The Latvian THANK YOU - how polite and kind are Latvians? | IRREGULAR LATVIAN LESSON

Sveiki, draugi!
Do you think you know how to say “thank you” in Latvian? What about saying thank you in a way that makes the other person cry in shame? Welcome to the ultimate guide to Latvian “thank you” - Paldies!
We are a grateful people. Well, mostly at least. Unfortunately though you can’t “spread paldies on a piece of bread” and it “makes cats die”… whaat?
LATVIAN GRAMMAR LESSONS ONLINE: / irregularlatvian
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[@7thru7]

In Yiddish we say, "א דאנק" which means "a thank" or "a gratitude!" You can modify it to say "a great thank" or "a beautiful thank" when wanting to say more

[@dymytryruban4324]

In South Slavic languages "Thanks" is either praise (to you or upon you) or gift of good. In French it is "Merci!".

[@user-li4mm5uf5l]

Arabic شكرا جزيلا ❤

[@wernerlastt6917]

labāk saņurcīts rublītis nekā liels paldies.

[@MrRozburn]

Irish : Dia dhuit , is a greeting meaning God be with you!

[@irregularLatvian]

Ahaaa! The pattern continues :)

[@sado_news]

In Farsi we say khudo khofiz "God with you"

[@dmark1922]

Since you asked... Paddies in Japanese is "Arigatou🥰" which is originally a very formal form of the adjective "arigatai", used to describe something that you are thankful for or that is "hard to come by" or "rare". So as you see it is a very roundabout way to thank someone, and not a direct way to thank them. Which is indeed a very Japanese way of expressing your feelings....😏

[@nadezdanicielnikova9145]

Your channel is really helpful! Liels paddies :). I was curious, so I've searched for the origin of "thank you" in my language. I'm from Czech Republic. And we say "děkuji" which comes from old German verb "denken"- and that means "to think". And the original meaning should be that when someone helps you, you're grateful for it. So after that you THINK of him/her in a positive/nice way.

[@TheRiga1234]

Paldies

[@liesmazarina7578]

I didn't notice before that "uzteikt" have two meanings- one positive that you mentioned and one negative - uzteikt darbu - to quit the job.

[@AnnaGoodWolf]

Paldies, ka iemācījāt man "Paldies"!!!

[@ftell]

Liels paldies Anete! 🙂 In the Slovak language, you say thank you - Ďakujem and Thank you very much - Ďakujem veľmi pekne :) Paldies for another informative and rewarding video! :)

[@iamfromrigainlatvia]

Paldies par vidiku!😏🍄

[@Bourneo5]

Liels paldies! I just found out I will be moving to Latvia soon for work, and your videos are such a fun way to start learning the language!

[@irregularLatvian]

Yay glad to hear that! What will you be working in?

[@Bourneo5]

@@irregularLatvian playing in the opera in Riga 😁

[@irregularLatvian]

@@Bourneo5 thats amazing! Congratulations! I hope youll love It there :)

[@BANKO007]

@@Bourneo5 Wowwww! That is exciting!!

[@skavinjaa]

@@Bourneo5 wow, really great! Good luck!

[@bertiekirkwood1797]

Visitning Riga next week and your channel has been so helpful, thank you Germane!

[@ritahawk9988]

What a wonderful way to wake up on a Saturday morning! Love your videos. Note to self: Don't take large sips of coffee as you will almost spit them out laughing so hard! Paldies!

[@irregularLatvian]

Hahaha I can imagine that And It makes me so glad! Paldies :)))

[@dima-rafael]

Hi I am interested the origin of the Latvian language and how it progressed during the years can you a make video of this please

[@cerealport2726]

Congratulations on 10k subscribers, you never fail to make entertaining and informative videos. Paldies!

[@irregularLatvian]

Aww mīļš paldies no visas sirds! :)

[@danielmccabe5376]

Loving the humour! 😄 And congrats on the 10k subscribers!

[@tinucleetus9934]

Very nice presentation 👌

[@adrianacordoba77]

Muchas gracias

[@justinegrbavac5908]

Love this! 🇱🇻

[@mustasalem4702]

First of All, Congratulations on 10K subscribers, you deserve more than that:')) Secondly, I have just started learning The Latvian Language and starting with the Alphabets from your Channel, and it was very good ( Grateful for your help ). I hope, you will do like a video about steps because as beginner starting to learn new language, it is important to have a plan because somehow after learning the alphabets and greeting I got stuck in between what should I do after that..

[@Takosaga]

I'm surprised even as a male teacher in Latvia, I have gotten so many flowers as gifts.

[@arnisbite3274]

Apsveicu ar 10 tūkstošiem!

[@konyazoli6147]

And what about: Paldies jūms? In Hungary we say: Köszönöm - Thank you Köszönöm szépen - Tank you very much Köszi - Thanks 👍😄

[@irregularLatvian]

Of course, also Paldies Tev - Thank you And paldies Jums - Thank your majesty (just formal) :)

[@konyazoli6147]

@@irregularLatvian thank you! I mean Paldies. 🤣

[@telmemorem8992]

Love you!

[@mikuskokenbergs8853]

PALDIES! :D Par video. Bet ir tomēr diezgan labas gribas cilvēku. Ir... Paldies Dievam.

[@wmk8733]

Paldies, great videos I recently started to learn latvian. Do you give private lessons?

[@pascalfournier1925]

Au Québec (Canada) on dit :" Merci"

[@annakhramovicheva]

Where to find a teacher like you? For online lessons??

[@wernerlastt6917]

Try me! I can bring you by even the Couronian dialect! A simplified Latvian, easy for foreigners and locals will find you great in Kurzeme....

[@22bdunlevy]

Sveiki. Es saprotu lietuviešu un igauņu valodu. Kā latviski!

[@qqj4482]

I hope I can use Latvian in person one day.

[@skavinjaa]

Visu cieņu 😊🙏

[@marijae2076]

In Lithuanian we say also say "dėkui", which has slavic roots. I looked for the explanation of the origin of "Ačiū" and one of them that it menas "atjaučiu" - I feel it.

[@dymytryruban4324]

"Dėkui" or "dekoju" is actually Germanic. South Slavic languages don't have it at all.

[@BANKO007]

QUESTION! Hi Germane! I love your channel! Would you please remind me what is the 'correct' translation of 'jet lag'? I am Latvian but it sounded so absurd, I could not remember it! Thank you!

[@irregularLatvian]

The jury is still out on that one but some proposals have been: * lidojuma laiknobīde (time-shift due to flying) * Laikjoslu sindroms (syndrome of time-zones) * pārlidojuma laiknobīdes nogurums (fatigue caused by time-shift due to flying) :)

[@BANKO007]

@@irregularLatvian I am honoured to get such a quick and comprehensive reply from a >10K subscribed KZbinr! "Pārlidojuma laiknobīdes nogurums"; yes, that was the one - haha!! I think it is a mistrial and the jury should be disbanded. Milzonīgs paldies! (Lai dzīvo kaķīši 😉)

[@tharumalaweera2135]

Do you do classes for languages exams?

[@andrahouse1347]

Nu,nu,nu!

[@GypsieSeeker]

Liels paldies 🤗

[@SanguineLemon]

paldies paldies paldies

[@csabakoka7485]

Esmu tev pateicību parādā

[@richbrown5439]

I am 50% sveiks

[@richbrown5439]

My mother is a latvian citizen.

[@Apollo265]

Дякую