Understanding Continuous Tenses in Latvian: Exercises

Understanding the continuous tenses in Latvian can be a challenging yet rewarding endeavor for language learners. Unlike English, Latvian does not have direct equivalents of the continuous tenses, which can make it tricky to grasp their usage and nuances. Our exercises are designed to help you navigate this aspect of the Latvian language by providing practical examples and scenarios where continuous tenses would be applied. Through these exercises, you will gain a deeper understanding of how to convey ongoing actions, habitual activities, and temporary states in Latvian, thereby enhancing your overall language proficiency. The exercises on this page will guide you through various contexts and sentence structures to illustrate the use of continuous tenses in Latvian. You will encounter a variety of activities ranging from fill-in-the-blank sentences to more complex translation tasks, all aimed at reinforcing your understanding. By engaging with these exercises, you will develop the skills needed to accurately describe actions in progress, whether you are talking about what you are doing right now, what you do regularly, or what you were doing at a specific time in the past. With consistent practice, you will find that expressing continuous actions in Latvian becomes more intuitive and natural.

Exercise 1

1. Es *esmu lasot* grāmatu (verb for reading).

2. Viņa *ir skrienot* pa parku (verb for running).

3. Mēs *esam mācoties* jaunu valodu (verb for learning).

4. Viņi *ir gatavojot* vakariņas (verb for cooking).

5. Tu *esi rakstot* vēstuli (verb for writing).

6. Suns *ir guļot* uz dīvāna (verb for sleeping).

7. Bērni *ir spēlējot* pagalmā (verb for playing).

8. Viņš *ir peldot* baseinā (verb for swimming).

9. Es *esmu skatoties* filmu (verb for watching).

10. Jūs *esat dziedot* dziesmu (verb for singing).

Exercise 2

1. Es *esmu lasījis* šo grāmatu (verb for reading, present perfect tense).

2. Viņi *ēd* vakariņas (verb for eating, present continuous tense).

3. Mēs *esam rakstot* jaunu projektu (verb for writing, present perfect continuous tense).

4. Viņa *ir skatījusies* filmu (verb for watching, present perfect tense).

5. Jūs *esat mācoties* latviešu valodu (verb for learning, present perfect continuous tense).

6. Es *biju strādājot* līdz vēlam vakaram (verb for working, past perfect continuous tense).

7. Viņš *ir gulējis* visu dienu (verb for sleeping, present perfect tense).

8. Mēs *bijām braucot* uz laukiem (verb for driving, past perfect continuous tense).

9. Jūs *ēdat* ābolu (verb for eating, present continuous tense).

10. Viņa *ir runājusi* ar draugiem (verb for talking, present perfect tense).

Exercise 3

1. Viņa *ēd* pusdienas (verb for eating).

2. Mēs *lasām* grāmatu (verb for reading).

3. Es *rakstu* vēstuli (verb for writing).

4. Jūs *gatavojat* vakariņas (verb for cooking).

5. Viņi *skraida* pa parku (verb for running).

6. Viņa *dzied* dziesmu (verb for singing).

7. Bērni *spēlē* futbolu (verb for playing).

8. Mēs *zīmējam* attēlu (verb for drawing).

9. Tu *skatījies* filmu (verb for watching).

10. Viņš *mācās* latviešu valodu (verb for studying).