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Livonian
Etymology
From Proto-Finnic *leedäk.
Pronunciation
Verb
līdõ
- (transitive) to be going to
- Tiit-Rein Viitso, Valts Ernštreits (2012–2013), Līvõkīel-ēstikīel-lețkīel sõnārōntõz, Tartu, Rīga: TÜ, LVA
- pūoga līb aŗšt, ta opūb aŗštõks
- son is going to be a doctor, he is studying to be a doctor
- mēg līm aššõ tegīž vel kubsõ
- soon we are going to be together again
- sīest midāgõst äb lī
- nothing will come out of it
- se äb līks slikțõks
- that wouldn't be bad
- to be (as a result of some action), to become
- Tiit-Rein Viitso, Valts Ernštreits (2012–2013), Līvõkīel-ēstikīel-lețkīel sõnārōntõz, Tartu, Rīga: TÜ, LVA
- sprīt laskūb mōzõ, siz līb pūol pūraztõ
- you lower down the sprit, then there will be half of a sail
Conjugation
1imperative-like constructions possible with laz (“so that”) + jussive: laz ma/ta līgõ, laz ne līgõd
2rare, using indicative present more common, laz + jussive construction possible: laz mēg līgõd
3possible to imply an indirect request by using jussive negative:
algõ ma/ta līgõ,
algõd ne līgõd