No. 498 in Lithuanian
y
The letter "y" in Lithuanian is a long vowel, pronounced like the English "ee" in "see."
In a sentence
Yra gera diena šiandien.
It is a good day today.
In this sentence, 'yra' is the third-person singular form of 'to be', indicating existence or state.
Ei, ar tu matei y laikrodį?
Hey, did you see the y clock?
Here, 'y' is a placeholder for an identifier, which can refer to an object being singled out.
Reikia išsiaiškinti y reikšmę.
We need to determine the meaning of y.
In this case, 'y' is used as a variable or unknown in formal expressions.
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