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No. 208 in Latvian

vid

The Latvian word "vid" means "middle" or "center" in English.

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  • 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.

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