No. 25 in Latvian

tiks

The Latvian word "tiks" is the future tense form of the verb "tikt," meaning "will be" or "will get."

In a sentence

Rīt notiks sapulce.
Tomorrow there will be a meeting.
The word 'notiks' is a future tense form of the verb 'notikt', meaning 'to happen' or 'to occur'. It implies an event scheduled to occur in the future.
Durvis automātiski tiks aizvērtas.
The doors will automatically be closed.
Here, 'tiks' is used as a future tense auxiliary verb indicating a passive action in Latvian. The main verb 'aizvērt' ('to close') becomes passive as 'aizvērtas'.
Ja šis projekts būs veiksmīgs, tas tiks apspriests nākamajā sēdē.
If this project is successful, it will be discussed in the next meeting.
In this sentence, 'tiks' again functions as a future tense auxiliary verb in a passive construction, with the verb 'apspriest' ('to discuss') transformed to 'apspriests' to indicate the action performed passively.

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