Geography Now! Latvia
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 6 ก.พ. 2018
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For the record that dress was my mom's sleeping gown. Yes she gave me permission.
Swamps, ghost towns, pagan masks horrible pronunciations (hehe I called it "screwed-na") and really tall women, (tallest average in the world!) Welcome to #LATVIA!
barbs is the best
Geography Now awesome video
Geography Now did you have to use a picture of the old Euros? - as old series €5, €10, €20 & €50 notes have now been withdrawn. Also none of those notes ever entered circulation as they are the initial designs drawn up in 1999 before they got updated etc. Just letting you know as I’m sure you like to represent the country as accurately as possible!
Skola is also school in Swedish
Geography Now you messed up school in Lithuanian is mokykla skolos means debts
I'm a simple Lithuanian. I see Latvia I upvote
And it is the same for us latvians to lithuania, xd
Same :)
Same lol
I thougt. That I was only Lithuanian 😂
Bahaha same
Keith dancing in the background gave me 5 years of life
i almost die from laughing
I die of laughter when i see americans pronounce latvian cities as me being latvian
Same😂
Yep saammee
sameee, it's so weird to hear them say the names-
@@meowzAcatt ikrrrrr
Same as being latvian
I`m from Estonia and I love my southern neighbours.
I'm from Finland and I love my southern brothers who sell cheap booze
@@chrislfc2317 estonians go to latvia for that cheap stuff
Just a note. In Latvian all words are stressed on the first syllable. You've stressed all Latvian names on the last syllable, the exact opposite of how words in Latvian are pronounced.
I could swear Bill Rebane is an Estonian name
Vins nav latvietis, tapec grutak izrunat
@@skeppymuffins3412 Protams mūsu valstī ir daudz krievu kuri spēj runāt latviešu valodā bet viņiem ir 90% liels akcents runājot un sarežģīti izrunāt vārdus ar garumzīmēm un mīkstinājumiem.
mini0n vins pat nekad nav dzirdejis, vnk lasa, to var saprast
@@vulc1 It is, his father was Estonian! And 'rebane' is Estonian for 'fox'.
Reddit comment that seems true to me:
"Everytime Latvia gets mentioned, outside of Latvia, an angel gets his wings."
i can confirm its true!
I am from Suomi (Finland) and I used to talk about Latvija, sadli havent been there yet, only in Estonia Tallinn. Atleast you Latvians know to say Somija instead of the Swedish way, nothing wrong about Swedes tho, lol. And I thought it was only when Suomi is mentioned by foreighners was big news. My people make it a big thing, never thought how you Latvijans see it, sorry.
In Lithuanian we also say Suomija and people living there are called "Suomiai"
Finnish get alchocol from Estonia, Estonians - Latvia, Latvians - Russia.
Urtė Račytė - Thanks, ačiū! In Suomi we say Latvia and Liettua for the countries people as latvialainen and liettualainen. In finnish nationalities and languages are not with capital letters.
I am from Latvia the language is pretty hard, but how he tried to pronounce cities of Latvia just killed me 😂
Ah yes, the countries of Latvia...
countries of Latvia :DD
IN USSR LATVIA WAS BETTER
Easier than Lithuanian and Estonian, though tbf.
Latvian has six participles, Lithuanian has thirteen.
I am studying history in Estoniaa and I was really surprised that Latvia and Lithuania are only two remaining Baltic languages and that baltic languages are the oldest languages in Europe :)
I have visited Latvia and Lithuanoia and I think that your language is beautiful but yes :D very hard to learn :D
sending a lot of love to you from Estonia :)
You forgot “brain storm” which is the most popular and loved band in Latvia :)
Yes
not the most loved.
Sandis tv Grupa ir zināma arī pasaulē un tas ir otrais nosaukums. Kāpēc, lai nevarētu viņu izmantot zem video par Latviju, kurš ir angliski?
@@sandistv5562 Kas tev niez ? Grupas nosaukums ir “Prāta vētra / BrainStorm”. Esmu pārliecināts, ka tas bija domāts tam kurš veidoja video.
