Latvian edit

Etymology edit

From šo (this[acc.]) +‎ dienu (day[acc.]).

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  • IPA(key): [ˈʃuɔ̯d̪iɛn̪]

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šodien

  1. today (in, during the current day)
    šodien darbu beidzām ātrāktoday we finished work earlier
    šodien dosimies uz muzejutoday we are going to the museum
    šodien ir svētdienatoday is Sunday
    vakar tu tā nerunāji... vakar bija cita diena, šodien cita domayesterday you didn't talk like that... yesterday was another day, today (is) another thought
  2. nowadays, these days (in the current time period)
    šodien latviešu etnogrāfija strauji attīstās vienotā plūsmā ar citu zemju etnogrāfijutoday Latvian ethnography is developing rapidly, at the same rate as (lit. in one stream with) the ethnography of other countries
    viegli iedomāties, cik smieklīga izskatītos šodien uz ielas sieviete renesanses laikmeta tērpāit is easy to imagine how ridiculous a woman in a Renaissance costume would look on the street today

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