No. 191 in Latvian
kādas
The Latvian word "kādas" means "what kind of" or "some" (feminine plural).
In a sentence
Kādas grāmatas tu lasi?
What kind of books do you read?
Here, 'kādas' refers to specifying qualities or attributes among books, acting as an interrogative pronoun.
Es nezinu, kādas problēmas viņš piedzīvoja.
I don't know what kind of problems he faced.
In this sentence, 'kādas' specifies an unknown set or type of problems, used as an indefinite pronoun.
Vecmāmiņa man uzdāvināja dažas vecās fotogrāfijas, par kurām stāstīja kādas interesantas lietas.
Grandma gave me some old photographs about which she told some interesting things.
Here, 'kādas' introduces descriptive elements or anecdotes about 'interesantas lietas,' functioning descriptively.
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