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Lithuanian Out Loud is a podcast series designed for students of the Lithuanian language. Come along with native Lithuanian speaker and author Raminta and her North-American husband Jack. They'll teach you Lithuanian in beginner, intermediate and advanced lessons along with tidbits about the history and culture of Raminta's homeland - Lietuva!
LL0300 – Sovietų Okupacija The Soviet Occupation
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Hi everybody, just a quick message before we get started, for today’s episode, we have a letter a Lithuanian sent us a few years back. We weren’t able to get to it until now. The letter was written by, “Lina”, not her real name, and Raminta reads the letter for “Lina”. If you’d like to see a translation of the letter, just go to the Lithuanian Out Loud homepage and you can read it there.
Now, on with the show!
Jau praėjo 18 metų nuo tada, kai Lietuva atgavo nepriklausomybę. Per tą laiką spėjo užaugti vos viena jaunų žmonių karta. Tačiau tie, kurie mena sovietinius laikus, savo prisiminimuose turi daug skaudžių dalykų, ir visa tai atsiliepia lietuvių bendravime, jų įpročiuose bei požiūryje į kitus. Todėl jei sutikote kažkuo pasipiktinusį ar viskuo nepatenkintą lietuvį, gal ši istorija jums padės suprasti, kodėl yra taip, kaip yra. Linos močiutė laukėsi, kai abu senelius naktį išvežė į Sibirą. Atėję ginkluoti pareigūnai davė 15 minučių susikrauti daiktams, todėl vienas lagaminas būtiniausių rūbų buvo viskas, ką jie turėjo su savimi. Jie nebuvo nusikaltėliai - jie buvo tiesiog inteligentai. O tokių tuometinė valdžia stengėsi atsikratyti, nes paprasčiau mąstantiems žmonėms lengviau "praplauti smegenis", pripratinti prie naujos ideologijos nei tuos, kurie išsilavinę bei galėtų pasipriešinti sistemai. Senelių namą automatiškai perėmė valdžia, ir jie į jį niekuomet nebegrįžo.
Tai buvo vieni paskutiniųjų trėmimų, todėl galima būtų sakyti, jog mano seneliams pasisekė - jie nebuvo uždaryti į konclagerį. Jie buvo nuvežti į lentpjūvę, kur dieną naktį pasikeisdami turėjo dirbti. Savomis rankomis jie turėjo pasistatyti sau namus, nesvarbu, kad nei vienas iš jų nebuvo nei architektas, nei inžinierius, nei statybininkas. Ten gimė mano mama. Jiems vėl pasisekė, nes po 8 metų gyvenimo Sibire jie gavo leidimą grįžti atgal į Lietuvą. Tačiau ir toliau jie nuolat buvo sekami kaip valdžios priešai. Todėl seneliai paslapčia ėjo į bažnyčią, apie Sibirą niekam negalėjo pasakoti, ir mes, anūkai, tik iš pavienių žodžių galėdavom suprasti, koks iš tiesų buvo gyvenimas ten. Trispalvė taip pat buvo uždrausta, ir tave galėjo pasodinti į kalėjimą, jei būtum ją parodęs kam nors viešai. Net ir daugeliui metų praėjus po to, senelis vis dar laikė džiovintų duonos riekių maišą - kad netektų badauti, jei staiga vėl reikėtų palikti namus.
Tie, kurie nepakluso sovietų uzurpacijai, nuolat gyveno baimėje. Tarp tokių buvo ir Linos tėtis. Atsisakęs tapti Komunistų partijos nariu, nuolat buvo persekiojamas. Kartą buvo bandoma padegti jų butą, bet laimei, tėtis laiku spėjo grįžti namo. Šiandien Linai ir jos broliui vis dar mįslė, ką jautė jų tėvai, gyvendami tokiomis sąlygomis, tačiau pabandykite jūs įsivaizduoti savo gyvenimą, kai kas dieną turi kažko bijoti, kai žinai, kad aplink tave pilna paslapčių. Kai niekuomet nesi tikras, ar su tavimi ir tavo šeima vienaip ar kitaip nesusidoros vien dėl to, kad tu esi mąstantis žmogus.
Sovietinė sistema darė viską, kad žmogus pats nemąstytų. Pagrindinis jos tikslas buvo priversti žmogų paklusti nustatytai sistemai. Už žmogų buvo viskas nuspręsta. Niekam nereikėjo kovoti už savo vietą pasaulyje. Baigei mokslus - tau automatiškai bus paskirta vieta kurioje nors įstaigoje. Apsivedei, stoji į eilę butui gauti. Atrodo gražiai... Tačiau kai visa tai griuvo, pasimatė tikroji šių dalykų žala. Daug vyresnės kartos žmonių dar ir šiandien nežino, kaip išgyventi, neturi motyvacijos, yra pripratę, kad jiems viskas būtų paduota, už juos nuspręsta. Žmonės pikti, nes nesugeba konkuruoti su jaunesniais. Gal todėl ir savižudybių skaičius Lietuvoje vis dar didžiausias pasaulyje.
Translation:
Jau praėjo 18 metų nuo tada, kai Lietuva atgavo nepriklausomybę.
It has been 18 years since Lithuania regained its independence.
Per tą laiką spėjo užaugti vos viena jaunų žmonių karta.
During that time, only one generation of young people grew up.
Tačiau tie, kurie mena sovietinius laikus, savo prisiminimuose turi daug skaudžių dalykų, ir visa tai atsiliepia lietuvių bendravime, jų įpročiuose bei požiūryje į kitus.
However, those who remember the Soviet times have many painful things in their memories, and all this is reflected in Lithuanian communication, their habits and attitudes towards others.
Todėl jei sutikote kažkuo pasipiktinusį ar viskuo nepatenkintą lietuvį, gal ši istorija jums padės suprasti, kodėl yra taip, kaip yra.
Therefore, if you meet a Lithuanian who is outraged or dissatisfied with everything, maybe this story will help you understand why it is the way it is.
Linos močiutė laukėsi, kai abu senelius naktį išvežė į Sibirą.
Lina's grandmother was expecting (meaning she was pregnant) when her two grandparents were taken to Siberia at night.
Atėję ginkluoti pareigūnai davė 15 minučių susikrauti daiktams, todėl vienas lagaminas būtiniausių rūbų buvo viskas, ką jie turėjo su savimi.
Armed officers arrived and gave them 15 minutes to pack. So, one suitcase of essential clothes was all they had with them.
Jie nebuvo nusikaltėliai - jie buvo tiesiog inteligentai.
They were not criminals - they were just intellectuals.
O tokių tuometinė valdžia stengėsi atsikratyti, nes paprasčiau mąstantiems žmonėms lengviau "praplauti smegenis", pripratinti prie naujos ideologijos nei tuos, kurie išsilavinę bei galėtų pasipriešinti sistemai.
And the government at the time was trying to get rid of them because it was easier for simpler-minded people to be “brainwashed" and get used to a new ideology, than those who were educated and could resist the system.
Senelių namą automatiškai perėmė valdžia, ir jie į jį niekuomet nebegrįžo.
The grandparents' house was taken by the authorities, and they never returned to it.
Tai buvo vieni paskutiniųjų trėmimų, todėl galima būtų sakyti, jog mano seneliams pasisekė - jie nebuvo uždaryti į konclagerį.
This was one of the last deportations, so it could be said that my grandparents were lucky - they were not locked up in a concentration camp.
Jie buvo nuvežti į lentpjūvę, kur dieną naktį pasikeisdami turėjo dirbti.
They were taken to a sawmill where they had to work day and night (they had to rotate working day and night).
Savomis rankomis jie turėjo pasistatyti sau namus, nesvarbu, kad nei vienas iš jų nebuvo nei architektas, nei inžinierius, nei statybininkas.
They had to build their own houses with their own hands, no matter that none of them was neither an architect, nor an engineer, nor a builder.
Ten gimė mano mama.
My mother was born there.
Jiems vėl pasisekė, nes po 8 metų gyvenimo Sibire jie gavo leidimą grįžti atgal į Lietuvą.
They were lucky again, because after 8 years of living in Siberia, they received permission to return to Lithuania.
Tačiau ir toliau jie nuolat buvo sekami kaip valdžios priešai.
However, they continued to be constantly monitored as enemies of the government.
Todėl seneliai paslapčia ėjo į bažnyčią, apie Sibirą niekam negalėjo pasakoti, ir mes, anūkai, tik iš pavienių žodžių galėdavom suprasti, koks iš tiesų buvo gyvenimas ten.
Therefore, my grandparents secretly went to church, could not tell anyone about Siberia, and we, the grandchildren, could only understand from a single word what life really was like there.
Trispalvė taip pat buvo uždrausta, ir tave galėjo pasodinti į kalėjimą, jei būtum ją parodęs kam nors viešai.
The tricolor (Lithuanian flag) was also banned, and you could have been put in jail if you had shown it to someone in public.
Net ir daugeliui metų praėjus po to, senelis vis dar laikė džiovintų duonos riekių maišą - kad netektų badauti, jei staiga vėl reikėtų palikti namus.
Even many years later, Grandpa still kept a bag of dried loaves of bread - so he wouldn’t go hungry if he had to leave home suddenly again.
Tie, kurie nepakluso sovietų uzurpacijai, nuolat gyveno baimėje.
Those who disobeyed the Soviet usurpation lived in constant fear.
Tarp tokių buvo ir Linos tėtis. Atsisakęs tapti Komunistų partijos nariu, nuolat buvo persekiojamas.
Among them was Lina's dad. Refusing to become a member of the Communist Party meant constant persecution.
Kartą buvo bandoma padegti jų butą, bet laimei, tėtis laiku spėjo grįžti namo.
Once there was an attempt to set fire to their apartment, but fortunately Dad managed to return home in time.
Šiandien Linai ir jos broliui vis dar mįslė, ką jautė jų tėvai, gyvendami tokiomis sąlygomis, tačiau pabandykite jūs įsivaizduoti savo gyvenimą, kai kas dieną turi kažko bijoti, kai žinai, kad aplink tave pilna paslapčių.
Today, Lina and her brother are still puzzled by how their parents felt living in such conditions, but try to imagine your life when you have something to fear every day when you know there are mysteries (secrets) around you.
Kai niekuomet nesi tikras, ar su tavimi ir tavo šeima vienaip ar kitaip nesusidoros vien dėl to, kad tu esi mąstantis žmogus.
When you are never sure if you and your family will have to deal with one way or another just because you are a thinking person.
Sovietinė sistema darė viską, kad žmogus pats nemąstytų.
The Soviet system did everything to keep man from thinking.
Pagrindinis jos tikslas buvo priversti žmogų paklusti nustatytai sistemai.
Its main purpose was to force a person to obey the established system.
Už žmogų buvo viskas nuspręsta.
Everything was decided for a person.
Niekam nereikėjo kovoti už savo vietą pasaulyje.
No one needed to fight for their place in the world.
Baigei mokslus - tau automatiškai bus paskirta vieta kurioje nors įstaigoje.
You have completed your studies - you will automatically be assigned a place in an institution.
Apsivedei, stoji į eilę butui gauti.
After you get married, you got in line to get an apartment.
Atrodo gražiai... Tačiau kai visa tai griuvo, pasimatė tikroji šių dalykų žala.
Looks nice ... but the real damage could be seen only when it all collapsed.
Daug vyresnės kartos žmonių dar ir šiandien nežino, kaip išgyventi, neturi motyvacijos, yra pripratę, kad jiems viskas būtų paduota, už juos nuspręsta.
Many older-generation people still do not know how to survive, have no motivation, are accustomed to being given everything; decisions made for them.
Žmonės pikti, nes nesugeba konkuruoti su jaunesniais.
People get angry because they fail to compete with the younger ones.
Gal todėl ir savižudybių skaičius Lietuvoje vis dar didžiausias pasaulyje.
Maybe that's why the number of suicides in Lithuania is still the highest in the world.
LL0299 – Egzaminas Exam https://lithuanian.libsyn.com This is a quick response episode! We’ll say the word or phrase in English and you say it in Lithuanian – Out Loud! Ready, set, go! Pasiruošti, dėmesio, marš! furry kailinis a furry rabbit kailinis triušis a furry squirrel kailinė voverė furry rabbits kailiniai triušiai furry squirrels kailinės voverės fruity vaisinis a fruity drink vaisinis gėrimas a fruity jam vaisinė uogienė fruity drinks vaisiniai gėrimai fruity jams vaisinės uogienės deep gilus a deep lake gilus ežeras a deep river gili upė deep lakes gilūs ežerai deep rivers gilios upės warm šiltas a warm lake šiltas ežeras a warm sea šilta jūra warm lakes šilti ežerai warm seas šiltos jūros how warm kaip šilta cotton medvilninis a cotton robe medvilninis chalatas a cotton dress medvilninė suknelė cottton robes medvilniniai chalatai cotton dresses medvilninės suknelės new naujas a new ball naujas kamuolys a new backpack nauja kuprinė new balls nauji kamuoliai new backpacks naujos kuprinės how new kaip nauja happy laimingas a happy male patient laimingas pacientas a happy female patient laiminga pacientė happy male patients laimingi pacientai happy female patients laimingos pacientės
LL0298 – Be Tavęs Without You Hey, everybody, just a quick note before we get to the show…If you’d like to help keep Lithuanian Out Loud stay online and help us keep the episodes coming, we could use your help. Please go to the Lithuanian Out Loud home page and you’ll see a “donate” button. If you could please send us whatever you’re comfortable with, we would greatly appreciate it. Since 2007, Lithuanian Out Loud episodes, pdf files, flash cards, exam episodes, and everything else have been and will continue to be 100% free. We don’t charge you anything and we don’t bother you with ads on the podcast. If you want to help keep the podcast going, please help us by making a donation. You can make a difference by supporting us in our efforts to continue podcasting the language that we all love! Also, when you go to the Lithuanian Out Loud home page, you’ll see episodes are a little easier to sort through. Episodes are now sorted by type. 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According to the online article,"RELATIONS BETWEEN THE LIVING AND THE DEAD IN LITHUANIAN FOLKLORE," Death took the form of Giltinė, a goddess who looked like a human skeleton who wore a white cloak and prowled Lithuania with a scythe in hand. She could kill by stinging you with her long tongue, or she could strangle you, or she might strike you down using her scythe. Sneaking around the homes of sick people, she could be detected if dogs barked when no one was around, the sound of a hoot owl at night, creaking beams, doors opening or closing themselves or if you heard three knocks at the window or at the door when no one was there. Of course, the very ill could see her with their own eyes. Yeah, so a quick story, my grandpa who died almost a hundred years old, if he was sick, in the morning he would say, “Giltinė came to visit me tonight, but she left and I’m still alive”. Wow! That’s amazing. Yeah, so it’s real. It is real! That’s a cool story. Very nice. RELATIONS BETWEEN THE LIVING AND THE DEAD IN LITHUANIAN FOLKLORE http://www.lituanus.org/1995_2/95_2_03.htm In today's episode, we'll go over some examples of the pronoun "tu" declined in kilmininkas or the genitive case in the genitive case – the pronoun tu changes to tavęs first, here are some examples using tavęs without a preposition I miss you aš tavęs pasiilgau I miss you too aš tavęs irgi pasiilgau I’m waiting for you aš tavęs laukiu I'm afraid of you! aš tavęs bijau! I don’t love you aš tavęs nemyliu I've been looking for you for so long aš tavęs taip ilgai ieškojau I don’t see you aš tavęs nematau to hate (plus genitive) nekęsti I hate you aš tavęs nekenčiu hate you nekenčiu tavęs I haven't seen you for so long aš taip ilgai tavęs nemačiau do you know how I want you? ar tu žinai kaip aš tavęs noriu? without be without you I would die be tavęs aš numirčiau I would also die without you aš taip pat be tavęs numirčiau without you I am not me be tavęs aš - ne aš I will stay without you pasiliksiu be tavęs without you living is hard be tavęs sunku gyventi I would not live without you negyvenčiau be tavęs I shall no longer be without you aš nebemoku būti be tavęs how do I survive without you? kaip man be tavęs išgyventi? I'm very sad without you (male speaking) aš labai liūdnas be tavęs I'm very sad without you (female speaking) aš labai liūdna be tavęs from iš I want too much from you noriu iš tavęs per daug that's all I want from you tai viskas, ko aš noriu iš tavęs I want more from you, much more aš noriu iš tavęs daugiau, daug daugiau I no longer know, what I need from you nebežinau, ko man iš tavęs reikia near, next to prie let me touch you leisk prisiliesti prie tavęs Mindaugas, you have no idea how I want to cuddle next to you Mindaugai, tu neįsivaizduoji kaip aš noriu prisiglausti prie tavęs I want to cuddle next to you aš noriu prisiglausti prie tavęs oh, how I like being next to you oi, kaip man patinka būti šalia tavęs I don't want to sit next to you aš nenoriu atsisėsti prie tavęs on, on top of ant one cannot be angry at you negalima pykti ant tavęs I'm angry at you aš pykstu ant tavęs I'm angry at you and I will never forgive you aš pykstu ant tavęs ir niekada neatleisiu if the wife is angry at you, ignore her and don't speak jei žmona pyksta ant tavęs, ignoruok ją ir nekalbėk a complaint skundas the next phrase translates as; I believe you have done me wrong and I want to complain or, I have a bone to pick with you... aš parašysiu skundą ant tavęs between tarp between you and I tarp tavęs ir manęs remember, that between you and I there is no longer anything atsimink, kad tarp tavęs ir manęs nieko nebėra an employer darbdavys employers darbdaviai is there a conflict between you and your employers? ar yra konfliktas tarp tavęs ir tavo darbdavių? is there a problem between you and your mom? ar yra problemų tarp tavęs ir tavo mamos? I don't want to stand between you and Jonas aš nenoriu stovėti tarp tavęs ir Jono is there a difference between you and them? ar yra skirtumas tarp tavęs ir jų? do you know what the difference is between you and her? No, what? ar žinai koks skirtumas tarp tavęs ir jos? - ne, o koks? for už remember that už can be used as the word "for," as in, thank you for everything ačiū už viską thank you for the reply ačiū už atsakymą thank you for the question ačiū už klausimą but, that's the accusative case or galininkas let's look at some examples using kilmininkas, the genitive case behind, beyond už there is someone behind you kažkas yra už tavęs to hide pasislėpti I'll hide behind you aš pasislėpsiu už tavęs who is that behind you? kas ten yra už tavęs? above, over virš who lives above you? kas gyvena virš tavęs? is that the guy who lives above you? ar tai tas vyras, kuris gyvena virš tavęs? I like the poster above you man patinka plakatas virš tavęs near, close, close by arti I like being close to you man patinka būti arti tavęs I like to sleep near you man patinka užmigti arti tavęs she wants to be close to you ji nori būti arti tavęs why is she sitting very close to you? kodėl ji sėdi labai arti tavęs? by, near, next to šalia I will stay by you liksiu šalia tavęs I will always be close to you aš visada busiu šalia tavęs I want to be near you noriu būti šalia tavęs I will be by you, forever būsiu šalia tavęs, amžinai according to, in the words of anot who, according to you, is the best? (speaking about a male) kas, anot tavęs, yra geriausias? who, according to you, is the best? (speaking about a female) kas, anot tavęs, yra geriausia? to be afraid bijoti I'm afraid aš bijau to glance, to give a look pažvelgti the truth tiesa according to you, I'm afraid to look truth in the eye(s) anot tavęs, aš bijau pažvelgti tiesai į akis that, according to you, is the truth? tai, anot tavęs, yra tiesa? according to pasak but, according to you, it's not the same thing bet, pasak tavęs, tai nėra tas pats according to you, this is my fault? pasak tavęs, tai mano kaltė? to trick, to deceive, to cheat apgauti according to you, they only cheat people pasak tavęs, jie tik apgauna žmones and what, according to you, is happiness? o kas, pasak tavęs, yra laimė? near, beside, by greta he is next to you jis greta tavęs I want to be next to you aš noriu būti greta tavęs next to you I feel better greta tavęs aš jaučiuosi geriau not far or close by netoli is there a school near you? ar yra mokykla netoli tavęs? is there a store near you? ar yra parduotuvė netoli tavęs? not far from you lives my cousin, or you live near my cousin (male) netoli tavęs gyvena mano pusbrolis not far from you lives my cousin, or you live near my cousin (female) netoli tavęs gyvena mano pusseserė because of, on account of dėl to swim across, to sail across perplaukti for you, I would swim across the sea dėl tavęs aš perplaukčiau jūrą for you, I can dėl tavęs aš galiu only for you tik dėl tavęs I can do everything for you aš galiu viską padaryti dėl tavęs to, until, as far as iki toward, towards link step, pace, footstep žingsnis one other step towards happiness and to you dar vienas žingsnis link laimės ir iki tavęs until you, with you and after you there were many women iki tavęs, su tavim ir po tavęs buvo daug moterų to deliver pristatyti I will deliver it to you pristatysiu tai iki tavęs from me to you only twenty minutes nuo manęs iki tavęs tik dvidešimt minučių from, off nuo to flee, to escape bėgti farther tolyn I'm running away from you aš bėgu nuo tavęs I'm running farther away from you aš bėgu tolyn nuo tavęs I'm not running away from you aš nebėgu nuo tavęs I'm running from everything, I'm running from you aš bėgu nuo visko, aš bėgu nuo tavęs after po who will stay here after you? kas liks čia po tavęs? I’ll jump, but only after you aš šoksiu, bet tik po tavęs we eat after you valgome po tavęs after you there were many women po tavęs buvo daug moterų I was born after you aš gimiau po tavęs Tikras stebuklas! You made it to the end of another episode! Nepaprasta! :)
LL0297 – Vykti To Take Place to travel, to make one’s way, to take place Hi there, I’m Jack and I am Gintarė and welcome back to Lithuanian Out Loud where we offer the world the Lithuanian language. Today we’ll go over the Lithuanian verb vykti – to take place, to go, to make, to make one’s way, to set off, to succeed, to happen, to occur. Here are vykti and nevykti conjugated in the present tense. to travel, to make one’s way, to take place vykti I travel aš vykstu you travel (tu) tu vyksti he travels jis vyksta she travels ji vyksta we travel mes vykstame you travel (formal) jūs vykstate you all travel jūs vykstate they travel (mm/mf) jie vyksta they travel (ff) jos vyksta to not travel, to not make one’s way, to not take place nevykti I don’t travel aš nevykstu you don’t travel (tu) tu nevyksti he doesn’t travel jis nevyksta she doesn’t travel ji nevyksta we don’t travel mes nevykstame you don’t travel (formal) jūs nevykstate you all don’t travel jūs nevykstate they don’t travel (mm/mf) jie nevyksta they don’t travel (ff) jos nevyksta infinitive why don’t you want to go to the concert? kodėl nenori vykti į koncertą? I’d like to travel to Mexico on vacation norėčiau vykti į Meksiką atostogauti the president will be asked to not go to the olympics prezidentas bus prašomas nevykti į olimpiadą the ministry recommends not going to Myanmar ministerija rekomenduoja nevykti į Mianmarą aš I’m traveling to Italy vykstu į Italiją I’m traveling home vykstu namo I’m traveling overseas vykstu į užsienį I’m not traveling to Italy nevykstu į Italiją I’m not traveling home nevykstu namo I’m not traveling overseas nevykstu į užsienį tu to where are you making your way? kur tu vyksti? are you traveling to Rotterdam? ar tu vyksti į Roterdamą? why are you traveling to Africa? kodėl vyksti į Afriką? you’re not traveling to Latvia? nevyksti į Latviją? why are you not traveling to Africa? kodėl nevyksti į Afriką? why don’t you go? kodėl nevyksti? jis an election rinkimai the presidential election is taking place vyksta prezidento rinkimai what's going on in Vilnius? kas vyksta Vilniuje? the festival is taking place in Vilnius festivalis vyksta Vilniuje action, activity, operation veiksmas the operation is taking place in Vilnius veiksmas visas vyksta Vilniuje nothing is going on nieko nevyksta there is no game today šiandien žaidimas nevyksta a reason priežastis nothing happens without a reason niekas nevyksta be priežasties what is going on here? kas čia vyksta? what is going on there? kas ten vyksta? ji what's going on in Lithuania? kas vyksta Lietuvoje? the conference is happening in the hotel konferencija vyksta viešbutyje a lesson pamoka because of influenza the lessons will not take place dėl gripo pamokos nevyksta why is the discussion not taking place? kodėl diskusija nevyksta? mes in the morning we travel to Minsk ryte vykstame į minską in the evening we travel to England from Lithuania vakare vykstame į Angliją iš Lietuvos in the morning we travel to Germany's heart - Berlin ryte vykstame į Vokietijos širdį – Berlyną the Kremlin kremlius we are not traveling to the Kremlin nevykstame į Kremlių to take a risk rizikuoti therefore, consequently, so todėl journey, trip, voyage kelionė I don't want to take risks, consequently we don't go on the trip nenoriu rizikuoti, todėl nevykstame į keliones nowhere niekur this weekend we are not going anywhere šį savaitgalį niekur nevykstame jūs (you formal) business, trade, or occupation verslas a meeting susitikimas when do you go to the business meeting? kada jūs vykstate į verslo susitikimą? what do your parents say when you go on a tour? ką sako jūsų tėvai kai jūs vykstate į turą? are you going to Spain to see Spanish art? ar jūs vykstate į Ispaniją pasižiūrėti ispanų meno? a camp, a campment stovykla are you not going to the camp? ar jūs nevykstate į stovyklą? a tour, trip, journey, cruise kelionė and, why not go on the trip? o, kodėl nevykstate į kelionę? jūs (you plural) are you all going skiing to Austria? ar jūs vykstate slidinėti į Austriją? are you all going to the Baltic countries and Finland? ar jūs vykstate į Baltijos šalis ir Suomiją? are you all going by train? ar jūs vykstate traukiniu? better, superior geresnis why don't you all go there where life is better? kodėl nevykstate ten kur gyvenimas geresnis? why don't you all go abroad? kodėl nevykstate į užsienį? why don't you all go to the meeting with Gintarė? kodėl nevykstate į susitikimą su Gintare? susikaup! - focus!!! stay focused! jie often dažnai generally, mostly, in most cases, in large part dažniausiai no matter nesvarbu it doesn't matter nesvarbu it doesn't matter to me, I don't care man nesvarbu procedure, manner, method tvarka In most cases it doesn't matter in what manner they occur dažniausiai nesvarbu, kokia tvarka jie vyksta a miracle stebuklas miracles don't happen stebuklai nevyksta to help, to assist padėti to extinguish gesinti a fire gaisras fires gaisrai they are going to Russia to help extinguish the fires jie vyksta į Rusiją, padėti gesinti gaisrų the courses aren't expensive, but they don't happen in my town kursai nepigūs, bet mano miestelyje jie nevyksta a change pokytis changes pokyčiai easily sklandžiai if the changes occur easily, that means that they are not occuring jei pokyčiai vyksta sklandžiai, tai reiškia, kad jie nevyksta jos how do they go to work? kaip jos vyksta į darbą? a fair (as in a carnival or circus) mugė in Lithuania many fairs take place; they also occur in Latvia Lietuvoje vyksta daug mugių; jos taip pat vyksta Latvijoje the conferences take place in Kaunas, they occur very often konferencijos vyksta Kaune, jos vyksta labai dažnai yet, so far, thus far kol kas here will be the lessons about the Lithuanian language, but so far, they haven't happened čia bus pamokos apie lietuvių kalba, bet kol kas jos nevyksta a discussion, debate, argument diskusija diversity, variety įvairovė diversity is not a bad thing, it's bad, when a discussion doesn't occur įvairovė nėra blogas dalykas, blogai, kai nevyksta diskusija finally, here are examples using the imperative out, begone, off with you šalin! šalin rankas! - hands off! vyk! begone! vyk šalin! better that you go away! geriau vyk šalin! bus blogai! - it will be bad! geriau vyk šalin arba bus blogai! - better you go away or it will be bad! arba maža nepasirodys! - an idiomatic expression - “it’ll be more than you can handle” (a warning) if you want to buy a car, go to Kaunas jeigu nori pirkti automobilį vyk į kauną if you want to see the real Africa, go to the north jeigu nori pažinti tikrą Afriką, vyk į šiaurę vykime! let's go to the conference in Russia! vykime į konferenciją Rusijoje! let's go to the hotel vykime į viešbutį vykite! find a job or go home! susiraskite darbą arba vykite namo! sad thought go away! liūdnas mintis vykite šalin! all bad emotion go away! visas blogas emocijas vykite šalin! nevyk! an event or show renginys don't go to this show nevyk į šį renginį if you don't like it, don't go on the tour jei nepatinka, nevyk į turą nevykite! stay at home, don't go to work likite namuose, nevykite į darbą early, soon anksti don't go to the hospital too soon nevykite į ligoninę per anksti nevykime! let's not go home nevykime namo Šaunuoliai! Great! You made it to the end of another episode! Puiku! Excellent!
LL0296 - Upė A River
Hi there, I’m Jack and I am Gintarė and welcome back to Lithuanian Out Loud where we offer the world the Lithuanian language.
Today we'll do another episode based on an article from Vikipedija. We'll read the article for you three times at the beginning of the episode and three times at the end. How much can you understand without looking at the translation? Enjoy!
upė – didelė natūrali vandens tėkmė. Paprastai ši tėkmė yra maitinama iš kritulių, šaltinių arba ledynų tirpsmo vandens ir smulkesnių upių bei upokšnių.
upė – didelė natūrali vandens tėkmė. Paprastai ši tėkmė yra maitinama iš kritulių, šaltinių arba ledynų tirpsmo vandens ir smulkesnių upių bei upokšnių.
upė – didelė natūrali vandens tėkmė. Paprastai ši tėkmė yra maitinama iš kritulių, šaltinių arba ledynų tirpsmo vandens ir smulkesnių upių bei upokšnių.
okay, now here's a translation:
upė – didelė natūrali vandens tėkmė
a river - a large natural water flow
paprastai ši tėkmė yra maitinama iš kritulių,
typically, this flow is fed by rainfall,
šaltinių arba ledynų tirpsmo vandens ir smulkesnių upių bei upokšnių.
water sources or melted glacier water, and smaller rivers and brooks.
and now, here are some examples,
a river
upė
large
didelis / didelė
natural
natūralus / natūrali
a natural life
natūralus gyvenimas
natural rubber
natūralus kaučiukas
natural stone
natūralus akmuo
natural medicine
natūrali medicina
natural light
natūrali šviesa
natural leather
natūrali oda
water
vanduo
water circulation
vandens apytaka
water park
vandens parkas
flow, stream, current
tėkmė
water flow
vandens tėkmė
energy flow
energijos tėkmė
blood flow
kraujo tėkmė
normally, generally, usually
paprastai
normally, I ask for help
paprastai aš prašau pagalbos
what do you normally teach on the first lesson?
ko paprastai mokote per pirmąją pamoką?
why are men normally taller than women?
kodėl vyrai paprastai yra aukštesni už moteris?
this flow
ši tėkmė
this coin
ši moneta
this category
ši kategorija
to feed, to nourish
maitinti
the lamp is powered from the electric network
lempa maitinama iš elektros tinklo
the camera can be fed directly through an internet cable
kamera gali būti maitinama tiesiai per internetinį kabelį
rainfall or precipitation
krituliai
atmospheric precipitation
atmosferos krituliai
typically, this stream is fed from rainfall
paprastai ši tėkmė yra maitinama iš kritulių
a water source, spring, fountain, origin, or reservoir
šaltinis
a glacier
ledynas
to melt
tirpdyti
small, minor, minute
smulkus / smulki
a minor defect
smulkus defektas
small kitchen equipment
smulki virtuvės įranga
tiny
smulkutis / smulkutė
a tiny boy
smulkutis berniukas
a tiny chain
smulkutė grandinėlė
and (a conjunction)
bei
a brook, a rivulet
upokšnis
what is upokšnis?
kas yra upokšnis?
upokšnis is a small river
upokšnis yra mažas upelis
a stream is a small river
upelis yra maža upė
upė – didelė natūrali vandens tėkmė. Paprastai ši tėkmė yra maitinama iš kritulių, šaltinių arba ledynų tirpsmo vandens ir smulkesnių upių bei upokšnių.
upė – didelė natūrali vandens tėkmė. Paprastai ši tėkmė yra maitinama iš kritulių, šaltinių arba ledynų tirpsmo vandens ir smulkesnių upių bei upokšnių.
upė – didelė natūrali vandens tėkmė. Paprastai ši tėkmė yra maitinama iš kritulių, šaltinių arba ledynų tirpsmo vandens ir smulkesnių upių bei upokšnių.
Sveikinu laimėjus! Congratulations on making it through another episode! Sveikinu laimėjus!
LL0295 – Egzaminas Exam (with Gintarė) This is a quick response episode! We’ll say the word or phrase in English and you say it in Lithuanian – Out Loud! Ready, set, go! Pasiruošti, dėmesio, marš! average vidutinis an average restaurant vidutinis restoranas an average café vidutinė kavinė average restaurants vidutiniai restoranai average cafés vidutinės kavinės woolen vilnonis a woolen sweater vilnonis megztinis a woolen hat vilnonė skrybėlė woolen sweaters vilnoniai megztiniai woolen hats vilnonės skrybėlės straight tiesus / tiesi a straight road tiesus kelias a straight fence tiesi tvora straight roads tiesūs keliai straight fences tiesios tvoros how straight! kaip tiesu! healthy sveikas healthy food sveikas maistas healthy bread sveika duona healthy foods sveiki maistai healthy breads sveikos duonos how healthy! kaip sveika! hot karštas a hot pastry karštas pyragėlis a hot plate karšta lėkštė hot pastries karšti pyragėliai hot plates karštos lėkštės how hot! kaip karšta! green žalias a green mountain žalias kalnas a green hill žalia kalva green mountains žali kalnai green hills žalios kalvos how green! kaip žalia! popular populiarius a popular restaurant populiarus restoranas a popular idea populiari idėja popular restaurants populiarūs restoranai popular ideas populiarios idėjos how popular! kaip populiaru!
LL0294 – Egzaminas Exam (with Gintarė)
This is a quick response episode! We’ll say the word or phrase in English and you say it in Lithuanian – Out Loud! Ready, set, go! Pasiruošti, dėmesio, marš!
cold
šaltas
cold weather
šaltas oras
a cold day
šalta diena
cold drinks
šalti gėrimai
cold beans
šaltos pupos
how cold!
kaip šalta!
wet
šlapias
wet weather
šlapias oras
a wet day
šlapia diena
wet tables
šlapi stalai
wet chairs
šlapios kėdės
how wet!
kaip šlapia!
clean
švarus
a clean hotel
švarus viešbutis
a clean hospital
švari ligoninė
clean hotels
švarūs viešbučiai
clean hospitals
švarios ligoninės
how clean!
kaip švaru!
pleasant
malonus
a pleasant person
malonus žmogus
a pleasant female friend
maloni draugė
pleasant people
malonūs žmonės
pleasant female friends
malonios draugės
very pleasant
labai malonu
copper
varinis
a copper coin
varinis pinigas
a copper plate
varinė lėkštė
copper coins
variniai pinigai
copper plates
varinės lėkštės
wild, savage
laukinis
a wild bear (masc.)
laukinis lokys
a wild bear (fem.)
laukinė meška
wild bears
laukiniai lokiai
wild bears
laukinės meškos
good
geras
a good dictionary
geras žodynas
a good book
gera knyga
good dictionaries
geri žodynai
good books
geros knygos
how good
kaip gera
LL0293 – Egzaminas Exam (with Gintarė)
This is a quick response episode! We’ll say the word or phrase in English and you say it in Lithuanian – Out Loud! Ready, set, go! Pasiruošti, dėmesio, marš!
icy ponds
lediniai tvenkiniai
icy pools
lediniai baseinai
icy drinks
lediniai gėrimai
icy lakes
lediniai ežerai
icy bridges
lediniai tiltai
icy rivers
ledinės upės
icy seas
ledinės jūros
icy streets
ledinės gatvės
icy puddles
ledinės balos
icy stairways
ledinės laiptinės
silky skirts
šilkiniai sijonai
silky neckties
šilkiniai kaklaraiščiai
silky sweaters
šilkiniai megztiniai
silky robes
šilkiniai chalatai
silky pillowcases
šilkiniai užvalkalai
silky dresses
šilkinės suknelės
silky blouses
šilkinės palaidinukės
silky blankets
šilkinės antklodės
silky sheets
šilkinės paklodės
silky headscarves
šilkinės skarelės
synthetic chemicals
sintetiniai chemikalai
synthetic coats
sintetiniai paltai
synthetic furs
sintetiniai kailiai
synthetic sweaters
sintetiniai megztiniai
synthetic ties
sintetiniai kaklaraiščiai
synthetic blouses
sintetinės palaidinukės
synthetic jackets
sintetinės striukės
synthetic fabrics
sintetinės medžiagos
synthetic gloves
sintetinės pirštinės
synthetic resins
sintetinės dervos
big noises
dideli triukšmai
big houses
dideli namai
big elephants
dideli drambliai
big men
dideli vyrai
big mountains
dideli kalnai
big structures
didelės struktūros
big countries
didelės šalys
big sofas
didelės sofos
big snowflakes
didelės snaigės
large books
didelės knygos
LL0292 – Egzaminas Exam (with Gintarė)
This is a quick response episode! We’ll say the word or phrase in English and you say it in Lithuanian – Out Loud! Ready, set, go! Pasiruošti, dėmesio, marš!
small dogs
maži šunys
small cats
maži katinai
small houses
maži namai
small cars
maži automobiliai
small tables
maži stalai
small countries
mažos šalys
small boats
mažos valtys
small ants
mažos skruzdėlės
small foxes
mažos lapės
small libraries
mažos bibliotekos
soft armchairs
minkšti foteliai
soft bags
minkšti maišeliai
soft carpets
minkšti kilimai
soft cheeses
minkšti sūriai
soft rabbits
minkšti kiškiai
soft sofas
minkštos sofos
soft blankets
minkštos antklodės
soft chairs
minkštos kėdės
soft beds
minkštos lovos
soft pillows
minkštos pagalvės
hard muffins
kieti keksai
hard cheeses
kieti sūriai
hard stones
kieti akmenys
hard armchairs
kieti foteliai
hard benches
kieti suolai
hard sofas
kietos sofos
hard chairs
kietos kėdės
hard beds
kietos lovos
hard pillows
kietos pagalvės
hard buns
kietos bandelės
clean beaches
švarūs pliažai
clean bowls
švarūs dubenys
clean rooms
švarūs kambariai
clean houses
švarūs namai
clean bedrooms
švarūs miegamieji
clean bathtubs
švarios vonios
clean kitchens
švarios virtuvės
clean stoves
švarios viryklės
clean plates
švarios lėkštės
clean saucers
švarios lėkštutės
cheap bicycles
pigūs dviračiai
cheap cameras
pigūs fotoaparatai
cheap overcoats
pigūs paltai
cheap pens
pigūs tušinukai
cheap tickets
pigūs bilietai
cheap dresses
pigios suknelės
cheap blouses
pigios palaidinukės
cheap jackets
pigios striukės
cheap guitars
pigios gitaros
cheap handbags
pigios rankinės
LL0291 – Egzaminas Exam (with Gintarė)
This is a quick response episode! We’ll say the word or phrase in English and you say it in Lithuanian – Out Loud! Ready, set, go! Pasiruošti, dėmesio, marš!
to think
galvoti
let me think about it
leiskite minutėlę pagalvoti
I can‘t think right now
šiuo metu negaliu galvoti
hard / difficult
sunkus / sunki
a hard question
sunkus klausimas
a hard life
sunkus gyvenimas
to get on well with someone
sutarti
I get on well with my mother
aš sutariu su savo mama
deal!
sutarta!
together
kartu
Romas lives with his wife
Romas gyvena kartu su žmona
essential
svarbus / svarbi
most essential
svarbiausia
it‘s essential to me
man svarbu
peace is essential
taika yra svarbu
a relationship
santykis
in a relationship
santykyje
in relationships
santykiuose
people
žmonės
of course, you have in mind...
žinoma, turi omeny...
in mind
omenyje
what do you have in mind?
ką turi omenyje?
to tell, to say
sakyti
I say
aš sakau
you know, I would say...
žinai ką, aš sakyčiau...
I would say, yes
sakyčiau, kad taip
I would say, no
sakyčiau, kad ne
understanding
supratimas
to understand
suprasti
do you understand?
supranti?
I understand
suprantu
as far as I understand...
kiek aš suprantu...
one
vienas
second, other, another
kitas, kita
one with the other
vienas su kitu
that
tas
that idea
ta idėja
bond, connection
ryšys
that connection
tas ryšys
near, about
apie
which
kuris
before, prior
anksčiau
to refer
minėti
own, self
pats
LL0290 – Egzaminas Exam (with Eglė)
This is a quick response episode! We’ll say the word or phrase in English and you say it in Lithuanian – Out Loud! Ready, set, go! Pasiruošti, dėmesio, marš!
tasty
skanus
a tasty cookie
skanus sausainis
a tasty sausage
skani dešra
tasty cookies
skanūs sausainiai
tasty sausages
skanios dešros
how tasty!
kaip skanu!
fast
greitas
a fast airplane
greitas lėktuvas
a fast car
greita mašina
fast airplanes
greiti lėktuvai
fast cars
greitos mašinos
how fast!
kaip greita!
sweet
saldus
a sweet cake
saldus pyragas
a sweet strawberry
saldi braškė
sweet cakes
saldūs pyragai
sweet strawberries
saldžios braškės
how sweet!
kaip saldu!
slow
lėtas
a slow bus
lėtas autobusas
a slow boat
lėta valtis
slow buses
lėti autobusai
slow boats
lėtos valtys
how slow!
kaip lėta!
sour
rūgštus
a sour apple
rūgštus obuolys
a sour lemon
rūgšti citrina
sour apples
rūgštūs obuoliai
sour lemons
rūgščios citrinos
how sour!
kaip rūgštu!
nice, beautiful
gražus
a beautiful stork
gražus gandras
a beautiful swan
graži gulbė
beautiful storks
gražūs gandrai
beautiful swans
gražios gulbės
how beautiful!
kaip gražu!
Lithuanian Out Loud 0289 - Egzaminas Exam
This is a quick response episode! We’ll say the word or phrase in English and you say it in Lithuanian – Out Loud! Ready, set, go! Pasiruošti, dėmesio, marš!
I agree
aš sutinku / sutinku
I agree that you are right
sutinku kad esi teisus
Dorotėja is a mess
Dorotėjai kažkas yra ne taip
something or somebody
kažkas
something wrong
kažkas ne taip
Dorotėja is living through a hard period
Dorotėja išgyvena sunkų laikotarpį
hard times
sunkūs laikai
a period of time
laikotarpis
to undergo, to live through
pergyventi
to live out, to survive
išgyventi
something is not good with Dorotėja
kažkas negerai su Dorotėja
there is something wrong with Dorotėja
kažkas yra negerai su Dorotėja
that‘s too bad
oi, kaip negerai
really bad
tikrai blogai
it‘s really bad
yra tikrai blogai
what a pity
kaip gaila
what a pity that is for you
kaip gaila, kad tai tau yra
what a pity that she is lying in the street
kaip gaila kad ji guli gatvėje
to lie
gulėti
good job
geras darbas
good job
gerai padaryta
good job
gerai padirbėjote
we thank you all
ačiū labai jums visiems
it was a pleasure
malonu buvo
goodnight everyone
labanakt visiems
goodbye, until the next meeting
viso gero, iki kito susitikimo
Lithuanian Out Loud 0288 Beg - Egzaminas Exam
This is a quick response episode! We’ll say the word or phrase in English and you say it in Lithuanian – Out Loud! Ready, set, go! Pasiruošti, dėmesio, marš!
a mill
gamykla
a cement factory
cemento gamykla
in the cement factory
cemento gamykloje
a turning lathe
tekinimo staklės
a system
sistema
revenue, income
pajamos
to live
gyventi
to survive
pragyventi
service
prievolė
to do
atlikti
to fear
bijoti
to get into
pakliūti
section, chapter, department
skyrius
a sailor
jūreivis, jūrininkas
the then government
tuometinė vyriausybė
a workplace
darbovietė
to stage, to arrange
surengti
a farewell party
išleistuvės
amply, aplenty, richly
gausiai
to load up tables with tasty foods
nukrauti stalus skaniais valgiais
strong, hard drinks
svaigalai
amateur
mėgėjas
to whirl
svaigti
a plant pot
vazonas
relatives
giminės
a few
keli, keletas
a few friends
keli draugai
to take part in an evening party
vakaroti
to fill up
prisivaišinti
to report
prisistatyti
military
karinis
Lithuanian Out Loud 0287 - Egzaminas Exam
This is a quick response episode! We’ll say the word or phrase in English and you say it in Lithuanian – Out Loud! Ready, set, go! Pasiruošti, dėmesio, marš!
high school
vidurinė mokykla
because, due to, inasmuch
kadangi
we went home because we were tired
išejome namo kadangi buvome pavargę
to pull
traukti
to attract
patraukti, pritraukti
to not attract
netraukti
Soviet times
sovietiniai laikai
in Soviet times
sovietiniais laikais
compulsory
privalomas
military rank
karinis laipsnis
military service
karinė tarnyba
military oath
karinė priesaika
work, service, job
tarnyba
in the mood
nusiteikęs
to give
duoti
to surrender
atiduoti
soviet
tarybinis
the army
kariuomenė
armija
a soldier
kareivis
a rule
taisyklė
cement
cementas
cement mixer
cemento maišyklė
Lithuanian Out Loud 0286 - Egzaminas Exam
This is a quick response episode! We’ll say the word or phrase in English and you say it in Lithuanian – Out Loud! Ready, set, go! Pasiruošti, dėmesio, marš!
a cheap bicycle
pigus dviratis
a cheap camera
pigus fotoaparatas
a cheap overcoat
pigus paltas
a cheap pen
pigus tušinukas
a cheap ticket
pigus bilietas
a cheap dress
pigi suknelė
a cheap blouse
pigi palaidinė
a cheap jacket
pigi striukė
a cheap guitar
pigi gitara
a cheap handbag
pigi rankinė
in this store everything is cheap
šioje parduotuvėje viskas pigu
an icy pond
ledinis tvenkinys
an icy pool
ledinis baseinas
an icy drink
ledinis gėrimas
an icy lake
ledinis ežeras
an icy bridge
ledinis tiltas
an icy river
ledinė upė
an icy sea
ledinė jūra
an icy street
ledinė gatvė
an icy puddle
ledinė bala
an icy stairway
ledinė laiptinė
a silky necktie
šilkinis kaklaraištis
a silky sweater
šilkinis megztinis
a silky robe
šilkinis chalatas
a silky pillowcase
šilkinis užvalkalas
a silky dress
šilkinė suknelė
a silky blouse
šilkinė palaidinė
a silky blanket
šilkinė antklodė
a silky sheet
šilkinė paklodė
a silky headscarf
šilkinė skarelė
a synthetic chemical
sintetinis chemikalas
a synthetic coat
sintetinis paltas
a synthetic fur
sintetinis kailis
a synthetic sweater
sintetinis megztinis
a synthetic tie
sintetinis kaklaraištis
a synthetic blouse
sintetinė palaidinukė
a synthetic jacket
sintetinė striukė
a synthetic fabric
sintetinė medžiaga
a synthetic glove
sintetinės pirštinės
a synthetic resin
sintetinė derva
a big noise
didelis triukšmas
a big elephant
didelis dramblys
a big man
didelis vyras
a big mountain
didelis kalnas
a big house
didelis namas
a big structure
didelė struktūra
a big country
didelė šalis
a big sofa
didelė sofa
a big snowflake
didelė snaigė
a large book
didelė knyga
¿qué te pasa, calabaza?
¡nada tostada!
This is a quick response episode! We’ll say the word or phrase in English and you say it in Lithuanian – Out Loud! Ready, set, go! Pasiruošti, dėmesio, marš!
small
mažas / maža
soft
minkštas / minkšta
hard
kietas / kieta
clean
švarus / švari
cheap
pigus / pigi
expensive
brangus / brangi
icy
ledinis / ledinė
silky
šilkinis / šilkinė
synthetic
sintetinis / sintetinė
a small dog
mažas šuo
a small cat
mažas katinas
a small house
mažas namas
a small car
mažas automobilis
a small table
mažas stalas
a small country
maža šalis
a small boat
maža valtis
a small ant
maža skruzdėlė
a small fox
maža lapė
a small library
maža biblioteka
how small!
kaip maža!
a soft armchair
minkštas fotelis
a soft bag
minkštas maišelis
a soft carpet
minkštas kilimas
a soft cheese
minkštas sūris
a soft rabbit
minkštas kiškis
a soft sofa
minkšta sofa
a soft blanket
minkšta antklodė
a soft chair
minkšta kėdė
a soft bed
minkšta lova
a soft pillow
minkšta pagalvė
how soft!
kaip minkšta!
a hard muffin
kietas keksas
a hard cheese
kietas sūris
a hard stone
kietas akmuo
a hard armchair
kietas fotelis
a hard bench
kietas suolas
a hard sofa
kieta sofa
a hard chair
kieta kėdė
a hard bed
kieta lova
a hard pillow
kieta pagalvė
you know that kieta in Lithuanian, is like, “cool”.
oh, cool.
smagu? (cool)
cool - kieta
yeah
kieta
you (are) like a cool girl
tu esi kieta mergina
ah, I didn’t know that
a hard bun
kieta bandelė
a clean beach
švarus pliažas
a clean bowl
švarus dubuo
a clean room
švarus kambarys
a clean house
švarus namas
a clean bedroom
švarus miegamasis
a clean bathtub
švari vonia
a clean kitchen
švari virtuvė
a clean stove
švari viryklė
a clean plate
švari lėkštė
a clean saucer
švari lėkštutė
how clean it is in the house!
kaip švaru namuose!
LL0284 – Žinoti To Know
Hi there, I’m Jack and I’m Gintarė and welcome back to Lithuanian Out Loud where we offer the world the Lithuanian language.
Before we get started with today’s episode, Linas of interlinear books asked me to let you know he has some Lithuanian books available online that have English translations. His site is not free and I cannot personally comment on the site’s quality. I’m just passing along the information so you know the resource is there if you’re curious. You can find more information on the books at the bottom of our show notes on this episode of Lithuanian Out Loud. Alright, let’s get started with today’s episode!
Today we’ll go over the Lithuanian verb žinoti – to know. Here are žinoti and nežinoti conjugated in the present tense.
to know
žinoti
I know
aš žinau
you know
tu žinai
he knows
jis žino
she knows
ji žino
we know
mes žinome
you know (jūs)
jūs žinote
you all know
jūs žinote
they know (mm/mf)
jie žino
they know (ff)
jos žino
to not know
nežinoti
I don’t know
aš nežinau
you don’t know
tu nežinai
he doesn’t know
jis nežino
she doesn’t know
ji nežino
we don’t know
mes nežinome
you don’t know (jūs)
jūs nežinote
you all don’t know
jūs nežinote
they don’t know (mm/mf)
jie nežino
kas yra? (what’s up?)
juokinga (it’s funny)
they don’t know (ff)
jos nežino
would you say that?
kas yra? (what is it?)
kas yra (what’s up?)
kas yra (what’s with you?)
kas yra
juokinga man labai (it’s very funny to me)
(Gintarė was laughing because we were going over such simple and basic information)
So, here are the infinitives
infinitive
it’s always better to know than not know
visada geriau žinoti, nei nežinoti
I like this, I want to know everything, everything
usually it’s better to know
dažniausiai geriau žinoti
it’s better to know what you are looking for
geriau žinoti ko ieškai
sometimes it’s better to not know
kartais geriau nežinoti
it’s better to not know than to know
geriau nežinoti nei žinoti
lengviau nežinoti
it’s easier to not know
after all, to not know is much easier
juk nežinoti yra daug lengviau
she knows everything she needs to know
ji žino viską ką rekia žinoti
here is everything one needs to know
čia yra viskas ką reikia žinoti
I would like to know
norėčiau žinoti
I want to know
noriu žinoti
I want to know everything
noriu žinoti viską
aš
now I know
dabar žinau
I know where you are
aš žinau kur tu esi
I know why you are here
aš žinau, kodėl tu esi čia
I know what you want
aš žinau ko tu nori
I know what women want. And what do men want? That only women know as well.
