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pc2 wrote:of course we know that. why did you tell us that? because of that '?'?
Didine is a very kind and competent person. She has helped me a lot with my Finnish. Why all this rush? You will receive your answer at once.

Be polite, and do not forget that Didine is helping you for free and in her own spare time!

(Didine is a post-graduate studet. She goes to faculty...)

Your answers are coming. Be patient!!!!!!
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of course.
zcalin wrote:
pc2 wrote:of course we know that. why did you tell us that? because of that '?'?
Didine is a very kind and competent person. She has helped me a lot with my Finnish. Why all this rush? You will receive your answer at once.

Be polite, and do not forget that Didine is helping you for free and in her own spare time!

(Didine is a post-graduate studet. She goes to faculty...)

Your answer are coming. Be patient!!!!!!
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Re: EESTI KEEL

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pc2 wrote:good... so, you mean that most part of the words are regular?
what are the rules for regular partitive?
The trick is that I know how to form the partitive but I don't remember the exact rules. This is what happens when you start mastering a language, you can apply the rules without remembering what they actually state. I don't have my Estonian grammar book here, but I'll have it next week. If it's not too late for you then, I can give you a precise list of rules on how to form the Estonian partitive.

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LÍNGUA ESTONIANA

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salutations,
great, we are really willing for this partitive thing.
but the genitive is formed by basically adding a vowel to the stem?
e. g. : EESTI KEEL(Estonian) EESTI KEELE(Of the Estonian).
this is nice because all this time searching for forums and discussion groups(before finding Lokanova) we were frustated, because we thought the partitive was irregular. you was the only person in all over the Internet that has given us an information like this one.

regards,
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I will explain to you how to form the genitive at the same time (next week).

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didine, do you already have the Estonian partitive and genitive rules?

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didine wrote:Katso kuinka ankarina pilvet kulkee kasvoillani, kuinka voisin ihmeen tuoda? Mahdotonta älä pyydä, älä pyydä itsellesi.
what does it mean? is it Finnish?
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pc2 wrote:
didine wrote:Katso kuinka ankarina pilvet kulkee kasvoillani, kuinka voisin ihmeen tuoda? Mahdotonta älä pyydä, älä pyydä itsellesi.
what does it mean? is it Finnish?
It is Finnish. It means:

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