jēgt
Latvian
    
    Etymology
    
From the same stem as the noun jēga (“meaning, sense, understanding”), made into a first-conjugation verb (ending -t).[1]
Pronunciation
    
- IPA(key): [jɛ̄kt]
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Verb
    
jēgt (tr., 1st conj., pres. jēdzu, jēdz, jēdz, past jēdzu)
- to know how, to be able to; to understand, to grasp
- viņš no kā nekā nejēdz ― he doesn't know anything about that
- ko viņš jēdz no medicīnas! ― what does he know about medicine!
- vai tad viņš jēdz strādāt! ― he sure knows how to work!
- prasi, vai viņš pats jēdz, ko runā ― ask if he knows what he is saying
- vai tad veterinārārste kaut ko jēdz arī? ― does the veterinarian know anything at all?
- nejēgdams un nejuzdams, ko dara, viņš izlaida pātagu no rokas un sabruka zemē ― not knowing and not feeling (instinctively) what to do, he let the whip fall from his hand and collapsed on the ground
 
Conjugation
    
conjugation of jēgt
| INDICATIVE (īstenības izteiksme) | IMPERATIVE (pavēles izteiksme) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Present (tagadne) | Past (pagātne) | Future (nākotne) | |||
| 1st pers. sg. | es | jēdzu | jēdzu | jēgšu | — | 
| 2nd pers. sg. | tu | jēdz | jēdzi | jēgsi | jēdz | 
| 3rd pers. sg. | viņš, viņa | jēdz | jēdza | jēgs | lai jēdz | 
| 1st pers. pl. | mēs | jēdzam | jēdzām | jēgsim | jēgsim | 
| 2nd pers. pl. | jūs | jēdzat | jēdzāt | jēgsiet, jēgsit | jēdziet | 
| 3rd pers. pl. | viņi, viņas | jēdz | jēdza | jēgs | lai jēdz | 
| RENARRATIVE (atstāstījuma izteiksme) | PARTICIPLES (divdabji) | ||||
| Present | jēdzot | Present Active 1 (Adj.) | jēdzošs | ||
| Past | esot jēdzis | Present Active 2 (Adv.) | jēgdams | ||
| Future | jēgšot | Present Active 3 (Adv.) | jēdzot | ||
| Imperative | lai jēdzot | Present Active 4 (Obj.) | jēdzam | ||
| CONDITIONAL (vēlējuma izteiksme) | Past Active | jēdzis | |||
| Present | jēgtu | Present Passive | jēdzams | ||
| Past | būtu jēdzis | Past Passive | jēgts | ||
| DEBITIVE (vajadzības izteiksme) | NOMINAL FORMS | ||||
| Indicative | (būt) jājēdz | Infinitive (nenoteiksme) | jēgt | ||
| Conjunctive 1 | esot jājēdz | Negative Infinitive | nejēgt | ||
| Conjunctive 2 | jājēdzot | Verbal noun | jēgšana | ||
Synonyms
    
- mācēt
- prast
Related terms
    
References
    
- Karulis, Konstantīns (1992), “jēga”, in Latviešu Etimoloģijas Vārdnīca (in Latvian), Rīga: AVOTS, →ISBN
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