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Latvian
Etymology
From the same stem as vara (“power; authority; violence”), made into a third conjugation verb (ending -ēt (perhaps via a no longer extant verb *vert, of which varēt could be the iterative or durative form).
Pronunciation
Verb
varēt (transitive, 3rd conjugation, present varu, vari, var, past varēju)
- can; to be able to (to have the mental or physical capacity to do something, to react in a certain way)
- varēt staigāt, runāt ― to be able to walk, to talk
- varēt atcerēties ― to be able to remember
- vai tu vari paiet? ― can you go/walk?
- tikko varēt pavilkt elpu ― to be barely able to breathe
- zirgs var pavilkt vezumu ― the horse can, is able to pull the cart
- ko tur var darīt ― what can (you) do there (= nothing can be done)
- neko nevar darīt ― (you) can't do anything (= nothing can be done)
- palīdzu arī Baumanim darbā, kur vien varu ― I help also Baumanis at work, wherever I can
- tās bija svešādas dziesmas, kuras viņš nevarēja atklausīties ― these were strange songs that he couldn't listen to very long
- viss dzīvais var pielāgoties vides apstākļiem ― all living (beings) can, are able to adapt to environmental conditions
- (of objects, phenomena) can, to be able to (to have properties that make a certain activity or function possible)
- automobilis var attīstīt lielu ātrumu ― the automobile can reach high speed
- (of situations, usually 3rd person) to be possible, to succeed in
- ēst, dzert var ― one can eat, drink it (= it is edible, drinkable)
- mēli var izmežģīt ― it can test the tongue (= it is difficult to say, to pronounce)
- vai es kaut reizi esot padomājis, ka Beātei no manis varētu bērns būt? ― did I ever imagine that Beāte could have a child from me?
- Alberts lēni izdzēra glāzi; šis konjaks nebija no labākajiem, bet dzert varēja ― Alberts drank slowly (from) the glass; this cognac was not one of the best, but one could drink it
- (usually drīkstēt) may, be allowed to, have permission for
- “vai mēs ar Gunāru varam iet kājām?” Klāvs prasa tēvocim ― “can (= may) Gunārs and I go on foot?” Klāvs asks his uncle
- vienam bērnam ieteicams sauļoties, otrs turpretī nedrīkst; viens var peldēties, cits nē ― one child is allowed to tan, while the other is not; one can (= may) swim, the other (can't)
Conjugation
Synonyms
- (of "to be able to"): spēt
- (of "to be allowed to"): drīkstēt
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