The reason why most foreigners mispronounce Latvian words are because they try to pronounce them as they would the words in their own language - the accents usually are all wrong. And most people try to pronounce our soft consonants the same way as the hard ones (so, they think that k and ķ are pronounced the same). The easy trick is to try and find similarities in your mother tongue. For example, sh = š, the letter g is almost dž, ch = č etc. Although I will admit z finding similar sounds to soft consonants is hard. 😅
Latvian language is difficult for english speakers. But the easy part of it is that you pronounce exactly how its written. So basically you only need to learn how to pronounce 33 letters. A big one is S and Š. S - Like in Snake Š - Like in Shore
Except those 33 letters are used for 35 sounds. XD Besides then comes diphtongues: ai, au, ei, eu, ie, oi, ui (I guess I forgot some) one of which is spelled with a single letter "o" - pronounced as diphtongue "uo" in Latvian words OR typical English "oh" in loan words.
I don't agree to that I was born in Latvija and speak Latvian every day her pronunciation wasn't awful but definitely needs some work.My advice would be to go to Google or seri or whatever ,ask every letter translated every letter from English to Latvian an practice at least once a day. However I do love watching her struggle to pronounce the words she should carry on
@@dianaaleksandrova2919 jo? Es arī esmu latviete, bet man angliski viss vienmēr ir pareizi un skolā angļu valodas stundās bez mācīšanās man ir 9 vai 10.
You did very great pronouncing Latvian words!!! I Live in Latvia and almost no one knows what Latvia is so I’m very happy to see that American people know about Latvia 🇱🇻 🇱🇻
I haven’t laughed so hard in a long time. I guess because it reminds me of myself trying to pronounce Latvian words. I’m currently learning the Latvian alphabet, which I believe is the key to their pronunciation. I read another comment which stated that the way it’s written is the way it’s pronounced and spoken. This gives we Americans an advantage over Latvians who are learning English. I’m also working on vocabulary before I attempt the grammar. Being the richest and most powerful nation in the history of the world supplies we Americans with the arrogance to live in a foreign nation without learning their language. Jess, you are a very sweet woman for posting this video and very brave for leaving your native country to live in a foreign land. I wish you all the best. From your accent, I think you are a fellow midwesterner?
Not too bad! Latvian is not very easy to pronounce for English speaking people but overall it wasn’t bad. If you learn all 33 letters, then it’s pretty straightforward. Ņ, Ļ, Ķ etc needs more practice coz there aren’t such sounds in English language. Also, in the sentence “Es mīlu Latviju”, “Latvija” ends with “u”, because Latvian has an extensive grammatical case system and the endings of words do change depending on the sentence. There are 7 cases in Latvian language for nouns, pronouns and adjectives. So, for example, when one asks:” What is it?” in Latvian, then you might reply: Latvija. But if asked:”What do you love?”, then you’d say:”Latviju”. It’s bit complicated :) In English all you do is add prepositions such as to, from, in, about and etc. You don’t change the ending of the word. Hope you understood. Well done anyway 👍🙂
The soft k and l sounds are difficult and unfamiliar to english speakers. Even some Latvians have a hard time saying soft k. Especially the ones coming from Latgale region. But soft n shouldnt be that hard. Its pretty much the same sound that many english speakers say at the beginning of such words as new or nuisance. Just use that same sound and it will sound very much like soft n.
Lol, I am Latvian American, my mom is Latvian and my dad is American. I Grew up in America But moved to Latvia with my mom in 2017. I have learned A lot of Latvian from going to a Latvian school for 2 years. I make videos sometimes and they are in English.
I’m also American, and I spent a year in Latvia last year, specifically Jelgava. The language was soooo fun to learn I hope you’re doing well. I miss the country so much
Loved it! :) And YES - do a part 2. :) There are some words in Latvian that have those thick phrases and soft letters at the same time - so I get that it's hard to do on first try, but you will get a hang of it - you are doing pretty good so. Also if you need some help learning pronunciation - just let me know - I have some speech exercises (some easy and some hard) that is really helpful ( I try to use them myself from time to time). :) Anyway - can't wait to part two! :)
Tad tu esi liels malacis ! Žēl ka es nemāku ķīniešu valodu bet vismaz tā vietā māku franču valodu bet ķīniešu valodā māku pateikt tikai un vienīgi čau . Vai tu vari uzrakstīt kautko ķīniešu valodā? Un manuprāt priekš tevis tas ir grūti iemācīties latviešu valodu.
