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• gribēt ēst, dzert
  • to be hungry, thirsty (lit. to want to eat, to drink)
• gribēt strādāt, mācīties
  • to want to work, to study
• bērns grib gulēt
  • the child wants to sleep
• dara, ko grib
  • (he) does what (he) wants
• gribot negribot
  • wanting, not wanting (= willy-nilly)
• negribēt (ne) dzirdēt
  • not (even) want to hear (= to be categorically against)
• visas tautas grib mieru, grib celt jaunus namus, dēstīt dārzus
  • all peoples want piece, (they) want to build new houses, to plant gardens
• viņš grib līdz vakaram pabeigt iesākto darbu
  • he wants to finish the work (he) started by evening
• mitrā malka negribēja degt
  • the wet firewood didn't want to (= couldn't, wouldn't) burn
• gribēju izdarīt lielu kļūdu
  • I wanted (= was about) to make a big mistake
• skapis gandrīz gribēja apgāzties
  • the cupboard almost wanted (= was likely) to fall over
• tik liels un pieaudzis viņš ilgos gados bija kļuvis, ka Pelašķiene to pirmajā mirklī lāgā pazīt negribēja
  • (in, during) many years he had grown so big that Pelašķiene at first didn't quite want to (= couldn't quite) recognize him
• Ozols gribēja Vili iepazīstin