latvian
ラトビア語
解説 Definition
バルト三国の一つであるラトビアの言語。また、ラトビアの文化や人々に関連する事柄を指す。
Latvian is the Baltic language principally spoken in Latvia. The word can also describe a person from Latvia or anything connected with the country, its people, language, or culture, and it is conventionally capitalized.
覚え方のコツ Memory Tip
Latvian は国名 Latvia に -n を加えた形で、「ラトビアの」「ラトビア人」、名詞では「ラトビア語」を表します。言語名・国籍名なので通常 Latvian と大文字で始めます。Latvian language、Latvian phrases の組み合わせと、同じバルト語派の Lithuanian を対にして覚えると、国・言語・文化の関係を整理できます。
Link Latvian immediately to the country name Latvia. The word can name the Latvian language, a person from Latvia, or something belonging to Latvian culture, so context determines its role. Keep the initial capital because it is a language and nationality word. Useful combinations include Latvian phrases, the Latvian language, and Latvian culture. Pair it with Lithuanian in your memory: both are living Baltic languages, although they are distinct languages and are not interchangeable. Riga, Latvia’s capital, can provide a concrete setting for remembering the word.
例文
Latvian is a Baltic language closely related to Lithuanian.
ラトビア語はリトアニア語と近い関係にあるバルト語族の言語です。
She learned a few Latvian phrases before visiting Riga.
彼女はリガを訪れる前にいくつかのラトビア語のフレーズを覚えました。
The Latvian Song and Dance Festival is one of the largest choral events in the world.
ラトビアの歌と踊りの祭典は世界最大級の合唱イベントの一つです。
latvian の類義語・関連語
派生語
紛らわしい語
latvian の語源・成り立ち Etymology
国名「Latvia」はバルト語族の地名に、接尾辞「-ian」はラテン語経由で「〜の出身・言語」を表します。ItalianやBrazilianと同構造で、地名にこの接尾辞を添えるだけで国籍・言語名ができると分かれば、直感的に意味が導けます。
Latvian is based on the country name Latvia and an adjectival and nationality-forming ending. Latvia is related to the Latvian name Latvija and ultimately to the name of the Latgalians, a historical Baltic people. The broader -ian pattern is familiar from nationality and language words such as Italian, although Latvian is most directly analyzed in modern English as Latvia plus -n because Latvia already ends in a. The word is capitalized in English.
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