Isn't it "Mind Storm"?/ Vai tad nav "Mind Storm"?
Kurš šeit latvietis?😂💪💪💪😊
Blue Hipster !!! Me
es es no kurzems
Blue Hipster !!! Es no latgales
Es no Vidzemes
Blue Hipster !!! meegg
*come play with us Estonia*
Estonia: you know what i think i frogot somthing back in finland i will be right back!
nĒ
They buy our alcahol lmao
@TheChannel 123 spēlēt not spēle
Ei
We Estonians feel close to Finland because of similar culture, language etc. BUT we love you Latvia and Lithuania because of our similar pasts, because you understand what we’ve been through! Anyway, why do we have to catogorize? Estonia can be Nordic and Baltic at the same time. Estonia is complex, it’s not like anything else. We are a mix. That is why I love our flag so much. It shows how different we are, it’s unique 🇪🇪
There were 4 Baltic states before 1940. Lithania, Latvia, Estonia and Finland.
Latvia is a mix, too! Even more than Estonia in certain aspects. Having both Baltic and Finnic tribes as ancestors and speaking the only first-syllable-stress Indo-European language, Latvians can surely relate to both Lithuania and Estonia as their brothers. :) Livonian period connects us more to Estonia and so does the high density of forests and low density of people.
@@elitaviksna4985 never seen a source stating that. Can you share?
Used to be a part of the Swedish empire along with Finland for a long time.
Thanks for liking our Latvian language i happy to have Estonia as brothering country! I also love your flag it's really cool and unique! Thank you much i love your country!🇪🇪❤🇱🇻
Latvia is a beautiful country with even more beautiful history! Love from Poland 🇵🇱❤️🇱🇻
So much love from Latvia to Poland 🇱🇻❤️🇵🇱 We're love you to
I'm Latvian thank you for the help ☺️ 🇱🇻❤️🇵🇱
We love poland too! 🇱🇻 ❤️ 🇵🇱
Ненавижу польшу! Пора делить!
@@user-ur9ru5iy3s keep crying xoxo 🇵🇱🇵🇱🇵🇱🇵🇱🇵🇱
Fun fact : “sharp knife” translates to “ass nazis” in Latvian.
Tiešām fun fact😆
Nu čali nu nevaidzeja 😑
Es ar
luckily they don't even sound like it
Xd tiešām fun fact tas ir
Lithuanians love our Latvian brothers and sisters 🇱🇹♥️🇱🇻
Žirga Galvas
Dita Svaldenyte
Tho we have our petty fights, and make fun of each other behind the back, we still love you too
Dita Svaldenyte US too
Aha.
This is actually so cool! I'm Latvian but only lived there until I was 5, so never had any history lessons or anything and my parents never spoke about it either. Thank you for informing about my home country ❤️
Yeah I've was like 4 years and left the latvian, and moved to Germany somehow reasons.
Duuude! you totally nailed this one. I'm Latvian and haven't seen better short presentation of my country so far! Awesome job!
As a Lithuanian, Latvians are adorable. Whenever I visit I can't stop awww'ing at how cute their language is.
Pretpulksteņrādītājvirziens
Šausliežu dzelzdceļš. Good luck!
Bet Google to teikumu iztulkoja ar pilnīgi pretējo domu :D
MC King-Minecraft It sounds like a cute and slightly retarded version of Lithuanian. And I'm sure Latvians think our language is a retarded version of Latvian as well. We can sort of understand each other. And the signs in Latvia made me laugh my ass off. For example there's a slogan of some cafe in Riga that says "Vieta kur paēst!' which, in Lithuanian means virtually the same - 'a place to eat' but "paėst" is basically a rude /animal version of 'to eat' in Lithuanian (to explain better - 'valgyt' = 'to eat', 'ėst' = 'to eat' but meant to describe animals eating).
stiklius omg this is hilarious!!!!
Latvia is one of my favorite country in Europe, very beautiful and a great culture
Love from France 🇱🇻❤️🇫🇷
Alex FR aww thanks and greetings from Latvia
Alex FR thank bro!I'm latvian :D
I just went to France and its a bautiful country! Love from Latvia!
