No. 628 in Latvian
nauda
Money.
In a sentence
Man ir nepieciešama nauda, lai samaksātu par dzīvokli.
I need money to pay for the apartment.
In this sentence, 'nauda' refers to financial currency needed to cover payments.
Vai tev pietiek naudas grāmatas iegādei?
Do you have enough money to buy a book?
Here, 'naudas' is the possessive singular genitive form of 'nauda', used to specify the sufficient amount of money.
Viņš zaudēja naudu spēlējot kārtis.
He lost money playing cards.
In this context, 'naudu' is in the accusative case, used to indicate the direct object of the verb 'lost'.
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