No. 1,220 in Russian
лето
Summer.
In a sentence
Я люблю лето за его теплую погоду.
I love summer for its warm weather.
In this sentence, "лето" is used as a noun denoting the season of summer.
Каждое лето мы ездим к морю.
Every summer, we go to the sea.
Here, "лето" is employed to refer to a recurring time period, specifically the summer season.
Это старое здание уже несколько лет стоит заброшенным.
This old building has been abandoned for several years now.
In this case, "лет" is used as the plural genitive form of "год" (year) to indicate a span of years.
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