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@peterr5494 10 сағат бұрын
Just came across this! I'll be using it as I'm heading to Latvia for work in a few months. Cheers!
@gymmotivation09 14 сағат бұрын
I am very interested to learn latvian as i want to learn their language and their culture so any latvian friend i am requesting to teach me language
@matthewmcvee227 15 сағат бұрын
Thank you for your updates. My mother-in-law was from Latvia. Our first time there was in 2000. Last year we took our daughters to see where their grandmother was born. I use your updates to pass on current events and continue their interest in visiting again.
@irregularLatvian 13 сағат бұрын
That’s wonderful to hear! This is going in my motivation folder :) thanks
@sandiemom8888 2 күн бұрын
I'M Latvian and we say sviest instead of mest. I wonder why? Love your videos.
@GK-op4oc 6 күн бұрын
awesome
@7thru7 8 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
@SashavonTschin 8 күн бұрын
Slightly disagree, beer is cheap in Germany while in LV it is rather expensive. Good brands like Valmiermuiža or Tervete cost rather 2 Euros per bottle while in GER good brands are 0,85 to 1,20. But on the orther hand LV beers have good quality and what you get for the price is good value. Fair enough to latvijenize the world!
@SashavonTschin 8 күн бұрын
If there is 4 traditional regions of LV and not only 3, how come the statue of freedom (Tevzemei und Brivibai) in Riga is holding only 3 stars above? Should be 4 than.
@SashavonTschin 8 күн бұрын
Not many latijans around my place but LV´s are most welcome!
@arthurdeniskrautman9574 9 күн бұрын
I have travelled from Australia to celebrate my first jani in Latvia. I love all your video's
@27superstef 10 күн бұрын
I just now walked past it and was stunned there was suddenly a tree there.... Thanks for the perfectly timed explanation 😅😂
@irregularLatvian 9 күн бұрын
Ooo nice! Pictureee plez!
@MC-fz6rc 11 күн бұрын
I am excited to be able to be there for this event 🙂
@girtsspila1899 11 күн бұрын
latviešu valoda nav sarežģīta.Jebkurš dānis iemācās 5 minūtēs
@MetsTonMaxque 14 күн бұрын
Im in Latvia for the next 6 months cant wait to look around the channel to learn this new culture !
@irregularLatvian 13 күн бұрын
Oh awesome!!! :) see you around maybe
@underedenxx 15 күн бұрын
Im hoping to go this year!
@Theoreme.de.Gudule 15 күн бұрын
It doesn't smell good, does it ? Some people say that NATO is sacrificing Europe...
@ryanandrus144 16 күн бұрын
It would be great to see it on KZfaq when it's over for those of us that can't make it.
@irregularLatvian 16 күн бұрын
Indeed.. I’ll have look if I can track down their socials. Maybe we can convince them to livestream… :)
@ryanandrus144 14 күн бұрын
@@irregularLatvian That would be nice! I doubt if there is a fee to attend tho. It would still be nice to see it afterwards, make a week or two after.
@underedenxx 16 күн бұрын
We gave our property to our family that didn't escape occupation, so i hope there is! 🙏 we have done very well in Canada.
@dzintrarowe4272 18 күн бұрын
I grew up in USA with laws to protect woman, so I don't understand why Latvia doesn't realize the equality between the two sexes.
@ryanandrus144 18 күн бұрын
I hope it's not like recycling like they do in the USA where it is just shipped off to 3rd world counties. I think in South America.
@ryanandrus144 20 күн бұрын
Canada has something like this as well. Unfortunately it is highly bias asking questions related to things that the party or people are advocating for, can remember the term/word, such as affordable child care, instead of something that is important to you, such as military spending. So how does asking me if I support subsidies child care help me choose what party I best align with when I don't have children currently or in the foreseeable future, when I would rather know which party would increase military spending. I might not be making myself clear, but I hope you understand what I am getting at.
@imaginaryuser 21 күн бұрын
You had me at cheese, beer, and mandatory singing.
@gregorijs-ux7hb 21 күн бұрын
wow im so glad i founf this. more immersion is good for me. btw havelingua latina by you heard of the latvian book by māris strads? (?? irregular word of the day: divbabji (participija
@irregularLatvian 21 күн бұрын
Thanks for your comment, no I haven’t heard of it - is this a language book? Maybe I should purchase it for my husband :)
@gregorijs-ux7hb 13 күн бұрын
yes it is a latvian book going in depth on latin root words. excellent
@jean-michel.a 22 күн бұрын
Merci
@holyrood99 22 күн бұрын
They don't want to fight for their country, then confiscate their passports for a while.
