verta + infinitive
Worth Doing with Verta
Use verta with an infinitive to say something is worth doing: Verta pamatyti. (It is worth seeing.) The negative is neverta: Neverta jaudintis. (It is not worth worrying.)
How It Works
Verta + infinitive
This impersonal pattern works like galima and reikia. The object of the infinitive takes its normal case:
- Vilniaus senamiestį tikrai verta aplankyti. (Vilnius Old Town is really worth visiting.)
- Ar verta pirkti naują telefoną? (Is it worth buying a new phone?)
Add a dative for the person: Tau verta pabandyti. (You should give it a try.) Change the time with buvo or bus: Buvo verta palaukti. (It was worth the wait.) See Allowed and Not Allowed.
The negative
Write neverta as one word: Neverta dėl to jaudintis. (It is not worth worrying about that.) See Negating Adjectives and Adverbs.
Vertas, verta + genitive
Here vertas is an adjective meaning worth or deserving. It takes a genitive and agrees with its subject:
- Šis filmas vertas dėmesio. (This film deserves attention.)
- Ši knyga verta dėmesio. (This book deserves attention.)
- Tai verta dėmesio. (That deserves attention.) With tai, the neuter form is verta.
Examples (6)
- Verta pamatyti.
It is worth seeing.
Word by Word: Worth to-see.
- Vilniaus senamiestį tikrai verta aplankyti.
Vilnius Old Town is really worth visiting.
Word by Word: Of-Vilnius old-town really worth to-visit.
Senamiestį is accusative because it is the object of aplankyti.
- Neverta dėl to jaudintis.
It is not worth worrying about that.
Word by Word: Not-worth because-of that to-worry.
- Buvo verta palaukti.
It was worth the wait.
Word by Word: Was worth to-wait.
- Tai verta dėmesio.
That deserves attention.
Word by Word: That worth of-attention.
- Šis filmas tikrai vertas dėmesio.
This film really deserves attention.
Word by Word: This film really worth of-attention.
Vertas agrees with the masculine noun filmas.
Common Mistakes
Putting the object of the infinitive in the nominative.
Verta aplankyti Vilniaus senamiestis.Verta aplankyti Vilniaus senamiestį.Senamiestis is the object of aplankyti, so it goes into the accusative: senamiestį.
Not making vertas agree with its subject.
Šis filmas verta dėmesio.Šis filmas vertas dėmesio.With a subject noun, vertas is an adjective. Filmas is masculine, so the form is vertas.
Writing the negative as two words.
Ne verta dėl to jaudintis.Neverta dėl to jaudintis.Ne is written together with verta, just as with other adjectives and adverbs: neverta.
How It Connects
Learn This First
Verta evaluates an infinitive action without a nominative subject.
Related Patterns
- galima + infinitiveAllowed and Not Allowed
Another impersonal word followed by an infinitive.
Level 2 - man reikiaNeeding with Reikia
Reikia works the same way, with an optional dative person.
Level 2 - ne- + adjective or adverbNegating Adjectives and Adverbs
Explains why neverta is written as one word.
Level 2 - Accusative Direct Object
An infinitive such as aplankyti takes an accusative direct object after verta. Other verbs keep their own case requirements.
Level 1
Words in This Pattern
Practice verta + infinitive in Bubblegum
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