Colloquial Latvian
The Complete Course for Beginners
Dace Prauliņš, Christopher Moseley, Dace Praulin, Christopher Moseley
- 288 pages
- English
- ePUB (mobile friendly)
- Available on iOS & Android
Colloquial Latvian
The Complete Course for Beginners
Dace Prauliņš, Christopher Moseley, Dace Praulin, Christopher Moseley
About This Book
This new edition of Colloquial Latvian has been completely rewritten to make learning Latvian easier and more enjoyable than ever before!
Specially written by experienced teachers for self-study or class use, the course offers a step-by-step approach to written and spoken Latvian. No prior knowledge of the language is required.
What makes Colloquial Latvian your best choice in personal language learning?
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- interactive – lots of exercises for regular practice
- clear – concise grammar notes
- practical – useful vocabulary and pronunciation guide
- complete – including answer key and reference section.
By the end of this rewarding course, you will be able to communicate confidently and effectively in Latvian in a broad range of everyday situations.
Audio material to accompany the course is available to download free in MP3 format from www.routledge.com/cw/colloquials. Recorded by native speakers, the audio material features the dialogues and texts from the book and will help develop your listening and pronunciation skills.
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Unit One
Sveiki!
- say hello and goodbye
- introduce yourself and others
- give and ask for personal information
- ask questions
- count to 10
Prieks iepazīties A pleasure to meet you (Audio 1: 9)
JĀnis | Sveiks, Pēter, kā iet? |
PĒteris | Sveiks, Jāni! Paldies, labi, un tev? |
JĀnis | Arī labi, paldies. |
PĒteris | Te ir mana sieva Anda. |
Anda | Labdien! |
JĀnis | Labdien! Prieks iepazīties. |
Anda | Man arī. |
Janis | Hello, Peter, how are you? |
Peteris | Hello, Janis, [I’m] well, and you? |
Janis | [I’m] well too, thanks. |
Peteris | This is my wife Anda. |
Anda | Good day! |
Janis | Good day! A pleasure to meet you. |
Anda | Me too. |
sveiks | hello, hi |
kā | how |
iet | to go; goes |
paldies | thanks |
labi | well |
un | and |
tev | to/for you |
arī | also, too |
te | here, this |
ir | is |
mana (fem.) | my |
sieva | wife |
labdien | good day |
prieks | pleasure |
iepazīties | to get to know |
Language point
Gender
Greetings and goodbyes (Audio 1:10)
sveiks! (masc. sing.) sveika!(fem. sing.) sveiki! (masc. pl.) sveikas! (fem. pl.) | greetings! hello! - the form must agree with the gender and number of people you are speaking to |
labdien! | good day! - used at any time in the daytime - at more specific times of the day you can use: |
labrīt! | good morning! - usually used only when you get up |
labvakar! | good evening! |