This lesson will be on the Estonian negative and some conjunctions.
The negative is formed with the word "no" which is "ei", and by taking a conjugated form of a verb without the personal suffix:
One very convenient aspect about the negative is that it's the same for all persons and quantities of pronouns:
The word "ei" in verb negation is considered to be an ''auxiliary verb'', and roughly translates to "do not" or "don't".
Estonian has no auxiliary verb for the Future like "I will", so the negative future is composed of "ei" simply followed by the simple negative form of the verb (not) to be performed in the future.
Conjunctions are called "sidesõnad" (tying words)
Some sentences sound unnatural when using certain combinations of Conjunctions and the Negative without some adjustments similar to those in English:
"Kas" is a question determiner, which roughly translates to "whether" and "is it that...". In questions it can be replaced by a simple reversal which is common for asking questions in languages of European descent: "Kas sa tahad?" -> "Tahad sa?"