tagadne
See also: tagadnē
Latvian
Alternative forms
- (obsolete form) tagadiene
Etymology
Coined by Atis Kronvalds in 1869, from tagad (“now”) + -ne, at first in the form tagadiene, later on (in the 1870s} in its present form. As a grammatical term, it was first used by A. Stērste in 1879.[1]
Noun
tagadne f (5th declension)
- present (the current time period; the circumstances of the current time period)
- tas ir tagadnes cilvēka lāsts ― this is the curse of present-day man (lit. person)
- režisors pievērsies filozofiskiem vispārinājumiem, meklē dzīvo saikni starp vakardienu, šodienu un rītdienu, starp pagātni, tagadni un nākotni ― the (film) director turned to philosophical generalizations, he looked for a living link between yesterday, today, and tomorrow, between the past, the present, and the future
- (linguistics, grammar) present tense (a verb form describing an action that happens in the present time, at the moment of speech)
- vienkāršā, saliktā tagadne ― simple, compound present
- tagadnes lokāmais divdabis ― inflected present participle
Declension
Declension of tagadne (5th declension)
| singular (vienskaitlis) | plural (daudzskaitlis) | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative (nominatīvs) | tagadne | — |
| accusative (akuzatīvs) | tagadni | — |
| genitive (ģenitīvs) | tagadnes | — |
| dative (datīvs) | tagadnei | — |
| instrumental (instrumentālis) | tagadni | — |
| locative (lokatīvs) | tagadnē | — |
| vocative (vokatīvs) | tagadne | — |
Synonyms
- (of "current time period"): mūsdienas, šodiena
Derived terms
- tagadnes laiks
Related terms
- tagadējs
See also
- nākotne
- pagātne
References
- Karulis, Konstantīns (1992), “tagadne”, in Latviešu Etimoloģijas Vārdnīca (in Latvian), Rīga: AVOTS, →ISBN