Answers to Exercises, Lesson 9

Nouns which were in brackets have now been put into the correct form:
  1. ar Ilzi (with Ilze)
  2. no mātes (from (my) mother)
  3. pēc piena (after milk)
  4. pēc tējas (after tea)
  5. uz kafija (to coffee)
  6. no laikraksts (from (the) newspaper)
  7. ar rakstnieku (with a writer)
English sentences translated into Latvian :
  1. Mēs redzējām Ilzi šodien. (We saw Ilze today.)
  2. Vai tu dziedāji no rīta? (Were you (singular) singing during the morning?)
  3. Vai Rita mācīja aritmētiku? (Did Rita teach arithmetic?)
  4. Kam Jūs rakstījāt vēstuli? (To whom did you (formal) write the letter?)
  5. Es gribēju lasīt laikrakstu. (I wanted to read the newspaper.)
  6. Vai Roberts iet ar tevi? (Is Robert going with you (singular))?
Latvian sentences translated into English:
  1. She read that in a/the book. (Viņa to lasīja grāmatā.)
  2. I called (my) mother. or: I telephoned (my) mother. (Es zvanīju mātei.)
  3. Is that a folk song? (Vai tā ir tautas dziesma?)
  4. What are they doing with a/the telephone? (Ko viņi dara ar telefonu?)
  5. Did you ask Ilze? (Vai jūs prasījāt Ilzei?)
  6. Where are you going? (Kur tu eji?)


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