LATVIAN ALPHABET PART 3 | LEARN LATVIAN

#LatvianAlphabet Hello and welcome to the final part of the Latvian alphabet. In this video we cover letters from O all the way till Ž. As always, the main goal is to have fun!
Paldies for the support everyone and I hope you liked this project.
See you again maybe soon.

[@sam_p792]

You should 100% make more of these, you’re so good at teaching it!

[@FrozenMermaid666]

Re languages, I highly recommend learning Latvian 2gether with the prettiest languages ever created Norse / Icelandic / Dutch / English / Norwegian / Gothic and also Welsh / Breton / Cornish / Faroese / Danish which are the prettiest and most refined and most poetic and most heavenly and coolest languages ever that are way too pretty not to know, plus they are all very easy, as pretty languages with pretty words are naturally easy to memorize and are naturally fun to learn! I am quite new to Latvian, as I only discovered it a few months ago, and it seems to be a pretty language with mostly pretty words, from what I have seen so far, so it’s on my list of target languages, same as Slovene, and I am total beginner in Latvian, so I only know a few words at the moment, and I’ve just started learning the sounds and alphabet, and I noticed that many words are similar to the Lithuanian words, and when I see a word that is prettier in Lithuanian I use it in Latvian, and I also do the same in Slovene when I see a word in Slovak that is prettier than the Slovene word, then every word will be pretty, for example, the word for juice isn’t pretty, so I will use a word that is pretty that I can find in Lithuanian, and the Š should always be pronounced as a normal S sound at the end of the word and in certain letter combinations, because SH is one of those problematic sounds as CH / R / TS etc that must be used in only a few words and that must be pronounced as soft as possible to sound good, and a prettier word for store is also necessary, so it would be a good idea if some words would have two terms, and at least one of them should be super pretty! Anyways, words such as so and good and teaching or teacher and You only reflect me and cannot be misused by ppl and must be edited out, and even though some of the info is helpful, some of the pīktūręs are very dīstręspectful to food (for example, the kid dïstręspecting the fruits etc) and nature / ręínbøwz and the one for süït too, and other examples should have been used instead for those!

[@FrozenMermaid666]

By the way, the letter R used in Latvian is a soft normal R aka a tap, not a rolled R, tho many ppl tend to refer to it as a rolled R, even though it isn’t, as rolled Rs are harsh and sound as a motor or engine sound, and some examples of rolled Rs or thrilled Rs would be the Rs used in Spanish by most speakers and the Rs used in French by most speakers, which are very harsh and don’t sound good, so I highly recommend using a soft normal R in all languages, as soft Rs have the best sounds, and I always use soft normal Rs in Spanish and French etc - the R used in Latvian is a tap, and it is the same type of R used in Norse and Icelandic and one of the Rs used in Brazilian Portuguese, which are also taps aka soft normal Rs!

[@anabeatrizapsepaes7175]

That was probably the best latvian teaching video I have ever seen! Thank you so much for taking the time for making such a detailed, culture-centered and fun video! Wish you were my teacher. My grandparents came from latvia and my mom was born in a colony, but they moved away and she forgot the language and didn't teach it to me. My absolute dream is to learn it. Pleeease keep on doing these videos, if you have the time. Liels paldies!!

[@irregularLatvian]

Thank you so much for your kind comment :) It makes me very happy that you find it useful and fun :))

[@nataleo9093]

My grandfather moved away from Latvia and barely ever spoke Latvian again :( I want to learn too.

[@irregularLatvian]

Nataleo We will try to make that happen!

[@nataleo9093]

@@irregularLatvian I got to visit in summer of 2018 and it was amazing! I loved the flowers everywhere. My grandpa lived in Liepaja.

[@gurpreetsingh-zg3km]

@@nataleo9093 I like you

[@matthewm2528]

That Latvian Grandma is so sweet. I want to visit!

[@null2917]

Thank you for your help. I'm S.Korean, and unfortunately, there is no proper material to study Latvian in Korea. But thanks to your video, now I can prepare to work in Latvia.

[@gnor12]

"So no, Latvian is not like Russian... Not even CLOSE !" 😂😂

[@iggyblitz8739]

Of course, it sounds much nicer than heavy Russian.

