No. 105 in Latvian
nepieciešams
Necessary.
In a sentence
Ir nepieciešams vairāk laika, lai pabeigtu šo projektu.
It is necessary to have more time to finish this project.
Here, "nepieciešams" is used as a predicate to indicate a requirement or necessity in a general context.
Šajā darbā ir nepieciešamas precizitāte un pacietība.
In this task, precision and patience are necessary.
In this example, "nepieciešams" agrees with the plural feminine subject "precizitāte un pacietība" to describe required qualities.
Viņš ieguva visu, kas bija nepieciešams, lai izpildītu eksperimentu.
He obtained everything that was necessary to perform the experiment.
Here, "nepieciešams" is used in its neuter form as part of a relative clause to specify an essential condition.
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