Darta Ezerina Paldies😜😜 Man liekas, ka latviēšu valoda ir daudz grūtāk nekā ķīniešu valoda... Un tad ķīniešu valodā(谢谢😜😜，我觉得拉脱维亚语比中文难太多了......) Un čau vai labdien ir 你好（nǐ hǎo）😊
I think you need to make more videos like this because Latvian People don't know how hard it is and i know it because before i wach this video i was it is so easy but when i watching how you try to say this words then i undarstand that was Latvian language is so hard for People from another conturies! This was so fun.😂❤️🇱🇻
You should film a part 2 with a latvian💕 P.S. i live in Latvia, and I am a Latvian, and you spelled most of the words correctly, but you need to work on them
I don't know who recommended the word "pretējpulksteņrādītājvirziens", as such word doesn't exist in Latvian. Counterclockwise translates as "pretēji pulksteņrādītāju kustības virzienam". Those are 4 separate words not a compound. I work as a translator, so I know.
Absolutely! There is no word "pretējpulksteņrādītājvirziens". This miracle is created by sticking 4 different words together (pretēji, pulkstenis, rādītājs, virziens). And the first one is not even a noun or adjective. Sometimes it's possible to compose two words into one compound. For example dzīvžogs (dzīvs + žogs) = hedge.
I can understand how difficult pronunciation must be for those who have English as their mother tongue. I was born in Latvia, but moved to Ireland at one month old. I grew up speaking English with my sister and friends, but Latvian with my parents. It was only almost two years ago, that my family and I moved back to Latvia after 12 years of residing in Ireland, and I barely knew a thing in Latvian. I've been living in Latvia for a year and a half now, and my language has strengthened. I'd say the most important thing when learning a language is time and trying. Personally, I think you did well. 😊
You did pretty well on some words. And a big part of latvian is that we pronounce the last letter as well, for example chocolate the e is silent pretty much but in latvian we say it. In latvian there aren't letters that are silent we say them all (pretty much). And you said atā very well.😊
Here are few words that we use in Ventspils: Driķeris - a door handle, Ķocis - basket for firewood, Ķēķis - kitchen, Ķisenis - pillow, Deķis - blanket, Tutenis - Knife, Šuplāde - drawer, Ķemers - Toilet. I suggest to check with Google translate at first, many Latvians do not use these words. Also, try saying Sklandrauši - Kurland's delicacy.
Greetings form London Just wanted to say You are doing really well :) well done new languages are hard and I think you do better than most people I ve heard learning Latvian ;)
There is no word "kaksis" in Latvian. Poop is "kaka". This another form maybe spins around somewhere in deep country where yahoos try to make so style.
I just love the way you said cat. When you said it it sounded like poop in Latvia. When you tried saying pretējpulksteņrādītājvirziens I was just thinking how my family say that everyday and we don't see any problem saying it but looking how long it is I just can't believe that it's so easy to say
Es esmu tik prieciga! Prieciga par to ka kads ierodas Latvijā un apskata Rīgu! Man ka latvietei ir ļoti interesanti skatities! Im so happy! Happy that someone is traveling to Latvia and goes watch what we do in Riga! For me as Latvian its really fun to watch this
The counter-clockwise, as far as I know would never be a single word (string of letters). So it would be split into counter=PRETĒJI clockwise=PULKASTEŅA RĀDĪTĀJA VIRZIENAM and the last part consists of 3 words that I'd translatte for this specifick situation as clock (pulkstēna) arm (rādītāja), as in clock-arm and last is direction (virzienam). And I hope you read this and it's not pointless but the other problem is with words in latvian having a different form (conjugation, i think it's called in English) depending from weather you talk about past, present, future and/or male, female words.
I know that i have just 10 years and i am latvian but i think you are so good at speak latvian cus are other people who even dont know how to sey hi. So i realy love how try
For English and American people this is really hard. I know it. I've been studied in Grammar School of Nordic languages from 1st grade. We had American teacher of English. And she was almost as beauty as You. She only spoke to us in English. She was very nice. So snake would be "čūska" in Latvian which is like tschū[long u]ska, kaķis is katjis. Basically You can use j before any letter that has , under. In Latvian it is called mīkstinājuma zīme [miikstinaajuma ziime]. Č makes "Ch' like in 'church', and š makes "Sh" like in 'shallow'. As You might have noticed long line on top of the letter means it's prolonged like man named Ārons (Ahron), but not always efforted. Usually most effort comes on beginning of the word. Pretējpulksteņrādītājvirziens? XD Yes I can say that. Even not being sober. But that's too much I guess... That's teasing... Sorry for that. I don't think somebody even uses that these days. Narrow railroad is classie! XD I tried to teach it my Swedish friends, and they like:"You must be joking, right?!" We love You sister always forever.
