nǟdõ

See also: Appendix:Variations of "nado"

Livonian

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *näktäk.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /næːdə/

Verb

nǟ'dõ

1. (transitive) to see
   • Tiit-Rein Viitso, Valts Ernštreits (2012–2013), Līvõkīel-ēstikīel-lețkīel sõnārōntõz, Tartu, Rīga: TÜ, LVA

     neme nǟb

     obviously, as can be observed

     palgstõ palgõ nǟdõ

     to see in person

     (literally, “cheek in cheek”)

     ūnda nǟdõ

     to have a dream

     (literally, “to see a dream”)

     jõvād sīlmad, sieldõ nǟb neiku kašpūoga

     keen eyesight (lit. "good eyes"), sees clearly as a kitten

     ma sieldõ neiz siedā eņtš sīlmaks

     I clearly saw it with my own eyes

     sōb nǟdõ!

     we'll see!

Conjugation

		singular (ikšlug)			plural (pǟgiņlug)
		1st person (ežmi pärsōn)	2nd person (tuoi pärsōn)	3rd person (kuolmõz pärsōn)	1st person (ežmi pärsōn)	2nd person (tuoi pärsōn)	3rd person (kuolmõz pärsōn)
indicative		ma	sa	ta	mēg	tēg	ne
	present (paldīņāiga)	nǟb	nǟd	nǟb	nǟm	nǟt	nǟbõd
	past (lǟndāiga)	neiz	neizt	neiz	neizmõ	neiztõ	neiztõ
	future perfect	līb nǟnd	līd nǟnd	līb nǟnd	līm(õ) nǟnõd	līt(õ) nǟnõd	lībõd nǟnõd
indicative negative		ma	sa	ta	mēg	tēg	ne
	present (paldīņāiga)	äb nǟ	äd nǟ	äb nǟ	äb nǟm	ät nǟtõ	äb nǟtõ
	past (lǟndāiga)	iz nǟ	izt nǟ	iz nǟ	iz nǟm	izt nǟtõ	izt nǟtõ
	future perfect	äb lī nǟnd	äd lī nǟnd	äb lī nǟnd	äb līm(õ) nǟnõd	ät līt(õ) nǟnõd	äb līt(õ) nǟnõd
imperative		—	(sa)	—	(mēg)	(tēg)	—
		—1	nǟ!	—1	(nǟgõm!)2	nǟgid!	—1
imperative negative		—	(sa)	—	(mēg)	(tēg)	—
		—3	alā nǟ!	—3	(algõm nǟgõm!)2	algid nǟgid!	—3
conditional		ma	sa	ta	mēg	tēg	ne
		nǟks	nǟkst	nǟks	nǟksmõ	nǟkstõ	nǟkstõ
conditional negative		ma	sa	ta	mēg	tēg	ne
		äb nǟks	äd nǟkst	äb nǟks	äb nǟksmõ	ät nǟkstõ	äb nǟkstõ
jussive		ma	sa	ta	mēg	tēg	ne
		nǟgõ	nǟgõ	nǟgõ	nǟgõd	nǟgõd	nǟgõd
jussive negative		ma	sa	ta	mēg	tēg	ne
		algõ nǟgõ	algõ nǟgõ	algõ nǟgõ	algõd nǟgõd	algõd nǟgõd	algõd nǟgõd
quotative		ma	sa	ta	mēg	tēg	ne
		nēji	nēji	nēji	nējid	nējid	nējid
debitive		minnõn	sinnõn	tämmõn	mäddõn	täddõn	näntõn
		um nǟmõst	um nǟmõst	um nǟmõst	um nǟmõst	um nǟmõst	um nǟmõst
infinitive			nǟdõ
gerund			nǟdsõ
supine			nǟmõ
supine abessive			nǟmõt
active participle			nǟnd
passive participle			nǟdõd

Conjugation of nǟdõ (4)

¹imperative-like constructions possible with laz (“so that”) + jussive: laz ma/ta nǟgõ, laz ne nǟgõd
²rare, using indicative present more common, laz + jussive construction possible: laz mēg nǟgõd

³possible to imply an indirect request by using jussive negative: algõ ma/ta nǟgõ, algõd ne nǟgõd