I love these videos! I'm an American who grew up in a Latvian household, so speaking Latvian was an everyday thing. Now as an adult I watch these videos with my daughter who now wants to visit Latvia!
As a norwegian speaker I find latvian to be quite easy to learn. A lot of the words are similiar. And few are excactly the same as in my norwegian dialect. "Where" for example means "hvor" in norwegian and "kur" in latvian, which in my norwegian dialect, the word is pronounced excactly the same. For example: English: Where is the toilet. Norwegian: Hvor er toalettet. Latvian: Kur ir tualete.
Word ''kur'' is older then word ''toilet'' so really bad example. Toilet is same in any language it is modern word... Kur is actually from Baltic branch its not Norwegian for sure... Remember your language is Indio-European and Baltic branch is the oldest to set foot in Europe . Latvian is older the to say Norwegian, so it may be that word from Hunters-gatherers that came over to Scandinavia spoke Baltic language. Since the word Kur is common only in Baltic languages. There are many words like Kumpis that I can give example on that are no Norwegian words but they are used in it...
I thing we are strictly influences with old scandinavian (from vikingtimes), than medieval, lower german (platzdeutsch) sprake, than sweden influence 17 cent.. for example I don`t find where else sea was called - jura, then find be googletranslater in island- sjo, Telts, siļķe (sill, sild ), kase, skola, skurstens (chimney)
Sveiki, paldies Anete for your great videos, they are very motivating to learn beacause of all the references you make. I´m just starting to learn but I learned zirnekliitis mazais dziesmas already
Numbers are very similar to our Assamese language(Northeastern India),we call 2 as dui and 3 as tini,30 as tris,4 as chari ,5 as paasch,6 as soy,7(if used as an adjective then soptom)as saat,8 as aath(ashtom if used as an adjective),9 as nouh,10 as doh
Some of them are similar to Bulgarian numbers Две (dve) Три (tri) Четири (četiri) Пет (pet) Шест (šеst) Девет (devet) Десет (deset) And more similar words: глава (glava) - galva езеро (ezers) - ezers вълк (vylk) - vilks ден (den) - diena без (bez) - bez зима (zima) - ziema сняг (snjag) - sniegs свещ (svešt) - svece шосе (šоse) - šoseja зъб (zyb) - zobs теле (tele) - teļš муха (muha) - muša леща (lešta) - lēcas ръка (ryka) - roka лед (led) - ledus мед (med) - medus енот (enot) - jenots земя (zemja) - zeme коза (koza) - kaza човек (čovek) - cilvēks вест (vest) - vēsts врана (vrana) - vārna яке (jake) - jaka липа (lipa) - liepa звъня (zvynja) - zvanīt варя (varja) - vārīt сладък (sladyk) - salds etc.
Well Slavic come out of Baltic mother so, yeah you still have all of those old world words. Mostly only Belarus,Russian and Ukrainian whom are the closest to Baltic language.
Emm Im watching all your videos!! woman you are a charm !!!! thank God i find your channel im married to a latvian!!! and most things i didnt understand!!! tahnk youuu!!!
Thank you Anete for your very interesting lessons, they're not only useful, but also aesthetically pleasing. You might want to correct the "Essenital" to Essential tho' if it's possible at all. And what is up with Latvian children songs? XD they're brutal
@@irregularLatvian Sadly its not on spotify. However I could send you a link for you to download our songs in MP3 format. We made two albums in the 1980s.
We are contemplating hosting a student from Latvia for a year. Hawaii is far, far away from your country. The person requested to not move to a small town. Maybe a small island would be okay. So, we're trying to learn some Latvian so we can impress our guest. I only know how to say "My name is Jennifer" in Russian and that's not as impressive. Your videos are super funny. Thanks!
Hello Jennifer! That’s great that you’re considering hosting a Latvian! I was an exchange student once too but in Canada. Well, by a small town we mean pretty much everything that is not the capital by Latvian standards. By American standards though - every city is probably bigger than our capital. So if you’re reasonably close to things like the movies, cafes (where the youngsters hang out), parks, malls and things like that - it should be ok. Your Latvian just wants to make sure that they have access to ways to integrate. I remember I lived in St. Constant in Quebec, which was an hour bus from Montreal. It was quite a project to go see my friends... And the bus stopped going at 22:50, so I could NEVER even dream of going to a later party. I felt pretty far from everything and very lonely. Hope this helps! :)
Well, that describes our town...45 minutes from a city and no where for kids to hang out! There is public transit, but it's mostly used by people who work on other parts of the island and it likely stops around 8:00. He mentioned going to discos in his bio and I had to laugh in a sad way. Nothing like that exists here! Unfortunately, he doesn't much have a choice on his destination, even though I tried to advocate for somewhere exciting, like San Francisco. Once he's accepted to a school, that's the town. He will have three younger "siblings" too. Hopefully he comes with a sense of humor!
