No. 107 in Slovenian
leti
The Slovenian word "leti" means "years" or "flies" depending on context.
In a sentence
Moja sestra je stara deset let.
My sister is ten years old.
In this context, 'leti' is used to refer to 'years of age' in a specific grammatical case.
Letalo leti prek neba.
The airplane flies across the sky.
Here, 'leti' is used to describe the act of flying in the present tense.
Nekoč so ljudje potovali veliko manj let.
In the past, people used to travel for fewer years.
In this sentence, 'leti' indicates the concept of years in a comparative or plural form.
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