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54 [fifty-four]

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54 [piecdesmit četri]

Iepirkšanās

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I want to buy a present. Es v---- n------ d-----. Es vēlos nopirkt dāvanu. 0
But nothing too expensive. Be- n--- p---- d----. Bet neko pārāk dārgu. 0
Maybe a handbag? Va---- r----------? Varbūt rokassomiņu? 0
Which color would you like? Kā-- k----? Kādā krāsā? 0
Black, brown or white? Me---- b---- v-- b----? Melnu, brūnu vai baltu? 0
A large one or a small one? Li--- v-- m---? Lielu vai mazu? 0
May I see this one, please? Va- e- v----- a------- š-? Vai es varētu apskatīt šo? 0
Is it made of leather? Va- t- i- n- ā---? Vai tā ir no ādas? 0
Or is it made of plastic? Va- t- i- n- m-------- ā---? Vai tā ir no mākslīgās ādas? 0
Of leather, of course. No ā---- p------. No ādas, protams. 0
This is very good quality. Tā i- ī---- l--- k--------. Tā ir īpaši laba kvalitāte. 0
And the bag is really very reasonable. Un r---------- i- t----- l---. Un rokassomiņa ir tiešām lēta. 0
I like it. Tā m-- p----. Tā man patīk. 0
I’ll take it. To e- ņ----. To es ņemšu. 0
Can I exchange it if needed? Va- e- t- v----- a-- a-------? Vai es to varēšu arī apmainīt? 0
Of course. Pa-- p-- s--- s--------. Pats par sevi saprotams. 0
We’ll gift wrap it. Mē- t- i--------- k- d-----. Mēs to iesaiņosim kā dāvanu. 0
The cashier is over there. Tu- p--- t--- p--- i- k---. Tur pāri tajā pusē ir kase. 0

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There are about 7 billion people in the world. They all have a language. Unfortunately, it's not always the same. So in order to speak with other nations, we must learn languages. That is often very arduous. But there are languages that are very similar. Their speakers understand one another, without mastering the other language. This phenomenon is called mutual intelligibility . Whereby two variants are distinguished. The first variant is oral mutual intelligibility . Here, the speakers understand each other when they talk. They do not understand the written form of the other language, however. This is because the languages have different written forms. Examples of this are the languages Hindi and Urdu. Written mutual intelligibility is the second variant. In this case, the other language is understood in its written form. But the speakers do not understand each other when they speak to each other. The reason for this is that they have very different pronunciation. German and Dutch are examples of this. The most closely related languages contain both variants. Meaning they are mutually intelligible both orally and in written form. Russian and Ukrainian or Thai and Laotian are examples. But there is also an asymmetrical form of mutual intelligibility. That is the case when speakers have different levels of understanding each other. Portuguese understand Spanish better than the Spanish understand Portuguese. Austrians also understand Germans better than the other way around. In these examples, pronunciation or dialect is a hindrance. He who really wants to have good conversations must learn something new…