A Grammar of Modern Latvian

Trevor G. Fennell, Henry Gelsen

• Publisher: De Gruyter Mouton
• Year: 2011
• Print ISBN:
  9789027979360
• eBook ISBN:
  9783111398457
• Topic: Languages & Linguistics
• Subtopic: Linguistics
• Index: Languages & Linguistics

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Table of contents

• Preface
• Acknowledgements
• Abbreviations
• Introduction
• Lesson 1. The present tense of būt; nominative singular and plural of masculine nouns in -s
• Lesson 2. Singular declension of masculine nouns in -s
• Lesson 3. Plural declension of masculine nouns in -s
• Lesson 4. Dative of possession
• Lesson 5. Mixed conjugation verbs in -ēt: Present tense
• Lesson 6. Dative case of the personal pronouns
• Lesson 7. Negation of verbs, excluding possessive expressions
• Lesson 8. Negation of possessive expressions
• Lesson 9. Declension of feminine nouns in -a
• Lesson 10. Imperfect tense of mixed conjugation verbs in -ēt
• Lesson 11. Mixed conjugation verbs in -īt: present and imperfect; imperfect tense of būt
• Lesson 12. Conjugation of the irregular verbs iet and dot
• Lesson 13. Possessive adjectives
• Lesson 14. The indefinite declension of adjectives
• Lesson 15. Full declension of the personal pronouns
• Lesson 16. The preposition pie
• Lesson 17. Nouns and adjectives ending in -š
• Lesson 18. Conjugation of zināt, dziedāt and raudāt
• Lesson 19. More prepositions with the genitive
• Lesson 20. Long conjugation verbs with infinitive in -ot
• Lesson 21. Long conjugation verbs in -āt
• Lesson 22. Revision and classification of verbs. Verbs with the indefinite subject
• Lesson 23. Revision of adverbs
• Lesson 24. Declension of feminine nouns ending in -e
• Lesson 25. Revision of adjectives
• Lesson 26. The definite declension of adjectives, masculine singular
• Lesson 27. The definite declension of adjectives, feminine singular
• Lesson 28. Revision of the definite declension of adjectives-singular
• Lesson 29. Definite declension of adjectives, masculine plural
• Lesson 30. Definite declension of adjectives, feminine plural
• Lesson 31. Further uses of the definite adjective
• Lesson 32. Verbs with palatalized consonant in the present tense. Some third person verbs. The prepositions uz and no
• Lesson 33. Adverbs modifying adjectives or other adverbs. Three prepositions with the accusative
• Lesson 34. The Future tense
• Lesson 35. The numerals 1 to 10
• Lesson 36. Imperatives
• Lesson 37. Numerals from 11 to 20
• Lesson 38. The Accusative of duration of time
• Lesson 39. Formation of adverbs
• Lesson 40. The Conditional
• Lesson 41. The prepositions līdz and uz
• Lesson 42. Long conjugation verbs in -ēt
• Lesson 43. The relative pronoun and interrogative adjective kurš
• Lesson 44. Days of the week; time of day
• Lesson 45. Verbs with depalatalized present stems
• Lesson 46. Further negations with ne-
• Lesson 47. Declension of masculine nouns in -is
• Lesson 48. Numerals from 20 to 59
• Lesson 49. Comparative degree of adjectives
• Lesson 50. Comparison structures
• Lesson 51. Some examples of compound verbs: Introduction to the notion of aspect
• Lesson 52. Superlative degree of the adjective
• Lesson 53. Feminine form of nouns in -ājs and -nieks
• Lesson 54. Long conjugation verbs in -īt and -ūt
• Lesson 55. The English infinitive
• Lesson 56. Numerals from 60 to 100
• Lesson 57. The English infinitive used adjectivally
• Lesson 58. Conjugation of verbs in -ināt
• Lesson 59. Verb summary
• Lesson 60. Declension of kas
• Lesson 61. Postpositions
• Lesson 62. Declension of masculine nouns in -us
• Lesson 63. Numerals from 100 to 1000
• Lesson 64. Further remarks on numerals: Conflicting case requirements
• Lesson 65. Declension and use of tas
• Lesson 66. Some invariable adjectives
• Lesson 67. Neviens and kāds as adjectives
• Lesson 68. The declension of certain masculine nouns in -ens
• Lesson 69. Accusative of extent of distance
• Lesson 70. Declension of suns ‘dog’
• Lesson 71. The adjective and pronoun abi ‘both’
• Lesson 72. Declension and use of šis ‘this’
• Lesson 73. Ordinal numbers from 1st to 10th
• Lesson 74. Negations with ne ... ne and vairs
• Lesson 75. Ordinal numbers from 11th to 20th
• Lesson 76. Latvian names and forms of address
• Lesson 77. Ordinal numbers from 21st to 100th
• Lesson 78. Ordinal numbers from 101st to 1000th
• Lesson 79. Declension of feminine nouns in -s; the masculine noun ļaudis
• Lesson 80. Comparative degree of adverbs
• Lesson 81. Superlative degree of adverbs
• Lesson 82. Diminutives of masculine nouns in -s and feminine nouns in -a
• Lesson 83. Diminutives of masculine nouns in -is and feminine nouns in -e
• Lesson 84. The genitive plural: irregular forms of feminine nouns in -e and -s
• Lesson 85. Summary of noun declensions
• Lesson 86. Time by the clock
• Lesson 87. Debitive mood: present tense
• Lesson 88. Debitive mood: imperfect tense
• Lesson 89. Debitive mood: future tense
• Lesson 90. Debitive mood: conditional