No. 288 in Latvian
septembrī
"In September."
In a sentence
Septembrī sāksies jaunais skolas gads.
In September, the new school year will start.
The word 'septembrī' here indicates the time when the action (starting the new school year) takes place. It is used in the locative case to denote time.
Manai vecmāmiņai dzimšanas diena ir septembrī.
My grandmother's birthday is in September.
In this sentence, 'septembrī' specifies the month during which the event (birthday) occurs. Again, it employs the locative case for indicating time.
Mēs bieži braucam uz laukiem septembrī, lai novāktu ražu.
We often go to the countryside in September to harvest the crops.
Here, 'septembrī' expresses the temporal frame (September) associated with the activity (harvesting crops). It is similarly in the locative case to reflect time.
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