Aš žinau, ko nori moterys. O ko nori vyrai? Tą irgi žino tik moterys.
I know Lithuania well
aš gerai žinau Lietuvą
what do I know!
ką aš žinau!
I don’t know why
nežinau kodėl
I don’t know what to do
aš nežinau ką daryti
I don’t know what I want to do in life
aš nežinau ką noriu veikti gyvenime
I don’t know what to say
aš nežinau ką sakyti
tu
do you know…?
ar žinai…?
do you know what you are eating?
ar žinai ką valgai?
do you know what you are buying?
ar žinai ką perki?
do you know what to eat?
ar žinai ką valgyti?
do you know who I am?
ar žinai, kas aš?
do you know what this is?
do you know what that is?
ar žinai, kas tai?
do you know what time it is?
ar žinai kiek valandų?
you know what?
žinai ką?
you always know what to say!
tu visada žinai ką sakai!
what do you not know?
ko tu nežinai?
you don’t know what to do?
nežinai ką daryti?
you don’t know?
nežinai?
you don’t know how?
nežinai kaip?
you don’t know which film to watch?
nežinai, kokį filmą žiūrėti?
you don’t know how hard it is for me to live
tu nežinai, kaip sunku man gyventi
you don’t know how hard it is for me
tu nežinai, kaip sunku man
you don’t know what to be?
nežinai kuo būti?
jis
Augustas knows her name
Augustas žino jos vardą
he knows everything
jis žino viską
what does Danielius know about Lithuania?
ką Danielius žino apie Lietuvą?
he knows more than I
jis žino daugiau negu aš
Lukas doesn’t know which food he needs to give
Lukas nežino kokį maistą reikia duoti
he doesn’t know what he wants
jis nežino ko nori
Virgilijus doesn’t know where she went
Virgilijus nežino kur jį išvyko
it seems to me he doesn’t know what he wants to say
man atrodo jis nežino ką nori pasakyti
ji
Valerija knows how to drive by automobile
Valerija žino kaip vairuoti automobilį
from where does she know my last name?
iš kur ji žino mano pavardę?
Marija knows who he is
Marija žino kas jis yra
she knows I’m sleeping
ji žino kad aš miegu
Danutė doesn’t know her brother’s name
Danutė nežino savo brolio vardo
she doesn’t know who he is
ji nežino kas yra jis
Aušra doesn’t know who her father is
Aušra nežino kas yra jos tėvas
she doesn’t know what a computer is
ji nežino kas yra kompiuteris
Audra doesn’t know what to choose
Audra nežino ką pasirinkti
she doesn’t know what she wants
ji nežino ko nori
mes
we know what and how we have to do
mes žinome, ką ir kaip turime padaryti
we know about it, but we want more information
žinome apie ją, bet norime daugiau informacijos
we know what freedom is
mes žinome, kas yra laisvė
how much do we know about cars?
kiek mes žinome apie automobilius?
what do we know about our universe?
ką mes žinome apie mūsų visatą?
we don’t know how to look at death
mes nežinome kaip žvelgti į mirtį
we don’t know what to eat and what not
mes nežinome, ką valgyti ir ko ne
we don’t know anything about it
mes nežinome nieko apie tai
we don’t know and we cannot know
mes nežinome ir negalime žinoti
jūs
do you know what you need to do?
ar žinote ką reikia daryti?
what do you know about Lithuania?
ką jūs žinote apie Lietuvą?
do you know your grandparents’ names?
ar žinote savo senelių vardus?
do you know a good psychic?
gal žinote gerą būrėją?
do you not know what that is?
ar nė nežinote kas tai yra?
what do you know and what do you not know?
ką žinote ir ko nežinote?
is there something you don’t know?
ar ko nors nežinote?
if there is something you don’t know - ask!
jei ko nežinote - klauskite!
jūs (plural)
what do you all know about this film?
ką žinote apie šį filmą?
do you all know where your children are now?
ar žinote kur dabar Jūsų vaikas?
do you all know the answer?
gal žinote atsakymą?
do you all know what is going on at home?
ar jūs nežinote kas vyksta namuose?
you all don’t know what to do?
nežinote ką daryti?
I don’t think that you all don’t know the answer
nemanau, kad jūs nežinote atsakymo
jie
do they know how to speak Arabic?
ar jie žino kaip kalbėti arabiškai?
do they know the truth?
ar jie žino tiesą?
they know what they want from life
jie žino, ko nori iš gyvenimo
they don’t know what to do
jie nežino, ką daro
they don’t know and they don’t want to know
jie nežino ir nenori žinoti
they don’t know anything
jie nieko nežino
jos
they know what they want
jos žino, ko nori
they know what they want from men
jos žino, ko nori iš vyrų
I think that they know
manau, kad jos žino
it seems that they know what to do
atrodo, kad jos žino ką daro
they don’t know what to do
jos nežino ką daryti
they don’t know what they are doing
jos nežino ką daro
they don’t know Lithuania’s history
jos nežino Lietuvos istorijos
they don’t know when to stop
jos nežino kada sustoti
imperatives
tu žinok
jūs žinokite
mes žinokime
(tu) nežinok
(jūs) nežinokite
(mes) nežinokime
Šaunuoliai! Great! You made it to the end of another episode! Puiku! Excellent!
LL0283 – Skaityti To Read
Hi there, I’m Gintarė and I’m Jack and welcome back to Lithuanian Out Loud where we offer the world the Lithuanian language.
According to the Švyturys webpage, Švyturys beer has been produced in Klaipėda, Lithuania since 1784 - that’s 226 years of beer. Today the Švyturys and Utenos breweries are controlled by the Danish company Carlsberg.
Švyturys Brewery
http://www.svyturys.lt/en/main/info/about/history
today we’ll go over the Lithuanian verb skaityti – to read
skaityti is a transitive verb so it requires the accusative case or galininkas
neskaityti requires the genitive case
here are skaityti and neskaityti conjugated in the present tense
to read
skaityti
I read
aš skaitau
you read (tu)
tu skaitai
he reads
jis skaito
she reads
ji skaito
we read
mes skaitome
you read (formal)
jūs skaitote
you all read
jūs skaitote
they read (mm/mf)
jie skaito
they read (ff)
jos skaito
to not read
neskaityti
I don't read
aš neskaitau
you don't read (tu)
tu neskaitai
he doesn't read
jis neskaito
she doesn't read
ji neskaito
we don't read
mes neskaitome
you don't read (formal)
jūs neskaitote
you all don't read
jūs neskaitote
they don't read (mm/mf)
jie neskaito
they don't read (ff)
jos neskaito
here are some examples of skaityti and neskaityti
infinitive
I like to read books
man patinka skaityti knygas
she can write and read the Lithuanian language
ji gali rašyti ir skaityti lietuvių kalba
do you want to read more?
ar nori skaityti daugiau?
books better unread
knygų geriau neskaityti
to read through, to peruse, to go over
perskaityti
I read through that, which I did not have to read
perskaičiau tai, ko turėjau neskaityti
aš
I rarely read
skaitau retai
magazine
žurnalas
I read the magazine People
aš skaitau žurnalą Žmonės
I read newspapers
aš skaitau laikraščius
I read every day
skaitau kiekvieną dieną
previously
ankščiau
now I don’t read because I don’t want to
dabar aš neskaitau nes nenoriu
those books, which I don’t read and I won’t read
tai knygos, kurių neskaitau ir neskaitysiu
tu
you read my thoughts
tu skaitai mano mintis
which book are you reading?
kokią knygą tu skaitai?
are you an idiot or do you not read what I wrote you?
ar tu idiotas arba neskaitai ką aš tau rašau?
literature
literatūra
tema
theme, subject, topic
why do you not read the literature on this subject?
kodėl neskaitai literatūros šia tema?
jis
constantly, perpetually, continually
nuolat
he reads constantly and very much
jis skaito nuolat ir labai daug
a thought, an idea
mintis
thoughts
mintys
he reads our thoughts
jis skaito mūsų mintis
a space
erdvė
even, actually
net
Naras reads in absolutely all spaces, even in the toilet
Naras skaito absoliučiai visose erdvėse, net tualete
occupying
okupacinė
army, troops, military
kariuomenė
Aleksas is reading the book, “The Occupying Army in Lithuania”
Aleksas skaito knygą, „Okupacinė kariuomenė Lietuvoje“
he does not read what you write
jis neskaito tai ką tu rašai
he does not read books
jis neskaito knygų
ji
she reads, “Mergaitės” magazine
ji skaito "Mergaitės" žurnalą
a diary or journal
dienoraštis
she reads mother’s diary
ji skaito mamos dienoraštį
a lecture
paskaita
Lina reads the lecture
Lina skaito paskaitą
Lina reads the lectures
Lina skaito paskaitas
Lina does not read the lecture
Lina neskaito paskaitos
Lina does not read the lectures
Lina neskaito paskaitų
Lina does not read often
Lina neskaito dažnai
mes
an answer
atsakymas
answers
atsakymai
we read the answer
mes skaitome atsakymą
we read the answers
mes skaitome atsakymus
we don’t read the answer
mes neskaitome atsakymo
we don’t read the answers
mes neskaitome atsakymų
the bible
biblija
the koran
koranas
the talmud
talmudas
we read the bible
mes skaitome bibliją
we read the koran
mes skaitome koraną
we read the talmud
mes skaitome talmudą
jūs
correctly
teisingai
incorrectly
neteisingai
to think, believe, suspect
manyti
Antanas, I think you are reading this question incorrectly
Antanai, manau kad, jūs skaitote šį klausimą neteisingai
a joke, anecdote, funny story
anekdotas
Naras, I don’t think you are reading this anecdote correctly
Narai, nemanau kad, jūs skaitote šį anekdotą teisingai
a textbook
vadovėlis
a text
tekstas
Artūras, I think you are reading this text correctly
Artūrai, manau kad, jūs skaitote šį tekstą teisingai
Agnė, I think you are not reading the textbook correctly
Agne, manau kad, jūs neskaitote vadovėlio teisingai
Audra, I think you are reading the textbook correctly
Audra, manau kad, jūs skaitote vadovėlį teisingai
jūs (plural)
a newspaper
laikraštis
newspapers
laikraščiai
are you all reading the magazine?
ar jūs skaitote žurnalą?
do you all read magazines and newspapers?
ar jūs skaitote žurnalus ir laikraščius?
generally, mostly, for the most part
dažniausiai
the news
naujienas
where do you all mostly read the news?
kur dažniausiai jūs skaitote naujienas?
what do you all mostly read?
ką dažniausiai jūs skaitote?
do you all, for the most part, read in the coffee shop?
ar jūs dažniausiai skaitote kavinėje?
jie
they read everything and don’t know anything
jie skaito viską ir nieko nežino
they read everything she writes
jie skaito viską ką ji rašo
available
prienamas / prienama
they read everything available
jie skaito viską prienamą
I don’t understand, do they not read, or what?
nesuprantu, ar jie neskaito, ar kas?
so, you can say this?
yeah
ar tu idiotas ar kas?
yeah
aaaah, that’s funny
easy
lengvas / lengva
easier
lengviau
they don’t read books, because reading newspapers is easier
jie neskaito knygų, nes laikraščius skaityti yra lengviau
jos
they read various magazines
jos skaito įvairius žurnalus
they read everything
jos skaito viską
good
geras / gera
better
geriau
than - used as a conjugation between words or ideas
negu
a boy, a child, a youngster
berniukas
boys, children, youngsters
berniukai
they read better than boys
jos skaito geriau negu berniukai
imperatives
read! (tu)
skaityk!
let’s read!
skaitykime!
read! (jūs)
skaitykite!
don’t read! (tu)
neskaityk!
let’s not read!
neskaitykime!
don’t read! (jūs)
neskaitykite!
read the book!
skaityk knygą!
read the books!
skaityk knygas!
read the question!
skaityk klausimą!
read the questions!
skaityk klausimus!
don’t read this book!
neskaityk šitos knygos!
don’t read this text!
neskaityk šio teksto!
don’t read this!
neskaityk šito!
Šaunu! You made it to the end of another episode! Fainai! Cool!
LL0282 – Gyvuoti To Exist
Hi there, I’m Jack and I’m Gintarė and welcome back to Lithuanian Out Loud where we offer the world the Lithuanian language.
According to the website www.balticreports.com, some Russians are going into Russian stores and putting stickers of swastikas on Lithuanian products. The Russian government says this has happened, but is not widespread. Shop owners remove the products from the shelves since not many people want to buy a product with a swastika attached.
Russian groups are placing the stickers on products because a Klaipėda District Court dropped charges against four youths who were arrested for displaying swastika placards.
The youths were able to prove to the court that the swastika was a common symbol in ancient Lithuania, displayed on rings, bracelets and personal jewelry.
http://balticreports.com/?p=19795
http://www.delfi.lt/archive/article.php?id=32970715
Today we’ll go over the Lithuanian verb gyvuoti – to be, to survive, to fare, to exist, or to live.
I want to give you a little warning before we go any further. The Lithuanian verb gyvuoti can be replaced in many situations with other verbs such as gyventi, egzistuoti, būti, išgyventi and others. When I first started putting together examples for this episode I wrote them all down. One by one almost all my examples were deleted by native Lithuanian speakers who said the phrases sounded strange and a different verb should be used. But, the purpose of this episode is to introduce you to gyvuoti, not the other verbs.
For example, keep in mind when we use the English verb “to survive” on this episode many other Lithuanian verbs might be more commonly used depending on the situation. But, again the focus of this episode is gyvuoti. Hopefully on future episodes we’ll be able to go over other verbs which can be substituted for gyvuoti.
So, keeping in mind we’re only focusing on gyvuoti, let’s continue the episode.
Here are gyvuoti and negyvuoti conjugated in the present tense.
to be, to exist
gyvuoti
I exist
aš gyvuoju
you exist (tu)
tu gyvuoji
he exists
jis gyvuoja
she exists
ji gyvuoja
we exist
mes gyvuojame
you exist (formal)
jūs gyvuojate
you all exist
jūs gyvuojate
they exist (mm/mf)
jie gyvuoja
they exist (ff)
jos gyvuoja
to not be, to not exist
negyvuoti
I do not exist
aš negyvuoju
you do not exist (tu)
tu negyvuoji
he does not exist
jis negyvuoja
she does not exist
ji negyvuoja
we do not exist
mes negyvuojame
you do not exist (formal)
jūs negyvuojate
you all do not exist
jūs negyvuojate
they do not exist (mm/mf)
jie negyvuoja
they do not exist (ff)
jos negyvuoja
here are a few examples for you
infinitive
in the refrigerator, they can survive for many days
šaldytuve jie gali gyvuoti daug dienų
they can exist together
jie gali gyvuoti kartu
passion can survive without love
aistra gali gyvuoti be meilės
society, public, community
visuomenė
can society survive without morals?
ar gali gyvuoti visuomenė be moralės?
...that is why the law should not exist
...tai kodėl teisė turėtų negyvuoti
aš
I’m doing well!
aš gyvuoju gerai!
I'm doing well, and how are you?
aš gyvuoju gerai, o kaip tu?
I'm living better than ever
aš gyvuoju geriau nei bet kada
I'm not doing bad
aš gyvuoju neblogai
tu
hi, how are you doing?
sveikas, kaip gyvuoji?
good morning, neighbor, how are you?
laba diena, kaimyne, kaip gyvuoji?
how are you doing today?
kaip tu šiandien gyvuoji?
out with it, how are you?
pasakok, kaip gyvuoji?
jis
a fleet
laivynas
how is the Lithuanian fleet faring?
kaip gyvuoja Lietuvos laivynas?
justice
teisingumas
is there justice in Lithuania?
ar Lietuvoje gyvuoja teisingumas?
does Lithuanian theater exist in America?
ar lietuviškas teatras gyvuoja Amerikoje?
business, trade, occupation
verslas
this business won't last long
šitas verslas ilgai negyvuoja
ji
why does one idea survive, while others die?
kodėl viena idėja gyvuoja, o kita miršta?
a culture exists only in contact with other cultures
kultūra gyvuoja tik bendraudama su kitomis kultūromis
the Lithuanian language survives not only in Lithuania
lietuvių kalba gyvuoja ne tik Lietuvoje
a people, nation, race, nationality
tauta
a hero
didvyris
the nation doesn't exist without its heroes
tauta negyvuoja be savo didvyrių
a heart
širdis
she exists in our hearts
ji gyvuoja mūsų širdyse
mes
still
vis dar
we still exist, and I believe everything will be okay
vis dar gyvuojame ir, manau, kad viskas bus gerai
still
dar
as you see, we still exist
kaip matote, dar gyvuojame
we're doing well
gyvuojame gerai
we get along little by little
gyvuojame po truputį
jūs
how are you doing?
kaip gyvuojate?
it's cool to see that you're doing well
smagu matyti kad gyvuojate gerai
I only want to see how you're doing
noriu tik pasižiūrėti, kaip gyvuojate
I'm happy that you are living well
aš laimingas, kad jūs gerai gyvuojate
jūs
how is everyone doing?
kaip gyvuojate visi?
friends, how are you getting on?
bičiuliai, kaip gyvuojate?
jie
for a long time
ilgai
dinosaurs
dinozaurai
do dinosaurs still exist?
ar dinozaurai dar gyvuoja?
we cannot know why and how they survive
negalime suprasti kodėl ir kaip jie gyvuoja
they exist in Lithuania
jie gyvuoja Lietuvoje
they didn't exist for long
jie negyvuoja ilgai
jos
the sun
saulė
a spot, a stain
dėmė
usually, normally
paprastai
barely, hardly, scarcely
vos
a few, several
keli, kelios
sun spots can be large, but normally they survive scarcely a few days
saulės dėmės gali būti didelės, bet paprastai jos gyvuoja vos kelias dienas
a rose
rožė
a garden
sodas
a year
metai
I have several roses in my garden, they exist for several years
aš turiu keletą rožių savo sode, jos gyvuoja kelis metus
wind
vėjas
energy
energija, energetika
a wind turbine
vėjo turbina
a new thing
naujas dalykas
however, notwithstanding
tačiau
foreign country
užsienis
overseas, abroad
užsienyje
a turbine
turbina
common
bendras, bendra
long ago, for a long time, for ages
seniai
already
jau
In Lithuania wind energy is a new thing. However, abroad wind turbines have already existed for a long time.
Lietuvoje vėjo energetika yra naujas dalykas. Tačiau užsienyje vėjo turbinos gyvuoja seniai.
the imperative of gyvuoti can be translated as equivalent to the Spanish, "Viva!"
or, long live! as in long live the king!
long live!
gyvuok!
viva!
gyvuok!
long live, Lithuania!
gyvuok, Lietuva!
live for a long time, my homeland!
gyvuok ilgai, mano tėvyne!
I wish you luck, live long yet for many years!
linkiu sėkmės, gyvuokite dar ilgus metus!
may you live long, a long time, a long time!
gyvuokite ilgai, ilgai!
may we live together for a long time!
gyvuokime kartu!
may we all live a long time!
gyvuokime visi!
don't live!
negyvuok!
don't live!
negyvuokite!
may we not live!
negyvuokime!
Šaunuoliai! Great! You made it to the end of another episode! Puiku! Excellent!
LL0281 – Dirbti To Work
Hi there, I’m Jack and I am Gintarė and welcome back to Lithuanian Out Loud where we offer the world the Lithuanian language.
According to the Wikipedia page entitled, The Lipka Tatars, the Mongol Empire was the largest contiguous empire in the history of the world. Some descendants of the Mongol Empire settled in Lithuania and were known as the Lipka Tatars. Since 1569 the Tatars have contributed to every significant Lithuanian military campaign. Probably the most famous Lipka Tatar was the silver screen actor Charles Bronson. Because of his dark skin he was often cast in the role of either a Mexican-American or Native American. Today, you can still see the Mongol influence in the faces of many Lithuanians.
The Lipka Tatars
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lipka_Tatars
today we’ll go over the verb dirbti – to work
to work
dirbti
I work
aš dirbu
you work (informal)
tu dirbi
he works
jis dirba
she works
ji dirba
you work (jūs)
jūs dirbate
you all work (jūs)
jūs dirbate
we work
mes dirbame
they work (mm/mf)
jie dirba
they work (ff)
jos dirba
to not work
nedirbti
I do not work
aš nedirbu
you don’t work (informal)
tu nedirbi
he does not work
jis nedirba
she does not work
ji nedirba
you do not work (jūs)
jūs nedirbate
you all do not work (jūs)
jūs nedirbate
we do not work
mes nedirbame
they do not work (mm/mf)
jie nedirba
they do not work (ff)
jos nedirba
infinitive
salesman
pardavėjas
saleswoman
pardavėja
spring
pavasaris
to sit
sėdėti
today
šiandien
do you want to work? (tu)
ar nori dirbti?
do you want to work? (formal)
ar norite dirbti?
can you work? (tu)
ar gali dirbti?
can you work? (formal)
ar galite dirbti?
do you like to work?
ar tau patinka dirbti?
I need to work
man reikia dirbti
I want to work as a salesman
noriu dirbti pardavėju
I’d like to not work in spring
norėčiau nedirbti pavasarį
I want to sit down and not work
noriu sėdėti ir nedirbti
I would like to not work today
norėčiau nedirbti šiandien
aš
a company
kompanija
for the time being
kol kas
at this time
šiuo metu
I work in the company
aš dirbu kompanijoje
I live and work in London for now
gyvenu ir dirbu Londone po kol kas
at this time I work in the university
šiuo metu dirbu universitete
for the time being I don’t work
kol kas nedirbu
I don’t work, I study
nedirbu, studijuoju
I don’t work on Tuesday
nedirbu antradienį
I don’t work on Tuesdays
nedirbu antradieniais
tu
I believe you really work a lot
manau kad tu dirbi tikrai daug
where do you work and live?
kur tu dirbi ir gyveni?
I work in the city, where do you work?
aš dirbu mieste, o kur dirbi tu?
I see that you don’t work a lot
matau kad tu daug nedirbi
I believe that you don’t work a lot
manau kad tu dirbi ne daug
when don’t you work?
kada nedirbi?
jis
Vilius is making a boat
Vilius dirba valtį
a cook
virėjas
he’s not working as a cook
jis nedirba virėju
Antanas works in Poland
Antanas dirba Lenkijoje
nowadays he works & lives in England
šiuo metu jis dirba ir gyvena Anglijoje
Ąžuolas works with pleasure
Ąžuolas dirba su malonumu
Justas works as a lawyer
Justas dirba advokatu
the computer isn’t working
kompiuteris nedirba
the telephone isn’t working
telefonas nedirba
the car isn't working
mašina nedirba
Justas doesn’t work
Justas nedirba
is the museum open on Mondays?
ar muziejus dirba pirmadieniais?
is the library open on Saturday?
ar biblioteka dirba šeštadienį?
ji
Eglė works with computers
Eglė dirba su kompiuteriais
Elena works with a telephone
Elena dirba su telefonu
Edita works with people
Edita dirba su žmonėmis
is the coffee shop open on Sunday?
ar kavinė dirba sekmadienį?
the coffee shop doesn’t work on Sunday
kavinė nedirba sekmadienį
Eglė isn’t working
Eglė nedirba
Elena doesn’t work with a telephone
Elena nedirba su telefonu
Edita doesn’t work with people
Edita nedirba su žmonėmis
jūs
for a trifle
pusvelčiui
a kiosk
kioskas
do you work in the city?
ar jūs dirbate mieste?
where do you work?
kur jūs dirbate?
you work for a mere trifle
jūs dirbate pusvelčiui
why don’t you work in the kiosk?
kodėl nedirbate kioske?
why don’t you work in Lithuania?
kodėl nedirbate Lietuvoje?
Kodėl nedirbate Lietuvoje? Poquito dinero.
(Here your hosts share an inside joke. Gintarė wasn’t working in Lithuania because there was little pay, or in Spanish, “little money.”)
why don’t you work where you live?
kodėl nedirbate kur gyvenate?
jūs (plural)
also
irgi
summer
vasara
do you all work in Klaipėda?
ar jūs dirbate Klaipėdoje?
do you also work in the summer?
ar jūs vasarą irgi dirbate ?
do you work with stone?
ar jūs dirbate su amkeniu?
do you all work with stone?
ar jūs dirbate su amkenimi?
why don’t you all work in Kaunas?
kodėl nedirbate Kaune?
by the way, why don’t you work?
tiesa, kodėl nedirbate?
why at this time do you not work?
kodėl šiuo metu nedirbate?
mes
the largest
didžiausas
children
vaikai
sometimes
kartais
often
dažnai
we work with the largest banks
mes dirbame su didžiausiais bankais
we work a lot with children
daug dirbame su vaikais
we live and work in Amsterdam
gyvename ir dirbame Amsterdame
we work in Šiauliai
mes dirbame Šiauliuose
we don’t work in Šiauliai
mes nedirbame Šiauliuose
sometimes we don’t work
kartais nedirbame
we often don’t work
dažnai nedirbame
jie
factory
gamykla
workshop
dirbtuvė
hospital
ligoninė
they work in the factory
jie dirba gamykloje
they work in the workshop
jie dirba dirbtuvėje
they work in the city
jie dirba mieste
they work in the hospitals
jie dirba ligoninėse
they don’t work in hospitals
jie nedirba ligoninėse
they don’t work in the factory
jie nedirba gamykloje
they don’t work in the workshop
jie nedirba dirbtuvėje
they don’t work in the city
jie nedirba mieste
jos
an hour
valanda
hours
valandos
a slave
vergė
amber
gintaras
the weekend
savaitgalis
lunch time
pietų metu
in vain, for nothing, uselessly
veltui
they work many hours
jos dirba daug valandų
they work like slaves
jos dirba kaip vergės
they work with amber
jos dirba su gintaru
of course, they don’t work on weekends
žinoma, jos nedirba savaitgaliais
of course, they don’t work during lunch
žinoma, jos nedirba pietų metu
of course, they don’t work in vain
žinoma, jos nedirba veltui
now here’s dirbti in the imperative
work and travel in Greece! (tu)
dirbk ir keliauk Graikijoje!
go and work! (jūs)
eikite ir dirbkite!
let’s work together! (mes)
dirbkime kartu!
don’t work in Palanga, work at home! (tu)
nedirbk Palangoje, dirbk namuose!
don’t work on Friday! (jūs)
nedirbkite penkdtadienį!
let’s not work on the car! (mes)
nedirbkime prie mašinos!
Puiku! Excellent! You made it to the end of another episode! Puiku!
LL0280 – Egzaminas Exam
This is a quick response episode! We’ll say the word or phrase in English and you say it in Lithuanian – Out Loud! Ready, set, go! Pasiruošti, dėmesio, marš!
food
maistas
I don’t know
aš nežinau
an onion
svogūnas
two onions
du svogūnai
I’d like onions
aš norėčiau svogūnų
I don’t want onions
aš nenoriu svogūnų
to order
užsisakyti
I want to order
aš noriu užsisakyti
I hate
aš nekenčiu
I hate flies
aš nekenčiu musių
I hate carrots
aš nekenčiu morkų
I will try
aš pabandysiu
I will try to ski
aš pabandysiu slidinėti
I will try to play tennis
aš pabandysiu žaisti tenisą
a dish (of food)
patiekalas
in the dish (of food)
patiekale
to remove
nuimti
later
vėliau
this food is cold
šis maistas yra šaltas
this food is hot
šis maistas yra karštas
this food is terrible
šis maistas yra siaubingas
this food is great
šis maistas yra puikus
to heat up
pašildyti
can you heat this up?
ar jūs galite tai pašildyti?
LL0279 – Egzaminas Exam
This is a quick response episode! We’ll say the word or phrase in English and you say it in Lithuanian – Out Loud! Ready, set, go! Pasiruošti, dėmesio, marš!
are you ready to order?
ar jūs pasiruošę užsisakyti maistą?
I don’t know, are there onions in the pizza
aš nežinau, ar picoje nėra svogūnų?
I hate onions
aš nekenčiu svogūnų
no, there are no onions in it
ne, šioje picoje nėra svogūnų
okay, I’ll try this pizza
gerai, pabandysiu šią picą.
are you ready to order?
ar jūs pasiruošę užsisakyti?
I don’t know
aš nežinau
are there onions in this dish?
ar šiame patiekale yra svogūnų?
I hate onions
aš nekenčiu svogūnų
yes, this dish comes with onions but we can remove them
taip, šis patiekalas su svogūnais, bet mes galime juos nuimti
okay, great, I’ll try it without onions, please
oi, puiku, aš pabandysiu tai be svogūnų, prašau
later
vėliau
excuse me, waitress?
atsiprašau, padavėja?
yes?
taip?
this food is cold
šis maistas yra šaltas
can you heat it up, please?
ar galite pašildyti, prašom?
oh yes, I’m sorry
o taip, atsiprašau
I will ask them to heat it up
aš paprašysiu pašildyti šį maistą
are you ready? (jūs) (m/f)
ar jūs pasiruošę?
are you ready? (tu) (to a male)
ar tu pasiruošęs?
are you ready? (tu) (to a female)
ar tu pasiruošusi?
I’m ready
aš pasiruošęs
to be ready
pasiruošti
LL0278 – Egzaminas Exam
This is a quick response episode! We’ll say the word or phrase in English and you say it in Lithuanian – Out Loud! Ready, set, go! Pasiruošti, dėmesio, marš!
eye
akis
mouth
burna
nose
nosis
head
galva
ear
ausis
arm
ranka
leg
koja
hand
ranka
hair
plaukai
neck
kaklas
foot
pėda
heart
širdis
brain
smegenys
finger
pirštas
thumb
nykštys
wrist
riešas
tooth
dantis
teeth
dantys
skin
oda
elbow
alkūnė
knee
kelis
chest
krūtinė
lip
lūpa
lips
lūpos
face
veidas
body
kūnas
LL0277 – Egzaminas Exam
This is a quick response episode! We’ll say the word or phrase in English and you say it in Lithuanian – Out Loud! Ready, set, go! Pasiruošti, dėmesio, marš!
alligator
aligatorius
eel
ungurys
sea lion
jūrų liūtas
crab
krabas
dolphin
delfinas
fish
žuvis
jellyfish
medūza
bat
šikšnosparnis
fox
lapė
giraffe
žirafa
goat
ožka
hippopotamus
begemotas
sheep
avis
gorilla
gorila
scorpion
skorpionas
weasel
žebenkštis
leopard
leopardas
zebra
zebras
stork
gandras
cuckoo
gegutė
pigeon
balandis
lobster
omaras
octopus
aštunkojis
shark
ryklys
LL0276 – Egzaminas Exam
This is a quick response episode! We’ll say the word or phrase in English and you say it in Lithuanian – Out Loud! Ready, set, go! Pasiruošti, dėmesio, marš!
maybe, perhaps
gal
you would want
norėtumėte
something to eat
ko nors valgyti
something to drink
ko nors gerti
something to drink (alcoholic beverage)
ko nors išgerti
maybe you’d like something to drink?
gal norėtumėte ko nors išgerti?
maybe you’d like something to eat?
gal norėtumėte ko nors valgyti?
just
tiesiog
just come in
tiesiog užeik
just drink it
tiesiog išgerk
just eat it
tiesiog suvalgyk
I will wait
palauksiu
an order - of food for example
užsakymas
I will wait for my order
palauksiu savo užsakymo
okay
gerai
when
kai
you will be - future tense of būti – formal
būsite
to get ready, to prepare
ruošti
to be ready
pasiruošti
to let, to allow, to permit
leisti
to know
žinoti
please, let me know
prašau, leiskite man žinoti
please, let me know when you are ready
prašau, leiskite man žinoti kai būsite pasiruošęs
thank you
ačiū
thank you - with emphasis – formal
ačiū jums
thank you - with emphasis – informal
ačiū tau
thank you, please sit down
ačiū jums, prašom prisėsti
LL0275 – Mokėti To Know How
Ready?
Hi there, I’m Jack and I’m Gintarė and welcome back to Lithuanian Out Loud where we offer the world the Lithuanian language.
In a previous episode we described the knygnešiai, the Lithuanian book smugglers.
In 1905 Russian authorities recognized the book ban policy was a failure and repealed the anti-Lithuanian language laws. Shortly after, one of the book smugglers Juozas Masiulis opened his own bookstore in Panevėžys.
The bookstore and a chain of these bookstores still operate in Lithuania under his name. In Kaunas there is a statue dedicated to “the unknown book smuggler.”
Knygnešiai, or booksmuggler, Jurgis Bielinis was born 16 March 1846. This date is commemorated in Lithuania as the “Day of the Knygnešiai.”
Today we’ll go over the Lithuanian verb mokėti – to know how, to be able. Here are mokėti and nemokėti conjugated in the present tense.
to know how
mokėti
to be able
mokėti
I know how
aš moku
you know how (tu)
tu moki
he knows how
jis moka
she knows how
ji moka
we know how
mes mokame
you know how (formal)
jūs mokate
you all know how
jūs mokate
they know how (mm/mf)
jie moka
they know how (ff)
jos moka
to not know how, to not be able
nemokėti
I do not know how
aš nemoku
you do not know how (tu)
tu nemoki
he does not know how
jis nemoka
she does not know how
ji nemoka
we do not know how
mes nemokame
you do not know how (formal)
jūs nemokate
you all do not know how
jūs nemokate
they do not know how (mm/mf)
jie nemoka
they do not know how (ff)
jos nemoka
here are some examples;
I need to know the Lithuanian language like you know it
man reikia mokėti lietuvių kalbą taip kaip tu moki
aš
to ski
slidinėti
to kill
užmušti
I know how to ski
aš moku slidinėti
I know how to kill
moku užmušti
I know how to dance
moku šokti
I don’t know how to ski
aš nemoku slidinėti
I don’t know how to kill
nemoku užmušti
tu
to pick mushrooms
grybauti
do you know how to pick mushrooms?
ar moki grybauti?
do you know how to speak Lithuanian?
ar moki kalbėti lietuviškai?
do you know how to read?
ar moki skaityti?
you don’t know how to pick mushrooms?
nemoki grybauti?
you don’t know how to speak Lithuanian?
nemoki kalbėti lietuviškai?
you don’t know how to read?
nemoki skaityti?
jis
Algimantas knows how to write Lithuanian
Algimantas moka rašyti lietuviškai
Simonas knows how to draw
Simonas moka piešti
does Giedrius know English?
ar Giedrius moka angliškai?
Algimantas doesn’t know how to write
Algimantas nemoka rašyti
Simonas doesn’t know how to draw
Simonas nemoka piešti
does Giedrius not know English?
ar Giedrius nemoka angliškai?
ji
does Birutė know Russian?
ar Birutė moka rusiškai?
does Diana know Arabic?
ar Diana moka arabiškai?
does Urtė know how to repair bicycles?
ar Urtė moka taisyti dviračius?
Birutė doesn’t know how to walk
Birutė nemoka vaikščioti
Diana doesn’t know how to talk
Diana nemoka kalbėti
Urtė doesn’t know how to repair bicycles
Urtė nemoka taisyti dviračių
mes
we know Lithuanian
mokame lietuviškai
we know English
mokame angliškai
we know Russian
mokame rusiškai
we know how to sing and dance
mokame dainuoti ir šokti
father and I know how to prepare tea
tėvas ir aš mokame paruošti arbatą
we don't know Lithuanian
nemokame lietuviškai
we don't know English
nemokame angliškai
we don't know Russian
nemokame rusiškai
jūs
I want to ask, do you know how to write well?
noriu paklausti, ar jūs mokate gerai rašyti?
do you know how to say, "no?"
ar mokate pasakyti "ne"?
do you know how to work with a computer?
ar jūs mokate dirbti su kompiuteriu?
do you know how to work with this program?
ar jūs mokate dirbti šia programa?
jūs
guitar
gitara
do you all know how to play the violin?
ar mokate groti smuiku?
it seems to me you all know how to play guitar
man atrodo kad jūs mokate groti gitara
do you all know how to write in Lithuanian?
ar mokate rašyti lietuviškai?
do you all know how to brush your teeth?
ar mokate valyti dantis?
if you all don't know, look at this guide
jei nemokate, pasižiurėkite į šį gidą
jie
they know how to be happy
jie moka būti laimingi
they know how to be cheerful
jie moka būti linksmi
they know how to be good
jie moka būti geri
they know how to feel happy
jie moka jaustis laimingi
to show
parodyti
that (conjunction)
jog
The Hungarians showed that they know how to farm
Vengrai parodė, jog jie moka ūkininkauti
they don’t know how to be happy
jie nemoka būti laimingi
they don’t know how to be polite
jie nemoka būti mandagūs
they don’t know how to be good
jie nemoka būti geri
jos
I like that they know what they are doing
man patinka, kad jos moka tai ką daro
they know how to do the show
jos moka padaryti šou
they don't know French, but they understand a little
jos nemoka prancūziškai, bet truputį supranta
a soul
siela
souls
sielos
machines don't have souls, they don't know how to feel
mašinos neturi sielų, jos nemoka jausti
imperative
tu
mokėk
mes
mokėkime
jūs
mokėkite
tu
nemokėk
mes
nemokėkime
jūs
nemokėkite
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Hi there, I’m Jack and I’m Gintarė and welcome back to Lithuanian Out Loud where we offer the world the Lithuanian language.
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According to Wikipedia, the online free dictionary, The Holocaust in Nazi-occupied Lithuania resulted in the near total destruction of Lithuanian Jews living in the Nazi-controlled Lithuanian territories. Out of approximately 208,000 to 210,000 Jews, an estimated 195,000–196,000 were murdered before the end of World War II. The Holocaust resulted in the largest ever loss of life in so short a space of time in the History of Lithuania.
The Holocaust in Lithuania
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Holocaust_in_Lithuania
today we begin a series of episodes focused on pronouns and how they are declined
this is a very big topic, so we'll do one episode per pronoun
this episode will cover manęs, the next episode will cover tavęs, etcetera
we’ll start off with the most common declension, vardininkas or the nominative case, and what the pronouns look like
we’ve used these hundreds of times so it should be easy by now
aš, tu, jis, ji, mes, jūs, jie, jos
some quick examples;
the nominative case
vardininkas
I eat
aš valgau
you understand (tu)
tu supranti
he has
jis turi
she can
ji gali
you are (jūs)
jūs esate
we talk
mes kalbame
you all don’t understand (jūs)
jūs nesuprantate
they live (jie)
jie gyvena
they want (jos)
jos nori
by now, those should be easy
now, the genitive case or kilmininkas and the same pronouns
aš changes to manęs
tu changes to tavęs
jis changes to jo
ji changes to jos
jūs changes to jūsų
mes changes to mūsų
jūs changes to jūsų
jie changes to jų
jos changes to jų
before we get to our examples, here are some prepositions that require the genitive case or kilmininkas
keep in mind that some of these prepositions can have entirely different meanings with other cases,
of course, here we're only looking at the genitive case
without
be
from
iš
near, next to
prie
on, on top of
ant
between
tarp
behind, beyond
už
above, over
virš
near, close, close by
arti
by, near, next to
šalia
according to, in the words of
anot
according to
pasak
near, beside, by
greta
not far or close by
netoli
because of, on account of
dėl
to, until, as far as
iki
from, off
nuo
after
po
a preposition we've added to the bottom of this list is "po"
you'll remember we used po quite a bit with the instrumental case where it meant, "under"
in the genitive case, po translates as "after"
in the genitive case, or kilmininkas, the pronoun aš changes to manęs
laukti, like many other verbs, requires the genitive case
to wait for
laukti
are you waiting for me?
ar lauksi manęs?
wait for me! (formal)
palaukite manęs!
wait for me! (informal)
palauk manęs!
paradise is waiting for me
rojus manęs laukia
ieškoti, like many other verbs, requires the genitive case
to find
ieškoti
come find me!
eik manęs ieškoti!
I saw him, but he did not see me
aš jį mačiau, o jis manęs nematė
don’t yell at me!
neklausk manęs!
to hate (plus genitive)
nekęsti
she hates me
ji manęs nekenčia
don't wait for me!
nelauk manęs!
now, here are some examples of manęs combined with the prepositions we just listed
without
be
without me you can’t do it
be manęs negalite tai daryti
live with me or without me
gyvenk su manim ar be manęs
what would you do without me?
ką darytum be manęs?
go without me
eik be manęs
are you happy without me?
ar laiminga be manęs?
be happy without me
būk laiminga be manęs
from
iš
what do you want from me?
ko tu nori iš manęs?
what do you expect from me?
ko tu iš manęs tikiesi?
he stole from me
jis pavogė iš manęs
what do you need from me?
ko tau iš manęs reikia?
near, next to
prie
come next to me
ateik prie manęs
stop smoking near me!
nustok rūkyti prie manęs!
Gintarė ran next to me
Gintarė prie manęs pribėgo
some big guy came up next to me, totally drunk
prie manęs priėjo kažkoks didelis vaikinas, visiškai girtas
in English we can say, "he is angry at me," or "I am angry at her."
in Lithuanian we say, "he is angry on me," or "I am angry on her."
on, on top of
ant
angry
piktas / pikta
don't be angry with me
nepykite ant manęs
he is angry at me and I am angry at her
jis pyksta ant manęs ir esu piktas ant jos
What to do? My girlfriend got angry with me
Ką daryti? Draugė ant manęs supyko
between
tarp
between me and you
tarp manęs ir jūsų
between me and Viktorija
tarp manęs ir Viktorijos
a dialogue between me and him
dialogas tarp manęs ir jo
between me and you
tarp manęs ir tavęs
between me and brother there is a difference
tarp manęs ir brolio yra skirtumas
behind, beyond
už
is there somebody behind me?
ar kas nors yra už manęs?
close the door behind me, I'm going
uždaryk už manęs duris, aš išeinu
I don't like it when she sits behind me
aš nemėgstu, kai ji sėdi už manęs
I feel that someone is behind me
jaučiu kad kažkas už manęs
above, over
virš
she lives above me
ji gyvena virš manęs
he sat close by and leaned over me
jis atsisėdo šalia ir pasilenkė virš manęs
the airplane flew over me
lėktuvas skrido virš manęs
I hear footsteps directly over me
girdžiu žingsnius tiesiai virš manęs
near, close, close by
arti
Richard stood very close to me
Ričardas stovėjo labai arti manęs
don't be so near me!
nebūk taip arti manęs!
when you're near me, I'm strong
kai tu arti manęs, aš esu stipri
Evaldas sat next to me
Evaldas sėdėjo arti manęs
suddenly, he was really close to me!
staiga, jis buvo taip arti manęs!
by, near, next to
šalia
sit down next to me
atsisėsk šalia manęs
she ate next to me
ji valgė šalia manęs
come near me!
eik šalia manęs!
can you sit next to me?
ar gali atsisėsti šalia manęs?
(Here Gintarė helps Jack with the word for “better” - gėriau. There is also a grandfather clock chiming in the background)
according to
anot
according to me, this is not true
anot manęs, šitas ne teisingas
according to me, that is the best
anot manęs, tai yra geriausia
according to me, that is the worst
anot manęs, tai yra blogiausia
according to
pasak
according to me, the novel is good
pasak manęs romanas yra geras
(Here Gintarė refers to her imminent departure back to Lithuania leaving Jack without a Lithuanian to record more episodes. Jack disagrees with her suggestion that he can teach Lithuanian without help)
this novel is too childish, according to me
šis romanas yra per daug vaikiškas, pasak manęs
according to me, this novel is about love
pasak manęs, šis romanas yra apie meilę
near, beside, by
greta
sit next to me
sėsk greta manęs
a car stopped beside me
automobilis sustoja greta manęs
today, next to me on the bus, sat two Polish girls
šiandien greta manęs autobuse sėdėjo dvi lenkaitės
not far or close by
netoli
they live not far from me
jos gyvena netoli manęs
he lives in a suburb close by me
jis gyvena priemiestyje netoli manęs
the shade
pavėsis
in the shade
pavėsyje
the police car stopped in the shade not far from me
policijos automobilis sustoja pavėsyje netoli manęs
because of
dėl
mind, understanding, reason
protas
that girl goes crazy for me
ta mergina eina iš proto dėl manęs
do your best for me!
pasistenk dėl manęs!
love me, just for me
mylėk mane tik dėl manęs
I can't imagine what I'd do without my parents, they're very helpful with what I'm going through
neįsivaizduoju, ką daryčiau be savo tėvų, jie labai padėda ir dėl manęs išgyvena
to, until
iki
an idea or thought
mintis
that's one good thought that came to me from the song
tai viena gera mintis, kuri iki manęs atkeliavo iš dainos
no one came up to me!
iki manęs niekas neatėjo!
he came up to me
jis atėjo iki manęs
from, since
nuo
leave me alone!
atstok nuo manęs!
leave me alone!
atsikabink nuo manęs!
why doesn't a man want a child from me?
kodėl vyras nenori nuo manęs vaiko?
happiness is so distant from me
laimė taip toli nuo manęs
let's say you're next to someone who's talking on the phone and you want to pass on a hello to whomever is on the other line
greetings from me
linkėjimai nuo manęs
greetings from me to them
linkėjimai jiems nuo manęs
best wishes and congratulations to all of you from me
linkėjimai ir sveikinimai Jums visiems nuo manęs
regards to all from me
linkėjimai visiems nuo manęs
regards to all from me
visiems linkejimai nuo manes
once again, greetings from me
dar kartą linkejimai nuo manes
big greetings from me
dideli linkėjimai nuo manęs
big, big greetings from me
dideli, dideli linkėjimai nuo manęs
lots of different ways to say greetings here
if you only take one of these away, then memorize, "linkėjimai nuo manęs," I use this almost every day
after
po
you were born after me
tu gimei po manęs
who will stay here after me?
kas liks čia po manęs?
jump after me
šok po manęs
he leaves after me
jis išeina po manęs
she sings after me
ji dainuoja nuo manęs
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Hi there, I’m Jack and I’m Gintarė and welcome back to Lithuanian Out Loud where we offer the world the Lithuanian language.
Every summer the port city of Klaipėda holds Jūros šventė - The Sea's Festival. Šventė is the Lithuanian word for holiday, feast, or festival. Jūra is the word for the sea.
According to the webpage Kadmusarts, the Sea Festival invites the locals and city guests to enjoy more than 100 events, in which over 600 singers and bands are involved.
Something I’ve found difficult to understand is the word namas and its relatives.
Today we’ll take a few minutes to go over namas, namo, namo, namai, namuose, namie, namų, namui, namams, namą, name!
namas is the word for a house
here is namas in vardininkas, singular
I like this house very much
šitas namas man labai patinka
our house is in Vilnius
mūsų namas yra Vilniuje
here is my house
čia yra mano namas
the house was big
namas buvo didelis
the house is not old
namas nėra senas
he is as big as a house
jis yra didelis kaip namas
she is as big as a house
ji yra didelė kaip namas
a children's home
vaikų namas
namai is namas declined in vardininkas, plural
namai can translate as either houses or home
namai – houses
namai – home
first, let's use namai as in houses
riverside
paupys
houses on the riverside
namai prie paupio
the yellow houses
geltoni namai
the houses are expensive
namai yra brangūs
now, let's use namai meaning home
my home is in Vilnius
mano namai yra Vilniuje
your home is cozy
tavo namai yra jaukūs
I like your home
man patinka jūsų namai
context is important here
some of these sentences could mean either home or houses
namo
is the word that expresses “to home or homewards“ and expresses movement
to accompany
lydėti
to return
sugrįžti
to come back
grįžti
to go on foot
eiti pėsčiomis
I go home
einu namo
I will go home
eisiu namo
I will accompany you home
aš lydžiu tave namo
I go home at night
einu naktį namo
I said, I'm returning home
sakau, aš namo sugrįžau
I'm going back home (I came home)
aš grįžau namo
I'm going home from work
einu namo iš darbo
I went home on foot
grįžau pėsčiomis namo
who is going home?
kas eina namo?
now go home and talk to your husband
dabar eik namo ir pakalbėk su savo vyru
I want to go home!
noriu namo!
(note: at the time of this recording, Gintarė was planning a trip home to Lithuania and she was very excited to get going)
Nežinau kodėl...ah, your family...it will be a party every day I think...um hum...yeah, it’s gonna be great!
namo is the singular genitive of namas and it expresses possession...sweet!
the house's location
namo vieta
the house's color
namo spalva
the house's price
namo kaina
the house's size
namo dydis
the house's appearance
namo pasirodymas
the house's garage
namo garažas
the house's doors
namo durys
namų
is the plural genitive of namas and it expresses possession
many houses
daug namų
several houses
keletas namų
the houses' location or the location of
more than one house
namų vieta
the houses' color or the color of more
than one house
namų spalva
in the following examples we're staying with the plural genitive, namų, but keep in mind that the plural vardininkas of namas is namai
namai can mean houses or it can mean home
so, if we decline namai, home, in the genitive, we get namų
house arrest
namų areštas
home page
namų puslapis
a housekeeper
namų šeiminkinkė
I'm calling from a home telephone
aš skambinu iš namų telefono
he often ran from home
labai dažnai bėgdavo iš namų
This week is house-keeping week.
In Lietuva?
No, in America! Because in the hotel we celebrate house-keeping week and I win prize, one day “I don’t have to go to work - for me - paid.
Congratulations! That’s nice!
Yeah!
That’s a good prize. Wow. Prašom...
namie - at home; means the same as namuose
namie is the locative case
are they at home?
ar jie namie?
are they at home?
ar jos namie?
are you at home?
ar tu namie?
no, I don’t eat at home
ne, namie nevalgau
stay at home until I return with Eglė
būkite namie kol grįšiu su Egle
on weekends he sits at home
savaitgaliais sėdi namie
is she at home?
ar ji namie?
she is not
jos nėra
is he at home?
ar jis namie?
he is not
jo nėra
is Raminta in?
ar Raminta namie?
Raminta is not
Ramintos nėra
is Mindaugas at home?
ar Mindaugas namie?
Mindaugas is not
Mindaugo nėra
is Austėja in?
ar Austėja namie?
Austėja is not
Austėjos nėra
is Justinas at home?
ar Justinas namie?
Justinas is not
Justino nėra
Rimantas works at home
Rimantas dirba namie
Audronė works at home
Audronė dirba namie
Valentina works at home
Valentina dirba namie
Justas works at home
Justas dirba namie
do you keep your dog at home?
ar laikote namie šunį?
if you’re at home we can talk
jei esate namie galime pakalbėti
at home we have a family member
namie turime šeimos narį
namuose - at home; means the same as namie
do you have a computer at home?
turite kompiuterį namuose?
Lina has one dog at home, called Filas
Lina namuose turi vieną šunį, vardu Filas
make yourself at home!
jauskis kaip namuose!
nowadays Antanas lives at home
šiuo metu Antanas gyvena namuose
you can make yourself at home
galite laikyti namuose
are there animals at home?
ar gyvūnai namuose?
name
in the house / in a house
he lives in her house
jis gyvena jos name
Eglė lives in this house
Eglė gyvena šiame name
nobody lives in the house
niekas negyvena name
it's immediately clear who lives in this house
iš karto aišku, kas šiame name gyvena
the Brazilian lives in the red house
Brazilas gyvena raudoname name
the Lithuanians work in the house
Lietuviai dirba name
namą is the accusative singular of namas
namą
go to your house
eik į savo namą
the driver went to the house
vairuotojas nuėjo į namą
I want to sell my house
noriu pirkti savo namą
I'm planning to buy a house
planuoju pirkti namą
I'm planning to paint my house
planuoju dažyti savo namą
let's go to the new house
važuokime į naują namą
I love the house
aš myliu namą
I love the yellow house
aš myliu geltoną namą
I love the blue house
aš myliu mėlyną namą
I love the red house
aš myliu raudoną namą
I love the white house
aš myliu baltą namą
the nominative singular of house is namas, the nominative plural is namai
so, if the word for home, namai is declined in the accusative, it changes to namus
namus
go to your home!
eik į savo namus!
go home, okay?
eik į namus, gerai?
