Verb conjugator

Estonian verb conjugation tables

Type any Estonian verb, or pick one of 16 common ones, and see it fully conjugated in the present, past and future, for every person. The built-in verbs are the ones you meet first and use most, regular and irregular.

Quick answer

Estonian verb conjugation is how a verb changes its ending, and sometimes its stem, to match the subject and the tense. This free tool lays out full tables for 16 of the most common Estonian verbs across 3 core tenses. Pick a verb like olema (to be) or olema (to be), or type any Estonian verb of your own to conjugate it on the spot.

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Showing olema (to be) · irregular

olema

to be irregular
Present (Olevik)
mina olen
sina oled
tema on
meie oleme
teie olete
nemad on
Simple Past (Lihtminevik)
mina olin
sina olid
tema oli
meie olime
teie olite
nemad olid
Conditional (Tingiv kõneviis)
mina oleksin
sina oleksid
tema oleks
meie oleksime
teie oleksite
nemad oleksid

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How Estonian conjugation works

To conjugate a verb is to change its form to show who is doing the action (the subject) and when (the tense). In each table above, the subject runs down the left and the matching form sits beside it, across 3 core tenses: Present (Olevik), Simple Past (Lihtminevik), Conditional (Tingiv kõneviis).

Verbs split into regular and irregular. Regular verbs follow a fixed pattern you can apply to thousands of others once you learn it; the badge on each verb names its type (irregular for olema, for example). Irregular verbs like olema (to be) change in ways you memorize one by one, which is exactly why the most common verbs are so often the most irregular.

You do not learn these by staring at the grid. You learn them by meeting them, over and over, in real sentences until the pattern feels obvious. That is what reading does, and it is what reading in Lingo7 is built for: open a real book in Estonian, tap any verb form to see its meaning, and the conjugations start to stick on their own.

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Frequently asked questions

How do you conjugate Estonian verbs?

To conjugate a Estonian verb, you change its form to match the subject and the tense. Take olema (to be): in the mina form it is olen now, olin in the past, and oleksin in the future. Regular verbs follow a fixed pattern by ending; irregular ones you learn one at a time. This tool shows the full table for each.

What are the most common Estonian verbs?

The most common Estonian verbs include olema (to be), omama (to have, to own), minema (to go), tulema (to come), tegema (to do, to make), tahtma (to want), saama (to get, to be able to (can)), pidama (to have to, must). These high-frequency verbs are also the most irregular in most languages, which is why they are worth drilling first. This tool has full present, past and future tables for all 16.

Is Estonian verb conjugation hard?

Estonian conjugation takes practice but follows clear rules. Regular verbs are predictable once you learn the endings; the real work is the handful of very common irregular verbs and knowing which tense to use. Estonian is FSI Category III, about 1100 hours to professional proficiency. The fastest way to make the forms automatic is to meet them again and again in real sentences, which is what reading does.

How many tenses does Estonian have?

These three, Present (Olevik), Simple Past (Lihtminevik), Conditional (Tingiv kõneviis), are the core of everyday Estonian and the right place to start. Real Estonian also uses other moods and aspects (and, in most languages, extra compound tenses), but they build on the same stems and personal endings you see in these tables.