[@FrozenMermaid666]

There are many similarities, but Latvian is like the pretty and easy version of Russian, as Russian isn’t a pretty language as it has mostly non-pretty words, so Latvian and Slovene are way better options than Russian or Polish etc, and, I highly recommend learning Latvian 2gether with the prettiest languages ever created Norse / Icelandic / Dutch / English / Norwegian / Gothic and also Welsh / Breton / Cornish / Faroese / Danish which are the prettiest and most refined and most poetic and most heavenly and coolest languages ever that are way too pretty not to know, plus they are all very easy, as pretty languages with pretty words are naturally easy to memorize and are naturally fun to learn! I am quite new to Latvian, as I only discovered it a few months ago, and it seems to be a pretty language with mostly pretty words, from what I have seen so far, so it’s on my list of target languages, same as Slovene, and I am total beginner in Latvian, so I only know a few words at the moment, and I’ve just started learning the sounds and alphabet, and I noticed that many words are similar to the Lithuanian words, and when I see a word that is prettier in Lithuanian I use it in Latvian, and I also do the same in Slovene when I see a word in Slovak that is prettier than the Slovene word, then every word will be pretty, for example, the word for juice isn’t pretty, so I will use a word that is pretty that I can find in Lithuanian, and the Š should always be pronounced as a normal S sound at the end of the word and in certain letter combinations, because SH is one of those problematic sounds as CH / R / TS etc that must be used in only a few words and that must be pronounced as soft as possible to sound good, and a prettier word for store is also necessary, so it would be a good idea if some words would have two terms, and at least one of them should be super pretty! However, some of the pīktūręs are very dīstręspectful to food (for example, the kid dïstręspecting the fruits etc) and nature / ręínbøwz and the one for süït too, so some of the examples should have been different, though it’s still helpful for the most part!

[@FrozenMermaid666]

By the way, the letter R used in Latvian is a soft normal R aka a tap, not a rolled R, tho many ppl tend to refer to it as a rolled R, even though it isn’t, as rolled Rs are harsh and sound as a motor or engine sound, and some examples of rolled Rs or thrilled Rs would be the Rs used in Spanish by most speakers and the Rs used in French by most speakers, which are very harsh and don’t sound good, so I highly recommend using a soft normal R in all languages, as soft Rs have the best sounds, and I always use soft normal Rs in Spanish and French etc - the R used in Latvian is a tap, and it is the same type of R used in Norse and Icelandic and one of the Rs used in Brazilian Portuguese, which are also taps aka soft normal Rs!

[@FrozenMermaid666]

In truth, Russian and most other languages are extremely overrated and aren’t pretty with mostly pretty words, so I cannot understand why many learners try to learn them instead of learning the pretty languages, and only about 50 to 100 languages are pretty, and only the pretty languages should be learnt, and when it comes to Slavic languages, Slovene and Latvian are the prettiest and most refined Slavic languages, as they have been influenced by Norse / Germanic / Nordic languages a lot, and the Norse languages are one of the prettiest artistic creations of all time, as the räider dude that created Norse had true artistic talent and created a real work of art, and the languages that come mostly from Norse and that have been influenced by Norse the most like English and Icelandic and Dutch and Faroese and Danish and Norwegian and Welsh are as gorgeous as Norse, and they are the prettiest languages ever, and the other languages that have been influenced by Norse / Germanic languages a lot are also pretty, which explains why Latvian and Slovene are pretty and refined with mostly pretty words!

[@owaisahmad5357]

You are very talented and amazing

[@lucindaappleby3096]

Wow! I love the humour, the delivery and the content. I find myself remembering quite a bit because the whole thing is so entertaining. I am pleased to see the pictures as well because they make the viewing very interesting. Keep it up. Well done.

[@irregularLatvian]

Thank you very much! :)

[@JudeKennedyATCL]

Your personality, your teaching style, your humour, everything in this video was perfect! Thank you so much 😁

[@irregularLatvian]

Liels paldies for your kind Feedback :)))))

[@JudeKennedyATCL]

@@irregularLatvian do you have any advise for where I could properly learn Latvian? The language seems to beautiful and I really want to learn!

[@irregularLatvian]

Well, I try to teach bit more in depth with audio lessons on patreon, but like with any language I think the best is to go live in Latvia for a while so that it “sticks” to you :)

[@shalia7091]

So exquisite. I was captivated by her teaching style

[@marymathews1879]

Liels paldies Germane!! As an Australian Latvian who is trying to regain some semblance of Latvian language fluency, your videos are a breath of fresh air, totally entertaining and very educational! Please, please don't stop making them.

