Estonian/Pronouns

A pronoun (asesõna) has a long and short form. Here are the singular Estonian pronouns in the first three cases:

English	Nominative	- short	Genitive	- short	Accusative
I	mina	ma	minu	mu	mind
you (singular)	sina	sa	sinu	su	sind
he/she	tema	ta	tema	ta	teda
we	meie	me	meie	me	meid
you (plural)	teie	te	teie	te	teid
they	nemad	nad	nende	nad	neid

Pronouns & cases

Omastav kääne

Kelle?	whose?
Minu ema	My mother
Sinu isa	your father
Tema taldrik	His/her plate
Meie õpetaja	Our teacher
Teie õde	Your sister
Nende vend	Their brother

Here we have some tenses in genitive case.

• Kelle oma? : Who own is?
  • Venna õpik : The brother's textbook
  • Minu õpik : My textbook
  • Õe kleit : The sister's dress
  • Tema kleit : Her dress
• Kelle pall see on? : Who is this ball?
  • See on lapse oma : The child's own this
  • See on lapse pall : The child's this ball
• Kelle oma see on? : Who own this is?
  • See on minu õe oma : My sister's own this
• Kelle vihit see on? : Who notebook this is?
  • See on õpilase vihik : The student's this notebook
  • See on õpilase oma : The student's own this

Osastav kääne

Keda?	Whom?
Mind ei ole	Don't is me
Ma armastan sind	I love you
Ma vihkan teda	I hate him/her
Ta ootab meid	He/she waits us
Ta nägi teid	He/she saw you
Ta kuulis neid	He/she heard them