Hey i am Latvian that lives in America and ik how you feel tying speak different language. In USA saying "th" or any words with "w" is hard and other things that dont make sense is frustrating to say.
I learnt English from the age of 5 and TV shows really helped out my teachers said I was a tragic child that won't be able to speak English well enough for people to understandand don't know why but something clicked and I speak with a Australian accent and am the top of my class
The counterclockwise is actually a whole sentence in Latvian just without spaces Pretēj - against Pulksteņ - Clock Rādītāj - showing Virziens - way Pretējpulkstenrādīājvirziens - against clock showing way(counterclockwise)
Hello from Latvia. Damn its pretty cool to look how u tryin some of our words! 😅🤚👍😁 And thanks to cool Latvians who suggested nice words! Not some *vulgar ones! 👍👍👍 And you were pretty good at it!👍😁🤚
I've known English for years now, 12 to be exact. And I am 16, so that's a surprise even for me. I wanted to know, what was the reason to move to Latvia?
I was born I Latvia, but at the age of twelve my family and me moved to Ireland! While living here my English as improved a lot :) Btw I already love this channel!
WATCH PART 2 - th-cam.com/video/huVyFB2-7lY/w-d-xo.html WATCH WHY I LOVE LATVIA - th-cam.com/video/sJT4m5aV83s/w-d-xo.html LIVING IN LATVIA PLAYLIST - tinyurl.com/y2fsougu
I'm latvian and my whole family is I live in Ireland so I learned the Irish way of saying words like instead of chips it's crisps and chips instead of fries I showed my mam this and she laughed so much and cringed a lot put I under stand how hard it can be to talk 🇱🇻 latvian so no hate and I'm glad that I found a TH-camr that is about Latvia since Latvia is like a country that no one talks about
I am Latvian, I was born in jurmela Latvia but I don’t know Latvian only Russian because when I was born that time there were a lot of Russian people. :)
Hey sis. So I will give you a little lesson. (: In latvian we pronounce 'c' as the 'z's in pizza. AND (update) if you see a little line on the letters (example: ē, ū, ī, ā) it means that you need to kinda say it like "ee", "uu", "ii", "aa". Was it helpful?
I learned english wen i was 5! I love seeing pll try latvian! You should try Pulkstenis-clock Sieviete-female Vīrietis-male Uzredzēšanos-bye in a formal way And some city's Venstpils Daugavpils Rīga Sigulda I hope to see more of your vids!
So it was really funny to watch you because I am Latvian and I understand that the you have problems with speaking Latvian words because we have some what stuff on letters I don't know how that is in English because I'm not very good at the English so but the important thing is that you doing fine it was really fun to watch you thanks for posting this video
Heyy some bit of advice like you could say it and then Google it how it sounds or you could ask a Latvian friend or do a live on insta and people your fans can tell you if it's right. Btw loved your vid and I hope you do another part
Oh me watching her struggle because she kind of is true she said that Latvian kids learn English really fast so I’m in the fourth grade or I already know English to the point that I understand everything that she say but I also learn Latvian full time
Wow i remember when i was small there was barely any english people and now that i moved to England 11 years ago latvia has become a very recognised place !!! Bučas latvīšiem
For me, as a Latvian, I find the accent very hilarious. Since you thought "pretpulksteņrādītājvirziens" was hard, I have a challenge "Meningoencephalomyeloradiculoniritis" translation: "Meningoencefalomieloradikuloneirīts" which is the longest word in Latvian. (35 letters)
I'm actually gonna write this comment in english because it's easier. But I'm proud for you ! You tried your best to talk in Latvian! I actually want to meet you but I live in a country land thing / Laukos So I need to be in the car for 2h 😬 But still ! You did a great job.
