Going to Latvian COUNTRYSIDE? Crazy plumbing, mud swims and horror basement | IRREGULAR LATVIAN
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 17 มิ.ย. 2023
- So you're going to go meet your Latvian's grandparents in Lauki - the countryside? Well, it may be a beautiful paradise, it may be Fear Factor. Not all lauki are the same, so hopefully a glimpse at my lauki can mentally prepare you, if it turns out to be the latter.
As you know, i recently spent a week with my babushka in the countryside after years of only being able to bear a couple of hours. It was not easy. Everyone copes with their families in their own way, this is mine. :)
And yes if you're wondering why I call my babushka babushka and not vecmāmiņa, it is because she's Russian. - แนวปฏิบัติและการใช้ชีวิต
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I absolutely love this channel. I'm a second generation American. My grandparents on both sides are Latvian immigrants. One side actually left Latvia during ww2 and immigrated to Germany and then left to come to the US. I feel so disconnected to my Latvian culture and this brings me closer to understanding the things I dismissed as a child. I have a very Latvian name that I hated when growing up because no one could pronounce it. Maiga. But watching your channel has brought me a new understanding to my culture. So thank you.
@candyhoops3332 My middle name is Maiga! My parents emigrated to Australia & they taught me Latvian by speaking it at home, so I enjoy watching everything Latvian on youtube.
You have a very nice Latvian name! It deserves to be loved. The most of us are proud of our own heritage.
This is the most honest look at a Latvian countryside home that I have ever seen. Paldies. I got a little teary eyed at the end when you said you used to love it there and now you are getting used to it again. It is so amazing to me how children go to their grandparent's laukis and spend summer with no "modern conveniences" but they just live and love without knowing any better. Then, we get older and want more and more forgetting how happy we were with almost nothing. It is a bit sad.
My Latvian relative lived in a tiny one room house in Jurmala until she died. Only cold running water and an outhouse. We visited in 2015. She entertained us in her yard under an apple tree where she had a couch and comfy stuffed chairs. We were served maizītes and yummy baked goods. Not lauki but very old world. Lovely. I love being Latvian❤
The stone wall that you see @6:35 indicates that that building is a "normālprojekts"- state designed farmsheds that were built after the agrarian reform(reorganization of land ownership) in the interwar period. In fact it is very reflective of "lauki" in Latvia(@7:25) since there are thousands of those buildings used in similar fashion like that of your relatives - redesigned to house guests and filled with different junk which is dear to its owners.
My Latvian husband took me their Lauki in Deksares during the summer. So green and beautiful just like yours! Thanks to your channel I was able to impress the family with LIELISKI! and alus and kartupeli ❤
My grandparents often spoke of their place in the country. Nearly every Latvian would have a place in the country where they would vacation in the Summers. Then in Winter, They were lucky enough to have a sauna/pirts. They would hold small parties for all their close friends. When it got unbearably hot. Everyone no matter age or gender, would run out downhill and jump bare into an ice-cold pond. And Latvian winters can get unearthly cold. Repeating this five or six times. My Latvian grandfather was fond of saying "To understand the Latvian soul, you must experience the pirts. It's what made us who we are today."
That’s brautiful! Thank you for sharing. And I agree, the Latvian sauna is really something to experience if anyone wants to understand us. :)
This is a cool channel. My grandfather fled Latvia during WW2 so it's cool to see where he's from! I visited Riga last year and it was wonderful! Australia says g'day mate!
my Grandpa did as well! I got to see Latvia, and Liepaja (where he was born) in 2018. It was wonderful!
@@nataleo9093 That sounds lovely :D
My family also left after the invasion, now a big family in the UK. Lai veicas mani brāļi.
Germane Ekberg at Fontana de Lauki. Haha! :)
I have (pre-WW2) photos of laucenieks I'm related to. Seeing them variously hard at work, or relaxing has always fascinated me, though I'm sure if they could see me now, my lack of gardening skills would be quite a disgrace.
