Noun-Derived Verbs: -auti, -uoti

Verbs from Nouns in -auti and -uoti

Level 6

Pietauti means to have lunch, and vairuoti means to drive. Their noun partners are pietūs and vairas.

How It Works

-auti. Pietauti relates to pietūs, lunch. Atostogauti relates to atostogos, a holiday. Their present forms include pietauja and atostogauja; their past forms include pietavo and atostogavo.

-uoti. Vairuoti relates to vairas, a steering wheel; sportuoti relates to sportas. Compare vairuoja in the present and vairavo in the past.

Complements. Each verb has its own pattern: you can vairuoti automobilį, drive a car, while atostogauti normally describes being on holiday without a direct object. A shared suffix does not give all verbs the same case pattern.

Examples (4)

  1. Mes pietaujame kartu.

    We have lunch together.

  2. Vasarą atostogavome prie jūros.

    In summer we were on holiday by the sea.

  3. Ji vairuoja automobilį.

    She drives a car.

  4. Rytais sportuoju.

    I exercise in the mornings.

Common Mistakes

  • Using the third-person form with aš.

    Aš pietauja namie.
    Aš pietauju namie.

    Pietauju is first person; pietauja is third person.

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Noun-Derived Verbs: -auti, -uotiLevel 6Verbs from Nouns in -auti and -uoti

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The suffixes -auti and -uoti can derive activity verbs from nouns.

Words in This Pattern

pietautivairuotipietūsvairas