Examples for language Latvian
- instrumental and comitative marker:
- ar + acc
pronominal and adnominal identical:
|
s̆is tas |
proximal distal |
| devin̢ | simt | piec | desmit | seši |
| nine | hundred | five | ten | six |
|
viņs (M), viņa (F) |
‘3rd person’ |
|
šis (M), šī (F) |
‘this’ |
|
tas (M), tā |
‘that’ |
|
|
‘father’ ( sg ) |
1sg personal pronoun |
2pl personal pronoun |
|
Nominative |
tēv-s |
es |
jūs |
|
Accusative |
tēv-u |
mani |
jūs |
|
Genitive |
tēv-a |
manis |
jūsu |
|
Dative |
tēv-am |
man |
jums |
|
Locative |
tēv-ā |
manī |
jūsos |
- instrumental marker:
- acc
|
jūs |
2nd sg. hon. |
note: Nouns of certain declensional classes do not distinguish nominative and accusative in the plural; neither do plural personal pronouns, other than the third person masculine.
| putn | s | lidoja |
| bird | nom | fly.pst.3 |
| bērn | s | zīmē | sun | i |
| child | nom | draw.prs.3 | dog | acc |
| vin̢ | š | iet | ātri |
| he | nom | go.prs.3 | fast |
| es | vin̢ | u | pazīstu | kā | draug | u |
| I.nom | he | acc | know.prs.1sg | as | friend | acc |
| Putn-s | lidoja. |
| bird- NOM | fly. PST .3 |
| Bērn-s | zīmē | sun-i. |
| child- NOM | draw. PRES .3 | dog- ACC |
- instrumental marker:
- acc
| [Aleksandr | a | Eǧipt | es | iekaro | šana] | sagrāva | zemi. |
| Alexander | gen | Egypt | gen | conquer | an | destroyed | counry.acc |
- Language
- Latvian
- Features
- References
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Holst 2001
: 139
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Holst 2001
: 139
| Runā! |
| speak. IND.PRES.2SG |
| Runājāt! |
| speak. IMP.2PL |
tēja
: in passim
| esmu |
| be.1.SG.PRES |
| bij-u |
| be.PST-1.SG |
| bu-shu |
| be.FUT -1.SG. FUT |
| ej-u |
| go.PRES-1.SG |
| iet |
| go.PRES.3.SG |
| gaj-u |
| go.PST-1.SG |
| ie-shu |
| go.PRES-1.SG.FUT |
| dod-u |
| give.PRES-1.SG |
| dev-u |
| give.PST-1.SG |
| do-shu |
| give-1.SG.FUT |
