Estonian language resources

[W. R.]

Only in the fact that they use cases. Estonian uses 14 cases for nouns and adjectives, Russian uses only half of that. If you know a language that uses this kind of structer and can let you get used to the way to think about it

Don't Estonians simply stick prepositions to ends of their nouns? That's why there are so many cases.

I ain't trolling, it's just what it looks like.

[Ibericus]

Hello guys!
You wouldn't have links to something more on the beginner level, would you? I actually work with languages, and have a passion for it. I already speak several, but with the exception of English they are all from the romance side of languages.
I have some pretty close ties to a certain estonian someone and want to start learning... I trust in my ability to teach myself with the right materials. But I'm afraid it's too rare a language... would learning Russian make it a lot easier to learn Estonian further down the road? How similar are they?

Come on, are you a troll ?

[Comte Arnau]

would learning Russian make it a lot easier to learn Estonian further down the road?

Only if the 'Teach Yourself Estonian' book is written in Russian.

[Talvi]

Only in the fact that they use cases. Estonian uses 14 cases for nouns and adjectives, Russian uses only half of that. If you know a language that uses this kind of structer and can let you get used to the way to think about it

Many languages use cases and Russian cases would not help with Estonian at all.



I sometimes use this dictionary to check meaning or find a word with a similar meaning etc. Though its only in Estonian : http://www.eki.ee/dict/qs/qs.html
Õigekeelsussõnaraamat ... the dictionary of the correct language.. or something like this.