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11/12/2023

Jäiteoht - ice hazard 🚦❄️

jää - ice 🧊
oht - danger, hazard, threat ⚠️

04/09/2023

Happiness and empty stomach rarely go together - Japanese proverb 🥪🇯🇵

õnn - happiness 😊
tühi - empty 🫙
kõht - stomach 🫃
käivad - they go (käima - to go, walk) 🚶‍♂️
harva - rarely
looks - together 👥
vanasõna - proverb ('old word', vana - old, sõna - word) 🗣️

Author: Alexander Reva

06/07/2023

Toidujagamiskapp - Food sharing closet ♻️🥗

toit - food 🍩
jagamine - sharing (jagama - to share) 🤲
kapp - closet, locker🚪

27/06/2023

Varjevõrkude tegemine - Making cover (camouflage) nets 🕸️🌿🪖

varjevõrkude - cover (camouflage) nets (vari - shadow, shelter, cover; võrk - net, network)
tegemine - making (tegema - to make)

21/06/2023

Siit saab üle jõe - From here you can cross the river 🏞️

siit - from here (siin - here)
saab - can
üle - cross, over (ületama - to cross) 🌉
jõe (jõgi) - river 🌊

13/10/2022

Naerata, see sobib sulle - Smile, it suits you 🙂

naerata - smile (imperative of 'naeratama' - to smile) 🌞
see - it
sobib - suits (2nd form of 'sobima' - to suit, fit, match) 👔
sulle - for you

24/09/2022

Ükskord me võidame... - Once we will win... ✌️

ükskord - once (üks - one, kord - time, turn, occasion) 1️⃣
me - we
võidame - we (will) win (võitma - to win, present tense, as no future tense in Estonian) 🥇

🇪🇪🇱🇻🇱🇹🇺🇦

24/08/2022

Ukraina pole putini oma - Ukraine is not putin's 🇺🇦

pole - not (is not)
putini oma - putin's own (oma - own)

Today is the Independence Day of Ukraine
🇺🇦❤️🇪🇪

23/08/2022

Avalik varjumiskoht - Public shelter 📢🪖

avalik - public 🌁
varjumiskoht - shelter ('hiding place', varjumis- - hiding, koht - place) ⛺

Public shelters were open in Estonia in case of bombing 🛩️

Shelters in:
Tallinn:
pealinn.ee/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/Varjumiskohad-Tallinnas-scaled.jpg
Pärnu:
parnu.ee/images/uudised/Varjumiskohtade_kaart.jpg
Tartu:
rescue.ee/et/juhend/avalikud-varjumiskohad/avalikud-varjumiskohad-tartus

21/08/2022

See buss on roheline - This bus is green 🍃
Roheline pealinn - Green capital 🏢

Though looks a bit turquoise 😀 (türkiissinine in 🇪🇪)

see - this
buss - bus 🚌
roheline - green 🟩
pealinn - capital ('head city', pea - head, linn - city) 🏰

16/08/2022

Aitäh soojuse eest. Aitäh et aitate kaitsta meie riiki - Thank you for the warmth. Thanks that you help to defend our country 🇺🇦❤️🇪🇪

Дякую ([dyakuju], ukraina keeles 'aitäh') - 'Thank you' in Ukrainian

aitäh - thanks 🫂
soojus(e) - warmth, heat 🔥
eest - for
et - that
aitate - you help (aitama - to aid, help) 🆘
kaitsta - to protect, defend (da-infinitive of kaitsma) 🛡️
meie - our
riiki - country (-i - partitive of 'riik') 🇺🇦

11/06/2022

Võõrkeeles ropendamise eest trahv 1€ - A fine of 1€ for swearing in a foreign language 🤬💶

võõrkeeles - in foreign language (võõras - foreign, keel - language, -s - in (inessive case, wherein?)) 🌐
ropendamise - rotting(?), mutilation(?) or swearing(?) 🗣️❔
eest - for
trahv - fine, penalty 👮‍♀️

02/05/2022

Talveperioodil - during the winter period (talve - winter, -l – adessive case (at)) 🚫❄️
Matkarada - hiking trail (matka- – hiking-, rada - track, path) 🛤️
Ei hooldata - is not maintained (hooldama - to maintain) 👨‍🔧

Liikumine - moving (liikuma - to move) 🚶
Omal vastutusel - at your own responsibility (oma - own, vastutus - responsibility, -l – adessive case (at))

Olge ettevaatlikud - be careful (plural, olge - be, olla - to be, ettevaatus - caution) 🚧
Tähelepanelikud - attentive (tähelepanu! - attention!) ⚠️

Author: Helena Ankur

16/04/2022

Putin kulastas täna ristlejad "Moskva" ja selle meeskonda - putin today visited the cruiser "Moscow" and its crew ⚓

külastas - visits (külastama - to visit, -s - indicative active voice singular third person imperfect tense positive verb) 🚪
täna - today
ristlejad - cruiser (ristleja - cruiser, -d - nominative case (who?, what?)) 🛳️
selle - its
meeskonda - crew (meeskond - crew, -a - partitive case (whom?))

P.S. Picture is not mine. If you know the author, please tag him:)

10/03/2022

Kogumispunkt - Collection point 🇺🇦

kogumis- – collection- (kogumine - collection, assembly)
punkt - point, spot 📍

Addresses:
Jaan Tõnnisoni 1, Tartu
Laboratooriumi 22, Tallinn
Kopli 70A, Tallinn
Kadaka tee 54, Tallinn

06/03/2022

Ei sõjale! - No to war! 🇺🇦

ei - no 🚫
sõjale - to war (sõda - war, -le - allative case (to, onto))

05/03/2022

Nüüd sa tead täpselt mida Putinilt oodata! - Now you know exactly what to expect from Putin! 🇺🇦

nüüd - now
sa - you
tead - know 🧠
täpselt - exactly
mida - what
Putinilt - from Putin (-lt - ablative case (from))
oodata - to wait, expect ⏳

21/02/2022

Odav kaup - Cheap goods 🪙

odav - cheap 💲
kaup - good(s), product 📦

18/02/2022

Armastus päästab maailma - Love saves the world ❤️⛑️🌍

armastus - love ♥️
päästab - saves (päästma - to save, rescue) 💾🛟
maailma - world (-a - singular partitive (whom?), maailm - world) 🌏

14/02/2022

Jääle minek on keelatud - Going to the ice is forbidden 🧊🚷

jääle - to the ice (jää - ice, -le - allative case (towards, to))
minek - going (minema - to go)
on - is
keelatud - forbidden (keelata - to forbid, prohibit)

10/02/2022

Kes sööb, see jaksab - Who eats, endures (The one who eats, can handle) 💪

kes - who
sööb - eats (2nd person, sööma - to eat) 🍝
see - is
jaksab - endures (jaksma - to handle, cope, endure) 🏋️

06/02/2022

Kas sa nendest mõtled ka vahel, kes sulle on olnud hääd? - Do you also sometimes think of those who have been good to you?

nendest - of them (of those) (neid - them, -st - elative case (out of))
mõtled - you think (mõtlema - to think)
ka - also, too
vahel - sometimes
kes - who
sulle - to you (sa - you, -le - allative case (towards, onto))
olnud - have been (olla - to be, olnud - (they) have been)
hääd - good (plural, hea - good)

03/02/2022

Elu on parem, kui sa naerad! - Life is better when you laugh! 😀

elu - life
parem - better
kui - if, when
naerad - you laugh (naerma - to laugh, -ad ending - 2nd form) 😸

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