Latvian

Numeral

astoņi

1. eight (the cipher, the cardinal number eight)

   skaitīt līdz astoņi‎ ― to count to eight

   četri un četri ir astoņi‎ ― four plus four is eight

   uzrakstīt uz tāfeles astoņi‎ ― to write an eight on the blackboard

   pie pieciem pielikt astoņus‎ ― to add eight to four

2. eight (an amount equal to eight)

   astoņi cilvēki‎ ― eight people

   sastapties pēc astoņiem gadiem‎ ― to meet (someone) after eight years

   samaksāt astoņus latus — to pay eight lats

   astoņus gadus veca meitene‎ ― an eight-year old girl

3. eight o'clock (a moment in time; eight hours after midnight, or after noon)

   pulkstenis ir astoņi‎ ― it is eight o'clock

   celties astoņos no rīta‎ ― to get up at eight o'clock in the morning

   izrāde sākas astoņos vakarā‎ ― the show begins at eight o'clock in the evening

   bibliotēka bija atvērta līdz astoņiem vakarā‎ ― the library was open until eight o'clock in the evening

Declension

See also

• skaitlis

Coordinate terms

References

1. ↑ Karulis, Konstantīns (1992), “astoņi”, in Latviešu Etimoloģijas Vārdnīca (in Latvian), Rīga: AVOTS, ISBN 9984-700-12-7