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adjective: Latvian [noun]
作形容词时表示“拉脱维亚的”，通常放在名词前作定语。
Latvian culture is rich in folk traditions.
拉脱维亚文化富有民间传统。
拉脱维亚人
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拉脱维亚人
a native or inhabitant of Latvia
Latvian culture is rich in folk traditions.
拉脱维亚文化富有民间传统。
拉脱维亚官方语言；拉脱维亚语。
The official language of Latvia; Lettish.
拉脱维亚人；拉脱维亚裔人。
A person from Latvia or of Latvian descent.
The Latvian countryside is beautiful in the summer.
拉脱维亚的乡村在夏天很美。
My new colleague is a Latvian from Riga.
我的新同事是来自里加的拉脱维亚人。
She has been learning Latvian for two years.
她学拉脱维亚语已经两年了。
作形容词时表示“拉脱维亚的”，通常放在名词前作定语。
Latvian culture is rich in folk traditions.
拉脱维亚文化富有民间传统。
作表语表示国籍，如 be Latvian 意为“是拉脱维亚人”。
Both of her parents are Latvian.
她的父母都是拉脱维亚人。
指“拉脱维亚人”时是可数名词，复数形式为 Latvians。
A Latvian helped me find the museum.
一位拉脱维亚人帮我找到了博物馆。
指“拉脱维亚语”时是不可数名词，前面通常不加冠词。
She can speak Latvian fluently.
她能流利地说拉脱维亚语。
Not this
There are many Latvian living in this city.
Use this
There are many Latvians living in this city.
表示拉脱维亚人的复数时必须用复数名词 Latvians，加 -s；Latvian 作形容词时没有复数形式。汉语里“人”不标复数，所以容易漏掉 -s。
Not this
She is Latvia.
Use this
She is Latvian.
Latvia 是国名，不能用来表示国籍或民族；描述人的国籍要用形容词 Latvian（拉脱维亚的/拉脱维亚人）。这是把汉语“拉脱维亚”直接对应到错误词性的问题。
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拉脱维亚语
Latvian is one of the Baltic languages.
拉脱维亚语是波罗的语族语言之一。
拉脱维亚人民；拉脱维亚族人
The Latvian people have a rich cultural heritage.
拉脱维亚人民拥有丰富的文化遗产。
拉脱维亚首都
Riga is the Latvian capital.
里加是拉脱维亚的首都。
拉脱维亚文化
The museum displays Latvian culture.
该博物馆展示拉脱维亚文化。
说拉脱维亚语
My grandmother speaks Latvian.
我祖母会说拉脱维亚语。
一个拉脱维亚人
A Latvian won the marathon.
一位拉脱维亚人赢得了马拉松比赛。
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Latvia（拉脱维亚）去掉末尾的 a 加上 n 就是 latvian，记住国家名就能记住“拉脱维亚人、拉脱维亚语、拉脱维亚的”。
语域：neutral 常见场景：国籍与民族介绍、语言学习场景、国家概况或新闻 该词是中性词，正式与非正式场合都可用；作名词指拉脱维亚人或拉脱维亚语，作形容词指拉脱维亚的，多用于国家、语言、民族相关的描述。
Latvians 仅表示“拉脱维亚人”；表示“拉脱维亚语”时不用复数。
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