[@irregularLatvian]

I’m really glad you find them useful :) Will do my best to keep it up 👍

[@ShamanOGHUZ3]

Ugunskrusts is very very ancient symbol / charm of protection. Even today it is used by Turkic, Mongolic, Tunguzic shamans. Līgo celebrations is equivalent of Turkic Sakha / Yakut peoples Ykyahk ( Isyakh / Isiyakh ) which again this is with its farsi name Nevruz celebrated by Turkic countries as spring celebration ( welcoming the spring ) Difference with the time of the year of this celebration is because it is celebrated depends on how nature brings the spring/summer. It is almost same time frame in Latvia and Sakha/ Yakutia and Central Asia, West Asia celebrates earlier as spring/summer comes earlier. That is a nice, great proof of ancestral beliefs originated purely from nature. Ziemas Svetki is thought to be christmas celebration which is not if anyone thinking they are celebrating christmas, it is actually celebration of the day to longer day from longest night around 23-24th December is also Turkic Altai celebration Kün Janyrgan ( Gün Yanırgan / Yeni Gün / New Day ) the difference in Altai is Turkic people plant a tree and pray for the spirits to reach as to show appreciation to the nature where Latvians drag a dry piece of wood with a rope on the snow, maybe knock on the doors of people then altogether drag it in to a space and burn it to get rid off last years bad spirits and do the shamanic prays/dances. Greetings from Oghuz descendant Turkish. May the blessings of the Eternal Blue Sky be up on you. 🙏

[@janisavotins1859]

I'm latvian but live in UK from young age and haven't been taught to speak very fluently or write so thanks for helping me 👍

[@LanguageKing333]

I tried to learn Latvian from a Latvian government website and you teach better!❤

[@botnet7175]

Riga reminds me a lot of Copenhagen! And some of the Latvian pronunciations and even words remind me a lot of Danish, too! I'm surprised at how similar and identical some words and sounds are! (I'm a Dane practicing Latvian for my Latvian girlfriend lol, hence the Danish associations)

[@uldispeika7831]

By the way, your English is impeccable. Votre présentation est formidable.

[@brossmart]

J'aimerais bien trouver ici ou j'habite au Québec des gens qui parlent cette langue, on a aucune école ici qui l'enseigne...pas de demande ni de prof. Mais je suis parfaitement bilingue français/anglais. Parler, comprendre et écris.

[@flovinmichaelsen9401]

Good. Insightful. /wave from Sweden

[@peter236uk1]

Brilliant very entertaining

[@emirjusufbegovic4474]

You are so beautiful and amazing! Big love and respect to you!

[@Bigmonster-u7c]

Our all the best ❤❤❤❤my 🍯 my angel 😇😇😇😇💓💓😇😇💓💓

[@qntkka]

Great video! : - )

[@pennypincher5264]

Hello,Love Latvia from Sri lanka

[@BalticHomesteaders]

3 Helpful videos on my long journey to learning Latvian, and plenty of useful insults too, thanks :)

[@mrmacco5171]

I loved your way of teaching in Latvian! You gave me inspiration to learn Latvian! Thank you so much!

[@irregularLatvian]

You are so very welcome :) thank you for the lovely feedback! Paldies!

[@a1phah]

Hello Gemane, continue to teach us Latvian, you are the best teacher I have seen, thank you very much. 😀👍

[@manvargs]

Greetings from Yucatán 🇲🇽

[@irregularLatvian]

Sveikiiii:)

[@velvittbunn624]

Thank you so much for sharing your valoda with the world!! My grandmother had to flee Latvia because of a little thing called the USSR, but she and her mother were always proud to be Latvian. I have been trying to reconnect with my heritage and learn Latvian myself, and you make it such a fun experience! :) Liels paldies!! ❤️

[@nataleo9093]

these videos are wonderful and you are hilarious

[@lassehe]

Thanks Gemane for these three lessons. I have been living in Rīga for a year now and still learned a lot from you. Excellent word examples :)

[@letunityblossom5733]

Thanks for your Latvian lessons.

[@erikdekter2384]

with "šaursliežu dzelzceļš" you can test how drunk is your Latvian friend. If he/she can't say it, he or she is drunk af.