Aww, thank you France! ^_^
Being Latvian I was skeptical at first - with all Soviet history thing going on and many people capitalise on it being Only thing that Latvia is known for. But you did a great job of being respectful and not over-dramatic about our history. I’m super happy that this video exists.
Latvia is so cool! Love from Portugal 🇵🇹💖🇱🇻
Thanks! ❤️
Now Latvia is having it's 100th birthday!
Russia is just standing in a dark corner far away staring at them wishing he* could annex them again.
She? Motherland...
@@lollylemur5041
You don't like civilization? Latvia was a big swamp before Russian empire
100 years of independence
101 N O W
Now 101
As a Canadian with Latvian blood, thank you. My Great-Grandparents grabbed my Grandfather and Great Uncle and fled the country shortly after the German invasions and wound up here in Canada. I've always been interested in getting to know more about our heritage, yet my Grandfather (Visvaldis) was a strong...stoic, bear of a man who refused to talk about life prior to moving here. My last name, which shares a name with a Parish in Latvia, is currently donned by 14 people on Earth...the family that fled the country to ensure future generations...it's name will probably die with me. It's impossible for me to find any history on my family name as the Russian were famous for just burning down anything with historical record in their wake. I am proud to be of Latvian descent and have devoured any information I can find on where we all originally came from, so I appreciate this video.
You can try and ask for advice in latvian forums. There are Goverment archive in Latvia- very many documents can found there! www.lvarhivs.gov.lv/ Ask them for advice and information!
Anaphriel the literal translation of your grand fathers name is Ruler of all, no wonder he was a bear of a man
What is your last name? Maybe I can help you with something I can dig up in here, in Latvia.
Good luck! I hope you find something about your family.
Similar story to my Grandad who is now 95 years old. He ended up in England instead.
Sure hope to visit Latvia too one day. Grettings from Denmark and huge respect to Latvia 🇱🇻🇩🇰
You should definitely visit. I recommend it! ❤️
Congrats to Latvia for bronze from ice hockey championship. Your team was so symphatetic. I am still considering a visit. Greetings from Slovakia
Love to Latvia from Lithuania
Hey, Love to you too from Latvia
MAD DOG yeah love to Latvia from Lietuva
Love to Lithuania from Latvia!!💝
What you know Lithuania because I know Lithuania too
latvia is rolatade to Russia is it
Irgi iš Latvijos! :)
You call Latvia flat? Barbs, I'm from the Netherlands. Nothing gets lower than this.
Thomas Joosten thic
Netherlands still have higher mountains than Latvia :D
Netherlands is nearly below sea level isnt it?
Can't wait for the Netherlands
The Maldives says hi.
Let's all just appriciate how he pronounced the "j" correctly
I've been to Latvia last Christmas and was beautiful. Love from Greece
“What did you do over the summer”
“Oh, nothing much, I just went to Latvia to stay at a hotel where I got treated as a nazi germany prisoner”
“Um”
Red Velvet Oliver jup tā ir
Its latvia! :P
You chosed it
i was in the prison its horrible dont go there but intresting history
Like in your country wasnt like that
Thanks for the partially correct pronunciation.
Professional Gopnik Is this now Gopnik approved ?
Professional Gopnik nice to see you here Latvian brother I’m from smiltene
Professional Gopnik do you approve GeoNow?
Very cool video! 🇱🇻
Your Chanel needs to be in every class room in the world. Kids my self included would actually pay attention and learn something useful.
Good job subscribed today.
Hi fm California
Ja saproti, nospied like 🇱🇻
🇱🇹
Nie
Protams kad saprotu
Ye vecīt
Saprotu bračka
Lots of love to Latvia from India!😊😊🇮🇳🇱🇻🇱🇻🇮🇳
The Noobtuber thank you
Paldies mans indiešu draugs! (Thanks my indian friend!)
The Noobtuber tnx!!!😉
smokey toothpaste 😉 ja vne reali tik forši!!
