No. 72 in Latvian
kuras
The Latvian word "kuras" means "which" (feminine plural genitive/accusative form).
In a sentence
Es satiku cilvēku, kuras brālis dzīvo Īrijā.
I met a person whose brother lives in Ireland.
Here, "kuras" acts as a relative pronoun introducing a subordinate clause and refers to a feminine noun in the genitive case.
Šīs ir grāmatas, kuras man ļoti patīk lasīt.
These are the books which I really enjoy reading.
Here, "kuras" is a relative pronoun that refers to a plural feminine antecedent and is in the accusative case indicating the object of the verb 'to read'.
Man ir problēma, kuras atrisināšanai vajadzīgs laiks.
I have a problem for the resolution of which time is needed.
In this case, "kuras" connects the noun 'problem' with its descriptive phrase, functioning as a relative pronoun in the genitive case, linking possession or association.
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