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pagātne

pagātne

See also: pagātnē

Latvian

Noun

pagātne f (5th declension)

  1. past (time period anterior to the present; circumstances previous to the present, current ones)
    tāla pagātne ― distant past
    atcerēties savu pagātni ― to remember one's past
    vēsturiskā, ģeoloģiskā pagātne ― historical, geological past
    tautas pagātne ― the past of a people, ethnic past
    par pagātni vēsta seni raksti, tagadni savām acīm var redzēt ikviens, un nākotne ir noslēpums visiem ― old writings tell about the past, everybody can see the present with their own eyes, and the future is a mystery to all
    cik vien tālu Kaspars spēja atskatīties pagātnē, ziemas vienmēr bija atnākušas pa nakti ― as far as Kaspars could look into the past, winters always came during the night
  2. (linguistics, grammar) past (verb form describing an action that happens before the current time, before the time of speech)
    vienkāršā, saliktā pagātne ― simple, compound past

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Related terms

  • pagājis

See also

References

  1. Karulis, Konstantīns (1992), pagātne”, in Latviešu Etimoloģijas Vārdnīca (in Latvian), Rīga: AVOTS, ISBN 9984-700-12-7