Nominal Forms
| Infinitive | censties |
| Negative Infinitive | necensties |
| Verbal Noun | cenšanās |
Indicative
Present
| Sg.1 | cenšos |
| Sg.2 | centies |
| Sg.3 | cenšas |
| Pl.1 | cenšamies |
| Pl.2 | cenšaties |
| Pl.3 | cenšas |
Past
| Sg.1 | centos |
| Sg.2 | centies |
| Sg.3 | centās |
| Pl.1 | centāmies |
| Pl.2 | centāties |
| Pl.3 | centās |
Future
| Sg.1 | centīšos |
| Sg.2 | centīsies |
| Sg.3 | centīsies |
| Pl.1 | centīsimies |
| Pl.2 | centīsities |
| Pl.3 | centīsies |
Imperative
| Sg.2 | centies |
| Sg.3 | lai cenšas |
| Pl.1 | centīsimies |
| Pl.2 | centieties |
| Pl.3 | lai cenšas |
Conditional
| Present | censtos |
| Past | būtu centies |
Renarrative
| Present | cenšoties |
| Past | esot centies |
| Future | centīšoties |
| Imperative | lai cenšoties |
Debitive
| Indicative | būt jācenšas |
| Conjunctive 1 | esot jācenšas |
| Conjunctive 2 | jācenšoties |
Participles
| Present Active 2 | cenzdamies |
| Present Active 3 | cenšoties |
| Present Active 4 | cenšamies |
| Past Active | centies |
Verbs conjugated like censties
censties,
Etymology
1. Originally the reflexive form of an archaic verb censt, from Proto-Baltic *kensti, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *kenstei, from *kent-ti, from Proto-Indo-European *ken- with an extra t, meaning “to try hard, to strive for, to hurry” from an earlier “to rise, to stretch.”
2. The meaning of censties would thus have evolved from “to stretch oneself” to “to make an effort, to strive for.” Note, in addition to the standard forms with š (cenšos < *kentyuos), there are also dialectal forms with t (centos) and with s (censos), which explains why, alongside standard derived forms centīgs, centība, there are also parallel forms like censīgs, sacensība and censonis.
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