protams
Latvian
Participle
protams (definite protamais; adverb protami)
- which can or should be known; (deprecated template usage) indefinite present passive participle of prast
- (used as a particle) of course, no doubt; used to show that what was said is known, easy to see, or true
- par dāvanu, protams, zēns priecājās ― the boy was happy, of course, about the present (= gift)
- klausitāju, protams, bija daudz ― there were, of course, many listeners
- protams, ziemai jāsagatavojas jau laikus ― of course, one must prepare in advance for the winter
Declension
indefinite declension (nenoteiktā galotne) of protams
| masculine (vīriešu dzimte) | feminine (sieviešu dzimte) | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| singular (vienskaitlis) |
plural (daudzskaitlis) |
singular (vienskaitlis) |
plural (daudzskaitlis) | ||||||
| nominative (nominatīvs) | protams | protami | protama | protamas | |||||
| accusative (akuzatīvs) | protamu | protamus | protamu | protamas | |||||
| genitive (ģenitīvs) | protama | protamu | protamas | protamu | |||||
| dative (datīvs) | protamam | protamiem | protamai | protamām | |||||
| instrumental (instrumentālis) | protamu | protamiem | protamu | protamām | |||||
| locative (lokatīvs) | protamā | protamos | protamā | protamās | |||||
| vocative (vokatīvs) | — | — | — | — | |||||