Lifelong Learning Multirateral School Project

“We all came here from We all came here from somewhere”somewhere”

A PICTURE DICTIONARY IN ENGLISHA PICTURE DICTIONARY IN ENGLISH

Olaine Secondary School No 1Latvia2011

There are more than 6 700 languages in the world.

Latvian language is the official state language of the Republic of Latvia.

There are about 1,5 million native speakers in Latvia and about 120,000 abroad.

Its closest and only living relative is LithuanianLithuanian language:

piens - pienas (milk) slota – šluota

(a broom) zirnis – žirnis

( a pea)

The first written texts in Latvian appeared more than 400 years ago.

Examples:

The present Latvian alphabet

consists of 3333 letters:

a, ā, b, c, č, d, e, ē, f, g, ģ, h, i, ī, j, k, ķ, l, ļ, m, n, ņ, o, p, r, s, š, t,

u, ū, v, z, ž.

22 letters are from Latin alphabet.

A Ā B C Č D E Ē F G Ģ H I Ī J K Ķ L Ļ M N Ņ O P R S A Ā B C Č D E Ē F G Ģ H I Ī J K Ķ L Ļ M N Ņ O P R S Š T U Ū V Z Ž a ā b c č d e ē f g ģ h i ī j k ķ l ļ m n ņ Š T U Ū V Z Ž a ā b c č d e ē f g ģ h i ī j k ķ l ļ m n ņ

o p r s š t u ū v z žo p r s š t u ū v z ž

Usage of BIG and small letters.

Examples:- Rīga- Ilze-Eiropas Savienība (EU)-Baltijas jūra (the Baltic sea) etc.

The vowel letters A, E, I A, E, I and UU can take a macron to show length, unmodified letters

being short.

The consonants CC,,SS and ZZ in modified form can be marked with a caron (v).

The letters ĢĢ, , ĶĶ, , ĻĻ and ŅŅ are written with a cedilla or little 'comma' placed below.

The letter OO indicates both the short and long [ɔ], and the diphthong [uɔ]

Bruno

Ola (an egg)

So, lets train to speak in Latvian:

brikšņi - brushwoodjokains – funny

Ola (an egg)

This bundle of sticks is not my bundle of sticks, but that bundle of sticks is my bundle of sticks.

Šis žagaru saišķis nav mans žagaru saišķis, bet tas žagaru saišķis ir mans žagaru saišķis.

Thank you for your attention!