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tagadne
tagadne
See also: tagadnē
Latvian
Alternative forms
- (obsolete form) tagadiene
Noun
tagadne f (5th declension)
- present (the current time period; the circumstances of the current time period)
- tas ir tagadnes cilvēka lāsts ― this is the curse of present-day man (lit. person)
- režisors pievērsies filozofiskiem vispārinājumiem, meklē dzīvo saikni starp vakardienu, šodienu un rītdienu, starp pagātni, tagadni un nākotni ― the (film) director turned to philosophical generalizations, he looked for a living link between yesterday, today, and tomorrow, between the past, the present, and the future
- (linguistics, grammar) present tense (a verb form describing an action that happens in the present time, at the moment of speech)
- vienkāršā, saliktā tagadne ― simple, compound present
- tagadnes lokāmais divdabis ― inflected present participle
Declension
Declension of tagadne (5th declension)
| singular (vienskaitlis) | plural (daudzskaitlis) | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative (nominatīvs) | tagadne | — |
| accusative (akuzatīvs) | tagadni | — |
| genitive (ģenitīvs) | tagadnes | — |
| dative (datīvs) | tagadnei | — |
| instrumental (instrumentālis) | tagadni | — |
| locative (lokatīvs) | tagadnē | — |
| vocative (vokatīvs) | tagadne | — |
Synonyms
- (of "current time period"): mūsdienas, šodiena
Related terms
Derived terms
See also
References
- ↑ Karulis, Konstantīns (1992), “tagadne”, in Latviešu Etimoloģijas Vārdnīca (in Latvian), Rīga: AVOTS, ISBN 9984-700-12-7