No. 988 in Latvian
dažiem
"Dažiem" means "to some" or "for some" in English.
In a sentence
Es devu grāmatu dažiem skolēniem.
I gave the book to some students.
Here, 'dažiem' is used in its dative case form, signifying the indirect object ('to some students').
Dažiem cilvēkiem patīk brīvā daba.
Some people like nature.
In this sentence, 'dažiem' is the dative form and details 'to some people' as those experiencing a preference.
Es runāju ar dažiem draugiem par ceļojumu.
I spoke with some friends about the trip.
Here, 'dažiem' is within a prepositional phrase ('with some friends') showing its dative case usage in Latvian.
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