@@jenniferlanclos9631 Aloha, Jennifer! Hawai'i has so much to give that he might not miss the disco. If you travel to the other side of the world, why do all the things you can do at home? I mean there are so many people who just dream of the island lifestyle. And for being the US, Hawai'i has a very good bus network, at least on O'ahu (haven't been to any other of the islands). Sure, the nighht life will probably not be an option, but there' so much other things you can do there that you can't do in Latvia. Especially if he likes water sports (surfing, diving, ....) and you live close to the beach.
@@oskarsrode2167 Aloha Oskars! Our exchange student did not come this year, but he will come (hopefully) in August for the next school year. We are currently hosting a student from Berlin (which dwarfs the big cities in Latvia!) and she is doing fine here. So adjusting from Latvia will likely be fine. Besides,we have had time to talk all this year, so he's already like family. 🙂
Such a lovely language with noticeable archaic features like *-s- in s-stem nouns such as *nebes-es (sky, pl. nom.), which is generally lost in other modern indo-european languages. I wonder if lithuanian kept this feature, too.
Sveika Germane, can you please do a video telling the difference between ' Es' and 'Man'? I always have trouble with this for the longest time. My last name is Latvian, so this is for a important reason.
(I never realised how confusing that can be until you mentioned it - and suddenly I can undrstand th weirdness) I think it's a case thing depending on whether you're the subject or object. It sort of helps to think of 'man' as 'to me' and 'es' as 'me/I'. The confusing bit can be that (like many non-English languages) often it's not obvious that you're the object rather than the subject - so something like 'Man patik' (I like) actually more accurately translates as "is likeable to me"....But I', sure Germane would be able to explain that much more neatly.
Thank you! :) and concerning British tourists - yes it was like an epidemic for a while. First we increased the fine and then added a temporary holding in prison. Seems that it has calmed dow since then :D
Trīs lietas, labas lietas, in English, "third time's a charm" even Japanese has a similar saying "sandome no shōjiki" (literally, third time is the real thing) meaning you will always be successful on your third try (so coincidentally just the same as English)
@@irregularLatvian ah not at all Germane! ah haha yeah the life get us on the way we are haha, so Poem hm how to say in Latvian "i would like to see it"?
Sveiki. Please could you either stop using background music or perhaps bring it down in volume? I find it gives me a head ache. BUT you are a GREAT presenter and teacher! Paldius.
@@irregularLatvian haha maybe, not sure but you can say someone is a “div” or they act “divvy”. I just tried to look and there are some pretty obscure explanations, for example this one.... “Div is a scouse (not exclusively, also used in Midlands) word for idiot. It is short for divvy which in turn is a corruption of Deva. The Deva Hospital was a well known mental hospital (since renamed the West Cheshire Hospital) on the outskirts of Chester. Chester was founded by the Romans who named it Deva.” Perhaps a sailor from Liverpool spent time in Latvia haha.
I love this! Could be either way! I often think When reading etymology of film theory - how can they be sure that they have deciphered the real meaning. It could be a common root shared by two languages. It could be a sailor that just thought it sounds funny :D
I love these videos! I'm an American who grew up in a Latvian household, so speaking Latvian was an everyday thing. Now as an adult I watch these videos with my daughter who now wants to visit Latvia!
Thats so amazing! Thank you for your kind comment! I hope We can all go to Latvia Very soon! :)))
I am Latvian and I really liked the video. All examples very coherent, except 2 - I`ve never heard 'dvula'
Thank you! :)
Please some Latvian movies website so can learn language better
I remember being threatened with a divnieks at Latvian school(Saturday thing in USA)
NOW YOU DO
So why do you watch it haha
As a norwegian speaker I find latvian to be quite easy to learn. A lot of the words are similiar. And few are excactly the same as in my norwegian dialect.
"Where" for example means "hvor" in norwegian and "kur" in latvian, which in my norwegian dialect, the word is pronounced excactly the same.
For example:
English: Where is the toilet.
Norwegian: Hvor er toalettet.
