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Lesson 25. Revision of adjectives

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A Grammar of Modern Latvian
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  1. Frontmatter I
  2. Lesson 1. The present tense of būt; nominative singular and plural of masculine nouns in -s 1
  3. Lesson 2. Singular declension of masculine nouns in -s 4
  4. Lesson 3. Plural declension of masculine nouns in -s 8
  5. Lesson 4. Dative of possession 11
  6. Lesson 5. Mixed conjugation verbs in -ēt: Present tense 15
  7. Lesson 6. Dative case of the personal pronouns 18
  8. Lesson 7. Negation of verbs, excluding possessive expressions 22
  9. Lesson 8. Negation of possessive expressions 26
  10. Lesson 9. Declension of feminine nouns in -a 30
  11. Lesson 10. Imperfect tense of mixed conjugation verbs in -ēt 33
  12. Lesson 11. Mixed conjugation verbs in -īt: present and imperfect; imperfect tense of būt 38
  13. Lesson 12. Conjugation of the irregular verbs iet and dot 42
  14. Lesson 13. Possessive adjectives 46
  15. Lesson 14. The indefinite declension of adjectives 51
  16. Lesson 15. Full declension of the personal pronouns 56
  17. Lesson 16. The preposition pie 61
  18. Lesson 17. Nouns and adjectives ending in -š 65
  19. Lesson 18. Conjugation of zināt, dziedāt and raudāt 70
  20. Lesson 19. More prepositions with the genitive 75
  21. Lesson 20. Long conjugation verbs with infinitive in -ot 81
  22. Lesson 21. Long conjugation verbs in -āt 87
  23. Lesson 22. Revision and classification of verbs. Verbs with the indefinite subject 92
  24. Lesson 23. Revision of adverbs 98
  25. Lesson 24. Declension of feminine nouns ending in -e 104
  26. Lesson 25. Revision of adjectives 108
  27. Lesson 26. The definite declension of adjectives, masculine singular 113
  28. Lesson 27. The definite declension of adjectives, feminine singular 118
  29. Lesson 28. Revision of the definite declension of adjectives-singular 123
  30. Lesson29. Definite declension of adjectives, masculine plural 127
  31. Lesson30. Definite declension of adjectives, feminine plural 132
  32. Lesson31. Further uses of the definite adjective 136
  33. Lesson32. Verbs with palatalized consonant in the present tense. Some third person verbs. The prepositions uz and no 142
  34. Lesson33. Adverbs modifying adjectives or other adverbs. Three prepositions with the accusative 147
  35. Lesson34. The Future tense 153
  36. Lesson35. The numerals 1 to 10 159
  37. Lesson36. Imperatives 166
  38. Lesson37. Numerals from 11 to 20 172
  39. Lesson38. The Accusative of duration of time 177
  40. Lesson39. Formation of adverbs 182
  41. Lesson40. The Conditional 188
  42. Lesson41. The prepositions līdz and uz 192
  43. Lesson42. Long conjugation verbs in -ēt 197
  44. Lesson43. The relative pronoun and interrogative adjective kurš 202
  45. Lesson44. Days of the week; time of day 209
  46. Lesson45. Verbs with depalatalized present stems 214
  47. Lesson46. Further negations with ne- 221
  48. Lesson47. Declension of masculine nouns in -is 225
  49. Lesson48. Numerals from 20 to 59 230
  50. Lesson49. Comparative degree of adjectives 235
  51. Lesson50. Comparison structures 240
  52. Lesson51. Some examples of compound verbs: Introduction to the notion of aspect 247
  53. Lesson52. Superlative degree of the adjective 253
  54. Lesson53. Feminine form of nouns in -ājs and -nieks 258
  55. Lesson54. Long conjugation verbs in -īt and -ūt 262
  56. Lesson55. The English infinitive 266
  57. Lesson56. Numerals from 60 to 100 271
  58. Lesson57. The English infinitive used adjectivally 275
  59. Lesson58. Conjugation of verbs in -ināt 279
  60. Lesson59. Verb summary 284
  61. Lesson60. Declension of kas 291
  62. Lesson61. Postpositions 297
  63. Lesson62. Declension of masculine nouns in -us 302
  64. Lesson63. Numerals from 100 to 1000 307
  65. Lesson64. Further remarks on numerals: Conflicting case requirements 311
  66. Lesson65. Declension and use of tas 317
  67. Lesson66. Some invariable adjectives 322
  68. Lesson67. Neviens and kāds as adjectives 327
  69. Lesson68. The declension of certain masculine nouns in -ens 333
  70. Lesson69. Accusative of extent of distance 337
  71. Lesson70. Declension of suns ‘dog’ 343
  72. Lesson71. The adjective and pronoun abi ‘both’ 347
  73. Lesson72. Declension and use of šis ‘this’ 352
  74. Lesson73. Ordinal numbers from 1st to 10th 357
  75. Lesson74. Negations with ne ... ne and vairs 361
  76. Lesson75. Ordinal numbers from 11th to 20th 366
  77. Lesson76. Latvian names and forms of address 371
  78. Lesson77. Ordinal numbers from 21st to 100th 377
  79. Lesson78. Ordinal numbers from 101st to 1000th 381
  80. Lesson79. Declension of feminine nouns in -s; the masculine noun ļaudis 385
  81. Lesson80. Comparative degree of adverbs 390
  82. Lesson81. Superlative degree of adverbs 395
  83. Lesson82. Diminutives of masculine nouns in -s and feminine nouns in -a 400
  84. Lesson83. Diminutives of masculine nouns in -is and feminine nouns in -e 406
  85. Lesson84. The genitive plural: irregular forms of feminine nouns in -e and -s 412
  86. Lesson85. Summary of noun declensions 417
  87. Lesson86. Time by the clock 422
  88. Lesson87. Debitive mood: present tense 428
  89. Lesson88. Debitive mood: imperfect tense 435
  90. Lesson89. Debitive mood: future tense 440
  91. Lesson90. Debitive mood: conditional 445
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