[@irregularLatvian]

That and “šis žagaru saišķis nav mans žagaru saišķis” :)

[@nikolaushimsel7938]

@@irregularLatvian one more word - Saulkalne

[@issawaled2062]

Ooohhhh my baby Angel 😍😍😍 lovely Beautiy you konw you Are very beautfel i love you agin 😙😘😘🥰❣️♥️♥️❤️❤️😍😍😍

[@Ingri87]

Satriecoši❤

[@thenoscoperhacker5121]

1:40 o no no no nononononono

[@JokinPedre]

As someone who rols the r's in my native language (basque), I'm kind of confuse. It is true that I heard the rolled r's in many latvian words, but for example, when you said "jūra" on the last video, i feel that that wasn't rolled, and sometimes I feel the same with other words... Anyway, your videos are amazing! Liels paldies!

[@mehmetkurtkaya3106]

Fun video. İ was not searching for Latvian language but İ am into languages and history and it was a nice video

[@Itzhotli]

Thank you so much for your videos, I recently was introduced to Latvian and it sounds absolutely beautiful too! The videos have been a great help to my mashed up "SweFrEnglish" accent I tend to get with Latvian. I'd love to visit some day, but I'm not sure if it would be safe for me as a lgbtq+ person, but I will for sure learn more about the culture and current issues, as well as Latvia's beautiful language! Again, thank you so much.

[@gurpreetsingh-zg3km]

😍

[@JG-ww3ml]

Sveiki from Australia! I found your alphabet videos - and I love them! They are fantastic - clever and fun! saw you had 3.99k subscribers, so I signed up the other day and the count went up to 4000! So Happy 4000! :) Apsveicu (?) !!! :)

[@irregularLatvian]

Sveiki! Paldies so much for letting me know you’re my 4000th subscriber! I still can’t believe it :)))

[@navidhp663]

I really liked the Latvian alphabet videos and I learned a lot about the language and the culture.. I hope you keep making these awesome videos :)

[@uldispeika7831]

Great job - from a 1944 expat!

[@irregularLatvian]

Paldies!

[@uldispeika7831]

@@irregularLatvian I grew up in English, have been speaking French for the last 50 years or so, and since my parents passed away, I speak very little Latvian. I love the way you approach the subject. It helps me remember, and teaches me things I never knew. Keep up the good work!

[@WhosToxicc]

I am a Latvian

[@yttrv8430]

Latvian sounds like the language of badassery

[@ArianOak]

Skaista būtne❤

[@gloriahoulihan8717]

😊

[@rafalkaminski6389]

Pedins kicks me out! :)

[@mehmetkurtkaya3106]

Latvian history is very ancient as seen on the fire cross as seen around the world in ancient cultures

[@yidneth]

And so I know a little bit more about Latvia and hope not to mispronounce my next song lol 😂😂😂 You are fun!

[@Yuntoll11]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/eYW4oIawpJWcp5o EDVARD GRIEG(에드봐륻 그릭) Sinfonie c-moll 1.Allegro molto 2.Adagio espressivo 3.Intermezzo. Allegro energico 4.Finale. Allegro molto vivace Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra(Göteborgs Symfoniker)고텐부르크 교향악단(요|테보릐 심포니커) Šefdirigent: NEEME JÄRVI(수석지휘: 네메 예르뷔) kzbin.infolTyjD2p6Nak

[@jean-michel.a]

Liels paldies

[@cherylmoana4789]

Excellent. Your vids have helped me learn how to pronounce Latvian better ..and they're really funny too, the 'L' one especially 😁 ...Kia ora from Aotearoa New Zealand 🌿

[@irregularLatvian]

Cheryl Moana Norton Thank you! So Nice to see you enjoyed them. What made you want to learn Latvian? This question is open to all who have seen my vids :)

[@MrVoodemar]

I like your visual style and your sense of humour... the only thing would be a bit more helpful if you added English equivalents of the Latvian words

[@kangsayurbekasi1623]

Latvian pronounciation is very similar like Indonesian alphabet

[@ATS3788]

I'm German. My father was for 13 years in the Sowjet. Gulag because he fought the Communist with his Latvian friend. So my father spoke fluently Latvian and I have an Latvian Last Name

[@irregularLatvian]

Wow! Thats incredible! Thanks for sharing :)

[@ATS3788]

@@irregularLatvian Thank you für das Herzchen Liebe Grüße aus Font de Sa Cala Mallorca. It's a pity that I did not learn your language or Russin. Even my mother was 12 Years in Workuta. That is where they married. My father lost his left Arm in Perpignan and his Home town was Memel. The War was over for him but he fought with ist Latvian friends against the Russian Invasion. So he had to change his Name to a Latvian Name. I wish you a wonderful future young Lady. To bad that I never traveled to the Balic States to visit Memel. and the big cities. By the way my mother was born in Königsberg.

