Meaning of pagātne | Babel Free

Definitions

1. past (time period anterior to the present; circumstances previous to the present, current ones)
   declension-5, feminine
2. locative singular of pagātne
   feminine, form-of, locative, singular
3. past (verb form describing an action that happens before the current time, before the time of speech)
   declension-5, feminine

Equivalents

Examples

“tāla pagātne”

distant past

“atcerēties savu pagātni”

to remember one's past

“vēsturiskā, ģeoloģiskā pagātne”

historical, geological past

“tautas pagātne”

the past of a people, ethnic past

“par pagātni vēsta seni raksti, tagadni savām acīm var redzēt ikviens, un nākotne ir noslēpums visiem”

old writings tell about the past, everybody can see the present with their own eyes, and the future is a mystery to all

“cik vien tālu Kaspars spēja atskatīties pagātnē, ziemas vienmēr bija atnākušas pa nakti”

as far as Kaspars could look into the past, winters always came during the night

“vienkāršā, saliktā pagātne”

simple, compound past

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