The Noobtuber im from latvia
One of my favorite videos
Great content! Learned new things about my country!😊👍
Tik reti var redzēt tik daudz latviešu zem viena video🇱🇻🖐
Im happy for you Latvia from Lithuania
I'm happy for you Lithuania from Latvia!!😁
Proud to be Latvian! :)
Toms Mucenieks no
Toms Mucenieks wow nice tev 250k
Es esmu Latvia
Tā viņa izruna arī ir amazinh
Same
Well, this is entertaining even for latvian. Love from Latvia.
that was cool im from latvia and i never knew about any of this fun learning experience
I'm Finnish but Latvian on my father's side and I think you nailed this video. It's a tiny country with a surprisingly vibrant culture and history, and you covered its cultural nuances really well. Keep up the good work! Also, your pronunciation of Skrunda was alright.
FinBukez - Somija Suomi, Suomesta --> Latvia>Russia
Es tik traki smejos par kā viņš izrunā vārdus😂
Es arī!!
vne 😂😂
Es arī :D akddd 'latgāle' 'liapāja' 'Aglõna' 'sesis' 😂😂😂
Alina Petrauska123 es arí
Ir ilgi jādzīvo Latvijā lai pareizi runātu latviešu valodā
Grūta valoda 😂
Wow, nice episode! Good job 👍
Wow. Great review.
broliukai :)hi from Lithuania
Vils GD Greetings from Latvia
Greetings from Latvia a second time😂
i love you Lithuania
bralukas
Haha! Evil sister Lithuania, huh? ;D
This country looks awesome
Love from Georgia 🇬🇪😍🇱🇻
Thanks from Latvia! We love Georgia aswell 🤩
@@MV-ht9pb >3
hellooo (I'm Georgian)
@@shixo12 sup
My uncle ud from Georgia (speaking as a Latvian)
So interesting to learn some new stuff about Latvia even I didn't know and I live there LOL, I didn't think people knew about us.
Thanks from LV! NICE!
I'M HALF LATVIAN AND HALF GREEK. But my mum never taught me the language. She had one job...
Probably because as a latvian it is still not an easy task to teach it correctly.
Im american bet varu mierīgi runāt latviski
lit youtuber awesome! Esmu latviete un tāpat reizēm jāpiedomā pie tā ko rakstu.
Aya Lee Shau tu no rīgas?
lit youtuber nah, krietnu gabalu uz austrumiem. Lielpilsētas nav mana stihija.
Its soooo funny to hear how he says Liepāja.😂👍
Lmao yea, as a latvian, almost all of the latvian-named things were pronounced wrong :/
same man vel patik skrunda
Rīga🤲
DUNDAGA
Cēsis is even funnier "SESIS" just reminds me of the russian word for sausage, sasiska
I love Latvia. I have been there a few times and enjoyed the amazing food, really friendly locals and a lot of stunning places. My favourite place was Ventspilis with all of there cows (if you know, what I am talking about you know, if not I recommend visiting). Greetings to our brothers and sister from Lithuania! 🇱🇻❤🇱🇹
“Skola” had my dieing 😭 ☠️
1 of my favorite countries. Greetings from Chile 🇨🇱 🇱🇻
Más te vale que España esté en esa lista también
@@DiegoPerez-ij2dy ?
Yaaaay Chile and Latvia pretty much opposite places on the planet. 2 countries I really want to visit in my life. Greetings from France !
Sveiki
@@jenanewp1696 dont waste your time on Latvia. I am Latvian. You will not see anything here you cant see in any different place
God bless the
🇱🇹🇱🇻🇪🇪
(I'm Lithuanian)
I'm Latvian
I’m Estonian and we are nordic
@@allanroosimaa1033 Nice to meet you!
@@allanroosimaa1033 I am Latvian
Me too
2:50 that the funniest. I was there witch class for school education xD we were 15 and that was really fun + lot of things got told aboit history too.
Well done this is amazing
Now I am waiting for Lithuania.
LilGunner0 same
Jo aš ir laukiu
Reikia laukt
Vis laukiu
Don’t be we are good and nice and depressed
Latvia! Sending love from Lithuania!
