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Latvian language basics
Rating: 4.4 out of 5(85 ratings)
512 students
Created byZane Louw
Last updated 5/2022
English

What you'll learn

  • Latvian alphabet
  • Grammar
  • Phonetics
  • Basic phrases
  • Latvian vocabulary

Course content

5 sections54 lectures8h 31m total length
  • Lesson 14:11

    The 1st Lesson is learning basic phrases in Latvian language like how to greet, say goodbye. It will help to slowly start in learning basics of the language, and then easier to continue with the 2nd Lesson.

  • Lesson 1 quiz
  • Lesson 25:40

    The 2nd Lesson is learning the Latvian alphabet. I will give one word in Latvian for each letter like ,A is for an apple' and add the words translation in English. This Lesson will help students to know how each letter is spelled in Latvian language so they can pronounce it themselves.

  • Lesson 2 quiz
  • Lesson 37:04

    Lesson 3 is about learning numbers in Latvian. This Lesson will help students to spell numbers from 0 till 100 or a thousand etc.

  • Lesson 3 quiz
  • Lesson 44:15

    Lesson 4 is about learning words in Latvian like parts of body (like hair, face, neck etc.), and colours (like red, pink, light & dark blue etc.).

  • Lesson 4 quiz
  • Lesson 58:21

    Lesson 5 is about learning family members names (like father, cousin etc.), clothes, shoes, and accessories in Latvian language.

  • Lesson 5 quiz
  • Lesson 68:46

    Lesson 6 is about learning food (like dishes, vegetables, fruit) and drink names in Latvian. Also how to say meal time (breakfast, supper etc.) and kitchen objects like spoon, cup etc. in Latvian.

  • Lesson 6 quiz
  • Lesson 75:11

    Lesson 7 is about learning animal, like reptile, mammal, bird, insect, fish and amphibian names in Latvian. In Captions I wrote animal name in singular and plural so the students don't get confused on how to say the animals properly.

  • Lesson 7 quiz
  • Lesson 83:46

    Lesson 8 is about learning new words like how to say month names (January, March etc.), days in the week (Monday, Friday etc.) in Latvian.

  • Lesson 8 quiz
  • Lesson 97:39

    Lesson 9 is about learning new words like cardinal directions (north, east, west, south), continents and country names and nationality in Latvian.

  • Lesson 9 quiz
  • Lesson 109:00

    Lesson 10 is about learning new words like objects inside the house and nature, professions and buildings.

  • Lesson 10 qiuz

Requirements

  • Be good at linguistics

Description

The students will learn basic information about the Latvian language like:

  • Alphabet

  • Phonetics

  • Basic phrases

  • Basic grammar

  • Word spelling

This course consists of lessons on vocabulary and grammar. I made the first lessons as simple as possible for beginners to grasp the new language. One of them is with spelling out all alphabet letters. That's because some of the letters can sound different than in the English language, and also specific letters like č, which many students might not be familiar with in linguistics. I also included a lesson with basic phrases like please or good night.

To make the lesson process visually teachable, I'm using dolls and other objects like technology or toys. For example, the dolls I use are in both genders or amounts, and I use them to give word examples in singular and plural, feminine and masculine forms.

After any lesson, I added a small quiz so any student can test their knowledge of the new information they just learned.

So after this course, you will have a better understanding of the Latvian language and get the ability to read a text in Latvian. It can be not easy at first since the letter spelling is a little bit different from the English alphabet, but it's good to take up a challenge.

This course can inspire students to learn the Latvian language to the next level. For example, tsking the Latvian language from a basic language level to an intermediate and advanced one.

Who this course is for:

  • Anyone