Latvian: Kur ir tualete.
også: Tante , Bilde. Arī: Tante, Bilde(Attēls)
Word ''kur'' is older then word ''toilet'' so really bad example. Toilet is same in any language it is modern word... Kur is actually from Baltic branch its not Norwegian for sure... Remember your language is Indio-European and Baltic branch is the oldest to set foot in Europe . Latvian is older the to say Norwegian, so it may be that word from Hunters-gatherers that came over to Scandinavia spoke Baltic language. Since the word Kur is common only in Baltic languages. There are many words like Kumpis that I can give example on that are no Norwegian words but they are used in it...
I thing we are strictly influences with old scandinavian (from vikingtimes), than medieval, lower german (platzdeutsch) sprake, than sweden influence 17 cent.. for example I don`t find where else sea was called - jura, then find be googletranslater in island- sjo,
Telts, siļķe (sill, sild ), kase, skola, skurstens (chimney)
@@nikolaushimsel7938 yuo are right..
Estonian: Kus on tualett.
As a teacher myself I can say your lessons are super productive! Thank you!
Sveiki, paldies Anete for your great videos, they are very motivating to learn beacause of all the references you make. I´m just starting to learn but I learned zirnekliitis mazais dziesmas already
Ahhh that's so cool :) I'm glad I found your channel, sending best wishes from Igaunija
Bluntano Thank you and welcome neighbor! :)
@@irregularLatvian sveiki to you too, neighbor! :D
My partner is Latvian and her parents have flown over for the week so I can impress them with this.
did it work?
Numbers are very similar to our Assamese language(Northeastern India),we call 2 as dui and 3 as tini,30 as tris,4 as chari ,5 as paasch,6 as soy,7(if used as an adjective then soptom)as saat,8 as aath(ashtom if used as an adjective),9 as nouh,10 as doh
I'll try to remember what you say about "trejdeviņi" in the tales. Thanks for your video.
Sveiki! Thanks for this Anete ! it was both entertaining and educational as usual. See ya!
i laughed so hard at the "british tourists" thing xD
Great video. Can't decide which is better the instruction or the commentary.
Some of them are similar to Bulgarian numbers
Две (dve)
Три (tri)
Четири (četiri)
Пет (pet)
Шест (šеst)
Девет (devet)
Десет (deset)
And more similar words:
глава (glava) - galva
езеро (ezers) - ezers
вълк (vylk) - vilks
ден (den) - diena
без (bez) - bez
зима (zima) - ziema
сняг (snjag) - sniegs
свещ (svešt) - svece
шосе (šоse) - šoseja
зъб (zyb) - zobs
теле (tele) - teļš
муха (muha) - muša
леща (lešta) - lēcas
ръка (ryka) - roka
лед (led) - ledus
мед (med) - medus
енот (enot) - jenots
земя (zemja) - zeme
коза (koza) - kaza
човек (čovek) - cilvēks
вест (vest) - vēsts
врана (vrana) - vārna
яке (jake) - jaka
липа (lipa) - liepa
звъня (zvynja) -
zvanīt
варя (varja) - vārīt
сладък (sladyk) - salds
etc.
Well Slavic come out of Baltic mother so, yeah you still have all of those old world words. Mostly only Belarus,Russian and Ukrainian whom are the closest to Baltic language.
Well made videos, very entertaining! Keep up the good work. I look forward to them. And being a patron is worth the piecītis.
Greetings from Croatia
4,exactly the same in croatian language "četri" 😎🤭
9:46 "But like..." 🤣 So funny! 😂
I believe that the English equivalent to "Tris lietas - labas lietas" would be "Third time's a charm" 😉
Yes absolutely! :)) and amazing how often it is true👀
In Britain we say "third time lucky", meaning we've failed twice before so hopefully we'll succeed the third time.
@@graemep804 Thanks! 😉 So does "Third time's a charm" mean something a bit different or is it not used in Britain at all?
Emm Im watching all your videos!! woman you are a charm !!!! thank God i find your channel im married to a latvian!!! and most things i didnt understand!!! tahnk youuu!!!
❤️ Thank you so much for Such A kind comment! :)))) 🥂
It would be better if you make videos on latvian grammar and sentence making...
Thankyou. Great learning and awesome stories
sveiki I LOVE NUMBERS
Lielisks video - 10!
I'm visiting Latvia in March for a long weekend. Looking forward to it
Riga, specifically
All your videos are fun to watch! I especially like the cultural examples. So Lithuania nightclubs close at 8? And we thought Scotland closed early.
Thank you Anete for your very interesting lessons, they're not only useful, but also aesthetically pleasing. You might want to correct the "Essenital" to Essential tho' if it's possible at all.
