Estonian Greetings and Introductions

– Essential words and phrases to know –

Learn the essentials of Estonian easily with this vocabulary list that contains all the most basic words and phrases used in Estonian for greetings and Introductions, with their english translations. If you’re a beginner, it will come in handy to review or learn Estonian by yourself before traveling, or if you want to enrich and improve your Estonian vocabulary to better express yourself in writing and speaking!

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ENGLISH	ESTONIAN
Hello	Tere
Good morning!	Tere hommikust!
Good afternoon!	Tere päevast!
Hi	Tere
Good evening	Tere õhtust
Good night	Head ööd
Sleep well	Maga hästi
How are you?	Kuidas sul läheb?
I’m fine, thank you.	Minuga on kõik korras, tänan.
How about you?	Kuidas on sinuga?
Nice to meet you.	Meeldiv tutvuda.
Nice to meet you too.	Tore tutvuda ka.
Likewise	Samamoodi
It’s good to see you.	Sind on hea näha.
Nice to see you again.	Tore sind jälle näha.
Pleased to meet you.	Meeldiv tutvuda.
How nice to see you!	Kui tore sind näha!
What’s up?	Mis toimub?
What brings you here?	Mis sind siia toob?
When you’re leaving
Goodbye	Hüvasti
I hope we’ll meet again.	Loodan, et kohtume veel.
I’ve got to go.	ma pean minema.
It was good meeting you.	Tore oli sinuga kohtuda.
It was great seeing you again.	Tore oli teid jälle näha.
It was great to catch up!	Tore oli järele jõuda!
See you again sometime.	Näeme millalgi jälle.
See you in the morning	Näeme hommikul
See you later	Näeme hiljem
See you soon	Varsti näeme
See you tomorrow	Homme näeme
See you tonight	Näeme täna õhtul
Sleep well	Maga hästi
Take care.	Ole tubli.
Other greetings
Bless you	Terviseks
Cheers!	Tervist!
Farewell	Hüvastijätt
Good luck!	Edu!
Talk to you soon	Räägime varsti
Welcome	Tere tulemast
Well done!	Hästi tehtud!

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