Today was day #2 in Tallinn.
So what did I do?
I took a walking tour!
At the end of the tour, our guide, a Tallinn local, told us a few interesting things about the Estonian language.
Interesting thing #1: there is no sex (no male words, no female words)
Interesting thing #2: there is no future (the guide then made a joke that maybe that’s the reason the population is so small: no sex and no future!)
Interesting thing #3: some words are really, really long
This is the longest Estonian word:
sünnipäevanädalalõpupeopärastlõunaväsimatus
It means to have lots of energy on Sunday evening after a birthday party that lasted the whole weekend.
So when you think English is hard, remember, it could be worse!
What’s the longest English word you know? (click the blue button below and share on the blog!)
Tere, Mr Vig, I live in Latvia which is the neighbor country of Estonia. I love Estonian language and I hope you will love it too.
Internationalization. It means adapting computer software to different languages and regions without engineering changes.
Tere, Mr. Vig,
keegi ei kasuta sellist sõna 🙂 ( Nobody uses that word)
I like your funny guide.
I don’t know which is the longest word in English, but when will you go to Hungary you can learn the longest hungarian word: megszentségteleníthetetlenségeskedéseitekért.
Wow!
😀 I`ve never heard that anyone actually use that word here. I like more Estonian words JÄÄÄÄR (means edge of ice) and KUUUURIJA (moon researcher) and my foreign friends like the word TERVISEKS! (Cheers!). The pronounciation of the Estonian language is the same as the spelling.
In finnish you say “hän” and it could be male or female. With one word in finnish you have to use one or two sentance in english. Estonia is like “bad” finnish. You can understand it but it is hard to create sentence yourself.
That long word… no,no,no,no – don´t believe it! It´s was tour guide`s joke! But of course, our language has quirks too (like any other language). One day I guess I´ll say..
Hahahaa, lol. It was joke:))
Cheeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeers!
“Disproportionately ” this is the longest word I have faced today.However it simple to understanding because it is the international word
I’m so sorry. I’m not that smart to answer your question.
I googled, it was a word with 45 letters a name of a lung disease.
Strange is anyone can pronounce it?
I can not remamber, now.
Maybe improvised 😉
The longest English word I know is – circumnavigate.
Google says that the longest English word is pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis, which is forty-five letters long and refers to a type of lung disease. Hope no one uses it…I don’t even want to think how it is pronounced!😅
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What a pitty for saturday evening-I can’t join to school-I am gonna be at bear fest in Zrenjanin, Serbia-called “day’s of bear. We are listeninig music and drink bear with friends.
The longest English word I know is “perpetuity”. I agree with Gabriella, I like the guide´s joke. 🙂
Why you´re lucky, hmmm, because good lunch, because good chat, because good work, because we have something to be happy about, because we know the source of inner peace, etc. etc. 🙂
Hi !
Background ! In romanian language mean Fundal/Retras
Pneumonultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis
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