Afleveringen
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Hello everyone! In this episode I give an example on how to describe a person, including using several different sayings/phrases. Full transcript including explanations of the expressions as always on my website: https://estonianwitheli.org/2026/06/05/2-14-describing-people/ and you can access it by becoming my supporter on ko-fi: https://ko-fi.com/eestikeeleliga
Intro/outro music by Oleksii Holubiev from Pixabay
Song mentioned in the episode is "Pole sul tarvis teada mida ma teen" by Kukerpillid: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i31YEiljcKU
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This episode talks about some activities Estonians like to do in the summer or that are popular.
You can read the transcript on my website: https://estonianwitheli.org/2026/05/28/2-13-summer-suvi/ , and access is gained by becoming my monthly supporter on ko-fi: https://ko-fi.com/eestikeeleliga.
Are you interested in taking Estonian 1:1 or group lessons? You can book a free trial lesson with me directly on my website: https://estonianwitheli.org/lessons/
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Zijn er afleveringen die ontbreken?
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In this episode, I talk a bit more about the pronunciation of Estonian vowels, and some tongue twisters to practice prounctiation. Full transcript on my website
https://estonianwitheli.org/2026/05/20/2-12-pronunciation-haaldamine/ and password to access is available to my monthly supporters on Ko-fi: https://ko-fi.com/eestikeeleliga
Kirju kukk kires kuuse kõrval kuurikatusel.
Seitsesada seitsekümmend sinist sipsikut sibasid sööklasse sooja saia sööma.
Narivoodi moodi voodi viidi voodipoodi.
Kuuuurijad tööööl jää ääres.
Hauaööõudused
Kas see ei või või või võimargariin olla?
Vahetevahel on ka vahede vahelistel vahedel vahed vahel.
Kummitus kummitas kummikutega kummutis.
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This is another beginner-friendly episode following the story of Liina, including a short story and questions and answers based on the story afterwards. This is the final part of the story that is available to everyone, and following stories are for my ko-fi supporters only: https://ko-fi.com/eestikeeleliga
Transcript available here: https://estonianwitheli.org/2026/05/07/2-11-liina-seiklused-3/ with password visible to ko-fi supporters.
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In this episode I talk about how Estonians go to sauna, the traditions around sauna-ing, and other related topics.
Full transcript as always, available on my website: https://estonianwitheli.org/2026/05/01/2-10-saun/ and is available to my monthly supporters on Ko-Fi website: https://ko-fi.com/eestikeeleliga
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This episode spends time on exploring some materials and resources available to Estonian learners. As usual, the transcript is available on my website; https://estonianwitheli.org/2026/04/22/2-9-eesti-keele-oppimine/
and access to the transcript is for my monthly supporters on ko-fi: https://ko-fi.com/eestikeeleliga
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This episode is discussing the history and traditions of Easter in Estonia. Talking about the significance of the several days leading up to Easter, what they are called, and how the old traditions differ from today's.
The full transcript is available as always on my website: https://estonianwitheli.org/2026/04/05/2-7-easter-munadepuhad/ and password to access is available to monthly supporters on Ko-fi: https://ko-fi.com/eestikeeleliga
Consider becoming a supporter if you enjoy listening to the podcast, to ensure its continued production. There are different tiers of support available to suit anyone's purse, and would help significantly battle the costs of the running of the show, besides access to awesome benefits.
Aitäh!
Eli
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This episode is sequel to 2.6, where I continue with the same story about Liina and her family. It is aimed at early beginners with easy sentences, present tense, and includes questions and answers to help you start speaking by answering the questions in first person form.
The full transcript is available on my website https://estonianwitheli.org/2026/03/30/2-7-liina-seiklused-2/ and the password is available to my monthly supporters on my Ko-fi website: https://ko-fi.com/eestikeeleliga
Lots of new exciting benefits are explained in this session to the monthly supporters, such as a video call for all monthly supporters, and Signal messaging group chat for 'Libahunt' and above tier supporters.
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This is a very beginner-friendly episode where I start telling a longer story. This is the first part of a series, told in third person point of view, and Q&A in second/third person, which allows you to practice speaking in first person, which we most often do.
As usual, you can find the full transcript on my website https://estonianwitheli.org/2026/03/23/2-6-liina-seiklused/ and get access to it using the password shared with my monthly supporters on Ko-fi: https://ko-fi.com/eestikeeleliga
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In this episode, I discuss a bit about what Estonians are like, their characters, some customs, and general external characeristics. To access the password to the transcipts, and additional resources, please become a supporter on: https://ko-fi.com/eestikeeleliga
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In this episode, I explain the rules of another popular Estonian card game. The name can be translated as "the fool of the family", indicating to the person losing the game. It's a simple game, and as always, I have added additional explanations to the bottom of the transcript, accessible to my monthly supporters on Ko-fi: https://ko-fi.com/eestikeeleliga
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This episode introduces a very popular Estonian card game "turakas", how it's played, and common variants. Full transcript available on the webiste for monthly supporters on Ko-fi: https://ko-fi.com/eestikeeleliga
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Welcome back Estonian with Eli podcast. Due to illness, there was no episode last week, and aptly today's topic is health. Full transcript is available to monthly supporters on Ko-fi: https://ko-fi.com/eestikeeleliga
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Welcome back! This is the first episode of second season of Estonian with Eli, and will be talking about the traditions around Shrove Tuesday, from the activities to food.
The transcript is available to those who support the podcast on Ko-fi: https://ko-fi.com/eestikeeleliga
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This episode is mainly aimed at giving updates on the podcast, how it will continue, supporter's club and more relevant information.
Check out the full transcript on the website: https://estonianwitheli.org/2026/02/05/season-1-podcast-updates-esimese-hooaja-taskuhaalingu-uudised/
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This episode contains a short story about a day at the beach, told from three diferent perspectives and questions and answers.
Full transcript here: https://estonianwitheli.org/2026/02/05/1-14-story-a-day-at-the-beach-luhijutt-paev-rannas/
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In this episode I discuss the usefulness of music to language learning, as well as list some Estonian bands that may be enjoyable to explore.
Full transcript here: https://estonianwitheli.org/2026/01/30/1-13-music-muusika/
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In this episode I explain different ways we use the three verbs tulema, minema, käima, with sample sentences to conjugate in present tense.
Full transcript here: https://estonianwitheli.org/2026/01/30/1-12-come-go-frequent-verbs-tulema-minema-kaima-tegusonad/
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In this episode I introduce some family-related vocabulary that is used in everyday Estonian.
Full transcript here: https://estonianwitheli.org/2026/01/30/1-11-family-perekond/
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In this episode, I discuss some traditions around New Years Eve in Estonia, how we celebrate, fireworks, comedy shows, and new year's resolutions.
Full transcript here: https://estonianwitheli.org/2026/01/30/1-10-nye-vana-aasta-ohtu/
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