First useful words: Latvian words for beginners

maijs [ˈmaijs] May noun labi [ˈlabi] okay interjection patikt [ˈpatikt] like verb uz redzēšanos [uz ˈredzæːʃanuɔs] goodbye interjection sveiki [ˈsveiki] hello interjection paldies [palˈdiɛs] thanks phrase lūdzu [ˈluːdzu] please adverb kopā [ˈkuɔpaː] together adverb priekšā [ˈpriɛkʃaː] ahead adverb atpakaļ [ˈatpakaʎ] backward adverb uz priekšu [uz ˈpriɛkʃu] forward adverb prom [ˈprɔm] away adverb priekšpuse [ˈpriɛkʃpuse] front noun mugura [ˈmugura] back noun lejā [ˈlejaː] down adverb augšup [ˈaukʃup] up adverb kreisais [ˈkreisais] left adjective nekur [ˈnekur] nowhere adverb visur [ˈvisur] everywhere adverb jebkur [ˈjebkur] anywhere adverb kaut kur [ˈkaut kur] somewhere adverb tur [ˈtur] there adverb šeit [ˈʃeit] here adverb pilnīgi [ˈpilniːgi] completely adverb patiesībā [ˈpatiɛsiːbaː] actually adverb varbūt [ˈvarbuːt] maybe adverb droši vien [ˈdruɔʃi ˈviɛn] probably adverb vienkārši [ˈviɛŋkaːrʃi] simply adverb īpaši [ˈiːpaʃi] especially adverb pat [ˈpat] even adverb tikko [ˈtikɔ] just adverb tikai [ˈtikai] only adverb gandrīz [ˈgandriːz] almost adverb tiešām [ˈtiɛʃaːm] really adverb diezgan [ˈdiɛzgan] quite adverb pārāk [ˈpaːraːk] too adverb ļoti [ˈʎuɔti] very adverb vajadzētu [ˈvajadzeːtu] should verb būtu [ˈbuːtu] would verb būs [ˈbuːs] will verb varētu [ˈvareːtu] might verb varēt [ˈvareːt] may verb nē [ˈneː] no adverb jā [ˈjaː] yes interjection izņemot [ˈizɲemuɔt] except preposition neskatoties uz [ˈneskatuɔtiɛs uz] despite preposition pa to laiku [pa tuɔ ˈlaiku] meanwhile adverb citādi [ˈtsitaːdi] otherwise adverb tā vietā [taː ˈviɛtaː] instead adverb arī [ˈariː] also adverb tāpēc [ˈtaːpeːts] therefore adverb tomēr [ˈtuɔmeːr] however adverb ja vien ne [ja ˈviɛn ne] unless conjunction lai gan [ˈlai gan] though conjunction nekā [ˈnekaː] than conjunction tā kā [ˈtaː kaː] as conjunction ja [ˈja] if conjunction tik [ˈtik] so adverb jo [ˈjuɔ] because conjunction bet [ˈbet] but conjunction vai [ˈvai] whether conjunction un [ˈun] and conjunction robežās [ˈruɔbeʒaːs] within preposition bez [ˈbez] without preposition viņpus [ˈviɲpus] beyond preposition ārpusē [ˈaːrpuseː] outside adverb iekšpusē [ˈiɛkʃpuseː] inside preposition blakus [ˈblakus] beside preposition aiz [ˈaiz] behind preposition gar [ˈgar] along preposition pret [ˈpret] against preposition pāri [ˈpaːri] across preposition cauri [ˈtsauri] through preposition starp [ˈstarp] between preposition zem [ˈzem] below preposition virs [ˈvirs] above preposition nost [ˈnuɔst] off adverb ārā [ˈaːraː] out adverb paredzēts [ˈparedzeːts] for preposition pie [ˈpiɛ] at preposition iekšā [ˈiɛkʃaː] into preposition no [ˈnuɔ] from preposition uz [ˈuz] on preposition līdz [ˈliːdz] by preposition normāls [ˈnɔrmaːls] okay adjective iespējams [ˈiɛspeːjams] perhaps adverb vajadzēt [ˈvajadzeːt] must verb ar [ˈar] with preposition vai whether conjunction kā iet what's up phrase tas that pronoun iespējams perhaps adverb uz on preposition vajadzēt must verb varētu Might verb iekšā into preposition no from preposition līdz by preposition zem below preposition lai gan Although conjunction virs Above preposition