Open your first book

See what this path left out on purpose and what to do when it turns up, then open the Green Hill fables and read one scene with the English beside you.

≈ 2 min of reading · Practise at your own pace

What’s in this chapter

Start with the Green Hill fables, which use deliberately limited language.
Read the Estonian line before looking across at the English.
One habit matters more than everything else: keep going.
After Green Hill, move to Winnie-the-Pooh, then Doctor Dolittle.

Three things skipped on purpose

This path left three things out on purpose. Here is what each looks like in a book, and what to do when one turns up.

What you will meet	What to do with it
sõbragaSUHB-rah-gah, metsaniMET-sah-ni, rebaseksREH-bah-seks	More endings from the same family: with, as far as, into being. Read the front of the word, take the meaning from the sentence, and move on.
raamatukoguRAAH-mah-too-koh-goo	A long word is nearly always short words glued together — here book and collection, so a library. Split it at the seam and read each half.
on läinudohn LAY-nood, oli läinud	Two words where the stories used one: has gone, had gone. The second word ends in -nud, the shape you already met after ei.

When you're ready

Into the reading room

Try your first book.

Open Twelve Tales from the Green Hill and read a few Estonian lines with the English beside you.

Books open inside a Zaban account, so you’ll be asked to log in first.

Go back a chapter

Try a story before you reveal the English

Read Tobi ja vihm with the pronunciation and the English hidden. The story is told in the past. Aim for the scene, then open each answer to check what you got.

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