Latvian Nouns

Welcome to the third Latvian lesson about nouns. This time we will first learn about fruits and vegetables, followed by grammar rules, then food items, finally a conversation in Latvian to help you practice your daily phrases.

potatoes kartupeļi

tomatoes tomāti

onions sīpoli

carrots burkāni

fruits augļi

apples āboli

bananas banāni

oranges apelsīni

Nouns Grammar Rules

In general nouns refer to a person, an object, or abstract ideas. For example: a fast runner the noun is [runner] because it refers to a person. The examples below use nouns in different ways and places to demonstrate how they behave in a sentence.

Grammar + Rules - Latvian
do you have milk? [verb + noun] vai jums ir piens?
I have milk and coffee [preposition + noun] man ir piens un kafija
he has three apples [number + plural noun] viņam ir trīs āboli
she only has one apple [number + singular noun] viņai ir tikai viens ābols
we live in a small house [adjective + noun] mēs dzīvojam mazā mājiņā
I like our breakfast [pronoun + noun] man garšo brokastis

The following are nouns of food items that you might be interested in learning and memorizing.

bread maize

milk piens

butter sviests

cheese siers

coffee kafija

sandwich sviestmaize

meat gaļa

chicken cālis

fish zivs

breakfast brokastis

lunch pusdienas

dinner vakariņas

Conversation in Latvian

Now we finally reach the fun part, the practice of the daily conversations. These phrases are used to get to know new people, and break the ice.

English - Latvian
Do you speak (English/ Latvian)? vai jūs runājat (angliski, latviski)?
Just a little tikai nedaudz
I like Latvian man patīk latviešu valoda
Can I practice with you? vai es varētu ar tevi pavingrināties?
How old are you? cik tev gadu?
I'm thirty three years old man ir 33 gadu
It was nice talking to you bija jauki ar jums parunāties

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