I still can't believe i just watched your every video to somehow impress one latvian girl...
@irregularLatvian
4 жыл бұрын
Awww!! :)
@laurastrele
4 жыл бұрын
Well done. I'm Latvian girl watching this and laughing cause it's true
@RD-tn4rs
3 жыл бұрын
Hey you were not the only one
@lxka67
3 жыл бұрын
Nvm when we videocalled she told me i wasn not what she expected and left xd
@RD-tn4rs
3 жыл бұрын
@@lxka67 damn, sorry to hear that. Hope it won't happen to me. lol
@guntaweiland3428
3 жыл бұрын
I’m 76 years old, been in the States since age 5, grew up in a totally Latvian family, but never really understood the use of diminutives until my first visit to Latvia in 2010. You’ve made them clearer and I love to share your videos with my non-Latvian speaking children. Pure entertainment❣️
@justvolt
4 жыл бұрын
Esmu Latvietis, bet vienalga skatos Tavus video, nosmējos līks! :D
@irregularLatvian
4 жыл бұрын
Brīnišķigi! :))
@sch2412
4 жыл бұрын
me (on a date with a latvian girl): "good night my little camel" her: :O
@irregularLatvian
4 жыл бұрын
We all secretly dream of that :)
@renars_zvirgzds
4 жыл бұрын
I am Latvian
@bluntano
4 жыл бұрын
It's so cool, stacking up words to make something completely different word, like in German. You can also technically do it in Estonian but there's some critiques on making compound words. But then again, it doesn't matter, go make up imaginary words :D A lot of the words you said at the beginning are also in Estonian such as "expensive" or "dear" (kallis) and "sunbeam" - for someone who smiles a lot and is smiling a lot, full of joy (päikesekiir). And as well you can say like little pig (põrsakene = põrsas + kene) or little fish (kalakene = kala + kene) Very good video though, paldies un labu vakaru! :)
@irregularLatvian
4 жыл бұрын
Hey! Thanks for the comment! Interesting examples in Estonian! It’s weird that the two languages are kind of similar in structure but not at all in vocab. Kallis makes me think of how we say kale in Latvian (kālis) :D I wonder if we can find words in common ..
@riverdragonfly3287
4 жыл бұрын
I'm watching this to learn how to address my Latvian boyfriend who lives in Rīga. I'm going to move to Latvia to live with him in the near future. I live in America right now so I have to learn the language. I can't find a place online for regular Latvian lesions so I an extremely grateful for this video. Thank you so much for your help!
@irregularLatvian
4 жыл бұрын
Aww I’m so glad to hear that! I wish you both lots of good times in Latvia! :)) I’m sometimes playing with the idea of developing a more “regular” course. What themes would you say you feel you need to learn first? Would it be te “hello my name is.. what time is it?” Or perhaps you like starting a language with grammar? :)
@riverdragonfly3287
4 жыл бұрын
@@irregularLatvian Awe thank you
@Kukukatcho
4 жыл бұрын
My Latvian girlfriend has been calling herself "my favorite Latvian hamster". During our video chat yesterday I remembered this lesson and called her my kāmītis. She really liked it. Thank you for sharing this😊
@irregularLatvian
4 жыл бұрын
Cik mīļi!! You are more than welcome :)))
@samuelholm316
4 жыл бұрын
It's not really a nickname, but I accidentally invented the word "Biezpiennieks" when I misheard "bezpajumtnieks" on Latvian news. Probably 98% of Latvians can be classified as Biezpiennieki... 😄
@irregularLatvian
4 жыл бұрын
Hahahaha! That's true! Foreigners are not as down with biezpiens as we are! :)) Which is a shame, because it's the best!
@alessandropizzotti932
3 жыл бұрын
This is interesting! In Hungarian we have the term of endearment "drága" (no gender), which means exactly "expensive"'! I wonder if it's just a coincidence.
@maradale8356
4 жыл бұрын
My non-Latvian partner enjoys watching these videos with me. I also have shared them with one of my staff members who is impressively good at languages and now drops Latvian words he has learned from you into our conversations! Makes being a supervisor more fun. Paldies and labu veselību.
@nikolaushimsel7938
3 жыл бұрын
dārgais - cara (it.)-dear (sounds very similar) mīla- mi -la - shortened form of "my love", same word excist in slavic languages - милый
@rickdalderis2531
4 жыл бұрын
I'm struggling to relearn Latvian. My Latvian linguistic skills have diminished over the years, I love all your videos and they have helped me improve my Latvian verbiage skills. Cheers!
