No. 208 in Latvian
vid
The Latvian word "vid" means "middle" or "center" in English.
In a sentence
Viņš ir pieņēmis lēmumu izvērtēt projekta vidus daļu.
He has decided to evaluate the middle part of the project.
The word 'vid' is here used in its derivative form 'vidus', meaning 'middle', denoting the central part of something.
Skolēni sēž lielā istabas vidū un klausās stāstu.
The students sit in the middle of the large room and listen to the story.
In this sentence, 'vidū' is the locative case of 'vid', indicating a specific location within a space.
Taupot enerģiju, ir jāatrodas zelta vidusceļā starp komfortu un resursu izmantošanu.
To conserve energy, one must find the golden middle path between comfort and resource usage.
Here, 'vidusceļš' is a compound word deriving from 'vid' (middle) and 'ceļš' (path), used metaphorically to describe a balanced solution.
Hear it in real podcasts
The recording above is a synthetic voice. Hear how people say “vid” in actual Latvian podcasts.
Find “vid” in podcastsLearn it from shows you like
LangTurbo plays Latvian podcasts with a transcript and the English under every line. Tap a word like this one and it tells you what it means right there.
Get the appLatvian books and courses on Amazon (an affiliate link: a purchase through it supports this site).