Omg hi. I’m from Latvia and only issue I see is that you have to work on how to pronounce like ķ and ņ and č and all those but GIRL IM IMPRESSED. Keep on the good work 😝💕 hope you enjoy our little country. Latvian is really hard so I’m truly impressed. And to Answer your question, yeah we can say the word pretējpulksteņrādītājvirziens ☺️💕
Latvieši?!🇱🇻
Čau čau hehehe tik forši sarakstīties Latviski
Jā interesanti paskatīties kā amerikāņi runā latviski🤣🤣
Mani
Te viens latvietis
Rat
Ja tu saproti tad like//if you understand than put a like!! Latvian
Krista Krista iemācies anglu valodu, nabag
Čau es esmu latviete un mums ir citi burti nekā jums! But ok
😶⚠️
I can like gus am latvian
Es esmu Latviski
esmu no latvijas saprot cik grūti angļiem runat latviesu valodā ar garumzīmēm
Hahaha jā
Piekrītu
Vne
Ja
Es arī esmu no Latvijas i know too
It was prety good-tas bija diezko labi 👍 Latviesi spiez like.
Nevis diezko labi, bet diezgan labi.
The reason why most foreigners mispronounce Latvian words are because they try to pronounce them as they would the words in their own language - the accents usually are all wrong. And most people try to pronounce our soft consonants the same way as the hard ones (so, they think that k and ķ are pronounced the same).
The easy trick is to try and find similarities in your mother tongue. For example, sh = š, the letter g is almost dž, ch = č etc. Although I will admit z finding similar sounds to soft consonants is hard. 😅
Thanks for sharing!
Kurš ir Latvietis/Latviete nospiež like🤗
Ble es
Es esmu Latviete
Emilija Gleba ltu
Es esmu latviete!
Karīna DI pro čau
Latvian language is difficult for english speakers. But the easy part of it is that you pronounce exactly how its written. So basically you only need to learn how to pronounce 33 letters.
A big one is S and Š.
S - Like in Snake
Š - Like in Shore
Polly I will keep that in mind. I think I remembered that rule a few times ;)
Except those 33 letters are used for 35 sounds. XD
Besides then comes diphtongues: ai, au, ei, eu, ie, oi, ui (I guess I forgot some) one of which is spelled with a single letter "o" - pronounced as diphtongue "uo" in Latvian words OR typical English "oh" in loan words.
I don't agree to that I was born in Latvija and speak Latvian every day her pronunciation wasn't awful but definitely needs some work.My advice would be to go to Google or seri or whatever ,ask every letter translated every letter from English to Latvian an practice at least once a day. However I do love watching her struggle to pronounce the words she should carry on
True
Polly Nice explanation
I live in Latvia and I think this is so funny😂
Thank you!
I am from latvia lol
Vaine tik smiekligi
Funny* var redzēt ka esi Latviete
@@dianaaleksandrova2919 jo? Es arī esmu latviete, bet man angliski viss vienmēr ir pareizi un skolā angļu valodas stundās bez mācīšanās man ir 9 vai 10.
Man atkal grūta liekas Dāņu valoda.Tur burtus izrunā kaut kur starp govs māvienu un teļa blējienu.
čau
XD
😂😂😂
awww, that was cute and awesome. A latvian here 🇱🇻
Čau!
Latvija ir ļoti maza tauta .-.
Same here
@@jschro124 omg, what did i say, mācies izrunu
sveiki, es arī esmu latviete!
Kuri ir latvieši spiežat like
Es LV
Kawasa ki RT es asmu
2:58 "kaksis"😂 es nevaru😂💩😹
Omg!! hahaha
Haha
Vne kaķis bija vissmiekalīgākais😂
Vne😂
jā tas bija viss smieklīgākais😂
Soooo, how did I do?!
@@sabinegrosena4864 Yay thanks!!!
Sabine Grosena ok!!
Well... "atā!" was really good. XD
better than many local Russians.
Savage :D
Good effort tho
You did very great pronouncing Latvian words!!! I Live in Latvia and almost no one knows what Latvia is so I’m very happy to see that American people know about Latvia 🇱🇻 🇱🇻
I haven’t laughed so hard in a long time. I guess because it reminds me of myself trying to pronounce Latvian words. I’m currently learning the Latvian alphabet, which I believe is the key to their pronunciation. I read another comment which stated that the way it’s written is the way it’s pronounced and spoken. This gives we Americans an advantage over Latvians who are learning English. I’m also working on vocabulary before I attempt the grammar. Being the richest and most powerful nation in the history of the world supplies we Americans with the arrogance to live in a foreign nation without learning their language. Jess, you are a very sweet woman for posting this video and very brave for leaving your native country to live in a foreign land. I wish you all the best. From your accent, I think you are a fellow midwesterner?
