dancot
Latvian
Etymology
From the same source as dancis (“dance”), made into a 2nd-conjugation verb (ending -ot).
Pronunciation
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Verb
dancot (intr., 2nd conj., pres. dancoju, danco, danco, past dancoju)
- (dated sense) to dance (especially ballroom dance)
- ņemt, lūgt dancot ― to take, to invite to dance
- dancot ar kādu pārī ― to dance with someone as a pair
- tā kā Vecurijos nebija kambara, kur dancot, kāzinieki jau vakarpusē pārgāja uz Upesrijiem ― since in Veecuriji there was no ballrom where (one could) dance, the wedding party went in the evening over to Upesriji
- (colloquial, of animals) to dance (to make quick, often jumping, movements)
- mušas dancoja pa loga rūtīm ― the flies were dancing along the window panes
- zirgs iet, dancodams vien ― the horse goes, dancing (= trotting) alone
- govis danco pa aploku ― the cow dances (= moves around) in the corral
- (colloquial, of people) to dance (to obey someone's orders unquestioningly)
- gan tu man dancosi! ― you will dance to (= for) me (= do what I say)
- likums dancos pēc manas gribas ― the law will dance to my will
Conjugation
conjugation of dancot
| INDICATIVE (īstenības izteiksme) | IMPERATIVE (pavēles izteiksme) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Present (tagadne) | Past (pagātne) | Future (nākotne) | |||
| 1st pers. sg. | es | dancoju | dancoju | dancošu | — |
| 2nd pers. sg. | tu | danco | dancoji | dancosi | danco |
| 3rd pers. sg. | viņš, viņa | danco | dancoja | dancos | lai danco |
| 1st pers. pl. | mēs | dancojam | dancojām | dancosim | dancosim |
| 2nd pers. pl. | jūs | dancojat | dancojāt | dancosiet, dancosit | dancojiet |
| 3rd pers. pl. | viņi, viņas | danco | dancoja | dancos | lai danco |
| RENARRATIVE (atstāstījuma izteiksme) | PARTICIPLES (divdabji) | ||||
| Present | dancojot | Present Active 1 (Adj.) | dancojošs | ||
| Past | esot dancojis | Present Active 2 (Adv.) | dancodams | ||
| Future | dancošot | Present Active 3 (Adv.) | dancojot | ||
| Imperative | lai dancojot | Present Active 4 (Obj.) | dancojam | ||
| CONDITIONAL (vēlējuma izteiksme) | Past Active | dancojis | |||
| Present | dancotu | Present Passive | — | ||
| Past | būtu dancojis | Past Passive | — | ||
| DEBITIVE (vajadzības izteiksme) | NOMINAL FORMS | ||||
| Indicative | (būt) jādanco | Infinitive (nenoteiksme) | dancot | ||
| Conjunctive 1 | esot jādanco | Negative Infinitive | nedancot | ||
| Conjunctive 2 | jādancojot | Verbal noun | dancošana | ||
Synonyms
- dejot
Derived terms
- prefixed verbs:
- iedancot
- izdancot
- nodancot
- padancot
- piedancot
- sadancot
- uzdancot
Derived terms
- dancināt
Related terms
- dancis