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Estonian Plural

This page provides information about the plural in Estonian. Below is a list of singular (one) and plural (many) words, listed side by side.

Woman: naine
Women: naised
Language: keel
Languages: Keeled
Man: mees
Men: mehed
Country: riik / maa
Countries: Riigid / maad
Boy: poiss
Boys: Poisid
Lake: järv
Lakes: Järved
Girl: tüdruk
Girls: Tüdrukud
Pen: pastapliiats
Pens: pastapliiatsid

These examples show a sentence with both singular and plural forms. The list includes the use of nouns, numbers and pronouns.

I visited one country: Käisin ühes riigis / külastasin ühte riiki
She visited three countries: Ta(naissoost) külastas kolme riiki
She has one sister: Tal(naissoost) on üks õde
He has two sisters: Tal(meessoost)on kaks õde
We speak two languages: Me räägime kahes keeles
They speak four languages: Nemad räägivad nelja keelt

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