Not too bad! Latvian is not very easy to pronounce for English speaking people but overall it wasn’t bad. If you learn all 33 letters, then it’s pretty straightforward. Ņ, Ļ, Ķ etc needs more practice coz there aren’t such sounds in English language. Also, in the sentence “Es mīlu Latviju”, “Latvija” ends with “u”, because Latvian has an extensive grammatical case system and the endings of words do change depending on the sentence. There are 7 cases in Latvian language for nouns, pronouns and adjectives. So, for example, when one asks:” What is it?” in Latvian, then you might reply: Latvija. But if asked:”What do you love?”, then you’d say:”Latviju”. It’s bit complicated :) In English all you do is add prepositions such as to, from, in, about and etc. You don’t change the ending of the word. Hope you understood. Well done anyway 👍🙂
ines_uk thanks for explaining :)
The soft k and l sounds are difficult and unfamiliar to english speakers. Even some Latvians have a hard time saying soft k. Especially the ones coming from Latgale region. But soft n shouldnt be that hard. Its pretty much the same sound that many english speakers say at the beginning of such words as new or nuisance. Just use that same sound and it will sound very much like soft n.
That's why I hate school, expesaly latvian lessons
я υ fяσм ℓαтνια? ι αм
And yes where Jess said abonēt to my channel it needed to be abonē cuz yeah the ending change
Mēs esam maza valsts, bet tomēr mus ir daudz un mēs esam stipri!!!💪😎 🇱🇻
Mūs ir maz
Daudz?😂😂😂
Its so funny cuz im latvian and im like ‘lol’
Beate Vevere ikr
ѕαмє
ѕαмє
Lol, I am Latvian American, my mom is Latvian and my dad is American. I Grew up in America But moved to Latvia with my mom in 2017. I have learned A lot of Latvian from going to a Latvian school for 2 years. I make videos sometimes and they are in English.
That's awesome!
@@jschro124 thanks lol
I’m also American, and I spent a year in Latvia last year, specifically Jelgava. The language was soooo fun to learn I hope you’re doing well. I miss the country so much
It's so amazing here!
LATVIETE!!!!🇱🇻
Yup cuz i am latvian
Iam latvian i see that you play gacha life
Ye
Omg im latvian too im so happy to see somebody who is latvian😊
Latvietis :D
Ņ is kind of hard to explain to English speaking person, I think. It's like saying nyom nyom...you just take the "ny" part.
Ainars Kalnins never knew that!
Loved it! :) And YES - do a part 2. :)
There are some words in Latvian that have those thick phrases and soft letters at the same time - so I get that it's hard to do on first try, but you will get a hang of it - you are doing pretty good so.
Also if you need some help learning pronunciation - just let me know - I have some speech exercises (some easy and some hard) that is really helpful ( I try to use them myself from time to time). :)
Anyway - can't wait to part two! :)
Zane Scribbles thanks so much!!! :)
Es esmu ķīniete un tagad mācos latviešu valodu🤩
J. G. Forši.
Tad tu esi liels malacis ! Žēl ka es nemāku ķīniešu valodu bet vismaz tā vietā māku franču valodu bet ķīniešu valodā māku pateikt tikai un vienīgi čau . Vai tu vari uzrakstīt kautko ķīniešu valodā? Un manuprāt priekš tevis tas ir grūti iemācīties latviešu valodu.
Darta Ezerina Paldies😜😜 Man liekas, ka latviēšu valoda ir daudz grūtāk nekā ķīniešu valoda... Un tad ķīniešu valodā(谢谢😜😜，我觉得拉脱维亚语比中文难太多了......) Un čau vai labdien ir 你好（nǐ hǎo）😊
@@jiayugeng4500 Kur tu dzīvo?
Super, ka zini šo valodu! Esi kādreiz bijusi Latvijā?
I think you need to make more videos like this because Latvian People don't know how hard it is and i know it because before i wach this video i was it is so easy but when i watching how you try to say this words then i undarstand that was Latvian language is so hard for People from another conturies! This was so fun.😂❤️🇱🇻
3:06 Bruner poop cheese?? 😂😂😂
Hahahaha
Omg omg omg am i really talking to you omg omg omg i really like ur videospēles 😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍
@@ditazalkalne3511 Sveiki! Thank you for liking my videos
@@jschro124 i Cant you are so sweet i get happyer every time you tālāk to me i Cant im so happy❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️😍😍😍😍😍😍😍
You should film a part 2 with a latvian💕 P.S. i live in Latvia, and I am a Latvian, and you spelled most of the words correctly, but you need to work on them
Part two will be uploaded this week!
