In addition, there was a conscious effort [~it was consciously attempted] to reduce Latvian language elements. Sīejūs u’m tieudzõld kǭ’ļdõd veitantõ lețkīel elementidi.
My son is doing his military service. Mi’n pūoga u’m suodādīenasts.
So, there were five schools in the eastern Livonian villages. Sīeks si’z idā līvõ kilīs vȯ’ļtõ vīž skūolõ.
That is how it always went. Ne’i se lekš ī’dstī’d.
