No. 885 in Lithuanian
rado
"Rado" means "found" in English.
In a sentence
Jonas rado pamestą raktą pievoje.
Jonas found the lost key in the meadow.
The word 'rado' in this sentence is the past tense form of the verb 'rasti' (to find), indicating that Jonas successfully discovered the key.
Ji rado laiko pasikalbėti su senu draugu.
She found time to talk to an old friend.
Here, 'rado' conveys that she allocated or discovered an opportunity in her schedule to speak to an old friend.
Vaikai rado žaidimą, kuris jiems labai patiko.
The children found a game that they really liked.
In this instance, 'rado' is used to indicate that the children discovered a game during possibly a search or exploration.
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