And what is up with Latvian children songs? XD they're brutal
Ļoti labi 😁 interesanti paklausītes 👌👍👍👍
Paldies! :)))
Your videos are encouraging to actually learn the language :)
Great videos! Speaking of overseas Latvian bands...I played in an Australian band called Ļembasts and we did our own version of Seši mazi bundzinieki.
Thats amazing!! Can We hear It?
@@irregularLatvian Sadly its not on spotify. However I could send you a link for you to download our songs in MP3 format. We made two albums in the 1980s.
@@irregularLatvian Found a better way: soundcloud.com/user-373979714/sesi-mazi-bundzinieki
@@irregularLatvian klasika.lsm.lv/lv/lr/arhivs/?channel=3&y=2020&m=6&d=2 They just did a bit on Lembasts on Latvian radio! (19:25)
We are contemplating hosting a student from Latvia for a year. Hawaii is far, far away from your country. The person requested to not move to a small town. Maybe a small island would be okay. So, we're trying to learn some Latvian so we can impress our guest. I only know how to say "My name is Jennifer" in Russian and that's not as impressive. Your videos are super funny. Thanks!
Hello Jennifer! That’s great that you’re considering hosting a Latvian! I was an exchange student once too but in Canada. Well, by a small town we mean pretty much everything that is not the capital by Latvian standards. By American standards though - every city is probably bigger than our capital. So if you’re reasonably close to things like the movies, cafes (where the youngsters hang out), parks, malls and things like that - it should be ok. Your Latvian just wants to make sure that they have access to ways to integrate.
I remember I lived in St. Constant in Quebec, which was an hour bus from Montreal. It was quite a project to go see my friends... And the bus stopped going at 22:50, so I could NEVER even dream of going to a later party. I felt pretty far from everything and very lonely.
Hope this helps! :)
Well, that describes our town...45 minutes from a city and no where for kids to hang out! There is public transit, but it's mostly used by people who work on other parts of the island and it likely stops around 8:00. He mentioned going to discos in his bio and I had to laugh in a sad way. Nothing like that exists here! Unfortunately, he doesn't much have a choice on his destination, even though I tried to advocate for somewhere exciting, like San Francisco. Once he's accepted to a school, that's the town. He will have three younger "siblings" too. Hopefully he comes with a sense of humor!
@@jenniferlanclos9631 Aloha, Jennifer!
Hawai'i has so much to give that he might not miss the disco.
If you travel to the other side of the world, why do all the things you can do at home?
I mean there are so many people who just dream of the island lifestyle.
And for being the US, Hawai'i has a very good bus network, at least on O'ahu (haven't been to any other of the islands).
Sure, the nighht life will probably not be an option, but there' so much other things you can do there that you can't do in Latvia.
Especially if he likes water sports (surfing, diving, ....) and you live close to the beach.
@@oskarsrode2167 Aloha Oskars! Our exchange student did not come this year, but he will come (hopefully) in August for the next school year. We are currently hosting a student from Berlin (which dwarfs the big cities in Latvia!) and she is doing fine here. So adjusting from Latvia will likely be fine. Besides,we have had time to talk all this year, so he's already like family. 🙂
Thank you so much!!!
I'm your fan! ;)
I loved this video!
Such a lovely language with noticeable archaic features like *-s- in s-stem nouns such as *nebes-es (sky, pl. nom.), which is generally lost in other modern indo-european languages. I wonder if lithuanian kept this feature, too.
I actually didn't know those 2l beer bottles were called dvuļas. Must be from Russian.
I would love to see the nursery rhymes video, I am a new subscriber so maybe it’s done already I’m not sure :)
,,dvuļa,,, NAV LATVIEŠIEM tāds vārds!!! Tas ir dzērāju žargons! Ir - Div' Dūjiņas gaisā skrēja!!!!
Sveika Germane, can you please do a video telling the difference between ' Es' and 'Man'? I always have trouble with this for the longest time. My last name is Latvian, so this is for a important reason.
(I never realised how confusing that can be until you mentioned it - and suddenly I can undrstand th weirdness)
I think it's a case thing depending on whether you're the subject or object. It sort of helps to think of 'man' as 'to me' and 'es' as 'me/I'. The confusing bit can be that (like many non-English languages) often it's not obvious that you're the object rather than the subject - so something like 'Man patik' (I like) actually more accurately translates as "is likeable to me"....But I', sure Germane would be able to explain that much more neatly.
Noted! :)
I have money. Man ir nauda.
If you say " Es ir nauda" in Latvian it means I am money.
This is only one example, hope it helps.