@christiankirkenes5922 22 күн бұрын
Punish people who don't want to fight by attacking their bank accounts...... Yeah I'm sure that won't cause people to become second class citizens in their own country and create an undercurrent of anti government sentiment.
@user-br1be3il7q 22 күн бұрын
Wow amazing 😍😍😍 your country 👏💐💞 Latvian ❤❤❤❤🇱🇻🇱🇻🇱🇻❤❤❤❤
@larisajeffrey2312 23 күн бұрын
Lol
@atma7859 23 күн бұрын
Ahahaha legends! We need more "beef" like this.
@TheJimprez 25 күн бұрын
Hey! That is MUCH better than the USA, the "freest" country on earth... Congratulations, from Canada...
@ktfgopro2002 25 күн бұрын
i love your lessons and it has enhanced my relationships with the Latvian people.
@kathryll7290 26 күн бұрын
I am a diaspora latvian, my goal is to move back as soon as possible
@irregularLatvian 26 күн бұрын
That’s lovely! I have so many questions!
@Jonjs99 27 күн бұрын
Nedirs tev nav ne ponjas par ligo
@bofostudio 28 күн бұрын
The only reason why US, Canada, Australia, Germany etc have rising populations is immigration. Latvian culture and language are strong enough to thrive within a Latvia that embraces high immigration if proper integration polices (focusing on Latvian values & language) were a part of such a process, I believe.
@oisinmaguidhir2902 28 күн бұрын
I agree that preserving the language and identity of a country is of great importance, but the integration-based solution you describe has failed much more often than it has succeeded (if it has succeeded at all). From what I've seen many immigrants are resistant to give up their old identity and ways, and being surrounded by Europeans, instead of encouraging them to integrate, makes them identify even more strongly with their home countries and more determined to preserve a distinct identity. As for the language issue, I worry even more for Latvia. Immigrants do tend to adopt more widely spoken, more useful languages, such as German and Polish, but it will be a hard sell to convince people with no connection or great love for Latvia to adopt a language with fewer than 2 million speakers. Even the nicest immigrants still see our country as an economy first and a nation second. We have already seen how immigrants to the Baltic states from other former-USSR countries often refuse to use the local language and become part of the existing Russophone communities, and many immigrants would insist on using English or Russian (depending on where they came from). In Wales (which is next to England) there was a big news story about an immigrant family (from India, I think) that was refused to learn Welsh, the local language, and pushed to have their kids be put in English-speaking schools instead. Western countries need to encourage their own people to have more children, discourage or make it more difficult for their people to emigrate from the country and, when necessary, allow some migration from suitable neighbouring countries (perhaps Poland, in Latvia's case). Long live Latvia, from Ireland! 🇱🇻 🇮🇪
@bofostudio 28 күн бұрын
@@oisinmaguidhir2902 I'm a Latvian repatriate who grew up in a city where more than 73% of everyone was either born in a different country or had parents born in another country. Your characterisation of immigrants is weird and wrong.
@oisinmaguidhir2902 28 күн бұрын
@@bofostudio It's an accurate description of what I see around me. Rejection of the local language, our perspective on local history or our social norms isn't good for a country, even if you think it doesn't happen.
@bofostudio 28 күн бұрын
@@oisinmaguidhir2902 I guess there can be a big difference between when migrants are surrounded by dogwhistlers and bigots.
@EmilyHazbinHotel823 29 күн бұрын
I'm Latvian and I have some friends form America(Not only USA)
@irregularLatvian 29 күн бұрын
Sveikīīī :)
@EmilyHazbinHotel823 28 күн бұрын
@@irregularLatvian Sveikaa!!
@mysterkourdo8967 29 күн бұрын
I am not Latvian, my wife is. She is a reasonable, polite, balanced and calm person. Attentive mother and wife... Until (and only) when Latvija Ice-Hockey team plays a game. Fascinating to see really.
@irregularLatvian 29 күн бұрын
😹 for some reason that makes me instantly very proud of your wife :):) True Latvian you’ve got there
@lkrnpk Ай бұрын
Ice hockey became popular in Latvia in 1930s, but Soviet era Riga Dinamo team and its coach Viktor Tikhonov played a huge part in making it as popular as it now. Also the 1988 Soviet league where Dinamo dud not win, but got to the final. Before Tikhonov in the 70s hockey was definitely less popular than football/soccer which yes, before that was the top sport in Latvia, and also less popular than basketball. But in the Soviet league it was hard for a football club from small country to be successful, so football lost its pre-war popularity in time. Also Tikhonov’s Dinamo rise in the 70s coincided with time when basketball was also not doing that well, which helped hockey’s popularity. So in a way Soviet era is the answer why it is so popular. If not for Soviets, most likely football would still be most popular sport here at least when it comes to domestic competition as it would be hard to compete internationally. And you might say there is still way more money in Latvian football league than in basketball or hockey leagues, it might be Russian oligarch or local Russian businessmen/company money, but still…
@lkrnpk Ай бұрын
But I mean, who knows. But ice hockey was also popular in Estonia until it wasn’t and Tikhonov bringing struggling Riga Dinamo team back to top hockey competition and rise of Helmuts Balderis is the difference between the two. And pre independence 1988 was important date too, again coincided with lack of results in basketball at the time
@irregularLatvian 29 күн бұрын
Thanks for your comment! This was one interesting video to research. I really went with a feeling that there’s more to ice hockey than sport in Latvia. I backed it up by the info I got on Reddit, from friends etc. But when I read comments like yours it just makes me so humble and aware that societal things are complex. History and culture are so cool!
