The secret life of ÄRA / Let's Learn Estonian ep. 27

I'm back after a long hiatus with my first Estonian lesson. This time we'll be looking at the word ÄRA and the diverse meanings of it. By the end of this video you should have a more clear understanding of how to use ÄRA and how to distinguish the different meanings of it in the sentence.
Happy learning!
#estonia #learnestonian #languagelearning #ära

[@koai3297]

Thank you for all the good lessons. Glad to see you back.(I've watch your videos several years ago)

[@LittleMissSquirrel]

Glad to see you back!

[@_realggf9]

Thanks for coming back. we miss your lessons

[@LittleMissSquirrel]

Thank you for your support! There will be more to come!

[@a3z33]

I second that!

[@fabiano8888]

What a beautiful language! Thank you for the wonderful lesson!

[@LittleMissSquirrel]

My pleasure 😊

[@08ChristianG]

Thank you! I started watching your playlist recently and noticed the last video was 6 years ago! Its a great coincidence that you come back while im learning :)

[@LittleMissSquirrel]

That's great timing indeed! Happy learning!

[@my_graphics]

Great lesson. Thank you.

[@LittleMissSquirrel]

Glad you enjoyed it! I was really worried because I'm quite rusty with creating long form videos. I'm sure they'll just get better as I get more used to the process :)

[@Kraanvelt]

Great to see the Estonian Language videos back after all these years! Suur aitäh!

[@LittleMissSquirrel]

More to come!

[@benterki_aboubakerseddiq3993]

Finally we get a good teacher

[@LittleMissSquirrel]

Thank you for your support!

[@nerian777]

Oh my she's back 🎉

[@LittleMissSquirrel]

I'm baack 🎉

[@superrebotar]

You are back 🎉🎊🎊

[@LittleMissSquirrel]

🎉🎉🎉

[@28if]

Ahhh like a breathe of fresh air. Your back! Tere Tagasi. from Toomas in San Francisco

[@LittleMissSquirrel]

Happy to be back 🎉

[@julianbelmarsh]

Very nicely presented in a clear and engaging fashion!

[@LittleMissSquirrel]

You're too kind! I felt so out of practice when recording this 😁

[@julianbelmarsh]

Oh well I didn't notice a thing 😉@@LittleMissSquirrel

[@ovidiugabriel9885]

Tere Liisa! Welcome back online!

[@LittleMissSquirrel]

Glad to be back!

[@fisslimen]

Thank you! Examples were really helpful

[@LittleMissSquirrel]

I'm glad you liked it! Honestly, when I was editing, I came up with more example sentences. But gotta learn to know when to stop 😊

[@EffectiveLearning-ek6vo]

Helpful

[@javifernandez4663]

Gracias!! aitäh!! 🙏

[@LittleMissSquirrel]

Palun, palun!

[@TheProfEddy]

whew it been 3 years since u last uploaded (excluded the more recent talinn old town video)
dang i thought u already left forever 😂😂 and the channel is dead.
welcome back.
oh ya just wanna say your episode 1-25 was a lifesaver back then when i was starting out.

[@LittleMissSquirrel]

Thank you so much 🙏 it's really encouraging to read all the positive messages 🤗

[@csaba9285]

This exists in Hungarian too, often used as a prefix, and works about the same way as you described ära
It's called "el-" and I think they are cognates
Example:
elrakott egy könyvet - he put a book away
In imperative: rakd el a könyvet! - put the book away!

[@LittleMissSquirrel]

That is so interesting! I would have never guessed that! Thank you for sharing 😊

[@sluxi]

Very interesting, seems like comparing to finnish ära is used as both älä and pois,...

[@fernandosoaresdecamargo8095]

Never found a Estonian who could explain how to use ARÄ.

[@LittleMissSquirrel]

I hope this video helped 🥰

[@stiobhardgruamach1368]

This is really fascinating. I went to Google trans to see how your Estonian sentences compare with Finnish and for ära söö ära and it said älä syö sitä. So different words for the two different senses of ära.
Btw. At 0:49 there's a mistake in your subtitles. You wrote "probation" but you said and meant "prohibition". Just thought I'd let you know, I know it's too late to fix it.

[@LittleMissSquirrel]

Oh thank you so much! I can still change the subtitles that I uploaded to RUclips but indeed, I can't change ones that are stuck in the video 🥺

[@stiobhardgruamach1368]

@@LittleMissSquirrel after watching this I fell down a RUclips rabbit hole looking for videos on the history of Estonia.... 😅

[@LittleMissSquirrel]

Maybe I can do some videos on the historical topics. I admit it's not my forte, but one can surely learn. What would be the things you would like to hear about?

[@stiobhardgruamach1368]

@@LittleMissSquirrel I'm really curious about the origins of Estonia.... Like when the Germans came in the middle ages and how much interaction did Estonia have with other parts of Europe before that? Also naming practices... Apparently Estonian names were completely reinvented in the mid 19th century... If so what were Estonian names like that before that... I guess when Germans were there there were more German influences on names but there must've been names in the Estonian language too? Also the kalevipoeg sounds interesting. You probably know about that. These are the things I'm personally curious about.

[@LittleMissSquirrel]

@@stiobhardgruamach1368 I'll see what I can do. I actually have someone in my family tree who didn't have last name. Just your regular slave or realslave was the term that was used. And there are lots of last names that are Estonian. Mine is Squirrel for example 😊

[@LovesickFerret]

I am so glad when my parents taught me Estonian in uk i did not go thro’ all this ….ara was ara🤔

[@RichardMundy]

Sina oled suurepärane õpetaja! Mina loodan, et sina jätkad eesti keele teemaliste videote tegemist.

[@LittleMissSquirrel]

Muidugi jätkan 😊

[@realhawaii5o]

Olete tagasi 👀

[@paulwilliams8968]

You should do lõuna 😉

[@LittleMissSquirrel]

What do you mean?

[@paulwilliams8968]

@@LittleMissSquirrel is it south or lunch 😃

[@BalticStarChannel]

Suur aitäh 🙂

[@LittleMissSquirrel]

aga palun 😊

[@miguelangelmartinezaguinag9953]

No problem! Honey😍 you just
Smile!!! Who cares about "Ara"
In My Country, there is a "Toys Chain Stores" named "ARA" 😅
So? Just Smile!!! 🙃🎁🌹🤔
🤠🚴🚂🍇🍷🍾🥂🥩☕🍸🎉😇🇲🇽😎