I'll go home
aš eisiu į namus
time to go!
kelkis ir eik!
get up and go!
kelkis ir eik!
time for you to go home
kelkis ir eik į savo namus
I'll go home with you
eisiu pas tave į namus
I'll go straight home
eisiu tiesiai į namus
home flower delivery in Vilnius
gėlių pristatymas į namus Vilniuje
nothing is better than home
nieko nėra geriau už namus
namu is the singular instrumental of namas
under the house is a large basement (cellar)
po namu yra didelis rūsys
under the house is a huge garage
po namu yra didžiulis garažas
I have not only a garage under the house, but parking on the street
turiu ne tik garažą po namu, bet ir parkingą gatvėje
namais is the plural instrumental of namas
Lietuva has become my second home, here I feel very well
Lietuva tapo mano antraisiais namais, čia jaučiuosi labai gerai
a fan (as in a football fan)
aistruolis / aistruolė
The Vilnius Town Hall Square has become the home for football fans
Vilniaus Rotušės aikštė tampa futbolo aistruolių namais
here is Vitalija’a photo with her house
čia Vitalijos nuotrauka su jos namais
here is the dative case or naudininkas singular and plural
singular - namui
a roof
stogas
the house needs a new roof
namui reikia naujo stogo
to heat / to warm
šildyti
how much energy does a house need to be heated?
kiek energijos reikia namui šildyti?
material
medžiaga
to insulate
apšiltinti
how much material does a house need to be insulated?
kiek medžiagos reikia namui apšiltinti
plural - namams
everything for your home!
viskas jūsų namams
a piece of furniture
baldas
furniture (plural)
baldai
an office
biuras
furniture and chairs for the home or office
baldai ir kėdės namams arba biurams
a boiler
katilas
a heater
šildytuvas
a radiator
radiatorius
biolers, heaters, and radiators for your home
katilai, šildytuvai, ir radiatoriai jūsų namams
a small house or a cottage would be called namelis
a cabin, a cottage
namelis
a house on wheels
namelis ant ratų
a tree house
namelis medyje
in the city center stands an old cottage
miestelio centre stovi senas namelis
the cottage is built from oak
namelis pastatytas iš ąžuolo
in the small house
namelyje
who lives in the small house?
kas namelyje gyvena?
I live in a small house in the suburbs
aš gyvenu namelyje priemiestyje
and finally, some miscellaneous examples
a stay-at-home
namisėda
members of the household
namiškis / namiškė / namiškai
a house or home
naminis
a cabana
namukas
homemade
namų darbo
homespun
namie austas
a domestic animal
naminis gyvulys
a lodge, cabin, or cottage
namelis
Šaunuoliai! Great! You made it to the end of another episode! Puiku! Excellent!
Jūros šventė
http://www.kadmusarts.com/festivals/1548.html
Hi there, I’m Jack and I’m Gintarė and welcome back to Lithuanian Out Loud where we offer the world the Lithuanian language.
According to the website "Musical Instruments," the kanklės is an ancient, traditional stringed musical instrument of Lithuania. The kanklės was carved from a single piece of wood and it was played during sacrifices to the gods or as protection from evil or to keep death away. The best kanklės were made from old growth forests and the best time to cut wood for a new instrument was between a person's death and burial.
Lithuanian kanklės
http://ausis.gf.vu.lt/eka/instrum/chordoph.html
Here is the second half of some more practice with the instrumental case.
Now that you’ve learned how to say, “mes su” we’re going to show you another option. You can also say, I with the dog, aš su šuniu, but then you have to conjugate the verb to the first person. Let’s use the verb to sleep, miegoti.
I sleep
aš miegu
the dog and I sleep in the bed
mes su šuniu miegame lovoje
the dog and I sleep in the bed
aš su šuniu miegu lovoje
the dogs and I sleep in the bed
mes su šunimis miegame lovoje
the dogs and I sleep in the bed
aš su šunimis miegu lovoje
So, you see you can say, for example, mes su Raminta miegame, Raminta and I sleep. If you use this form – mes – then you have to conjugate the verb miegoti for mes. If you want to say, aš, then you have to conjugate the verb miegoti for aš.
Aš su Raminta miegu - Raminta and I sleep.
(–a)
to keep in touch
bendrauti
a disco, as in a nightclub
diskoteka
a saleswoman
pardavėja
a waitress
padavėja
a young woman
mergina
the wife and I met in a disco
mes su žmona susitikome diskotekoje
I return in April
grįžtu balandžio mėnesį
Ana and I return in April
mes su Ana grįžtame balandžio mėnesį
Rūta and I keep in touch with the Internet
mes su Rūta bendraujame internetu
Rūta and I keep in touch
aš su Rūta bendrauju
I don’t want to work today
nenoriu šiandien dirbti
Viktorija and I don’t want to work today
mes su Viktorija nenorime šiandien dirbti
the young woman speaks Italian
mergina kalba itališkai
the young woman and I speak Italian
mes su mergina kalbame itališkai
the young woman and I speak Italian
aš su mergina kalbu itališkai
the young women and I speak Italian
mes su merginomis kalbame itališkai
the saleswoman is chatting with him
pardavėja su juo šnekučiuojasi
the saleswoman and I are chatting
aš su pardavėja šnekučiuojuosi
the saleswoman and I are chatting
mes su pardavėja šnekučiuojamės
the saleswomen and I are chatting
mes su pardavėjomis šnekučiuojamės
the waitress is cleaning the table
padavėja valo stalą
the waitress and I are cleaning the tables
mes su padavėja valome stalus
the waitress and I are cleaning the tables
aš su padavėja valau stalus
the waitresses and I are cleaning the tables
mes su padavėjomis valome stalus
(-ė)
the moon
mėnulis
a television
televizorius
a star
žvaigždė
stars
žvaigždės
a female student
studentė
a female teenager
paauglė
a female friend
draugė
I am looking at the moon
žiuriu į mėnulį
Kamilė and I are looking at the moon
mes su Kamile žiurime į mėnulį
Kamilė and I are looking at the moon
aš su Kamile žiuriu į mėnulį
I am watching television
žiuriu televizorių
Rožė and I are watching television
mes su Rože žiūrime televizorių
Rožė and I are watching television
aš su Rože žiūriu televizorių
I am looking at the stars
žiūriu į žvaigždes
Svajonė and I are looking at the stars
mes su Svajone žiurime į žvaigždes
Svajonė and I are looking at the stars
aš su Svajone žiuriu į žvaigždes
my friend has a husband
mano draugė turi vyrą
my friend and I have husbands
mes su drauge turime vyrus
my friend and I have husbands
aš su drauge turiu vyrus
my friends and I have husbands
mes su draugėmis turime vyrus
the baby is sleeping
kūdikis miega
the baby and I are sleeping
mes su kūdikiu miegame
the babies and I are sleeping
mes su kūdikiais miegame
the student cannot sleep
studentė negali miegoti
the student and I cannot sleep
mes su studente negalime miegoti
the student and I cannot sleep
aš su studente negaliu miegoti
the students and I cannot sleep
mes su studentėmis negalime miegoti
sister is having coffee
sesuo geria kavą
sister and I are having coffee
mes su seseria geriame kavą
sister and I are having coffee
aš su seseria geriu kavą
the sisters and I are having coffee
mes su seserimis geriame kavą
sister is working in Kaunas
sesuo dirba Kaune
sister and I are working in Kaunas
mes su seseria dirbame Kaune
mes su seseria dirbam Kaune
sister and I are working in Kaunas
aš su seseria dirbu Kaune
the sisters and I are working in Kaunas
mes su seserimis dirbam Kaune
I work with the authors
dirbu su autoriais
sister and I work with the authors
mes su seseria dirbam su autoriais
the sisters and I work with the authors
mes su seserimis dirbam su autoriais
she lives at home
ji gyvena namuose
she lives at home with her sister
ji gyvena namuose su seseria
she lives at home with her sisters
ji gyvena namuose su seserimis
daughter is eating
duktė valgo
daughter and I are eating
aš su dukteria valgau
daughters and I are eating
mes su dukterimis valgome
daughter and I are singing
mes su dukteria dainuojam
daughter and I are singing
aš su dukteria dainuoju
daughters and I are singing
mes su dukterimis dainuojame
daughter and I are eating
mes su dukterimi valgom
daughter and I are eating
aš su dukterimi valgau
daughters and I are eating
mes su dukterimis valgom
daughter and I are singing
mes su dukterimi dainuojame
daughters and I are singing
mes su dukterimis dainuojame
daughters and I work in Vilnius
mes su dukterimis dirbame Vilniuje
the daughters and I like to play
mes su dukterimis mėgstame žaisti
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Užgavėnės
"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uzgavenes" http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uzgavenes
LL0271 – Mes Su Narimantu Narimantas And I
Hi there, I’m Jack and I’m Gintarė and welcome back to Lithuanian Out Loud where we offer the world the Lithuanian language.
According to the Wikipedia page, Užgavėnės, this is a traditional Lithuanian celebration that's held at the same time as Mardi Gras in New Orleans and Brazil's Carnival. The celebration starts with the burning of Morė, an effigy of winter. Participants wear costumes, folklore groups perform traditional plays, people dance and eat traditional foods. Many of the costumes worn during the festival represent devils, witches, farm animals, the grim reaper, etcetera.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uzgavenes
photo: Užgavėnės 14 February 2010
photographer: Andrius Petrucenia (Wikipedia)
Today we’ll go over how to say things like Raminta and I, Narimantas and I, or the dog and I.
The way you can express this idea in Lithuanian is different from the way English speakers do it. Lithuanians can say roughly, “we with Daiva” to express, “Daiva and I” or “we with Romas” to express, “Romas and I.”
prašom pakartoti, please repeat…
we
mes
with
su
Evaldas is eating a pizza
Evaldas valgo picą
Evaldas and I are eating a pizza
Mes su Evaldu valgome picą
Raminta is sleeping in the bed
Raminta miega lovoje
Raminta and I are sleeping in the bed
mes su Raminta miegame lovoje
when you see the word “su” you know it’s time to use the instrumental. What we’ll do here is say something in English using vardininkas, then we’ll change the sentence using įnagininkas.
(-as)
to leave
išėiti
a policeman
policininkas
a client
klientas
Narimantas is drinking wine
Narimantas geria vyną
Narimantas and I are drinking wine
mes su Narimantu geriame vyną
Antanas has to leave
Antanas turi išeiti
Antanas and I have to leave
mes su Antanu turime išeiti
Romas is eating
Romas valgo
Romas and I are eating
mes su Romu valgome
my husband has a flat
mano vyras turi butą
my husband and I have a flat
mes su mano vyru turime butą
the policemen are talking
policininkai kalba
the policemen and I are talking
mes su policininkais kalbame
the clients understand Lithuanian
klientai supranta lietuviškai
the clients and I understand Lithuanian
mes su klientais suprantame lietuviškai
(–is)
a youngster
vaikiūštis
a baby
kūdikis
a ticket
bilietas
a doughnut
spurga
a toy
žaislas
to play
žaisti
Kęstutis has a ticket
Kęstutis turi bilietą
Kęstutis and I have tickets
mes su Kęstučiu turime bilietus
Valdis has a doughnut
Valdis turi spurgą
Valdis and I have doughnuts
mes su Valdžiu turime spurgas
grandfather is eating lunch
senelis valgo pietus
grandfather and I are eating lunch
mes su seneliu valgome pietus
grandfathers and I are eating lunch
mes su seneliais valgome pietus
Emanuelis lives in Kaunas
Emanualis gyvena Kaune
Emanuelis and I live in Kaunas
mes su Emanualiu gyvename Kaune
Jurgis works in Amsterdam
Jurgis dirba Amsterdame
Jurgis and I work in Amsterdam
mes su Jurgiu dirbame Amsterdame
the youngster wants a toy
vaikiūštis nori žaislo
the youngster and I want toys
mes su vaikiūkščiu norime žaislų
the youngsters and I want toys
mes su vaikiūkščiais norime žaislų
the baby is playing
kūdikis žaidžia
the baby and I are playing
mes su kūdikiu žaidžiame
the babies and I are playing
mes su kūdikiais žaidžiame
(–ys)
a teenager
paauglys
a town
miestelis
a schoolboy
mokinys
the schoolboy is reading
mokinys skaito
the schoolboy and I are reading
mes su mokiniu skaitome
the schoolboys and I are reading
mes su mokiniais skaitome
Stasys is going to Vilnius
Stasys važiuoja į Vilnių
Stasys and I are going to Vilnius
mes su Stasiu važiuojame į Vilnių
the teenager is studying
paauglys studijuoja
the teenager and I study together
mes su paaugliu studijuojame kartu
the teenagers and I study together
mes su paaugliais studijuojame kartu
the schoolboy is writing
mokinys rašo
the schoolboy and I are writing
mes su mokiniu rašome
the schoolboys and I are writing
mes su mokiniais rašome
(–us)
an engineer
inžinierius
a conductor (of a train or bus)
konduktorius
a sculptor
skulptorius
a girlfriend
mergina
the engineer is at the airport
inžinierius yra oro uoste
the engineer and I are at the airport
mes su inžinieriumi esame oro uoste
the engineers and I are at the airport
mes su inžinieriais esame oro uoste
Giedrius has an idea
Giedrius turi sumanymą
Giedrius and I have an idea
mes su Giedriumi turime sumanymą
Andrius has a girlfriend
Andrius turi merginą
Andrius and I have girlfriends
mes su Andriumi turime merginas
Paulius is in the club
Paulius yra klube
Paulius and I are in the club
mes su Pauliumi esame klube
the conductor is on the train
konduktorius yra traukinyje
the conductor and I are on the train
mes su konduktoriumi esame traukinyje
the conductors and I are on the train
mes su konduktoriais esame traukinyje
the sculptor is working
skulptorius dirba
the sculptor and I are working
mes su skulptoriumi dirbame
the sculptors and I are working
mes su skulptoriais dirbame
(–uo)
a dog
šuo
the dog loves to run
šuo mėgsta bėgioti
the dog and I love to run
mes su šuniu mėgstame bėgioti
the dogs and I love to run
mes su šunimis mėgstame bėgioti
the dog and I are sailing in the boat
mes su šuniu plaukiame valtimi
the dogs and I are sailing in the boat
mes su šunimis plaukiame valtimi
the dog and I are going to the lake
mes su šunimi einame prie ežero
the dogs and I are going to the lake
mes su šunimis einame prie ežero
the dog is hungry
šuo yra alkanas
the dog and I are hungry
mes su šunimi esame alkani
the dogs and I are hungry
mes su šunimis esame alkani
Šaunuoliai! Great! You made it to the end of another episode! Puiku! Excellent!
LL0270 – plural instrumental inagininkas part three
Hi there, I’m Jack and I’m Gintarė and welcome back to Lithuanian Out Loud where we offer the world the Lithuanian language.
A bizarre story out of Lithuania concerns a man named Drąsius Kedys of Kaunas, Lithuania.
Mr. Kedys allegedly murdered Lithuanian District Court Judge Jonas Furmanavičius and a few hours later, the sister of his ex-girlfriend, Violeta Naruševičienė.
Police said that possible motives for the murders were either a bitter three-year-long custody fight or the claims by Drąsius Kedys that Judge Jonas Furmanavičius and other men raped his young daughter.
Drąsius Kedys had become a Lithuanian folk hero for taking the law into his own hands and murdering two people. Street demonstrations were held and mugs and t-shirts supporting Drąsius were sold all over Lithuania.
His body was found in a Kaunas reservoir in April 2010.
Killer of judge, woman in Kaunas remains at large
http://balticreports.com/?p=2444
Drąsius Kedys found dead in Kaunas
http://balticreports.com/?p=15414
In the last episode we went over the plural instrumental case or įnagininkas. Today, we'll go over some more examples using the plural instrumental case used in different ways.
Let’s start with the days of the week.
Just a quick review, here are the days of the week in vardininkas
Monday
pirmadienis
Tuesday
antradienis
Wednesday
trečiadienis
Thursday
ketvirtadienis
Friday
penktadienis
Saturday
šeštadienis
Sunday
sekmadienis
if you want to say something happens on a particular day of the week, you have to use the accusative singular
I work on Monday
aš dirbu pirmadienį
on Tuesday began a new strike
antradienį prasidėjo naujas streikas
on Wednesday lightning set fire to two buildings
Antradienį žaibai padegė du pastatus
live jazz this Thursday!
džiazas gyvai šį ketvirtadienį!
on Friday you can dance
penktadienį tu gali šokti
why do we celebrate on Sunday rather than Saturday?
kodėl mes švenčiame sekmadienį, o ne šeštadienį?
if you want to say something happens every Monday or every Tuesday, you use the instrumental plural
the lessons take place on Mondays
pamokos vyksta pirmadieniais
selections will take place on Tuesdays and Thursdays
atrankos vyks antradieniais ir ketvirtadieniais
in December we will work on Wednesdays
Gruodžio mėnesį dirbsime trečiadieniais
Salsa-mania happens on Fridays
Salsamanija vyksta penktadieniais
court is closed on Saturdays
teismas šeštadieniais nedirba
Julė works not only weekdays, but Sundays
Julė dirba ne tik darbo dienomis, bet ir sekmadieniais
if you’re talking about something that happens during a single day, you use the singular accusative
diena changes to dieną
during the day
dieną
I work all day
dirbu visą dieną
the judge sleeps all day
teisėjas visą dieną miega
in Kaunas it snowed all day
Kaune snigo visą dieną
what do you do every day?
ką darote kiekvieną dieną?
let’s say you want to describe something that happens during the day, every day
here we’d use the instrumental plural of the word for day
dienomis
by days
dienomis
during the days
dienomis
during holidays
švenčių dienomis
work time
darbo laikas
work days
darbo dienomis
I work on weekdays
dirbu darbo dienomis
I sleep on holidays
miegu švenčių dienomis
working time on holidays
darbo laikas švenčių dienomis
open hours on holidays
darbo laikas švenčių dienomis
on weekends and holidays I don't work
savaitgaliais ir švenčių dienomis nedirbu
evenings or weekends go to the theater
vakarais arba savaitgaliais eik i kiną
now let’s describe something that happens in the evening
evening
vakaras
evenings
vakarai
in the evening
vakare
this evening
šiandien vakare
tomorrow evening
rytoj vakare
Dear, maybe we can go tomorrow evening?
Brangioji, gal nueikime rytoj vakare?
I had a flight this evening to Frankfurt
aš turėjau skristi šiandien vakare į Frankfurtą
I’ll be back in the evening
aš sugrįšiu vakare
in the evening we will all be in Lithuania
vakare mes visi būsime Lietuvoje
I will leave tomorrow evening or Friday morning
aš išvyksiu rytoj vakare arba penktadienio rytą
in order to express something that happens in the evenings, we use the plural instrumental
in the evenings
vakarais
I can watch your children in the evenings
galiu prižiurėti jūsų vaikus vakarais
mosquitoes buzz in the evenings
uodai zyzia vakarais
what to do on long Autumn evenings?
ką veikti ilgais rudens vakarais?
the word for morning, as you already know, is rytas
morning
rytas
mornings
rytai
in the morning
rytą
in the mornings
rytais
what do you do in the mornings?
ką tu darai, rytais?
I need help in the mornings
man reikia pagalbos rytais
it’s very cold in the mornings
labai šalta rytais
I’m alone in the mornings
aš vienas rytais
we can also use the plural instrumental to describe things during the seasons of the year
summer
vasara
in summer
vasarą
in summers
vasaromis
he with his family lived in Kaunas in the summers
jis su šeima gyveno Kaune vasaromis
our summers often lack moisture
mūsų vasaromis dažnai trūksta drėgmės
spring
pavasaris
in spring
pavasarį
in the springs
pavasariais
to bloom
žydėti
our flowers bloom in the springs
mūsų gėlės žydi pavasariais
winter
žiema
in winter
žiemą
in the winters
žiemomis
why do bears sleep in the winters?
kodėl meškos žiemomis miega?
in the cold winters bees eat more honey
šaltomis žiemomis bitės daugiau suvalgo medaus
autumn
ruduo
in the autumn
rudenį
in the autumns
rudeniais
to pick up
rinkti
In the autumns I want to go pick mushrooms
Visais rydeniais aš noriu eiti rinkti grybų
on the next episode we'll continue using the instrumental in different ways
see you then!
Šaunu, you made it to the end of another episode! Turėtum jaustis kaip ant sparnų! You should feel like you're on wings!
LL0269 – Gerti To Drink
Hi there, I’m Jack and I’m Gintarė and welcome back to Lithuanian Out Loud where we offer the world the Lithuanian language.
According to Radio Vilnius: News and Current Affairs an Easter tradition in Lithuania centers around a swing. The swings are large enough for more than one person. Men would swing standing together. Women would swing sitting and whichever women would swing the highest would be named the best housekeepers.
today we’ll work on the verb gerti
Gerti is a transitive verb so it requires the accusative case or galininkas. Of course, when we negate a transitive verb, such as negerti, we use kilmininkas or the genitive case.
In Lithuanian aš geriu kavą means I drink coffee or I’m drinking coffee.
here are the verbs gerti and negerti conjugated in the present tense.
to drink
gerti
I drink
aš geriu
you drink (tu)
tu geri
he drinks
jis geria
she drinks
ji geria
you drink (formal)
jūs geriate
we drink
mes geriame
they drink (m/m m/f)
jie geria
they drink (ff)
jos geria
to not drink
negerti
I don’t drink
aš negeriu
you don’t drink
tu negeri
he doesn’t drink
jis negeria
she doesn’t drink
ji negeria
you don’t drink (formal)
jūs negeriate
we don’t drink
mes negeriame
they don’t drink (m/m or m/f)
jie negeria
they don’t drink (females only)
jos negeria
now let’s use these conjugations in some examples.
infinitive
he wants to drink beer
jis nori gerti alų
I cannot drink coffee
negaliu gerti kavos
do you like to drink vodka?
ar tau patinka gerti degtinę?
I really like to drink vodka
aš labai mėgstu gerti degintę
to drink or not to drink, what do you think?
gerti ar negerti, ką tu manai?
why not drink?
kodėl negerti?
why not drink something?
kodėl negeriate ko nors?
aš
I always drink coffee at work
visada geriu kavą darbe
morning without coffee is very hard
rytas be kavos labai sunkus
I drink only tea
geriu tik arbatą
I’m not drinking beer
aš negeriu alaus
I don’t drink coffee, it’s not tasty
negeriu kavos, neskanu
I don’t drink champagne
aš negeriu šampano
I don’t drink coffee
kavos negeriu
I don’t drink a lot of coffee
negeriu daug kavos
I don’t drink beer, I drink vodka
aš negeriu alaus, aš geriu dėgtinę
tu
wine
vynas
are you drinking wine?
ar tu geri vyną?
are you drinking tea?
ar geri arbatą?
do you drink green tea?
ar geri žalią arbatą?
do you drink black tea?
ar geri juodą arbatą?
do you drink only black coffee?
ar tu geri tik juodą kavą?
you drink only wine, right?
tu geri tik vyną, ar ne?
true, I drink only wine
tiesa, geriu aš tik vyną
why are you not drinking wine?
kodėl tu negeri vyno?
we know you don't drink often
mes žinome, kad tu negeri dažnai
milk
pienas
a bottle
butelis
he’s drinking milk
jis geria pieną
he’s drinking from the bottle
jis geria iš butelio
he’s drinking white wine
jis geria baltą vyną
he drinks only beer – me too
jis geria tik alų – aš irgi
he’s not drinking milk
jis negeria pieno
previously
anksčiau
Juozas doesn’t drink like before
Juozas negeria kaip anksčiau
he doesn’t drink carbonated water
jis negeria gazuoto vandens
she is drinking water
ji geria vandenį
Jolanta is drinking green tea
Jolanta geria žalią arbatą
what is she drinking?
ką ji geria?
my wife drinks too much
mano žmona geria per daug
chips
traškučiai
carbonated
gazuotas
Edita doesn't eat chips and doesn't drink carbonated drinks
Edita nevalgo traškučių ir negeria gazuotų gėrimų
she doesn't drink, doesn't smoke and is a very good girl
ji negeria, nerūko ir yra labai gera mergaitė
Jolanta doesn’t drink black tea
Jolanta negeria juodos arbatos
jūs (singular)
why aren’t you drinking?
kodėl negeriate?
why don’t you drink coffee in the morning?
kodėl negeriate kavos ryte?
which tea do you drink?
kokią arbatą jūs geriate?
do you not drink too much?
ar jūs geriate ne per daug?
what happens when you drink?
kas vyksta, kai jūs geriate?
how often do you drink mineral water?
kaip dažnai jūs geriate mineralinį vandenį?
is it true that you don’t drink tea?
ar tiesa, kad negeriate arbatos?
is it true that you don’t drink beer?
ar tiesa, kad negeriate alaus?
is it true that you don’t drink wine?
ar tiesa, kad negeriate vyno?
if you don't drink beer, I also will not drink
jei jūs negeriate alaus, aš taip pat negersiu
jūs (plural)
what are you all drinking?
ką jūs geriate?
the tap
čiaupas
do you all drink water from the tap?
ar jūs geriate vandenį iš čiaupo?
you all don't drink enough water
jūs negeriate pakankamai vandens
why don't you drink? Drink more!
Kodėl jūs negeriate? Gerkite daugiau!
mes
alcohol
alkoholis
we’re drinking alcohol
mes geriame alkoholį
we’re drinking milk
mes geriame pieną
we drink strong, black coffee without sugar
geriame stiprią, juodą kavą be cukraus
we’re not drinking alcohol
mes negeriame alkoholio
we don’t drink a lot of alcohol
mes negeriame daug alkoholio
thanks, but we don’t drink wine
ačiū, bet mes negeriame vyno
they’re drinking apple juice
jie geria obuolių sultis
they’re drinking orange juice
jie geria apelsinų sultis
they’re drinking grape juice
jie geria vynuogių sultis
they’re not drinking apple juice
jie negeria obuolių sulčių
they’re not drinking orange juice
jie negeria apelsinų sulčių
they’re not drinking grape juice
jie negeria vynuogių sulčių
jos
carbonated water
gazuotas vanduo
what are they drinking?
ką jos geria?
they drink carbonated water
jos geria gazuotą vandenį
they are drinking coffee
jos geria kavą
they drink cold, black coffee with ice
jos geria šaltą juodą kavą su ledais
they don’t drink carbonated water
jos negeria gazuoto vandens
they don’t drink coffee
jos negeria kavos
they don’t drink cold coffee
jos negeria šaltos kavos
and now, some examples using the imperatives
drink more water!
gerk daugiau vandens!
drink more beer!
gerkite daugiau alaus!
let's drink vodka!
gerkime dėgtinę!
don't drink from the fountain!
negerk iš fontano!
a cup
puodelis
a glass
stiklinė
don't drink from the glass or the cup!
negerk iš stiklinės ar puodelio!
poison
nuodai
don't drink poison!
negerk nuodų!
let's don't drink anything!
nieko negerkime!
Šaunuoliai!
LL0268 – Jurgis Su Seserimis Gyveno Vilniuje Jurgis Lived With His Sisters In Vilnius
Hi there, I’m Jack and I’m Gintarė and welcome back to Lithuanian Out Loud where we offer the world the Lithuanian language.
According to the 2010 online article, "From Lithuania, a View of Austerity’s Costs," the global recession has hit Lithuanians very hard.
Pensioners have had their benefits cut and are swamping soup kitchens. Thousands have lost their jobs and Lithuania, which already had a high suicide rate has seen a dramatic increase in the number of people taking their own lives. In addition, the emigration rate of Lithuanians is at the highest percentage since Lithuania joined the European Union in 2004.
From Lithuania, a View of Austerity’s Costs
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/04/02/business/global/02austerity.html?pagewanted=all
today we'll pick up again with the plural instrumental
here are some examples with some new vocabulary
-a
to return
grįžti
a gift
dovana
gifts
dovanos
Andrius returned with gifts
Andrius grįžo su dovanomis
a flag
vėliava
flags
vėliavos
to arrive
atvykti
a crowd
minia
crowds
minios
on Fridays and Saturdays crowds of people arrived with flags
penktadieniais ir šeštadieniais atvykdavo minios žmonių su vėliavomis
I need
man reikia
a coat
paltas
coats
paltai
a button
saga
buttons
sagos
I need a coat with buttons
man reikia palto su sagomis
together
kartu
together with
kartu su
a player (masculine)
žaidėjas
a player (feminine)
žaidėja
to arrive
atvykti
a wife
žmona
wives
žmonos
a female friend
draugė
female friends
draugės
the players arrived together with their wives or girlfriends
žaidėjai atvyko kartu su žmonomis ar draugėmis
-ė
kišenė
pockets
kišenės
a dress
suknelė
dresses
suknelės
to look for
ieškoti
I'm looking for a dress with pockets
aš ieškau suknelės su kišenėmis
a street
gatvė
you can travel via the city streets
galima važiuoti miesto gatvėmis
a mat - as in a small rug
kilimėlis
mats
kilimėliai
a chair
kėdė
chairs
kėdės
he needs
jam reikia
protective
apsauginis / apsauginė
he needs a protective mat under the chairs
jam reikia apsauginis kilimėlio po kėdėmis
I want a table with two chairs
noriu stalo su dviem kėdėmis
I want a table with three chairs
noriu stalo su trimis kėdėmis
I want a table with four chairs
noriu stalo su keturiomis kėdėmis
I want a table with five chairs
noriu stalo su penkiomis kėdėmis
with six chairs
su šešiomis kėdėmis
with seven chairs
su septyniomis kėdėmis
with eight chairs
su aštuoniomis kėdėmis
with nine chairs
su devyniomis kėdėmis
with ten chairs
su dešimt kėdžių
quickly
greitai
a rally, a meeting
mitingas
to become, to change into
virsti
a riot
riaušės
I don't understand how quickly the rally in Vilnius can change into a riot
aš nesuprantu kaip greitai mitingas Vilniuje gali virsti riaušėmis
a blanket
antklodė
blankets
antklodės
do what you want under the blankets, I don't care
daryk ką nori po antklodėmis, man nesvarbu
a vegetable
daržovė
last night, I ate chicken with vegetables
vakar vakare, aš valgiau vištiena su daržovėmis
-uo
a stone
akmuo
stones
akmenys
a frog
varlė
frogs
varlės
the frogs are under the stones, near the water
varlės yra po akmenimis prie vandens
to fight
kovoti
they fought
jie kovojo
a stick
lazda
sticks
lazdos
a Molotov cocktail
Molotovo kokteilis
they fought with stones, sticks and Molotov cocktails
jie kovojo su akmenimis, lazdomis ir Molotovo kokteiliais
a dog
šuo
dogs
šunys
to hunt
medžioti
they hunt with dogs, horses and birds of prey
jie medžioja su šunimis, arkliais, medžiokliniais paukščiais
the blankets are under the dogs
antklodės po šunimis
I'm walking with the dogs
aš vaikščiuoju su šunimis
to run, to flee
bėgti
they fled with the dogs
jie bėgo su šunimis
Jurgis lived with his sisters in Vilnius
Jurgis su seserimis gyveno Vilniuje
she lived in Vilnius with her sisters
ji gyveno Vilniuje su savo seserimis
I'm walking with the sisters
einu pasivaikščiuoti su seserimis
-ė
a daughter
duktė
daughters
dukterys
to not cope (with)
nesusitvarkyti
Gabrielė could not cope with two daughters
Gabrielė nesusitvarko su dviem dukterimis
he's coming to Italy together with his five daughters
jis atkeliauja į Italiją kartu su penkiomis savo dukterimis
on the next episode we'll continue with the plural instrumental
Šaunu, you made it to the end of another episode! Turėtum jaustis kaip ant sparnų! You should feel like you're on wings!
LL0267 Ledai Ice Cream
Hi there, I’m Jack and I’m Gintarė and welcome back to Lithuanian Out Loud where we offer the world the Lithuanian language.
This episode is part of a series of programs we'll give you focused on food and drink. This is a big subject so we'll break it down into bite-sized bits.
This series will be short, fast and to the point. Enjoy!
ice cream
ledai
I like ice cream
man patinka ledai
I don't like ice cream
man nepatinka ledai
I want ice cream
noriu ledų
I don't want ice cream
nenoriu ledų
pineapple
ananasas
pineapples
ananasai
I like pineapple
man patinka ananasai
I don't like pineapple
man nepatinka ananasai
I want pineapple
noriu ananaso
I don't want pineapple
nenoriu ananaso
pineapple juice
ananasų sultys
I like pineapple juice
man patinka ananasų sultys
I don't like pineapple juice
man nepatinka ananasų sultys
I want pineapple juice
noriu ananasų sulčių
I don't want pineapple juice
nenoriu ananasų sulčių
carrot juice
morkų sultys
I like carrot juice
man patinka morkų sultys
I don't like carrot juice
man nepatinka morkų sultys
I want carrot juice
noriu morkų sulčių
I don't want carrot juice
nenoriu morkų sulčių
meat
mėsa
I like meat
man patinka mėsa
I don't like meat
man nepatinka mėsa
I want meat
noriu mėsos
I don't want meat
nenoriu mėsos
a lemon
citrina
lemons
citrinos
lemon juice
citrinų sultys
I like lemon juice
man patinka citrinų sultys
I don't like lemon juice
man nepatinka citrinų sultys
I want lemon juice
noriu citrinų sulčių
I don't want lemon juice
nenoriu citrinų sulčių
a tomato
pomidoras
tomatoes
pomidorai
tomato juice
pomidorų sultys
I like tomato juice
man patinka pomidorų sultys
I don't like tomato juice
man nepatinka pomidorų sultys
I want tomato juice
noriu pomidorų sulčių
I don't want tomato juice
nenoriu pomidorų sulčių
a raspberry
avietė
raspberries
avietės
I like raspberries
man patinka avietės
I don't like raspberries
man nepatinka avietės
I want raspberries
noriu aviečių
I don't want raspberries
nenoriu aviečių
raspberry juice
aviečių sultys
I like raspberry juice
man patinka aviečių sultys
I don't like raspberry juice
man nepatinka aviečių sultys
I want raspberry juice
noriu aviečių sulčių
I don't want raspberry juice
nenoriu aviečių sulčių
a cranberry
spanguolė
cranberries
spanguolės
I like cranberries
man patinka spanguolės
I don't like cranberries
man nepatinka spanguolės
I want cranberries
noriu spanguolių
I don't want cranberries
nenoriu spanguolių
cranberry juice
spanguolių sultys
I like cranberry juice
man patinka spanguolių sultys
I don't like cranberry juice
man nepatinka spanguolių sultys
I want cranberry juice
noriu spanguolių sulčių
I don't want cranberry juice
nenoriu spanguolių sulčių
Šaunuoliai! Great! You made it to the end of another episode! Nuostabu!
LL0266 Vaisai Fruits
Hi there, I’m Jack and I’m Gintarė and welcome back to Lithuanian Out Loud where we offer the world the Lithuanian language.
This episode is part of a series of programs we'll give you focused on food and drink. This is a big subject so we'll break it down into bite-sized bits.
This series will be short, fast and to the point. Enjoy!
pork tenderloin
kiaulienos išpjova
I like pork tenderloin
man patinka kiaulienos išpjova
I don't like pork tenderloin
man nepatinka kiaulienos išpjova
I want pork tenderloin
noriu kiaulienos išpjovos
I don't want pork tenderloin
nenoriu kiaulienos išpjovos
a roll or bun
bandelė
I want a bun
noriu bandelės
I don't want a bun
nenoriu bandelės
an apple
obuolys
apples
obuoliai
I like apples
man patinka obuoliai
I don't like apples
man nepatinka obuoliai
I want an apple
noriu obuolio
I don't want an apple
nenoriu obuolio
apple juice
obuolių sultys
I like apple juice
man patinka obuolių sultys
I don't like apple juice
man nepatinka obuolių sultys
I want apple juice
noriu obuolių sulčių
I don't want apple juice
nenoriu obuolių sulčių
a grape
vynuogė
grapes
vynuogės
I like grapes
man patinka vynuogės
I don't like grapes
man nepatinka vynuogės
I want grapes
noriu vynuogių
I don't want grapes
nenoriu vynuogių
grape juice
vynuogių sultys
I like grape juice
man patinka vynuogių sultys
I don't like grape juice
man nepatinka vynuogių sultys
I want grape juice
noriu vynuogių sulčių
I don't want grape juice
nenoriu vynuogių sulčių
a vegetable
daržovė
vegetables
daržovės
I like vegetables
man patinka daržovės
I don't like vegetables
man nepatinka daržovės
I want vegetables
noriu daržovių
I don't want vegetables
nenoriu daržovių
vegetable juice
daržovių sultys
I like vegetable juice
man patinka daržovių sultys
I don't like vegetable juice
man nepatinka daržovių sultys
I want vegetable juice
noriu daržovių sulčių
I don't want vegetable juice
nenoriu daržovių sulčių
fruits
vaisai
I like fruits
man patinka vaisai
I don't like fruits
man nepatinka vaisai
I want fruits
noriu vaisių
I don't want fruits
nenoriu vaisių
fruit juice
vaisių sultys
I like fruit juice
man patinka vaisių sultys
I don't like fruit juice
man nepatinka vaisių sultys
I want fruit juice
noriu vaisių sulčių
I don't want fruit juice
nenoriu vaisių sulčių
Šaunuoliai! Great! You made it to the end of another episode! Nuostabu!
LL0265 Pievagrybiai Mushrooms
Hi there, I’m Jack and I’m Gintarė and welcome back to Lithuanian Out Loud where we offer the world the Lithuanian language.
This episode is part of a series of programs we'll give you focused on food and drink.
Today we'll simply give you vocabulary of some ingredients and utensils you might use while cooking. Enjoy!
meadow mushrooms
pievagrybiai
So, this means, like the mushrooms you find in the forest, or something?
No, the forest - grybai - mushroom. Pievagrybiai is...I don’t know where it’s found - in the shop; on pizza... pievagrybiai...
...and they’re different from the mushrooms you find in the forest. Hmm, okay.
Lithuanians are experts on grybai, yeah, Americans, we don’t know anything about grybai.
white pepper
baltieji pipirai
black pepper
juodieji pipirai
flour
miltai
wheat flour
kvietiniai miltai
meat
mėsa
spices / seasoning
prieskoniai
a wrap for making a wrap sandwich
lavašas
a lemon
citrina
lemons
citrinos
citric acid
citrinos rūgštis
lemon juice
citrinų sultys
gelatin
želatina
condensed milk
kondensuotas pienas
ingredients
ingrediantai
cream
kremas
liqueur
likeris
celery
salierai
apples
obuoliai
a leek
poras
leeks
porai
horseradish
krienai
cress
pipirnė
powdered sugar
cukraus pudra
sauce
padažas
water
vanduo
parsley
petražolės
dill
krapai
cocoa
kakava
bean sprouts
šparaginės pupelės
chikory
cikorija
cardamom
kardamonas
cloves
gvazdikėliai
ginger
imbieras
celery root
salierų šaknys
spicy
aštrus / aštri
paprika
paprika
fermented cheese
fermentinis sūris
lime
laimas
chicken livers
vištų kepenėlė
stew
troškinys
tomatoe sauce
pomidorų padažas
rosemary
rozmarinas
hazelnuts
lazdyno riešutai
cabbage
kopūstai
lard
taukai
vanilla
vanilė
yeast
mielės
vanilla sugar
vanilinis cukrus
baking powder
kepimo milteliai
pumpkin
moliūgas
sesame
sezamas
sunflower oil
saulėgrąžų aliejus
melted cheese
lydytas sūris
pig intestine
kiaulių žarnos
starch
krakmolas
sauerkraut
raugintas kopūstas
bean sprouts
šparaginės pupelės
pork fat
kiaulienos lašiniai
tortilla
tortilija
here are a few things we might have created with these ingredients
a boiled eggs breakfast
virtų kiaušinių pusryčiai
a special egg salad
ypatingosios kiaušinių salotos
a toasted bread with eggs breakfast
keptas batonas su kiaušinių pusryčiais
a cold vegetable soup
šalta daržovių sriuba
a spicy soup with cheese
aštri sriuba su sūriu
oatmeal with fruit
košė su vaisiais
eggplant casserole
baklažanų užkepėlė
eggplant casserole with cheese
baklažanų užkepėlė su sūriu
rolls with vegetable filling
bandelės su daržovių įdaru
rolls with mushroom filling
bandelės su grybų įdaru
Tikras stebuklas! Good luck!
LL0264
Hi there, I’m Gintarė and I’m Jack and welcome back to Lithuanian Out Loud where we offer the world the Lithuanian language.
This episode is part of a series of programs we'll give you focused on food and drink. This is a big subject so we'll break it down into bite-sized bits.
This series will be short, fast and to the point. Enjoy!
a peach
persikas
peaches
persikai
I like peaches
man patinka persikai
I don't like peaches
man nepatinka persikai
I want a peach
noriu persiko
I don't want a peach
nenoriu persiko
butter
sviestas
I like butter
man patinka sviestas
I don't like butter
man nepatinka sviestas
I want butter
noriu sviesto
I don't want butter
nenoriu sviesto
a carrot
morka
carrots
morkos
I like carrots
man patinka morkos
I don't like carrots
man nepatinka morkos
I want carrots
noriu morkų
I don't want carrots
nenoriu morkų
ham
kumpis
I like ham
man patinka kumpis
I don't like ham
man nepatinka kumpis
I want ham
noriu kumpio
I don't want ham
nenoriu kumpio
pasta or noodles
makaronai
I like pasta
man patinka makaronai
I don't like pasta
man nepatinka makaronai
I want pasta
noriu makaronų
I don't want pasta
nenoriu makaronų
seafood
jūros gėrybės
I like seafood
man patinka jūros gėrybės
I don't like seafood
man nepatinka jūros gėrybės
I want seafood
noriu jūros gėrybių
I don't want seafood
nenoriu jūros gėrybių
a candy or sweet
saldainis
I like candy
man patinka saldainis
I don't like candy
man nepatinka saldainis
I want candy
noriu saldainių
I don't want candy
nenoriu saldainių
food
maistas
I want food
noriu maisto
I don't want food
nenoriu maisto
juice
sultys
I like juice
man patinka sultys
I don't like juice
man nepatinka sultys
I want juice
noriu sulčių
I don't want juice
nenoriu sulčių
an orange
apelsinas
oranges
apelsinai
I like oranges
man patinka apelsinai
I don't like oranges
man nepatinka apelsinai
I want an orange
noriu apelsino
I don't want an orange
nenoriu apelsino
orange juice
apelsinų sultys
I like orange juice
man patinka apelsinų sultys
I don't like orange juice
man nepatinka apelsinų sultys
I want orange juice
noriu apelsinų sulčių
I don't want orange juice
nenoriu apelsinų sulčių
a berry
uoga
berries
uogos
I like berries
man patinka uogos
I don't like berries
man nepatinka uogos
I want berries
noriu uogų
I don't want berries
nenoriu uogų
berry juice
uogų sultys
I like berry juice
man patinka uogų sultys
I don't like berry juice
man nepatinka uogų sultys
I want berry juice
noriu uogų sulčių
I don't want berry juice
nenoriu uogų sulčių
Šaunuoliai! Great! You made it to the end of another episode! Nuostabu!
LL0263
Hi there, I’m Jack and I’m Gintarė and welcome back to Lithuanian Out Loud where we offer the world the Lithuanian language.
This episode is part of a series of programs we'll give you focused on food and drink. This is a big subject so we'll break it down into bite-sized bits.
This series will be short, fast and to the point. Enjoy!
black bread
juoda duona
I like black bread
man patinka juoda duona
I don't like black bread
man nepatinka juoda duona
I want black bread
noriu juodos duonos
I don't want black bread
nenoriu juodos duonos
rum
romas
I like rum
man patinka romas
I don't like rum
man nepatinka romas
I want rum
noriu romo
I don't want rum
nenoriu romo
cinnamon
cinamonas
I like cinnamon
man patinka cinamonas
I don't like cinnamon
man nepatinka cinamonas
I want cinnamon
noriu cinamono
I don't want cinnamon
nenoriu cinamono
sour cream
grietinė
I like sour cream
man patinka grietinė
I don't like sour cream
man nepatinka grietinė
I want sour cream
noriu grietinės
I don't want sour cream
nenoriu grietinės
cream (as in sweet cream)
grietinėlė
I like cream
man patinka grietinėlė
I don't like cream
man nepatinka grietinėlė
I want cream
noriu grietinėlės
I don't want cream
nenoriu grietinėlės
french bread or a long loaf of bread
batonas
I like french bread
man patinka batonas
I don't like french bread
man nepatinka batonas
I want french bread
noriu batono
I don't want french bread
nenoriu batono
sugar
cukrus
I like sugar
man patinka cukrus
I don't like sugar
man nepatinka cukrus
I want sugar
noriu cukraus
I don't want sugar
nenoriu cukraus
milk
pienas
I like milk
man patinka pienas
I don't like milk
man nepatinka pienas
I want milk
noriu pieno
I don't want milk
nenoriu pieno
Šaunuoliai! Great! You made it to the end of another episode! Nuostabu!
LL0262
Hi there, I’m Jack and I’m Gintarė and welcome back to Lithuanian Out Loud where we offer the world the Lithuanian language.
This episode is part of a series of programs we'll give you focused on food and drink. This is a big subject so we'll break it down into bite-sized bits.
This series will be short, fast and to the point. Enjoy!
potato
bulvė
potatoes
bulvės
I like potatoes
man patinka bulvės
I don't like potatoes
man nepatinka bulvės
I want potatoes
noriu bulvių
I don't want potatoes
nenoriu bulvių
ketchup
kečupas
I like ketchup
man patinka kečupas
I don't like ketchup
man nepatinka kečupas
I want ketchup
noriu kečupo
I don't want ketchup
nenoriu kečupo
honey
medus
I like honey
man patinka medus
I don't like honey
man nepatinka medus
I want honey
noriu medaus
I don't want honey
nenoriu medaus
vinegar
actas
I like vinegar
man patinka actas
I don't like vinegar
man nepatinka actas
I want vinegar
noriu acto
I don't want vinegar
nenoriu acto
oil and vinegar
aliejus ir actas
I like oil and vinegar
man patinka aliejus ir actas
I don't like oil and vinegar
man nepatinka aliejus ir actas
I want oil and vinegar
noriu aliejaus ir acto
I don't want oil and vinegar
nenoriu aliejaus ir acto
olive oil
alyvuogių aliejus
I like olive oil
man patinka alyvuogių aliejus
I don't like olive oil
man nepatinka alyvuogių aliejus
I want olive oil
noriu alyvuogių aliejaus
I don't want olive oil
nenoriu alyvuogių aliejaus
cucumbers
agurkai
I like cucumbers
man patinka agurkai
I don't like cucumbers
man nepatinka agurkai
I want cucumbers
noriu agurkų
I don't want cucumbers
nenoriu agurkų
garlic
česnakai
I like garlic
man patinka česnakai
I don't like garlic
man nepatinka česnakai
I want garlic
noriu česnakų
I don't want garlic
nenoriu česnakų
coffee
kava
I like coffee
man patinka kava
I don't like coffee
man nepatinka kava
I want coffee
noriu kavos
I don't want coffee
nenoriu kavos
cheese
sūris
I like cheese
man patinka sūris
I don't like cheese
man nepatinka sūris
I want cheese
noriu sūrio
I don't want cheese
nenoriu sūrio
Šaunuoliai! Great! You made it to the end of another episode! Nuostabu!
LL0261
Hi there, I’m Jack and I’m Gintarė and welcome back to Lithuanian Out Loud where we offer the world the Lithuanian language.
This episode is part of a series of programs we'll give you focused on food and drink.
This series will be short, fast and to the point. Enjoy!
a raisin
razina
raisins
razinos
I like raisins
man patinka razinos
I don't like raisins
man nepatinka razinos
I want raisins
noriu razinos
I don't want raisins
nenoriu razinos
eggplant
baklažanas
I like eggplant
man patinka baklažanas
I don't like eggplant
man nepatinka baklažanas
I want eggplant
noriu baklažano
I don't want eggplant
nenoriu baklažano
a nut
riešutas
nuts
riešutai
I like nuts
man patinka riešutai
I don't like nuts
man nepatinka riešutai
I want nuts
noriu riešutų
I don't want nuts
nenoriu riešutų
animal meat often carries the suffix -iena
many of the following meats you would probably never eat, but we list them here just as examples
a goose
žąsis
geese
žąsys
goose meat
žąsiena
a duck
antis
ducks
antys
duck meat
antiena
a camel
kupranugaris
camels
kupranugariai
camel meat
kupranugariena
a dog
šuo
dogs
šunys
dog meat
šuniena
a hen or chicken
višta
hens
vištos
chicken meat
vištiena
a horse
arklys
horses
arkliai
horse meat
arkliena
an ox or the male version of a cow
jautis
oxen
jaučiai
beef
jautiena
a kangaroo
kengūra
kangaroos
kengūros
kangaroo meat
kengūriena
an elk
briedis
elk (plural)
briedžiai
elk meat
briediena
a bird
paukštis
birds
paukštai
poultry
paukštiena
a snake
gyvatė
snakes
gyvatės
snake meat
gyvatiena
a crocodile
krokodilas
crocodiles
krokodilai
crocodile meat
krokodiliena
a deer
elnias
deer (plural)
elniai
deer meat
elniena
an ostrich
strutis
ostriches
stručiai
ostrich meat
strutiena
a rabbit
triušis
rabbits
triušiai
rabbit meat
triušiena
a sheep
avis
lamb (meat)
aviena
I like lamb
man patinka aviena
I don't like lamb
man nepatinka aviena
I want lamb
noriu avienos
I don't want lamb
nenoriu avienos
a pig
kiaulė
pork
kiauliena
I like pork
man patinka kiauliena
I don't like pork
man nepatinka kiauliena
I want pork
noriu kiaulienos
I don't want pork
nenoriu kiaulienos
a duck
antis
duck meat
antiena
I like duck
man patinka antiena
I don't like duck
man nepatinka antiena
I want duck
noriu antienos
I don't want duck
nenoriu antienos
a hen or chicken
višta
chicken meat
vištiena
I like chicken
man patinka vištiena
I don't like chicken
man nepatinka vištiena
I want chicken
noriu vištienos
I don't want chicken
nenoriu vištienos
beef
jautiena
I like beef
man patinka jautiena
I don't like beef
man nepatinka jautiena
I want beef
noriu jautienos
I don't want beef
nenoriu jautienos
a bird
paukštis
poultry
paukštiena
I like poultry
man patinka paukštiena
I don't like poultry
man nepatinka paukštiena
I want poultry
noriu paukštienos
I don't want poultry
nenoriu paukštienos
Šaunuoliai! Great! You made it to the end of another episode! Nuostabu!
LL0260 – Apkepas Pudding
note: In the following episode we have two words for sausage. Gintarė told me dešra is the sausage you might slice up for pizza or chop up for a stew. Dešrelė is more like what Americans would call a hotdog. It’s tubular and you can put one in a hotdog bun in order to eat it.
Hi there, I’m Jack and I’m Gintarė and welcome back to Lithuanian Out Loud where we offer the world the Lithuanian language.
