emakeel
[ˈemɑkeːl]
mother tongue, native language
- noun
- A1
- Education
- Communication
Forms
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | emakeel | emakeeled |
| Genitive | emakeele | emakeelte |
| Partitive | emakeelt | emakeeli |
| Illative | emakeelesse | emakeeltesse |
| Inessive | emakeeles | emakeeltes |
| Elative | emakeelest | emakeeltest |
| Allative | emakeelele | emakeeltele |
| Adessive | emakeelel | emakeeltel |
| Ablative | emakeelelt | emakeeltelt |
| Translative | emakeeleks | emakeelteks |
| Terminative | emakeeleni | emakeelteni |
| Essive | emakeelena | emakeeltena |
| Abessive | emakeeleta | emakeelteta |
| Comitative | emakeelega | emakeeltega |
Examples
Minu emakeel on vene keel.
My mother tongue is Russian.
Ta räägib oma emakeeles.
He/she speaks in their mother tongue.
Common combinations
oma emakeel
one's native language
emakeeles rääkima
to speak one's native language
Related words
In Estonian
Esimene õpitud keel, kodune keel
Definitions, examples and word forms are partly based on the EKI Combined Dictionary (Eesti Keele Instituut, Sõnaveeb), licensed under CC BY 4.0. Dictio has edited and added to them. Sources and licenses