terviseks!
= «cheers!»
= «cheers!»
This is what you say when you drink
alcohol with somebody.
t is pronounced without aspiration, like in «stop» or
«stereo», not like in «tea»
er is pronounced similar to «er» in «very»
seks is pronounced like «sex»
The stress is on the first syllable:
[TER-vi-seks]. Do not pronounce the word with some kind of a secondary accent
like [TER-vi-SEKS]. That would sound weird.
Just in case you're curious, -seks is a
frequently-occurring grammatical ending in Estonian and has nothing to do with
sex. The literal meaning of terviseks is «to (the) health».
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