[@pendaofmercia7892]

Ugunskrusts is a wonderful word though.

[@itbejohnnyt]

I listened to the shaushlier tzeshaouslis part like 7 times

[@itbejohnnyt]

I'm gonna have to slow the playback speed down to .25 and listen 7 more times

[@irregularLatvian]

Hahahhahaaa😂😂😂😅

[@janislukins9438]

Izcili!!! Malacis (vai Malace..?!)!

[@Aditya-te7oo]

I love the macrons over the long vowels, that's why it looks a lot like Latin. Also I love 'cause it's a highly inflected language. I want to learn a highly inflected language that's why I'm trying to learn Sanskrit. It's really really difficult. It has 8 cases, 3 grammatical genders and 3 grammatical numbers. And I'm also learning French. I don't know what would I do but I really want to learn these two languages (French and Sanskrit).

[@irregularLatvian]

I fully support this initiative! Commande ça on pourrait parler français ensemble :)

[@Aditya-te7oo]

@@irregularLatvian "Order that we could speak French together" translated from Google translate, is this correct ?

[@irregularLatvian]

@@Aditya-te7ooyes - typo :D *comme ca on pourrait - so that we can. :D

[@Aditya-te7oo]

@@irregularLatvian Okay. 😊😊

[@policedog3837]

Thank you so much I have Latvian friends and its nice to know a little of what they r saying :D P.S Thanks for ur story about rabbit little foot i just randomly say ur friends word and they burst out laughing

[@Yuntoll11]

Edvard Grieg-Schauspielmusik(Incidentalmusik) Norrønafolket(Nordlandvolk)von "Sigurd Jorsalfar" Op.22 에드봐륻 그릭(그리그)의 극부수음악-북구나라 백성 "시구륻 요르살퐈" 에서 London Symphony Orchestra Per Dreier(Chormaster) Oslo Philharmonic Chor Bariton: Kåre Bjørkøy(코레 뵤르쾨이) 그리크 교향곡연주(x): 베르겐필하모니 Norrønafolket(Nordlandvolk)von "Sigurd Jorsalfar" Op.22kzbin.info/www/bejne/p4rZlJWmnLOqf8U

[@Bigmonster-u7c]

I sat sí Latvia 🇱🇻 so so closely Russia 🇷🇺 language latve so so much lookslike rus like 🇱🇹🇱🇻🇲🇰🇷🇸🇺🇦🇸🇰🇧🇾🇸🇰🇭🇷🇧🇦🇨🇿🇸🇮🇵🇱🇲🇪🇧🇬🇷🇺 this all language name Slavic you know bebe 😘😘

[@gurpreetsingh-zg3km]

I love Latvia, I like Latvian girls, from punjab 😍

[@alleviation0]

the alphabet is similar to slavic alphabets so it will be very easy to learn.the sounds that they create are the same but they're not in Cyrillic.

[@gurpreetsingh-zg3km]

?

[@tchahin]

Ogun is the spirit of fire in the brazilian religion Umbanda. Maybe it has some relation with Uguns.

[@irregularLatvian]

Wow, that would be so interesting if they were related!

[@wyqtor]

@@irregularLatvian And Agni is the god of fire from the Hindu Vedas (agni = fire in Sanskrit).

[@mangoisdelicious9078]

yo!

[@mirandoo300]

incredibly gorgeous you

[@tsarmi9864]

Me: @4:02 "Soslio Sausage!"

[@Bigmonster-u7c]

Ooohh why you don't tell me how much language you know ❤❤❤❤❤❤

[@anux2796]

The amout of shaaadee😆😆👌

[@gurpreetsingh-zg3km]

😍

[@letunityblossom5733]

Paldies

[@joydeep2504]

from the beginning: alus arī from the end : ira sula

[@irregularLatvian]

Tādas viņas ir :)

[@letunityblossom5733]

Oga

[@ArrovsSpele]

Iespaidīgi, ka iekļāvi visus 3 o. Tos noderētu izdalīt alfabētā. Tad tā kā nāktos videō arī pievienot apbižotos draugus dz un dž. Un tiem es ar gribētu atseviškus burtus, lai atsevišķi vārdi nepārvērstos.

