Use viņa when referring to a singular female person as subject, object, or possessor; choose the correct case form for the grammatical role.
Use viņa when referring to a singular female person as subject, object, or possessor; choose the correct case form for the grammatical role.
The pronoun is often used with the wrong case, for example viņa instead of viņu when it is the object.
What does viņa mean?
viņa is the Latvian pronoun meaning ‘she’ or ‘her’.
How is viņa used as a subject?
Use viņa when the female person is the subject of the sentence, e.g., viņa ir māsa.
What is the object form of viņa?
The object (accusative) form is viņu, as in es redzu viņu.
What is the possessive form of viņa?
The possessive (genitive) form is viņas, as in man patīk viņas grāmata.
What pronoun contrasts with viņa?
viņš is the masculine counterpart meaning ‘he’ or ‘him’.