This is the 259th most frequent Latvian word.
šie
The Latvian word "šie" means "these" in English.
The word 'šie' is used as a masculine plural demonstrative pronoun that specifies particular children.
Šie bērni spēlējas dārzā.
These children are playing in the garden.
In this example, 'šie' refers to flowers, which in this context is of masculine plural grammatical gender, and it emphasizes specific flowers.
Man patīk šie ziedi, jo tie smaržo labi.
I like these flowers because they smell good.
Here, 'šie' underscores a specific group of people and sets them apart from a larger group.