[@eppe4878]

Your videos are good, but don't make a mistake like many others do by trying hard to make the video too interesting, focus on the goal and do it on a liter note. Don't over-act it. Best of luck, I will watch more of your videos.

[@MegaTali15]

How does ŗ sounds?? Haha thanks for the videos, are amazing

[@princeseroze]

I've come up with an example - the Russian "r" at the end of "Богатырь" would be something similar to Latvian "ŗ".

[@thenoscoperhacker5121]

2:51 ye better not let me in there

[@pamelakilponen3682]

Do they have every mans right to go into any area and pick berries and mushrooms like we do here in Finland?

[@spircix]

Well, you shouldn't enter private property because it's trespassing, but we have plenty of state land (forests, fields, swamps) where you can go pick berries, mushrooms, etc. You can also cut the small Christmas trees that grow under the electric lines, but not elsewhere!

[@Bigmonster-u7c]

Óla

[@ez1236]

Ūūū😂👍

[@hajime8904]

Iepriekš latviešu valodā bija garais o u.c.

[@EykisCorporation]

Okupācija - is a main word in a Latvian language. Remember that!

[@wilkatis]

Pērkonkrusts iet uz kreiso pusi. Tas ir tas ko šeit rādi Ugunskrusts iet uz labo pusi, un tas ir tieši tas simbols ko nacisti izmantoja

[@Bigmonster-u7c]

Ola by Portugal 🇵🇹 which mean if you i give you gold 🪙 gift 😉🎁 😁

[@solree]

What about soft broder of "R" "Ŗ" in word Kařš.

[@irregularLatvian]

If the soft R existed before, it has been banished from our alphabet. I’ll look into it and get back to you :)

[@spircix]

It doesn't exist in standard Latvian anymore, but still can be heard in some dialects and local variants. Actually, many Latvians can't even pronounce it properly anymore because you just don't hear it on a day to day basis.

[@irregularLatvian]

Arturs Krastiņš oo cool! Thanks for the info, it would be interesting to dig deeper

[@whoflungdung1046]

izcili

[@Beogradoholik]

_A lot_ of words that you're said sound like they are Serbian, although Latvian and Serbian have _nothing_ in common ! So strange! 😉

[@marikagelze4657]

kur tu latvijā dzīvo?

[@JCMH]

Skaista sieviete.

[@mdbasir6097]

Help visa I am dubai

[@Tj-yf9ej]

Pedins...😂🤣😂🤣😂🤣😂🤣

[@tulenik71]

It is interesting that although Balts are very close to Slavs - and when I was in Lithuania and Latvia, I found both languages faintly familiar - but the distinctions can be quite hard to cope with. Numerals, for example, are pretty close. Roots of the many words, too - I started catch them in the course of several days. A week later, I was able to know about what the communication is going on. It is like with german language - I am living at the Slovak/Austria border and although I never learned German I am somewhat able to know what they are talking about, decipher information tables, etc. because we were for example watching children programs in austrian TV etc. And for sure it is way more distant than baltic languages. On the other side, all Slavic languages are almost completely intelligible for me. Still I would like to know how you were communicating during Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth era :D Polish is pretty close to Slovak (for example even in 13th century the differences were at the level of dialect) but when I first time heard Lithuanian I was initially completely lost :D

[@irregularLatvian]

tulenik71 hi! Thanks for your comment. Hmm an interesting question about communication in the 13th century. There were a lot of people to communicate with - Swedes, Lithuanian, Slavic, Polish, German.. and given how notoriously bad we are at languages. Maybe we just smiled and waved ;D

[@katherinelawrence3032]

Yes. Those majoring in Eastern European studies had to at least have a reading knowledge of seven languages for their PhD--at least Stateside. The idea was to learn a North Slavic language and a South Slavic and from that you could pretty much get them all. I got my reading knowledge of French by knowing Latin. Even German is somewhat discernible to English speaker. Interestingly, when I was taking Sanskrit was able pick up Baltic words, for example "tvanis" in Latvian (and the title of a play) and "dvanis" in Sanskrit means "noxious fumes," or even Himalaya, is similar to "Ziema Majala," or "house of snow/winter." Indo-European languages are fascinating and Latvian is old, too,

