See also: pagātnē

Latvian

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Etymology

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A neologism coined from pagā(jis) (gone, passed) +‎ -tne by Atis Kronvalds in 1873, as a calque of German Vergangenheit (past), from past participle vergangen (gone, passed)). As a grammatical term, it was first used by A. Stērste in 1879.[1]

Pronunciation

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Noun

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pagātne f (5th declension)

  1. past (time period anterior to the present; circumstances previous to the present, current ones)
    tāla pagātnedistant past
    atcerēties savu pagātnito remember one's past
    vēsturiskā, ģeoloģiskā pagātnehistorical, geological past
    tautas pagātnethe past of a people, ethnic past
    par pagātni vēsta seni raksti, tagadni savām acīm var redzēt ikviens, un nākotne ir noslēpums visiemold 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 naktias 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 pagātnesimple, compound past

Declension

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Derived terms

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See also

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References

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  1. ^ Karulis, Konstantīns (1992) “pagātne”, in Latviešu Etimoloģijas Vārdnīca[1] (in Latvian), Rīga: AVOTS, →ISBN