Reference
Reading the room
The same thing said formally, neutrally or among friends.
What it is for
- Written Estonian that sounds quite unlike speech
- Officialese, a style of its own that everybody pokes fun at
- Spoken forms that are fine out loud and wrong in an essay
Watch out
A C1 speaker picks the right one of three ways to say something, where a B2 speaker uses one everywhere.
Where the course teaches it
3 units- Formal, neutral, familiarC1Say the same thing three ways and pick the right one for the room.
- Idioms and set phrasesC1Use and understand common idioms without translating them word for word.
- Picking exactly the right wordC1Choose between two words the dictionary translates the same way.