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• vai drīkstu ienākt?
  • may I come in?
• vai tu drīksti iet peldēt?
  • are you allowed to go swimming?
• tu nedrīksti to darīt
  • you may not, are not allowed to do that
• slimnieks vēl nedrīkst celties
  • the patient is not allowed to get up yet
• vai nu es drīkstēju tos kokus cirst, un tad man nekas nav jāmaksā, vai es viņus nedrīkstēju cirst, un tad es esmu zaglis?
  • either I was allowed, had the right to cut (down) those trees, and then I don't have to pay anything, or then I was not allowed, didn't have the right to cut (them), and then I am a thief?
• tu esi jau pieaudzis, tāpēc es domāju, ka drīkstu to atstāstīt
  • you are already a grownup, so I think that I now may, am allowed to retell it (= tell that story again)
• Ozols saprata, ka ilgāk nedrīkst vilcināties, jāatklāj sapulce, kaut arī reģistrācija vēl nebija sagatavota
  • Ozols understood that he could not hesitate any longer, it was necessary to open the meeting, even though the registration had not yet been prepared
• vai drīkstētu viņu traucēt, ieiet izrunāties?
  • would he have time (lit. could he be disturbed) to be visited to talk it over?
• arī pats Bite nebija nekāds runātājs, bet tā iedresēts, ka sievas un meitas klātbūtnē drīkstēja tikai piebalsot
  • by himself Bite wasn't a big talker, and he was trained in such a way that in the presence of his wife and daughter he dared only agree