No. 35 in Latvian

tāpat

"In the same way," "just the same," or "anyway."

In a sentence

Viņa vienmēr atnāk agri, tāpat kā es.
She always arrives early, just like me.
'Tāpat' is used here to indicate similarity or equality.
Viņa neēda daudz, bet bija nogurusi tāpat.
She did not eat much, but she was tired anyway.
'Tāpat' is used in this sentence to mean 'nonetheless' or 'anyway.'
Tāpat es gribu piebilst, ka šī ideja ir brīnišķīga.
Also, I want to mention that this idea is wonderful.
'Tāpat' is functioning as a discourse marker meaning 'also' or 'in addition.'

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