This episode is part of a series of programs we'll give you focused on food and drink. This series will be short, fast and to the point. Enjoy!
pudding
apkepas
I like pudding
man patinka apkepas
I don't like pudding
man nepatinka apkepas
I want pudding
noriu apkepo
I don't want pudding
nenoriu apkepo
jelly
želė
I like jelly
man patinka želė
I don't like jelly
man nepatinka želė
I want jelly
noriu želė
I don't want jelly
nenoriu želė
sausage
dešra
I like sausage
man patinka dešra
I don't like sausage
man nepatinka dešra
I want sausage
noriu dešros
I don't want sausage
nenoriu dešros
sausage
dešrelė
I like sausage
man patinka dešrelė
I don't like sausage
man nepatinka dešrelė
I want sausage
noriu dešrelės
I don't want sausage
nenoriu dešrelės
filling / stuffing
įdaras
I like filling
man patinka įdaras
I don't like filling
man nepatinka įdaras
I want filling
noriu įdaro
I don't want filling
nenoriu įdaro
cinnamon buns
bandelės su cinamonu
I like cinnamon buns
man patinka bandelės su cinamonu
I don't like cinnamon buns
man nepatinka bandelės su cinamonu
I want cinnamon buns
noriu bandelės su cinamonu
I don't want cinnamon buns
nenoriu bandelės su cinamonu
an apricot
abrikosas
apricots
abrikosai
I like apricots
man patinka abrikosai
I don't like apricots
man nepatinka abrikosai
I want an apricot
noriu abrikoso
I don't want an apricot
nenoriu abrikoso
rice
ryžiai
I like rice
man patinka ryžiai
I don't like rice
man nepatinka ryžiai
I want rice
noriu ryžių
I don't want rice
nenoriu ryžių
tartar sauce
totoriškas padažas
I like tartar sauce
man patinka totoriškas padažas
I don't like tartar sauce
man nepatinka totoriškas padažas
I want tartar sauce
noriu totoriško padažo
I don't want tartar sauce
nenoriu totoriško padažo
mushroom sauce
grybų padažas
I like mushroom sauce
man patinka grybų padažas
I don't like mushroom sauce
man nepatinka grybų padažas
I want mushroom sauce
noriu grybų padažo
I don't want mushroom sauce
nenoriu grybų padažo
soy sauce
sojų padažas
I like soy sauce
man patinka sojų padažas
I don't like soy sauce
man nepatinka sojų padažas
I want soy sauce
noriu sojų padažo
I don't want soy sauce
nenoriu sojų padažo
Šaunuoliai! Great! You made it to the end of another episode! Nuostabu!
LL0259 – Jie Atvyko Motociklais They Arrived On Motorcycles
Hi everybody! Jack is back. It’s been so long since I last published an episode, you must have wondered if you were ever going to hear a new one.
2011 was an amazing year and I was so busy I couldn’t even think of putting together any new episodes. In the past I think we did a pretty good job of not telling you where we were. Did you ever figure it out? I don’t think we gave out many clues. We were recording in Longmont, Colorado in the United States. Longmont is a small town about 35 miles north of Denver.
After a 30-year career as an air traffic controller, I finally retired from the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA). An air traffic control company hired me and I was whisked off to Kansas City, Missouri, then Columbia, South Carolina, Chicago, Illinois, Istanbul, Turkey, Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan and finally Kabul, Afghanistan.
I controlled air traffic in Kabul for only three months before I had to leave. That was a really tough assignment and I didn’t like it very much at all.
Then I spent a month brushing up on my Spanish in Guadalajara, Mexico before arriving where I am now. I’ve finally settled down, hopefully for a few years, in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates. I love it here. I’ve finished training and just got back from a vacation in Cairo, Egypt and Beirut, Lebanon. I even spent a couple of days in the middle of the street riots near Tahrir Square. It was quite an experience.
Raminta and I have decided to separate. We’re still good friends, we get along great, we talk almost every day. The divorce is amicable, we’re just going in different directions with our lives. So, I’ll have to try to find another co-host some day. For now, I’ll just grab any native Lithuanian speaker I can find.
Fortunately, before we went off the air one year ago, I was able to record many episodes. I have about 40 on my computer. All I have to do is clean them up and post them. If I can’t find a Lithuanian to help me do future episodes, we should start to run into trouble after episode 300 or so. I wonder if there are any Lithuanians in Abu Dhabi.
So, that’s about it for now. My time is still very tight, but I’ll try to keep the episodes coming.
Thanks for tuning in and I hope you enjoy more lessons for some time to come.
Okay, here we go, enjoy.
Hi there, I’m Jack and I’m Gintarė and welcome back to Lithuanian Out Loud where we offer the world the Lithuanian language.
According to the website, National Coalition to Abolish the Death Penalty, Lithuania held its final execution in 1995 and capital punishment was abolished in Lithuania in 1998.
National Coalition to Abolish the Death Penalty
http://www.ncadp.org/todayInHistory.cfm
In previous episodes we went over the instrumental case or įnagininkas. Today we’ll go through a few examples of the plural instrumental.
This episode is large so we’ll break it up. This is the first part.
Here is how the different word endings are declined:
-as changes to -ais
-is changes to -iais
-ys changes to -iais
-us changes to -umis
-a changes to -omis
-ė changes to -ėmis
-uo as in šuo/sesuo/akmuo changes to –imis
-ė as in duktė changes to –imis
Here are some examples using the Lithuanian plural instrumental broken down by suffixes.
First, we'll give you the vocabulary and then we'll give you an example using the plural instrumental.
-as
a passenger
keleivis
passengers
keleiviai
an airplane
lėktuvas
airplanes
lėktuvai
to travel
keliauti
are you traveling using airplanes?
ar keliauji lėktuvais?
I travel from one country to another using airplanes
keliauju iš vienos šalies į kitą lėktuvais
a bridge
tiltas
bridges
tiltai
you can sleep under the bridges
gali miegoti po tiltais
a couple
pora
a young couple
jaunuolių pora
a motorcycle
motociklas
motorcycles
motociklai
to arrive
atvykti
a young couple arrived on two motorcycles
jaunuolių pora atvyko dviem motociklais
he and his friend arrived using motorcycles
jis su draugu atvyko motociklais
a male teenager
paauglys
male teenagers
paaugliai
the teenagers travel via motorcycles
paaugliai važiuoja motociklais
a girl
mergina
girls
merginos
a phone
telefonas
phones
telefonai
to communicate / to interact
bendrauti
the girls communicate using phones
merginos bendrauja telefonais
grass
žolė
a slope
šlaitas
a thicket
tankumynas
a swamp
pelkė
a path
takas
paths
takai
today we are walking trails through swamps, thickets, and grassy slopes
šiandien mes einame takais, pelkėmis, tankumynais, ir žolės šlaitais
a building
pastatas
buildings
pastatai
a cellar
rūsys
cellars
rūsiai
under the buildings are cellars
po pastatais yra rūsiai
a leaf
lapas
leaves
lapai
to stand
stovėti
to cool, to chill
aušinti
we stood under the leaves
mes stovėjome po lapais
it's cooler under the leaves
tai aušintuvas po lapais
to order / to tell
liepti
to hide
slėptis
a table
stalas
tables
stalai
Simas told everyone to hide under the tables
Simas liepė visiems slėptis po stalais
a puppy
šuniukas
puppies
šuniukai
to play
žaisti
the puppies are playing under the tables
šuniukai žaidžia po stalais
spaghetti
spageti / spagečiai
a tomato
pomidoras
tomatoes
pomidorai
a chicken
višta
chicken meat
vištiena
an onion
svogūnas
onions
svogūnai
sweet
saldus / saldi
a pepper
pipiras
peppers
pipirai
spaghetti with tomatoes
spagečiai su pomidorais
chicken with tomatoes
vištiena su pomidorais
an omelette with onions and sweet peppers
omletas su svogūnais ir saldžiaisiais pipirais
-is
a sidewalk
šaligatvis
if you want to stroll, walk via the sidewalks
jei norite pasivaikščioti, eikite šaligatviais
a car
automobilis
cars
automobiliai
winter
žiema
this winter, we want to drive to Munich using cars
šią žiemą norime važinėti automobiliais į Miuncheną
an egg
kiaušinis
eggs
kiaušiniai
lettuce or salad
salota
a green salad with eggs
žaliosios salotos su kiaušiniais
hot sandwiches with eggs and tomatoes
karšti sumuštiniai su kiaušiniais ir pomidorais
keep in mind, the unstrumental case also describes something changing into another thing
a homeless male
benamis
a homeless female
benamė
to become
tapti
as we know, people are becoming homeless
kaip žinome, žmonės tampa benamiais
a valley
slėnis
valleys
slėniai
a mountain
kalnas
mountains
kalnai
we're traveling via mountain valleys
mes važiuojame kalnų slėniais
a bicycle
dviratis
bicycles
dviračiai
we want to cycle to work
norime važiuoti į darbą dviračiais
a camel
kupranugaris
camels
kupranugariai
also
taip pat
to view
pažiūrėti
only
tik
territory
teritorija
also, you can view the territory using only camels
taip pat, galima pažiūrėti teritoriją tik su kupranugariais
-ys
an elephant
dramblys
elephants
drambliai
a lion
liūtas
lions
liūtai
to ride
pajodinėti
to swim
paplaukioti
here you will be able to take a walk with lions, ride or swim with elephants
čia galėsite pasivaikščioti su liūtais, pajodinėti ar paplaukioti su drambliais
to like
mėgti
to travel
keliauti
a train
traukinys
trains
traukiniai
do you like to travel using trains?
ar patinka keliauti traukiniais?
in Europe many travel via trains
Europoje daugelis keliauja traukiniais
Renata and her friend Liudas travel via trains through Europe
Renata su draugu Liudu keliavo traukiniais po Europą
a teenager (male)
paauglys
a teenager (female)
paauglė
teenagers
paaugliai
the best
geriausia
everything
viskas
it's best to talk with teenagers about everything
geriausia kalbėtis su paaugliais apie viską
a basket
krepšys
baskets
krepšiai
to pick berries
uogauti
to pick mushrooms
grybauti
with baskets he went to pick berries and mushrooms
su krepšiais jis eidavo uogauti ir grybauti
soldier
karys
soldiers, troops
kariai
government
vyriausybė
to support
remti
to grapple, to skirmish
susiremti
Afghanistan
Afganistanas
in Afghanistan
Afganistane
NATO forces in Afghanistan clashed with government troops
NATO pajėgos Afganistane susirėmė su vyriausybės kariais
NATO
NATO
fisherman
žvejys
with fishermen
su žvejais
constantly
pastoviai
I work constantly with fishermen
aš dirbu pastoviai su žvejais
-us
sugar
cukrus
this morning
šį rytą
to make
gaminti
white
baltas / balta
brown
rudas / ruda
this morning I make coffee with white and brown sugars
šį rytą gaminu kavą su baltu ir rudu cukrumis
Šaunu, you made it to the end of another episode!
Turėtum jaustis kaip ant sparnų! You should feel like you're on wings!
Hi there, I’m Jack and I’m Gintarė and welcome back to Lithuanian Out Loud where we offer the world the Lithuanian language.
This episode is part of a series of programs we'll give you focused on food and drink. This is a big subject so we'll break it down into bite-sized bits.
This series will be short, fast and to the point. Enjoy!
salt
druska
I like salt
man patinka druska
I don't like salt
man nepatinka druska
I want salt
noriu druskos
I don't want salt
nenoriu druskos
greens / veggies
žalumynai
I like greens
man patinka žalumynai
I don't like greens
man nepatinka žalumynai
I want greens
noriu žalumynų
I don't want greens
nenoriu žalumynų
a cherry
vyšnia
cherries
vyšnios
I like cherries
man patinka vyšnios
I don't like cherries
man nepatinka vyšnios
I want cherries
noriu vyšnių
I don't want cherries
nenoriu vyšnių
a plum
slyva
plums
slyvos
I like plums
man patinka slyvos
I don't like plums
man nepatinka slyvos
I want a plum
noriu slyvos
I don't want a plum
nenoriu slyvos
beetroot soup
burokėlių sriuba
I like beetroot soup
man patinka burokėlių sriuba
I don't like beetroot soup
man nepatinka burokėlių sriuba
I want beetroot soup
noriu burokėlių sriubos
I don't want beetroot soup
nenoriu burokėlių sriubos
steak
kepsnys
I like steak
man patinka kepsnys
I don't like steak
man nepatinka kepsnys
I want steak
noriu kepsnio
I don't want steak
nenoriu kepsnio
salmon
lašiša
I like salmon
man patinka lašiša
I don't like salmon
man nepatinka lašiša
I want salmon
noriu lašišos
I don't want salmon
nenoriu lašišos
cookies
sausainiai
I like cookies
man patinka sausainiai
I don't like cookies
man nepatinka sausainiai
I want cookies
noriu sausainių
I don't want cookies
nenoriu sausainių
salsa
salsa
I like salsa
man patinka salsa
I don't like salsa
man nepatinka salsa
I want salsa
noriu salsos
I don't want salsa
nenoriu salsos
red wine
raudonas vynas
I like red wine
man patinka raudonas vynas
I don't like red wine
man nepatinka raudonas vynas
I want red wine
noriu raudono vyno
I don't want red wine
nenoriu raudono vyno
Šaunuoliai! Great! You made it to the end of another episode! Nuostabu!
Hi there, I’m Jack and I’m Gintarė and welcome back to Lithuanian Out Loud where we offer the world the Lithuanian language.
Today we'll do another episode based on an article from Vikipedija. How much can you understand without looking at the translation? We'll read the article for you three times at the beginning of the episode and three times at the ending. Enjoy!
Senovės Armėnija - senovinis kultūrinis-istorinis regionas ir civilizacija,
egzistavusi Armėnijos kalnyne, teritorijose, kurios šiuo metu apima rytinę Turkiją,
šiaurės Iraką, Armėniją.
Senovės Armėnija - senovinis kultūrinis-istorinis regionas ir civilizacija,
egzistavusi Armėnijos kalnyne, teritorijose, kurios šiuo metu apima rytinę Turkiją,
šiaurės Iraką, Armėniją.
Senovės Armėnija - senovinis kultūrinis-istorinis regionas ir civilizacija,
egzistavusi Armėnijos kalnyne, teritorijose, kurios šiuo metu apima rytinę Turkiją,
šiaurės Iraką, Armėniją.
now, here's a translation
Senovės Armėnija - senovinis kultūrinis-istorinis regionas ir civilizacija,
Ancient Armenia - an ancient cultural-historical region and civilization
egzistavusi Armėnijos kalnyne, teritorijose,
that existed in the Armenian mountain chain, in the territories
kurios šiuo metu apima rytinę Turkiją, šiaurės Iraką, Armėniją.
which currently covers eastern Turkey, northern Iraq, Armenia.
now, let's break it down some more and give you some miscellaneous examples
Ancient Armenia
Senovės Armėnija
Ancient Yemen
Senovės Jemenas
Ancient Rome
Senovės Roma
Ancient Egypt
Senovės Egiptas
ancient, old, antique
senovinis / senovinė
an old wooden house
senovinis medinis namas
an ancient city
senovinis miestas
pavement
grindinys
ancient street paving
senovinis gatvės grindinys
an ancient settlement
senovinė gyvenvietė
a temple
šventykla
an ancient temple
senovinė šventykla
culture
kultūra
cultural
kultūrinis / kultūrinė
a cultural tour to Istanbul
kultūrinis turas į Stanbulą
heritage
paveldas
Jewish cultural heritage in Lithuania
Žydų kultūrinis paveldas Lietuvoje
a cultural program
kultūrinė programa
cultural integration
kultūrinė integracija
history
istorija
historical
istorinis / istorinė
a map
žemėlapis
a historical map of Poland
istorinis Lenkijos žemėlapis
Trakai historical national park
Trakų istorinis nacionalinis parkas
victory or triumph
pergalė
a historical victory
istorinė pergalė
a historical flag
istorinė vėliava
a region
regionas
the Mediterranean region
Viduržemio jūros regionas
civilization
civilizacija
European civilization
Europos civilizacija
to exist
egzistuoti
the army ceased to exist
kariuomenė nustojo egzistavusi
the Habsburg dynasty ceased to exist
Habsburgo dinastija nustojo egzistavusi
the government ceased to exist
vyriausybė nustojo egzistavusi
a mountain
kalnas
a mountain chain
kalnynas
in the mountain chain
kalnyne
the village is in the Czech mountain range
gyvenvietė Čekijos kalnyne
a territory
teritorija
a farm
ūkis
farms in the territories are small
ūkiai teritorijose yra maži
Yellowknife is the biggest city in the territories
Jelounaifas yra didžiausias miestas teritorijose
to include, to cover, to involve
apimti
the project currently covers many students
projektas šiuo metu apima daug studentų
the system includes many elements
sistema apima daug elementų
Turkey
Turkija
Iraq
Irakas
Armenia
Armėnija
east
rytai
eastern
rytų
Eastern Europe
Rytų Europa
Eastern Asia
Rytų Azija
eastern
rytinis / rytinė
rytinis can also mean "morning"
morning jogging
rytinis bėgiojimas
the morning train
rytinis traukinys
the eastern corridor
rytinis koridorius
the eastern district
rytinis rajonas
morning coffee break
rytinė kavos pertraukėlė
morning chocolate coffee
rytinė šokoladinė kava
eastern Latvia
rytinė Latvija
eastern Java
rytinė Java
north
šiaurė
North Carolina
Šiaurės Karolina
Northern Ireland
Šiaurės Airija
North America
Šiaurės Amerika
North Korea
Šiaurės Korėja
the northern entrance to the station
šiaurinis įėjimas į stotį
a deer
elnias
a reindeer
šiaurinis elnias
tikras stebuklas! You made it to the end of another episode! nepaprasta! :)
Senovės Armėnija
http://lt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Senovės_Armėnija
LL0256 – Egzaminas Exam
This is a quick response episode! We’ll say the word or phrase in English and you say it in Lithuanian – Out Loud! Ready, set, go! Pasiruošti, dėmesio, marš!
I would like to order food to go
norėčiau užsisakyti maisto išsinešimui
what you would like?
ko pageidausite?
do you have a menu?
ar jūs turite valgiaraštį?
sure, here you go
žinoma, štai – paimkite
maybe you’d like something to drink?
gal norėtumėte ko nors išgerti?
no, I will just wait for my order
ne, tiesiog palauksiu savo užsakymo
okay, when you will be ready to order the food let me know
gerai, kai būsite pasiruošus užsakyti maistą leiskite man žinoti
okay, thank you
gerai, ačiū
thank you, please sit down
ačiū jums, prašom prisėsti
to order
užsakyti
food
maistas
to carry out
išsinešti
to wish, to desire
pageidauti
what do you wish? (tu)
ko tu pageidauji?
what do you desire? (tu)
ko tu pageidauji?
what do you wish? (formal)
ko jūs pageidaujate?
what do you desire? (formal)
ko jūs pageidaujate?
a menu
meniu / valgiaraštis
do you have a menu?
ar jūs turite valgiaraštį?
do you have a menu?
ar jūs turite meniu?
of course
žinoma
here
štai
to take
imti, paimti
take – as in a command
imk, imkite, paimk, paimkite
of course, here, take
žinoma, štai – paimkite
Hi there, I’m Jack and I’m Gintarė and welcome back to Lithuanian Out Loud where we offer the world the Lithuanian language.
This episode is part of a series of programs we'll give you focused on food and drink. This is a big subject so we'll break it down into bite-sized bits.
This series will be short, fast and to the point. Enjoy!
breakfast
pusryčiai
I like breakfast
man patinka pusryčiai
I don't like breakfast
man nepatinka pusryčiai
I want breakfast
noriu pusryčių
I don't want breakfast
nenoriu pusryčių
lunch
pietūs
to eat lunch
papietauti
I want to eat lunch
noriu papietauti
I don't want to eat lunch
nenoriu papietauti
dinner
vakarienė
I want dinner
noriu vakarienės
I don't want dinner
nenoriu vakarienės
a nectarine
nektarinas
nectarines
nektarinai
I like nectarines
man patinka nektarinai
I don't like nectarines
man nepatinka nektarinai
I want a nectarine
noriu nektarino
I don't want a nectarine
nenoriu nektarino
a fried egg
keptas kiaušinis
I want a fried egg
noriu kepto kiaušinio
I don't want a fried egg
nenoriu kepto kiaušinio
I want fried eggs
noriu keptų kiaušinių
I don't want fried eggs
nenoriu keptų kiaušinių
egg salad
kiaušinių salotos
I like egg salad
man patinka kiaušinių salotos
I don't like egg salad
man nepatinka kiaušinių salotos
I want egg salad
noriu kiaušinių salotų
I don't want egg salad
nenoriu kiaušinių salotų
radishes
ridikėliai
I like radishes
man patinka ridikėliai
I don't like radishes
man nepatinka ridikėliai
I want radishes
noriu ridikėlių
I don't want radishes
nenoriu ridikėlių
mayonnaise
majonezas
I like mayonnaise
man patinka majonezas
I don't like mayonnaise
man nepatinka majonezas
I want mayonnaise
noriu majonezo
I don't want mayonnaise
nenoriu majonezo
onions
svogūnai
I like onions
man patinka svogūnai
I don't like onions
man nepatinka svogūnai
I want onions
noriu svogūnų
I don't want onions
nenoriu svogūnų
mustard
garstyčios
I like mustard
man patinka garstyčios
I don't like mustard
man nepatinka garstyčios
I want mustard
noriu garstyčių
I don't want mustard
nenoriu garstyčių
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This is a quick response episode! We’ll say the word or phrase in English and you say it in Lithuanian – Out Loud! Ready, set, go! Pasiruošti, dėmesio, marš!
yes or no
taip arba ne
England or Lithuania
Anglija arba Lietuva
either us or your friends
arba mes arba tavo draugai
a film or a book
filmas arba knyga
good or bad
geras arba blogas
black or white
juodas arba baltas
big or small
didelis arba mažas
pretty or ugly
gražus arba bjaurus
hot or cold
karštas arba šaltas
young or old
jaunas arba senas
satiated or hungry
sotus arba alkanas
straight or crooked
tiesus arba kreivas
is this coffee or tea?
ar tai yra kava ar arbata?
is that cake or pie?
ar tai tortas ar pyragas?
is this salt or sugar?
ar tai druska ar cukrus?
is that milk or cream?
ar tai pienas ar grietinėlė?
is that a pen or a pencil?
ar tai rašiklis ar pieštukas?
war or peace
karas arba taika
white wine or red wine?
balto vyno ar raudono vyno?
LL0253 – Mylėti To Love
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The Lithuanian government is passing laws in order to gradually do away with the conscription system. By 2013 the government plans to have no conscripts in the Lithuanian army. There are approximately 2,000 conscripts in the Lithuanian armed forces.
today we’ll go over the Lithuanian verb mylėti – to love
you wouldn’t use mylėti in the same way you’d use “to love” in English
in general, only use mylėti for animate objects
you wouldn’t say, I love my car, I love football, or I love this shirt
sometimes, mylėti is used for inanimate objects, but only in a romantic or poetic way
mylėti is a transitive verb so it requires the accusative case or galininkas
nemylėti requires the genitive case - kilmininkas
here are mylėti and nemylėti conjugated in the present tense
to love
mylėti
I love
aš myliu
you love (tu)
tu myli
he loves
jis myli
she loves
ji myli
we love
mes mylime
you love (formal)
jūs mylite
you all love
jūs mylite
they love (mm/mf)
jie myli
they love (ff)
jos myli
to not love
nemylėti
I do not love
aš nemyliu
you do not love (tu)
tu nemyli
he does not love
jis nemyli
she does not love
ji nemyli
we do not love
mes nemylime
you do not love (formal)
jūs nemylite
you all do not love
jūs nemylite
they do not love (mm/mf)
jie nemyli
they do not love (ff)
jos nemyli
here are some examples of mylėti in the infinitive
I’m trying to love Stasys
bandau mylėti Stasį
they know how to love
jie moka mylėti
people can love
žmonės gali mylėti
I can only say, to love is very hard
galiu tik pasakyti, kad mylėti labai sunku
I’m learning to love
aš išmokau mylėti
together we're learning to love again
mes kartu išmoktume mylėti
a man has to love his wife
vyras turi mylėti savo žmoną
I try to love my family
bandau mylėti savo šeimą
(aš)
the sea
jūra
the sun
saulė
the stars
žvaigždės
I love the sea (poetic only)
myliu jūrą
I love the sun (poetic only)
myliu saulę
I love the stars (poetic only)
aš myliu žvaigždes
(tu)
do you love Antanas?
ar myli Antaną?
do you love Eglė?
ar myli Eglę?
do you love your dog?
ar myli savo šunį?
do you love your dogs?
ar myli savo šunis?
do you love the girl?
ar myli mergaitę?
do you love the girls?
ar myli mergaites?
why don’t you love your wife?
kodėl nemyli savo žmonos?
why don’t you love your husband?
kodėl nemyli savo vyro?
why don’t you love your dog?
kodėl nemyli savo šuns?
why don’t you love your dogs?
kodėl nemyli savo šunų?
why don’t you love the girls?
kodėl nemyli mergaičių?
(jis)
Vilius loves the child
Vilius myli vaiką
he loves the children
jis myli vaikus
he doesn’t love the child
jis nemyli vaiko
he doesn’t love the children
jis nemyli vaikų
(ji)
grandfather
senelis
she loves her grandfather
ji myli savo senelį
she loves her grandfathers
ji myli savo senelius
she doesn’t love her grandfather
ji nemyli savo senelio
she doesn’t love her grandfathers
ji nemyli savo senelių
(mes)
grandmother
senelė
we love our child
mes mylime savo vaiką
we love our children
mes mylime savo vaikus
we love Birutė
mylime Birutę
we love our grandmother
mylime savo senelę
we love our grandmothers
mylime savo seneles
we don’t love our grandmother
nemylime savo senelės
we don’t love our grandmothers
nemylime savo senelių
we don’t love Birutė
mes nemylime Birutės
(jūs)
why do you love the dog?
kodėl jūs mylite šunį?
why don’t you love the dog?
kodėl nemylite šuns?
(jie)
they love Lithuania (poetic)
jie myli Lietuvą
(jos)
singer
dainininkas
do the women love their husbands?
ar moterys myli savo vyrus?
the girls love the singer
mergaitės myli dainininką
the women don’t love their husbands
moterys nemyli savo vyrų
the girls don’t love the singer
mergaitės nemyli dainininko
imperatives
love! (tu)
mylėk!
let's love! (mes)
mylėkime!
love! (jūs)
mylėkite!
don't love! (tu)
nemylėk!
let's not love! (mes)
nemylėkime!
don't love! (jūs)
nemylėkite!
Šaunuoliai!! Great! You made it to the end of another episode! Puiku! Excellent!
LL0252 – Vilius Nėra Vilius Is Not Here
Hi there, I’m Jack and I’m Gintarė and welcome back to Lithuanian Out Loud where we offer the world the Lithuanian language.
According to the latest estimates there are about three and a half million people in Lithuania today. By 2025 the population is expected to decrease to three million three hundred thousand. By 2050 Lithuania is projected to have only two million seven hundred thousand. Wow.
Sixty-seven percent of the population lives in cities. The ethnic groups of Lithuania are broken down like this; 80% Lithuanian, 8% Russian, 8% Polish, 2% Belarussian, 1% Ukranian and 1% “other.”
When I text Raminta on Skype at a friend’s house I’ll occasionally get a message that says, Ramintos nėra. When you want to say someone or something is not at home, not in the hotel, not in the restaurant, not at work, etectera, you have to use the genitive case or kilmininkas.
here are some examples;
he is at home
jis yra namie
she is at home
ji yra namie
he is not at home
jo nėra namie
he is not at home
jo nėra namuose
she is not at home
jos nėra namie
she is not at home
jos nėra namuose
Raminta is at home
Raminta yra namie
Raminta is not at home
Ramintos nėra namie
is Raminta at home?
ar Raminta namie?
Raminta is not
Ramintos nėra
is Naras at home?
ar Naras namie?
Naras is not at home
Naro nėra
is Ingrida at home?
ar Ingrida namie?
Ingrida is not
Ingridos nėra
in the hotels there are no elevators
viešbučiuose nėra liftų
in the hotel there are no available rooms
viešbutyje nėra laisvų kambarių
is there coffee here?
ar čia yra kavos?
there is no coffee
kavos nėra
is there food here?
ar čia yra maisto?
there is no food
maisto nėra
is there milk here?
ar čia yra pieno?
there is no milk
pieno nėra
there is no hot coffee!
karštos kavos nėra!
there is no beer in heaven
alaus danguje nėra
there is no hot water
nėra karšto vandens
Šaunuoliai!! Great! You made it to the end of another episode! Puiku! Excellent!
LL0251 – Pyragas Pie
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photograph: obuolių pyragas
photographer:Len Rizzi (photographer)
National Cancer Institute
This episode is part of a series of programs we'll give you focused on food and drink.
oatmeal or porridge
košė
I like oatmeal
man patinka košė
I don't like oatmeal
man nepatinka košė
I want oatmeal
noriu košės
I don't want oatmeal
nenoriu košės
a basket
krepšys arba pintinė
a fruit basket
vaisių pintinė
I want a fruit basket
noriu vaisių pintinės
I don't want a fruit basket
nenoriu vaisių pintinės
waffles
vafliai
I like waffles
man patinka vafliai
I don't like waffles
man nepatinka vafliai
I want waffles
noriu vaflių
I don't want waffles
nenoriu vaflių
pie or cake
pyragas
I like pie
man patinka pyragas
I don't like pie
man nepatinka pyragas
I want pie
noriu pyrago
I don't want pie
nenoriu pyrago
apple pie
obuolių pyragas
I like apple pie
man patinka obuolių pyragas
I don't like apple pie
man nepatinka obuolių pyragas
I want apple pie
noriu obuolių pyrago
I don't want apple pie
nenoriu obuolių pyrago
carrot cake
morkų pyragas
I like carrot cake
man patinka morkų pyragas
I don't like carrot cake
man nepatinka morkų pyragas
I want carrot cake
noriu morkų pyrago
I don't want carrot cake
nenoriu morkų pyrago
nut pie or pecan pie
riešutų pyragas
I like pecan pie
man patinka riešutų pyragas
I don't like pecan pie
man nepatinka riešutų pyragas
I want pecan pie
noriu riešutų pyrago
I don't want pecan pie
nenoriu riešutų pyrago
vegetable pie
daržovių pyragas
I like vegetable pie
man patinka daržovių pyragas
I don't like vegetable pie
man nepatinka daržovių pyragas
I want vegetable pie
noriu daržovių pyrago
I don't want vegetable pie
nenoriu daržovių pyrago
a rice cake
ryžių pyragas
I like rice cakes
man patinka ryžių pyragai
I don't like rice cakes
man nepatinka ryžių pyragai
I want a rice cake
noriu ryžių pyrago
I don't want a rice cake
nenoriu ryžių pyrago
cherry pie
vyšnių pyragas
I like cherry pie
man patinka vyšnių pyragas
I don't like cherry pie
man nepatinka vyšnių pyragas
I want cherry pie
noriu vyšnių pyrago
I don't want cherry pie
nenoriu vyšnių pyrago
pumpkin pie
moliūgų pyragas
I like pumpkin pie
man patinka moliūgų pyragas
I don't like pumpkin pie
man nepatinka moliūgų pyragas
I want pumpkin pie
noriu moliūgų pyrago
I don't want pumpkin pie
nenoriu moliūgų pyrago
Šaunuoliai! Great! You made it to the end of another episode! Nuostabu!
Click here to download the show notes for episodes 241-250
Lithuanian_Out_Loud_0241-0250_Notes.pdf
LL0250 – Valentina Neturi Sesers Valentina Does Not Have A Sister
Hi there, I’m Jack and I’m Gintarė and welcome back to Lithuanian Out Loud where we offer the world the Lithuanian language.
According to the BBC News article, “Lithuanian Ban on Soviet Symbols,” it is now against the law to display flags, emblems, badges or insignia with the swastika or hammer and sickle. The laws in Lithuania are more strict than recently passed laws in Estonia and Russia is unhappy with these laws. According to Russia, the Baltic States were liberated by the Soviets from the Nazis in World War II. Russia objects to equating the hammer and sickle with the swastika.
Lithuanian ban on Soviet symbols
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/7459976.stm
Today let’s pick up with the accusative singular and plural and the genitive singular and plural. This is mostly a practice episode with some new vocabulary. We'll leave a space after the English so you can attempt to say it in Lithuanian before it's translated. Good luck! Sėkmės!
(-a)
a present
dovana
grandma has a gift
močiutė turi dovaną
grandma has gifts
močiutė turi dovanas
grandma doesn’t have a gift
močiutė neturi dovanos
grandma doesn’t have gifts
močiutė neturi dovanų
(-as)
a painting
paveikslas
Rasa has a painting
Rasa turi paveikslą
Rasa doesn’t have a painting
Rasa neturi paveikslo
Rasa doesn’t have paintings
Rasa neturi paveikslų
(-a)
a lemon
citrina
Aušra has a lemon
Aušra turi cintriną
Aušra has two lemons
Aušra turi dvi cintrinas
Aušra doesn’t have a lemon
Aušra neturi cintrinos
Aušra doesn’t have lemons
Aušra neturi cintrinų
(-a)
a button
saga
Gintarė has a button
Gintarė turi sagą
Gintarė has five buttons
Gintarė turi penkias sagas
Gintarė does not have a button
Gintarė neturi sagos
Gintarė doesn’t have buttons
Gintarė neturi sagų
(-ė)
a dress
suknelė
sister has a dress
sesuo turi suknelę
sister has two dresses
sesuo turi dvi sukneles
sister doesn’t have a dress
sesuo neturi suknelės
sister doesn’t have dresses
sesuo neturi suknelių
(-ė)
a hat
skrybėlė
sister has a hat
sesė turi skrybėlę
sister has three hats
sesė turi tris skrybėlės
sister does not have a hat
sesė neturi skrybėlės
sister doesn’t have hats
sesė neturi skrybėlių
(-ė)
an opinion
nuomonė
my nephew has his own opinion
mano sūnėnas turi savo nuomonę
my nephew has two opinions
mano sūnėnas turi dvi nuomones
my nephew does not have an opinion
mano sūnėnas neturi nuomonės
my nephew does not have opinions
mano sūnėnas neturi nuomonių
(-ė)
a bracelet
apyrankė
my niece has a bracelet
mano dukterėčia turi apyrankę
my niece has two bracelets
mano dukterėčia turi dvi apyrankes
my niece does not have a bracelet
mano dukterėčia neturi apyrankės
my niece does not have bracelets
mano dukterėčia neturi apyrankių
(-uo)
a stone
akmuo
the collector has a stone
kolekcionierius turi akmenį
the collector has two stones
kolekcionierius turi du akmenis
the collector doesn’t have a stone
kolekcionierius neturi akmens
the collector doesn’t have stones
kolekcionierius neturi akmenų
(-uo)
a dog
šuo
I have a dog
aš turiu šunį
I have two dogs
aš turiu du šunis
I don’t have a dog
aš neturiu šuns
I don’t have dogs
aš neturiu šunų
(-ė)
a daughter
duktė
Aurimas has a daughter
Aurimas turi dukterį
Aurimas has two daughters
Aurimas turi dvi dukteris
Aurimas doesn’t have a daughter
Aurimas neturi dukters
Aurimas doesn’t have daughters
Aurimas neturi dukterų
(-a)
a daughter
dukra
Giedrius has a daughter
Giedrius turi dukrą
Giedrius has two daughters
Giedrius turi dvi dukras
Giedrius doesn’t have a daughter
Giedrius neturi dukros
Giedrius doesn’t have daughters
Giedrius neturi dukrų
(-uo)
a sister
sesuo
Kristina has a sister
Kristina turi seserį
Kristina has two sisters
Kristina turi dvi seseris
Kristina does not have a sister
Kristina neturi sesės
Kristina does not have sisters
Kristina neturi sesių
(-ė)
a sister
sėsė
Valentina has a sister
Valentina turi sesę
Valentina has sisters
Valentina turi dvi seses
Valentina does not have a sister
Valentina neturi sesers
Valentina does not have sisters
Valentina neturi seserų
a son
sūnus
Jadvyga has a son
Jadvyga turi sūnų
Jadvyga does not have a son
Jadvyga neturi sūnaus
Jadvyga does not have sons
Jadvyga neturi sūnų
Šaunuoliai! Great! You made it to the end of another episode! Šaunuoliai!
LL0249 – Egzaminas Exam
This is a quick response episode! We’ll say the word or phrase in English and you say it in Lithuanian – Out Loud! Ready, set, go! Pasiruošti, dėmesio, marš!
a building
pastatas
buildings
pastatai
castle
pilis
tower
bokštas
church
bažnyčia
farm
ūkis
fort
fortas
factory
fabrikas
city
miestas
house
namas
home
namai
apartment
butas
lighthouse
švyturys
firestation
gaisrinė
coal mine
anglių kasykla
statue
statula
bridge
tiltas
fountain
fontanas
village
kaimas
university
universitetas
townhall
rotušė
library
biblioteka
museum
muziejus
cathedral
katedra
LL0248 – Egzaminas Exam
This is a quick response episode! We’ll say the word or phrase in English and you say it in Lithuanian – Out Loud! Ready, set, go! Pasiruošti, dėmesio, marš!
hi, a table for two please
sveiki, staliuką dviems prašau
what table would you prefer?
kokio staliuko norėtumėte?
we will sit down by the table next to the window
mes prisėsime prie stalelio esančio prie lango
excellent, have a seat
puiku, prisėskite
immediatetly I will bring a menu
tuoj atnešiu meniu
a table for two, please
staliuką dviems, prašau
a table, please
staliuką, prašau
we will sit down
mes prisėsime
next to (plus the genitive case)
prie
existing, being, in
esantis
in the center of Telšiai is a lake
Telšių centre esantis ežeras
do you like the person in the car?
ar patinka žmogus esantis mašinoje?
we’re going to the house outside the city
važiuojame į namą esantį užmiestyje
a window
langas
next to the window
prie lango
a table
stalas
next to the table
prie stalo
a chair
kėdė
next to the chair
prie kėdės
have a seat
prisėskite
please, sit down
prašom atsisėsti
a menu
meniu
a menu
valgiaraštis
immediately, right away
tuoj
to bring
atnešti
I will bring
atnešiu
I will bring a menu
atnešiu meniu / atnešiu valgiaraštį
LL0247 – Egzaminas Exam
This is a quick response episode! We’ll say the word or phrase in English and you say it in Lithuanian – Out Loud! Ready, set, go! Pasiruošti, dėmesio, marš!
let’s toast some nations…
for China!
už Kiniją!
for Kenya!
už Keniją!
for Indonesia!
už Indoneziją!
for Nigeria!
už Nigeriją!
for Angola!
už Angolą!
for Portugal!
už Portugaliją!
for Croatia!
už Kroatiją!
for France!
už Prancūziją!
for Mexico!
už Meksiką!
for Spain!
už Ispaniją!
for Egypt!
už Egiptą!
for Belgium!
už Belgiją!
for Malaysia!
už Malaiziją!
for Sweden!
už Švediją!
for Germany!
už Vokietiją!
for Japan!
už Japoniją!
for Venezuela!
už Venesuelą!
for Finland!
už Suomiją!
for Norway!
už Norvegiją!
for New Zealand!
už Naująją Zelandiją
for Iraq!
už Iraką!
for Denmark!
už Daniją!
for Turkey!
už Turkiją!
for Romania!
už Rumuniją!
for Switzerland!
už Šveicariją!
LL0246 – Egzaminas Exam
This is a quick response episode! We’ll say the word or phrase in English and you say it in Lithuanian – Out Loud! Ready, set, go! Pasiruošti, dėmesio, marš!
language
kalba
languages
kalbos
the Lithuanian language
lietuvių kalba
the English language
anglų kalba
the Chinese language
kinų kalba
the Swahili language
suahelių kalba
the Indonesian language
indonezų kalba
the Portuguese language
portugalų kalba
the Spanish language
ispanų kalba
the Croatian language
kroatų kalba
the French language
prancūzų kalba
the Dutch language
olandų kalba
the Malaisian language
malajų kalba
the Swedish language
švedų kalba
the German language
vokiečių kalba
the Japanese language
japonų kalba
the Finnish language
suomių kalba
the Norwegian language
norvegų kalba
the Arabic language
arabų kalba
the Turkish language
turkų kalba
the Danish language
danų kalba
the Romanian language
rumunų kalba
Hi there, I’m Jack and I’m Gintarė and welcome back to Lithuanian Out Loud where we offer the world the Lithuanian language.
This episode is part of a series of programs we'll give you focused on food and drink.
yogurt
jogurtas
I like yogurt
man patinka jogurtas
I don't like yogurt
man nepatinka jogurtas
I want yogurt
noriu jogurto
I don't want yogurt
nenoriu jogurto
fruit yogurt
vaisinis jogurtas
I like fruit yogurt
man patinka vaisinis jogurtas
I don't like fruit yogurt
man nepatinka vaisinis jogurtas
I want fruit yogurt
noriu vaisinio jogurto
I don't want fruit yogurt
nenoriu vaisinio jogurto
a grapefruit
greipfrutas
grapefruit (plural)
greipfrutai
I like grapefruit
man patinka greipfrutai
I don't like grapefruit
man nepatinka greipfrutai
I want a grapefruit
noriu greipfruto
I don't want a grapefruit
nenoriu greipfruto
sauce
padažas
I like sauce
man patinka padažas
I don't like sauce
man nepatinka padažas
I want sauce
noriu padažo
I don't want sauce
nenoriu padažo
dessert
desertas
I like dessert
man patinka desertas
I don't like dessert
man nepatinka desertas
I want dessert
noriu deserto
I don't want dessert
nenoriu deserto
fried chicken
keptas viščiukas
I like fried chicken
man patinka keptas viščiukas
I don't like fried chicken
man nepatinka keptas viščiukas
I want fried chicken
noriu kepto viščiuko
I don't want fried chicken
nenoriu kepto viščiuko
a napkin
servetėlė
I want a napkin
noriu servetėlės
I don't want a napkin
nenoriu servetėlės
a spoon
šaukštas
I want a spoon
noriu šaukšto
I don't want a spoon
nenoriu šaukšto
a fork
šakutė
I want a fork
noriu šakutės
I don't want a fork
nenoriu šakutės
a knife
peilis
I want a knife
noriu peilio
I don't want a knife
nenoriu peilio
keep in mind, a wine glass is taurė
and a glass you'd use for water, milk, soft drinks, etcetera, is stiklinė
a glass
stiklinė
I want a glass
noriu stiklinės
I don't want a glass
nenoriu stiklinės
Šaunuoliai! Great! You made it to the end of another episode! Nuostabu!
This is a quick response episode! We’ll say the word or phrase in English and you say it in Lithuanian – Out Loud! It’s too late for questions, the exam starts now. Ready, set, go! Pasiruošti, dėmesio, marš!
On today’s exam, first we’ll give the masculine and then the feminine version.
I’m Chinese
aš kinas
I’m Chinese
aš kinė
I’m Kenyan
aš esu kenietis
I’m Kenyan
aš esu kenietė
I’m Indonesian
aš esu indonezietis
I’m Indonesian
aš esu indonezietė
I’m Nigerian
aš nigerietis
I’m Nigerian
aš nigerietė
I’m Angolan
aš angolietis
I’m Angolan
aš angolietė
I’m Portuguese
aš portugalas
I’m Portuguese
aš portugalė
I’m Croatian
aš kroatas
I’m Croatian
aš kroatė
I am French
aš prancūzas
I am French
aš prancūzė
I’m Mexican
aš meksikietis
I’m Mexican
aš meksikietė
I’m Spanish
aš ispanas
I’m Spanish
aš ispanė
I’m Belgian
aš esu belgas
I’m Belgian
esu belgė
I’m Malaysian
esu malaizietis
I’m Malaysian
esu malaizietė
I am Swedish
esu švedas
I am Swedish
esu švedė
I’m German
esu vokietis
I’m German
esu vokietė
I’m Japanese
esu japonas
I’m Japanese
esu japonė
I’m Venezuelan
aš venesualietis
I’m Venezuelan
aš venesualietė
I’m Finnish
aš suomis
I’m Finnish
aš suomė
I’m Norwegian
aš norvegas
I’m Norwegian
aš norvegė
I’m Iraqi
aš irakietis
I’m Iraqi
aš irakietė
I’m Danish
aš danas
I’m Danish
aš danė
I’m Turkish
aš turkas
I’m Turkish
aš turkė
I’m Romanian
aš rumunas
I’m Romanian
aš rumunė
I’m Swiss
aš šveicaras
I’m Swiss
aš šveicarė
Hi there, I’m Jack and I’m Gintarė and welcome back to Lithuanian Out Loud where we offer the world the Lithuanian language.
According to the Wikipedia page Knygnešiai, between 1866 and 1904 Russian authorities instituted a Lithuanian press ban in Lithuania. The Russians attempted to replace the Lithuanian alphabet with the Russian or cyrillic alphabet.
The Lithuanian people responded with knygnešiai a combination of the word knyga – book and the verb nešti – to carry.
Knygnešiai – were people who smuggled printed materials from Lithuania minor and the United States into Lithuanian speaking areas of Imperial Russia. The knygnešiai, or singular: knygnešys, became a symbol of the resistance of the Lithuanians against Russification.
When caught, knygnešiai were punished by fines, banishment, and exile, including deportation to Siberia. Some were shot while crossing the border into Lithuania.
Knygnešiai
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Knygne%C5%A1iai
In previous episodes we learned how to use pronouns to express possession such as;
my
mano
your
tavo
his
jo
her
jos
our
mūsų
your
jūsų
their
jų
prašom pakartoti, please repeat…
my ancestor
mano prosenelis
your dog
tavo šuo
their friends
jų draugai
our nationality
mūsų tautybė
into the list of pronouns we have to add “savo”
savo is a bit unusual
you use savo to express possession according to the subject of the sentence
back in episode 23 we learned how to say, “I really love my wife” – “aš labai myliu savo žmoną.”
žmona is vardininkas for a wife or the wife
why don’t we say, aš myliu mano žmoną?
right, that would be wrong
I love my wife
myliu savo žmoną – is correct
myliu mano žmoną – is incorrect – why?
let’s create a simple sentence - I see my wife
my wife can be translated as, mano žmona
I see, is translated as, aš matau
So, in order to say, I see my wife, you might be tempted to say, aš matau mano žmoną. That’s perfectly logical – but it’s wrong. The reason is that in Lithuanian, when we talk about possession, such as, my wife, his wife, your wife, etcetera, we have to be aware of the subject of the sentence.
I see my wife.
In this sentence, my wife, is the object which receives the action of the verb – to see.
My wife is being seen.
The subject is I.
I am the subject and my wife is the object, who is being seen.
I see my wife.
In this sentence “I” and “my” have a lot in common. Both words refer to me. In English, I see my wife sounds fine but in Lithuanian this is unnecessary repetiton.
Since we started the sentence with, I see – aš matau, we don’t need to say, “mano žmoną.”
Here we use the word savo in place of mano and the meaning is clear.
I see my wife
aš matau savo žmoną
We don’t want to repeat a reference to the subject of the sentence which in this case is “I.”
Here are some more examples but first some new words:
a key
raktas
a hat
skrybėlė
to love
mylėti
I see my book
aš matau savo knygą
I see my books
aš matau savo knygas
I see my dog
aš matau savo šunį
I see my dogs
aš matau savo šunis
I see my house
aš matau savo namą
I see my houses
aš matau savo namus
I love my son
aš myliu savo sūnų
I love my sons
aš myliu savo sūnus
I love my job
aš myliu savo darbą
I love my jobs
aš myliu savo darbus
I have my key
aš turiu savo raktą
I have my keys
aš turiu savo raktus
I have my hat
aš turiu savo skrybėlę
I have my hats
aš turiu savo skrybėles
I have my shoe
aš turiu savo batą
I have my shoes
aš turiu savo batus
so, for example, let's say, “we love our country”
here we’re talking about “we love - mylime” - “our country – savo šalį”
both the subject – we, and the object – our country, agree
we love our country – mylime savo šalį
we would not say, “mylime mūsų šalį”
this would be unnecessary repetiton
we love our country – mylime savo šalį
here are some examples of sentences where the subject and the object of the sentence agree, but first, some new words:
vocabulary
žodynas
a camera
fotoaparatas
a coat
paltas
a ticket
bilietas
to visit
aplankyti
do you have your key?
ar turite savo raktą?
do you have your camera?
ar turite savo fotoaparatą?
Algis with his family live here
Algis su savo šeima gyvena čia
Valdemaras with his dog live here
Valdemaras su savo šuniu gyvena čia
Neringa lives in her flat
Neringa gyvena savo bute
Justina lives in her house
Justina gyvena savo name
we love our country
mylime savo šalį
we love our language
mylime savo kalbą
Diana and Natalija visit their mother
Diana ir Natalija aplanko savo motiną
Agnė and Edita visit their family
Agnė ir Edita aplanko savo šeimą
she has her coat
ji turi savo paltą
she has her ticket
ji turi savo bilietą
Now here are some examples where the subject and the object don’t agree. In these examples we wouldn’t use savo. First, some vocabulary…
a magazine
žurnalas
a party
vakarėlis
I have your book
aš turiu tavo knygą
I have her book
aš turiu jos knygą
you have my book
tu turi mano knygą
you have our book
tu turi mūsų knygą
Agnė hugs my daughter
Agnė apkabina mano dukrą
Andrius is calling your brother
Andrius skambina tavo broliui
Andrius is calling her brother
Andrius skambina jos broliui
are you reading his magazine?
ar skaitote jo žurnalą?
are you reading my magazine?
ar skaitote mano žurnalą?
I am going to your party
važiuoju į tavo vakarėlį
I am going to their party
važiuoju į jų vakarėlį
now let’s mix them up
I’m living my life
aš gyvenu savo gyvenimą
I’m drinking his beer
aš geriu jo alų
she is living her own life
ji gyvena savo gyvenimą
she is eating his pizza
ji valgo jo picą
he is living his own life
jis gyvena savo gyvenimą
he is eating her sandwich
jis valgo jos sumuštinį
we are living in our flat
gyvename savo bute
we are living in their flat
gyvename jų bute
Šaunuoliai!! Great! You made it to the end of another episode! Puiku! Excellent!
Hi there, I’m Jack and I’m Gintarė and welcome back to Lithuanian Out Loud where we offer the world the Lithuanian language.
This episode is part of a series of programs we'll give you focused on food and drink. This is a big subject so we'll break it down into bite-sized bits. Every episode in this series will go over 10 words in Lithuanian. This series will be short, fast and to the point. Enjoy!
bread
duona
I'd like bread
norėčiau duonos
I don't want bread
nenoriu duonos
coffee
kava
I'd like coffee
norėčiau kavos
I don't want coffee
nenoriu kavos
milk
pienas
I'd like milk
norėčiau pieno
I don't want milk
nenoriu pieno
tea
arbata
I'd like tea
norėčiau arbatos
I don't want tea
nenoriu arbatos
juice
sultys
I'd like juice
norėčiau sulčių
I don't want juice
nenoriu sulčių
toast
skrebutis
I'd like toast
norėčiau skrebučio
I don't want toast
nenoriu skrebučio
sausage
dešrelė
sausages
dešrelės
I'd like a sausage
norėčiau dešrelės
I'd like sausages
norėčiau dešrelių
I don't want sausages
nenoriu dešrelių
sandwich
sumuštinis
sandwiches
sumuštiniai
I'd like a sandwich
norėčiau sumuštinio
I'd like sandwiches
norėčiau sumuštinių
I don't want a sandwich
nenoriu sumuštinio
scrambled eggs
plakta kiaušinienė
I'd like scrambled eggs
norėčiau plaktos kiaušinienės
I don't want scrambled eggs
nenoriu plaktos kiaušinienės
fresh
šviežias / šviežia
fresh fruit
švieži vaisiai
I'd like fresh fruit
norėčiau šviežio vaisiaus
I don't want fresh fruit
nenoriu šviežio vaisiaus
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Hi there, I’m Gintarė and I’m Jack, and welcome back to Lithuanian Out Loud where we offer the world the Lithuanian language.
In August of 2010, the chief of the Vilnius Mounted Police was arrested in Belarus after illegal drugs were found in his car. Chief of Police, Laimonas Bankauskas, claims the drugs were planted by the KGB in order to recruit him as a spy. Lithuanian President Dalia Grybauskaitė has asked leaders in Belarus for a prompt and impartial investigation into the case.
