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Learning the Latvian Questions displayed below is vital to the language. Latvian questions may be either a linguistic expression used to make a request for information, or else the request itself made by such an expression. Usually it starts with why, how, where, when ...
In Latvian there are 3 ways of asking a question to get a yes or no answer, and they are the following.
The most common way is the following
- Particle “vai” + pronoun + verb: Similar to English, where the auxiliaries do and does are used. Vai viņai ir brīvs laiks? (Does she have free time?)
- Pronoun + verb: Only the intonation makes the sentence interrogative: Viņai ir brīvs laiks? (Does she have free time?)
- Finally you can also make a question by adding a tag question to the end of a statement. Viņai ir brīvs laiks, vai ne? (She has free time, doesn’t she?)
Here are some examples:
| English Questions | Latvian Questions |
|---|---|
| Questions | Jautājumi |
| how? | kā? |
| what? | kas? |
| who? | kas? |
| why? | kāpēc? |
| where? | kur? |
Notice the structure of the Questions in Latvian.
Below is a list of the Questions and interrogative expressions in Latvian placed in a table. Memorizing this table will help you add very useful and important words to your Latvian vocabulary.
| English Questions | Latvian Questions |
|---|---|
| where is he? | kur viņš ir? |
| what is this? | Kas tas ir? |
| why are you sad? | kāpēc esat skumīgs? |
| how do you want to pay? | Kā jūs vēlaties maksāt? |
| can I come? | Vai varu nākt? |
| is he sleeping? | Vai viņš guļ? |
| do you know me? | Vai mani pazīsti? |
| do you have my book? | Vai jums ir mana grāmata? |
| how big is it? | cik liels tas ir? |
| can I help you? | Vai varu jums palīdzēt? |
| can you help me? | Vai varat man palīdzēt? |
| do you speak English? | Vai runājat angliski? |
| how far is this? | cik tālu tas ir? |
| what time is it? | Cikos tas ir? |
| how much is this? | Cik tas maksā? |
| what is your name? | kāds ir jūsu vārds? /kā tevi sauc? |
| where do you live? | kur tu dzīvo? /kur jūs dzīvojat? |
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