No. 108 in Latvian
jauno
The Latvian word "jauno" is the accusative or genitive singular form of "jauns," meaning "new" or "young" in English.
In a sentence
Es satiku jauno skolotāju vakar.
I met the new teacher yesterday.
'Jauno' is used as an adjective meaning 'new' in the accusative singular form to describe the object 'teacher'.
Tas ir jauno cilvēku sapnis.
It is the dream of young people.
Here, 'jauno' functions as an adjective in the genitive plural form to describe 'people' in possessive case 'of'.
Viņa stāstīja par jauno mākslinieku.
She talked about the new artist.
In this sentence, 'jauno' is in the accusative singular form and describes the direct object of the prepositional phrase 'about the new artist'.
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