No. 453 in Latvian
kurus
"Kurus" is the accusative plural form of "kurš," meaning "whom" or "which" in English.
In a sentence
Es zinu cilvēkus, kurus redzēju vakar.
I know the people who I saw yesterday.
Here, "kurus" serves as a relative pronoun referring to the object (people) that is being seen.
Grāmatas, kurus viņš izvēlējās, bija interesantas.
The books he chose were interesting.
"Kurus" here is the relative pronoun used for the object (books) that were chosen.
Vai tu saproti vārdus, kurus viņa lietoja?
Do you understand the words that she used?
In this sentence, "kurus" acts as a relative pronoun linking the object (words) with the subject's action (using them).
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