In honor of 100 year old Estonia we publish this small vocabulary of Finnish - Estonian so you can take note of these words you might accidentally use wrongly in Estonian. There is many Finnish words that look like the same in Estonian but actually mean very different thing.
Individual words: ruumide koristamine = tilojen siivoaminen (decoration of cadavers in Finnish, cleaning up the room in Estonian)
pori = kura (a medium sized Finnish city in Finnish, but means dirt in Estonian)
tuore = raaka (fresh food in Finnish, raw food in Estonian)
raamat =kirja (The Bible in Finnish, any book in Estonian)
erämaja = omakotitalo (remote cabin in the woods in Finnish, your own, non rented house in Estonian)
pulmapaev = hääpäivä ("day of troubles" in Finnish, marriage day in Estonian)
koni = tupakantumppi (old, useless horse in Finnish, discarded cigarette in Estonian)
veski = mylly (bathroom in Finnish, grain grinding device in Estonian)
kisa = meteli (sports event in Finnish, terrible noise in Estonian)
halb = huono (cheap in Finnish, poor quality in Estonian)
hukata = teloittaa (to lose something in Finnish, execute to the death in Estonian)
taks = mäyräkoira (payment (to the government) in Finnish, a certain breed of hunting dog in Estonian)
ema = äiti (your own mother in Estonian, mother pig/sheep in Finnish)
hakkaja = reipas, napakka (violent person who beats up someone, in Finnish, but means cheery person in Estonian)
kama = talkkuna (means illegal drugs in Finnish but a type of Russian food in Estonian, the same food however can be found both in Finland and Estonia with different names)
lahja = kevyt (means giving a gift in Finnish but means light weighted in Estonian)
pussata = pieraista (kissing in Finnish, farting in Estonian)
putka = myyntikoju (police jail in Finnish, mushroom/berries sales kiosk set up at the street in Estonian)
ravi = hoito (a running horse in Finnish, "immediate hospital treatment required" in Estonian)
ämm = anoppi (mother in law in Estonian, a bothersome woman in Finnish)
tuhm = himmeä (behaving badly in Finnish, having low level of light (in the room) in Estonian)
viinerid = nakit (wiener, a Danish delicacy in Finnish, but means sausages in Estonian, a German delicacy, these are Germanic loan words in both languages)
riisuda = haravoida (means taking of the clothes in Finnish but in Estonian it means "to comb" something)
Sentences: Ma vaatasin kassi, se sai kulli kätte. = Katsoin kissaa, se sai haukan. (I was watching the cat when it caught a hawk, in Estonian - I watched the plastic bag when it pulled a penis on its hand, in Finnish)
Kas sa oled heas tujus või purjus? = Oletko hyvällä tuulella vai humalassa? ("Are you just in a good mood or are you drunk" in Estonian, but in Finnish it means "Are you very drunk or are you vomiting?")
Majas oli hallitust, elame nüüd talus. = Talossa oli hometta, asumme nyt maatalossa. (In Estonian it means "Our own house had mold, we moved to a farm house" but in Finnish it means "Our own house was taken over by government and we now live in another house"
Parker Martinez
who cares i don't even know where estonia is the only date that matters is 11 of November
Jack Adams
>i don't even know where estonia is
Julian Jackson
Congrats!
Chase Bennett
I love you, Finland
Xavier Thompson
>raamat Is it finnicized russian word of гpaмoтa?
William Wilson
probably, but it ultimately comes from Greek word grammata
Jaxon Brown
Stop trying to kill us with your raw fish and meat
Wyatt Butler
I have no idea what you are talking about
Jayden Clark
>tuore = raaka >(fresh food in Finnish, raw food in Estonian)
Isaac Flores
why are you finns ugly but estonians not?
Ryan Jones
Finns have more German genes Estonians more Slavic genes.
Landon Jackson
S. Stony ass shithole
Luis Ortiz
Congratulations on earning something that you should've achieved a millennia earlier. Better late then never.
James Murphy
Doesb't make sense, tard.
Henry Baker
I will not dodge estonia to get my booze from latvia next time.
Ryder Hernandez
You're probably retarded then
Dominic Miller
>is it okay if I kiss you? >BRRRAAAAAAAAAPPP
Daniel Allen
will estonia ever be considered nordic?
Brayden Butler
Congratulations, Estonia Estonia forever! :3
Jacob Fisher
congrats estonia bros
Carter Mitchell
Nah it has nothing to do with the Nordic region except Finland.
Matthew Ortiz
Eesti beesti
Jason Brown
t. uggos with epicanthic fold
Charles Hughes
Congratulations Estonia :D
Robert Rogers
Estonians are not nordic, it is known. Geographically maybe, but ethnically or culturally not. Culturally we are closer to Germans than scandis.
Cameron Nguyen
Cool boy Steonia
Jose Allen
how much there is difference between Germans and Scandis?
Christopher Price
>kisa = meteli >(sports event in Finnish, terrible noise in Estonian)
Estonia was conquered by German crusaders in 1200s and the last Germans left in 1940s. Although Estonian and German culture were separated most of the time, Germans actually developed Estonian written language and contributed much to our culture. We've been conquered by Swedish, Polish and Russians but the nobility here were always Baltic Germans.
People who go to Latvia now are fking traitors
Nicholas Gray
>German German German German German German German German Seek mental help you retard
Hudson Parker
supporting our neighbor isn't that bad
Kevin Jenkins
What was it like for Finland when it’s little brother was being molested by the communists? Honest question.
William Howard
Don't need to. I just face the the truth. Estonia is a Baltic German country with a Finno-Ugric language.
But why go? It's you country's birthday. Why fuck it up?
Jaxson Morgan
Being German is genetic. Turkish or Estonian people can't suddenly become German because they feel like it.
Cooper Ramirez
just pointing facts, in my point of view it is dumb, and i have do agree with you.
Anthony Wood
>one chance at life >not born in eesti or suomi
Parker Scott
Its only a cultural thing. Our culture since 1200s was developed mostly by Baltic Germans. That's a fact.
Liam Martinez
We forgot it existed until the ferry lines for cheap booze came to be.
Juan Perez
Happy birthday Estonia, enjoy our cheap alcohol
Jose Wilson
kallis kaasmaalane
ma õnnitlen sind selle saja aasta sünnipäeval
John Garcia
How mutually intelligible are Estonian and Finnish?
Mason Thomas
so finns don't feel any actual kinship with estonia?
Christian Gonzalez
...
Connor Perez
do you miss baltic germans?
Daniel Williams
reee
Christian Foster
very
suomi bros were the biggest supporters of independent eesti
Isaiah Taylor
Finns hate even other Finns how could we like them?
Kevin Allen
During Cold War we had our hands full in trying to not give the Soviets more influence over us than necessary to keep them calm.
Nicholas Flores
Eesti...
Wyatt Butler
maybe because the sentiment is exactly the same here
Brayden Ross
comfy
Asher Wood
Love you all!
Bentley Morgan
:3
Leo Fisher
No. They were a part of our history but they are mostly gone now.
>"Talsinki will be built in our lifetime". Helsinki and Tallinn will be combined into one urban megacity.
We will dominate baltic sea with our empire with our estonian brothers.
Adam Cooper
literally who
Jason Brown
Funny how the only decent city in Finland was built by Swedes and the only decent city in Estonia was built by Danes.
Camden Ortiz
Every city in Finland was built when we were a part of Swedish kingdom. Though Helsinki was a small trade town until Russia annexed us and made Helsinki our capital to distance us from Sweden. Until that point the Western coastal city of Turku was our capital.
