Latvian has generally regular changes due to palatalization. It's **most
common in the 2nd declension nouns ' plural** but it also occurs in some
verbs, like slodzīt and mācēt in the mixed conjugation.

**If the consonant or consonant pair before the ending matches** one on this
list, **it will usually change**. If not, it usually won't. **There are always
exceptions** , like nākt, whose k changes to c, but they're not too common.

Whether or not a word is a verb or noun matters in the case of **c** and
**dz**.

    
    
    **noun**   c → č   :   lā **c** is → lā **č** i
    **verb**   c → k   :   mā **c** ēt → mā **k** u
    
    **noun**  dz → dž  :   da **dz** is → da **dž** is
    **verb**  dz → g   :   slo **dz** it → slo **g** u

_Of course, please remember that the **examples show the palatalization and
the word itself changing its ending** to nominative plural or genitive plural
(nouns) or 1st person present singular indicative (verbs)._

Otherwise, the changes are the same regardless of word type.

    
    
    l → ļ   : cā **l** is → cā **ļ** i
    n → ņ   : dze **n** is → dze **ņ** i
    s → š   : la **s** is → la **š** i
    z → ž   : vē **z** is → vē **ž** i
    t → š   : bi **t** e → bī **š** u
    d → ž   : brie **d** is → brie **ž** i
    p → pj  : zie **p** es → zie **pj** u
    b → bj  : gul **b** is → gul **bj** i
    m → mj  : kur **m** is → kur **mj** i
    v → vj  : zi **v** is → zi **vj** u
    sl → šļ : šķēr **sl** is → šķēr **šļ** i
    zl → žļ : zi **zl** is → zi **žļ** i
    sn → šņ : alk **sn** is → alk **šņ** i
    zn → žņ : zvaig **zn** e → zvaig **žņ** u
    ln → ļņ : vi **ln** is → vi **ļņ** u