@irregularLatvian
4 жыл бұрын
I’m glad to see you’re relearning and that my videos are helping! You’ll be tarkšķēt latviski in no time! :)
@LuisHernandez-he8oq
3 жыл бұрын
Your videos are actually amazing! I have struggled so much in Latvia with the language. Gracias
@irregularLatvian
3 жыл бұрын
Thank you!!! Music to my ears (well, eyes)! Paldies :))
@judesnowden5618
4 жыл бұрын
I call my boyfriend "kraukliņš" because he loves ravens :D
@wernerlastt6917
6 ай бұрын
krauklītis woul be correct.
@eduardkurilovich3014
Жыл бұрын
Es dzīvoju Krievijā un cenšos iemācīties latviešu valodu. Paldies par saulainajām nodarbībām!
@wernerlastt6917
6 ай бұрын
nu ja Jūs pats šito uzrakstījāt, tad varat uskatīt, ka esat latviešu valodu jau iemācījies!
@zanemedina1587
4 жыл бұрын
Amazing videos 😀 laughed so much 🤣 In our family, my sister is kjirbiitis ( pumpkin), her friend is puuchuks ( baby owl), and everyone else is susurinjsh ( dormouse) 🤣🤣🤣
@irregularLatvian
4 жыл бұрын
Thats so cute!! :)))
@kweenie1
4 жыл бұрын
Hello, I am going to Latvia with the school soon. these lessons teach me the language quickly! thank you! could you make a video with the questions you ask a stranger? Paldies ;)
@irregularLatvian
4 жыл бұрын
Noted!
@renars_zvirgzds
4 жыл бұрын
Hey I Can help you I AM latvian
@renars_zvirgzds
4 жыл бұрын
You came to Latvia with Erasmus+ ?
@kweenie1
4 жыл бұрын
Renārs Zvirgzds yes! You to?
@renars_zvirgzds
4 жыл бұрын
No I living in Latvia
@anabeatrizapsepaes7175
4 жыл бұрын
even though they are feminine nouns, they work for every one, so... GO NUTS! that genuinely made me burst out laughing!!
@irregularLatvian
4 жыл бұрын
:)))) Im glad!
@lifecoach2179
4 жыл бұрын
Hi
@artscrafts4685
4 жыл бұрын
Really loved this video, thank you
@astridlul5296
4 жыл бұрын
I love this Thank you for your work and I hope you keep posting videos
@irregularLatvian
4 жыл бұрын
Thank you for the compliment! I’m very glad you’re enjoying my videos :)))
@vatsal1857
4 жыл бұрын
Wow, you're really good in giving nicknames
@adamwnt
3 жыл бұрын
Gonna remember it when I gonna find a tall blond Latvian partner 😂❤️ Mana milpilzivtina
@irregularLatvian
3 жыл бұрын
She will know you’re a keeper and marry you instantly :)))
@wernerlastt6917
6 ай бұрын
her You have my advice- Mans blondais grēks would fit better
@toddpearson5913
Жыл бұрын
You are just the most adorable woman! Cute too....
@Sjefensjolv
8 ай бұрын
Now i know why my latvian gf everytime calls me bunny/bear/cat. First i got confused, but after watching this i got a deeper understanding to why haha
@rinaldsjankovskis1729
8 ай бұрын
Būdams mazs., es teicu mana mīļā vecāmātīte
@cristinaschmuck5018
Жыл бұрын
Hello Anete, I have a question about the pronunciation of "ķ". To explain: I am native Spanish and there is a very similar sequence of letters in Spanish, the "ll", which is pronounced like lj. When I listened to Latvian lyrics, I noticed this similarity between these letters, like "dīķiem", which sounds a bit like a "kj", or is it because it follows the "ī"? As I said, it could all be purely an auditory thing. Thank you Anete for your beautiful videos! You really help me to understand dear grandmother much better.🥰🥰🥰🥰
@wernerlastt6917
6 ай бұрын
no, it is not. The sound ķ (audio as kj) is an independent one,it has notjing to do with following it letters.
@kiaranight1071
4 жыл бұрын
This nicknames are so cute ~ In italian there is not this problem of nickname because we just add a cute suffix to a word with the right tone of voice. I'll try to call a boy or a girl "Camel" 😏
@irregularLatvian
4 жыл бұрын
Oh lovely! Let me know how that works out! :)))
@SergioUribe
4 жыл бұрын
my fav: lopins!
