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100 Basic Latvian Vocabularies
We believe in learning the most important vocabularies first to start off your learning journey on the right foot. The list below contains 100 of the most frequently used Latvian vocabularies. For more vocabularies like that, check out our yellow vocabulary book towards the end of this page.
| English | Latvian |
|---|---|
| I | es |
| you | tu |
| he | viņš |
| she | viņa |
| it | tas |
| we | mēs |
| you | jūs |
| they | viņi / viņas |
| what | kas |
| who | kas |
| where | kur |
| why | kāpēc |
| how | kā |
| which | kurš |
| when | kad |
| then | tad |
| if | ja |
| really | tiešām |
| but | bet |
| because | jo |
| not | ne |
| this | šis |
| that | tas |
| all | viss |
| or | vai |
| and | un |
| to know | zināt |
| to think | domāt |
| to come | nākt |
| to put | likt |
| to take | ņemt |
| to find | atrast |
| to listen | klausīties |
| to work | strādāt |
| to talk | runāt |
| to give | dot |
| to like | patikt |
| to help | palīdzēt |
| to love | mīlēt |
| to call | zvanīt |
| to wait | gaidīt |
| 0 | nulle |
| 1 | viens |
| 2 | divi |
| 3 | trīs |
| 4 | četri |
| 5 | pieci |
| 6 | seši |
| 7 | septiņi |
| 8 | astoņi |
| 9 | deviņi |
| 10 | desmit |
| 11 | vienpadsmit |
| 12 | divpadsmit |
| 13 | trīspadsmit |
| 14 | četrpadsmit |
| 15 | piecpadsmit |
| 16 | sešpadsmit |
| 17 | septiņpadsmit |
| 18 | astoņpadsmit |
| 19 | deviņpadsmit |
| 20 | divdesmit |
| new | jauns |
| old | vecs |
| few | maz |
| many | daudz |
| wrong | nepareizs |
| correct | pareizs |
| bad | slikts |
| good | labs |
| happy | laimīgs |
| short | īss |
| long | garš |
| small | mazs |
| big | liels |
| there | tur |
| here | šeit |
| right | labais |
| left | kreisais |
| beautiful | skaists |
| young | jauns |
| old | vecs |
| hello | sveiki |
| ok | labi |
| of course | protams |
| bye bye | atā |
| good bye | uz redzēšanos |
| excuse me | atvainojiet |
| sorry | piedod |
| thank you | paldies |
| please | lūdzu |
| now | tagad |
| hour | (F) stunda |
| minute | (F) minūte |
| second | (F) sekunde |
| day | (F) diena |
| week | (F) nedēļa |
| month | (M) mēnesis |
| year | (M) gads |
| evening | (M) vakars |
Latvian Vocabulary Books
Learn Latvian - Quick / Easy / Efficient
This vocabulary book is a curated Latvian word frequency list with 2000 of the most common Latvian words and phrases. Following the Pareto principle (80/20 rule), this book is built to streamline the learning process by concentrating on the core words and sentence structures. The result is a unique book ideal for driven learners and language hackers.
Latvian Vocabulary Book
This Latvian vocabulary book contains more than 3000 words and phrases and is organized by topic to make it easier for you to pick what to learn first. It is well suited for learners of all levels who are looking for an extensive resource to improve their vocabulary or are interested in learning vocabularies in one particular area of interest.