Barby, I am amazed by the research you do in each episode! Can not wait for Lithuania episode!
Also, only now I am starting to realize that paganism is very authentic and unique to Baltic states like nowhere in Europe. We still have many pagan festivals and rituals and they are very popular here!
Meilė irgi iš Latvijos! ❤
I wouldn't call it paganism. It is paganism from Chrisianity point of view. I'd call it folk traditions.
Wow im from Latvija and i can saj its spot on 😮👍👍👏👏
I live in Latvia and i Love youre content and it is very good
Fun fact:
Estonians’ favourite Latvian word is “saldējums” :’)
I hate snakeu fun fact we call shepp aita and you call something aita
That's interesting, that's just icecream xD
Really 😂 precious SALDĒJUMS
@@unhappyandhappywarriorsfan8548 Aita means help
Ņam!
I was still a kid when i started watching this chanel... finally my home country. :D
Ludis Kuļikovskis hey
Sveiki
Latvia is very beautiful and has very interesting history. I would love to visit!
Please note that the Livonian tribe did not become estonia, rather they assimilated with the balts. This is the reason why the Latvian language has the stress only on the first syllable.
Broliukai! Grettins from Lietuva!
labas dienas manas brāļukas
Sup do you speak English?
Gera diena :)
Greetings from Lithuania!
Realtime Mapper
Hi brālit from Latvia !
P.s: my father is lithuanian
Latvia! Oh wait, I'm Lithuanian..
Nothing Special Cheer up, braliuka, just wait a few more episodes.
xD
lol
then why do u have the so iconic latvian ''nothing special'' as ur username?
Same.
Few years ago, I have met a guy from Latvia. After that, I don't know what's his doing. I hope his still alive and doing well.
Him: Oh Latvia your just the most adorable horror show
Me why thank you
I’m a Latvian 🇱🇻
Love to Latvia 🇱🇻 from Belgium 🇧🇪
Lekker
School in Lithuanian is mokykla
This Lithuanian word makes the association with "mocīkla" in Latvian that would mean "a place to torture". It makes some sense. :D
+
Really? Well, that's an accurate coincidence, isn't it?
Jonas Babravičius šulė xD
"Skola" means "debt" in Lithuanian.
I’d love to visit Latvia.
1:53 that island actually used to belong to Latvia, but they gave it to Estonia as a gift
Correction. Skolos means a lot of debt. School in Lithuanian is Mokykla.
Also, when it comes with the alphabet, š is pronounced as SH (like sh-oot), ž is g (g-iraffe) and we pronounce all of the letters, cuz we ain't French!
Other than that, good job!!
(Not a correction)
Also all of the "tall" letters
Aka ā (aa) ē (ee) and so on
Mocikla- no vārda mocīt ( bērnus).
Latvia is beautiful! Greetings from Germany
I agry
Oh wow, thats weird
Ich liebe deuchland
Latvian🇱🇻🇱🇻🇱🇻🇱🇻🇱🇻🇱🇻
Danke, Ous Lettland!
Ich kann beides sprechen, bet es nāku no Latvijas
I love the latvian forests, beutifal little waves hills with very preety tall tree and really brights in the forests
I'm also the 25% russian latvian, half half
Yay heading there soon! 🤞
2:25 i’m pretty sure my face is also “the house of blackheads”
Excellent joke!
Search the house of blackheads to find its meaning
1:56
0:08
blackheads back in times were called tradesmen, so no, we are no racist)
Barbs, despite Riga being located on the river, the Daugava is mostly a commercially navigable river and the port of Riga is the biggest in terms of tonnage in Latvia. It used to be one of the biggest cities bar none in the Baltic Sea and was part of the Hanseatic League. Riga is located only a few km upstream and that is no problem in terms of facilitating trade. That is not to say that the ports of Ventspils and Liepaja aren't massive, but the way you said it was like Riga doesn't have a port which is just false.
Yh London has the same situation as well but it’s not as big anymore
You're right. My bad.
