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Colours

Learn everyday colours and describe things around you.

1. Colours · Värvid

ColourEstonianEnglish
valgewhite
mustblack
punanered
sinineblue
kollaneyellow
rohelinegreen
oranžorange
roosapink
lillapurple
pruunbrown
hallgrey

2. Describe one thing

Mis värvi see on? — What colour is it?
See on sinine. — It is blue.

See auto on punane. — This car is red.
See maja on valge. — This house is white.
Mul on roheline kott. — I have a green bag.

For now, practise these basic forms with one thing. Colour words can change in other sentence patterns.

3. Light and dark

hele — light; tume — dark.
Write them together with the colour: helesinine — light blue; tumesinine — dark blue; heleroheline — light green.

Harjuta!

Practise

Write your answers in Estonian. Check them and try again as often as you like.

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