Thats so amazing! Thank you for your kind comment! I hope We can all go to Latvia Very soon! :)))

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)

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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.

did it work?

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.

Bluntano Thank you and welcome neighbor! :)

@@irregularLatvian sveiki to you too, neighbor! :D

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?

Paldies! :)))

Riga, specifically

❤️ Thank you so much for Such A kind comment! :)))) 🥂

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)

Paldies!!! :)

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. 🙂

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

(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.

Viens kā pirksts? :)

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!

Hehe if only it were that easy! But in some ways you’re not wrong! :)))

Sveiki! Man iet labi! Un arī ir labāk (veselības ziņā) :)

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!

What language is that? :))