No. 381 in Latvian

nekas

"Nothing."

In a sentence

Nekas nenotika pēc tikšanās.
Nothing happened after the meeting.
Here, 'nekas' is used as a subject pronoun to mean 'nothing' in a sentence about an event not occurring.
Man nekas vairs nepatīk no šīs programmas piedāvājumiem.
I no longer like anything from this program's offerings.
In this sentence, 'nekas' functions as a negative pronoun referring to a lack of preference or interest.
Viņi solīja, bet nekas netika izdarīts.
They promised, but nothing was done.
The use of 'nekas' here indicates an absence of action or fulfillment regarding a promise.

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