Polish has some alike phrase: samotny jak palec (alone like a finger) :)
Well done my dearling
Do you have instagram channel?
Can you tell me where can i find latvian translated movies to help me in learning the language??????????????????????????????????
Ohhhh so oh so sweety ❣️♥️ my Angel 😍😍🥰😍🥰🥰
Divi deviņi, tas Ir pusceļā palikt.. netkti uz laimīgo zemi!
thanks for this video - I love your mingling of culture, history, and language! sorry to hear british tourists peed on the statue.
Thank you! :) and concerning British tourists - yes it was like an epidemic for a while. First we increased the fine and then added a temporary holding in prison. Seems that it has calmed dow since then :D
@@irregularLatvian Thankfully us British are not all like that 😄
@@patrickbarks997 Indeed!
Hey it’s similar in Sanskrit language from India
Excellent!!
Sveiciens svētkos! Šodien zvanīju vai piezvanīju uz Hilton viesnīcu Rīgā.
Hi friends I love latvei
you are amazing!
Paldies!!! :)
Americans: To speak Spanish, add 'o' to everything.
To learn Latvian, just add 's' to everything.
😆
❤🇱🇻❤
Hehe if only it were that easy! But in some ways you’re not wrong! :)))
in lithuanian we also say "vienas kaip pirštas"
Viens kā pirksts? :)
If you take an eight day trip to the north, you are visiting Astoņia!
Trīs lietas, labas lietas, in English, "third time's a charm" even Japanese has a similar saying "sandome no shōjiki" (literally, third time is the real thing) meaning you will always be successful on your third try (so coincidentally just the same as English)
hey you were lil bit lost haha your videos are great so this one is curious , funny and interesting well ur make latvian easy . i picked up some words
Thanks for tuning in! I try to be regular, but life gets in the way haha :))) the poem will be up next weekend! :)
@@irregularLatvian ah not at all Germane! ah haha yeah the life get us on the way we are haha, so Poem hm how to say in Latvian "i would like to see it"?
Argelis Reyes “es vēlētos to redzēt”! :)
@@irregularLatvian Oh Thanks so much Germane the best one!!!! when get time i will take classes with u haha
Number pronounciation is also similar to Sanskrit language of India.
Love it
I did know that Latvians were forcefully christened in the 13th rather late?
Very nice
0:33 Vienna as the capital of Austria? xd
Kudos
I cant count to 100 in latvian
Sveiki! Ka tev ir?
Sveiki! Man iet labi! Un arī ir labāk (veselības ziņā) :)
Paldies
You help giv vejit visa
I come to Latvian form Bangladesh.
place half me.
3 lietas Labas lietas, 4ta no sirds, 5ta pa virsu, 6ta pa dirsu.
3 things good things, fourth from heart, 5th on top, 6th on ass
U r 🔥
Sveiki. Please could you either stop using background music or perhaps bring it down in volume? I find it gives me a head ache. BUT you are a GREAT presenter and teacher! Paldius.
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"Essenital" LO
man patīk tavs kanāls
Esmu latviete un mēģinu sev atgādināt latviešu valodu.
Čau
Es jau maku līdz 1000
Essenital skills: a typo.
trīs - trīs lietas, labas lietas>>> res ad triarios rediit
I bid marid
Divvy means idiot in some regions of England haha.
Amazing! 😂 any idea about the origin of the word? Maybe an English guy who studied in Latvian hehehe
@@irregularLatvian haha maybe, not sure but you can say someone is a “div” or they act “divvy”. I just tried to look and there are some pretty obscure explanations, for example this one....
“Div is a scouse (not exclusively, also used in Midlands) word for idiot. It is short for divvy which in turn is a corruption of Deva. The Deva Hospital was a well known mental hospital (since renamed the West Cheshire Hospital) on the outskirts of Chester. Chester was founded by the Romans who named it Deva.”
Perhaps a sailor from Liverpool spent time in Latvia haha.
I love this! Could be either way!
I often think When reading etymology of film theory - how can they be sure that they have deciphered the real meaning. It could be a common root shared by two languages. It could be a sailor that just thought it sounds funny :D
@@irregularLatvian I like your explanation the best, I will put it in Wikipedia ha!
Viens.divi.trīs.četri.pieci.seši.septiņi.astoņi.deviņi.desmit.all the numbers
tu esi skaista )
I want latvian girlfriend, im from poland
Tough 🥵,
Skaituli .
All those political references are not really needed.
nul, celkovij, polushka, cetvertushka....
What language is that? :))
These videos are desmit.
Awful english and examples. Dvula- who is using that? Sorry very bad