The Latvian THANK YOU - how polite and kind are Latvians?

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

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Жыл бұрын

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
Music: filmmusic.io/song/3777-fretless

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@nadezdanicielnikova9145 Жыл бұрын

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.

@ftell Жыл бұрын

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! :)

@ritahawk9988 Жыл бұрын

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 Жыл бұрын

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

@7thru7 3 күн бұрын

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

@MrRozburn Жыл бұрын

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

@irregularLatvian Жыл бұрын

Ahaaa! The pattern continues :)

@sado_news 6 ай бұрын

In Farsi we say khudo khofiz "God with you"

@bertiekirkwood1797 Жыл бұрын

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

@dmark1922 Жыл бұрын

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....😏

@dymytryruban4324 Ай бұрын

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

@Bourneo5 Жыл бұрын

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 Жыл бұрын

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

@Bourneo5 Жыл бұрын

@@irregularLatvian playing in the opera in Riga 😁

@irregularLatvian Жыл бұрын

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

@BANKO007 Жыл бұрын

@@Bourneo5 Wowwww! That is exciting!!

@skavinjaa Жыл бұрын

@@Bourneo5 wow, really great! Good luck!

@danielmccabe5376 Жыл бұрын

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

@liesmazarina7578 Жыл бұрын

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 Жыл бұрын

Paldies, ka iemācījāt man "Paldies"!!!

@cerealport2726 Жыл бұрын

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

@irregularLatvian Жыл бұрын

Aww mīļš paldies no visas sirds! :)

@iamfromrigainlatvia Жыл бұрын

Paldies par vidiku!😏🍄

@dima-rafael 3 ай бұрын

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

@tinucleetus9934 Жыл бұрын

Very nice presentation 👌

@justinegrbavac5908 Жыл бұрын

Love this! 🇱🇻

@adrianacordoba77 Жыл бұрын

Muchas gracias

@telmemorem8992 Жыл бұрын

Love you!

@Takosaga Жыл бұрын

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

@arnisbite3274 Жыл бұрын

Apsveicu ar 10 tūkstošiem!

@mustasalem4702 Жыл бұрын

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..

@wernerlastt6917 3 ай бұрын

labāk saņurcīts rublītis nekā liels paldies.

@user-li4mm5uf5l 5 ай бұрын

Arabic شكرا جزيلا ❤

@wmk8733 Жыл бұрын

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

@mikuskokenbergs8853 11 ай бұрын

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

@qqj4482 Жыл бұрын

I hope I can use Latvian in person one day.

@konyazoli6147 Жыл бұрын

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

@irregularLatvian Жыл бұрын

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

@konyazoli6147 Жыл бұрын

@@irregularLatvian thank you! I mean Paldies. 🤣

@annakhramovicheva Жыл бұрын

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

@wernerlastt6917 3 ай бұрын

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....

@TheRiga1234 9 ай бұрын

Paldies

@22bdunlevy 8 ай бұрын

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

@marijae2076 Жыл бұрын

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 Ай бұрын

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

@skavinjaa Жыл бұрын

Visu cieņu 😊🙏

@pascalfournier1925 Жыл бұрын

Au Québec (Canada) on dit :" Merci"

@andrahouse1347 Жыл бұрын

Nu,nu,nu!

@GypsieSeeker Жыл бұрын

Liels paldies 🤗

@tharumalaweera2135 10 ай бұрын

Do you do classes for languages exams?

@BANKO007 Жыл бұрын

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 Жыл бұрын

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 Жыл бұрын

@@irregularLatvian I am honoured to get such a quick and comprehensive reply from a >10K subscribed KZfaqr! "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 😉)