10 Estonian Tongue Twisters for Language Hackers
Being a hacker does not necessarily involve information technology, but certainly implies bold attitude. With time, the meaning of the term hacker has widened to embrace everyone who is curious and...
View ArticleEnglish in Estonia: The Country’s Future Lingua Franca?
Josep Soler-Carbonell is a research fellow at the Institute of Estonian and General Linguistics of the University of Tartu and a lecturer at Stockholm University. Like many foreigners in Estonia, my...
View ArticleKristiina Ehin: How to Explain My Language to You
On 1 September 1995 Kristiina felt disappointed: she had spent the previous night learning the ten stanzas of Gaudeamus in Latin and bearing the jokes of her partying neighbours, but only a few stanzas...
View Article10 Estonian Tongue Twisters for Language Addicts
Estonian is no easy language. Sensible people don’t attack difficult stuff from its most inaccessible and challenging side — by all means, that is a direct path to defeat. Are language addicts sensible...
View ArticleEduardo from Mexico Adores Arvo Pärt and Eerie Estonia
Seven years ago, Eduardo Torres was studying violin in Mexico and wanted to become a composer. An opportunity to study music abroad for a year came his way, but Eduardo’s first choice wasn’t Estonia....
View ArticleWhat is the true ancient Estonian food?
The first thing to come into most people’s minds as the Estonians’ “own” food would be black rye bread. However, rye has the shortest history of the cereals growing in Estonia.Photo by Anthony Ievlev...
View ArticleDo international students watch Estonian films? What to watch and where?
While I am working at the University of Tartu as Head of International Marketing, I am actually a student as well. An opportunity to connect my studies and my work came this spring when we had to...
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