The Most Important Verbs in Latvian

The heart of every language lies in its verbs. If you can correctly recognize and form verbs, you have already mastered the most important aspect of grammar.

To immediately start expressing a lot in Latvian, you only need five verbs in the beginning.

These are:

to have
to be
to go
can
to do

Learn these five Latvian verbs in the present tense in all six conjugated forms by heart: I go, you go, he/she/it goes, we go, you (plural) go, they go.

Also learn the past and future forms of the verbs to have, to be, to go, and to do.

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1
to have	(piederēt)
I have	man ir
you have	tev ir
he has	viņam ir
we have	mums ir
you have	jums ir
they have	viņiem ir

2
to be	būt
I am	es esmu
you are	tu esi
he is	viņš ir
we are	mēs esam
you are	jūs esat
they are	viņi ir

3
to go	iet
I go	es eju
you go	tu ej
he goes	viņš iet
we go	mēs ejam
you go	jūs ejat
they go	viņi iet

4
can	varēt, mācēt
I can	es varu, māku
you can	tu vari, māki
he can	viņš var, māk
we can	mēs varam, mākam
you can	jūs varat, mākat
they can	viņi var, māk
you can (formal)	Jūs varat, mākat

5
to do	darīt
I do	es daru
you do	tu dari
he does	viņš dar
we do	mēst daram
you do	jūs darat
they do	viņi dar

6
I had	man bija
you had	tev bija
he had	viņam bija
we had	mums bija
they had	viņiem bija

7
I was	es biju
you were	tu biji
he was	viņš bija
we were	mēs bijām
you were	jūs bijāt

8
I went	es gāju
you went	tu gāji
he went	viņš gāja
we went	mēs gājām
you went	jūs gājāt
they went	viņi gāja

9
you did	tu dariji
he did	viņš darija
we did	mēs darījām
you did	jūs darījāt
they did	viņi darīja

10
I will have	man būs
you will have	tev būs
he will have	viņam būs
we will have	mums būs
you will have	jums būs
they will have	viņiem būs

11
I will be	es būšu
you will be	tu būsi
he will be	viņš būs
we will be	mēs būsim
you will be	jūs būsiet
they will be	viņi būs

12
I will go	es iešu
you will go	tu iesi
he will go	viņš ies
we will go	mēs iesim
you will go	jūs iesiet
they will go	viņi ies

13
I will do	es darīšu
you will do	tu darīsi
he will do	viņš darīs
we will do	mēs darīsim
you will do	jūs darīsiet
they will do	viņi darīs

14
Is there ... ?	Vai ir...?
May I ... ?	Es drīkstu...?
I need ...	Man vajag...
Where is ... ?	Kur ir...?
What is ... ?	Kas ir...?
How much is ... ?	Cik maksā...?
I would like to have ...	Man lūdzu...
Can you ... ?	Vai vari...?
Can you (formal) ... ?	Jūs varētu...?

The verb forms will also be taught to you in the language course from Sprachenlernen24 right in the first few days with the help of a verb trainer, as they are essential in any language.

If you learn just 100 words in addition to these verbs at the beginning, you can already have basic conversations after only about three hours of study time.

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