mu kallike ja luuletus

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May 8, 2012 06:05 kallike luuletus abi eesti keelega ilus keel
Mu kallikese nimi on David, ja ma soovin luuletust talle eesti keeles kirjutada. Ta soovib ka keelt õppida. Ma loodan, et ma saan midagi head talle kirjutada, sest eesti keel on ilus keel ja ma ei taha seda segi ajada. Kas keegi soovib mulle aidata, palun?
Torupiits
Thank you for your correction!
May 8, 2012 23:08
  • Mu kallikese nimi on David, ja ma soovin luuletust talle eesti keeles kirjutada.

  • Mu kallima nimi on David, ja ma soovin talle eesti keeles luuletuse kirjutada.

 
  • Ta soovib ka keelt õppida.

  • Ta soovib ka seda/eesti keelt õppida.

 
  • Ma loodan, et ma saan midagi head talle kirjutada, sest eesti keel on ilus keel ja ma ei taha seda segi ajada.

  • Ma loodan, et ma saan talle midagi head talle kirjutada, sest eesti keel on ilus keel ja ma ei taha seda segi ajada ära unustada/ära rikkuda.

    Instead of "segi ajama", the translation: forget the language/mess up (writing in Estonian)

 
  • Kas keegi soovib mulle aidata, palun?

  • Kas keegi palun soovib/saaks mind aidata?

    You can and should omit the "please" in this sentence, but if you want to use it (to be extremely polite), then it must be used in the middle of the sentence.

 

Red - mistake; blue - very small mistake, wording or some other stylistic mistake; grey - I, as a native speaker, would not use the word.

I'm glad you are finding Estonian to be interesting and beautiful. How long have you learned? Are you using any help? You write very well!

And sure, I could help you with the poem :)

Torupiits
May 9, 2012 03:13
  • mu kallike ja luuletus

  • Minu kallim ja luuletus

 

May 10, 2012 19:29 Dhora Kilo // Azeria Thorne
suured tänud! :D

May 10, 2012 19:30 Dhora Kilo // Azeria Thorne
so is 'kallim' for guys and 'kallike' for women?

May 10, 2012 19:35 Dhora Kilo // Azeria Thorne
haha, forgive me for all the comments xD but yeah, i've been learning since last july, so about 10 months :D and i've been using livemocha.com and a textbook, 'teach yourself estonian,' to help me out. i've met a few people through the internet who've helped me in conversation as well. i just recently decided to get back on lang-8 now that i have a little bit of proficiency :D i'm glad you think i write well.. thank you so much! ^^ i do hope to really improve my estonian a lot; i find it to be a very enigmatic language.

May 10, 2012 23:00 Torupiits
Regarding "kallim"

Kallim is usually(!) the word used when one is talking about the "kallim" to others. It's like "My boyfriend is..." However, "kallike" is is more of an affectionate form of the word "dear". You would use that while you are actually talking with your boyfriend: "How was your day, dear?"

Though of course, you can find examples of "kallike" being used in the literature the same way as you did. This is why I did not really mark it as a mistake. It's just (much) more common to say "kallim". And it can be used for both genders.

Nowadays it is very common for people to just say "poiss" for boyfriend and "türduk" for "girlfriend". Maybe it will make things easier for you.

And 10 months, wow! That shows persistence :)
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