KGB Releases Lithuanian Police Officer
http://democraticbelarus.eu/node/9600
today we’ll go over the Lithuanian verb bandyti – to try, to try to do something
bandyti requires the accusative case or galininkas
nebandyti requires the genitive case
here are bandyti and nebandyti conjugated in the present tense
to try
bandyti
I try
aš bandau
you try (tu)
tu bandai
he tries
jis bando
she tries
ji bando
we try
mes bandome
you try (formal)
jūs bandote
you all try
jūs bandote
they try (mm/mf)
jie bando
they try (ff)
jos bando
to not try
nebandyti
I do not try
aš nebandau
you do not try (tu)
tu nebandai
he does not try
jis nebando
she does not try
ji nebando
we do not try
mes nebandome
you do not try (formal)
jūs nebandote
you all do not try
jūs nebandote
they do not try (mm/mf)
jie nebando
they do not try (ff)
jos nebando
infinitive
of course, it's better to attempt it
žinoma, geriau tai bandyti
I think it's better to try
galvoju geriau bandyti
it's better to try something else
geriau bandyti ką nors kita
it's better not to try!
geriau nebandyti!
the worst is to not try
blogiausia – nieko nebandyti
is it better to not attempt?
ar geriau nebandyti?
fatal
lemtingas / lemtinga
it can be fatal, so it's better not to attempt it at all
tai gali būti lemtingas, todėl geriau nebandyti visiškai
aš
I’m trying
aš bandau
I’m trying to remember
aš bandau prisiminti
I’m trying to speak with my father
aš bandau kalbėti su savo tėvu
I’m trying to speak Lithuanian
aš bandau kalbėti lietuviškai
always, continually, still
vis
I'm always trying to understand you
aš vis bandau tave suprasti
I'm trying to work at home
bandau dirbti namuose
I'm also trying
aš taip pat bandau
I'm trying to get thin
aš bandau plonėti
I'm not trying to thin down, I'm just not hungry
aš nebandau plonėti, aš tik nealkanas
I'm not trying to hide anything
aš nebandau ką nors slėpti
I don't try because I'm afraid
nebandau, nes bijau
tu
are you trying to help?
ar tu bandai padėti?
are you trying to help me?
ar tu bandai man padėti?
valuable
vertingas / vertinga
are you trying to say that dance music is worthless?
ar tu bandai pasakyti, kad šokių muzika nevertinga?
are you trying to kill us?
ar tu bandai mus užmušti?
to distract
išblaškyti
are you trying to distract me?
ar tu bandai mane išblaškyti?
jis
he is trying to call Vitalija by telephone
jis bando paskambinti Vitalijai telefonu
he's trying to sleep
jis bando miegoti
to win
laimėti
he's trying to win a trip
jis bando laimėti kelionę
to influence
paveikti
Andrius is trying to inluence his mother and father
Andrius bando paveikti motiną ir tėvą
to forget
užsimiršti
Antanas is trying to forget
Antanas bando užsimiršti
Voldemaras is not trying to do that
Voldemaras nebando to daryti
ji
she is trying different things, for example, not eating meat
ji bando įvairius dalykus, pavyzdžiui, nevalgyti mėsos
she is trying to understand
ji bando suprasti
what is she trying to tell me?
ką ji bando man pasakyti?
to create
kurti
Viktorija is trying to create songs
Viktorija bando kurti dainas
she is not trying to talk with mom
ji nebando pasikalbėti su mama
Lina is not trying to have children
Lina nebando turėti vaikų
mes
we are trying to create music
mes bandome kurti muziką
to find
rasti
happiness, luck, fortune
laimė
little by little
po truputį
little by little, we're trying to find happiness
po truputį, mes bandome rasti laimę
to circumvent, bypass, evade
apeiti
we're not trying to avoid problems
mes nebandome apeiti problemų
to change
pakeisti
the world
pasaulis
we're not trying to change the world
mes nebandome pakeisti pasaulio
jūs
to carry out, perform, do, execute, effect
atlikti
and what are you trying to do?
ir ką jūs bandote atlikti?
to find, discover, search out
surasti
are you trying to find something?
ar jūs bandote surasti ką nors?
justice, truth
teisybė
you are not trying to understand the truth
jūs nebandote suprasti teisybės
jie
to steal
pavogti
the till, the cash box, the cash register
kasa
they are trying to steal the church cash box
jie bando pavogti bažnyčios kasą
they try to be together
jie bando būti kartu
they are trying to find an answer to the question
jie bando ieškoti atsakymo į klausimą
they are not trying again
jie nebando dar kartą
jos
rarely, seldom
retai
to combat, fight, struggle, contend
kovoti
an obstacle
kliūtis
very rarely they try to deal with obstacles
labai retai jos bando kovoti su kliūtimis
a cave
urvas
Aldona and Giedrė see a witch in the cave and they try to run away
Aldona ir Giedrė mato urve ragana ir jos bando pabėgti
it can't be said that they didn't try
negalima sakyti, kad jos nebando
to observe, follow, watch, see, supervise
stebėti
to change
keisti
however
tačiau
the government and the Lithuanian bank are just monitoring the situation, however, they do not attempt to change it
vyriausybė ir Lietuvos bankas tik stebi situaciją, tačiau jos nebando keisti
here are the imperatives
try!
bandyk!
let's try!
bandykime!
try!
bandykite!
don't try!
nebandyk!
nebandyk to daryti! (don't try to do that!)
let's not try!
nebandykime!
don't try!
nebandykite!
try to eat!
bandyk valgyti
try to work!
bandyk dirbti!
don't try to change me
nebandyk pakeisti manęs
don't try to come back
nebandyk grįžti
Šaunu! You made it to the end of another episode! Fainai! Cool!
Click here to download the show notes for episodes 231-240
Lithuanian_Out_Loud_0231-0240_Notes.pdf
LL0240 – Exam
This is a quick response episode! We’ll say the word or phrase in English and you say it in Lithuanian – Out Loud! It’s too late for questions, the exam starts now. Ready, set, go! Pasiruošti, dėmesio, marš!
I’m from China
aš iš Kinijos
I’m from Kenya
aš iš Kenijos
I’m from Indonesia
aš iš Indonezijos
I’m from Nigeria
aš iš Nigerijos
I’m from Angola
aš iš Angolos
I’m from Portugal
aš iš Portugalijos
I’m from Croatia
aš iš Kroatijos
I’m from France
aš iš Prancūzijos
I’m from Mexico
aš iš Meksikos
I’m from Spain
aš iš Ispanijos
I’m from Belgium
aš iš Belgijos
I’m from Malaysia
aš iš Malaizijos
I’m from Sweden
aš iš Švedijos
I’m from Germany
aš iš Vokietijos
I’m from Japan
aš iš Japonijos
I’m from Venezuela
aš iš Venesuelos
I’m from Finland
aš iš Suomijos
I’m from Norway
aš iš Norvegijos
I’m from Iraq
aš iš Irako
I’m from Turkey
aš iš Turkijos
I’m from Denmark
aš iš Danijos
I’m from Romania
aš iš Rumunijos
I’m from Switzerland
aš iš Šveicarijos
I'm from South Africa
aš iš Pietų Afrikos
I'm from North Korea
aš iš Šiaurės Korėjos
I'm from South Korea
aš iš Pietų Korėjos
I'm from North America
aš iš Šiaurės Amerikos
I'm from South America
aš iš Pietų Amerikos
LL0239 – Exam
This is a quick response episode! We’ll say the word or phrase in English and you say it in Lithuanian – Out Loud! It’s too late for questions, the exam starts now. Ready, set, go! Pasiruošti, dėmesio, marš!
China
Kinija
Kenya
Kenija
Indonesia
Indonezija
Nigeria
Nigerija
Angola
Angola
Portugal
Portugalija
Croatia
Kroatija
Mexico
Meksika
France
Prancūzija
Spain
Ispanija
Belgium
Belgija
Malaysia
Malaizija
Sweden
Švedija
Germany
Vokietija
Japan
Japonija
Venezuela
Venesuela
Finland
Suomija
Norway
Norvegija
Iraq
Irakas
Turkey
Turkija
Denmark
Danija
Romania
Rumunija
South Africa
Pietų Afrika
North Korea
Šiaurės Korėja
South Korea
Pietų Korėja
North America
Šiaurės Amerika
South America
Pietų Amerika
Switzerland
Šveicarija
LL0238 – Exam
This is a quick response episode! We’ll say the word or phrase in English and you say it in Lithuanian – Out Loud! It’s too late for questions, the exam starts now. Ready, set, go! Pasiruošti, dėmesio, marš!
to swim
plaukioti
a translator
(m) vertėjas / (f) vertėja
to ski
slidinėti
to play sports
sportuoti
they want some money
jie nori pinigų
they want to swim
jie nori plaukioti
they want a translator
jie nori vertėjo
do they want some ice cream?
ar jie nori ledų?
they want ice cream
jie nori ledų
they don’t want a translator
jie nenori vertėjo
no, they don’t want to swim
ne, jie nenori plaukioti
no, they don’t want to ski
ne, jie nenori slidinėti
no, they don’t want to exercise today
ne, jie nenori šiandien sportuoti
chocolate
šokoladas
food and drink
valgiai ir gėrimai
these will all be jos...
they want some chocolate
jos nori šokolado
they want a dog
jos nori šuns
they want a room
jos nori kambario
they want some food and drink
jos nori valgio ir gėrimo
they don’t want a room
jos nenori kambario
no, they don’t want to watch the film
ne, jos nenori žiūrėti filmo
no, they don’t want to talk
ne, jos nenori kalbėti
no, they don’t want a dog
ne, jos nenori šuns
LL0237 – Exam
This is a quick response episode! We’ll say the word or phrase in English and you say it in Lithuanian – Out Loud! It’s too late for questions, the exam starts now. Ready, set, go! Pasiruošti, dėmesio, marš!
to say, to tell
pasakyti
to travel
keliauti
to go for a walk
pasivaikščioti
a pastry
pyragaitis
just as you like! (tu)
kaip nori!
just as you like! (jūs)
kaip norite!
what do you mean by that? (tu)
ką tu nori tuo pasakyti?
what do you mean by that? (jūs)
ką jūs norite tuo pasakyti?
do you want to live in Palanga?
ar norite gyventi Palangoje?
do you want a car?
ar norite automobilio?
do you want a pastry?
ar norite pyragaičio?
do you want pastries?
ar norite pyragaičių?
why don’t you want a pastry?
kodėl nenorite pyragaičio?
why don’t you want pastries?
kodėl nenorite pyragaičių?
why don’t you want a car?
kodėl nenorite automobilio?
why don’t you want to live in America?
kodėl nenorite gyventi Amerikoje?
why don’t you want to travel to Italy?
kodėl nenorite keliauti į Italiją?
why don’t you want to go for a walk?
kodėl nenorite pasivaikščioti?
a film
filmas
to begin
pradėti
money
pinigai
a drink
gėrimas
drinks
gėrimai
more
daugiau
do you all want to watch a movie?
ar norite žiūrėti filmą?
do you all want to begin?
ar norite pradėti?
do you all want to eat?
ar norite valgyti?
do you all want something to drink?
ar norite ko nors išgerti?
do you all want something to eat?
ar norite ko nors valgyti?
do you all want more drinks?
ar norite daugiau gėrimų?
I don’t believe that you don’t want more
netikiu, kad nenorite daugiau
I don’t believe that you don’t want to eat
netikiu, kad nenorite valgyti
I don’t believe that you don’t want more money
netikiu, kad nenorite pinigų
Hi there, I’m Jack and I’m Gintarė and welcome back to Lithuanian Out Loud where we offer the world the Lithuanian language.
According to the BBC article, “Lithuanian Jews Revive Yiddish,” before World War II there were over 250,000 Jews in Lithuania. Because of the Nazi Holocaust there are only about 5,000 Jews in the country today and only a few can speak Yiddish. Members of the Lithuanian Jewish community are working hard to revive the language and one of the few places you can still hear Yiddish spoken in public is the Vilnius Choral Synagogue.
Lithuanian Jews revive Yiddish
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/in_depth/6303057.stm
today we’ll continue exchanging singular nouns with jis or ji depending on gender
in this episode we’ll ask you a question in English such as, “where is the book?” – “kur knyga?”
you respond with, “it is in the room” in Lithuanian, using jis or ji yra kambaryje
to do this you have to keep in mind the gender of the thing we’re talking about
the room
kambarys
in the room
kambaryje
book is a feminine noun so we would replace knyga with ji
basket is a masculine noun so we would replace krepšys with jis
where is the book?
kur yra knyga? ji yra kambaryje
where is the basket?
kur yra krepšys? jis yra kambaryje
here we go…
where is the armchair?
kur yra fotelis? jis yra kambaryje
where is the computer?
kur yra kompiuteris? jis yra kambaryje
where is the television?
kur yra televizorius? jis yra kambaryje
where is the table?
kur yra stalas? jis yra kambaryje
where is the cat?
kur yra katė? ji yra kambaryje
where is the dog?
kur yra šuo? jis yra kambaryje
where is my wallet?
kur yra mano piniginė? ji yra kambaryje
where is the wineglass?
kur yra taurė? ji yra kambaryje
where is the basket?
kur yra krepšys? jis yra kambaryje
where is the letter?
kur yra laiškas? jis yra kambaryje
where is the pizza?
kur yra pica? ji yra kambaryje
where is the bowl?
kur yra dubuo? jis yra kambaryje
when we’re talking about plural objects, we use jie or jos depending on the gender
now, let’s do these same objects in the plural and this time we’ll say - in the kitchen
a kitchen
virtuvė
in the kitchen
virtuvėje
where are the strawberries?
kur yra braškės? jos yra virtuvėje
where are the tables?
kur yra stalai? jie yra virtuvėje
where are the grapes?
kur yra vynuogės? jos yra virtuvėje
where are the nuts?
kur yra riešutai? jie yra virtuvėje
where are the beans?
kur yra pupelės? jos yra virtuvėje
where are the pies?
kur yra pyragai? jie yra virtuvėje
where are the wineglasses?
kur yra vyno taurės? jos yra virtuvėje
where are the baskets?
kur yra krepšiai? jie yra virtuvėje
where are the letters?
kur yra laiškai? jie yra virtuvėje
where are the pizzas?
kur yra picos? jos yra virtuvėje
where are the bowls?
kur yra dubenys? jie yra virtuvėje
now, let’s mix some singular and plural objects and we’ll reply with, in the street
the street
gatvė
in the street
gatvėje
where is the car?
kur yra mašina? ji yra gatvėje
where are the automobiles?
kur yra automobiliai? jie yra gatvėje
where are the bicycles?
kur yra dviračiai? jie yra gatvėje
where is the dog?
kur yra šuo? jis yra gatvėje
where are the dogs?
kur yra šunys? jie yra gatvėje
where is the girl?
kur yra mergina? ji yra gatvėje
where is the woman?
kur yra moteris? ji yra gatvėje
where are the girls?
kur yra merginos? jos yra gatvėje
where are the women?
kur yra moterys? jos yra gatvėje
where is the bicycle?
kur yra dviratis? jis yra gatvėje
now, let’s do some locations and we’ll say they’re in the capital
the capital
sostinė
in the capital
sostinėje
where is the museum?
kur yra muziejus? jis yra sostinėje
where is the cathedral?
kur yra katedra? ji yra sostinėje
where is the hotel?
kur yra viešbutis? jis yra sostinėje
where is the castle?
kur yra pilis? ji yra sostinėje
where is the church?
kur yra bažnyčia? ji yra sostinėje
where is the post office?
kur yra paštas? jis yra sostinėje
where is the coffee shop?
kur yra kavinė? ji yra sostinėje
where is the restaurant?
kur yra restoranas? jis yra sostinėje
where is the shop?
kur yra parduotuvė? ji yra sostinėje
where is the bar?
kur yra baras? jis yra sostinėje
now for a few more examples before we finish for today…
We're traveling to the city. It is called Madrid.
Vykstame į miestą. Jis vadinasi Madridas.
We're traveling to the city. It is called Helsinki
Vykstame į miestą. Jis vadinasi Helsinkis.
We're traveling to the city. It is called Ankara.
Vykstame į miestą. Jis vadinasi Ankara.
Where is the pizza from? It is from the pizzeria.
Iš kur yra pica? Ji yra iš picerijos.
Where is the car from? It is from Germany.
Iš kur yra mašina? Ji yra iš Vokietijos.
Where is the fish from? It is from the river.
Iš kur yra žuvis? Ji yra iš upės.
The farm is for sale. It is in the forest.
Ūkis yra parduodamas. Jis yra miške.
The stone house is for sale. It is in the village.
Parduodamas mūrinis namas. Jis yra miestelyje.
The coffee shop is for sale. It is in Panevėžys.
Kavinė yra parduodama. Ji yra Panevėžyje.
I want the dictionary. Where is it?
Aš noriu žodyno. Kur jis yra?
I want the knife. Where is it?
Aš noriu peilo. Kur jis yra?
I want the bottle. Where is it?
Aš noriu butelio. Kur jis yra?
I want my beer. Where is it?
Noriu savo alaus. Kur jis yra?
I want my wallet. Where is it?
Noriu savo piniginės. Kur ji yra?
I want my keys. Where are they?
Noriu savo raktų. Kur jie yra?
Šaunuoliai! Great! You made it to the end of another episode! Nuostabu!
This is a quick response episode! We’ll say the word or phrase in English and you say it in Lithuanian – Out Loud! It’s too late for questions, the exam starts now. Ready, set, go! Pasiruošti, dėmesio, marš!
a blanket
antklodė
a pillow
pagalvė
a problem
problema
to joke
juokauti
she wants to dance
ji nori šokti
she wants to believe that I’m joking
ji nori tikėti, kad aš juokauju
she wants a blanket
ji nori antklodės
she wants blankets
ji nori antklodžių
she wants a pillow
ji nori pagalvės
she wants pillows
ji nori pagalvių
she doesn’t want coffee, she wants tea
ji nenori kavos, ji nori arbatos
she doesn’t want tea, she wants coffee
ji nenori arbatos, ji nori kavos
she doesn’t want to know
ji nenori žinoti
so, why does she not want to talk?
na, kodėl ji nenori kalbėti?
does she not want children?
ar ji nenori turėti vaikų?
especially
ypatingai, ypač
to thank
padėkoti
a table
stalas
to win
laimėti
to lose
pralaimėti
we especially want to thank you
ypatingai norime jums padėkoti
we want to eat downtown
mes norime valgyti miesto centre
we want to eat Chinese food
mes norime valgyti Kinų maisto
we want a car
norime mašinos
we want a table
norime stalo
we don’t want a table
nenorime stalo
we want tables
norime stalų
we don’t want tables
nenorime stalų
we don’t want a car
nenorime mašinos
we don’t want to win
nenorime laimėti
we don’t want to lose
nenorime pralaimėti
we don’t want children
mes nenorime vaikų
This is a quick response episode! We’ll say the word or phrase in English and you say it in Lithuanian – Out Loud! It’s too late for questions, the exam starts now. Ready, set, go! Pasiruošti, dėmesio, marš!
clothes
drabužiai
an orange
apelsinas
to be ill
sirgti
to hear
girdėti
a song
daina
what do you want to do?
ką tu nori daryti?
why do you want to bring your dog?
kodėl nori atsivesti savo šunį?
when do you want to leave?
kada nori išeiti?
do you want an orange?
ar nori apelsino?
why don’t you want an orange?
kodėl nenori apelsino?
eat! you don’t want to get sick!
valgyk! nenorėk susirgti!
why don’t you want to work at the clothing store?
kodėl nenori dirbti drabužių parduotuvėje?
why don’t you want to hear the song?
kodėl nenori išgirsti šios dainos?
envelope
vokas
to reach
pasiekti
ice cream
ledai
to hurry
skubėti
to return
grįžti
he wants to reach his goal
jis nori pasiekti savo tikslą
Ąžuolas really wants something to eat
Ąžuolas labai nori ko nors valgyti
Simonas wants to find a job
Simonas nori susirasti darbą
he wants an envelope
jis nori voko
he doesn’t want an envelope
jis nenori voko
he wants envelopes
jis nori vokų
he doesn’t want envelopes
jis nenori vokų
he wants ice cream
jis nori ledų
he doesn’t want ice cream
jis nenori ledų
he wants a sandwich
jis nori sumuštinio
he doesn’t want a sandwich
jis nenori sumuštinio
he doesn’t want to travel to Kaunas
jis nenori važiuoti į Kauną
he doesn’t want to hurry
jis nenori skubėti
he doesn’t want to return to Vilnius
jis nenori grįžti į Vilnių
This is a quick response episode! We’ll say the word or phrase in English and you say it in Lithuanian – Out Loud! It’s too late for questions, the exam starts now. Ready, set, go! Pasiruošti, dėmesio, marš!
to want, to wish
norėti
I want
aš noriu
you want (tu)
tu nori
he wants
jis nori
she wants
ji nori
you want (jūs) (polite form)
jūs norite
you all want (jūs)
jūs norite
we want
mes norime
they want (mm/mf)
jie nori
they want (ff)
jos nori
to not want
nenorėti
I don’t want
aš nenoriu
you don’t want (tu)
tu nenori
he doesn’t want
jis nenori
she doesn’t want
ji nenori
you don’t want (jūs) (polite form)
jūs nenorite
you all don’t want (jūs)
jūs nenorite
we don’t want
mes nenorime
they don’t want (mm/mf)
jie nenori
they don’t want (ff)
jos nenori
a male cat
katinas
a male doctor
gydytojas
to fall asleep
užmigti
again
vėl
I want to fall asleep
noriu užmigti
I want to do that again and again
aš noriu tai daryti vėl ir vėl!
I really want to see you
aš taip noriu tave pamatyti
I really want to see you
aš taip tave noriu pamatyti
I want a cat
aš noriu katino
I want a dog
aš noriu šuns
I want cats
aš noriu katinų
I want dogs
aš noriu šunų
I don’t want a cat
aš nenoriu katino
I don’t want a dog
aš nenoriu šuns
I don’t want cats
nenoriu katinų
I don’t want dogs
nenoriu šunų
I don’t want to work today
nenoriu dirbti šiandien
I don’t want to work today
nenoriu šiandien dirbti
This is a quick response episode! We’ll say the word or phrase in English and you say it in Lithuanian – Out Loud! It’s too late for questions, the exam starts now. Ready, set, go! Pasiruošti, dėmesio, marš!
here you go
prašom
here you are
prašom
this is for you
prašom
thank you
ačiū
it’s nothing
nėra už ką
it’s nothing
nieko tokio
you’re welcome
nieko tokio
no sweat
nieko tokio
here you go
prašom
thank you
ačiū
it’s nothing
nėra už ką
here you go
prašom
thank you
dėkoju
it’s nothing
nėra už ką
thank you
dėkoju
thank you
dėkui
thanks
dėkui
thank to you (formal)
dėkui jums
thank you very much
labai dėkui
here you go
prašom
thank you
dėkoju
you’re welcome
prašom
you open a car door for someone and you say, please, allow me
prašom
thank you
dėkoju
you’re welcome
prašom
you open your front door and invite a friend in, you say, please come in
prašom
thank you
ačiū
it’s nothing
nėra už ką
you’re getting on a bus and you stand aside to let an elderly woman board before you, please, you first
prašom
thank you
dėkui jums
it’s nothing
nėra už ką
you’re sitting on the bus and a pregnant woman gets on board and has nowhere to sit, you get up and offer her your seat, you say, please, sit here
prašom
thanks
dėkui
you’re welcome
prašom
please, sit down
prašom, atsisėsti
please, give (me)
prašom, paduoti
please, tell (me)
prašom, pasakyti
please, repeat
prašom, pakartoti
please, write
prašom, rašyti
please, take
prašom, paiimti
please, read (me)
prašom, paskaityti
please, wait
prašom, palaukti
please, listen
prašom, klausyti
please, don’t smoke
prašom, nerūkyti
(rūkyti – to smoke)
please, come in
prašom, užeiti
please, eat
prašom, valgyti
please, show (me)
prašom, parodyti
please, advise (me)
prašom, patarti
please, have a seat
prašom, prisėsti
please, listen
prašom, paklausyti
please, visit
prašom, apsilankyti
please, stand up
prašom, atsistoti
please, speak Lithuanian
prašom kalbėti lietuviškai
please, speak English
prašom kalbėti angliškai
Hi there, I’m Jack and I’m Gintarė and welcome back to Lithuanian Out Loud where we offer the world the Lithuanian language.
The 500 litas or penki šimtai litų banknote protrays Vincas Kudirka who was the author of Tautiška Giesmė, the Lithuanian national anthem. The reverse depicts the Bell of Freedom and the Nemunas Loops. Inscribed are the words “o skambink per amžius vaikams Lietuva, kad laisvės nevertas, kas negina jos” or "Thou shall ring through the centuries to the children of Lithuania: he who does not defend freedom is not worthy of it". The Bell of Freedom was a newspaper published by Lithuanian patriots during the Russian occupation. The paper encouraged the Lithuanian people to fight for freedom.
pradėkime, let’s get started
you can exchange a singular noun with jis or ji depending on its gender
this episode is a bit long so we’re splitting it into two separate programs
first, some vocabulary
an armchair
fotelis jis
a shoe
batas jis
a doughnut
spurga ji
a passport
pasas jis
a table
stalas jis
a wallet
piniginė ji
a wine glass
taurė ji
a basket
krepšys jis
a letter
laiškas jis
a pizza
pica ji
a bowl
dubuo jis
a kitchen
virtuvė ji
For example, you can say, the day is beautiful – diena yra graži, or you can simply say, ji yra graži when it’s understood you’re talking about the day.
Here is an exercise, we’ll say a noun in Lithuanian and you respond with jis or ji depending on the noun’s gender – sėkmės, good luck!
tiltas
jis
maistas
jis
pyragas
jis
pilis
ji
uostas
jis
gatvė
ji
aikštė
ji
paplūdimys
jis
ligoninė
ji
katedra
ji
kavinė
ji
taksi
jis
miestas
jis
šalis
ji
paštas
jis
Now, let’s go through some examples, but first some vocabulary
a wallet
piniginė
a kitchen
virtuvė
a letter
laiškas
a refridgerator
šaldytuvas
a plate
lėkštė
a pie
pyragas
ready
paruoštas / paruošta
oven
orkaitė
a castle
pilis
old
senas / sena
a forest
miškas
narrow
siauras / siaura
a beach
pliažas
popular
populiarus / populiari
clean
švarus / švari
coffeepot
kavinukas
a hospital
ligoninė
a symbol
simbolis
Ireland
Airija
green
žalias / žalia
large
didelis / didelė
I don’t have my wallet. It is in the car.
Neturiu savo piniginės. Ji yra mašinoje.
The wineglass is beautiful. It is very old.
Taurė yra graži. Ji yra labai sena.
Where is my beer? It is in the kitchen.
Kur mano alus? Jis yra virtuvėje.
I received a letter. It is from America.
Aš gavau laišką. Jis yra iš Amerikos.
I want more pizza. Where is it?
Noriu daugiau picos. Kur ji yra?
The bowl is blue. It is in the refridgerator.
Dubuo yra mėlynas. Jis yra šaldytuve.
I bought some milk. It is in the fridge.
Nupirkau pieno. Jis yra šaldytuve.
The bridge is wooden. It is very old.
Tiltas yra medinis. Jis yra labai senas.
The plate is from Mexico. It is very beautiful.
Lėkštė yra iš Meksikos. Ji yra labai graži.
The pie is not ready. It is still in the oven.
Pyragas yra neparuoštas. Jis vis dar orkaitėje.
The castle is in England. It is very old.
Pilis yra Anglijoje. Ji yra labai sena.
What is the name of that city? It is called Kaunas.
Kaip vadinasi tas miestas? Jis vadinasi Kaunas.
The street is narrow. It is in Vilnius.
Gatvė yra siaura. Ji yra Vilniuje.
The square is large. It is in Kaunas.
Aikštė yra didelė. Ji yra Kaune.
The beach is popular. It is near Palanga.
Pliažas yra populiarus. Jis yra prie Palangos.
The hospital is new. It is very clean.
Ligoninė yra nauja. Ji yra labai švari.
The cathedral is very old. It is Lithuania’s symbol.
Katedra yra labai sena. Ji yra Lietuvos simbolis.
The coffee shop is in Klaipėda. It is called, “Kavinukas.”
Kavinė yra Klaipėdoje. Ji vadinasi “Kavinukas.”
The car is here. It is in the street.
Automobilis yra čia. Jis yra gatvėje.
I love Ireland. It is very green.
Myliu Airiją. Ji yra labai žalia.
You have to go to the post office. It is downtown.
Turi važiuoti į paštą. Jis yra miesto centre.
We have a new armchair. It is in the living room.
Turime naują fotelį. Jis yra svetainėje.
We have a new table. It is in the kitchen.
Turime naują stalą. Jis yra virtuvėje.
We have a new car. It is in the street.
Turime naują mašiną. Ji yra gatvėje.
We have a new couch. It is in the living room.
Turime naują sofą. Ji yra svetainėje.
Okay, we’ll finish this up on the next regular episode.
Šaunuoliai! Great! You made it to the end of another episode! Nuostabu!
Click here to download the show notes for episodes 221-230
Lithuanian_Out_Loud_0221-0230_Notes.pdf
This is a quick response episode! We’ll say the word or phrase in English and you say it in Lithuanian – Out Loud! we can dance in the bar galime šokti bare we can dance in the bars galime šokti baruose the key is in the car raktas automobilyje the keys are in the cars raktai automobiliuose pigeons in the town balandžiai miestelyje pigeons in the towns balandžiai miesteliuose a cherry is in the pastry vyšnia yra pyragėlyje cherries are in the pastries vyšnios yra pyragėliuose bread in the basket duona yra krepšyje cherries in the baskets vyšnios yra krepšiuose people in the train žmonės traukinyje people in the trains žmonės traukiniuose people in the market žmonės turguje people in the markets žmonės turguose a painting in the museum paveikslas muziejuje paintings in the museums paveikslai muziejuose ships in the convoy laivai konvojuje ships in the convoys laivai konvojuose dust in the television dulkės televizoriuje dust in the televisions dulkės televizoriuose worms in the fruit kirmėlės vaisiuje worms in the fruits kirmėlės vaisiuose a crack in the stone traškėjimas akmenyje cracks in the stones traškėjimai akmenyse water in the bowl vanduo dubenyje water in the bowls vanduo dubenyse
This is a quick response episode! We’ll say the word or phrase in English and you say it in Lithuanian – Out Loud! It’s too late for questions, the exam starts now. Ready, set, go! Pasiruošti, dėmesio, marš! (-as) in the park parke in the parks parkuose in the bookstore knygyne in the bookstores knygynuose in the bar bare in the bars baruose (-is) in the auto automobilyje in the autos automobiliuose in the town miestelyje in the towns miesteliuose in the pastry pyragėlyje in the pastries pyragėliuose (-ys) in the basket krepšyje in the baskets krepšiuose in the train traukinyje in the trains traukiniuose (-us) in the market turguje in the markets turguose in the museum muziejuje in the museums muziejuose in the convoy konvojuje in the convoys konvojuose (-ius) in the television televizoriuje in the televisions televizoriuose in the fruit vaisiuje in the fruits vaisiuose (-uo) in the stone akmenyje in the stones akmenyse in the bowl dubenyje in the bowls dubenyse birds are in the park paukščiai yra parke birds are in the parks paukščiai yra parkuose books are in the bookstore knygos yra knygyne books are in the bookstores knygos yra knygynuose
This is a quick response episode! We’ll say the word or phrase in English and you say it in Lithuanian – Out Loud! It’s too late for questions, the exam starts now. Ready, set, go! Pasiruošti, dėmesio, marš!
your doctor has a question
jūsų gydytojas turi klausimą
whose doctor?
kieno gydytojas?
your doctor
jūsų gydytojas
we like your song (to a group)
mums patinka jūsų daina
whose song?
kieno daina?
your song
jūsų daina
your bus is leaving (to a group)
jūsų autobusas išvažiuoja
whose bus?
kieno autobusas?
your bus
jūsų autobusas
their daughter speaks Lithuanian (m/f m/m)
jų duktė kalba lietuviškai
whose daughter?
kieno duktė?
their daughter
jų duktė
their teacher is American
jų mokytoja yra amerikietė
whose teacher?
kieno mokyotoja?
their teacher
jų mokytoja
their mother doesn’t understand Dutch
jų motina nesupranta olandiškai
whose mother?
kieno motina?
their mother
jų motina
their flat has three bathrooms
jų butas turi tris tualetus
whose flat?
kieno butas?
their flat
jų butas
I’m in Vilnius
aš esu Vilniuje
Vilnius is in Lithuania
Vilnius yra Lietuvoje
Berlin is in Germany
Berlynas yra Vokietoje
Tokyo is in Japan
Tokijas yra Japonijoje
Delhi is in India
Delis yra Indijoje
a park
parkas
a bookstore
knygynas
a bar
baras
an auto
automobilis
a town
miestelis
a pastry
pyragėlis
a basket
krepšys
a train
traukinys
a market
turgus
a museum
muziejus
a convoy
konvojus
a television
televizorius
a fruit
vaisius
a stone
akmuo
a bowl
dubuo
This is a quick response episode! We’ll say the word or phrase in English and you say it in Lithuanian – Out Loud! It’s too late for questions, the exam starts now. Ready, set, go! Pasiruošti, dėmesio, marš! his daughter lives in London jo duktė gyvena Londone whose daughter? kieno duktė? his daughter jo duktė her car is in the city jos mašina yra mieste whose car? kieno mašina? her car jos mašina her dogs are over there jos šunys yra ten whose dogs? kieno šunys? her dogs jos šunys our taxi is here mūsų taksi yra čia whose taxi? kieno taksi? our taxi mūsų taksi they like our friends jiems patinka mūsų draugai whose friends? kieno draugai? our friends mūsų draugai is your wife Lithuanian? ar jūsų žmona lietuvė? whose wife? kieno žmona? your wife jūsų žmona
Hi there, I'm Jack. Today's episode begins a long series of episodes that will introduce a lot of new vocabulary related to food. When I started digging into this I was surprised at how large the subject of food is. You have your basic foods like apples, oranges, chicken, beef, etcetera. Then you have all the ingredients used in cooking such as flour, cloves, rosemary, and then you have all the foods you can create or that you might order in a restaurant, such as eggplant casserole with cheese, linguini pasta with clam sauce or cinnamon rolls with cherry filling. This is a huge topic. Anyway, we have many, many, many episodes scripted for this subject. We won't give them all to you at once or one after the other. We'll intersperse the series with exam episodes and episodes on other topics. Evenutally, we'll get through dozens of food programs. Just so you know what to expect, we just shoot through the food types and we use phrases that you might use such as, I like bananas, I don't like bananas, I want bananas, I don't want bananas, and then we'll move onto another food. The episodes won't by organized by types of food. We'll mix fruits with meats and salads with bakery products. We hope it all comes in handy. Now, on with today's episode that I recorded with Vytautas, the ballroom dance competitor visiting the United States from Kaunas, Lithuania. Enjoy! Hi there, I’m Jack, I am Vytautas and welcome back to Lithuanian Out Loud where we offer the world the Lithuanian language. so, where are you from Vytautai?
I am from...
yes?
please...
I am from Kaunas
ah, okay, so, you speak aukstaičiai?
uh, yes,
yeah?
yeah
that's the dialect of Lithuanian they speak in Kaunas?
yes
yeah
yeah
okay
how do you say it?
aukstaičiai?
aukstaičiai
aukstaičiai
okay
it's the best Lithuanian, or..?
yeah, I think the best
the best!
alright, uh...
According to the Wikipedia article entitled, Kaunas Castle, in 1361 the Grand Master of the Teutonic Knights sent spies to study the defenses of the castle. The following year, 1362, the German knights attacked and the siege lasted three weeks. The castle walls were 36 feet or 11 meters high but the Christian knights took the castle killing all but 36 of the 400 Lithuanian defenders. The Germans then commemorated the victory with a celebration on Easter Sunday 1362. Later the Lithuanians attacked the castle and drove the Christians away. In 1384 the Teutuonic Knights attacked and conquered the castle again. That same year the Lithuanians floated troops, cannons and trebuchets down the Neris River from Vilnius and smashed the German army. Kaunas Castle
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kaunas_Castle
Just a short review before we get to the meat of today’s episode. If we’re talking about an unspecified number of a COUNTABLE object we use the genitive plural. If we’re talking about an unspecified amount of an UNCOUNTABLE object we use the genitive singular. Just keep this rule in mind. Today we’re going to be going over items you might want to order in a restaurant. Using a countable noun we might say something like this; I would like mushrooms norėčiau grybų Using an uncountable noun we might say something like this; I would like milk norėčiau pieno what you would like? ko pageidausite? I don’t know nežinau would you like a caesar salad? ar norėtum cezario salotų? yes, I’d like a caesar salad taip, norėčiau cezario salotų okay, now let‘s ask for some things you might find in a restaurant a menu valgiaraštis (valgyti + raštas) writing raštas a menu meniu meniu is a word borrowed from English and does not decline I'd like a menu norėčiau valgiaraščio I’d like a menu, please norėčiau meniu, prašom soup sriuba I’d like soup norėčiau sriubos would you like soup? ar norėtum sriubos? I’d like a little soup norėčiau truputį sriubos I don’t want soup nenoriu sriubos a salad salotos a leaf lapas salad leaves salotų lapai caesar salad cezario salotos iceberg lettuce isbergo salotos I’d like salad norėčiau salotų would you like a salad? ar norėtum salotų? I’d like a little salad norėčiau truputį salotų I don’t want salad nenoriu salotų I’d like a caesar salad norėčiau cezario salotų would you like a caesar salad? ar norėtum cezario salotų? a tomato pomidoras tomatoes pomidorai I’d like tomato norėčiau pomidorų would you like tomato? ar norėtum pomidorų? I’d like a little tomato norėčiau truputį pomidorų I don’t want tomato nenoriu pomidorų a cucumber agurkas cucumbers agurkai I’d like cucumber norėčiau agurkų would you like cucumber? ar norėtum agurkų? I’d like a little cucumber norėčiau truputį agurkų I don’t want cucumber nenoriu agurkų an onion svogūnas onions svogūnai blue onions mėlyni svogūnai I’d like onion norėčiau svogūnų would you like onion? ar norėtum svogūnų? I’d like a little onion norėčiau truputį svogūnų I don’t want onion nenoriu svogūnų an olive alyvuogė olives alyvuogės I’d like olives norėčiau alyvuogių would you like olives? ar norėtum alyvuogių? I’d like a little bit of olives norėčiau truputį alyvuogių I don’t want olives nenoriu alyvuogių cheese sūris I’d like cheese norėčiau sūrio would you like cheese? ar norėtum sūrio? I’d like a little cheese norėčiau truputį sūrio I don’t want cheese nenoriu sūrio feta cheese fetos sūris I’d like feta cheese norėčiau fetos sūrio would you like feta cheese? ar norėtum fetos sūrio? I’d like a little feta cheese norėčiau truputį fetos sūrio salt druska I’d like salt norėčiau druskos would you like salt? ar norėtum druskos? I’d like a little salt norėčiau truputį druskos I don’t want salt nenoriu druskos oil aliejus I’d like oil norėčiau aliejaus would you like oil? ar norėtum aliejaus? what do you think of the way... have you been in restaurants much? in Lithuania? here? no do you think people...how are they different? are they? they're always smiling right, Lithuanians always say, "why is everybody smiling so much?" it seems strange, huh? yeah, in Lithuania the people is very sad yeah it's different always smiling - Americans yeah wide smiling but, you don't know what they thinking about you (many Lithuanians are surprised by how much Americans smile - it seems suspicious to them) right oh, where were we? let's see, I’d like a little oil norėčiau truputį aliejaus I don’t want oil nenoriu aliejaus bacon šoninė baked bacon kepinta šoninė I’d like bacon norėčiau šoninės would you like bacon? ar norėtum šoninės? I’d like a little bacon norėčiau truputį šoninės I don’t want bacon nenoriu šoninės parmesan cheese parmezano sūris I’d like parmesan cheese norėčiau parmezano sūrio would you like parmesan cheese? ar norėtum parmezano sūrio? I’d like a little parmesan cheese norėčiau truputį parmezano sūrio I don’t want parmesan nenoriu parmezano sūrio an anchovy ančiuvis anchovies ančiuviai I’d like anchovies norėčiau ančiuvių would you like anchovies? ar norėtum ančiuvių? I’d like a little bit of anchovies norėčiau truputį ančiuvių anchovies? No, I hate anchovies! ančiuvių? Ne, aš nekenčiu ančiuvių! Šaunuoliai! Great! You made it to the end of another episode! Šaunuoliai!
This is a quick response episode! We’ll say the word or phrase in English and you say it in Lithuanian – Out Loud! It’s too late for questions, the exam starts now. Ready, set, go! Pasiruošti, dėmesio, marš!
Vita’s car
Vitos mašina
Evaldas’ flat
Evaldo butas
the Lithuanian language
lietuvių kalba
the children’s dog
vaikų šuo
wallet
piniginė
passport
pasas
whose?
kieno?
photograph
nuotrauka
friends
draugai
male doctor
gydytojas
a song
daina
my car is in Klaipėda
mano automobilis yra Klaipėdoje
whose car?
kieno automobilis?
my car!
mano automobilis!
he has my passport
jis turi mano pasą
whose passport?
kieno pasas?
my passport!
mano pasas!
is your flat in Vilnius?
ar tavo butas Vilniuje?
whose flat?
kieno butas?
your flat
tavo butas
your wallet is in his car
tavo piniginė yra jo automobilyje
whose wallet?
kieno piniginė?
your wallet
tavo piniginė
where is his photograph?
kur yra jo nuotrauka?
whose photograph?
kieno nuotrauka?
his photograph
jo nuotrauka
This is a quick response episode! We’ll say the word or phrase in English and you say it in Lithuanian – Out Loud! It’s too late for questions, the exam starts now. Ready, set, go! Pasiruošti, dėmesio, marš!
For this exam a number will be given and you respond with the number and the Lithuanian currency, litas, litai, arba litų.
32
trisdešimt du litai
33
trisdešimt trys litai
34
trisdešimt keturi litai
35
trisdešimt penki litai
36
trisdešimt šeši litai
37
trisdešimt septyni litai
38
trisdešimt aštuoni litai
39
trisdešimt devyni litai
40
keturiasdešimt litų
41
keturiasdešimt vienas litas
42
keturiasdešimt du litai
49
keturiasdešimt devyni litai
50
penkiasdešimt litų
51
penkiasdešimt vienas litas
58
penkiasdešimt aštuoni litai
60
šešiasdešimt litų
61
šešiasdešimt vienas litas
67
šešiasdešimt septyni litai
70
septyniasdešimt litų
71
septyniasdešimt vienas litas
76
septyniasdešimt šeši litai
80
aštuoniasdešimt litų
81
aštuoniasdešimt vienas litas
85
aštuoniasdešimt penki litai
90
devyniasdešimt litų
91
devyniasdešimt vienas litas
94
devyniasdešimt keturi litai
99
devyniasdešimt devyni litai
100
šimtas litų
101
šimtas vienas litas
102
šimtas du litai
This is a quick response episode! We’ll say the word or phrase in English and you say it in Lithuanian – Out Loud! It’s too late for questions, the exam starts now. Ready, set, go! Pasiruošti, dėmesio, marš!
For this exam a number will be given and you respond with the number and the Lithuanian currency, litas, litai, arba litų.
sėkmės!
one
vienas litas
two
du litai
three
trys litai
four
keturi litai
five
penki litai
six
šeši litai
seven
septyni litai
eight
aštuoni litai
nine
devyni litai
ten
dešimt litų
11
vienuolika litų
12
dvylika litų
13
trylika litų
14
keturiolika litų
15
penkiolika litų
16
šešiolika litų
17
septyniolika litų
18
aštuoniolika litų
19
devyniolika litų
20
dvidešimt litų
21
dvidešimt vienas litas
22
dvidešimt du litai
23
dvidešimt trys litai
24
dvidešimt keturi litai
25
dvidešimt penki litai
26
dvidešimt šeši litai
27
dvidešimt septyni litai
28
dvidešimt aštuoni litai
29
dvidešimt devyni litai
30
trisdešimt litų
31
trisdešimt vienas litas
LL0222 - Vidurzemio Jura The Mediterranean Sea
Hi there, I'm Jack and before we get started with today's episode, I just wanted to mention that Raminta won't be able to do any recordings for a few months. Fortunately, Gintarė has offered to help us and the two of us will be recording, maybe the next 40 - 60 episodes if we can meet up enough. It's not easy for us to get together and the location we record at isn't perfect, there are some noises in the background, but I'll try to edit out as much background noise as possible.
Also, a listener asked us how to pronounce, Children's Support Center, in Lithuanian. Well, it's Paramos Vaikams Centras. We hope that helps.
On today's episode Gintarė will say the phrase three times at the beginning and then she'll say it three times again at the end.
So, thanks Gintare, for helping us record our episodes, you're awesome! Okay, on with the show!
Hi there, I’m Jack, and I’m Gintarė, and welcome back to Lithuanian Out Loud where we offer the world the Lithuanian language.
Today we'll do another article from Vikipedija. How much can you understand without looking at the translation? Enjoy!
Viduržemio jūra – vidinė, tarpžemyninė Atlanto vandenyno jūra tarp Europos, Afrikos ir Azijos žemynų
Viduržemio jūra – vidinė, tarpžemyninė Atlanto vandenyno jūra tarp Europos, Afrikos ir Azijos žemynų
Viduržemio jūra – vidinė, tarpžemyninė Atlanto vandenyno jūra tarp Europos, Afrikos ir Azijos žemynų
Alright! Now here's the translation:
Viduržemio jūra
The Mediterranean Sea
vidinė, tarpžemyninė Atlanto vandenyno jūra
an internal, transcontinental Atlantic Ocean sea
tarp Europos, Afrikos ir Azijos žemynų
between Europe, Africa and the Asian continents
now let's break down the vocabulary a little more and give you some examples
middle
vidurys
earth
žemė
middle-earth
viduržemis
sea
jūra
The Mediterranean Sea
Viduržemio jūra
midweek
savaitės vidurys
the geographical center of Lithuania
Lietuvos geografinis vidurys
the mid-twentieth century
dvidešimto (XX) amžiaus vidurys
in the middle - in the midst of
viduryje
in the middle of the road
kelio viduryje
in the middle of the road sat a baby
kelio viduryje sėdėjo kūdikis
I saw it in the middle of the street
tai mačiau viduryje gatvės
inner
vidinė
the inner ear
vidinė ausis
Inner Mongolia
Vidinė Mongolija
interior design
vidinė aplinka
intercontinental
tarpžemyninė
intercontinental missile
tarpžemyninė raketa
Russia tested an intercontinental missile
Rusija išbandė tarpžemyninę raketą
The Atlantic Ocean
Atlanto vandenynas
between
tarp
tarp is used with the genitive case
between the buildings is the inner courtyard
tarp pastatų yra vidinis kiemelis
the road is between the river and the lake
kelias tarp upės ir ežero
between the wall and radiator
tarp sienos ir radiatoriaus
between the walls and the roof
tarp sienų ir stogo
Europe
Europa
Africa
Afrika
Asia
Azija
between Europe, Africa and Asia
tarp Europos, Afrikos ir Azijos
continent
žemynas arba kontinentas
continents
žemynai arba kontinentai
between the continents
tarp žemynų
Turkey is a bridge between the European and Asian continents
Turkija yra tiltas tarp Europos ir Azijos žemynų
Viduržemio jūra – vidinė, tarpžemyninė Atlanto vandenyno jūra tarp Europos, Afrikos ir Azijos žemynų
Viduržemio jūra – vidinė, tarpžemyninė Atlanto vandenyno jūra tarp Europos, Afrikos ir Azijos žemynų
Viduržemio jūra – vidinė, tarpžemyninė Atlanto vandenyno jūra tarp Europos, Afrikos ir Azijos žemynų
This is a quick response episode! We’ll say the word or phrase in English and you say it in Lithuanian – Out Loud! It’s too late for questions, the exam starts now. Ready, set, go! Pasiruošti, dėmesio, marš!
why don’t you do that?
kodėl jūs to nedarote?
of course, you never do that
žinoma, jūs to niekada nedarote
you don’t do anything bad
jūs nedarote nieko blogo
what are they doing?
ką jie daro?
why are they doing that?
kodėl jie tai daro?
I don’t know what they are doing
nežinau ką jie daro
what aren’t they doing?
ko jie nedaro?
why don’t they do that?
kodėl jie to nedaro?
they don’t do that well
jie nedaro tai gerai
what are they doing?
ką jos daro?
why are they doing that?
kodėl jos tai daro?
I don’t know what they are doing
nežinau ką jos daro
what aren’t they doing?
ko jos nedaro?
why don’t they do that?
kodėl jos to nedaro?
they don’t do that well
jos nedaro tai gerai
do it! (tu)
daryk!
let’s do it!
darykime!
do it! (jūs)
darykite!
don’t do it! (tu)
nedaryk!
let’s not do it!
nedarykime!
don’t do it! (jūs)
nedarykite!
Click here to download the show notes for episodes 211-220
Lithuanian_Out_Loud_0211-0220_Notes.pdf
This is a quick response episode! We’ll say the word or phrase in English and you say it in Lithuanian – Out Loud! It’s too late for questions, the exam starts now. Ready, set, go! Pasiruošti, dėmesio, marš! she makes me happy ji daro mane laimingą she does that well ji tai daro gerai Raminta does everything Raminta daro viską she doesn’t make you happy ji nedaro tavęs laimingo she doesn’t do that well ji nedaro tai gerai Raminta doesn’t do anything Raminta nedaro nieko don’t tell what we’re doing! nesakykite ką mes darome! we all make mistakes visi mes darome klaidas we’re doing well mes darome gerai we’re not doing anything mes nedarome nieko we’re not making mistakes mes nedarome klaidų we’re not doing that mes to nedarome what do you do on vacation? ką jūs darote per atostogas? what do you do at work? ką jūs darote darbe? what do you do on the weekends? ką jūs darote savaitgaliais? you don’t do your job well jūs nedarote savo darbo gerai you’re not doing what you need to nedarote to ką turite daryti you’re not making mistakes nedarote klaidų what are you all doing? ką jūs darote? how do you all do (it)? kaip jūs darote? how do you all make pizza? kaip jūs darote picą?
This is a quick response episode! We’ll say the word or phrase in English and you say it in Lithuanian – Out Loud! It’s too late for questions, the exam starts now. Ready, set, go! Pasiruošti, dėmesio, marš! I do not have to do the homework aš neturiu daryti namų darbų I don’t have to do the housework aš neturiu daryti namų ruošos darbų she cannot do that ji negali to daryti I do that in the mornings aš tai darau ryto metu I do that in the afternoons aš tai darau dienos metu I do that in the evenings aš tai darau vakaro metu I don’t do that in the mornings aš to nedarau ryto metu I don’t do that in the afternoons aš to nedarau dienos metu I don’t do that in the evenings aš to nedarau vakaro metu what are you doing tonight? ką tu darai šiandien vakare? what are you doing in the morning? ką tu darai ryte? what are you doing the day after tomorrow? ką tu darai poryt? why do you not do anything? kodėl tu nieko nedarai? you can do it, but you don’t do it tu gali tai padaryti, bet tu to nedarai you don’t do any miracles tu nedarai jokių stebuklų what is he doing? ką jis daro? I don’t know what he’s doing nežinau ką jis daro what is Jonas doing here? ką Jonas čia daro? what is Marius doing and how? ką Marius daro ir kaip jis daro? he doesn’t do any mistakes jis nedaro jokių klaidų he doesn’t do anything jis nieko nedaro he doesn’t do a lot jis daug nedaro
Hi there, I’m Jack and I’m Romas and welcome back to Lithuanian Out Loud where we offer the world the Lithuanian language.
If you’d like to visit a former soviet nuclear missile silo, just go to Lithuania. According to the website, Phantasmagoria, inside Žemaitija National Park you can visit the Plokštinė missile base. Inside the missile silos the soviets used to keep missiles tipped with thermonuclear weapons. There are supposedly no regular tours but if you find a park official, they’re supposedly happy to take you into the missile base for a few dollars.
This episode will give you some more practice with the accusative singular and plural and the genitive singular and plural. If you need to review some of the vocabulary for this episode go back and review episode number 137.
