No. 808 in Latvian

valodā

"In (the) language."

In a sentence

Es runāju latviešu valodā.
I speak in Latvian.
'valodā' denotes the language being spoken in the action, with 'latviešu' as the specifying adjective for Latvian.
Grāmatas ir pieejamas vairākās valodās.
The books are available in several languages.
'valodās' is the plural form of 'valodā', referring to multiple languages.
Viņa dziedāja skaistā valodā.
She sang in a beautiful language.
'valodā' describes the quality or characteristic of the language being used, modified by 'skaistā' meaning 'beautiful'.

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