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Um, "three lengths for vowels and consonants"? AFAIK the only three-length vowel in Estonian is 'o', the rest are just short or long. And as in Finnish, clusters like "kk" or "tt" indicate a glottal stop before the consonant, not a 'long consonant' (except for ss, mm, nn, ll). [[User:Jpatokal|Jpatokal]] 21:46, 1 Nov 2004 (EST) | Um, "three lengths for vowels and consonants"? AFAIK the only three-length vowel in Estonian is 'o', the rest are just short or long. And as in Finnish, clusters like "kk" or "tt" indicate a glottal stop before the consonant, not a 'long consonant' (except for ss, mm, nn, ll). [[User:Jpatokal|Jpatokal]] 21:46, 1 Nov 2004 (EST) | ||
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| + | :Actually there ''are'' 3 vowel lengths. For example: | ||
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| + | ::short: sada 'hundred' | ||
| + | ::long: saada 'send' | ||
| + | ::overlong: saada 'to get' (written the same but pronounced longer) | ||
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| + | :When you're studying Estonian, a common way to see the overlong sound denoted is by writing a tick mark in front of the syllable. But that's not part of actual written Estonian. As for long consonants, yes I mean glottal stop. It's a phrasebook, not a language course ;) I should also say I'm at a ''very'' beginning level with Estonian, so if I'm dead wrong with anything, it's entirely possible! -[[User:Nickpest|nick]] 22:11, 1 Nov 2004 (EST) | ||
Revision as of 03:15, 2 November 2004
Um, "three lengths for vowels and consonants"? AFAIK the only three-length vowel in Estonian is 'o', the rest are just short or long. And as in Finnish, clusters like "kk" or "tt" indicate a glottal stop before the consonant, not a 'long consonant' (except for ss, mm, nn, ll). Jpatokal 21:46, 1 Nov 2004 (EST)
- Actually there are 3 vowel lengths. For example:
- short: sada 'hundred'
- long: saada 'send'
- overlong: saada 'to get' (written the same but pronounced longer)
- When you're studying Estonian, a common way to see the overlong sound denoted is by writing a tick mark in front of the syllable. But that's not part of actual written Estonian. As for long consonants, yes I mean glottal stop. It's a phrasebook, not a language course ;) I should also say I'm at a very beginning level with Estonian, so if I'm dead wrong with anything, it's entirely possible! -nick 22:11, 1 Nov 2004 (EST)