I don't know who recommended the word "pretējpulksteņrādītājvirziens", as such word doesn't exist in Latvian. Counterclockwise translates as "pretēji pulksteņrādītāju kustības virzienam". Those are 4 separate words not a compound. I work as a translator, so I know.
Absolutely! There is no word "pretējpulksteņrādītājvirziens". This miracle is created by sticking 4 different words together (pretēji, pulkstenis, rādītājs, virziens). And the first one is not even a noun or adjective.
Sometimes it's possible to compose two words into one compound.
For example dzīvžogs (dzīvs + žogs) = hedge.
Pretpulkstenraditajvirziens
Is the longestword in latvian sry i dont have the signs
Its so funny to watch when you are a latvian and can say these words so easily :D
I can understand how difficult pronunciation must be for those who have English as their mother tongue. I was born in Latvia, but moved to Ireland at one month old. I grew up speaking English with my sister and friends, but Latvian with my parents. It was only almost two years ago, that my family and I moved back to Latvia after 12 years of residing in Ireland, and I barely knew a thing in Latvian. I've been living in Latvia for a year and a half now, and my language has strengthened. I'd say the most important thing when learning a language is time and trying.
Personally, I think you did well. 😊
What a cool story and thanks!
You did pretty well on some words. And a big part of latvian is that we pronounce the last letter as well, for example chocolate the e is silent pretty much but in latvian we say it. In latvian there aren't letters that are silent we say them all (pretty much). And you said atā very well.😊
Everita Palma yay! So happy I can say “bye” in Latvia haha. And I will keep that in mind about having no silent letters!
I from Latvia, but now life Ireland, i can speak latvian, english, russian
How is living in Ireland?!
Jess on a Quest i living in Ireland , good, i life with my boyfriend!!!
Izskatās ka ir grūtības ar to angļu...
Here are few words that we use in Ventspils: Driķeris - a door handle, Ķocis - basket for firewood, Ķēķis - kitchen, Ķisenis - pillow, Deķis - blanket, Tutenis - Knife, Šuplāde - drawer, Ķemers - Toilet. I suggest to check with Google translate at first, many Latvians do not use these words. Also, try saying Sklandrauši - Kurland's delicacy.
Armands Padrevics thanks for the words!
Vai tie vispār ir latviešu vārdi lollll?
@@wolfy8696 tie ir tāmnieku apvidvārdi
Aaaaaaa ok
I’m always saying if you can pronounce “knipucītiņimiņītiņimais pintiķipinītis” (it’s a cartoon figure) then you can speak Latvian 😂
Greetings form London
Just wanted to say
You are doing really well :) well done new languages are hard and I think you do better than most people I ve heard learning Latvian ;)
Paldies!
tas moment kad viņa no sākuma pasaka kaksis nevis kakis/ the moment when she tries to say cat but actualy says poop the first time
I know - oops!
There is no word "kaksis" in Latvian. Poop is "kaka". This another form maybe spins around somewhere in deep country where yahoos try to make so style.
I am from Latvia and I think that you spoke pretty well these latvian words.
I speak Latvian it's so easy!! But you did pretty good!! 😊☺️😂😁😉
Alise Krūmiņa ye nu mes tomer esam dzimusi latvija so ye ir ezi 😂
I’m from Latvia and i think that you are doing great and keep on trying❤️😍
Paldies!
You can speak latvian quite well . I like that ! Nice to hear from another country trying to learn latvian .
Thanks!
You got very good to say Latvian and I am Latvian. But you really go to say Latvian.🙄🙃
:D Mazā pļurkste.
Paldies, sasmējos. :D
😂
@@toms8812 Man uz brīdi likās ka tu uzrakstīji "sasmēķējos"😂🚬
I'm Latvian
Čau!
@@jschro124 čau!! Love you 💕💕💕
I just love the way you said cat. When you said it it sounded like poop in Latvia. When you tried saying pretējpulksteņrādītājvirziens I was just thinking how my family say that everyday and we don't see any problem saying it but looking how long it is I just can't believe that it's so easy to say
Heyy your trying very hard and good, I love your videos. Sveiki Latvieši!!!🇱🇻
I am Latvian :sveiki lol ČAU
Sveiki!
Čau ir žargons. Laikam no franču valodas.
Priecē kad cenšās 🤗 like 2x2 pa pacietību😎
Yayy you did so well
WOO HOO!!! Thanks!!!
