gatavot

Latvian

Etymology

From the same stem as the adjective gatavs (“ready”) (q.v.), made into a regular 2nd-conjugation verb.^[1]

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [ɡatavuôt]
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Verb

gatavot (transitive, 2nd conjugation, present gatavoju, gatavo, gatavo, past gatavoju)

to prepare, to produce, to build, to make (to act so that something reaches a state desired or necessary for some use, some task, etc.)
gatavot aparātus ― to prepare, to build engines, machines

gatavot no māliem ķieģelus ― to prepare, to produce bricks with clay

gatavot ķīmisku vielu maisījumu ― to prepare a mixture of chemicals

gatavot zāles ― to prepare medicine

pēc mākslinieku zīmējumiem fabrikas meistari gatavoja porcelāna izstrādājumus ― the factory specialists prepared, produced the porcelain products according to the artist's drawings
to prepare, to cook (to make food ready for consumption)
gatavot pudiņu ― to prepare, to make a pudding

gatavot brokastis, pusdienas, vakariņas ― to prepare, to cook breakfast, lunch, dinner

ēdienus gatavoja divas saimnieces no Klidziņas kluba ― two ladies from the Klidziņa club prepared, cooked the food

biešu salātus var gatavot arī ar kartupeļiem ― one can prepare beet salad also with potatoes
to prepare (to make ready for use)
divas istabas tika gatavotas viesu uzņemšanai ― two rooms were prepared to receive guests
(of texts, events) to prepare (to create, to organize)
gatavot rakstu krājumu ― to prepare a collection of articles

gatavot reportāžu, izrādi ― to prepare a report, a show

gatavot stundu ― to prepare a lesson (for the teacher, to prepare for teaching it; for the student, to learn it)

Ozols gatavoja pārskatu par savu darbu pagastā ― Ozols prepared a report, an overview of his work in the parish

un tad viņi ieraudzīja to ilgi gatavoto joku ― and then they saw that long-prepared joke

bērni gatavo skolas uzdevumus ― the children are preparing, doing the school exercises
to prepare (to teach, to train someone, usually for a specific occupation)
gatavot ārstus ― to prepare, to train doctors

institūtā gatavo svešvalodu speciālistus ― in the institute they prepare foreign language specialists

Conjugation

Conjugation of *gatavot*
	indicative (īstenības izteiksme)					imperative (pavēles izteiksme)
		present (tagadne)	past (pagātne)		future (nākotne)	imperative (pavēles izteiksme)
1st person sg	es	gatavoju	gatavoju		gatavošu	—
2nd person sg	tu	gatavo	gatavoji		gatavosi	gatavo
3rd person sg	viņš, viņa	gatavo	gatavoja		gatavos	lai gatavo
1st person pl	mēs	gatavojam	gatavojām		gatavosim	gatavosim
2nd person pl	jūs	gatavojat	gatavojāt		gatavosiet, gatavosit	gatavojiet
3rd person pl	viņi, viņas	gatavo	gatavoja		gatavos	lai gatavo

renarrative (atstāstījuma izteiksme)				participles (divdabji)
present	gatavojot			present active 1 (adj.)		gatavojošs
past	esot gatavojis			present active 2 (adv.)		gatavodams
future	gatavošot			present active 3 (adv.)		gatavojot
imperative	lai gatavojot			present active 4 (obj.)		gatavojam
conditional (vēlējuma izteiksme)				past active		gatavojis
present	gatavotu			present passive		gatavojams
past	būtu gatavojis			past passive		gatavots
debitive (vajadzības izteiksme)				nominal forms
indicative	(būt) jāgatavo			infinitive (nenoteiksme)		gatavot
conjunctive 1	esot jāgatavo			negative infinitive		negatavot
conjunctive 2	jāgatavojot			verbal noun		gatavošana

Synonyms

(of "cook (food)"): cept, vārīt

Derived terms

prefixed verbs:

other derived terms:

gatavoties

Related terms

References

^ Karulis, Konstantīns (1992) “gatavs”, in Latviešu Etimoloģijas Vārdnīca‎^[1] (in Latvian), Rīga: AVOTS, →ISBN

[1] Karulis, Konstantīns (1992) “gatavs”, in Latviešu Etimoloģijas Vārdnīca‎^[1] (in Latvian), Rīga: AVOTS, →ISBN

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