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Latvian in everyday situations

Reviews practise both sides: wherever Lukas and Lena would say something differently, you do it once as each.

Nulle, viens, divi

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Form	Example	Meaning
		One key is here.
One key is here.
		One table is here.
One table is here.
		Two cups are here.
Two cups are here.
		Two chairs are here.
Two chairs are here.
		Three keys are here.
Three keys are here.
		Four cups are here.
Four cups are here.
		How many keys do you have?
How many keys do you have?
		How many chairs do you have?
How many chairs do you have?

Zero to ten are . Say a telephone number digit by digit. This Latvian course uses 26124739.

Numbers from one to nine have masculine and feminine forms where relevant: . stays the same for both.

Use for how many. In , the counted noun is genitive plural. One item stays singular: . Learn zero as the number ; for absence say .

Gribu, negribu

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Form	Example	Meaning
		I want tea.
I want tea.
		You want tea, familiar.
You want tea, familiar.
		She wants tea.
She wants tea.
		We want tea.
We want tea.
		You want tea, polite.
You want tea, polite.
		They want tea.
They want tea.
·	·	I am hungry.
I am hungry.
·	·	I am tired.
I am tired.

The present of is . Follow it with an object in the accusative or an infinitive: , . Negation is .

is a useful polite service question. means I would like. This conditional courtesy form is a whole chunk now, not the simple future.

Eleven to twenty are . These numbers do not change for a masculine or feminine counted noun.

Divi eiro, divus eiro

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Form	Example	Meaning
		Coffee costs two euros thirty.
Coffee costs two euros thirty.
		Here are two euros.
Here are two euros.
		Tea costs one euro fifty.
Tea costs one euro fifty.
		Here is one euro.
Here is one euro.
		I pay thirty cents.
I pay thirty cents.
		Here are thirty cents.
Here are thirty cents.
		The bill, please.
The bill, please.
		The menu, please.
The menu, please.

The tens are . Build a number with the tens then units: . is one hundred.

A named price is nominative: . After as a cost, use an accusative number: . is unchanged, but changes: , .

Ask . Request the bill with . Tea is , a roll , total . The menu’s coffee is .

Sešas olas, sešus ābolus

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Form	Example	Meaning
		I want six eggs.
I want six eggs.
		I want six apples.
I want six apples.
		There are six apples here.
There are six apples here.
		There are six eggs here.
There are six eggs here.
		I want milk.
I want milk.
		I have no money.
I have no money.
·	·	I am hungry.
I am hungry.
·	·	You are hungry, polite.
You are hungry, polite.

Small count numbers agree with the noun. Nominative and become accusative and . For numbers two to nine other than trīs, learn the plural accusative ending -us for masculine numbers; feminine stays -as.

Singular objects include . After many or much use a genitive: . also uses genitive plural.

is I have no money. Notice that no money uses the genitive just like . Possession uses nominative.

Ar pienu, bez cukura

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Form	Example	Meaning
		Tea with milk, please.
Tea with milk, please.
		Tea without sugar, please.
Tea without sugar, please.
		Bread with cheese, please.
Bread with cheese, please.
		A pancake with butter, please.
A pancake with butter, please.
		Tea without milk, please.
Tea without milk, please.
		Bread without cheese, please.
Bread without cheese, please.
·	·	I order myself.
I order myself.
·	·	You order yourself, polite.
You order yourself, polite.

In the singular, takes the accusative: . takes the genitive: . The same word changes because its role is different.

For plural nouns after use a dative: , with eggs; , with friends. The ordinary plural dative endings are -iem for masculine and -ām/-ēm for feminine nouns.

A full order can simply list . Every item has the form needed in its own phrase. means I order myself, with real learner gender agreement.

Practice 1/6 · Finding words

Find the module patterns

Tap the form taught in this module.

As Lukas
.
I am hungry.
As Lena
.
I am hungry.
As Lukas
.
I am tired.
As Lena
.
I am tired.
.
One key is here.
.
I want tea.
.
Coffee costs two euros thirty.
.
I want six eggs.
, .
Tea with milk, please.
.
One table is here.

Practice 2/6 · The right form

Choose the form 1

Choose the right word for the gap.

As Lukas
Es esmu .
I am hungry.
As Lena
Es esmu .
I am hungry.
As Lukas
Es esmu .
I am tired.
As Lena
Es esmu .
I am tired.
atslēga ir te.
One key is here.
Es tēju.
I want tea.
Kafija maksā eiro un trīsdesmit centus.
Coffee costs two euros thirty.
Es gribu olas.
I want six eggs.
Tēju ar , lūdzu.
Tea with milk, please.
galds ir te.
One table is here.

Choose the form 2

Choose the right word for the gap.

Tu tēju.
You want tea, familiar.
Te ir eiro.
Here are two euros.
Es gribu ābolus.
I want six apples.
Tēju bez , lūdzu.
Tea without sugar, please.
krūzes ir te.
Two cups are here.
Viņa tēju.
She wants tea.
Tēja maksā eiro un piecdesmit centus.
Tea costs one euro fifty.
Te ir āboli.
There are six apples here.

Choose the form 3

Choose the right word for the gap.

Maizi ar , lūdzu.
Bread with cheese, please.
Mēs tēju.
We want tea.
Pankūku ar , lūdzu.
A pancake with butter, please.
atslēgas ir te.
Three keys are here.
Jūs tēju.
You want tea, polite.

Practice 3/6 · Fill the gaps

Complete the messages

Fill the gaps with the words from the box.

As Lukas
Es esmu .
I am hungry.
As Lena
Es esmu .
I am hungry.
As Lukas
Es esmu .
I am tired.
As Lena
Es esmu .
I am tired.
atslēga ir te.
One key is here.
Es tēju.
I want tea.
Kafija maksā eiro un trīsdesmit centus.
Coffee costs two euros thirty.
Es gribu olas.
I want six eggs.
Tēju ar , lūdzu.
Tea with milk, please.
galds ir te.
One table is here.
Tu tēju.
You want tea, familiar.
Te ir eiro.
Here are two euros.

Practice 4/6 · Building sentences

Put the messages together

Put the words in order.

I want six apples.
Tea without sugar, please.
Two cups are here.
She wants tea.
Tea costs one euro fifty.
There are six apples here.
Bread with cheese, please.
We want tea.
A pancake with butter, please.
Three keys are here.

Practice 5/6 · In situations

Use the patterns

Choose the right words for the situation.

As Lukas
I am hungry.
You say:
As Lena
I am hungry.
You say:
As Lukas
I am tired.
You say:
As Lena
I am tired.
You say:
One key is here.
You say:
One key is here.
You say:
I want tea.
You say:
I want tea.
You say:
Coffee costs two euros thirty.
You say:
Coffee costs two euros thirty.
You say:
I want six eggs.
You say:
I want six eggs.
You say:
Tea with milk, please.
You say:
Tea with milk, please.
You say:
One table is here.
You say:
One table is here.
You say:

Practice 6/6 · Fill the gaps

One more mixed message set

Fill the gaps with the words from the box.

Jūs tēju.
You want tea, polite.
As Lukas
Es esmu .
I am hungry.
As Lena
Es esmu .
I am hungry.
As Lukas
Es esmu .
I am tired.
As Lena
Es esmu .
I am tired.
atslēga ir te.
One key is here.

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