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stāstīt

stāstīt

Latvian

Verb

stāstīt tr. or intr., 3rd conj., pres. stāstu, stāsti, stāsta, past stāstīju

  1. to tell, to narrate (to make something known orally, by speaking)
    stāstīt pasaku‎ ― to tell a tale
    stāstīt anekdotes‎ ― to tell jokes
    stāstīt patiesību‎ ― to tell the truth
    stāstīt savus piedīvojumus‎ ― to tell one's adventures
    stāstīt atgadījumus no savas dzīves‎ ― to tell incidents from one's life
    stāstīt ceļu‎ ― to show (lit. to tell) the way (to somewhere)
    stāstīt par savu bērību‎ ― to tell about one's childhood
    stāstīt gari un plaši‎ ― to tell long and wide (i.e., everything)
    “ko nu tu, Silva, te stāsti!” Dzērvīte norāj‎ ― “what (stories) are you telling now here, Silva!” Dērvīte scolded

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prefixed verbs:
  • iestāstīt
  • izstāstīt
  • nostāstīt
  • pastāstīt
  • pārstāstīt
  • piestāstīt
  • sastāstīt
other derived terms:

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References

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

Etymology

Originally the iterative form of stāt ‎(“to stop, to halt”); traditionally, it was considered a parallel form to stostīties ‎(“to stutter, to stammer”), and its original meaning was given as “to stop several times (e.g., while talking),” from which “to tell (a story).” But interrupted speech is not a characteristic of storytelling; it has therefore been suggested that the original meaning might have been “to put, place repeatedly, in various ways” (from Proto-Indo-European *stā- < *steh₂- “to place, to put”), from which metaphorically “to place (with words) the story in front of the hearer.” In the 17th century, there were some instances of stāstīt in the sense of skaitīt ‎(“to count”), but this never became frequent.[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [stâːstîːt]

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