(-as)
a ticket
bilietas
father has a ticket
tėvas turi bilietą
father has two tickets
tėvas turi du bilietus
father does not have a ticket
tėvas neturi bilieto
father does not have tickets
tėvas neturi bilietų
(-as)
a men’s suit
kostiumas
grandfather has a suit
senelis turi kostiumą
grandfather has two suits
senelis turi du kostiumus
grandfather does not have a suit
senelis neturi kostiumo
grandfather does not have suits
senelis neturi kostiumų
(-as)
a spoon
šaukštas
grandmother has a spoon
senelė turi šaukštą
grandmother has two spoons
senelė turi du šaukštus
grandmother doesn’t have a spoon
senelė neturi šaukšto
grandmother doesn’t have spoons
senelė neturi šaukštų
(-as)
a sack
maišas
grandma
močiutė
grandma has a sack
močiutė turi maišą
grandma has two sacks
močiutė turi du maišus
grandma does not have a sack
močiutė neturi maišo
grandma does not have sacks
močiutė neturi maišų
(-is)
a watch
laikrodis
an old man
senukas
the old man has a watch
senukas turi laikrodį
the old man has two watches
senukas turi du laikrodžius
the old man does not have a watch
senukas neturi laikrodžio
the old man doesn’t have watches
senukas neturi laikrodžių
(-is)
an umbrella
skėtis arba lietsargis
mother has an umbrella
motina turi skėtį arba motina turi lietsargį
mother has two umbrellas
motina turi du skėčius arba motina turi du lietsargius
mother doesn’t have an umbrella
motina neturi skėčio arba motina neturi lietsargio
mother doesn’t have umbrellas
motina neturi skėčių arba motina neturi lietsargių
(-is)
a towel
rankšluostis
grandfather has a towel
senelis turi rankšluostį
grandfather has two towels
senelis turi du rankšluoščius
grandfather doesn’t have a towel
senelis neturi rankšluoščio
grandfather doesn’t have towels
senelis neturi rankšluoščių
(-is)
a textbook
vadovėlis
daughter has a textbook
dukra turi vadovėlį
daughter has two textbooks
dukra turi du vadovėlius
daughter doesn’t have a textbook
dukra neturi vadovėlio
daughter doesn’t have textbooks
dukra neturi vadovėlių
(-ys)
an apple
obuolys
daughter has an apple
duktė turi obuolį
daughter has two apples
duktė turi du obuolius
daughter doesn’t have an apple
duktė neturi obuolio
daughter doesn’t have apples
duktė neturi obuolių
(-ys)
a horse
arklys
the son has a horse
sūnus turi arklį
the son has two horses
sūnus turi du arklius
the son doesn’t have a horse
sūnus neturi arklio
the son doesn’t have horses
sūnus neturi arklių
(-ys)
a basket
krepšys
the old hag has a basket
senė turi krepšį
the old hag has two baskets
senė turi du krepšius
the old hag doesn’t have a basket
senė neturi krepšio
the old hag doesn’t have baskets
senė neturi krepšių
(-ys)
a rooster
gaidys
the family has a rooster
šeima turi gaidį
the family has two roosters
šeima turi du gaidžius
the family doesn’t have a rooster
šeima neturi gaidžio
the family doesn’t have roosters
šeima neturi gaidžių
(-ys)
a turtle
vėžlys
the boy has a turtle
berniukas turi vėžlį
the boy has two turtles
berniukas turi du vėžlius
the boy doesn’t have a turtle
berniukas neturi vėžlio
the boy doesn’t have turtles
berniukas neturi vėžlių
(-us)
a television
televizorius
Romas has a television
Romas turi televizorių
Romas has two televisions
Romas turi du televizorius
Romas doesn’t have a television
Romas neturi televizorio
Romas doesn’t have televisions
Romas neturi televizorių
(-us)
a son
sūnus
Ausma has a son
Ausma turi sūnų
Ausma has two sons
Ausma turi du sūnus
Ausma doesn’t have a son
Ausma neturi sūnaus
Ausma doesn’t have sons
Ausma neturi sūnų
This is a quick response episode! We’ll say the word or phrase in English and you say it in Lithuanian – Out Loud! It’s too late for questions, the exam starts now. Ready, set, go! Pasiruošti, dėmesio, marš!
to do
daryti
I do
aš darau
you do (tu)
tu darai
he does
jis daro
she does
ji daro
we do
mes darome
you do (jūs)
jūs darote
you all do
jūs darote
they do (jie)
jie daro
they do (jos)
jos daro
to not do
nedaryti
I do not
aš nedarau
you do not (tu)
tu nedarai
he does not
jis nedaro
she does not
ji nedaro
we do not
mes nedarome
you do not (jūs)
jūs nedarote
you all do not
jūs nedarote
they do not (jie)
jie nedaro
they do not (jos)
jos nedaro
homework/schoolwork
namų darbai
housework
namų ruošos darbai
I have to do homework
aš turiu daryti namų darbus
I have to do housework
aš turiu daryti namų ruošos darbus
she can do that
ji gali tai daryti
Wow, thanks a lot
Vau, ačiū labai
This is a quick response episode! We’ll say the word or phrase in English and you say it in Lithuanian – Out Loud! It’s too late for questions, the exam starts now. Ready, set, go! Pasiruošti, dėmesio, marš!
214 tables
du šimtai keturiolika stalų
215 songs
du šimtai penkiolika dainų
216 women
du šimtai šešiolika moterų
217 museums
du šimtai septyniolika muziejų
218 bowls
du šimtai aštuoniolika dubenų
219 people
du šimtai devyniolika žmonių
311 people
trys šimtai vienuolika asmenų
312 pizzas
trys šimtai dvylika picų
313 songs
trys šimtai trylika dainų
314 chairs
trys šimtai keturiolika fotelių
315 horses
trys šimtai penkiolika arklių
316 televisions
trys šimtai šešiolika televizorių
317 days
trys šimtai septyniolika dienų
318 glasses
trys šimtai aštuoniolika taurių
319 countries
trys šimtai devyniolika šalių
Wow, thanks a lot
Vau, labai ačiū
This is a quick response episode! We’ll say the word or phrase in English and you say it in Lithuanian – Out Loud! It’s too late for questions, the exam starts now. Ready, set, go! Pasiruošti, dėmesio, marš!
11 sisters
vienuolika seserų
12 daughters
dvylika dukterų
13 uncles
trylika dėdžių
14 horses
keturiolika arklių
15 televisions
penkiolika televizorių
16 days
šešiolika dienų
17 glasses
septyniolika taurių
18 countries
aštuoniolika šalių
19 tables
devyniolika stalų
111 pizzas
šimtas vienuolika picų
112 women
šimtas dvylika moterų
113 museums
šimtas trylika muziejų
114 bowls
šimtas keturiolika dubenų
115 people
šimtas penkiolika žmonių
116 people
šimtas šešiolika asmenų
117 hotels
šimtas septyniolika viešbučių
118 letters
šimtas aštuoniolika laiškų
119 birds
šimtas devyniolika paukščių
211 bicycles
du šimtai vienuolika dviračių
212 trees
du šimtai dvylika medžių
213 pigeons
du šimtai trylika balandžių
Titanikas The Titanic
Hi there, I’m Jack and I’m Gintarė and welcome back to Lithuanian Out Loud where we offer the world the Lithuanian language.
Where are you from, Gintare? I am from Lithuania. What part? From Kaunas. From Kaunas, okay, and you're just visiting in the United States? No, I am working and now I am dancing.
Dancing! So, we can finish this up so you can go dancing. Thank you.
Gintarė and Vytautas, her partner Vytautas are great dancers and I'll add Youtube links to the end of this episode so you can see their dancing. Oh, my gosh!
Is it okay if I record you for this podcast, Lithuanian Out Loud? Okay. It's okay? Good!
On today’s episode we’ll do something a little different. We’ll take something from the Vikipedija homepage and we’ll read it for you. How much can you understand without reading the text? We’ll read this for you three times. Sėkmės!
Titanikas – transatlantinis keleivinis laivas. Šis laivas buvo pastatytas Belfaste, Airijoje ir priklausė „White Star Line“ kompanijai. Tai buvo didžiausias pasaulyje ir labai greitas laivas.
dar kartą
Titanikas – transatlantinis keleivinis laivas. Šis laivas buvo pastatytas Belfaste, Airijoje ir priklausė „White Star Line“ kompanijai. Tai buvo didžiausias pasaulyje ir labai greitas laivas.
dar kartą
Titanikas – transatlantinis keleivinis laivas. Šis laivas buvo pastatytas Belfaste, Airijoje ir priklausė „White Star Line“ kompanijai. Tai buvo didžiausias pasaulyje ir labai greitas laivas.
Here’s a translation for you
The Titanic
Titanikas
a transatlantic passenger ship
transatlantinis keleivinis
this ship was built in Belfast, Ireland
šis laivas buvo pastatytas Belfaste, Airijoje
and belonged to the White Star Line Company
ir priklausė „White Star Line“ kompanijai
it was the biggest in the world
tai buvo didžiausias pasaulyje
and a very fast ship
ir labai greitas laivas
Now, let’s break this down and give you some more examples
transatlantic
transatlantinis
a passenger
keleivis
passengers
keleiviai
a ship
laivas
ships
laivai
a passenger ship
keleivinis laivas
a passenger train
keleivinis traukinys
a passenger airplane
keleivinis lėktuvas
a building, a structure
pastatas
was built
buvo pastatytas
the tower was built on a hill
bokštas buvo pastatytas ant kalvos
Belfast
Belfastas
in Belfast
Belfaste
Ireland
Airija
in Ireland
Airijoje
Northern Ireland
Šiaurės Airija
to belong
priklausyti
the building belonged to the banker
pastatas priklausė bankininkui
the house belonged to the farmer
namas priklausė ūkininkui
the flat belonged to the woman’s parents
butas priklausė moters tėvams
to whom does this belong?
kam šis priklauso?
a company
kompanija
it was
tai buvo
it was amazing
tai buvo nepakartojama
that was wonderful
tai buvo nuostabu
that was very cool
tai buvo labai šaunu
it was a wonderful school
tai buvo šauni mokykla
the largest
didžiausias, didžiausia
the world
pasaulis
in the world
pasaulyje
the largest company
didžiausia kompanija
the largest company in Lithuania
didžiausia kompanija Lietuvoje
the largest store in Kaunas
didžiausia parduotuvė Kaune
the biggest stadium in the world
didžiausias stadijonas pasaulyje
the biggest fish
didžiausia žuvis
the world’s largest cruise ship
didžiausias pasaulyje kruizinis laivas
the biggest dog in the world
didžiausias šuo pasaulyje
the world's biggest cup of hot chocolate
didžiausias pasaulyje karšto šokolado puodelis
fast
greitas, greita
a very fast ship
labai greitas laivas
a very fast airplane
labai greitas lėktuvas
a very fast installation
labai greitas montavimas
a very fast delivery
labai greitas pristatymas
very fast and cheap food
tikrai greitas ir pigus maistas.
Brigita is very fast and reliable
Brigita yra labai greita ir patikima
šaunu, you made it to the end of another episode, puiku!
Kaip Vadinasi Tas Filmas What Is That Film Called
Hi there, I'm Jack. In the last episode, episode 212, we went over tas, ta, tie, tos, etcetera.
In today's episode, that we'll get to in a moment, Romas and Daiva emphasized that even though in Lithuanian they have these words, you would never ask, kas tas? or kas ta? kas šitas? kas šita?, etcetera, when you don't know what something is.
In Lithuanian it's very simple. You would say,
what is this?
kas tai?
what is that?
kas tai?
what are these?
kas tai?
what are those?
kas tai?
You could say, kas tai yra? Or you could even say, kas čia, as in, what is this here? Or, kas ten, what is that there?
what is this here?
kas čia?
what is that?
kas ten?
what are these here?
kas čia?
what are those there?
kas ten?
Got it? It's very simple. If you don't know what something is, just ask,
kas tai?
kas čia?
kas ten?
But, hey, don't learn from my accented Lithuanian. In a moment you'll hear Daiva and Romas repeat all of this. Also, we'll leave a space after the English and before the Lithuanian so you can guess at the pronunciation.
Now I'll play our recording. I asked Daiva to read what I had typed, "kas yra šitas?"
Now we'll start the episode where Daiva is correcting me, telling me you wouldn't ask the question that way. Enjoy the show!
Hi there, I’m Jack and I’m Daiva and I'm Romas, and welcome back to Lithuanian Out Loud where we offer the world the Lithuanian language.
Where are you from, Daiva? I'm from Kaunas. Kaunas! Alright, they speak the best Lithuanian there, I hear.
I'm not sure. That's what I've been told! That's what people from Kaunas told me.
Is it okay if I record you for Lithuanian Out Loud? Yeah. Okay, great.
Today’s episode is a continuation of the last episode. Let’s get started.
Šitas or šita is the word for, this, as in, this near me. Šitas is masculine, šita is feminine. Now, let’s ask the question,
what is this?
kas yra šitas?
but, palauk, no, but palauk, okay, well, I think nobody asks like that, kas yra šitas
nobody would ever ask like this, okay
they ask, kas tai yra
kas tai yra
kas šitas
ne, no
you would never say that?
no, kas tai
really?
you don't have even have to tell like, kas tai yra? - kas tai, kas tai, kas tai, kas tai
well, see, that's a good point to make then
arba kas čia - kas čia
okay, so, you would never really say, kas yra šitas, right? no
you would just say, kas tai yra, yeah, okay
this is a table
tai yra stalas
so, you would never say, šitas stalas, no, not with a question
this is a table
tai yra stalas
so, I am just asking a Lithuanian, what is this, kas šitas, or you just say, kas tai,
kas tai, kas tai
so, I would say, kas tai? uh-huh, tai yra stalas
kas šitas yra - no, kas tai yra, kas tai yra, kas tai
okay, what is this?
kas tai?
what is this?
kas tai yra?
this is a frog
tai varlė
this is a frog
tai yra varlė
what are these?
kas tai yra?
so, in English I would say, what is this, or what are these, but in Lithuanian you would just say, kas tai for what is this or what are these
uh-hmm, or even if somebody is knocking on the door - kas tai? kas tai? kas ten?
what is this?
kas tai?
this is a snake tai gyvatė
tai yra gyvatė
what are these?
kas tai?
these are snakes
tai yra gyvatės
what is this?
kas tai?
this is a turtle
tai yra vėžlys
what are these?
kas tai?
these are turtles
tai yra vėžliai
what is this?
kas tai?
this is a chicken
tai yra višta
what are these?
kas tai?
these are chickens
tai yra vištos
what is this?
kas tai?
this is a puppy
tai yra šuniukas
what are these?
kas tai?
these are puppies
tai yra šuniukai
what is this?
kas tai?
this is rabbit
tai yra triušis
what are these?
kas tai?
these are rabbits
tai yra triušiai
šis or ši is also the word for this, but when asking a question you're simply going to say, kas tai, yeah, or kas tai yra, sure, yeah, kas tai, kas tai, just keep it simple
what is this?
kas tai?
what is this?
kas tai yra?
kas tai, kas tai
kas tai, todėl kad tu Dzūkas (because you are Dzūkas)
kas tai, kas tai
okay, I'm from Kaunas
this is a book
tai yra knyga
what are these?
kas tai?
these are books
tai yra knygos
what is this?
kas tai yra?
this is a shoe
tai yra batas
so, you would say, you would use yra, but you say no (speaking to Romas), you say you would not use yra
kas tai yra?
okay, I'm neutral, I don't care
I'll tell you exactly when you use, kas tai yra
let's say I have a thing in my hand, kas tai yra?
what the heck it is, you know?
you're just saying it for emphasis, uh-huh, right
another thing is, if you're not a very good speaker of the language and I say a word you don't understand, for instance, servetėlė, napkin, servetėlė, kas tai yra? Mmm, okay.
what are these?
kas tai?
those are shoes
tai yra batai
what is this?
kas tai?
this is a spoon
tai yra šaukstas
what are these?
kas tai?
these are spoons
tai yra šaukstai
what is this?
kas tai?
this is a computer
tai yra kompiuteris
what are these?
kas tai?
these are computers tai yra kompiuteriai
what is that?
kas tai yra?
that is a dog
tai šuo
what are those?
kas tai yra?
those are dogs
tai yra šunys
what is that?
kas tai?
that is a cat
tai yra katė
what are those?
kas tai?
those are cats
tai yra katės
what is that?
kas tai?
that is a bull
tai yra jautis
what are those?
kas tai?
those are bulls
tai yra jaučiai
what is that?
kas tai?
that is a cow
tai yra karvė
what are those?
kas tai?
those are cows
tai yra karvės
what is that?
kas tai?
that is an elephant
tai yra dramblys
what are those?
kas tai?
those are elephants
tai yra drambliai
what is that?
kas tai?
that is a monkey
tai yra beždžionė
what are those?
kas tai?
those are monkeys
tai yra beždžionės
You're a monkey!
I'm not a monkey!
Anas or ana is the word for, that over there, or that far away. Anas is masculine, ana is feminine.
not this but that, you could say
ne šitas, bet anas
Now, let’s go over some examples using vadinasi. The Lithuanian word kaip means, “as” or it can be used as in the following examples…
what is the name of this store?
kaip vadinasi ši parduotuvė?
this store is named, The Wolf's Fang
ši parduotuvė vadinasi, Vilko iltis
what is the name of this coffee shop?
kaip vadinasi ši kavinė?
this coffee shop is named, The Coffee Cup
ši kavinė vadinasi, Kavos puodelis
what is this town called?
kaip vadinasi šitas miestelis?
this town is called Papilė
šitas miestelis vadinasi Papilė
what is this village called?
kaip vadinasi šitas kaimas?
this village is called Žiliai
šitas kaimas vadinasi Žiliai
this newspaper is called, "Lithuania’s Morning"
šitas laikraštis vadinasi “Lietuvos Rytas”
this river is named Nemunas
šita upė vadinasi Nemunas
this mountain is called Everest
šitas kalnas vadinasi Everestas
this restaurant is called Laima’s Inn
šis restoranas vadinasi, Laimos smuklė
this hotel is called The Klaipėda Hotel
šis viešbutis vadinasi, Viešbutis Klaipėda
this coffee shop is called
Saudrė ši kavinė vadinasi, Saudrė
what is that film called?
kaip vadinasi tas filmas?
I don’t know what it’s called
aš nežinau kaip vadinasi
what is this song called?
kaip vadinasi šita daina?
I don’t know what it’s called
aš nežinau kaip vadinasi
what is this festival called?
kaip vadinasi tas festivalis?
I don’t know what it’s called
aš nežinau kaip vadinasi
what is this melody called?
kaip vadinasi šita melodija?
I don’t know what it’s called
nežinau kaip vadinasi
what is this program called?
kaip vadinasi ši programa?
I don’t know ką aš žinau?
but, isn't it more like, ką aš žinau?
ką aš žinau?
ką aš žinau?
ką aš žinau?
ką aš žinau? if you want to be mean, like, ką aš žinau?
ką aš žinau?
good, I like it, good
uhhh, what are some other ways you could say, "I don't know."
aš nežinau
nežinau
just, nežinau
nežinau
aš nežinau
ką aš žinau?
or, Dievas žino, God knows
Velnias žino, Devil knows
ką aš žinau? is slang for, “I don’t know.” Until this episode I thought it was one word, ką aš žinau.
what is this called?
kaip tai vadinasi?
what is this called?
kaip tai vadinasi?
this is called The Lord of the Rings
tai vadinasi, Žiedų valdovas
what is this called?
kaip tai vadinasi?
this is called the Mona Lisa
tai vadinasi, Mona Liza
what is that called?
kaip tai vadinasi?
that is called the Statue of Liberty
tai vadinasi Laisvės statula
this is called The Taj Mahal
tai vadinasi Tadžmahalas
this is called Švyturys
tai vadinasi Švyturys
this is called The Colosseum
tai vadinasi Koliziejus
this is called Big Ben
tai vadinasi Big Benas
this is called The Eiffel Tower
tai vadinasi Eifelio bokštas
this is called The Amazon River
tai vadinasi Amazonės upė
this is called The Druskininkai Forest
tai vadinasi Druskininkų miškas
this is called The Grand Canyon
tai vadinasi Didysis kanjonas
this is a big university,
tai yra didelis universitetas,
it’s called Klaipėda University
jis vadinasi Klaipėdos universitetas
maybe you know what that is called?
gal žinai kaip tai vadinasi?
no, I have no idea
ne, neįsivaizduoju
neturiu žalio supratimo (I haven't the greenest understanding/idea - I haven't the foggiest idea)
ne, žalio supratimo is like slang
what is that bus station called?
kaip vadinasi ta stotelė?
that is called a Minke whale
tai vadinasi Mažasis ruožuotis
what is the name of that university?
kaip vadinasi tas universitetas?
it’s called Oxford
tai vadinasi Oxfordas
what is the name of that city?
kaip vadinasi tas miestas?
it’s named York
tai vadinasi Jorkas
Šaunuoliai!
Šaunuoliai! Great! You made it to the end of another episode! Šaunuoliai!
Hi there, this is Jack.
The reason we haven't published an episode for a few weeks is because my laptop crashed and I lost all the episode plans and all of the upcoming episode recordings; all gone, viskas. To complicate the situation, Raminta is in Vilnius and won't be back for a couple of weeks.
I was stranded without a plan and without any recordings.
Thankfully, Romas and Daiva offered to help and we recorded a couple of episodes that we threw together at the last minute. You'll hear Daiva in the background on this episode but you'll hear more of her on the next one.
In the recordings you might be able to tell I have a cold. My voice is rougher than usual.
Also, a listener wrote me saying he has created a Facebook page for Lithuanian Out Loud. So, if you're interested in Lithuanian Out Loud or Lithuania or the Lithuanian language you can join his group on Facebook. Please be aware that this page wasn't created by Raminta nor myself, we don't moderate it and you cannot reach us there. But, we think it's a great idea created by one of our fans. Thanks!
Oh, and one other listener asked if we could leave a pause during regular episodes after the English, but before the Lithuanian is spoken. She likes to guess on the pronunciation. In the past we used to do this but then I started to feel like it made the episodes drag. I hate to release boring episodes, but if it helps our listeners, we'll try to do it. We'll do it in today's episode so everyone can try to guess at the pronunciation before the native speaker says it.
Alright, I think that's it for now. On today's episode we discuss the Lithuanian words for this, that, these, those and that over there. Enjoy the program.
Hi there, I’m Jack and I’m Romas and welcome back to Lithuanian Out Loud where we offer the world the Lithuanian language.
Samogitia is the latin name for the Lithuanian region of Žemaitija, literally - lowlands. Žemaitija is one of the five ethnographic regions of Lithuania.
Žemaitija is located in western Lithuania. The people of Žemaitija speak Žemaičių kalba, a dialect of Lithuanian and the people are called Žemaičiai.
The most popular tourist destinations in Žemaitija are Palanga, Kretinga and Žemaičių Kalvarija.
Palanga is famous for its beaches.
Kretinga hosts folk music festivals, theatricals, the Kretinga Festival, celebrations on Midsummer Night's Eve (Joninės), Mardi Gras (Užgavėnės), and a Manorial Feast.
Every July in the city of Žemaičių Kalvarija there is a festival called, The Big Žemaičių Kalvarija Church Festival . It attracts many tourists from all over Lithuania and abroad. It is one of the few "must visit" locations for Roman Catholics of Lithuania.
The coat of arms of Žemaitija depicts a black bear with silver claws and collar on a red shield topped with a crown.
Žemaitija
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samogitia
Today‘s episode became so long we decided to cut it up into two parts. Here‘s part one...
Back in episode 51, Margarita said, “vadinasi “Double coffee.” She was talking about a coffee shop and she said it’s called, Double coffee. The word vadinasi translates as, “is named,” for example,
is named
vadinasi…
consequently…
vadinasi…
that is…
vadinasi…
that means…
vadinasi…
Be careful with vadinasi. I had thought vadinasi could be used like this, what is this called? It’s called a dictionary. What is that called? It’s called a bridge. You can’t use vadinasi this way. Vadinasi is used when you’re asking what is the name or title of a thing. For example, what is the name of the city? What is the title of the song?
the city is named Šiauliai
miestas vadinasi Šiauliai
the song is named “Love”
daina vadinasi „Meilė”
the country is named Lithuania
šalis vadinasi Lietuva
Now, if you just want to know the name of an object or a thing, such as a pencil, a table, a chair, etcetera, just ask like this…
what is it?
kas tai?
that is a lighthouse
tai yra švyturys
what is it?
kas tai yra?
that is a cemetery
tai yra kapinės
what is it?
kas tai yra?
that is a fire station
tai yra gaisrinė
what is it?
kas tai?
that is a fountain
tai yra fontanas
it’s more common in Lithuanian to say, kas tai yra instead of kas tas yra when asking a question
now let’s go over some ways to say, this, that, these and those in their masculine and feminine forms
that (masculine singular)
tas
those (masculine plural)
tie
that (feminine singular)
ta
those (feminine plural)
tos
this (masculine singular)
šitas
these (masculine plural)
šitie
this (feminine singular)
šita
these (feminine plural)
šitos
a word that is synonymous with šitas or šita is šis or ši
this (masculine singular)
šis
these (masculine plural)
šie
this (feminine singular)
ši
these (feminine plural)
šios
now the word that describes something distant
that over there (masculine)
anas
those over there (masculine)
anie
that over there (feminine)
ana
those over there (feminine)
anos
anas
ana
anie
or anos – there is no such word, nah, nah
like, how would you say, “those islands?”
tos salos
no, you never say anos
you never, you’ve never…
anos salos
okay
ah - anos salos – you could, but we never use it
anos salos
yeah, you could use anos salos
okay, you always have to add for explanation, not this one but that one
if you want to do that then it will be way, way easier
yes, well, we’re saying, now the word that describes something like distance
but they don’t usually use it by itself
you usually don’t use this word by itself – anas
you usually say this – ne šitas bet anas (not this, but that over there)
you usually say, ne tie, bet anie (not those, but those over there)
you say, ne šita bet ana (not this, but that over there)
but if you use only one word you use, tas - ta, you know…
ne tos, bet anos - then it would be fine
(not those, but those over there)
ne tos, bet anos
okay, let's do it
not this one, but that one over there (masculine)
ne šitas, bet anas
not these ones, but those over there (masculine)
ne šitie, bet anie
not this one, but that one over there (feminine)
ne šita, bet ana
not these ones, but those over there (feminine)
ne šitos, bet anos
it's good? yeah
okay, alright…
yeah, it's hardly ever used but that's okay
but in that case, in this sentence - combination, it is used
but, you almost never use anos, it's like a word…well, it's used a different way, anos
(merga - girl)
anos mergos, ne tos mergos, bet anos
ne šitos merginos, bet anos merginos
not these ladies, but those ladies
oh, good
okay, or,
ne šitos mergaitės, bet anos mergaitės (girls)
mmm, okay, got it
ne šios mergaitės, bet anos
okay, so, you generally don't use anas, anie, ana, anos, unless you're doing a comparison
correct
okay, alright...
examples
pavyzdžiai
that (masculine)
tas
that bicycle
tas dviratis
that motorcycle
tas motociklas
that helicopter
tas sraigtasparnis
I've never heard that word pronounced before - say it again
sraigtasparnis
tas changes to tie when describing plural masculine nouns
those bicycles
tie dviračiai
those motorcycles
tie motociklai
those helicopters
tie sraigtasparniai
that (feminine)
ta
that day
ta diena
that idea
ta idėja
that book
ta knyga
ta changes to tos when describing plural feminine nouns
those days
tos dienos
those ideas
tos idėjos
those books
tos knygos
this (masculine)
šitas
this truck
šitas sunkvežimis
sunkvežimis
and what is this here?
senis
senis
old man
oh, okay, yeah
oh, sniego senis
right, okay
sniego senis besmegenis
what is that?
that means the snowman, no brain
no brain snowman
that's a common saying?
yeah
sniego senis besmegenis
when would you use that?
sometimes you don't say sniego senis
what are you doing outside?
we say, "I'm building besmegenis"
but sometimes besmegenis is used for teasing somebody, you know, did something, stupid, like…
besmegenis - brainless
ah, okay, alright
this snowman
šitas sniego senis
this moped
šitas mopedas
šitas changes to šitie when describing plural masculine nouns
these trucks
šitie sunkvežimiai
these snowmen
šitie sniego seniai
these mopeds
šitie mopedai
this (feminine)
šita
this fence
šita tvora
this parrot
šita papūga
this fork
šita šakutė
these (feminine)
šitos
these fences
šitos tvoros
these parrots
šitos papūgos
these forks
šitos šakutės
this (masculine)
šis
this truck
šis sunkvežimis
this snowman
šis sniego senis
this moped
šis mopedas
these (masculine)
šie
these trucks
šie sunkvežimiai
these snowmen
šie sniego seniai
these mopeds
šie mopedai
this (feminine)
ši
this fence
ši tvora
this parrot
ši papūga
this fork
ši šakutė
these (feminine)
šios
these fences
šios tvoros
these parrots
šios papūgos
these forks
šios šakutės
that over there (masculine)
anas
not this but that over there (masculine)
ne šis, bet anas
not this mountain, but that mountain
ne šis kalnas, bet anas kalnas
not this forest, but that forest
ne šis miškas, bet anas miškas
not this, but that cloud
ne šis, bet anas debesis
those over there (masculine)
anie
not these, but those over there (masculine)
ne šitie, bet anie
not these mountains, those mountains over there
ne šie kalnai, bet anie kalnai
not these forests, but those forests over there
ne šie miškai, bet anie miškai
not these clouds, those clouds
ne šie debesys, bet anie debesys
that one over there (feminine)
ana
not this one, that one over there (feminine)
ne ši, bet ana
not this hill, but that hill
ne ši kalva, bet ana kalva
not this island, but that island
ne ši sala, bet ana sala
not this storm, that storm
ne ši audra, bet ana audra
because there are two different storms, okay
this happened today, actually, this happened today
yeah, tornadoes
kaip pasakyti, tornado, lietuviškai?
tornadas
those over there (feminine)
anos
not these, but those over there (feminine)
ne šitos, bet anos
not these hills, those hills
ne šitos, bet anos kalvos
not these islands, but those islands
ne šitos, bet anos salos
not these storms, but those storms
ne šitos, bet anos audros
Alright, that’s the end of part one of this topic. On the next episode we’ll pick up here. Thanks, Romai. Ačiū tau.
This is a quick response episode! We’ll say the word or phrase in English and you say it in Lithuanian – Out Loud! It’s too late for questions, the exam starts now. Ready, set, go! Pasiruošti, dėmesio, marš!
102 pizzas
šimtas dvi picos
123 countries
šimtas dvidešimt trys šalys
135 tables
šimtas trisdešimt penki stalai
146 songs
šimtas keturiasdešimt šešios dainos
157 women
šimtas penkiasdešimt septynios moterys
168 rooms
šimtas šešiasdešimt aštuoni kambariai
179 bowls
šimtas sepyniasdešimt devyni dubenys
184 people
šimtas aštuoniasdešimt keturi žmonės
192 baskets
šimtas devyniasdešimt du krepšiai
203 hotels
du šimtai trys viešbučiai
227 things
du šimtai dvidešimt septyni daiktai
1,007 letters
tūkstantis septyni laiškai
3,439 pigeons
trys tūkstančiai keturi šimtai trisdešimt devyni balandžiai
5,237 birds
penki tūkstančiai du šimtai trisdešimt septyni paukščiai
6,883 bicycles
šeši tūkstančiai aštuoni šimtai aštuoniasdešimt trys dviračiai
7,527 tables
septyni tūkstančiai penki šimtai dvidešimt septyni stalai
9,968 trees
devyni tūkstančiai devyni šimtai šešiasdešimt aštuoni medžiai
LL0210 - Pelyte Little Mouse
Hi there, this is Jack and I’m Romas and welcome back to Lithuanian Out Loud where we offer the world the Lithuanian Language.
You might notice that we’re not recording in our normal studios today, a lot of echo here, but we’ll just have to deal with it.
According to Wikipedia, Antanas Mockus, of Bogota, Colombia, is the former mayor of that city and he is the son of Lithuanian immigrants. His full name is Aurelijus Rutenis Antanas Mockus Šivickas and as of 2010, he’s running for president of Colombia. He’s the frontrunner in recent polls and has a very good chance of becoming the next president of this South American country.
Today’s episode was inspired by listeners James of Kansas City and Ebed-Melech who both posted references to this nursery rhyme which is similar to the English, “this little piggy.” Thanks for the posts on the Lithuanian Out Loud blogpage, guys!
First, I want to mention we just went over half a million downloads of Lithuanian Out Loud episodes. We’ve started using a program that allows us to see where Lithuanian Out Loud is being downloaded. Sadly, we don’t have very good statistics for the first half million downloads, and I suspect the number of downloads could easily be double that, but the results are interesting. Just in the last four days we’ve had downloads from, the United States, Sweden, Ireland, United Kingdom, Estonia, China, Lithuania, Canada, Germany, France, Japan, Brazil, Kazakhstan, Ukraine, Norway, Mexico, Australia, Poland, Taiwan, Russian Federation, Turkey, Iceland, Czech Republic, Denmark, Spain, Hungary, and the Palestinian Territory. Thanks for listening, guys!
Now, I asked our friend Eglė to work with us on this nursery rhyme. Keep in mind that we recorded this without a script or a rehearsal and Eglė didn’t know I was going to spring this on her. So, she slowly steps us through the nursery rhyme and as she’s speaking she’s writing the words.
Every time she says, “tam davė” she touches a new finger. So, if you have a Lithuanian friend, recite this to them, starting with their thumb and on down to the small finger or “pinkie.” Then, as you say, “bėga, bėga, pelytė...” recite this part quickly with alacrity, make your fingers run up your friend’s arm and tickle under their armpit. I doubt your friend will be able to resist laughing. Not only that, but they’ll be really impressed with your Lithuanian.
Alright, enjoy the program and thanks for helping us, Egle!
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...pelytė košytę...ai, virė, virė, pelytė košytę, virė, virė, pelytė košytę, ta...yes, I know this, tam davė, tam davė, tam davė, o tam ir neliko, bėga, bėga...
it’s virė, virė, pelytė košytę, virė, virė, pelytė košytę, tam davė, tam davė, tam davė, tam davė, o tam ir neliko, bėga, bėga pelytė į šulinėlį...bėga, bėga pelytė į šulinėlį vandenėlio atsinešti.
and this is for children
yes, uh, huh,
and how do you play this game with a child?
virė, virė, pelytė košytę,
virė, virė, pelytė košytę,
tam davė, tam davė, tam davė, tam davė, o tam ir neliko,
bėga, bėga pelytė į šulinėlį vandenėlio atsinešti
I understand, that’s good, so,
we call this, “pinkie”
pinkie
mmm, pinkie, so, you end with the pinkie, okay,
could you read this again how you would read it to a child?
okay,
virė, virė, pelytė košytę,
virė, virė, pelytė košytę,
tam davė, tam davė, tam davė, tam davė, o tam ir neliko,
bėga, bėga pelytė į šulinėlį vandenėlio atsinešti
that’s good!
Let’s do a loose translation of the words and then we’ll go over them in detail. This is not an exact translation but you should understand the idea.
virė, virė, pelytė košytę,
cooked, boiled, the little mouse a little porridge
virė, virė, pelytė košytę,
cooked, boiled, the little mouse a little porridge
tam davė, tam davė,
to this gave some, to this gave some,
tam davė, tam davė, o tam ir neliko,
to this gave some, to this gave some, but for this one there wasn’t any,
bėga, bėga pelytė į šulinėlį vandenėlio atsinešti
ran, ran, the little mouse to the well to bring water
The meaning of this last line, of course, is that the little mouse needed more water so it could cook more porridge.
Now let’s break down the words of this childrens’ game.
to cook, to boil
virti
I cook, I boil
verdu
you cook (tu)
verdi
he/she cooks
verda
I cooked
viriau
you cooked (tu)
virei
he/she cooked
virė
a mouse
pelė
a mouse (diminutive)
pelytė
porridge
košė
porridge (diminutive)
košytė
to give
duoti
I give
aš duodu
you give tu
duodi
he/she gives
jis/ji duoda
I gave
aš daviau
you gave
tu davei
he/she gave
jis/ji davė
and what is this, “tam davė?”
I gave to that one
I gave to that one
tam
tam
to run
bėgti
I run
aš bėgu
you run (tu)
tu bėgi
he/she runs
jis/ji bėga
a well (water)
šulinys
a well (diminutive)
šulinėlys
a water well (dim.)
vandenėlio šulinėlis
to carry nešti
to bring atsinešti
Now Eglė will say the rhyme for you three times
pirmą kartą (first time)
virė, virė, pelytė košytę,
virė, virė, pelytė košytę,
tam davė, tam davė, tam davė, tam davė, o tam ir neliko,
bėga, bėga pelytė į šulinėlį vandenėlio atsinešti
dar kartą (once again)
virė, virė, pelytė košytę,
virė, virė, pelytė košytę,
tam davė, tam davė, tam davė, tam davė, o tam ir neliko,
bėga, bėga pelytė į šulinėlį vandenėlio atsinešti
ir dar kartą (and once again)
virė, virė, pelytė košytę,
virė, virė, pelytė košytę,
tam davė, tam davė, tam davė, tam davė, o tam ir neliko,
bėga, bėga pelytė į šulinėlį vandenėlio atsinešti
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Turiu Pakankamai I Have Enough
Hi there, I’m Jack and welcome back to Lithuanian Out Loud where we offer the world the Lithuanian language.
On today’s intermediate episode we have a conversation between Raminta, Eglė and myself. I ask them to discuss different phrases without a script. They have no idea what I‘m going to ask them before I ask it. Enjoy the conversation.
What I want here is, are you sure? Ar tu tikra? Ar tu tikra? Ar tu tikra.
ar tu tikra kad nori važiuoti į Disneilendą? (Disneilendas = Disneyland)
taip, aš tikra!
ar tu tikra kad tu nori vairuoti į Kalifornią?
(are you sure you want to drive to California?)
taip, aš esu tikra
(yes, I am sure)
kodėl? it’s labai toli…(laughter – Raminta accidently mixes English and Lithuanian)
aš atsiprašau…
(I’m sorry)
it’s labai toli (labai toli – very distant)
sorry, see what happens when you are in America
kodėl?…tai labai ilgas kelias…
(why?...that’s a very long drive/road…)
no, no, no, that’s okay, I want just one or two sentences
(everyone talking at once, the girls are surprised Jack doesn’t want a long conversation)
we can talk…forever! blah, blah, blah…yeah, okay, okay…
ar tu tikra kad valgysi šias braškės?
(are you sure that you will eat these strawberries?)
taip, aš tikra nes aš labai mėgstu
(yes, I am sure because I really want to)
okay, now, when you say goodnight to somebody you can say, saldžių sapnų (sweet dreams)
saldžių sapnų, taip, yes, but, I think you have…like a little…thing you would say to children?
laba naktukas, would say, grandma to me…
nice, but…labanakt, labanakt
saldžių sapnų, ramių blusų, kad nekąstų kūno jūsų!
no, that’s difficult!
no way!
no, what does this mean?
like, uh, saldžių sapnų, sweet dreams, and quiet bugs that it would not bite your body.
right, we have the exact same thing, we say, goodnight, sleep tight, don’t let the bed bugs bite.
yes, oh, the same, saldžių sapnų, yeah my mommy, saldžių sapnų, ramių blusų, kad nekąstų kūno jūsų!
the same, the same, wow, cool, cool
bedbugs-nasty
I’m doing a lot of laundry to avoid that
thank you, that’s cool, okay
so, you guys had a discussion the other day, pour it out
so, you said, do you want this?
and so, you said to Eglė, do you want this? Eglė said, no, pour it out
išpilk
so please have this conversation
ar tu gersi šią kavą?
(will you drink this coffee?)
ne, negersiu, prašau, išpilk
(no, I won‘t drink it, please, pour it out)
ačiū
bet kaip skiriasi kalba kai kalbi natūraliai ir kai kalbi gramatiškai
(but how differs a language when you talk naturally and when you speak gramatically)
čia yra the same way we learn in English, tin din din din,
o kai kalbi yra visai kitaip
(and when you speak it is completely different)
okay, if I say pilk lauk to somebody in Vilnius – they would understand?
pilk lauk!
(pour it outside!)
išpilk!
(pour it out!)
išpilk
pilk lauk
go, pour it outside
pour it outside
yeah
išpilk
pilk lauk
pour it outside
išpilk, you say good
išpilk
pilk lauk, it‘s...this...
pilk lauk is more like in the country, like really
išpilk would be proper Lithuanian
okay, išpilk
pilk lauk...
pilk lauk, but...
for example, pour it out, like I said, “do you want this tea?“ no, pour it out išpilk,
right, and when I say, “do you want this tea?“ no, pour it outside
oh
would you say that?
maybe in the country
pilk lauk
lauk – laukas, laukas, yes, uh-huh, got it
(laukas = outdoors)
tricky, tricky
išpilk
iš and pilk, pilk from
pilti, pilti, pilti – to pour
ar gali man įpilti?
could you pour me...?
or, gali išpilti, could you pour it out?
nice, now I understand
gerai
okay, Egle, I like this, “tuk, tuk, čia aš“
tuk, tuk, Raminta, čia aš
(knock, knock, Raminta, it‘s me)
(used when knocking on someone‘s bedroom door)
Egle, užeik į mano į jaukų namą
(Egle, come into my cozy house)
okay, good, could you do it again not using names?
tuk, tuk, čia aš
užeik, atidaryta!
(come in, open!)
nice, nice, really good, yes,
come on, open
like my father would say, (knocking),
užeik!
(come in!)
atidaryta!
(open!)
negalima!
(“no, you can‘t“)
užrakinta!
(locked!)
you know, you hear, like me saying, “tuk, tuk, Raminta, can I come in?“
but I don‘t know if anybody say like that, do you say...tuk, tuk?
polite people do, and it‘s kind of cute to know
okay
ah, is there another way to do it?
(knocking)
you know, just, I say...yes...
ar yra kas namuose?
(is anybody at home?)
what was this?
yes
I say, “tuk, tuk, tuk“
anybody at home?
yeah, anybody at home?
that he hears me better, you know, tuk tuk!
okay, now, have a short conversation using, man sukasi galva
man sukasi galva, man gera, man gera, aš noriu važiuoti į Disneilendą
(my head is spinning, I feel good, I feel good, I want to travel to Disneyland)
važiuokime drauge!
(let‘s go together)
važuokime drauge, mums sukasi galvos
(let’s go together, our heads are spinning)
like my head is spinng around, like, it might be because of various reasons…
yeah, because of some reasons
because you are in love, because you are excited, because you are sick, because you are nauseous, because you’re happy, because you’re sad
man sukasi galva, a lot of reasons, because my head is spinning
too many directions
what to choose, I can’t decide
so, actually, you want an example, when we would use...?
something very short
sukasi galva
Aš įsimylėjau, man sukasi galva
I fell in love, my head is spinning
yes, the best example
okay, so, you could ask, how did it go on your date last night?
kaip sekėsi pasimatymas vakar?
(how was your date yesterday?)
labai gerai, man sukasi galva, kokia aš esu laiminga
(very well, my head is spinning, I‘m so happy)
puiku
(cool)
ai, čia rimtai gerai
(this is really good)
bet čia tiko
(but this fits)
čia labiausia tinka...jo
(this fits the best...yeah)
okay, so make up a short conversation, one or two sentences...
I have enough
ar nori sausainių?
(do you want some cookies?)
ne, aš turiu pakankamai
(no, I have enough)
ar nori daugiau arbatos?
(do you want more tea?)
ne, aš išgėriau pakankamai
(no, I drank enough)
aš išgėriau pakankamai
mmm, again?
ar nori arbatos?
(do you want some tea?)
ne, aš išgėriau pakankamai
(no, I drank enough)
Now let‘s do a quick review of the highlights here and we‘ll include some variations on colloquial expressions you can use for saying goodnight.
are you sure? (to a female)
ar tu tikra?
are you sure? (to a male)
ar tu tikras?
I‘m sure (female)
aš tikra
I‘m sure (male)
aš tikras
to pour
pilti
to empty
išpilti
pour it out!
išpilk!
knock, knock, it‘s me
tuk, tuk, čia aš
it‘s locked!
užrakinta!
come in!
užeik!
my head is spinning
man sukasi galva
a date
pasimatymas
yesterday
vakar
colloquial way to say, yes
jo
I have enough
aš turiu pakankamai
I drank enough
aš išgėriau pakankamai
sweet dreams, calm bugs
that they would not bite you saldžių sapnų, ramių blusų, kad nekąstų kūno jūsų!
now, if you don‘t feel like saying this entire phrase you can just abbreviate it like this...
saldžių sapnų, ramių blusų
or, like this...
saldžių sapnų ir ramių blusų
or, like this...
labos nakties, saldžių sapnų, ramių blusų
or for fun you can just say,
dream about me! sapnuok mane!
šaunu, you made it to the end of another episode, puiku!
Per Daug Pipiru Too Much Pepper
Hi there, I’m Jack and I’m Eglė and welcome back to Lithuanian Out Loud where we offer the world the Lithuanian language.
A Lithuanian diplomat, Vytautas Pociūnas supposedly fell from a hotel room window in the city of Brest, Belarus in 2006. Belarus claimed the Lithuanian security officer was drunk and he fell from his ninth-floor hotel room by accident. Lithuanian politicians and journalists accused Belarussian and Russian secret services of killing the Lithuanian security officer.
You heard about this. I heard, this…byla (case)…was very popular in Lithuania, and every, I don’t know, maybe, few months, every day in the newspapers was discussion about this, Vytautas Pociūnas, because there was a lot of talk about this.
Lithuanians cautious on Belarus claim that dead diplomat was drunk
http://bhtimes.blogspot.com/2006_08_29_archive.html
Some nouns do not have a singular form. For example, you don’t have one scissor, one pant or one sunglass. You have scissors, pants and sunglasses. These don’t have a singular form. Here’s a list of just some Lithuanian nouns that are always plural and never singular.
Since these words are already plural they can use the plural genitive. On a previous episode we stressed no plural form – no plural genitive.
On this episode we’re focused on nouns used in the plural only. These nouns are already in the plural so it’s easy to use the plural genitive when we’re talking about an unspecific number.
First we’ll say the word in vardininkas, then we’ll give an example using per daug - too much or too many.
too much, too many
per daug
pepper
pipirai
too much pepper
per daug pipirų
pasta
makaronai
too much pasta
per daug makaronų
glue
klijai
too much glue
per daug klijų
paint
dažai
too much paint
per daug dažų
gas
dujos
too much gas
per daug dujų
yeast
mielės
too much yeast
per daug mielių
ash
pelenai
too much ash
per daug pelenų
lard
taukai
too much lard
per daug taukų
a funeral
laidotuvės
too many funerals
per daug laidotuvių
a wedding
vestuvės
too many weddings
per daug vestuvių
a battle
kautynės
too many battles
per daug kautynių
a divorce
skyrybos
too many divorces
per daug skyrybų
glasses, spectacles
akiniai
too many glasses
per daug akinių
a ladder
kopėčios
too many ladders
per daug kopėčių
scissors
žirklės
too many scissors
per daug žirklių
a shirt
marškiniai
too many shirts
per daug marškinių
trousers, pants
kelnės
too many trousers
per daug kelnių
a door
durys
too many doors
per daug durų
another way to express an unknown amount of something is to simply decline a noun using the genitive case, like we just did.
pepper
pipirai
some pepper
pipirų
pasta
makaronai
some pasta
makaronų
glue
klijai
some glue
klijų
paint
dažai
some paint
dažų
gas
dujos
some gas
dujų
glue
klijai
some glue
klijų
yeast
mielės
some yeast
mielių
ash
pelenai
some ash
pelenų
lard
taukai
some lard
taukų
funeral
laidotuvės
some funerals
laidotuvių
wedding
vestuvės
some weddings
vestuvių
battle
kautynės
some battles
kautynių
divorce
skyrybos
some divorces
skyrybų
glasses, spectacles
akiniai
some glasses
akinių
ladder
kopėčios
some ladders
kopėčių
scissors
žirklės
some scissors
žirklių
shirt
marškiniai
some shirts
marškinių
trousers, pants
kelnės
some trousers
kelnių
door
durys
some doors
durų
here are some more plural only nouns…
lunch
pusryčiai
dinner
pietūs
ice cream
ledai (not to be confused with ledas – ice)
a massacre
pjautynės
a riot
riaušės
an election
rinkimai
a scale
svarstyklės
a fur coat
kailiniai
a gate
vartai
a vacation
atostogos
a floor
grindys
a ceiling
lubos
imti is the verb which means, to take. Imk is a command – Imk! – Take!
and finally, here are some miscellaneous sentences for you…
do you want some pepper?
ar nori pipirų?
do you want some pasta?
ar nori makaronų?
take some pasta
imk makaronų
take some paint
imk dažų
do you want some glue?
ar nori klijų?
take some yeast
imk mielių
take some lard
imk taukų
today there are a lot of funerals
šiandien daug laidotuvių
today there are a lot of weddings
šiandien daug vestuvių
in the store are many eyeglasses
parduotuvėje daug akinių
Šaunuoliai! Great! You made it to the end of another episode! Šaunuoliai!
Exam 71
This is a quick response episode! We’ll say the word or phrase in English and you say it in Lithuanian – Out Loud! It’s too late for questions, the exam starts now. Ready, set, go! Pasiruošti, dėmesio, marš!
two sisters
dvi seserys
three daughters
trys dukterys
four armchairs
keturi foteliai
five horses
penki arkliai
six televisions
šeši televizoriai
seven days
septynios dienos
eight glasses
aštuonios taurės
nine countries
devynios šalys
22 songs
dvidešimt dvi dainos
23 women
dvidešimt trys moterys
24 museums
dvidešimt keturi muziejai
25 bowls
dvidešimt penki dubenys
26 people
dvidešimt šeši asmenys
27 people
dvidešimt septyni žmonės
28 hotels
dvidešimt aštuoni viešbučiai
29 letters
dvidešimt devyni laiškai
32 birds
trisdešimt du paukščiai
33 bicycles
trisdešimt trys dviračiai
34 trees
trisdešimt keturi medžiai
35 pigeons
trisdešimt penki balandžiai
45 rooms
keturiasdešimt penki kambariai
47 things
keturiasdešimt septyni daiktai
56 songs
penkiasdešimt šešios dainos
67 armchairs
šešiasdešimt septyni fotelai
78 horses
septyniasdešimt aštuoni arkliai
85 objects
aštuoniasdešimt penki dalykai
89 televisions
aštuoniasdešimt devyni televizoriai
94 days
devyniasdešimt keturios dienos
This is a quick response episode! We’ll say the word or phrase in English and you say it in Lithuanian – Out Loud! It’s too late for questions, the exam starts now. Ready, set, go! Pasiruošti, dėmesio, marš!
are you are looking at the photo?
ar jūs žiūrite į nuotrauką?
you are looking at the future
jūs žiūrite į ateitį
you’re not looking at it
jūs nežiūrite į tai
you are not looking at the photo
jūs nežiūrite į nuotrauką
why don’t you look at me?
kodėl nežiūrite į mane?
you often look outside
jūs dažnai žiūrite į lauką
you often look at the door
jūs dažnai žiūrite į duris
you often look at the window
jūs dažnai žiūrite į langą
you don’t watch television
jūs nežiūrite televizoriaus
you don’t look at me
jūs nežiūrite į mane
you never look at me
jūs niekada nežiūrite į mane
they are looking at the stars
jie žiūri į žvaigždes
they are looking at the moon
jie žiūri į mėnulį
they are not looking at the stars
jie nežiūri į žvaigždes
they are not looking at the moon
jie nežiūri į mėnulį
they are looking at the tree
jie žiūri į medį
they are not looking at the tree
jie nežiūri į medį
they are looking at the house
jos žiūri į namą
they are looking at the spider
jos žiūri į vorą
they are looking at the dog
jos žiūri į šunį
they are not looking at the house
jos nežiūri į namą
they are not looking at the spider
jos nežiūri į vorą
they are not looking at the dog
jos nežiūri į šunį
look what she’s doing!
žiūrėk, ką ji daro!
look at the mountains!
žiūrėkite į kalnus!
let’s look at what’s going to happen!