Just used this to help write my final! Tysm!
Gauja is the longest river in Latvia, Daugava is longer if you count that its passing threw other countires
Fun fact: Many people from the Philippines are now searching for LATVIA 🇱🇻🇱🇻🇱🇻 because a Latvian-born investor named James Richman is dating one of the most popular celebrities in the country: Andrea Torres 🇵🇭
lmaooooooo
What
Es asu latviešu (im am from latvia
Dace vanaga _ROBLOXGAMING thats so wrong, es esmu no Latvijas* (I am from Latvia)
Oh what, rlly?!? I didn't know that lol, i've never seen any philippine ppl here
Latvia, your awesome!
Im from your neighboor Finland :^)
DestinyFucker9000 finland.... doesn't border latvia....
Sponge Boi But they are in baltic region
CoRafkis boi what?!?! they are scandinavian
Sponge Boi Finland is not part of Scandinavia. It's part of the Nordic countries and has close cultural and historical ties to Scandinavia, but Scandinavia is still only 3 countries: Norway, Sweden and Denmark.
A samll part in in scandanavia
As a Latvian I must say it was a very good summary of our country. Well done!
4:28 only 11% of me is forested...and it's getting worse...people cut wood but don't replant...wish I could do something about it...(I am not the government, I am a just moldovan)
Transnistria exists
I'm from Latvija!! This video is very true!!! Well done! Laughed so much when you pronounced the City's wrong😂😂
Im to
Patiton aizvietotājs vs patiton Purmalis bet ar ļoti sliktu gramingu ir (too*)
Sesis , bet nuu sklanlausis bija best😂😂
it īpaši sesis 3:24😂😂😂
Ziemelu 😂
is it bad that i enjoyed watching him suffer through the pronounciations? 😂
casual vamp I kept laughing every time he pronounced something wrong 😂
Chief Luna Moon sameeee 😂😂
casual vamp its kinde FUNNY 😂😂😂😂😂😂
casual vamp If you thought this was hilarious, you would have died laughing during the Iceland episode.
Same😂
great video!
As a Latvian, it is truly heartwarming seeing him try to pronounce the words
The way he pronounces things is just......... wow
He didn't know how pronounce klaundrausis 🙃 that had me dying
Cēsis= sesis
Vents 4
Ai, varat viņu vainot? Tas ir tas pats, ja mums būtu jaizrunā vārdi citu valodās, kur nekas daudz nav līdzīgs. Piemēram Filipīnās.
Bet jaa klausīties ir sāpīgi
Vents 4 same lmaooo
Jo kurš no latvijas🇱🇻🇱🇻
Essss
Es
Toms Steķis es
Toms Steķis es
Čau tom es esmu alekss
Latvian-American. You did a great respectful, funny and very informative video. Great Job!
as a latvian.... why do i see this in my recommended so often? ...... and why do i click on it EVERY TIME? and watch the whole video....
I'm from the Balkans and i have so say The Baltic's look like the heaven of Europe in terms of architecture.
Петър Тафров thank you!
Trust me, you will bored in a week
Georgia loves Baltics 😍
And Baltics Love Georgia ;)
Greetings from Lithuania!
2:18 thats the street i live i and i know that corner. I see it almost every day
Thx for making this small country but needed country big and we are proud k we are not happy about the past but everyone makes mistakes and we learn from them atleast
4:38 Oh, longest river in Latvia is Gauja (452 km). Daugava is the second longest and only longer if you add those kilometers in Belarus and Russia.
But I loved the video. Thumbs up!
Zane Vanaga I
Nope the Daugava is 1005 km long
eduards.. Daugava is 1020 km long (google it!;)), HOWEVER it runs in latvia only 352 km
Thank you
Do you actually speak Latvian?
Can't wait for little lichtenstein
Marianna Kryet I love that country, some day I'll go there
it a real country
same bro love Liechtenstein
Marianna Kryet and Little Luxembourg
Just Some Guy mongolia also doesn't exist
I have been to the northen forts and inside and at the karosta plus the northen mole and all is in liepājā and u should go there too