arī
Also: Arī
Arī means also or too. Put it right before the word it adds: Arī Anna nāk (Anna is coming too), Anna runā arī angliski (Anna speaks English too).
How It Works
Put arī before the word it adds. Moving arī changes what is added:
- Arī Anna runā latviski. Anna speaks Latvian too (Anna, as well as other people).
- Anna runā arī angliski. Anna speaks English too (English, as well as other languages).
- Te ir kafija un arī tēja. There is coffee here, and tea too.
With a subject pronoun, arī often comes right after it: Es arī esmu no Rīgas. (I am from Riga too.)
Short replies: me too. Repeat only the person and add arī. The person keeps the form it would have in the full sentence:
- Es esmu students. — Es arī! (es, because the sentence uses es esmu)
- Man patīk kafija. — Man arī! (man, because patīk takes the dative)
- Man ir suns. — Man arī! (man, because of man ir)
Me neither. After a negative sentence, add ne: Es nezinu. — Es arī ne. (I don't know. — Me neither.) Man nepatīk piens. — Man arī ne. You will also often see it written Es arī nē. In a full sentence, keep arī and the negative verb: Es arī nezinu. (I don't know either.)
Arī in longer phrases. Later you will meet it in ne tikai ..., bet arī (not only ..., but also) and kā arī (as well as).
Examples (6)
- Man patīk kafija. — Man arī!
I like coffee. — Me too!
Word by Word: To-me pleases coffee. — To-me also!
The reply keeps the dative man from the first sentence.
- Es esmu no Rīgas. — Es arī!
I'm from Riga. — Me too!
Word by Word: I am from Riga. — I also!
Here the first sentence uses es, so the reply is es arī.
- Arī Anna nāk.
Anna is coming too.
Word by Word: Also Anna comes.
Arī stands before Anna: she is coming, as well as others.
- Anna runā arī angliski.
Anna speaks English too.
Word by Word: Anna speaks also English.
Arī stands before angliski: English, as well as other languages.
- Es nezinu. — Es arī ne.
I don't know. — Me neither.
Word by Word: I not-know. — I also not.
After a negative sentence, add ne.
- Te ir kafija un arī tēja.
There is coffee here, and tea too.
Word by Word: Here is coffee and also tea.
Arī adds one more item.
Common Mistakes
Answering a dative sentence with es arī.
Man patīk kafija. — Es arī!Man patīk kafija. — Man arī!Patīk and ir put the person in the dative, so the short reply is man arī.
Putting arī before the wrong word. Here the speaker means that Anna speaks English as well as Latvian.
Arī Anna runā angliski.Anna runā arī angliski.Arī before Anna adds Anna to other people. To add English to other languages, put arī before angliski.
How It Connects
Learn This First
Arī usually goes before the word it adds, but follows the pronoun in short replies such as Es arī.
Related Patterns
- patīk + DativeLiking with Patīk
Man patīk ... — Man arī: the reply keeps the dative.
Level 1 - man irHaving: Man Ir
Man ir ... — Man arī works the same way.
Level 1 - un / bet / vaiAnd, But and or
Un (and) often comes with arī: un arī tēja.
Level 2 - ne tikai ... bet arīNot Only ... but Also
Arī in the pair not only ..., but also.
Level 4 - kā arīAs Well as: Kā Arī
Kā arī (as well as) adds items in careful style.
Level 5 - gan ... ganBoth ... and
Another way to join two things equally.
Level 3
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