Umm..
Es esmu tik prieciga! Prieciga par to ka kads ierodas Latvijā un apskata Rīgu! Man ka latvietei ir ļoti interesanti skatities!
Im so happy! Happy that someone is traveling to Latvia and goes watch what we do in Riga! For me as Latvian its really fun to watch this
Glad you are enjoying my videos!
The counter-clockwise, as far as I know would never be a single word (string of letters). So it would be split into counter=PRETĒJI clockwise=PULKASTEŅA RĀDĪTĀJA VIRZIENAM and the last part consists of 3 words that I'd translatte for this specifick situation as clock (pulkstēna) arm (rādītāja), as in clock-arm and last is direction (virzienam). And I hope you read this and it's not pointless but the other problem is with words in latvian having a different form (conjugation, i think it's called in English) depending from weather you talk about past, present, future and/or male, female words.
Thanks for sharing!
yea blonde girl u didit thumbs up - jā blondā meitene tu to izdariji īkšķus augšā next time say "thumbs up-īkšķus augšā "
Paldies!
OMG!!!!I am from latvia!!!!
Sveiki!
Es nezinu
Its good! ļoti labi!
I know that i have just 10 years and i am latvian but i think you are so good at speak latvian cus are other people who even dont know how to sey hi. So i realy love how try
For English and American people this is really hard. I know it. I've been studied in Grammar School of Nordic languages from 1st grade. We had American teacher of English. And she was almost as beauty as You. She only spoke to us in English. She was very nice.
So snake would be "čūska" in Latvian which is like tschū[long u]ska, kaķis is katjis.
Basically You can use j before any letter that has , under. In Latvian it is called mīkstinājuma zīme [miikstinaajuma ziime].
Č makes "Ch' like in 'church', and š makes "Sh" like in 'shallow'.
As You might have noticed
long line on top of the letter means it's prolonged like man named Ārons (Ahron), but not always efforted. Usually most effort comes on beginning of the word.
Pretējpulksteņrādītājvirziens? XD Yes I can say that. Even not being sober. But that's too much I guess... That's teasing... Sorry for that. I don't think somebody even uses that these days.
Narrow railroad is classie! XD I tried to teach it my Swedish friends, and they like:"You must be joking, right?!" We love You sister always forever.
Latvieši lūdzu nospiež like :,3
Labi padarits🇱🇻
Hey i am Latvian that lives in America and ik how you feel tying speak different language. In USA saying "th" or any words with "w" is hard and other things that dont make sense is frustrating to say.
I learnt English from the age of 5 and TV shows really helped out my teachers said I was a tragic child that won't be able to speak English well enough for people to understandand don't know why but something clicked and I speak with a Australian accent and am the top of my class
The counterclockwise is actually a whole sentence in Latvian just without spaces
Pretēj - against
Pulksteņ - Clock
Rādītāj - showing
Virziens - way
Pretējpulkstenrādīājvirziens - against clock showing way(counterclockwise)
Thanks for breaking the words down for me :)
Jess on a Quest no problem! ❤️
Hello from Latvia.
Damn its pretty cool to look how u tryin some of our words! 😅🤚👍😁
And thanks to cool Latvians who suggested nice words! Not some *vulgar ones! 👍👍👍
And you were pretty good at it!👍😁🤚
I've known English for years now, 12 to be exact. And I am 16, so that's a surprise even for me. I wanted to know, what was the reason to move to Latvia?
It was so exciting to watch this 😁 I’m from Latvia and you did good
I was born I Latvia, but at the age of twelve my family and me moved to Ireland! While living here my English as improved a lot :) Btw I already love this channel!
THANK YOU
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WATCH WHY I LOVE LATVIA - th-cam.com/video/sJT4m5aV83s/w-d-xo.html
LIVING IN LATVIA PLAYLIST - tinyurl.com/y2fsougu
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I'm latvian and my whole family is I live in Ireland so I learned the Irish way of saying words like instead of chips it's crisps and chips instead of fries I showed my mam this and she laughed so much and cringed a lot put I under stand how hard it can be to talk 🇱🇻 latvian so no hate and I'm glad that I found a TH-camr that is about Latvia since Latvia is like a country that no one talks about
amazing! U r doing really good! And I'm living in Latvia for my entire life
Lol same
Thanks!
I’m from Latvia and I think that Japanese is harder then Latvian .that šaursližu dzelsceļš is a hard for some Latvians as well
I am Latvian, I was born in jurmela Latvia but I don’t know Latvian only Russian because when I was born that time there were a lot of Russian people. :)
Ur lowkey good at latvian cuz im born in norway and now i live in latvia. I feel you!
