Noun: tante
Hyphenation:
Gender:
Declension:
Singular
| Nominative | tante |
| Accusative | tanti |
| Genitive | tantes |
| Dative | tantei |
| Instrumental | tanti |
| Locative | tantē |
| Vocative | tante |
Plural
| Nominative | tantes |
| Accusative | tantes |
| Genitive | tanšu |
| Dative | tantēm |
| Instrumental | tantēm |
| Locative | tantēs |
| Vocative | tantes |
Sample Sentences
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dzīvot pie tantes (to live at (one's) aunt's)
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tante Betsija (aunt Betsy)
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Peterēna vienaudži mani jau uzrunā par tanti (Peterēns (= Little Peter)'s friends called me aunt)
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atbrauca inspektors un viena tante no arodbiedrības, veca meita (the inspector came with an aunt from the trade union, an old girl)
Nouns inflected like tante
nama māte,
dieviete,
aktivitāte,
veļu māte,
brazīliete,
kosoviete,
indiāniete,
jauniete,
slovēniete,
latviete,
ziņote,
nabassaite,
eiropiete,
jemeniete,
oficiante,
leitiete,
izraēliete,
irāniete,
irākiete,
libāniete, etc. (List truncated at 20 nouns)
Etymology
Borrowed from German Tante (“aunt”), itself a borrowing from French tante (“aunt”). This borrowing was first mentioned in 18th-century Latvian texts. See: German Nouns '
Tante', French Nouns '
tante'.
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