@user-br1be3il7q Ай бұрын
Wow well done 👍👍✅✅ my angel 💘😇 love you 😻💖💖 my honey 🍯 oo
@pigscanflyhigh8464 Ай бұрын
I'd say hockey became so popular due to early success and that in turn made it a vehicle of our national expression and kind of fueled our further success consequently engraving the sport into our national identity. Also Role models like Sandis Ozolinš, Artūrs Irbe, Sergejs Žoltoks played their part. Before them Helmuts Balderis (Soviet-Latvian hockey superstar) was someone to look up to. I assume basketball in Lithuania followed similar route. As far as I know Estonia didn't have similar success or traditions in neither Hockey or Basketball.
@irregularLatvian Ай бұрын
Thanks for this perspevtive. :) Apart from singing, what are other areas Latvians excel at?
@gordonstewart5774 Ай бұрын
Could the geography of Latvia with its large coastline distinguish it from its neighbors? (I have been wanting to say, you look like you are holding a cookie in your left hand.)
@irregularLatvian 29 күн бұрын
Hahaha, you mean the microphone? What do you think - it’s a new one. Is the sounds better than before? :)
@gordonstewart5774 29 күн бұрын
@@irregularLatvian It's not that much better. I prefer when you talk with both hands ;)
@TotalRookie_LV Ай бұрын
Basketball and volleyball were also pretty big in Latvia, IIRC in 1990s Latvia set world record for the number of participants in streetball contest. Nearly everyone played it to some degree, even I, despite being a bookworm.
@irregularLatvian 29 күн бұрын
I was so jealous of people who knew how to play basketball. I… sucked at sport SO much :D
@TotalRookie_LV Ай бұрын
Nu nezinu, man tas bišķītis, ko kādreiz no Zentas Mauriņas darbiem esmu lasījis, šķita kaut kāds svešāds un auksts. Un tad vēl tā viņas mode iespraust kādu viņasprāt glaunāku vārdu, piemēram, "sirenitāte", ko tie, kas nezin angļu vai varbūt kādu romāņu valodu nemaz īsti nesapratīs. Vai, varbūt, man jāpalasa no viņas kas vairāk. P.S. Johaidī, izrādās, ka Zenta Mauriņa no 1938. līdz 1944. gadam dzīvoja manā Rīgas nostūrī - pavisam netālu no Zasulauka stacijas!
@Soloniite Ай бұрын
Stambulistu barjera- 🤮 tradicionāla ģimene, GREVIO- atņemt bērnus un pārdot ...🏳️🌈
@lucasbenedine3477 Ай бұрын
Finally!!!!!
@KABModels Ай бұрын
potato pancake or tattie scone?!
@KABModels Ай бұрын
i would love to see some more recipes, I've just started dating a Latvian lass, and i want to impress her by cooking some Latvian recipes without asking her about them! Edit: Anna seems to have picked up a slight Edinburgh accent haha
@mafioziks Ай бұрын
Yes, definitely same agreement. But situation is more complicated. At first - I have seen online posts related Latvian monuments in Russia that are not kept at place so breaking agreement from their side (cannot say for sure is it really like that as I have not done research and I also have not been to Russia at all so not seen real situation). Also victory monument removal was partly a sign that we do not really trust agreements with Russia as Russia broke agreement to not attack Ukraine if they will give up their nuclear weapons that Ukraine did. For that case were added one new law as I remember, that allowed to remove monument of victory. Additionally - monument of victory had some rooms under it that were in pretty terrible state so monument would have fallen in some time anyways.
@itz_marcus0819 Ай бұрын
Would be fun to use this as blackmail and ask the eu for this funding instead
@irregularLatvian Ай бұрын
Baaaa…. Smells like strings attached :/
@itz_marcus0819 Ай бұрын
Kas teiktu ne uz tik daudz naudu
@dazedandcold Ай бұрын
Me! I don’t want trash uae crime money
@RonieNerbes-mt9ko Ай бұрын
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