I am from Latvia and you do very good
Čau! Paldies!
I live in Latvia and this is so funny
Čau!
Hey sis. So I will give you a little lesson. (: In latvian we pronounce 'c' as the 'z's in pizza. AND (update) if you see a little line on the letters (example: ē, ū, ī, ā) it means that you need to kinda say it like "ee", "uu", "ii", "aa". Was it helpful?
Yes, thank you!
I learned english wen i was 5!
I love seeing pll try latvian!
You should try
Pulkstenis-clock
Sieviete-female
Vīrietis-male
Uzredzēšanos-bye in a formal way
And some city's
Venstpils
Daugavpils
Rīga
Sigulda
I hope to see more of your vids!
Really good!!Im from Latvia..☺😂😊😊😘😘
Čau! Paldies!
So it was really funny to watch you because I am Latvian and I understand that the you have problems with speaking Latvian words because we have some what stuff on letters I don't know how that is in English because I'm not very good at the English so but the important thing is that you doing fine it was really fun to watch you thanks for posting this video
This is a nice video and i'm glad, to see girl, Who try to learn something new and so useful. 😉👍
Thank you!
I am Latvian and you didn't talk bad
Thanks!
Where in Riga do you live? I live in Riga too! For how long will you stay?
I was born in Riga/Latvia! My family still lives here. But I can only speak a few words😫
Heyy some bit of advice like you could say it and then Google it how it sounds or you could ask a Latvian friend or do a live on insta and people your fans can tell you if it's right. Btw loved your vid and I hope you do another part
Thank you! Second part is up!
I'm from Latvia. keep on going you're doing great! :)
Oh me watching her struggle because she kind of is true she said that Latvian kids learn English really fast so I’m in the fourth grade or I already know English to the point that I understand everything that she say but I also learn Latvian full time
Im from Latvia, and for me its very easy to say these words... Funny amd cool vid!
Paldies!
Hi Jess im Latvian And Latvian is a hard language to be honest so you might want to learn and get better at Latvian
I'm latvian and it's not that hard honestly
Sveiki is in lithuania too
Im from Latvia!
You did a really good job btw AS you are just learning
Paldies!
Omg omg g omg i Cant belive im talking to you omg omg omg i Love ur chanell šo šo much!!!!!😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍amma cry for realizēt😂😂😂
Ammma cry for real*
Wow i remember when i was small there was barely any english people and now that i moved to England 11 years ago latvia has become a very recognised place !!! Bučas latvīšiem
Yes and tourism is growing everyday!
Im latvian, im 13 years old, and i learned english from youtube, and i'm pretty good including my accent.
That's amazing!
I’m Latvian and our language is flat in like English whear you work a lot with your tough. Tev loti labi samāca!
Good job! I am a Latvian living in the u.s.! Glad you enjoy Riga!❤
I love Riga!!
You did great, Jess! You kinda sounded like someone trying to pronounce Latvian words with a french accent to me.
For me, as a Latvian, I find the accent very hilarious. Since you thought "pretpulksteņrādītājvirziens" was hard, I have a challenge "Meningoencephalomyeloradiculoniritis" translation: "Meningoencefalomieloradikuloneirīts" which is the longest word in Latvian. (35 letters)
Omg!
Aww you are really good in Latvian language im Latvian btw :3
You are doing a great job! I live in Australia but speak Latvian and great try!
I'm actually gonna write this comment in english because it's easier.
But I'm proud for you ! You tried your best to talk in Latvian!
I actually want to meet you but I live in a country land thing / Laukos
So I need to be in the car for 2h 😬
But still ! You did a great job.
Paldies!!!
Omg hi. I’m from Latvia and only issue I see is that you have to work on how to pronounce like ķ and ņ and č and all those but GIRL IM IMPRESSED. Keep on the good work 😝💕 hope you enjoy our little country. Latvian is really hard so I’m truly impressed. And to Answer your question, yeah we can say the word pretējpulksteņrādītājvirziens ☺️💕
You are so sweet!! Thank you for your comment
Not many know beside lavians there is latgalians who have they're language called official as dialect of latvian, but they dnt understand us fully :)
Es mīlu Latviju. In fact this is correct, because in a certain sentence there is a inflection of words in latvian.
Thank you for this! Was fun.
Thanks for watching!!