No. 38 in Lithuanian
vienas
"Vienas" means "one" in English.
In a sentence
Jis yra vienas namuose.
He is alone at home.
In this sentence, 'vienas' is used as an adjective meaning 'alone'.
Aš turiu vieną knygą.
I have one book.
Here, 'vienas' is used as a numeral indicating the quantity 'one'.
Vienas iš draugų man parašė.
One of my friends wrote to me.
In this context, 'vienas' is used as an indefinite pronoun meaning 'one' as in 'one of'.
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