Language is a key component.
Basic background of Latvian language.
Latvian language is the official language of Latvia with around 1.3 million native speakers and 100 thousand abroad. Although Latvia has around 2 million inhabitants only 62% percent used it as their primary language at home. Latvian has some dialects, but you can barely hear them at this day and age because of the generation change.
Key words and phrases.
Hello, is pronounced “Sveiki” to great people. What is your name is “Ka tevi sauc ?”. Yes – Ja. No – Ne. Sorry – Piedodiet !
Polish is a Slavic language. To foreigners’ Polish sounds very aggressive often people assume that when people speak Polish loudly is because they are angry, or they are fighting with someone. Polish language is very complex there are many sounds that are similar which is the reason for people speaking loudly. The louder one speaks the more distinguished the sounds are which makes the message clearer. Key phrases that are important in Poland would be:
- Dzień dobry, (good morning)
- Część (hello)
- Jak się masz? (how are you)
- Jak masz na imię? (what’s your name)
- Skąd jesteś? (where are you from)
Contrary to popular belief the language spoken in Scotland is English, even if it does not seem that way most of the time. Scottish English, as it is known, is a collection of dialects of the English language descending form previous scot languages. It is not uncommon for words or phrase to be take form Gaelic, an older Scottish language, which is now a native language rather than an official one.
We discussed how words were pronounced differently in and some differences in expression for example when asked if you want a cup of tea Scots reply by saying:
“No, you’re alright.” instead of “No, I’m alright.”
Some other words that differ are these:
“Lassie” à young girl
“Laddie” à young boy
“Wee” à little
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