This is the 851st most frequent Latvian word.
pandēmija
The Latvian word "pandēmija" means "pandemic" in English, referring to a widespread outbreak of a disease across countries or continents.
In this sentence, 'pandēmija' ('pandemic') is used as the subject of the sentence, focusing on its impact.
Pandēmija būtiski ietekmēja globālo ekonomiku.
The pandemic significantly affected the global economy.
Here, 'pandēmijas' is used in the genitive case to describe the conditions caused by the pandemic.
Cilvēki mēģināja pielāgoties jaunajiem pandēmijas apstākļiem.
People tried to adapt to the new conditions of the pandemic.
In this instance, 'pandēmiju' is in the accusative case as the object of the preposition 'par' ('about').