ONENESS - on-line less used and less taught languages http://www.oneness.vu.lt/ee/
This course is created for those who want to start learning Estonian language.
The course aims at forming minimal communicative competence of the target language and at introducing Estonia and its culture.
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Word FormationAdjectival Suffixes
-ne The adjectival suffix -ne is added to the noun stem. Derivatives with the suffix -ne commonly denote:a) contact with a substance, or inclusion of a substanceviha, viha, viha > vihaneveri, vere, verd > verine
b) measurementaasta, aasta, aastat > aastane
-lineThe suffix -line is usually added to the noun stem. The meaning of derivatives depends mostly on the base word:a) commonly denotes the presence of a physical featurelill, lille, lille > lilleline
b) denotes connection to a field or areaajalugu, ajaloo, ajalugu > ajalooline
-lik1) The derivational base is the noun. The suffix -lik denotes:a) similarity to the base word, referring to the similar character, behaviour and naturenaine, naise, naist > naiselikb) being characteristic to a field or area, or belonging to somebody or somethingpidu, peo, pidu > pidulik 2) The derivational base is the verb.The activity of the verb denotes being characteristic or inherent to somebody or something.lõpetama > lõplik
-tuThe suffix -tu is added to nouns and verbs. These adjectival derivatives denote the lack of what the base word denotes.õnn, õnne, õnne > õnnetu
-kas1) noun + -kasThese derivatives denote a bigger quantity or abundance of the quality expressed by the base word.edu, edu, edu > edukas
2) adjective + -kasThese derivatives denote that the quality is present less than to an average degree.punane > punakas
Prefix eba-Estonian has one prefix, -eba. The prefix -eba is usually added to the adjective; it denotes antonymyaus > ebaaus