How to form the plural in Estonian

How to form the plural in Estonian

You want to learn how to use the plural in Estonian? You've come to the right place! Scroll down and see the short Estonian lessons complete with useful examples. Apples, houses, books... we'll teach you everything you need to know about the plural in Estonian.

Estonian nouns - plural

The plural is used, in general, to talk about more than one object. Examples in English would be 'dogs', 'cats', 'houses' and 'children'. The plural in Estonian is generally formed by adding '-ed' to the end of the word.

Examples

lapsed
children
tüdrukud
girls
mehed
men
raamatud
books
naised
women
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I miss you.
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I like you.
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I love you.
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Step 5 : The plural in Estonian

The plural is important in Estonian when you need to talk about more than one thing. Using the nouns raamat, tool and uks (book, chair, door) which you learned in Step 3, learn the plural of each of these words by heart. The plural forms are raamatud, toolid and uksed. Now learn how to use each of these Estonian plural nouns with the definite article. The nouns together with the definite article are raamatud, toolid and uksed (the books, the chairs, the doors). You can scroll to the top of this page to see a short lesson about the Estonian plural including useful examples. After you've learned the plural of raamat, tool and uks, you can move on to Step 6 (Estonian demonstrative pronouns).

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