Adjektiivide tajumine ja petamine

The article analyses how the Estonians use adjectives in the Finnish language and what kind of problems the synonyms and collocative word-pairs cause. Th e second half of the article analyses tests of the use of adjectives carried out with students (A2.2-B1.1). Th e tests deal with how to find an adjective for a base word and also how to find a fitting base word for and adjective. Special attention will be given for the problems arising when using a dictionary and the realisation of how to resolve those. Because of the lack of a complete synonymic and because of the difficulty of comprehending the different hidden meanings, the usage of words will face great problems. The first meaning of words is mostly similar, but the secondary use can be quite diff erent in Estonian and Finnish languages. It is recommended that the word-pairs are learnt collocatively.