Chapter 1 Flashcards
INTRO
Phonetic language
Case based language
Stress is often where?
Dictionary (letonika.lv)
All street names are in genetive form
Word order doesn’t matter - same meaning.
Pronounce every single letter to the end
Stress is often in first syllable, except paldien, labdien osv
Sources for learning latvian
zinas vieglaja valoda
yt - kids show latvian
spotify - latviesu dziesmas
COMMON WORDS
slimnīca
vakcinēts
Upe
Zivs
Pils
Adata
Viruss
Sirds
Operācija
Student (female version)
Maja
Telefoni
Konsultācija
Rentgens
Grāmatas
Rezultāti
Vīrieši
Nakts
Datori
Galva
Diagnoze
Dzivoklis
Draudzene
Galds
maisinu
slimnīca = hospital
vakcinēt= vaccinated
Upe= river
Zivs = fish
Pils= castle/fortress
Adata = needle
Viruss = virus
Sirds = heart
Operācija= operation
Maja = house
Telefoni = phones
Konsultācija = consultation
Rentgens = x-ray
Grāmatas = books
Rezultāti = results
Vīrieši = men
Nakts = night
Datori = computers
Galva = head
Diagnoze = diagnosis
Dzivoklis = apartment
Draudzene = Female friend
Galds = table
Maisinu = bag
COMMON PHRASES
- Man arī.
- Un tev?
- varētu būt labāk.
- Daudz darba
- Cik pulkstenis
- Man vajag..
- Me too
- And you?
- Could be better
- Lots of work a.k.a busy
- = how much is the clock
- Can I get…
Simple Latvian
- How to greet someone?
(Good day and hello) - How to say goodbye?
- How to thank and give thanks?
- How to apologise/interuppt someone
- Basic communication such as
(Pardon me? , please more slowly, one more time please, clear/I see , - Introducing
Practice answering this question
Labi = good
Loti = very
Normali or tas nekas means normal or its okay/nothing
slikti = bad
Varetu but labak “It could be better”
Write the endings
+ when is this used?
What words are in the 6th declension that should be memorised? (They are feminine not masculine and part of an exception)
Bonus question, other words that are exceptions?
Bonus answer: ūdens (water), rudens (autumn), suns (dog). They are declined like the nouns of the 2nd declension.
How to pronounce Bralis, Muskuli and Latvietis in plural form?
What do they have in common?
2nd declension nouns always have soft consonant
brali
muskuli
latvieši
How to say to be or not to be based on who you are talking to
(existence so for example I am a student or you are not my patient)
Which one do you use when?
Tu = informal
jus = formal
How to say “what is that?”
in latvian?
And how to answer?
OBS fråga läraren när man använder allt
Hur säger man
Is this?
WHAT IS KEY TO SUCCES IN MEDICAL PRACTICE
