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Estonian Tongue Twisters

1st International Collection of Tongue Twisters
www.tongue-twister.net/et.htm © 1996-2018 by Mr.Twister

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1

Kuuuurija istus töööös jääääres.

2

Jõeäärne õueaiamaa

3

Habemeajaja ja jaamaülem jalutasid honorari järele.

Widely known speech-test for the drunken people.

4

Kummikutes kummitus kummitas kummutis.

5

Vahetevahel on ka vahede vahel ja nende vahede vahel asuvatel vahedel vahed vahel.

6

öötöö

7

esimese esimehe esimene esinemine

8

kuulilennuteetunneliluuk

a palindrome

9

Nägin suveööunenäos Jüriööülestõusu.

10

Musta lehma saba valge lehma taga, valge lehma saba musta lehma taga.

11

Põrsas jooksis põrinal üle põranda, nii et sõrad kõbisesid.

12

Tuhkatriinu triikis taskurätti.

13

Koueööaimdus

14

Roheline tuli tuli tulipunase tule järel.

15

Äia uue õue aiaäär

16

Pagari piparkook

17

Miniriides filmidiiva viibis siin viimati pisivisiidil.

18

Neli rubla liiter

19

Ööbikud hüürgavad Pääsküla jõe ääres pähklipuu põõsastes.

20

Habemeajaja ajas asjaajaja ja teerajaja habet.

21

Tõkkepuuta raudteeülesõidukoht

22

Äia õe oaõieaia õueaua ööau

A sentence consisting entirely of vowels.

23

Kollane kummitus kummitas kummutis kollases kummikus.

Rough Translations

  1. up The moon-scientist sat in a working night at the edge of the ice.
  2. up Garden by the river
  3. up The barber and the station-master walked for the fee.
  4. up A ghost with rubberboots haunted in the chest of drawers.
  5. up Sometimes there are spaces between gaps and gaps between the gaps.
  6. up night work
  7. up the first performance of the first chairman
  8. up the hatch at the end of the tunnel where the bullet is flying
  9. up I saw the uprising of St. George's Night in a midsummer night's dream.
  10. up The black cow's tail (is) behind a white cow, the white cow's tail (is) behind a black cow.
  11. up A piglet ran noisily across the floor, so that his paws were making a sound.
  12. up Cinderella was ironing a handkerchief.
  13. up Anticipation of the thundery night
  14. up The green light appeared after the bright-red light.
  15. up The edge of the fence of the father-in-law's new yard.
  16. up Baker's gingerbread
  17. up A famous film-star with few clothes on was visiting recently.
  18. up Four rouble per litre
  19. up The barber was cutting the beard of the secretary and the pioneer.
  20. up railway crossing without barrier
  21. up night howl of the guard dog of the bean flower garden of father-in-law's sister
  22. up Yellow ghost hunted in yellow rubber boots what was in (a) chest of drawers.

Thanks

Sille Alabert, Valju Aloel, Némethy Arisztid, Anna Baumann, Marina Butenko, Lilian Haruoja, Laur Joost, Silver Kalve, Hannele Känd, Jan Kiezebrink, Kelli Kruusma, Virko Lepik, Christian Mehl, Ida Marta Metsis, Urmas Raude, Lembit Reiter, Sebastian Rimestad, Anniki Roovere, Egon Sale, Minni Tint, Mihkel Uba

Links

Ethnologue, Languages of the World: Estonian | Standard Estonian | Võro

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