@wernerlastt6917
6 ай бұрын
A normal word! Diena slīgst uz vakarpusi, Lopiņš nāk uz mājupusi.
@cihan.b
4 жыл бұрын
Thank you. 🐴
@gintsjansons9590
3 жыл бұрын
es savā vecumā izdomāju mācīties angļu valodu,mans angļu valodas skolotājs iedeva Jūsu video un es esmu priecīgs to skatīties.
@irregularLatvian
3 жыл бұрын
Milzīgs prieks to dzirdēt! Sveicieni un paldies Jūsu skolotājam!
@shokre312
6 ай бұрын
I'm not sure if you still respond to these, but could the nicknames you didn't explicitly note were used by parents be used from a parent to a child or are they primarily reserved for partners
@dmark1922
3 жыл бұрын
I'm inspired to look up the words for "frog" "dragonfly" and "lizard" in Latviešu :-D
@irregularLatvian
3 жыл бұрын
Do it, mīļā ķirzaciņa! :)
@dmark1922
3 жыл бұрын
@@irregularLatvian Paldies, miļā spārite =l= !!
@argelisreyes2920
4 жыл бұрын
Ur videos make latvian easier and funny ahaha l love latvian. ah Anetite jūsu videoklipi ir lieliski, un šī tēma nav slikta, lai kaut ko iemācītos un izbaudītu februāra hahaha ah what if u do a videos about latvian names and thing like, could be nice!
@irregularLatvian
4 жыл бұрын
Ak, Argelīti, ļoti priecājos, ka tev patika latviešu mīļvārdiņi! I hope that’s the right “diminutivisation” of your name haha! I’m reading this after coming home on bike from a rain/snow storm , so I TOTALLY AGREE that we need cute and funny themes to survive February :D
@argelisreyes2920
4 жыл бұрын
@@irregularLatvian ah really under raining and snow uffff wow that's mean u work hard hm well for surviving u can talk about what things latvian like to do or ak kā ir slavenu lietu nosaukumi lton, piemēram, filmu nosaukumi labi trakas lietas eh. ah liels paldies, es saglabāšu savu mazo vārdu latviski ...your is curious Anetite ,sounds kind in spanish so the best one for ur channel Thumps up and always up.
@btrew2u
2 жыл бұрын
Sveiki ! I just saw your channel for the first time. Bija loti jauks parsteigums! I am Canadian born to Latvian parents. My parents called me Dudina and I believe it meant little one or dear one? Can you tell me what you know it to mean?
@irregularLatvian
2 жыл бұрын
Hi there thanks for your comment! I’m really glad you’re enjoying my channel. To answer your question about the nickname your parents called you, I think it has to do with the sound pigeons make. We say they “dūdo” and is this considered to be quite romantic and endearing when people do that. So maybe you had a very beautiful voice as a child, in any case it was a huge symbol of love :) Hope this helps!
@wernerlastt6917
6 ай бұрын
Dūda vai dūja- Balodis,, eng Pigeon Dūdiņa vai Dūjiņa- a lil Pigeon
@issawaled2062
Жыл бұрын
Thanks my lovely Beautiy you my heart ❤️❤️❣️♥️♥️😙😘😍🥰🇱🇻🇮🇶🇮🇶❤️❣️♥️♥️😙😙😙😘😍🇱🇻😙😙😘😍😍🥰🥰🥰😘😘😘😘
@Bricia12345
3 жыл бұрын
Sorry, again, I have a Latvian Husband, but seriously, you guys are saaaaad. You even walk sad in the street.
@IvarsRuza
4 жыл бұрын
Ak, Tu mana mīļā gotiņa!:)
@irregularLatvian
4 жыл бұрын
Es? :D
@wernerlastt6917
6 ай бұрын
Gosniņa!
@liquidl5380
Жыл бұрын
English diminutives just don't compare. I remember from one of my 'Learn Latvian' books in a chapter on buying clothes the example was for buying baby clothes and the word they used *biksītes* is just the cutest thing! 🥰 There's no way to make that sound nearly as cute in English
@irregularLatvian
Жыл бұрын
HAha I totally agree! :)
@wernerlastt6917
6 ай бұрын
vēl jau var teikt vēl šikāk- Biksiņas!@@irregularLatvian
@marikagelze4657
2 жыл бұрын
i know es zinu
@jackclagett3017
3 жыл бұрын
How would I say diminutive in plural? Like little (dear) peacocks? Would that use ins or could it use uks for the dearer indication? (Sorry don’t have the keyboard on this device hopefully that question makes sense)
@irregularLatvian
3 жыл бұрын
Hello! Peacock - pāvs Little peacock - pāviņš Little peacocks - pāviņi So turn to your little peacocks And shout “mani mīļie pāviņi!!!🥰🥰” :)
@TotalRookie_LV
3 жыл бұрын
When pronouncing "lāčpēdiņš" DO NOT pronounce "ē" as short "e", just saying.
