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The flashcard app that gets Estonian.

Learn Estonian words in a few minutes a day, from tere to the words from this week’s class. Hear every card in a native Estonian voice, and learn each word with its three forms.

Get startedStart with everyday phrases

It comes back just as it starts to fade.

Each time you remember a word, Lymi waits a little longer before showing it again. A few minutes a day is enough, and the words you learned months ago stay with you.

  1. sõberTodayNew
  2. sõberDay 1Learning
  3. sõberDay 3Learning
  4. sõberDay 8Known
  5. sõberDay 21Known
  6. sõberDay 50Known

Every word with its three forms.

Estonian words change their shape: vesi, vee, vett. Learn the three forms with each word and the other cases follow from them. The verb deck has them on every card, and AI adds them to the words you save.

  • vesi, vee, vett
  • sõber, sõbra, sõpra
  • käsi, käe, kätt
  • tuba, toa, tuba
  • süda, südame, südant
  • tulema, tulla, tulen
  • sööma, süüa, söön
  • minema, minna, lähen

vesi · Water

Start with tere. Keep going.

Free decks to take one after another. Each day brings a few new words, mixed in with your reviews.

  1. Everyday Estonian

    99 cards

    Phrases for your first weeks: hello and thanks, the shop, the bus and the doctor.

    Tere!Hello!
    Add to Lymi

  2. Estonian Top 100 Verbs

    100 cards

    The verbs you’ll use most, each with its three forms and an example.

    olemaTo be
    Add to Lymi

  3. Estonian Top 1000 Words

    1,000 cards

    The thousand most common Estonian words, fifty at a time.

    linnTown; city
    Add to Lymi

Hear how it’s really said.

Every card is read aloud by a native Estonian AI voice, so õ, ü and the long vowels sound the way they should. Tap a word to hear it. If your deck has its own recordings, those play instead.

Type one word. Get a whole card.

Add a word from today’s class and AI fills in the meaning, the three forms, an example and a hint to help you remember it. It only fills what you left empty, and marks what it wrote.

Termsõb
MeaningAIFriend
NotesAIsõber · sõbra · sõpra
ExampleAIMa lähen sõbraga kinno.
HintAISõber sounds like “sober”: the friend who gets you home.

Turn your class notes into cards.

Take a photo of your notebook or the whiteboard. The new words become cards, and the ones you already have are left out.

broneerimaTo book; to reserve
ühistransportPublic transport
kallisExpensive; dear

palunAlready in your deck, so it’s skipped

Bring your own AI.

Connect Claude, ChatGPT or another assistant once. Send it a photo of today’s notes and it adds the new words, or ask what’s waiting for you tonight.

Lymi with AI assistants

Building something of your own? Lymi has a full API. Read the API docs

IMG_3187.jpgPhotoNotes from today’s Estonian class. Add the new words to my deck.
Added 7 cards to Estonian. I skipped palun, which you already have.Eesti · newbroneerimaTo book; to reserve
How many are waiting for me tonight?
Fifteen. The new words will come up a few at a time.

Learning is more fun together.

Review a deck with your course group, your tutor or a friend. One of you adds the words after each lesson and shares a link, and everyone reviews on their own schedule.

Lymi for teachers

Estonian A2 · Tuesdays

12 learners

Added after this week’s lesson

  • Ma ei saa aru.

    I don’t understand.

    New

  • broneerima

    To book; to reserve

    New

  • ühistransport

    Public transport

    New

Built with Estonian in mind.

The small things that matter once you’re a few weeks in.

Meanings in your language

The ready-made Estonian decks come with meanings in English, Russian or Ukrainian, and Lymi itself is in all three.

Asked both ways

Lymi asks what a phrase means, and how to say it from the meaning. The second is what you need at the till.

Every letter counts

Õ, ä, ö and ü stay exactly as you typed them, so tuli, fire, and tüli, a quarrel, are two different cards.

Bring your Anki deck

Studied Estonian in Anki before? Your cards keep their recordings and their schedule, so nothing starts over.

  • Recordings
  • Review schedule
  • Notes and forms

Explore ready-made decks.

Free Estonian decks with a native voice on every card, with meanings in English, Russian or Ukrainian. Add one in a tap.

All Estonian decks

Questions before you start.

Can Lymi say Estonian words aloud?

Yes. Every card is read by a native Estonian AI voice. Press play on any card to hear it.

Does Lymi teach the three forms?

Yes. The verb deck lists each verb’s three forms, and when you add a word, AI writes its forms in the card’s notes: nominative, genitive and partitive for a noun, and the ma-infinitive, the da-infinitive and the present tense for a verb.

Can I learn Estonian from Russian or Ukrainian?

Yes. The ready-made Estonian decks have meanings in Russian and Ukrainian as well as English, and Lymi itself is in both languages.

Does it keep õ, ä, ö and ü apart?

Yes. Every letter stays as you typed it, so tuli, fire, and tüli, a quarrel, are two different cards.

Can my class use it together?

Yes. Whoever makes the cards shares the deck’s join link, and everyone who joins gets each new card as it’s added.

Does it work on my phone?

Yes. Lymi runs in the browser on your phone and your computer, and you can add it to your home screen. Your cards and progress are the same on both.

What does it cost?

Nothing. Lymi is free to use.