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Colloquial
Latvian
The Complete Course
for Beginners
Dace Prauli.v and Christopher Moseley
First published 1996
by Routledge
This second edition published 2010
by Routledge
2 Park Square, Milton Park, Abingdon, Oxon OX14 4RN
Simultaneously published in the USA and Canada
by Routledge
Routledge is an imprint of the Taylor & Francis Group,
an informa business
© 1996 Christopher Moseley
© 2010 Dace Prauli.v and Christopher Moseley
Typeset in 9.5/13pt Helvetica by Graphicraft Limited, Hong Kong
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British Library Cataloguing in Publication Data
A catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library
Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Prauli.v, Dace, 1951–
Colloquial Latvian : the complete course for beginners / Dace Prauli8v
and Christopher Moseley. — 2nd ed.
p. cm. — (The colloquial series)
Includes bibliographical references.
1. Latvian language—Textbooks for foreign speakers—English.
2. Latvian language—Spoken Latvian. I. Moseley, Christopher. II. Title.
PG8839.5.E5P73 2009
491′.9382421—dc22
2009004073
ISBN13: 978-0-415-45480-3 (pbk)
ISBN13: 978-0-415-45807-8 (audio CDs)
ISBN13: 978-0-415-45806-1 (pack)
ISBN13: 978-0-415-55041-3 (MP3)
ISBN13: 978-0-203-87341-0 (ebk)
ISBN13: 978-1-315-74128-4 (eBook Pack)
Contents
Acknowledgements vii
Introduction x
How to use this book xii
The sounds of Latvian xv
Abbreviations xxi
1 Sveiki! 1
Hello!
2 Ledzu brauciet uz...! 16
Please drive to...!
3 Man ir rezervbts numurs 29
I have a reservation
4 Brauciens ar vilcienu 42
Travelling by train
5 Restorana 54
At the restaurant
6 9imene 67
Family
7 Ko tu dari brcvaja laika?7 8
What do you do in your free time?
8 Iesim iepirkties! 91
Let’s go shopping!
9 Iesim uz tirgu! 105
Let’s go to the market!
10 Ka tu pavadi dienas? 119
How do you spend your days?
11 Kur tu biji atva7inajuma? 131
Where did you go on holiday?
12 Kas jums kaiv? 146
What’s wrong with you?
vi Contents
13 Jaunais dzcvoklis 160
The new flat
14 Kads vodien bes laiks? 173
What will the weather be like today?
15 Sakari un masu informacijas lcdzek7i 187
Communications and mass media
Grammar summary 199
Key to exercises 217
Latvian–English glossary 237
English–Latvian glossary 252
Bibliography 263
Index 265
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Acknowledgements
I would like to thank Ingrida Bude and the late Margons Bude with-
out whose love and support my Latvian would not have survived,
and U[is Prauli.v without whom I would not have started to teach
Latvian.
Dace Prauli.v
My thanks go to the late Reinis Mertens. In a way, you could say that
he taught me everything I know. He was a great friend to me and a
most unusual man.
Christopher Moseley
Both authors would like to thank Gary King for his helpful comments
at the draft stage of this edition, as well as Ligita Grigule whose detailed
comments on current usage and methodology have been invaluable.
In addition, we would like to thank Annamarie Kino, Sonja van Leeuwen
and Anna Callander at Routledge who have nursed this new edition
through from start to finish. Claire Trocmé has done an excellent job of
going over the manuscript and finding inconsistencies so we are very
grateful to her for that. We would also like to thank the following for
permission to use photographs and other material:
Ce&u Satiksmes DroVCbas Direkcija (Road Traffic Safety Directorate) –
www.csdd.lv (road signs, Unit 11)
Artem Prokur – www.riga.in (photographs of numbers, Unit 1; tram,
Unit 2; station, Unit 4; Laima clock, Unit 7; market, Unit 9; Riga
street, Unit 14)
Latvijas Banka (the Bank of Latvia) – www.bank.lv (reproductions of
bank notes and new euro design, Unit 3)
Hotel Naktsmajas – www.nakstmajas.lv (price list, Unit 3)
Latvijas TelevCzija (Latvian Television) – www.ltv.lv (logo and TV pro-
gramme, Unit 15)
Latvijas Dzelzce&V(Latvian Railway) – www.ldz.lv (timetable and prices,
Unit 4)
viii Acknowledgements
Latvia Tourism – www.latviatourism.lv (photographs of Turaidas Pils,
Unit 10; Andrupene, Unit 11)
Latvian Hotel and Restaurant Association – www.hotel.lv (history of
Latvia, Unit 14)
NeatkarCgARCta AvCze(Independent Morning Newspaper) – www.nra.lv
(logo, Unit 15)
Fortuna Travel – www.fortunatravel.lv (itinerary, Unit 11)
The magazine Saimniece – www.saimniece.lv (jokes, Unit 12)
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