[@tulenik71]

@@katherinelawrence3032 here in Slovakia, we are able to talk with any other Slavs. It is like we are "somewhere in the middle of the language family". Most distant is Bulgarian [it is South Slavic but with many Proto-Slavic features, like really strange case system, which can be somewhat easier for - for example - English speaking people using prepositions (similarly than Bulgarian) to indicate case instead of Slavic suffixes]. So be warned, Bulgarian/Macedonian is pretty different from Serbo-Croatian and Slovenian. And what is interesting, although Serbo-Croatian is technically the same language, I usually better understand Croatian speaker than Serbian. Maybe because of accent. Most of Slavs are able to learn other Slavic language really quickly, I have students from Bulgaria, Serbia, Croatia, Ukraine and most of them are speaking at the native level in the course of several weeks or months. Some of eastern Slavs retain their strong accent but it is quite "local" - I know a woman from Moscow living here for 50+ years and she still has extremely strong, "singing" moscovian accent, rendering some words incerognisable, and oppositely, when I am speaking Russian they think I am from Stavropol region (I am ocassionally using H and local accent is quite "calm"). And yes, I know Latin (somewhat) and some traces of Spanish, and because of that I am able to read French and even somewhat catch Italian dialogues. With French, English is somewhat helpful, too (clearly there was a huge influence of Norman French in language shift from OE to modern English). What is interesting, I am able to read Old French better than most of Frenchmen :) they are usually unable to read Villon in original, for me it is not any problem (moreover, Villon is not so old Old French, he is in fact breaking point to modern French). What is crazy, in "romance" Romanian they have whole sentences perfectly Slavic (Old Russian I would say). Sometimes I catch whole sentence and following sentence is totally incomprehensible (but mostly I am somewhat able to know what they are talking about because of knowing Latin/Spanish/French).

[@hajime8904]

Pirms "j" i vienmēr ir ī

[@tsarmi9864]

@6:47 HAHAHAHA

[@Maze-]

No berries this year

[@irregularLatvian]

Maze Oh? How come? :/

[@daugmale1]

Jā, šogad bija maz ogu.....

[@amyrachel4524]

Does "pedinš" have the same homophobic connotations as the f word you threw out so casually?

[@irregularLatvian]

Yes, it does.

[@katherinelawrence3032]

Latvia has not as a rule been especially good about LGBT issues. Latvia likes to think of itself (with justification) that it is always has had a Western European mentality, or at least is progressive and western-leaning thinking. On LGBT, the Baltic States tend to atavistic and in reality are Russo-Soviet in their attitudes and negativity toward LGBT people. There are any number of unflattering terms in Latvian (to come out and say it, slurs) for LGBT. Even the rather tame, "saldais puisis" is not flattering nor meant to be and thus gay Latvians often remain rather closeted.

[@finnsalsa9304]

@@katherinelawrence3032 Which is unfortunate. We can only wait and see whether the general attitude will shift for a more tolerant mindset in the future or not. I'd love to visit Latvia with my boyfriend (I've been there once for a weekend and it was great - definitely want to go again) but I'm a bit afraid of the discrimination.

[@Bigmonster-u7c]

No no no are you wrong so much why not like Russia 🇷🇺 i swear your language looks like Russia just alphabet

[@anii18]

This Is complete sviests! AHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAH 😂

[@madreviolo]

2:02 wow love u saying a homophobic slur

[@madreviolo]

@Daniels well same, that’s why i commented this. because it offended me and it’s also just not right.

[@blackwingskkl]

Malcis taa smeejos Paldies ❤️❤️❤️❤️🎉💯

[@gurpreetsingh-zg3km]

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[@MiSt3300]

You are so cute, and the Latvian language is awesome! Love from Poland!

[@katherinelawrence3032]

Labs video. Liels paldies. Es to parādīšu saviem amerikāņu draugiem, kuri domā, ka mēs runājam vāciski un lietojam kirilicas alfabētu.

[@ellevehaler1758]

rabbit the f lmao your vids are golden

[@ellevehaler1758]

it's interesting though, my language doesn't use any long vowels so I always wondered how it is for yall, like you can hear the word wrong too or is it just about ortography