A Short Grammar of Latvian |
Common terms and phrases
accusative adjective adnominal adverb agreement atnāca bija bijis būtu Cēsis chapter compound conjugation conjunctions consonant construction contrast corresponding dative daudz debitive declension declined desmit diphthongs elē encountered ending English example expressed feminine formation function gender genitive German gerunds governing word grāmata Indeclinable Infinitive Present tense infinitive stem kaut lasīt Latvian Latvian language līdz Lithuanian locative long form long vowels māja māsa masc masculine mazgāts meaning mēs nekā nominative non-reflexive Nordic languages nouns object Observe one-part sentences opposition ordinal numbers palatalized Palatalized Consonant pār paradigm participle passive Past tense SG Pēteris plural postposition predicate prefix preposition Present tense Past pret preterite pronoun reflexive reflexive verbs relative mood relative pronoun Riga short form short vowels singular Slavic Subclass Subgroup subjunctive suffix Syntax tense Past tense tiek tive transitive verbs verbs viņš viņu vocative whereas word order
References to this book
Syntactic Analysis and Description: A Constructional Approach David Lockwood No preview available - 2005 |