No. 250 in Latvian
sēdē
The Latvian word "sēdē" means "a sitting" or "a session" in English.
In a sentence
Man patīk sēdēt pie ezera.
I like to sit by the lake.
The word 'sēdēt' in this sentence is the verb in its infinitive form, meaning 'to sit'.
Viņš piedalījās darba sēdē vakarā.
He participated in a work meeting in the evening.
In this sentence, 'sēdē' is a noun that translates to 'meeting', showing how the form changes depending on grammatical case.
Bērni atsēdās uz krēsla.
The children sat on the chair.
Here, 'atsēdās' is a conjugated form of the verb, expressing the past tense and the action of sitting down in a reflexive manner.
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