@irregularLatvian
3 жыл бұрын
🌚
@morioashas797
3 жыл бұрын
It's possible in a gay couple 🤡🤡🤡
@jameselliott8533
4 жыл бұрын
Good vid
@tchahin
4 жыл бұрын
Does every culture in the planet call people by animal names?
@irregularLatvian
4 жыл бұрын
I guess so! Often youtubers also Call their audiences in some animal nicknames 😂
@janisavotins1859
2 жыл бұрын
My parents called me
@whoflungdung1046
4 жыл бұрын
labs video mans mazais ēzelis
@irregularLatvian
4 жыл бұрын
Vienmēr laipni! :)))
@TedKozma
2 жыл бұрын
I come here for the girl. Viņa ir tik mīļa
@GypsieSeeker
4 жыл бұрын
Es novēlu jums laimīgu karnevālu!
@kristabzz
4 жыл бұрын
Mums ir labs draugs ar palamu mūdzis
@iguta5386
4 жыл бұрын
This is also a name not to use for mother in law :D
@kristabzz
4 жыл бұрын
@@iguta5386 why not?! :D
@Selina-qe1mk
2 жыл бұрын
What does Dūda means as nickname?
@irregularLatvian
2 жыл бұрын
Thanks for your comment! Dūdot means to hum, so dūda literally is from that word. But it is a sweet nickname for a very special lady, or a very beautiful lady. Like… babe/bella So think… special someone, music + beauty connotations. :)
@christoffer1973
2 жыл бұрын
You can't call your girl a camel ore elephant.... That can be problem. I'm Norwegian and many in Latvia call me "Trollis"
@irregularLatvian
2 жыл бұрын
Hahahaha!!! It’s true that we have that association for Norway!😅
@kirbielapins7186
3 жыл бұрын
Can someone tell me nicknames for Gunārs? My Gunārs deminutīvs latviski search didn’t yield any results
@irregularLatvian
3 жыл бұрын
I would say either Gunāriņš or better - Gunča!
@irregularLatvian
3 жыл бұрын
But I would also propose some irregular ones : Gunārelis, Gunāronis, Gunārītis, Gunārainis, Gunārufelis :)))
@mrshiny3822
3 жыл бұрын
You forgot gopnik
@garryvanbruchem575
Жыл бұрын
Tīgeris un Sivens
@ei8795
4 жыл бұрын
What to call your Latvian, lūdzu. Foršs un mīļš video.
@burnsie7391
Жыл бұрын
My girlfriend is Latvian. How do I call her little mousey? Pelītis?
@irregularLatvian
Жыл бұрын
Pelīte - with accent on the first syllable. :)
@burnsie7391
Жыл бұрын
@@irregularLatvian Awesome thankyou!
@wernerlastt6917
6 ай бұрын
@@burnsie7391 or Peļuks.
@larisajeffrey2312
3 жыл бұрын
Pelite
@govssakamuu7004
3 жыл бұрын
hahah "radījums" ir labākā iesauka, kādu es jebkad esmu dzirdējis hahhah
@irregularLatvian
3 жыл бұрын
Ahhh šo es pārsūtu tētim :))
@govssakamuu7004
3 жыл бұрын
@@irregularLatvian :)
@indy.b
3 жыл бұрын
Ha ha I sometimes jokingly call my niece "cilvēku bērns" (offspring of humans). Sort of funny because it is like assuming there might be some doubt...
@govssakamuu7004
3 жыл бұрын
@@indy.b hahah
@bentos117
2 жыл бұрын
labāk jau ir kā vienkārši "indivīds", vai "subjekts"
@aarturaartur
4 жыл бұрын
Говори по латышски,а то твой ломаный английский режет ушы
@irregularLatvian
4 жыл бұрын
Ты бы мой русский услышал:)
@konradkurland5090
4 жыл бұрын
Пиши на твоём родном языке, а то твой ломаный русский режет глаза
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