žiūrėkime kas bus!
don’t look at the blood!
nežiūrėk į kraują!
don’t look at this room!
nežiūrėkite į tą kambarį!
let’s not look at this movie!
nežiūrėkime šio filmo!
Exam 69
This is a quick response episode! We’ll say the word or phrase in English and you say it in Lithuanian – Out Loud! It’s too late for questions, the exam starts now. Ready, set, go! Pasiruošti, dėmesio, marš!
I’m watching the movie
aš žiūriu filmą
I’m looking at the album
aš žiūriu albumą
I’m looking at the mountains
aš žiūriu į kalnus
I’m not watching the film
aš nežiūriu filmo
I’m not looking at the album
aš nežiūriu albumo
I’m not looking at the mountains
aš nežiūriu į kalnus
where are you looking?
kur tu žiūri?
are you looking at the road?
ar tu žiūri į kelią?
are you looking at the photograph?
ar tu žiūri į nuotrauką?
are you looking at him?
ar tu žiūri į jį?
are you looking at her?
ar tu žiūri į ją?
you aren’t looking at the road
tu nežiūri į kelią
you aren’t looking at the photo
tu nežiūri į nuotrauką
you aren’t looking at him, right?
tu nežiūri į jį, taip?
he is looking at the sea
jis žiūri į jūrą
he is looking at the sky
jis žiūri į dangų
he is looking at the auto
jis žiūri į automobilį
he is not looking at the sea
jis nežiūri į jūrą
he is not looking at the sky
jis nežiūri į dangų
he is not looking at the auto
jis nežiūri į automobilį
she is looking at the performance
ji žiūri spektaklį
she is looking at the watch
ji žiūri į laikrodį
she is looking at the man
ji žiūri į vyrą
she’s not looking at the play
ji nežiūri spektaklio
she is not looking at the watch
ji nežiūri į laikrodį
she is not looking at the man
ji nežiūri į vyrą
we’re looking and we don’t see
mes žiūrime ir nematome
we’re looking at the black sky
mes žiūrime į juodą dangų
we’re looking at the fox
mes žiūrime į lapę
we’re not looking at the corpse
mes nežiūrime į lavoną
we’re not looking at the blood
mes nežiūrime į kraują
we’re not looking at the rats
mes nežiūrime į žiurkes
you are looking at the trees
jūs žiūrite į medžius
LL0204 – Exam 68
This is a quick response episode! We’ll say the word or phrase in English and you say it in Lithuanian – Out Loud! It’s too late for questions, the exam starts now. Ready, set, go! Pasiruošti, dėmesio, marš!
binoculars
žiūronai
to look at
žiūrėti
I look at
aš žiūriu
you look at (tu)
tu žiūri
he looks at
jis žiūri
she looks at
ji žiūri
we look at
mes žiūrime
you look at (jūs)
jūs žiūrite
you all look at (jūs)
jūs žiūrite
they look at (mm/mf)
jie žiūri
they look at (ff)
jos žiūri
to not look at
nežiūrėti
I don’t look at
aš nežiūriu
you don’t look at
tu nežiūri
he doesn’t look at
jis nežiūri
she doesn’t look at
ji nežiūri
we don’t look at
mes nežiūrime
you don’t look at (jūs)
jūs nežiūrite
you all don’t look at (jūs)
jūs nežiūrite
they don’t look at (mm/mf)
jie nežiūri
they don’t look at (ff)
jos nežiūri
I wan’t to watch the film
aš noriu žiūrėti filmą
he can watch this program
jis gali žiūrėti šią programą
can’t you look?
ar gali nežiūrėti?
Exam 67
This is a quick response episode! We’ll say the word or phrase in English and you say it in Lithuanian – Out Loud! It’s too late for questions, the exam starts now. Ready, set, go! Pasiruošti, dėmesio, marš!
rare (masculine)
retas
rare (feminine)
reta
nice, beautiful, pretty (feminine)
graži
nice, beautiful, handsome (masc.)
gražus
a cover
viršelis
a book
knyga
a ring, also - a blossom
žiedas
gold
auksas
a flower
gėlė
a daughter
dukra
a daughter (diminutive)
dukrelė
a doll
lėlė
a doll (diminutive)
lėlytė
as beautiful as a doll - referring to a feminine noun
graži kaip lėlė
as beautiful as a doll - referring to a masculine noun
gražus kaip lėlė
of a rare beauty, referring to a feminine noun
graži kaip reta
of a rare beauty, referring to a masculine noun
gražus kaip reta
that lady is as beautiful as a doll
ta mergina graži kaip lėlė
I don't like guys who are as pretty as dolls
man nepatinka vaikinai gražūs kaip lėlės
your little daughter is as beautiful as a little doll
tavo dukrelė graži kaip lėlytė
the bookcover is of a rare beauty
knygos viršelis gražus kaip reta
this golden ring is of a rare beauty
šitas aukso žiedas gražus kaip reta
the day is of a rare beauty
diena graži kaip reta
this flower is of a rare beauty
ši gėlė graži kaip reta
LL0202 – Exam 66
This is a quick response episode! We’ll say the word or phrase in English and you say it in Lithuanian – Out Loud! It’s too late for questions, the exam starts now. Ready, set, go! Pasiruošti, dėmesio, marš!
800 tables
aštuoni šimtai stalų
850 songs
aštuoni šimtai penkiasdešimt dainų
880 women
aštuoni šimtai aštuoniasdešimt moterų
900 museums
devyni šimtai muziejų
950 bowls
devyni šimtai penkiasdešimt dubenų
990 people
devyni šimtai devyniasdešimt žmonių
1,000 people
tūkstantis žmonių
1,010 hotels
tūkstantis dešimt viešbučių
1,050 letters
tūkstantis penkiasdešimt laiškų
1,150 birds
tūkstantis šimtas penkiasdešimt paukščių
2,000 bicycles
du tūkstančiai dviračių
2,760 pizzas
du tūkstančiai septyni šimtai šešiasdešimt picų
2,340 trees
du tūkstančiai trys šimtai keturiasdešimt medžių
3,550 pigeons
trys tūkstančiai penki šimtai penkiasdešimt balandžių
4,000 armchairs
keturi tūkstančiai fotelių
5,240 songs
penki tūkstančiai du šimtai keturiasdešimt dainų
6,000 things
šeši tūkstančiai daiktų
Exam 65
This is a quick response episode! We’ll say the word or phrase in English and you say it in Lithuanian – Out Loud! It’s too late for questions, the exam starts now. Ready, set, go! Pasiruošti, dėmesio, marš!
200 bowls
du šimtai dubenių
220 people
du šimtai dvidešimt asmenų
250 people
du šimtai penkiasdešimt žmonių
300 hotels
trys šimtai viešbučių
330 letters
trys šimtai trisdešimt laiškų
350 birds
trys šimtai penkiasdešimt paukščių
370 objects
trys šimtai septyniasdešimt dalykų
400 bicycles
keturi šimtai dviračių
440 trees
keturi šimtai keturiasdešimt medžių
450 pigeons
keturi šimtai penkiasdešimt balandžių
500 songs
penki šimtai dainų
550 pizzas
penki šimtai penkiasdešimt picų
560 things
penki šimtai šešiasdešimt daiktų
600 armchairs
šeši šimtai fotelių
650 televisions
šeši šimtai penkiasdešimt televizorių
660 horses
šeši šimtai šešiasdešimt arklių
700 days
septyni šimtai dienų
750 glasses
septyni šimtai penkiasdešimt taurių
770 countries
septyni šimtai septyniasdešimt šalių
Daug Laiko A Lot Of Time
Hi there, I’m Jack and I’m Romas and welcome back to Lithuanian Out Loud where we offer the world the Lithuanian language.
According to the article named, “Take a trolleybus around Kaunas,” there was once a beautiful young woman named Milda who lived there. She wasn’t interested in any men who were interested in her. Finally, a young man named Daugerutis who had the voice of a nightingale won her heart. But, her stepmother told the gods and Daugerutis was ordered to be burned alive. The priest Auskaras hid them but unfortunately while they were hiding the Holy Eternal Fire went out and now both the lovers were ordered to die by flames. The priest Auskaras hid them below the fire in a cave for years where they bore and raised a son named Kaunas who would later found a city.
Here are some nouns such as salt, amber, steel or water. You don’t count water, you might count bottles of water or liters of water but you don’t count water itself. Same goes for courage, concrete or gold. You don’t have three courages, four concretes or five golds. Nouns like these have only a singular form. These nouns don’t have a plural form. Here’s a short list of a few of these nouns…
iron
geležis
tea
arbata
gold
auksas
cement
betonas
concrete
cementas
sugar
cukrus
vodka
degtinė
salt
druska
amber
gintaras
time
laikas
sour cream
grietinė
clay
molis
honey
medus
milk
pienas
steel
plienas
butter
sviestas
water
vanduo
cottage cheese
varškė
fear
baimė
evil
blogis
morality
dora
courage
drąsa
discipline
drausmė
behavior
elgesys
essence
esmė
honor
garbė
beauty
grožis
faithfulness
ištikimybė
patience
kantrybė
creativity
kūryba
time
laikas
equality
lygybė
bravery
narsa
premonition
nuojauta
envy, jealousy
pavydas
conscience
sąžinė
peace (after war)
taika
Attention! Dėmėsio! If a noun does not have a plural form it doesn’t use the plural genitive. If a noun has no plural it has no plural genitive.
No plural form – no plural genitive.
Expressions like daug, ne daug or per daug describe an unspecific amount. If we’re talking about an unspecific amount of a noun that is uncountable, we use the genitive singular. Remember – no plural form – no plural genitive – use the singular.
Just as a reminder, let’s combine daug with some countable nouns first.
many books
daug knygų
many people
daug žmonių
many cities
daug miestų
many bicycles
daug dviračių
Now let’s combine daug with uncountable nouns
a lot, many
daug
a lot of tea
daug arbatos
a lot of gold
daug aukso
a lot of cement
daug betono
a lot of concrete
daug cemento
a lot of sugar
daug cukraus
a lot of whiskey
daug viskio
a lot of salt
daug druskos
a lot of amber
daug gintaro
a lot of sour cream
daug grietinės
a lot of clay
daug molio
a lot of honey
daug medaus
a lot of milk
daug pieno
too much steel
per daug plieno
too much butter
per daug sviesto
too much water
per daug vandens
not a lot of cottage cheese
nedaug varškės
not much courage
nedaug drąsos
a lot of patience
daug kantrybės
a lot of bravery
daug narsos
a lot of time
daug laiko
plenty of time
daug laiko
Šiek tiek translates as “a little.“ Again, this is an unspecified amount.
information
informacija
time
laikas
history
istorija
hope
viltis
humor
humoras
alcohol
alkoholis
news
žinios
milk
pienas
a little
šiek tiek
a little information
šiek tiek informacijos
a little time
šiek tiek laiko
a little history
šiek tiek istorijos
a little hope
šiek tiek vilties
a little humor
šiek tiek humoro
a little milk
šiek tiek pieno
Another way to express an unknown amount of something is to simply use the genitive, like we just did.
In this case the genitive would basically translate as, “some.”
some tea
arbatos
some gold
aukso
some cement
betono
some concrete
cemento
some sugar
cukraus
some whiskey
viskio
some salt
druskos
some amber
gintaro
some sour cream
grietinės
some clay
molio
some honey
medaus
some milk
pieno
some steel
plieno
some butter
sviesto
some water
vandens
some cottage cheese
varškės
some courage
drąsos
some patience
kantrybės
some bravery
narsos
now some sentences
do you want some tea?
ar nori arbatos?
I’d like some tea
norėčiau arbatos
do you want some sugar?
ar nori cukraus?
I’d like some sugar
norėčiau cukraus
want some whiskey?
nori viskio?
yes, some whiskey, please
taip, viskio, prašau
do you want some butter?
ar nori sviesto?
yes, some butter, please
taip, sviesto, prašau
do you want some cream?
ar nori grietinės?
no, some milk, please
ne, pieno, prašau
So, to recap this episode, if we’re talking about an unspecified number of a COUNTABLE object we use the genitive plural. If we’re talking about an unspecified amount of an UNCOUNTABLE object we use the genitive singular.
Šaunuoliai! Great! You made it to the end of another episode! Šaunuoliai!
Take a trolleybus around Kaunas
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Keletas Several
Pradėkime
Hi there, I’m Jack and I’m Romas and welcome back to Lithuanian Out Loud where we offer the world the Lithuanian language.
pradėkime, let’s get started On recent episodes we worked on the Lithuanian word, “daug” or many.
Today we’ll use the word, “keletas” or several. We’re talking about an indefinite number of things. When you talk about an indefinite numbers of things you use the plural genitive.
First, some vocabulary…
vocabulary – žodynas
a question
klausimas
a photograph
nuotrauka
a thing
daiktas
a piece
gabalas
persons
asmenys
persons
žmonės
a stone
akmuo
an insect
vabzdys
kind, sort
rūšis
a fly
musė
a mosquito
uodas
The word for many, is daug. The word for several, is keletas.
several
keletas
some
keletas
a few
keletas
several colors
keletas spalvų
several locations
keletas vietų
several cars
keletas mašinų
several songs
keletas dainų
several birds
keletas paukščių
several children
keletas vaikų
several women
keletas moterų
several trees
keletas medžių
several questions
keletas klausimų
several photographs
keletas nuotraukų
(for more information about Dzūkija click this link)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dz%C5%ABkija
Just so everybody knows, Romas, what part of Lithuania are you from?
I‘m from Dzūkija, actually, it‘s very close to the border with Poland. Only seven kilometers from the Poland border. So, I speak Polish as well. South side of Lithuania.
South side, like this...would it... Yeah, southwest to be exact. Southwest. Uh-huh. We have four major dialects in Lithuania, so I am Dzūkas. Dzūkas. Dzūkas – that‘s your accent.
That‘s my accent. If I would speak it actually, but right now I‘m not using my accent. Do you, hey if you want I can do another lesson here. No, that‘s okay. No, but, uh, our listeners are aware that there are different accents, so I just like to tell them...
Yeah, as a matter of fact this summer I spent a couple of weeks up north, Žemaitija, and I swear, you know, I could not understand them. Oh, really. And when they speak with their dialect...I said, all right speak proper Lithuanian or I will leave! And what about Raminta, what accent would you say she has?
Well, since she is from Vilnius, she has correct accent, she does not have accent…it’s Aukštaičiai but Aukštaičiai is probably the closest one to the proper Lithuanian language. Mmm, Aukštaičiai, this is high...highland... Yeah, aukštas is Lithuanian...
And what does Dzūkas mean? There is no meaning for it. I would say something...it would be a swear word, though. Okay, uh, let‘s see, where did we leave off?
several things
keletas daiktų
several pieces
keletas gabalų
several women
keletas moterų
several daughters
keletas dukterų
several sisters
keletas seserų
several stones
keletas akmenų
several people
keletas asmenų
several years
keletas metų
several automobiles
keletas automobilių
in the library there are several books
bibliotekoje yra keletas knygų
in the restaurant there are several people
restorane yra keletas žmonių
in the coffee shop there are several people
kavinėje yra keletas žmonių
in Africa there are several countries
Afrikoje yra keletas šalių
there are several kinds
yra keletas rūšių
several episodes
keletas epizodų
several religions
keletas religijų
several people in the square
keletas žmonių aikštėje
several people in the street
keletas žmonių gatvėje
several flies
keletas musių
several mosquitoes
keletas uodų
several insects
keletas vabzdžių
several question marks
keletas klaustukų
Now that we‘ve gone through concepts like many – daug and several – keletas, we understand how to express an indefinite number of things.
Let‘s go over some more words that express, again, an indefinite number of things.
a few
mažai
a few colors
mažai spalvų
a few locations
mažai vietų
a few cars
mažai mašinų
a few songs
mažai dainų
a few birds
mažai paukščių
a few children
mažai vaikų
a few women
mažai moterų
a few trees
mažai medžių
a few questions
mažai klausimų
a few photographs
mažai nuotraukų
a few things
mažai daiktų
a few pieces
mažai gabalų
too few
per mažai
too few colors
per mažai spalvų
too few locations
per mažai vietų
too few cars
per mažai mašinų
too few songs
per mažai dainų
too few birds
per mažai paukščių
too few children
per mažai vaikų
So, now let’s do labai mažai - very few
very few trees
labai mažai medžių
very few questions
labai mažai klausimų
very few photographs
labai mažai nuotraukų
very few things
labai mažai daiktų
very few pieces
labai mažai gabalų
a concern
rūpestis
a youngster
vaikinas
quite a few
nemažai
quite a few people
nemažai žmonių
quite a few concerns
nemažai rūpesčių
quite a few youngsters
nemažai vaikinų
Finally, if you use the plural genitive by itself you are saying, in effect, “some,” because the number is understood to be indefinite. For example, we take the word for a song – daina and we decline it using the genitive plural and we have dainų – some songs.
first some vocabulary
a lake
ežeras
lakes
ežerai
a leaf
lapas
leaves
lapai
a thing
daiktas
things
daiktai
a bird
paukštis
birds
paukščiai
a male cousin
pusbrolis
male cousins
pusbroliai
a lot of colors
daug spalvų
not many locations
ne daug vietų
a lot of cars
daug mašinų
not a lot of lakes
ne daug ežerų
a lot of leaves
daug lapų
not enough leaves
per mažai lapų
not enough things
per mažai daiktų
a lot of birds
daug paukščių
several cousins
keletas pusbrolių
a lot of automobiles
daug automobilių
Kiek is a question word that asks, how many?
Since kiek is talking about an unknown quantity, we use the plural genitive.
how many colors?
kiek spalvų?
how many colors are in the picture?
kiek spalvų yra paveikslėlyje?
how many cars are in the Kaunas market?
kiek mašinų yra Kauno turguje?
how many songs on the album are about love?
kiek dainų albume yra apie meilę?
how many birds are in the tree?
kiek paukščių yra medyje?
how many children would you like to have?
kiek vaikų norėtumėte turėti?
how many men and how many women work?
kiek vyrų ir kiek moterų dirba?
how many trees could I plant here?
kiek medžių galėčiau čia pasodinti?
how many questions is it necessary to answer?
kiek klausimų reikia atsakyti?
how many things do I need?
kiek daiktų man reikia?
how many pieces are necessary?
kiek gabalų reikia?
how many women work in the banks?
kiek moterų dirba bankuose?
how many brothers and sisters are in the family?
kiek brolių ir seserų šeimoje?
how many automobiles do Europeans have?
kiek automobilių turi europiečiai?
how many books are in the library?
kiek knygų yra bibliotekoje?
how many people are in the restaurant?
kiek žmonių yra restorane?
how many people are in the coffee shop?
kiek žmonių yra kavinėje?
how many countries are in Africa?
kiek šalių yra Afrikoje?
how many episodes were there?
kiek epizodų buvo?
how many religions are in the world?
kiek religijų yra pasaulyje?
how many people in the square?
kiek žmonių aikštėje?
how many people in the street?
kiek žmonių gatvėje?
how many mosquitoes, ants, and flies did I kill?
kiek uodų, skruzdėlių, ir musių aš užmušiau?
how many insects are too many?
kiek vabzdžių yra per daug?
what time is it?
kiek valandų?
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Kokie Kokios What Sort Of
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In previous episodes we gave you many examples using koks and kokia. The plural versions of these two words are kokie for plural masculine nouns and kokios for plural feminine nouns. Let’s quickly go over some examples using plural nouns.
beautiful
gražus
what a beautiful dogs!
kokie gražūs šunys!
how beautiful is Klaipėda’s houses!
kokie gražūs yra Klaipėdos namai!
whoa, what beautiful cars!
oi, kokie gražūs automobiliai!
whoa, what beautiful watches!
oi, kokie gražūs laikrodžiai!
ugly
bjaurus
whoa, what ugly pimples!
oi, kokie bjaurūs spuogai!
what ugly birds!
kokie bjaurūs paukščiai!
what ugly creatures!
kokie bjaurūs padarai!
what ugly pests!
kokie bjaurūs kenkėjai!
what ugly insects!
kokie bjaurūs vabzdžiai!
big
didelis
what big spiders!
kokie dideli vorai!
what big elephants!
kokie dideli drambliai!
whoa, what big dogs!
oho, kokie dideli šunys!
oh, what big houses!
oi, kokie dideli namai!
oh, what big rooms!
oi, kokie dideli kambariai!
small
mažas
what small dogs!
kokie maži šunys!
what small puppies!
kokie maži šiuniukai!
what small rooms!
kokie maži kambariai!
here are some examples using the feminine plural of kokia
ugly
bjauri
what ugly colors!
kokios bjaurios spalvos!
what ugly dresses!
kokios bjaurios suknelės!
what ugly hats!
kokios bjaurios skrybėlės!
delicious
skani
whoa, what tasty doughnuts!
oi, kokios skanios spurgos!
whoa, what tasty buns!
oi, kokios skanios bandelės!
what tasty sausages!
kokios skanios dešros!
beautiful
graži
what beautiful days!
kokios gražios dienos!
what beautiful photographs!
kokios gražios nuotraukos!
what beautiful young girls!
kokios gražios jaunos merginos!
big
dideli
what big pizzas!
kokios didelės picos!
what big cars!
kokios didelės mašinos!
what big bears!
kokios didelės meškos!
small
maža
what small dolls!
kokios mažios lėlės!
what small hands!
kokios mažios rankos!
what small feet!
kokios mažios pėdos!
and now some miscellaneous examples…
what fantasies!
kokios fantazijos!
what hot days!
kokios karštos dienos!
what interesting girls!
kokios įdomios mergaitės!
what charming ladies!
kokios žavingos moterys!
what excellent days!
kokios puikios dienos!
Alright, that wraps up your introduction to koks, kokia, kokie ir kokios. Šaunuoliai, you made it to the end of another episode, šaunu!
Kokia Bjauri Diena What A Nasty Day
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pradėkime, let’s get started
In episode 0017 we learned the word ką? As in, what? Or, what did you say?
When you use koks or kokia you’re asking for the characteristics of something; you’re asking for a description of something. Kokia tavo profesija? What is your profession or what are the characteristics of your profession? Kokia tavo nuomonė? What is your opinion? What are the characteristics of your opinion?
As we saw previously, koks is used with masculine nouns and kokia is used with feminine nouns.
Koks or kokia can also be used not as a question word but more as an expression of surprise or exclamation. You can say things like;
what a nasty day!
kokia bjauri diena!
what an ugly storm!
kokia bjauri audra!
what an ugly car!
kokia bjauri mašina!
profession
profesija
what’s your profession?
kokia tavo profesija?
what type of profession do you have?
kokia jūsų profesija?
opinion
nuomonė
what’s your opinion? (tu)
kokia tavo nuomonė?
what’s your opinion? (jūs)
kokia jūsų nuomonė?
last name
pavardė
surname
pavardė
what’s your last name? (tu)
kokia tavo pavardė?
what sort of last name do you have? (jūs)
kokia jūsų pavardė?
vocabulary - žodynas
mother
motina
tea
arbata
life
gyvenimas
meaning
prasmė
soup
sriuba
a bun
bandelė
doughnut
spurga
photograph
nuotrauka
family
šeima
storm
audra
a cat
katė
a downpour
liūtis
a night
naktis
a fish
žuvis
a duck
antis
a dress
suknelė
a hat
skrybėlė
a diet
dieta
nature
gamta
an audience
publika
a statue
statula
a sculpture
skulptūra
a display
paroda
a bug
blakė
a boat
valtis
bread
duona
a slice
riekė
a slice of bread
duonos riekė
a doll
lėlė
a crowd
minia
a group
grupė
now let’s do some examples…
which color?
kokia spalva?
which color do you like? (jūs)
kokia spalva jums patinka?
which color do you like? (tu)
kokia spalva tau patinka?
of course, we can use koks or kokia to express surprise or exclamation
ugly
bjauri
what a nasty day!
kokia bjauri diena!
what an ugly storm!
kokia bjauri audra!
what an ugly car!
kokia bjauri mašina!
what an ugly cat!
kokia bjauri katė!
what an ugly color!
kokia bjauri spalva!
what an ugly downpour!
kokia bjauri liūtis!
what an ugly night!
kokia bjauri naktis!
what an ugly castle!
kokia bjauri pilis!
what an ugly fish!
kokia bjauri žuvis!
what an ugly duck!
kokia bjauri antis!
what an ugly dress!
kokia bjauri suknelė!
what an ugly hat!
kokia bjauri skrybėlė!
delicious
skani
whoa, what a tasty doughnut!
oi, kokia skani spurga!
what a tasty pizza!
kokia skani pica!
wow, what a tasty soup, sweetheart!
oi, kokia skani sriuba, brangioji!
what a tasty tea!
kokia skani arbata!
whoa, what a tasty bun!
oi, kokia skani bandelė!
what a tasty bread!
kokia skani duona!
whoa, what a tasty coffee!
oi, kokia skani kava!
what a tasty sausage!
kokia skani dešra!
what a tasty and healthy soup!
kokia skani ir sveika sriuba!
what a tasty and healthy bread!
kokia skani ir sveika duona!
what a tasty and healthy diet!
kokia skani ir sveika dieta!
beautiful
graži
how beautiful is nature!
kokia graži gamta!
how beautiful Aistė is!
kokia graži yra Aistė!
what a beautiful day!
kokia graži diena!
what a beautiful photograph!
kokia graži nuotrauka!
oh, how beautiful you are, sweetheart!
oi, kokia tu graži, mylimoji!
how beautiful you are, my love!
kokia tu graži, mano meile!
how beautiful you are today!
kokia tu šiandien graži!
how beautiful you are today, sweetheart!
kokia tu šiandien graži brangioji!
how beautiful you are today, mom!
kokia graži tu šiandien mama!
big
didelė
what a big cathedral!
kokia didelė katedra!
what a big pizza!
kokia didelė pica!
what a big car!
kokia didelė mašina!
what a big country!
kokia didelė šalis!
what a big audience!
kokia didelė publika!
what a big statue!
kokia didelė statula!
what a big family!
kokia didelė šeima!
what a big sculpture!
kokia didelė skulptūra!
what a big party! (political)
kokia didelė partija!
what a big party! (social)
kokia didelė kompanija!
what a big display!
kokia didelė paroda!
small
maža
what a small bug!
kokia maža blakė!
what a small boat!
kokia maža valtis!
what a small slice of bread!
kokia maža duonos riekė!
what a small cafe!
kokia maža kavinė!
what a small doll!
kokia maža lėlė!
what a small family!
kokia maža šeima!
what a small crowd!
kokia maža minia!
what a small group!
kokia maža grupė!
and now some miscellaneous examples…
what a shame!
kokia gėda!
what a fantasy!
kokia fantazija!
what a hot day!
kokia karšta diena!
what a color!
kokia spalva!
what an interesting girl!
kokia idomi mergaitė!
what a charming lady!
kokia žavinga moteris!
what a calm sea!
kokia rami jūra!
what an excellent day!
kokia puiki diena!
what a rainy day!
kokia lietinga diena!
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Exam 64
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terrible, awful
baisus, baisi
like me
kaip aš
life
gyvenimas
what do you think about…?
ką manai apie...?
weather
oras
a house
namas
advertisement
reklama
dress
suknelė
as awful as life
baisus kaip gyvenimas
what do you think about the weather?
ką manai apie orą?
as awful as life
baisus kaip gyvenimas
what do you think about this house?
ką manai apie šį namą?
as awful as life
baisus kaip gyvenimas
what do you think about this food?
ką manai apie šią maistą?
as awful as life
baisus kaip gyvenimas
what do you think about the dress?
ką manai apie suknelę?
as awful as life
baisi kaip gyvenimas
an armchair
fotelis
armchairs
foteliai
a horse
arklys
horses
arkliai
10 sisters
dešimt seserų
20 daughters
dvidešimt dukterų
30 uncles
trisdešimt dėdžių
40 horses
keturiasdešimt arklių
50 televisions
penkiasdešimt televizorių
60 days
šešiasdešimt dienų
70 glasses
septyniasdešimt taurių
80 countries
aštuoniasdešimt šalių
90 tables
devyniasdešimt stalų
100 songs
šimtas dainų
110 women
šimtas dešimt moterų
120 armchairs
šimtas dvidešimt fotelių
150 museums
šimtas penkiasdešimt muziejų
Exam 63
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261 songs
du šimtai šešiasdešimt viena daina
351 tables
trys šimtai penkiasdešimt vienas stalas
361 days
trys šimtai šešiasdešimt viena diena
371 colors
trys šimtai septyniasdešimt viena spalva
431 pizzas
keturi šimtai trisdešimt viena pica
481 glasses
keturi šimtai aštuoniasdešimt viena taurė
491 televisions
keturi šimtai devyniasdešimt vienas televizorius
501 fruits
penki šimtai vienas vaisius
521 countries
penki šimtai dvidešimt viena šalis
631 cities
šeši šimtai trisdešimt vienas miestas
641 shoes
šeši šimtai keturiasdešimt vienas batas
751 days
septyni šimtai penkiasdešimt viena diena
761 colors
septyni šimtai šešiasdešimt viena spalva
871 glasses
aštuoni šimtai septyniasdešimt viena taurė
981 televisions
devyni šimtai aštuoniasdešimt vienas televizorius
1,001 fruits
vienas tūkstantis vienas vaisius
1,221 shoes
vienas tūkstantis du šimtai vienas batas
2,001 colors
du tūkstančiai viena spalva
10,031 objects
dešimt tūkstančių trisdešimt vienas dalykas
10,031 things
dešimt tūkstančių trisdešimt vienas daiktas
Exam 62
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21 days
dvidešimt viena diena
31 colors
trisdešimt viena spalva
41 glasses
keturiasdešimt viena taurė
51 televisions
penkiasdešimt vienas televizorius
61 fruits
šešiasdešimt vienas vaisius
71 countries
septyniasdešimt viena šalis
81 cities
aštuoniasdešimt vienas miestas
91 shoes
devyniasdešimt vienas batas
101 tables
šimtas vienas stalas
121 chairs
šimtas dvidešimt viena kėdė
131 objects
šimtas trisdešimt vienas dalykas
141 pizzas
šimtas keturiasdešimt viena pica
151 colors
šimtas penkiasdešimt viena spalva
161 glasses
šimtas šešiasdešimt viena taurė
171 televisions
šimtas septyniasdešimt vienas televizorius
181 songs
šimtas aštuoniasdešimt viena daina
191 countries
šimtas devyniasdešimt viena šalis
201 cities
du šimtai vienas miestas
221 shoes
du šimtai dvidešimt vienas batas
231 objects
du šimtai trisdešimt vienas dalykas
241 chairs
du šimtai keturiasdešimt viena kėdė
Exam 61
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angry
piktas, pikta
why?
kodėl?
such, so
toks
a wasp
širšė
why are you as angry as a wasp?
kodėl tu toks piktas kaip širšė?
devil
velnias
witch
ragana
to not be
nebūti
don’t be
nebūk
angry as a wasp (masculine)
piktas kaip širšė
angry as a wasp (feminine)
pikta kaip širšė
angry as the devil (masculine)
piktas kaip velnias
angry as a witch (feminine)
pikta kaip ragana
why is he so angry?
kodėl jis toks piktas?
why is he as angry as a wasp?
kodėl jis toks piktas kaip širšė?
why is she so angry?
kodėl ji tokia pikta?
why is she as angry as a witch?
kodėl ji tokia pikta kaip ragana?
your dad is as angry as a wasp
tavo tėtis piktas kaip širšė
the driver is as angry as the devil
vairuotojas piktas kaip velnias
your girlfriend is as angry as a witch
tavo draugė pikta kaip ragana
don't be as angry as a witch
nebūk pikta kaip ragana
a shoe
batas
the shoe
batas
a table
stalas
the table
stalas
a glass
taurė
the glass
taurė
a chair
kėdė
the chair
kėdė
a song
daina
the song
daina
a pizza
pica
the pizza
pica
Exam 60
This is a quick response episode! We’ll say the word or phrase in English and you say it in Lithuanian – Out Loud! It’s too late for questions, the exam starts now. Ready, set, go! Pasiruošti, dėmesio, marš!
woman
moteris
daughter
duktė
sister
sesuo
the woman lives in Lithuania
moteris gyvena Lietuvoje
the daughter lives in Lithuania
duktė gyvena Lietuvoje
the sister lives in Lithuania
sesuo gyvena Lietuvoje
the women live in Vilnius
moterys gyvena Vilniuje
the daughters live in Vilnius
dukterys gyvena Vilniuje
the sisters live in Vilnius
seserys gyvena Vilniuje
the woman’s name is Sonata
moters vardas yra Sonata
the daughter’s name is Sonata
dukters vardas yra Sonata
the sister’s name is Sonata
sesers vardas yra Sonata
the womens’ family is here
moterų šeima yra čia
the daughters’ family is here
dukterų šeima yra čia
the sisters’ family is here
seserų šeima yra čia
Valdas has a woman
Valdas turi moterį
Valdas has a daughter
Valdas turi dukterį
Valdas has a sister
Valdas turi seserį
I look at the women
žiūriu į moteris
I look at the daughters
žiūriu į dukteris
I look at the sisters
žiūriu į seseris
I have a daughter
aš turiu dukterį
I have a sister
aš turiu seserį
I have a woman
aš turiu moterį
Romas has two daughters
Romas turi dvi dukteris
Romas has two sisters
Romas turi dvi seseris
Romas has two women
Romas turi dvi moteris
I have two daughters
aš turiu dvi dukteris
I have two sisters
aš turiu dvi seseris
I have two women
aš turiu dvi moteris
Romas has a daughter
Romas turi dukterį
Romas has a sister
Romas turi seserį
Romas has a woman
Romas turi moterį
why is the man kissing the woman?
kodėl vyras bučiuoja moterį?
respect the woman!
gerbkite moterį!
Romualdas wants to have a beautiful woman
Romualdas nori turėti gražią moterį
Stanislovas understands the woman
Stanislovas supranta moterį
Exam 59
This is a quick response episode! We’ll say the word or phrase in English and you say it in Lithuanian – Out Loud! It’s too late for questions, the exam starts now. Ready, set, go! Pasiruošti, dėmesio, marš!
a fish
žuvis
the music
muzika
bread
duona
cold
šaltas
pizza
pica
a crab
krabas
a sandwich
sumuštinis
food
maistas
a perch
ešerys
a woman
moteris
a sister
sesuo
a daughter
duktė
a village
miestelis
a hotel
viešbutis
a restaurant
restoranas
a beach
paplūdimys
beer
alus
wine
vynas
festival
festivalis
Brussels
Briuselis
Prague
Praha
Paris
Paryžius
Athens
Atėnai
to disappoint
nuvilti
a challenge
iššūkis
earth
žemė
smell, odor
kvapas
only
tik
new
naujas, nauja
a book
knyga
people
žmonės
a telephone
telefonas
telephones
telefonai
to look at
žiūrėti
ice
ledas
ice cream
ledai
a neighbor
kaimynas
neighbors
kaimynai
I like a challenge
aš mėgstu iššūkį
I like challenges
aš mėgstu iššūkius
I like the Earth’s smell
aš mėgstu žemės kvapą
I really like to sing
aš labai mėgstu dainuoti
I really like to dance
aš labai mėgstu šokti
I don’t like people
nemėgstu žmonių
I don’t like telephones
nemėgstu telefonų
I don’t like to look at the news
nemėgstu žiūrėti žinių
I don’t like ice cream
nemėgstu ledų
I don’t like to have new neighbors
nemėgstu turėti naujų kaimynų
Daug Many
Hi there, I’m Jack and I’m Eglė and welcome back to Lithuanian Out Loud where we offer the world the Lithuanian language.
Egle, welcome to the show! Hi!
Where, now, where are you from?
Okay, I am from Lithuania.
What part? Klaipėda. Vakarų Lietuva – western Lithuania.
So, you‘re from western Lithuania. Yes.
And, what is your accent? What style of accent..?
No accent! Standard?
(Raminta in the background) Yes!
So, Egle…
Stelmužė is a village in Zarasai district, Lithuania. There is a wooden chapel built in 1650 not using saws or iron nails; it is the oldest wooden religious building in Lithuania. Stelmužė is also known for the Tower of Slaves or Vergų bokštas, a rectangular building constructed of stone and bricks, used for imprisonment of serfs.
Nasty. Did you know this? No! Wow, we try to teach on every lesson a little bit about Lithuania. That’s nice. History, religion, the old religion, things like this.
pradėkime, let’s get started
On recent episodes we worked on numbering things such as three museums, trys muziejai or thirty seven dogs, trisdešimt septyni šunys. That’s a lot! Yes!
Today we’ll go over how to say, many dogs or a lot of people. We’re talking about an indefinite number of things. When you talk about indefinite numbers of things you use the plural genitive. First, some vocabulary…
vocabulary – žodynas
a woman
moteris
women
moterys
a sort
rūšis
sorts
rūšys
a year
metai
hearts
širdys
an insect
vabzdys
insects
vabzdžiai
a fly
musė
flies
musės
a person
žmogus
people
žmonės
water
vanduo
sad
liūdnas / liūdna
a minute
minutė
minutes
minutės
a religion
religija
religions
religijos
a face
veidas
faces
veidai
nitrate
nitratas
nitrates
nitratai
an elephant
dramblys
elephants
drambliai
a document
dokumentas
documents
dokumentai
a mosquito
uodas
mosquitoes
uodai
a question mark
klaustukas
question marks
klaustukai
a smoker
rūkantysis
smokers
rūkantys
a location
vieta
locations
vietos
a meadow
pieva
meadows
pievos
So, how long have you known Raminta?
Oh, I know Raminta for…12 years.
(Raminta in the background) How many?
12, because for me…it’s 29…
About 12 years.
You’ve known her since you were 12 years-old or you have known her for 12 years?
No, I’ve known her for 12 years. We met each other when we were 17 years-old.
Aha, kur? (where)
In high school.
Where, but, where was the high school?
The high school in Klaipėda.
And, you didn‘t like her at first.
Raminta? Yeah. No! I liked her. Why you say like that?
Joking, joking.
(Raminta in the background) What did you think about me?
She was very funny; smiled a lot, and her laugh, we can hear…per visa koridoriu (through the entire corridor)
She was really nice…and she is.
She is, she is. Okay, so, the word for many, is daug.
many
daug
plenty of
daug
a lot of
daug
now let’s combine daug with some nouns…
many colors
daug spalvų
many locations
daug vietų
many cars
daug mašinų
many songs
daug dainų
many birds
daug paukščių
many children
daug vaikų
many women
daug moterų
many trees
daug medžių
many years
daug metų
there are a lot of people here
čia yra daug žmonių
are there many books in the library?
ar daug knygų bibliotėkoje?
there are a lot of sad faces
yra daug liūdnų veidų
there are many religions in the world
yra daug religijų pasaulyje
in China there are many people
Kinijoje yra daug žmonių
are there many people in the restaurant?
ar daug žmonių restorane?
are there many people in the coffee shop?
ar daug žmonių kavinėje?
outside there are many flies
lauke yra daug musių
in the forest there are many mosquitoes
miške yra daug uodų
in the meadow there are many insects
pievoje yra daug vabzdių
in history there are many question marks
istorijoje yra daug klaustukų
in the water are a lot of nitrates
vandenyje yra daug nitratų
in Africa are many places where elephants live
Afrikoje yra daug vietų kur gyvena drambliai
there are many documents
yra daug dokumentų
are there a lot of smokers?
ar daug yra rūkančių?
there are many sorts
yra daug rūšių
Here are some other ways to use daug. First some vocabulary.
vocabulary žodynas
a lake
ežeras
lakes
ežerai
a leaf
lapas
leaves
lapai
a thing
daiktas
things
daiktai
a bird
paukštis
birds
paukščiai
a male cousin
pusbrolis
male cousins
pusbroliai
very many
labai daug
very many colors
labai daug spalvų
very many locations
labai daug vietų
very many cars
labai daug mašinų
very many lakes
labai daug ežerų
very many leaves
labai daug lapų
a lot of things
labai daug daiktų
very many birds
labai daug paukščių
very many cousins
labai daug pusbrolių
very many automobiles
labai daug automobilių
a window
langas
windows
langai
a village
kaimas
villages
kaimai
a tooth
dantis
teeth
dantys
not many, not a lot
nedaug
not many people, few people
nedaug žmonių
not a lot of colors
nedaug spalvų
not many locations
nedaug vietų
not a lot of cars
nedaug mašinų
not many windows
nedaug langų
not many villages
nedaug kaimų
not many teeth
nedaug dantų
per daug translates as too much or too many
a war
karas
wars
karai
a trip
kelionė
trips
kelionės
a tree
medis
trees
medžiai
too many, too much
per daug
there are too many people in the restaurant
restorane yra per daug žmonių
there are too many people in the coffee shop
kavinėje yra per daug žmonių
there are too many people in the nightclub
klube yra per daug žmonių
too many colors
per daug spalvų
too many cars
per daug mašinų
too many trees
per daug medžių
too many trips
per daug kelionių
too many wars
per daug karų
daugiau translates as more
a thief
vagis
thieves
vagys
a ship
laivas
ships
laivai
a suburb
priemiestis
suburbs
priemiesčiai
more
daugiau
more colors
daugiau spalvų
more locations
daugiau vietų
more cars
daugiau mašinų
more thieves
daugiau vagių
more students
daugiau studentų
more suburbs
daugiau priemiesčių
daug daugiau translates as many more
a passenger
keleivis
passengers
keleiviai
a poem
poema
poems
poemos
a fire
ugnis
fires
ugnys
a wall
siena
walls
sienos
a dictionary
žodynas
dictionaries
žodynai
a word
žodis
words
žodžiai
a bug
blakė
bugs
blakės
a pest
kenkėjas
pests
kenkėjai
many more
daug daugiau
many more passengers
daug daugiau keleivių
many more poems
daug daugiau poemų
many more fires
daug daugiau ugnių
many more walls
daug daugiau sienų
many more dictionaries
daug daugiau žodynų
many more words
daug daugiau žodžių
many more pests
daug daugiau kenkėjų
many more bugs
daug daugiau blakių
truputį daugiau translates as a little more
a little more flowers
truputį daugiau gėlių
a little more people
truputį daugiau žmonių
a little more women
truputį daugiau moterų
So, what part of Klaipėda did you grow up in?
I grew up in the west...the west side of Klaipėda. Yes!
Hmm, the west side, near the ocean. Near the Baltic Sea. Near the Baltic Sea. Yes.
Wow, cool. Yeah. Awesome.
Thank you for doing this. Thank you for you.
No, you did a good job! Thank you!
Šaunuoliai! Great! You made it to the end of another episode! Šaunuoliai!
LL0189 – Exam 58
This is a quick response episode! We’ll say the word or phrase in English and you say it in Lithuanian – Out Loud! It’s too late for questions, the exam starts now. Ready, set, go! Pasiruošti, dėmesio, marš!
I like Lithuania
man patinka Lietuva
I like coffee
man patinka kava
I like coffee
aš mėgstu kavą
I like the pear
aš mėgstu kriaušę
I don’t like the pear
aš nemėgstu kriaušės
to like
mėgti
I like
aš mėgstu
you like (tu)
tu mėgsti
he likes
jis mėgsta
she likes
ji mėgsta
you like (jūs)
jūs mėgstate
you all like
jūs mėgstate
we like
mes mėgstame
they like
jie mėgsta
they like
jos mėgsta
to not like
nemėgti
I do not like
aš nemėgstu
you do not like
tu nemėgsti
he does not like
jis nemėgsta
she does not like
ji nemėgsta
you do not like (jūs)
jūs nemėgstate
you all don’t like
jūs nemėgstate
we do not like
mes nemėgstame
they do not like
jie nemėgsta
they do not like
jos nemėgsta
I like to dance
aš mėgstu šokti
I really like music
labai mėgstu muziką
I like only Lithuanian bread
mėgstu tik lietuvišką duoną
I like the cold
mėgstu šaltą
I don’t like music
nemėgstu muzikos
I don’t like Lithuanian bread
nemėgstu lietuviškos duonos
I don’t like the cold
nemėgstu šalčio
do you like pizza?
ar tu mėgsti picą?
you like the crabs, don’t you?
mėgsti krabus, ar ne?
I know what you like
aš žinau ką tu mėgsti
do you like the sandwich?
ar tu mėgsti sumuštinį?
do you like the pizza?
ar tu mėgsti picą?
don’t you like the pizza?
ar nemėgsti picos?
you don’t like the crabs?
ar nemėgsti krabų?
you don’t like the sandwich
nemėgsti sumuštinio
he likes the food
jis mėgsta maistą
he likes the perch
jis mėgsta ešerį
he doesn’t like the food
jis nemėgsta maisto
he doesn’t like the perch
jis nemėgsta ešerio
he likes white wine
jis mėgsta baltą vyną
he doesn’t like white wine
jis nemėgsta balto vyno
Hey, there, I‘m Raminta, and I‘m Jack, and welcome back to Lithuanian Out Loud where we offer the world the Lithuanian language.
Today we‘ve got a fun episode for you.
Raminta is home today but over the last few years she‘s been spending time in Lithuania following her career. At times we had to record episodes of Lithuanian Out Loud on Skype and she always had her dog Antik with her. Sometimes while we were recording she‘d talk to her dog and I saved all those short sentences and commands that were accidently recorded.
During the first part of this episode I describe my dog using Lithuanian. In the second part you‘ll hear all the short recordings Jack just mentioned.
While you listen to the short recordings of Raminta talking to her dog keep in mind this is all natural and unscripted. Also, you‘re going to hear a wide range of emotions because these recordings were separated by weeks and sometimes months, so sometimes she‘s happy and sometimes she‘s a bit irritated.
Here we go, enjoy!
Man labai patinka mano šuo, aš jį myliu. Kodėl man patinka mano šuo? Todėl, kad jis yra labai mielas, labai geras draugas. (Sunku dabar, sunku pasakyti ką čia daugiau, kodėl man patinka mano šuo?) Mano šuns vardas Antikas, jis visada manęs laukia namuose, mes einam pasivaikščioti kartu. Man patinka žaisti su juo, bėgioti. Geras... Jis labai geras šuo, truputėlį pasiutęs. Linksmas! Jis turi įdomų charakterį, linksmas ir mėgsta iškrėsti visokius pokštus (įvairius pokštus iškrėsti mėgsta). Ištampo mano drabužius kartais, aš nesu labai patenkinta, bet tuo pačiu ir prajuokina.
Antikai, Antikai ateik čia!
Būk gerutis, būk gerutis mažiukas, mhu mhu mhu
Antikai, atsikelk!
Antikai, ateik čia, ateik čia, ateik čia sakau, ateik čia!
Greitai. Antikai ateik čia dabar, greit!
Eik iš čia, eik sau, eik eik...
Ūūū... Antikai, baik loti. Lupsiu, kaip paimsiu diržą ir lupsiu.
Antikai neknark!
Antikai, aš tave lupsiu!
Antikai, kelkis, kelkis, laikas keltis!
Alright, let’s break this all down
I really like my dog, I love him
man labai patinka mano šuo, aš jį myliu
why do I like my dog?
kodėl man patinka mano šuo?
why?
kodėl?
because
todėl
because, that he is very dear,
todėl, kad jis yra labai mielas,
a very good friend
labai geras draugas
difficult now
sunku dabar
hard to say what here more
sunku pasakyti ką čia daugiau
to say
sakyti, pasakyti
here
čia
more
daugiau
my dog‘s name is Antik
mano šuns vardas Antikas
he always waits for me at home
jis visada manęs laukia namuose
always
visada
to wait
laukti
wait!
palauk!
at home
namuose
we go for walks together
mes einam pasivaikščioti kartu
to go for a walk
pasivaikščioti
together
kartu
I like to play with him
man patinka žaisti su juo
to play
žaisti
to run
bėgti, bėgioti
nice
geras
he is a very good dog
jis labai geras šuo
a little
truputį
a very little
truputėlį
a little wild
truputėlį pasiutęs
mad, wild
pasiutęs
joyful, playful
linksmas
he has an interesting character
jis turi įdomų charakterį
interesting
įdomus
character
charakteris
he likes to make/to play all kinds of tricks
mėgsta iškrėsti visokius pokštus
he likes ice cream
jis mėgsta ledus
tricks
pokštai
let‘s play something funny
iškrėskime ką nors juokingo
you are talking all kind of nonsense
kalbi visokius niekus
in the circus you can see tricks
cirke gali pamatyti pokštų
various tricks he likes to play
įvairius pokštus iškrėsti mėgsta
sometimes
kartais
he makes a mess with my clothes
ištampo mano drabužius
clothes
drabužiai
I‘m not very happy about that
aš nesu labai patenkinta
to amuse
prajuokinti
but
bet
all the same he makes me laugh
tuo pačiu ir prajuokina
Antik, Antik come here!
Antikai, Antikai ateik čia!
come here!
ateik čia!
be good
būk geras
be good (diminutive)
būk gerutis
small
mažas
small (diminutive)
mažiukas
be good little one
būk gerutis mažiukas
to awake
atsikelti
Antik, get up!
Antikai, atsikelk!
come here, come here
ateik čia, ateik čia
come here I said
ateik čia sakau
hurry!
greitai!
come here now, hurry!
ateik čia dabar, greit!
to go (on foot)
eiti
get away from here, get yourself away, go go...
eik iš čia, eik sau, eik eik...
to bark (as in a dog)
loti
Antik, stop barking
ūūū... Antikai, baik loti
to stop, to finish
baigti
stop eating!
baik valgyti!
stop snoring
baik knarkti!
a belt, a strap
diržas
to take, get, pick up
paimti
to spank, to thrash
lupti
I‘m gonna spank you!
aš tave lupsiu!
I‘m gonna take a belt and spank you (children)
lupsiu, kaip paimsiu diržą ir lupsiu
to snore
knarkti
don‘t snore!
neknark!
up with you!
kelkis!
get up!
kelkis!
get up, get up!
kelkis, kelkis!
time
laikas
time to get up!
laikas keltis!
time to sleep
laikas miegoti!
time to eat
laikas valgyti!
time to dance
laikas šokti!
time to watch the television
laikas žiūrėti televizorių
Man labai patinka mano šuo, aš jį myliu. Kodėl man patinka mano šuo? Todėl, kad jis yra labai mielas, labai geras draugas. (Sunku dabar, sunku pasakyti ką čia daugiau, kodėl man patinka mano šuo?) Mano šuns vardas Antikas, jis visada manęs laukia namuose, mes einam pasivaikščioti kartu. Man patinka žaisti su juo, bėgioti. Geras... Jis labai geras šuo, truputėlį pasiutęs. Linksmas! Jis turi įdomų charakterį, linksmas ir mėgsta iškrėsti visokius pokštus (įvairius pokštus iškrėsti mėgsta). Ištampo mano drabužius kartais, aš nesu labai patenkinta, bet tuo pačiu ir prajuokina.
Antikai, Antikai ateik čia!
Būk gerutis, būk gerutis mažiukas, mhu mhu mhu
Antikai, atsikelk!
Antikai, ateik čia, ateik čia, ateik čia sakau, ateik čia!
Greitai. Antikai ateik čia dabar, greit!
Eik iš čia, eik sau, eik eik...
Ūūū... Antikai, baik loti. Lupsiu, kaip paimsiu diržą ir lupsiu.
Antikai neknark!
Antikai, aš tave lupsiu!
Antikai, kelkis, kelkis, laikas keltis!
Hi there, I’m Jack and welcome back to Lithuanian Out Loud where we offer the world the Lithuanian language. Here’s a quick note before we get to today’s episode continuing the instrumental case,
Dave MacLeod from PageF30.com has created something to help him memorize Lithuanian declensions. He creates English sentences and replaces select words with Lithuanian words. You can take a look at his work and let him know what you think. I’ll post his link on the Lithuanian Out Loud webpage.
http://www.pagef30.com/2010/01/easier-way-to-master-lithuanian.html
A listener named Viktorija left a post on our blogpage on an earlier episode concerning the use of labukas. Viktorija wants us to know, "labukas" is a quite intimate, soft and even flirting way of saying hi. So, a girl can say "labukas" to another girl or a guy she knows well, and a guy can say "labukas" to a girl. But if a guy says "labukas" to another guy, it sounds odd and effeminate. Viktorija says, she’s from Vilnius and she uses "labukas" with her friends.
