minūtes

In a sentence

• Es pagatavoju tēju divās minūtēs.

  I prepared tea in two minutes.

  The word 'minūtes' indicates a unit of time in plural form, used as the object of the preposition 'in' (within a period).

• Mums ir desmit minūtes, līdz sākas lekcija.

  We have ten minutes until the lecture starts.

  Here, 'minūtes' represents the time duration available, used with a present-tense verb to indicate possession of time left.

• Filma ilga divas stundas un trīsdesmit minūtes.

  The movie lasted two hours and thirty minutes.

  In this context, 'minūtes' reflects part of a specific time duration, used in connection with 'thirty' to quantify time precisely.