No. 284 in Latvian
otrajā
"Otrajā" means "on the second" or "in the second" in English, depending on context.
In a sentence
Es paliku otrajā stāvā.
I stayed on the second floor.
Here, 'otrajā' indicates locative case, signaling the location where someone or something is.
Šodien mēs esam otrajā vietā sacensībās.
Today we are in the second place in the competition.
In this sentence, 'otrajā' describes ordinal positioning, used in locative case for 'second place'.
Mājā otrajā stāvā dzīvoja draudzīgs kaimiņš.
A friendly neighbor lived on the second floor of the house.
Here again, 'otrajā' is used to indicate the locative case, detailing the specific position or level.
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