#Latvian language

[unhonestlymirror]

[o-kurwa]

[hildegardladyofbones]

The stereotypes are true actually. Latvian DO end every word with s. Million in latvian is just. Miljons. You'll never guess what trillion is in latvian. That's right triljons

[latvian-spider]

Mmmmm...as a Latvian, I must point out that in the first picture, the one that says “any attempted theft will be reported to the police”? Well...

Police in Latvian is Policija.

Polija is Latvian for Poland.

The sign says they will report the theft to Poland!

Instead of "live laugh love" or "home is where the heart is" my (wonderful, progressive, very accepting) dad put up the racism sign in the foyer

[canaanitechristian]

Melanholiskas atvadās . // A melancholic goodbye.

[yvanspijk]

English (he/she) eats, Welsh ysa, Ancient Greek édei, Sanskrit átti and Polish je all stem from the same Indo-European verb. Over time, words change beyond recognition, undergoing regular sound changes and irregular alterations. Here's the family of eats.

[languages-i-guess-comic]

Baltics??! 🤯🤯

[lehdenlaulu]

With the Curse Word Tournament ongoing, I feel like I have to tell you all a secret for veracity's sake:

'Vittu' and 'perkele' are not really Finnish words, not by their origin.

'Vittu' we stole from the Swedes: their version is 'fitta'. The meaning's the same.

And 'Perkele' -- while one of our names for Old Nick and originally probably a reference to our ancient thunder god, Ukko, in a roundabout way -- is derived from Perkūnas, the Baltic thunder god (whose other variant is Perun, the Slavic god of thunder -- it's all the same dude, really).

I mean, obviously, pretty much all words have their origin somewhere else if we want to get nitpicky about it, but... I'm sorry, our swear words are not as original as we might like to pretend. 😔

That said, 'perkele' is still the best swear word ever, no contest. And it absolutely does make it cooler that whenever you say it, you're invoking a pagan god of thunder. How many other swear words can make that claim?

[lookninjas]

Saw this opinion a couple times today (twitter thread about why the Baltics are independent countries and not just one Baltic megastate), and hadn't really noticed it before, so I'm curious how many of you might agree:

(I'm also curious how self-selecting my friend group and my mutual-in-laws group is on this topic, but we'll see.)

[haveyoulistenedtothisalbum-poll]

Tracklist:

Dzīvnieks • Negribu piezemēties • Rīgas ielu nemiers • Nejauši • Vakuums • Ielas vidū • Vislabāk ir tur, kur manis nav • Izbēgšana • Gaisma (Caur taviem matiem) • Straumē

Spotify ♪ Youtube

[unhonestlymirror]

Fun fact #1: Some Lithuanians pronounce Kaunas as "Kounas". Which is very similar to Belaruthian Koŭna. Lithuanians seem to have grammar fights over the Correct way to pronounce it.

Fun fact #2: The only country Lithuanians forgive calling Vilnius "Viļņa" is... Latvia. Why? Because almost all cities in the Latvian language end with [-a]: Krakova (Krakow), Harkova (Kharkiv), Kijeva (Kyiv), Minska (Mensk), Tokija (Tokyo), Ņujorka (New-York), Vašingtona (Washington), Londona (you'll never guess), etc. Except for Parīze (Paris) and Čerņivci (Chernivtsi), so far. Thus, calling Vilnius "Vilniusa" would be kinda dumb. Thus, if you're in Lithuania and you call Vilnius "Vilna/Vilno", and you are NOT Latvian - you get 50%+ chance to be deported. :D Just kidding! Unless...

[charlesherbertlightoller]

The X-Files' title in other languages is so fucking funny to me for some reason. Like I decided to look it up out of curiosity bc I've been rewatching it and some of them are just incredible. Here's a list so you can get a get a load yourself:

🇫🇷 X-Files : Aux frontières du réel (X-Files: On the Borders of Reality)

🇩🇪 Akte X – Die unheimlichen Fälle des FBI (X-Files – The FBI's Uncanny Cases)

🇷🇺 Секретные материалы (Secret Materials)

🇪🇪 Salatoimikud (Secret Files)

🇷🇸 Досије икс/Dosije iks (Dossier X)

🇺🇦 Цілком таємно (Completely Secret)

🇱🇻 X-faili. Slepenās lietas (The X-Files. Secret things)

There are probably more but these are the ones that stand out the most to me

[timetravellingkitty]

Latvians explain yourselves

[awesome-casuallyfamouscollector]

The contribution of pastors Georg Mancelius and Christoph Fürecker – founding fathers of Latvian written language

The language of a nation is an essential part of its identity. This is first and foremost understood as the form of language developed and used in writing. Language is often the focus of attention of society, or at least of its most upstanding members, especially in times of national revival, state formation and stabilisation, as well as in times of turmoil.

The cultural history of nations has always paid tribute to those who helped develop and maintain the national language. Such persons are also well known in the history of the Latvian nation. It is important to acknowledge that in the early period of our written language, until the middle of the 19th century, almost all of those who developed the Latvian language were not Latvians, but from the clergy and were of German origin.

The Latvian authors of 16th-century manuscripts are largely unknown to us, sometimes we only know their names, perhaps a few biographical fragments, but in the 17th century the first notable activists have been documented. Therefore, the history of our language at this time is no longer anonymous, but to a large extent linked to the activities of these people(..)

[languages-i-guess-comic]

Tiny sketches from the comic!! It's all coming along and the five tiny chapters will be (luckly) ready soon! :DDD