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| Dragomanno Triglot Groupie Zimbabwe Joined 4798 days ago 80 posts - 98 votes  Speaks: Italian*, EnglishC2, GermanB2 Studies: Romanian, Serbo-Croatian, Latin, Lithuanian, Albanian, Ancient Greek | Message 9 of 12 27 May 2011 at 11:01am | IP Logged | |||||
Of course, being yourself Latvian, your opinion is way more relevant than mine. But I have been there quite often, met many Latvians of all ages and I've never found a single one who was not able to speak Russian fluently (and often a very good English. In some places like Daugavpils you can't really survive without Russian...
This is true, but how many of them use Latvian actively? Most of them, whenever they can, switch to Russian (of course I am not pointing out any anti-Russian feeling - just reporting what I saw while there). 1 person has voted this message useful | ||||||
| Mooby Senior Member Scotland Joined 5900 days ago 707 posts - 1219 votes Speaks: English* Studies: Polish | Message 10 of 12 30 May 2011 at 9:36am | IP Logged | |||||
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Does anyone know this old book:
Latviešu valodas skaņas un formas" Prof. Jānis Endzelīns LANGUAGE SOUNDS & FORMS, (J.ENDZELINS) 1938 I have an opportunity to buy it, but don't know if it's any good. Can you recommend? Thanks :) 1 person has voted this message useful | ||||||
| arturs Triglot Senior Member Latvia Joined 5066 days ago 278 posts - 408 votes Speaks: Latvian*, Russian, English | Message 11 of 12 02 June 2011 at 6:59pm | IP Logged | |||||
It could be good for deeper study of older type of Latvian. The book is issued in 1938, so it will talk about letters like "ch" and "ŗ", which are not anymore in modern Latvian. Also the vocabulary may be out dated. Endzelīns proposed to use many words that didn't become popular even in those times, for example in place of the Latvian term of "chair" which is "krēsls" he proposed to use a name "padirsenis" which can be translated in Engliish "underass" or something like that and also other names which sound vulgar in modern Latvian. 2 persons have voted this message useful | ||||||
| Mooby Senior Member Scotland Joined 5900 days ago 707 posts - 1219 votes Speaks: English* Studies: Polish | Message 12 of 12 02 June 2011 at 10:57pm | IP Logged | |||||
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Thanks arturs,
Yes, it may be a bit too technical for me at this stage (not even a beginner yet!) Plus a bit outdated maybe. So I'll save my cash for something else. Can anyone recommend good grammar material, with clear 1) Descriptions 2) Examples in use 3) Drills and exercises? 'Colloquial Latvian' has had mixed reviews, and although I do want interactive / audio material, I'm really looking for good grammar references and dictionary(ies). 1 person has voted this message useful |
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