Been in the Lauki for nearly 5 years now and lived to tell the tale, couple of words I didn't know there, thanks. The gardening tool is called a 'hoe'. Your Babushka (Interestingly this is probably the first Russian word than many of my generation learnt because of the Kate bush song) likes garlic I see! The grass cutter tool we call trimmeris but maybe that's anglisised. Nice to see the place and also interesting that there is so much clay there, I'm somewhat jealous!
Loved this…..omite works hard. 💕. I laughed so hard in spots…you are the best. Going to Jani this weekend…yay
Dear, i wanted to ask. Can you recommend a sources or online kurses of Latvian language i could use to better my Latvian language? My
Latvian husband learned my language and he s doing great, me on the other hand is in gutters :( any recommendations. ?? Big greetings
Forget on-line courses, for now, maybe a little understanding of the grammar would help but you won't get the practice, in conversational Latvian, that you will need to understand or have a conversation with Latvian speakers. You are so lucky to have someone to speak Latvian to, ask your husband to speak Latvian to you and I think you will make progress.
Thanks for that quiet peak into the scary basement.
Laughed out loud at your reason for whispering!
Haha thanks :)))))
Nice country..i was in Riga in may in murep ..very nice place ..iived with old man and woman ..i am always help them to cut trees and work in their farm ..
This is very reflective of my Lauki. 😅
My close friend (for whom I learn Latvian to better relate to) lives in the countryside and everything I see is just gorgeous and very idyllic
Yeah, I’ve heard of idillic countrysides. Mine is a bit like fear factor :D
@@irregularLatvian OMG 🤣🤣
Kāpēc "babuška" bet ne vecmāmiņa? 😃
Mana babushka ir krieviete :)
Omg that question (as well as the reply!) were the first two random Latvian sentences I was able to fully read and understand haha (not while learning but just a random sentence you come across). I'm gonna cherish this moment 😍 (yeah, I'm an absolute beginner..)
Thanks for the great vid btw!
Very similar to my cousin's place in Kandava, where we celebrated Ligo/Jani this year. It's not far from your place. But where is the sauna?
Hahaha i can totally relate to my aunt who lives in lauki! The other thing I can add is that she also has a sauna! Thank you! 🇱🇻❤️
love your channel! i grew up in dacha, but my babushka had relatives laukos in sigulda un jelgava. so going to see them to dig potatoes in exchange for sacks of potatoes was pretty usual :)
A lot of alkohol and sauna with the last lauki I went to
Nice video. Darling cat! My great grandpa was from Latvia - hope to go someday!
Thank you!! Yeah that cat has become so close with the dog! The dog really became its mommy. :)
@@irregularLatvian very sweet! I’d love to see more I think people would even be interested in watching how your babushka does the canning and fermenting of the vegetables and stuff. And we’d love to see pictures, even if they’re old ones from long ago of her.❤️
@@kellydean3497ohhh, such lovely ideas. Unfortunately babushka is quite old these days, very grumpy and weak.
I’ll try to sus out some fermentation tips next time I see her :) I’ll tell her the world wants to know!! :)
@@irregularLatvian oh I’d love to have the opportunity to live like that again! I was an organic farmer in Maine before 2020. List everything with that fiasco. Now I live in a city flat with pollution and crime 😿the 2020 ruined my life 😿
Tas man atgādina brāļa laukus Kanādā!
Yes I can relate and even some words are close to the languages I speak: Finnish and Swedish 😂👍
I was also terrified of pagrabs 😳
Quite unusual place You got there! 😂
That was fun. Everyone must have the option to poop in the kitchen and get a kitten as a reward 😄
"kaplis", iespējams, angļu valodā ir "hoe"?
😂 tiešām? ;D hahha
sickle ? 🤔@@irregularLatvian
Hey I am currently in adazi for couples of weeks and I would love to find a latvian flag I see every where for my collection.
Any idea where everyone buy them here ? (Not a cheap one from a tourist store)
Mājai un dārzam has them
Es Dzīvoju Anglijā, bet pārvācos uz laukiem, diemžēl pasei beidzies derīguma termiņš un mēģināšu to atjaunot, vēlos tur dzīvot. Es ar to domāju, ka esmu dzimusi Lielbritānijā un mani vecāki mani uzskata par latvieti
I am pretty sure a kaplis, in English is... a hoe 🙃😅