No. 967 in Latvian
ģimeni
"Ģimeni" in English means "family" (accusative form in Latvian).
In a sentence
Es ļoti mīlu savu ģimeni.
I love my family very much.
'ģimeni' is the accusative singular form of the noun 'ģimene', used here to denote the direct object of the verb 'mīlēt' (to love).
Man ir liela ģimene.
I have a large family.
'ģimene' here is the nominative singular form and serves as the subject of the sentence, indicating the entity being described.
Mēs apciemojām drauga ģimeni.
We visited a friend's family.
'ģimeni' functions as the direct object of the verb 'apciemot' (to visit) in its accusative singular form and refers to the group of people belonging to the friend's family.
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