Meaning of doties | Babel Free
Definitions
- to give oneself; reflexive of dot
- to go, to set off, to set out, to leave (to put oneself in motion in order to reach a certain goal, either on foot or in a vehicle)
- to go somewhere to carry out a certain action, to participate in a certain activity
Examples
“doties līdzi draugam”
to go with a friend
“doties pāri ielai”
to go across the street
“doties laukā no istabas”
to go out of the room
“doties uz mājām”
to go home
“doties uz pilsētu”
to go to the city
“doties pa kāpnēm lejā”
to go down the stairs
“doties laivā pāri upei”
to go across the river on a boat
“doties uz staciju ar motociklu”
to go to the station by motorcycle
“doties atpakaļ ar lidmašīnu”
to go back by airplane
“govis dodas uz ganībām”
the cows went to pasture
“laiva dodas pa upi lejup”
the boat went down the river
“skriešus doties cauri mežam”
to go running through the forest
“lēniem soļiem doties kalnā augšā”
to go up the hill with slow steps
“Alvils Dzeguze, neaizgājis līdz ārdurvīm, apgriezās un devās atpakaļ uz laboratoriju”
Alvils Dzeguze, (having decided) not to go to the front door, turned around and went back to the laboratory
“doties uz izstādi”
to go to an exhibition
“doties pie darba”
to go to work
“doties ekskursijā, ceļojumā”
to go on a tour, on a trip
“doties mēdības”
to go hunting
“doties uz fronti”
to go to the (war) front
“doties briesmās”
to go to danger (= to a dangerous situation)
“signālu doties kaujā saņēma arī mūsu bataljons”
also our battalion received the signal to go to battle
“pēc kādas stundas devāmies atkal ceļā un braucām līdz pat saules rietam”
after about an hour we went back on our way and traveled up to the very sunset
CEFR level
This word is part of the CEFR A1 vocabulary — beginner level.
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