
Welcome to the latvian discussion group! If you are interested in learning this language or already able to write or speak, please join, this place is for you!
As probably most of you know, latvian belongs to the baltic language group along with lithuanian and extincted prussian. This language is baltic in vocabulary, but finougric in pronounciating since a stress is fixed in beginning of words. But this makes the sounding superb

I hope you enjoy this discussion and don't hesitate to join if you know nothing about this language

First lesson
alphabeth
Aa - like in engl. but
Āā - long Aa
Bb
Cc - Ts
Čč - ch
Dd
Ee - like in engl. anger
Ēē - long Ee
Ff
Gg - Google
Ģģ - similar to engl. G, soft dž
Hh - like in Humble
Ii - short engl. ee
Īī - long Ii
Jj - like in yellow
Kk
Ķķ - soft Čč
Ll
Ļļ - soft Ll
Mm
Nn
Ņņ - soft Nn
Oo - english. oo-awesome
Pp
Rr - strong R (like a dog

Ss
Šš - sh
Tt
Uu - short engl. oo
Ūū - long U
Vv
Zz
Žž - engl. zh (harsh Šš)
Frequent phrases
Hi! Sveiks!
Good morning! Labrīt!
Good afternoon! Labdien!
Good evening! Labvakars!
Thanks! Paldies!
Bye! Atā!
Goodbye! Visu labu!
Es ceru jums šeit patiks! I hope you like here!
