg: Justin esitas oma lemmiklaulu.<BR/><BR/>Endel eelistab oad. - Thats tricky. Endel eelistab ubasid või ube. (osastav kääne, mitmus) <BR/><BR/>Võib-olla pahed PAHAD on hoopis hea! - It actually means: but what if the bad are good?<BR/><BR/>The song goes:<BR/>Kurjus on ilmas - The evil exists in the world.<BR/>Headus on ilmas. - The good exists in the world.<BR/>Pahad on pahad ja head on head. - The bad are bad and the good are good.<BR/>Aga võibolla pahad on hoopis head?-but what if the bad are actually good?<BR/><BR/>"hoopis" makes the suprise moment in the sentence.Eppppphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15198668905167508640noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13406351.post-1154103119185055232006-07-28T19:11:00.000+03:002006-07-28T19:11:00.000+03:00But Endel eelistab ube :)But Endel eelistab ube :)Maarjahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08336884440843165147noreply@blogger.com