Meaning of tur | Babel Free

Definitions

1. used to reinforce the meaning of a word or utterance
2. used to indicate an unnamed location relatively far from the speaker; there, in that place
3. used to refer back to a previously mentioned location, or to a place to be mentioned in a following subordinate clause; there
4. used to refer to a situation, state, event, which is connected, often indirectly, to the speaker
5. used to indicate an unnamed location, relatively far from the speaker, as the target of motion; there, thither, to that place

Examples

“kas tur ir?”

who is there?

“tur augšā”

up there

“redzi, tur tā ir bumbiere!... bet tur - divas ābeles!”

look, there, that is a pear tree!... and there - two apple trees!

“mašīna iebrauca pagalmā un tur apstājās”

the car came into the courtyard and stopped there

“zēnam negribējās iet atpakaļ uz māju; tur tagad tumšs...”

the boy didn't want to go back to the house; there it was now dark...

“arī es esmu tur, kur stāvēja mājas”

I, too, am there, where the houses used to be

“droši vien Toms arī labi pelna, bet viesnīcu dzīve un ceļojumi ir dārgi; tur maz kas var palikt pāri...”

Toms probably earns well (= enough money), but a life of hotels and trips is expensive; there only little (money) can be left...

“māt, neej tumsā, neej, māt! tur nav neviena paša klāt...”

mother, don't go in the dark, don't go, mother! there is nobody present there...

“viņi gāja tur visi trīs, kā toreiz, šurpu uz ciemu nākot”

they went there, all three of them, like that time, coming here to the village

“laiva peldēja nevis tur, kur es gribēju, uz augšu... bet slīdēja pa straumi lēni lejup”

the ship did not go there, where I wanted, upstream... but slid slowly down the stream

“bet, vai par augstāko kungu skaitās Varšava vai Pēterburga... kāda gan tur atšķirība?”

but, if (we) count Warsaw or (St.) Petersburg as (our) supreme lord... what difference there (= does it make)?

“savādi ar tiem pieradumiem: rokas un kājas pašas kust, kur vienmēr kustējušas, ka tur vai pasaules gals”

strage, those habits: the hands and legs move by themselves where they always moved, that there (= even if it is) the end of the world

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