Latvian Numbers

Welcome to the sixth Latvian lesson about numbers. This time we will learn about cardinal and ordinal numbers, followed by grammar rules, then animal names, finally a conversation in Latvian to help you practice your daily phrases.

Cardinal and Ordinal - Latvian
one viens
first pirmais
two divi
second otrais
three trīs
third trešais
four četri
fourth ceturtais
five pieci
fifth piektais
six seši
sixth sestais
seven septiņi
seventh septītais
eight astoņi
eighth astotais
nine deviņi
ninth devītais
ten desmit
tenth desmitais
eleven vienpadsmit
eleventh vienpadsmitais
twelve divpadsmit
twelfth divpadsmitais
thirteen trīspadsmit
thirteenth trīspadsmitais
fourteen četrpadsmit
once vienreiz
fifteen piecpadsmit
twice divreiz
sixteen sešpadsmit
Monday pirmdiena
seventeen septiņpadsmit
Tuesday otrdiena
eighteen astoņpadsmit
Wednesday trešdiena
nineteen deviņpadsmit
Thursday ceturtdiena
twenty divdesmit
Friday piektdiena
seventy one septiņdesmit viens
Saturday sestdiena
one hundred simts
Sunday svētdiena

Numbers Grammar Rules

Latvian cardinal numbers refer to the counting numbers, because they show quantity. For example: I speak two languages. Ordinal numbers on the other hand tell the order of things and their rank: my first language is Latvian. The examples below use numbers in different ways and places to demonstrate how they behave in a sentence.

Grammar + Rules - Latvian
I have three dogs [number + noun] man ir trīs suņi
my daughter has two cats [number + noun] manai meitai ir divi kaķi
she speaks seven languages [verb + number] viņa runā septiņās valodās
my brother has one son [number + singular noun] manam brālim ir viens dēls
this is my second lesson [ordinal number + noun] šī ir mana otrā nodarbība
did you read the third book? [ordinal number + noun] vai jūs izlasījāt trešo grāmatu?

We're not done yet! The following is a list of animals.

cow govs

goat kaza

donkey ēzelis

horse zirgs

dog suns

cat kaķis

mouse pele

bird putns

Conversation in Latvian

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

English - Latvian
Where are you from? no kurienes jūs esat?
I'm from the U.S es esmu no asv
I'm American es esmu amerikānis
Where do you live? kur tu dzīvo?
I live in the U.S es dzīvoju asv
What do you do for a living? par ko jūs strādājat?
I'm a student es esmu students

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