włóczykij wrote:1.) page 27
Conjugation of “prast”
es protu __ mēs protam
tu proti __ jūs protat
viņš, viņa, viņi, viņas prot.
“prast” is one syllable verb belonging to first conjugation, so should be “tu prot”. It is right ?
You should attach -i to
* verbs that belong to the third conjugation
* verbs that belong to the 3rd or 5th group of the first conjugation and whose present stem ends in -t, -d or -p
The following I conjugation verbs belong to the 3rd group:
* infinitive & past
a, present
o e.g. rakt - roku - raku
* infinitive & past
i, present
ī e.g. krist - krītu - kritu
* infinitive & past
u, present
ū e.g. just - jūtu - jutu
* infinitive & past have no
n but present does: e.g. skriet - skrienu - skrēju
* tikt i.e. tikt - tieku - tiku
The following I conjugation verbs belong to the 5th group:
* present stem ends in
-st e.g. silt – silstu – silu
pr
ast - pr
otu - pr
atu
prast is a one syllable word, has an
a in the infinitive & past form but an
o in the present and its present stem is
prot which ends in -t. So it should have an -i ending in the 2nd person singular.
włóczykij wrote:2.) page 53
- Cik maksā vēstules sūtīšana uz Amerikas savienotām valstīm ?
“Savienotam valstim” is in dative, so the nom. sing. will be “valsts” (VI Dec.) and it is feminine , right ?
savienota valsts = a united state
savienotā valsts = the united state
savienotas valstis = united states
savienotās valstis = the united states
If the noun after a preposition is in the plural, it always takes the dative. It can be another case (genitive or accusative) in the singular, but it's always the dative in the plural.
uz savienoto valsti = to the united state
uz savienotajām valstīm = to the united states
uz Savienotajām Valstīm = to the United States
uz Amerikas Savienotajām Valstīm = to the United States of America
uz ASV = to the USA
włóczykij wrote:3.) page 62
PCV(Paying): - Paldies. Viss bija ļoti garšīgi.
Grammar and vocalbulary note.
Adverbs are formed by adding the ending –i to the root of any adjective:
garšīgs = garšīgi, skaists “beautiful” = skaisti “beautyfully”,
jauks “nice” = jauki “fine”
Generally ok., But in this sentence “garšīgi” is an adjective in plural relating to the dishes in restaurant, not adverb. I’m right ?
Adjectives agree with the nouns they describe. If it was an adjective the sentence would be:
Viss bija ļoti garšīg
s.
włóczykij wrote:4.) page 95
- Liels paldies par palīdzēšanu !
- Ne par ko.
I suppouse should be “- Nav par ko” ! ( ~ ~ it is nothing .)
“Ne par ko” means “for nothing “ ( imposibilty to do smth.)
I’m right ?
You're right.
Nav par ko = you are welcome
Ne par ko = no way. Es ne par ko to nedarīšu. No way am I doing that.