a short period of infertility lī’ti va’it
a long period of infertility pitkā va’it
The cow has a long [period of] infertility. Nī’emõn u’m pitkā va’it.
to find out tieutõ sǭdõ
I found out ma sai tieutõ
infractions i’ļastmõd
by breaking what the law teaches le’b pandõkst opātõks i’ļastāmiz
The Livonian language is our heritage. Līvõ kēļ u’m mä’d pierāndõks.
He was monstrous to his children. Ta vȯ’ļ ä’brištīngli eņtš lapst vastõ.
At first, those were rarely fished. E’žmõks nēḑi vejīz veitõ.
Germany started the war. [~Germany was the initiator of the war.] Saksāmǭ vȯ’ļ suodā irgiji.
Every summer in our village, Brõkšā Gust was the one who started [~was the initiator of] every haymaking season. Mä’d kilās Brõkšā Gust vȯ’ļ jegā sõ’vvõ āinaāiga irgiji.
