saskaņā ar

In Accordance with

Level 5

Saskaņā ar means in accordance with or according to. Viss notika saskaņā ar plānu. (Everything went according to plan.) It is common in laws, rules, reports and news.

How It Works

1. Following a rule or plan. In formal texts, saskaņā ar names the law, rule or plan behind something:

  • Saskaņā ar likumu veikalam ir jāizsniedz čeks. (According to the law, the shop must issue a receipt.)
  • Viss notika saskaņā ar plānu. (Everything went according to plan.)

2. Citing a source. It also names where information comes from: Saskaņā ar laika prognozi rīt līs. (According to the weather forecast, it will rain tomorrow.)

3. In harmony with. Outside formal writing, it keeps the meaning of its noun saskaņa (harmony): Viņi cenšas dzīvot saskaņā ar dabu. (They try to live in harmony with nature.)

4. The case after it. Ar takes the accusative in the singular and, like almost every preposition, the dative in the plural (see plural nouns after prepositions):

  • singular: saskaņā ar likumu, ar plānu, ar prognozi
  • plural: saskaņā ar noteikumiem, ar datiem

Plainer choices. In everyday speech, people often say pēc plāna (according to plan) or kā teikts likumā (as the law says). The formal atbilstoši with the dative (atbilstoši likumam) is another option.

Examples (5)

  1. Saskaņā ar likumu veikalam ir jāizsniedz čeks.

    According to the law, the shop must issue a receipt.

    Word by Word: In-accordance with law to-shop is to-issue receipt.

  2. Viss notika saskaņā ar plānu.

    Everything went according to plan.

    Word by Word: Everything happened in-accordance with plan.

  3. Saskaņā ar noteikumiem suņus parkā drīkst vest tikai pavadā.

    According to the rules, dogs may only be walked in the park on a lead.

    Word by Word: In-accordance with rules dogs in-park may lead only on-lead.

    Noteikumiem is dative plural, because ar takes the dative in the plural.

  4. Saskaņā ar laika prognozi rīt līs.

    According to the weather forecast, it will rain tomorrow.

    Word by Word: In-accordance with weather forecast tomorrow will-rain.

  5. Viņi cenšas dzīvot saskaņā ar dabu.

    They try to live in harmony with nature.

    Word by Word: They try to-live in-harmony with nature.

Common Mistakes

  • Putting the noun in the genitive.

    Viss notika saskaņā ar plāna.
    Viss notika saskaņā ar plānu.

    The phrase ends in ar, and ar takes the accusative in the singular: plānu.

  • Using the accusative plural.

    Saskaņā ar noteikumus suņus drīkst vest tikai pavadā.
    Saskaņā ar noteikumiem suņus drīkst vest tikai pavadā.

    In the plural, ar takes the dative: noteikumiem, not noteikumus.

How It Connects

Tap a pattern to see what it builds on and what it leads to.

saskaņā arLevel 5In Accordance with

Learn This First

Saskaņā ar means in accordance with.

Words in This Pattern

saskaņa