Kuidas eesti keele õppijad ja kasutajad lause verbi ajavormi sobivust hindavad?
How Estonian language learners and users judge tense acceptability in sentences

Summary/Abstract: This paper presents results of an acceptability judgement test of verb tenses in five different sentences. The test was carried out in the Estonian language. The Estonian tense system consists of four tenses (present, past simple, present perfect, pluperfect). Two informant groups were tested – 100 native speakers of Estonian and 96 students with Russian as their mother tongue (who are learning Estonian as a second language). Informants had to judge the acceptability of tense usage in five sentences on the scale suits precisely / also suitable / does not suit. The informants also had to explain their decision. The collected data was processed and results of statistical tests were used to elucidate differences between the two informant groups. Significant differences between the two groups became apparent in the choice between present perfect and pluperfect, but suitability of the present and past simple tense both groups had relatively similar results.

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