No. 278 in Latvian
amatpersonas
Officials.
In a sentence
Amatpersonas regulāri pārbauda sabiedriskās drošības standartus.
Officials regularly inspect public safety standards.
Here, 'amatpersonas' is used in its nominative plural form, referring to officials as those carrying out regular inspections.
Mēs vērsāmies pie valsts amatpersonas ar sūdzību.
We approached a government official with a complaint.
In this sentence, 'amatpersonas' is in the singular form (contextually implied), used with a possessive qualifier 'valsts' to describe a specific official.
Diskusijas laikā tika kritizēti dažādu amatpersonu lēmumi.
During the discussion, decisions of various officials were criticized.
Here, 'amatpersonu' is the genitive plural form, indicating possession or association, referring to the decisions made by officials.
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