Today we’ll continue where we left off with the instrumental case. Alright, let’s get started with today’s program, enjoy! Let’s go over some examples using feminine singular nouns…
tyliai. tyliai
tyliai? tyliai
tyliai? in silence, tyliai
oh, tyliai, tyliai
keep quiet
that’s cute, tyliai, tyliai
(-a)
a teacher
mokytoja
a saleswoman
pardavėja
a waitress
padavėja
a female doctor
gydytoja
a crosswalk
pėsčiųjų perėja
a car
mašina
a ball
kamuolys
the ball rolled under the car
kamuolys pasirito po mašina
Justinas walks via the crossing
Justinas eina pėsčiųjų perėja
she’s working as a waitress
ji dirba padavėja
she works as a doctor in Madrid
ji dirba gydytoja Madride
Justas travels by car
Justas keliauja mašina
Eglė became a saleswoman
Eglė tapo pardavėja
Birutė became a teacher
Birutė tapo mokytoja
(-ė)
a chair
kėdė
a spider
voras
a wedding
vestuvės
a tent
palapinė
a female builder
statybininkė
a female commentator
komentatorė
a female composer
kompozitorė
a female lawyer
advokatė
a female pilot
lakūnė
Violeta works as a builder
Violeta dirba statybininke
Aistė works as a commentator
Aistė dirba komentatore
Audronė became a lawyer
Audronė tapo advokate
Adelė works as a pilot
Adelė dirba lakūne
Valentina became a composer
Valentina tapo kompozitore
a spider is under the chair
voras yra po kėde
the wedding was under a big tent
vestuvės buvo po didele palapine
here are some sentence fragments using some feminine nouns that end in –s.
duck – antis changes to antimi
to bake
kepti
rice
ryžiai
duckling
ančiukas
stone, stony
mūrinis
the duckling is under the duck
ančiukas yra po antimi
the duckling became a duck
ančiukas tapo antimi
one can bake apples with a duck
obuolius galima kepti kartu su antimi
Antinas is talking with the duck
Antinas kalba su antimi
stove or furnace - krosnis changes to krosnimi
hearth / fireplace
židinys
to connect
sujungti
a cockroach
tarakonas
a little house / a hut
namelis
a big kitchen with a stove
didelė virtuvė su krosnimi
a house is heated with a furnace
namas šildomas krosnimi
a building with a furnace
pastatas su krosnimi
a stone house with a stove
mūrinis namas su krosnimi
a cockroach is under the furnace!
tarakonas po krosnimi!
fire - ugnis changes to ugnimi
to play
žaisti
children
vaikai
to cook
virti
to experiment
eksperimentuoti
don’t play with fire!
nežaisk su ugnimi!
the children are playing with fire
vaikai žaidžia su ugnimi
a dragon is spitting fire
drakonas spjaudo ugnimi
they are experimenting with fire
jie eksperimentuoja su ugnimi
rain – lietus changes to lietumi
hail
kruša
wind with rain
vėjas su lietumi
lightning with rain
perkūnija su lietumi
hail with rain
kruša su lietumi
the snow became rain
sniegas virto lietumi
woman – moteris changes to moterimi
the girl became a woman
mergina tapo moterimi
he came with a woman
jis atėjo su moterimi
Ričardas lives with a woman
Ričardas gyvena su moterimi
I work with a woman
aš dirbu su moterimi
a nose – nosis changes to nosimi
brown
rudas / ruda
a badger
barsukas
a hyena
hiena
black
juodas / juoda
iron, made of iron
geležinis
a hyena with a brown nose
hiena ruda nosimi
a black iron bird with a white nose
juodas geležinis paukštis balta nosimi
a badger with a long nose
barsukas su ilga nosimi
(-uo) sesuo (seseria or seserimi)
everywhere
visur
to sing
dainuoti
in the evening
vakare
to go, to take place
vykti
to find oneself, to get, to come
atsidurti
to walk about, to stroll about
vaikštinėti
to marry
susituokti
how did she come with sister to the city?
kaip ji su seseria atsidūrė mieste?
how did she come with sister to the city?
kaip ji su seserimi atsidūrė mieste?
she lived in Vilnius with her sister
ji gyveno Vilniuje su savo seseria
she lived in Vilnius with her sister
ji gyveno Vilniuje su savo seserimi
Audronė lives with her sister
Audronė gyvena su savo seserimi
Audronė lives with her sister
Audronė gyvena su savo seseria
Birutė with her sister Aistė live in Kaunas
Birutė su jos seserimi Aiste gyvena Kaune
Birutė with her sister Aistė live in Kaunas
Birutė su jos seseria Aiste gyvena Kaune
he always walked about with his sister
jis visur vaikštinėjo su savo seseria
he always walked about with his sister
jis visur vaikštinėjo su savo seserimi
Vytas married with Romas’ sister Eglė
Vytas susituokė su Romo seserimi Eglė
Vytas married with Romas’ sister Eglė
Vytas susituokė su Romo seseria Eglė
I work with sister
dirbu su seseria
I work with sister
dirbu su seserimi
Valdas sings with sister
Valdas dainuoja su seseria
Valdas sings with sister
Valdas dainuoja su seserimi
(-ė) duktė (dukteria or dukterimi)
a horse groomer
arklininkas
at home lives the horse groomer with his daughter
namelyje gyvena arklininkas su dukteria
at home lives the horse groomer with his daughter
namelyje gyvena arklininkas su dukterimi
Rožė together with her daughter are going to the city
Rožė kartu su dukteria važiuoja į miestą
Rožė together with her daughter are going to the city
Rožė kartu su dukterimi važiuoja į miestą
they came from Italy with their daughter
jie atvyko iš Italijos su savo dukteria
they came from Italy with their daughter
jie atvyko iš Italijos su savo dukterimi
Šaunuoliai!
Hi there, I’m Raminta and I’m Jack and welcome back to Lithuanian Out Loud where we offer the world the Lithuanian language.
According to the online article, “Purse or Curse: Lithuania Turns To Witch To Pursue Deadbeats,” the Lithuanian collection firm, Skolų Išieškojimo Biuras has employed a witch doctor to persuade debtors to pay their debts. No word yet if this is convincing anyone to pay up.
Today we’ll continue with examples of the instrumental case or įnagininkas. At the beginning of each group we’ll give you some vocabulary.
A preposition, “po” means “under” when used with the instrumental case. “Po” can be used with other cases to mean other things. But, today we’re focused on the instrumental case.
In this episode we’ll divide the examples into groups based on the noun suffixes.
(-as)
a telephone
telefonas
internet
internetas
an airplane
lėktuvas
a motorcycle
motociklas
a fox
lapė
a road
kelias
a president
prezidentas
a rat
žiurkė
to go, to take place
vykti
trash, rubbish
šiukšlės
trash container
šiukšlių konteineris
Austėja is traveling to America by plane
Austėja keliauja į Ameriką lėktuvu
Violeta is driving to Palanga by motorcycle
Violeta važiuoja į Palangą motociklu
we keep company using the phone
bendraujame telefonu
we keep company via the internet
bendraujame internetu
the police are driving down the road
policija važinėja keliu
a rat is under the trash container
žiurkė yra po šiukšlių konteineriu
a snake lives under the bridge
gyvatė gyvena po tiltu
under the house there’s a fox
po namu yra lapė
Andrius became president
Andrius tapo prezidentu
the dog is under the table
šuo yra po stalu
(-is)
a camel
kupranugaris
a nomad
klajoklis
a river
upė
sidewalk
šaligatvis
to flow
tekėti
bicycle
dviratis
valley
slėnis
to run
bėgti
a cat
katė
to ride
joti
a river flows through the valley
upė teka slėniu
Raminta is running using the sidewalk
Raminta bėga šaligatviu
Evaldas goes via bicycle
Evaldas važiuoja dviračiu
Evaldas goes via the sidewalk
Evaldas važiuoja šaligatviu
the cat is under the armchair
katė yra po foteliu
the nomad rides the camel
klajoklis joja kupranugariu
(-ys)
a pond
tvenkinys
a frog
varlė
a horse
arklys
to swim
plaukti
a male pupil
mokinys
an elephant
dramblys
a mouse
pelė
a lighthouse
švyturys
the frog is swimming across the pond
varlė plaukia tvenkiniu
to trust, to rely on
pasikliauti
I am traveling to Poland by way of train
aš važiuoju į Lenkiją traukiniu
Natalija rides a horse to Nida
Natalija į Nidą joja arkliu
A ball rolled under the elephant
kamuolys pasirito po drambliu
Antanas likes being a pupil
Antanui patinka būti mokiniu
the ships rely on the lighthouse
laivai pasikliauja švyturiu
(-us)
controller
kontrolierius
director
direktorius
king
karalius
ambassador
ambasadorius
a tram
tramvajus
honey
medus
Algis works as a director
Algis dirba direktoriumi
Algis works as a director
Algis dirba direktorium
the final “i” is often dropped in spoken Lithuanian
Valdemaras works as a controller
Valdemaras dirba kontrolieriumi
Valdemaras works as a controller
Valdemaras dirba kontrolierium
Vilius became king
Vilius tapo karaliumi
Vilius became king
Vilius tapo karalium
Justinas became an ambassador
Justinas tapo ambasadoriumi
Justinas became an ambassador
Justinas tapo ambasadorium
let’s go by tram
važiuokime tramvajumi
Justas sweetened the tea with honey
Justas pasisaldino arbatą medumi
the subway is under the museum
metro randasi po muziejumi
there is a storeroom under the museum
sandėlys yra po muziejumi
masculine nouns that end in –uo decline with the suffix –eniu
akmuo changes to akmeniu
a stone
akmuo
a window
langas
to break
išmušti
natural
natūralus
the key
raktas
the insect
vabzdys
Antanas broke the window with a stone
Antanas išmušė langą su akmeniu
we work with natural stone
dirbame su natūraliu akmeniu
the key is under the stone
raktas yra po akmeniu
the insect lives under the stone
vabzdys gyvena po akmeniu
šuo changes to šuniu or šunimi
to leave on foot
išeiti
to stroll around
vaikštinėti
a pillow
pagalvė
I’m leaving for a walk with the dog
išeinu pasivaikščioti su šuniu
I can talk to my dog
Aš galiu kalbėtis su savo šuniu
I’m walking around with the dog
vaikštau su šuniu
the pillow is under the dog
pagalvė po šuniu
I’m leaving with the dog
išeinu su šunimi
I can talk to my dog
galiu kalbėtis su savo šunimi
I’m walking around with the dog
vaikštau su šunimi
how to spend free time with the dog?
kaip praleisti laisvalaikį su šunimi?
vanduo changes to vandeniu or vandenimi
to dilute
atskiesti
to dilute with water
atskiesti vandeniu
vodka
degtinė
to clean
valyti
to swim
plaukti
a boat
valtis
please don’t dilute the vodka with water
prašom neskiesti degtinės vandeniu
you can clean it with water
galima tai valyti vandeniu
dolphins can swim underwater
delfinai gali plaukti po vandeniu
the duck swims through water
antis plaukia vandeniu
the boat is under water
valtis po vandeniu
please dilute the vodka using water
prašom atskiesti degtinę vandenimi
you can clean it with water
galima tai valyti vandenimi
drink your medicine with water
užsigerkite vaistus vandenimi
the duck swims through water
antis plaukia vandenimi
Great, on the next episode we’ll continue working with more examples of the instrumental case. We’ll see you on the next episode! Ate!
Purse or Curse: Lithuania Turns To Witch To Pursue Deadbeats
http://jonathanturley.org/2009/01/19/purse-or-curse-lithuania-turns-to-witch-to-pursue-deadbeats/
Hi there, I’m Jack and I’m Raminta and welcome back to Lithuanian Out Loud where we offer the world the Lithuanian language.
According to the online article, “Baltic unrest reaches Lithuania,”
(this article recently removed from source – no link available)
Police fired teargas and rubber bullets to keep demonstrators away from the Lithuanian parliament on the 16th of January 2009. Thousands of demonstrators protested the economic situation and the Lithuanian government’s response to the economic crisis sweeping the world today. 15 people were injured and more than 80 were arrested in the violent clashes.
today we’ll continue with our introduction to the instrumental case
the instrumental can also be used to describe a period of time in which something is happening
vocabulary
žodynas
a thing
daiktas
to do sports
sportuoti
at present
šiuo metu
at this time
šiuo metu
nowadays
šiuo metu
during
metu
in the time of
metu
at the moment I’m reading the book, “The Occupation Army in Lithuania”
šiuo metu aš skaitau knygą, „Okupacinė kariuomenė Lietuvoje”
where do you live nowadays?
kur šiuo metu gyveni?
at present I’m working
šiuo metu aš dirbu
which song are you listening to now?
kokią dainą klausote šiuo metu?
nowadays I exercise
šiuo metu aš sportuoju
at this time I’m living in London
šiuo metu aš gyvenu Londone
(on the phone) is Daiva there?
ar čia Daiva?
at the moment Daiva is not
Daivos šiuo metu nėra
in day time
dienos metu
to sleep
miegoti
to go, to take place
vykti
a seminar
seminaras
to do
veikti
I like to sleep during the day
dienos metu aš mėgstu miegoti
the festival takes place in daytime
festivalis vyksta dienos metu
the seminar takes place in daytime
seminaras vyksta dienos metu
what do you do in your free time?
ką veiki savo laisvalaiku?
summer
vasara
to be on vacation
atostogauti
to have a good time
pramogauti
to travel
keliauti
in summer
vasaros metu
in summertime
vasaros metu
in summertime many people vacation
vasaros metu daugelis žmonių atostogauja
in summertime Chicago’s Lithuanians like
Čikagos lietuviai vasaros metu mėgsta
to have a good time
pramogauti
we like to travel America in summer
mėgstame keliauti po Ameriką vasaros metu
winter
žiema
a film
filmas
to happen, to take place, to go
vykti
to sleep
miegoti
second
antras
episode
epizodas
to not swim
nesimaudyti
in wintertime
žiemos metu
don’t swim in wintertime
nesimaudyk žiemos metu
do they all sleep in wintertime?
ar visi jie miega žiemos metu?
the second episode occurs in wintertime
antrasis epizodas vyksta žiemos metu
spring
pavasaris
in springtime
pavasario metu
a conference
konferencija
I’m here in springtime
esu čia pavasario metu
the conference takes place in springtime
konferencija vyksta pavasario metu
the birds return in springtime
paukščiai grįžta pavasario metu
free
laisvas
time
laikas
to do
veikti
to have one’s dinner
papietauti
to visit
aplankyti
to go for a walk
pasivaikščioti
in free time
laisvu laiku
during free time one can take a stroll
laisvu laiku galima pasivaikščioti
what do you do during your free time?
ką veiki savo laisvu laiku?
during free time one can eat dinner
laisvu laiku galima papietauti
during free time one can visit museums
laisvu laiku galima aplankyti muziejus
in time
laiku
in due course
laiku
leisure time
laisvalaikis
in free time
laisvalaikiu
at leisure time
laisvalaikiu
during free time
laisvalaikiu
in free time
laisvu laiku
a garden
sodas
the zoo
zoologijos sodas
to knit
megzti
everything
viskas
will be (future tense of the verb būti)
bus
only
tik
still
dar
in leisure time you can visit the zoo
laisvu laiku galite aplankyti zoologijos sodą
what do you do in your free time?
ką veiki savo laisvu laiku?
during free time Birutė knits
laisvalaikiu Birutė mezga
with time everything will be okay
su laiku viskas bus gerai
with time they will only be better
su laiku jie bus tik dar geresni
ah, everything in due time!
na, viskas su laiku!
maybe with time everything will change
gal su laiku viskas pasikeis
a vacation
kelionė
at vacation time
kelionės metu
during vacation time
kelionės metu
the weather during vacation time was good
oras kelionės metu buvo geras
during vacation time they met many people
kelionės metu jie sutiko daugiau žmonių
the weather during vacation time was bad
oras kelionės metu buvo blogas
we can also use the instrumental for personal descriptions
bald
plikas
head
galva
waist
liemuo
tooth
dantis
leg
koja
chest
krūtinė
hairy
plaukuotas
a back
nugara
a nose
nosis
lip
lūpa
below the eyes
paakiai
a bald headed woman
moteris plika galva
a small waisted woman
moteris mažu liemeniu
a woman with one tooth
moteris su vienu dantimi
a man with a wooden leg
vyras su medine koja
a big chested man
vyras didele krūtine
a man with a hairy back
vyras su plaukuota nugara
a youngster with a flat nose
vaikiūkštis su plokščia nosim
a youngster with a fat lip
vaikiūkštis su stora lūpa
a youngster with a black eye
vaikiūkštis su juodu paakiu
In English after a fight we might refer to a guy’s black eye. In Lithuanian it’s referred to as a black eye socket.
But wait! There’s more! We also use the instrumental case when a sentence describes a change of status. In other words, when something “becomes” something else.
vocabulary:
president
prezidentas / prezidentė
to become
tapti
supervisor
vadovas / vadovė
mother
motina
grandmother
močiutė
tadpole
buožgalvis
frog
varlė
prince
princas
Violeta became president
Violeta tapo prezidente
Violeta became a supervisor
Violeta tapo vadove
Renata became a mother
Renata tapo motina
Renata became a grandmother
Renata tapo močiute
the tadpole changed into a frog
buožgalvis tapo varle
the frog changed into a prince
varlė tapo princu
So, there you have a not so brief explanation of some uses of the instrumental case or įnagininkas. On the next episode we’ll go through many more examples.
Inagininkas Instrumental Case
Hi there, I’m Raminta and I’m Jack and welcome back to Lithuanian Out Loud where we offer the world the Lithuanian language.
According to the article, “June 14, 1940. Why the Russians should apologize.”
On the 14th of June 1940, massive deportations of Lithuanians were started by the Soviet Union. In one week 17,730 people were deported from Lithuania to Russian gulags.
The unfortunate Lithuanians selected for transport were intellectuals and academics, political activists, businessmen and successful farmers, medics, lawyers, military leaders, teachers, and religious leaders.
Families had one hour to collect 100 kilograms of belongings and were transported to any one of 57 train stations. Common cattle cars awaited them for the long trip to Siberia.
The Soviets had planned to deport as much as 50% of the Lithuanian population but the Nazi invasion stopped their plans. Many Lithuanians viewed the Germans as saviors because the German invasion stopped the Russians.
When the Soviets forced the Germans out of Lithuania the deportations resumed. In 1948 alone more than 40,000 Lithuanians were shipped east in cattle cars; 11,066 were children.
Between 1940 and 1953 Lithuania lost one third of its population and the only thing that stopped the mass deportations was the death of Stalin in 1953.
Today, Russia refuses to discuss the matter and ignores Lithuania’s requests for apologies and reparations. Lithuania is requesting, at a minimum, moral recognition of the issue.
We’ve already gone over these declensions:
the nominative
vardininkas
the genitive
kilmininkas
the accusative
galininkas
the locative
vietininkas
the vocative
šauksmininkas
We’ve only got two more declensions remaining and we’ll do one of those today;
įnagininkas – the instrumental case.
In this episode we’ll be throwing a lot of new stuff at you but don’t worry, we’ll give you plenty of examples so you can understand what’s being presented. First off, we’ll go over some concepts. Today’s program is only the first in a series covering the instrumental case.
We use the instrumental case in many different ways. One way is to describe how one is transported, for example; to the restaurant we go by car or Rimantas goes to work by motorcycle. The car is the instrument by which we go to the restaurant and the motorcycle is the instrument by which Rimantas goes to work.
When a noun is declined with įnagininkas or the instrumental case, the noun is the instrument of the sentence. The instrumental case can be viewed as describing “by means of,” “by way of” or “using.”
Let’s go over the different instrumental endings or suffixes using singular nouns. We’ll go over plural nouns in another episode.
First, here are the singular masculine noun endings or suffixes…
singular nouns that end in –as change to –u
singular nouns that end in –is change to –iu
singular nouns that end in –ys change to –iu
singular nouns that end in –us change to –umi
singular nouns that end in –uo can change to – eniu or –enimi
Now the feminine singular noun endings or suffixes…
singular nouns that end in –a change to –a
singular nouns that end in –ė change to –e
singular nouns that end in –is change to –imi
singular nouns that end in –uo, and there’s only one – sesuo, change to –eria
singular nouns that end in –ė, as in duktė, change to –eria or –erimi
before each group of examples we’ll go over some vocabulary
vocabulary žodynas
to travel
keliauti
to go or ride by means of transportation
važiuoti
an automobile
automobilis
a bus
autobusas
Valdemaras travels “by means of” a car Valdemaras keliauja automobiliu Simonas travels “by way of” a car Simonas keliauja automobiliu Diana travels “using” a car Diana keliauja automobiliu
Violeta goes “by means of” a bus Violeta važiuoja autobusu Valentina goes “by way of” a bus Valentina važiuoja autobusu Veronika goes “using” a bus Veronika važiuoja autobusu
The instrumental can also be used to describe movement “by way of,” “by means of,” or “using” a street, a path, a sidewalk, etcetera, or going through a park, a field, a valley, a tunnel, an alley, a river, a sea, a mountain pass, etcetera.
vocabulary žodynas
to go for a walk
pasivaikščioti
to go (on foot)
eiti
a path
takas
a sidewalk
šaligatvis
to swim
plaukti
a river
upė
Algis walks “by means of” the path
Algis eina taku
Giedrius walks “by way of” the path
Giedrius eina taku
Evaldas walks “using” the path
Evaldas eina taku
Justinas goes for a walk “by means of” the sidewalk
Justinas eina pasivaikščioti šaligatviu
Justas goes for a walk “by way of” the sidewalk
Justas eina pasivaikščioti šaligatviu
Neringa goes for a walk “using” the sidewalk
Neringa eina pasivaikščioti šaligatviu
a boat sails via the river
valtis plaukia upe
a ship sails using the river
laivas plaukia upe
a barge sails by means of the river
barža plaukia upe
Now let’s talk about professions. You can say, I am a doctor, or, aš esu gydytojas. I’m a policeman, aš esu policininkas. In these examples we are not using the instrumental case.
Using the instrumental case we would say, I work as a doctor – aš dirbu gydytoju. I work as a policeman – aš dirbu policininku. A profession is the instrument “by way of” or “by means of” a person makes a living. The key word in English here is the word, “as.” I work as a pilot. I work as a teacher.
vocabulary žodynas
a policeman, policewoman
policininkas, policininkė
a pilot
lakūnas, lakūnė
a doctor
gydytojas, gydytoja
a lawyer
teisininkas, teisininkė
a teacher
mokytojas, mokytoja
a commentator
komentatorius, komentatorė
here we’ll compare phrases using vardininkas with phrases using įnagininkas
vardininkas
I am a policeman
aš esu policininkas
įnagininkas
I work “as” a policeman
aš dirbu policininku
vardininkas
I am a pilot
aš esu lakūnas
įnagininkas
I work as a pilot
aš dirbu lakūnu
vardininkas
I am a doctor
aš esu gydytojas
įnagininkas
I work as a doctor
aš dirbu gydytoju
vardininkas
I am a lawyer
aš esu teisininkas
įnagininkas
I want to work “as” a lawyer
aš noriu dirbti teisininku
vardininkas
I am a teacher
aš esu mokytojas
įnagininkas
I want to work “as” a teacher
aš noriu dirbti mokytoju
vardininkas
Justas is a television comentator
Justas yra televizijos komentatorius
įnagininkas
Justas works as a television comentator
Justas dirba televizijos komentatoriumi
vardininkas
Evaldas is a controller
Evaldas yra kontrolierius
įnagininkas
Evaldas works as a controller
Evaldas dirba kontrolieriumi
Some prepositions require the instrumental case such as the word “with” or in Lithuanian – su.
first, here’s some vocabulary
with
su
bacon
šoninė
to travel
keliauti
to eat
valgyti
ice cream
ledai
beef
jautiena
knife
peilis
fork
šakutė
chocolate
šokoladas
ammonia
amoniakas
a shovel
kastuvas
pleasure
malonumas
to eat with a knife and fork
valgyti su peiliu ir šakute
beef with bacon
jautiena su šonine
ice cream with chocolate
ledai su šokoladu
a liquid mixed with ammonia
skystis, sumaišytas su amoniaku
Antanas works with a shovel
Antanas dirba su kastuvu
I can live with Rimantas
galiu gyventi su Rimantu
Diana can travel with Justinas
Diana gali keliauti su Justinu
he works with pleasure
jis dirba su malonumu
Alright, that does it for our introduction to using the instrumental. On the next episode we’ll continue part II of exploring the instrumental case. We’ll see you in 2010. Happy New Year!
June 14, 1940. Why the Russians should apologize
http://irzikevicius.wordpress.com/2008/06/15/june-14-1940-why-the-russians-should-apologies/
Koks Didelis Pasaulis What A Big World
(with special guest-host Antanas)
Hi there, I’m Jack and I’m Antanas and welcome back to Lithuanian Out Loud where we offer the world the Lithuanian language.
Continuing with our description of Lithuanian banknotes, the 100 litas or šimtas litų banknote is decorated with the portrait of Simonas Daukantas who lived from 1793 to 1864. Simonas wrote the first history of Lithuania in the Lithuanian language and he’s credited with creating a sense of national awareness for the Lithuanian people. The reverse of the bill features Vilnius Old Town.
Banknotes of the Lithuanian Litas
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Banknotes_of_the_Lithuanian_litas
Very well done. This is easy. Okay. Have some beer!
Today we continue with koks – not as a question word but more as an expression of surprise or exclamation
you can use koks or kokia to say things like;
what a beautiful dog!
what a tasty wine!
what a big house!
Now for an important point. If you are talking about something specific you can say things like what a beautiful dog, koks gražus šuo or what a tasty wine, koks skanus vynas. But, if you’re talking about something inspecific and you just want to say, how beautiful! or how tasty! then you wouldn’t use koks or kokia. You’d use kaip and add the neuter form of the adjective.
How beautiful, kaip gražu, how tasty, kaip skanu.
Think of it like this. If you’re going to use koks or kokia then you need to know the gender of the object. Kaip is the word for how, like, as, than, as well as some others. Kaip is genderless.
So, if you use koks or kokia which are concerned with gender, use them with masculine or feminine nouns. Kaip doesn’t care about gender, so use the neuter form of the adjective.
how beautiful
kaip gražu
what a beautiful dog
koks gražus šuo
what a beautiful day
kokia graži diena
how tasty
kaip skanu
what a tasty sandwich
koks skanus sumuštinis
what a tasty pizza
kokia skani pica
pradėkime, let’s get started
1) gražus or graži is an adjective that means beautiful
2) bjaurus or bjauri is an adjective that means ugly or nasty
3) didelis or didelė is an adjective that means big
4) mažas or maža is an adjective that means small
5) skanus or skani is an adjective that means tasty or delicious
Koks and kokia have the same meaning. Koks is tied to masculine nouns. Kokia is tied to feminine nouns.
The same goes for the adjectives gražus or graži, bjaurus or bjauri, didelis or didelė, skanus or skani, mažas or maža.
As you might have guessed, the adjective that ends in –s, is masculine.
So, if the noun is masculine we use the masculine adjective.
vocabulary - žodynas
weather
oras
sky or heaven
dangus
sunset
saulėlydis
pimple
spuogas
a word
žodis
war
karas
thing
daiktas
rain
lietus
creature
padaras
pest
kenkėjas
insect
vabzdys
crab
krabas
eel
ungurys
world or universe
pasaulis
spider
voras
elephant
dramblys
dictionary
žodynas
puppy
šuniukas
garden
sodas
salary
atlyginimas
computer
kompiuteris
baby
kūdikis
Oi is a word that expresses surprise, such as, oh! ah! Oi, koks gražus šuo! Oh, what a beautiful dog!
beautiful
gražus
what beautiful weather!
koks gražus oras!
what a beautiful dog!
koks gražus šuo!
what a beautiful morning!
koks gražus rytas!
what a beautiful life!
koks gražus gyvenimas!
what a beautiful evening!
koks gražus vakaras!
whoa, what a beautiful sky!
oi, koks gražus dangus!
how beautiful is Klaipėda’s museum!
koks gražus yra Klaipėdos muziejus!
whoa, what a beautiful sunset!
oi, koks gražus saulėlydis!
whoa, what a beautiful car!
oi, koks gražus automobilis!
whoa, what a beautiful watch!
oi, koks gražus laikrodis!
ugly
bjaurus
what an ugly word!
koks bjaurus žodis!
whoa, what an ugly pimple!
oi, koks bjaurus spuogas!
what an ugly bird!
koks bjaurus paukštis!
what an nasty life!
koks bjaurus gyvenimas!
what an nasty war!
koks bjaurus karas!
what an ugly thing!
koks bjaurus daiktas!
what an ugly rain!
koks bjaurus lietus!
how ugly is today’s weather!
koks bjaurus šiandien oras!
what an ugly creature!
koks bjaurus padaras!
what an ugly pest!
koks bjaurus kenkėjas!
what an ugly insect!
koks bjaurus vabzdys!
delicious
skanus
what a tasty beer!
koks skanus alus!
wow, how tasty is the crab!
oho, koks skanus yra krabas!
what tasty water!
koks skanus vanduo!
how tasty is Lithuanian food!
koks skanus lietuviškas maistas!
how tasty is Italian food!
koks skanus yra itališkas maistas!
whoa, how tasty is the Japanese food!
oi, koks skanus japoniškas maistas!
what a tasty pie!
koks skanus pyragas!
whoa, what a tasty eel!
oi, koks skanus ungurys!
what tasty wine!
koks skanus vynas!
big
didelis
what a big world!
koks didelis pasaulis!
what a big spider!
koks didelis voras!
what a big flat!
koks didelis butas!
what a big elephant!
koks didelis dramblys!
whoa, what a big dog!
oho, koks didelis šuo!
oh, what a big car!
oi, koks didelis automobilis!
oh, what a big house!
oi, koks didelis namas!
oh, what a big room!
oi, koks didelis kambarys!
what a big cepelinas!
koks didelis cepelinas!
small
mažas
what a small world!
koks mažas pasaulis!
what a small dog!
koks mažas šuo!
what a small dictionary!
koks mažas žodynas!
what a small puppy!
koks mažas šuniukas!
what a small room!
koks mažas kambarys!
what a small garden!
koks mažas sodas!
what a small salary!
koks mažas atlyginimas!
what a small computer!
koks mažas kompiuteris!
what a small baby!
koks mažas kūdikis!
Šaunuoliai! Excellent! You made it to the end of another episode! Puiku!
Tai lengva! (That’s easy!)
Good job, Antanai!
Exam 57
Penkiasdešimt septintas egzaminas. This is a quick response episode! We’ll say the word or phrase in English and you say it in Lithuanian – Out Loud! It’s too late for questions, the exam starts now. Ready, set, go! Pasiruošti, dėmesio, marš!
a carrot
morka
carrots
morkos
I am eating a carrot
aš valgau morką
I eat the carrots
aš valgau morkas
I am not eating a carrot
aš nevalgau morkos
I am not eating the carrots
aš nevalgau morkų
a sausage
dešra
sausages
dešros
you are eating a sausage (tu)
tu valgai dešrą
you eat the sausages
valgai dešras
you are not eating a sausage
nevalgai dešros
you do not eat the sausages
nevalgai dešrų
a pizza
pica
pizzas
picos
they are eating a pizza
jie valgo picą
they eat the pizzas
jie valgo picas
they are not eating a pizza
jie nevalgo picos
they are not eating the pizzas
jie nevalgo picų
a potato
bulvė
potatoes
bulvės
he is eating a potato
jis valgo bulvę
he is eating the potatoes
jis valgo bulves
he is not eating a potato
jis nevalgo bulvės
he is not eating the potatoes
jis nevalgo bulvių
a vegetable
daržovė
vegetables
daržovės
she is eating a vegetable
ji valgo daržovę
she eats vegetables
ji valgo daržoves
she is not eating a vegetable
ji nevalgo daržovės
she is not eating the vegetables
ji nevalgo daržovių
Exam 56
Penkiasdešimt šeštas egzaminas This is a quick response episode! We’ll say the word or phrase in English and you say it in Lithuanian – Out Loud! It’s too late for questions, the exam starts now. Ready, set, go! Pasiruošti, dėmesio, marš!
I do not eat
aš nevalgau
you do not eat (tu)
tu nevalgai
he does not eat
jis nevalgo
she does not eat
ji nevalgo
we do not eat
mes nevalgome
you do not eat (jūs)
jūs nevalgote
you all do not eat
jūs nevalgote
they do not eat
jie nevalgo
they do not eat (all females)
jos nevalgo
a banana
bananas
the bananas
bananai
I’m eating a banana
aš valgau bananą
I’m eating the bananas
aš valgau bananus
I’m not eating a banana
aš nevalgau banano
I’m not eating the bananas
aš nevalgau bananų
the mushroom
grybas
the mushrooms
grybai
are you eating a mushroom?
ar tu valgai grybą?
are you eating mushrooms?
ar valgai grybus?
you are not eating a mushroom
nevalgai grybo
you are not eating mushrooms
nevalgai grybų
an egg
kiaušinis
the eggs
kiaušiniai
he is eating an egg
jis valgo kiaušinį
he is eating eggs
jis valgo kiaušinius
he is not eating an egg
jis nevalgo kiaušinio
he is not eating eggs
jis nevalgo kiaušinių
a sandwich or hamburger
sumuštinis
the sandwiches or hamburgers
sumuštiniai
she is eating a sandwich
ji valgo sumuštinį
she’s eating hamburgers
ji valgo sumuštinius
she is not eating a sandwich
ji nevalgo sumuštinio
she is not eating hamburgers
ji nevalgo sumuštinių
an apple
obuolys
the apples
obuoliai
we are eating an apple
mes valgome obuolį
we are eating the apples
mes valgome obuolius
we are not eating an apple
mes nevalgome obuolio
we are not eating apples
mes nevalgome obuolių
a crab
krabas
crabs
krabai
are you eating a crab?
ar jūs valgote krabą?
are you eating crabs?
ar jūs valgote krabus?
you are not eating a crab
jūs nevalgote krabo
you are not eating crabs
jūs nevalgote krabų
eel
ungurys
the eels
unguriai
are you all eating an eel?
ar jūs valgote ungurį?
are you all eating eels?
ar jūs valgote ungurius?
you all are not eating an eel
jūs nevalgote ungurio
you all are not eating eels
jūs nevalgote ungurių
a perch (a species of fish)
ešerys
the perch (plural)
ešeriai
are they eating a perch?
ar jos valgo ešerį?
are they are eating perch?
ar jos valgo ešerius?
they are not eating a perch
jos nevalgo ešerio
they are not eating perch
jos nevalgo ešerių
Koks What Sort Of
Hi there, I’m Raminta and I’m Jack and welcome back to Lithuanian Out Loud where we offer the world the Lithuanian language.
Continuing with our description of Lithuanian banknotes, the fifty litas or penkiasdešimt litų banknote is decorated with the portrait of the national hero and signatory of Lithuania's Declaration of Independence of February 16, 1918, Dr. Jonas Basanavičius who lived from 1851 to 1927. On the reverse of the bill is Vilnius Cathedral, Gediminas Castle, the Hill of Three Crosses, and the Monument to Grand Duke Gediminas.
pradėkime, let’s get started
Koks or kokia mean, what? As in, what sort of…? As in, what is your name or what sort of name do you have? What is your job, or what sort of job do you have? What is your phone number or what sort of phone number do you have?
When you use koks or kokia you’re asking for the characteristics of something; you’re asking for a description of something. Koks tavo hobis? What is your hobby or what are the characteristics of your hobby?
Koks mano hobis? Nežinau. Skiing!
Koks tavo noras? What is your wish? What are the characteristics of your wish or desire?
In the episodes covering koks and kokia we’ll go over a lot of new vocabulary. Don’t worry too much about trying to learn it all. What’s important here is the use of koks and kokia.
vocabulary - žodynas
father
tėvas
mother
motina
phone
telefonas
number
numeris
phone number
telefono numeris
today
šiandien
to eat
valgyti
height
ūgis
electronic mail or email
elektroninis paštas
address
adresas
real/true
tikras
age
amžius
wish/desire
noras
business
reikalas
hobby
hobis
weight
svoris
long
ilgas
work
darbas
weather
oras
you use koks when the subject is masculine
you use kokia when the subject is feminine
vardas is the Lithuanian word for first name
what name?
koks vardas?
what color?
kokia spalva?
On this episode we’ll focus on koks, which is used with masculine nouns. The feminine version – kokia – we’ll do on an upcoming episode.
what’s the weather?
koks oras?
what sort of weather is there?
koks oras?
what’s your name? (familiar)
koks tavo vardas?
what sort of name do you have? (familiar)
koks tavo vardas?
what’s your name? (formal)
koks jūsų vardas?
what sort of name do you have? (formal)
koks jūsų vardas?
what is your phone number? (familiar)
koks tavo telefono numeris?
what is your phone number? (formal)
koks jūsų telefono numeris?
what is your husband’s name? (familiar)
koks tavo vyro vardas?
what is your husband’s name? (formal)
koks jūsų vyro vardas?
what is your wife’s name? (familiar)
koks tavo žmonos vardas?
what is your wife’s name? (formal)
koks jūsų žmonos vardas?
what is your father’s name? (familiar)
koks tavo tėvo vardas?
what is your father’s name? (formal)
koks jūsų tėvo vardas?
what is your mother’s name? (familiar)
koks tavo motinos vardas?
what is your mother’s name? (formal)
koks jūsų motinos vardas?
what is your dog’s name? (familiar)
koks tavo šuns vardas?
what is your dog’s name? (formal)
koks jūsų šuns vardas?
what’s the weather in Lithuania?
koks oras Lietuvoje?
what’s the weather in Vilnius?
koks oras Vilniuje?
what’s the weather in Chicago?
koks oras Čikagoje?
what’s the weather like today?
koks šiandien oras?
what’s the weather like today?
koks oras šiandien?
what is your height?
koks tavo ūgis?
what is your email address?
koks tavo elektroninio pašto adresas?
what is your real name?
koks tavo tikras vardas?
what’s your address?
koks tavo adresas?
what’s your age?
koks tavo amžius?
what’s your wish?
koks tavo noras?
and, what’s your business?
o koks tavo reikalas?
what’s your hobby?
koks tavo hobis?
what’s your weight?
koks tavo svoris?
what’s the length?
koks ilgis?
what is your job?
koks tavo/jūsų darbas?
what is your car like?
koks tavo automobilis?
what are the characteristics of your car?
koks tavo automobilis?
my car is black
mano automobilis yra juodas
what is your house like?
koks tavo namas?
my house is small
mano namas yra mažas
what is your dog like?
koks tavo šuo?
my dog is big
mano šuo yra didelis
what is your job like?
koks tavo darbas?
my job is hard
mano darbas yra sunkus
what is the restaurant like?
koks restoranas?
the restaurant is great
restoranas yra puikus
Puiku! Excellent! You made it to the end of another episode! Puiku!
Banknotes of the Lithuanian Litas
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Banknotes_of_the_Lithuanian_litas
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Exam 55
Penkiasdešimt penktas egzaminas. This is a quick response episode! We’ll say the word or phrase in English and you say it in Lithuanian – Out Loud! It’s too late for questions, the exam starts now. Ready, set, go! Pasiruošti, dėmesio, marš!
I eat
aš valgau
you eat (tu)
tu valgai
he eats
jis valgo
she eats
ji valgo
we eat
mes valgome
you eat (jūs)
jūs valgote
you all eat
jūs valgote
they eat (masculine)
jie valgo
they eat (feminine)
jos valgo
a banana
bananas
bananas
bananai
the bananas
bananai
I’m eating a banana
aš valgau bananą
I’m eating the bananas
aš valgau bananus
a mushroom
grybas
the mushrooms
grybai
are you eating a mushroom?
ar tu valgai grybą?
are you eating mushrooms?
ar valgai grybus?
an egg
kiaušinis
the eggs
kiaušiniai
he is eating an egg
jis valgo kiaušinį
he is eating eggs
jis valgo kiaušinius
a sandwich or hamburger
sumuštinis
the sandwiches or hamburgers
sumuštiniai
she is eating a sandwich
ji valgo sumuštinį
she’s eating hamburgers
ji valgo sumuštinius
an apple
obuolys
the apples
obuoliai
we are eating an apple
mes valgome obuolį
we are eating the apples
mes valgome obuolius
a crab
krabas
crabs
krabai
are you eating a crab?
ar jūs valgote krabą?
are you eating crabs?
ar jūs valgote krabus?
an eel
ungurys
the eels
unguriai
are you all eating an eel?
ar jūs valgote ungurį?
are you all eating eels?
ar jūs valgote ungurius?
a perch
ešerys
the perch (plural)
ešeriai
are they eating a perch?
ar jos valgo ešerį?
are they are eating perch? (plural) (feminine)
ar jos valgo ešerius?
Exam 54
Penkiasdešimt ketvirtas egzaminas. This is a quick response episode! We’ll say the word or phrase in English and you say it in Lithuanian – Out Loud! It’s too late for questions, the exam starts now. Ready, set, go! Pasiruošti, dėmesio, marš!
a new car
naujas automobilis
a new flat
naujas butas
a new house
naujas namas
a new restaurant
naujas restoranas
a new coffee shop
nauja kavinė
a new book
nauja knyga
a new song
nauja daina
a new day
nauja diena
to come back flying
parskristi
I flew back like the wind
parskridau kaip vėjas
I can’t wait
negaliu sulaukti
I can’t wait for tomorrow
negaliu sulaukti rytojaus
tomorrow
rytoj
tomorrow I will drive to the park
rytoj aš važiuosiu į parką
tomorrow I will drive to the city
rytoj aš važiuosiu į miestą
tomorrow I will drive to work
rytoj aš važiuosiu į darbą
tomorrow I will drive to Vilnius
rytoj aš važiuosiu į Vilnių
tomorrow I will drive to Klaipėda
rytoj aš važiuosiu į Klaipėdą
to go for a walk, to go for a stroll
pasivaikščioti
I want to go for a stroll
aš noriu pasivaikščioti
do you want to go for a stroll?
ar nori pasivaikščioti?
would you like to go for a stroll?
ar norėtum pasivaikščioti?
let’s go for a walk with the dog
pasivaikščiokim su šuneliu
tomorrow I will travel to Klaipėda
rytoj važiuosiu į Klaipėdą
tomorrow I will travel to Vilnius
rytoj važiuosiu į Vilnių
tomorrow I will travel to Trakai
rytoj važiuosiu į Trakus
tomorrow I will travel to Šiauliai
rytoj važiuosiu į Šiaulius
tradition
tradicija
Lithuanians have such a tradtion
Lietuviai turi tokią tradiciją
to buy
pirkti, nusipirkti
to open
atidaryti
champagne
šampanas
a champagne bottle
šampano butelis
to open a champagne bottle
atidaryti šampano butelį
to water, to wet something in celebration
aplaistyti
to wet an automobile in celebration
aplaistyti automobilį
to wet an automobile in celebration with champagne
aplaistyti automobiliį šampanu
Plonas Vyras A Thin Man
Today we’ll do a quick introduction to many new adjectives. In this episode we’ll pick an adjective and then we’ll combine the adjective with a masculine singular noun, a feminine singular noun, a plural masculine noun, a plural feminine noun and finally the neuter adjective, if there is one.
fat
storas
a fat bull
storas bulius
a fat cow
stora karvė
fat bulls
stori buliai
fat cows
storos karvės
neuter form
stora
how fat
kaip stora
thin
plonas
a thin man
plonas vyras
a thin woman
plona moteris
thin men
ploni vyrai
thin women
plonos moterys
neuter form
plona
how thin
kaip plona
striped
dryžuotas
a striped suit
dryžuotas kostiumas
a striped cat
dryžuota katė
striped suits
dryžuoti kostiumai
striped cats
dryžuotos katės
neuter form
dryžuota
how striped
kaip dryžuota
cheap
pigus
a cheap ticket
pigus bilietas
a cheap book
pigi knyga
cheap tickets
pigūs bilietai
cheap books
pigios knygos
neuter form
pigu
how cheap
kaip pigu
expensive
brangus
an expensive motorcycle
brangus motociklas
an expensive car
brangi mašina
expensive motorcycles
brangūs motociklai
expensive cars
brangios mašinos
neuter form
brangu
how expensive
kaip brangu
strong
stiprus
a strong man
stiprus vyras
a strong woman
stipri moteris
strong men
stiprūs vyrai
strong women
stiprios moterys
neuter form
stipru
how strong
kaip stipru
weak
silpnas
a weak man
silpnas vyras
a weak woman
silpna moteris
weak men
silpni vyrai
weak women
silpnos moterys
neuter form
silpna
how weak
kaip silpna
long
ilgas
a long road
ilgas kelias
a long journey
ilga kelionė
long roads
ilgi keliai
long journeys
ilgos kelionės
neuter form
ilga
how long
kaip ilga
short
trumpas
a short road
trumpas kelias
a short journey
trumpa kelionė
short roads
trumpi keliai
short journeys
trumpos kelionės
neuter form
trumpa
how short
kaip trumpa
full, complete
pilnas
a full cup
pilnas puodelis
a full plate
pilna lėkštė
full cups
pilni puodeliai
full plates
pilnos lekštės
neuter form
pilna
how full
kaip pilna
empty
tuščias
an empty stomach
tuščias skrandis
an empty wallet
tuščia piniginė
empty stomachs
tušči skrandžiai
empty wallets
tuščios piniginės
neuter form
tuščia
how empty
kaip tuščia
ugly, nasty
bjaurus
a nasty war
bjaurus karas
an ugly mask
bjauri kaukė
nasty wars
bjaurūs karai
ugly masks
bjaurios kaukės
neuter form
bjauru
how ugly
kaip bjauru
low
žemas
a low bridge
žemas tiltas
a low branch
žema šaka
low bridges
žemi tiltai
low branches
žemos šakos
neuter form
žema
how low
kaip žema
high
aukštas
a high balcony
aukštas balkonas
a high temperature
aukšta temperatūra
high balconies
aukšti balkonai
high temperatures
aukštos temperatūros
neuter form
aukšta
how high
kaip aukšta
cheerful, joyful
linksmas
a cheerful guy
linksmas vaikinas
a joyful childhood
linksma vaikystė
cheerful guys
linksmi vaikinai
joyful childhoods
linksmos vaikystės
neuter form
linksma
how cheerful
kaip linksma
sad
liūdnas
a sad life
liūdnas gyvenimas
a sad fairytale
liūdna pasaka
sad lives
liūdni gyvenimai
sad fairytales
liūdnos pasakos
neuter form
liūdna
how sad
kaip liūdna
clean
švarus
a clean face
švarus veidas
a clean car
švari mašina
clean faces
švarūs veidai
clean cars
švarios mašinos
neuter form
švaru
how clean
kaip švaru
dirty, filthy
purvinas
a dirty room
purvinas kambarys
a dirty kitchen
purvina virtuvė
dirty rooms
purvini kambariai
dirty kitchens
purvinos virtuvės
neuter form
purvina
how dirty
kaip purvina
fashionable
madingas
a fashionable men’s suit
madingas kostiumas
a fashionable purse
madinga rankinė
fashionable men’s suits
madingi kostiumai
fashionable purses
madingios rankinės
neuter form
madinga
how fashionable
kaip madinga
easy
lengvas
an easy task
lengvas uždavinys
an easy lesson
lengva pamoka
easy tasks
lengvi uždaviniai
easy lessons
lengvos pamokos
neuter form
lengva
how easy
kaip lengva
satiated “full”
sotus
a satiated man
sotus vyras
a satiated woman
soti moteris
satiated men
sotūs vyrai
satiated women
sočios moterys
neuter form
sotu
how full
kaip sotu
hungry
alkanas
a hungry male teenager
alkanas paauglys
a hungry female teenager
alkana paauglė
hungry male teenagers
alkani paaugliai
hungry female teenagers
alkanos paauglės
neuter form
alkana
spicy
pikantiškas
a spicy sandwich
pikantiškas sumuštinis
a spicy pizza
pikantiška pica
spicy sandwiches
pikantiški sumuštiniai
spicy pizzas
pikantiškos picos
neuter form
pikantiška
how spicy
kaip pikantiška
soft
švelnus
a soft sweater
švelnus megztinis
a soft bed
švelni lova
soft sweaters
švelnūs megztiniai
soft beds
švelnios lovos
neuter form
švelnu
how soft
kaip švelnu
comfortable
patogus
a comfortable bench
patogus suolas
a comfortable chair
patogi kėdė
comfortable benches
patogūs suolai
comfortable chairs
patogios kėdės
neuter form
patogu
how comfortable
kaip patogu
big, large
didelis
a big house
didelis namas
a big chair
didelė kėdė
big houses
dideli namai
big chairs
didelės kėdės
neuter form
none
Šaunuoliai! Excellent! You made it to the end of another episode! Puiku!
Exam 53
Penkiasdešimt trečias egzaminas. This is a quick response episode! We’ll say the word or phrase in English and you say it in Lithuanian – Out Loud! It’s too late for questions, the exam starts now. Ready, set, go! Pasiruošti, dėmesio, marš!
my day was long
mano diena buvo ilga
my day was short
mano diena buvo trumpa
to go (by means of transportation)
važiuoti
I went to Klaipėda by bus
važiavau į Klaipėdą autobusu
I went to Klaipėda by car
važiavau į Klaipėdą mašina
I went to Klaipėda by train
važiavau į Klaipėdą traukiniu
I went to Klaipėda by bicycle
važiavau į Klaipėdą dviračiu
(risky business)
I went to Vilnius by bus
važiavau į Vilnių autobusu
I went to Vilnius by car
važiavau į Vilnių mašina
a stay, as in a visit
viešnagė
to call on, to visit
aplankyti
I called on my brother
aplankiau savo brolį
I called on my brothers
aplankiau savo brolius
I called on my mother
aplankiau savo mamą
I called on my father
aplankiau savo tėvą
I visited my parents
aplankiau savo tėvus
I visited my sister
aplankiau savo seserį
I visited my sisters
aplankiau savo seseris
I returned to Vilnius
grįžau į Vilnių
to take, to get
pasiimti
I took from a friend the dog
pasiėmiau iš draugės šunį
to register
registruoti
I registered the car
registravau mašiną
to return, to come back
grįžti
I’ll be back
sugrįšiu
I’ll be right back
tuoj sugrįšiu / tuoj grįšiu
to return home
grįžti namo
I returned home
grįžau namo
I returned to Vilnius
grįžau į Vilnių
I returned to Klaipėda
grįžau į Klaipėdą
I returned to Kaunas
grįžau į Kauną
happy
laimingas, laiminga
I’m happy (male)
aš laimingas
I’m happy (female)
aš laiminga
so, such
toks, tokia
I’m so happy (male)
aš toks laimingas
I’m so happy (female)
aš tokia laiminga
that is such a pleasure!
tai toks malonumas!
joy, happiness
džiaugsmas
I’m joyful (female)
aš džiaugiuosi
I’m joyful (male)
aš džiaugiuosi
Lithuanian Out Loud 0175 - Exam 52
Penkiasdešimt antras egzaminas. This is a quick response episode! We’ll say the word or phrase in English and you say it in Lithuanian – Out Loud! It’s too late for questions, the exam starts now. Ready, set, go! Pasiruošti, dėmesio, marš!
city
miestas
cities
miestai
town
miestelis
towns
miesteliai
village
kaimas
villages
kaimai
to live
gyventi
life
gyvenimas
settlement
gyvenviet
settlements
gyvenviets
where are you from? (jus)
iš kur jus esate?
where are you from? (tu)
iš kur tu esi?
where is he from?
iš kur jis yra?
where is she from?
iš kur ji yra?
where are you all from?
iš kur jus esate?
where are they from? (masculine)
iš kur jie yra?
where are they from? (feminine)
iš kur jos yra?
I’m from Šiauliai
aš iš Šiauliu
I’m from Trakai
aš iš Traku
I’m from Druskininkai
aš iš Druskininku
I’m from Mažeikiai
aš iš Mažeikiu
where is he from?
iš kur jis yra?
he’s from Kdainiai
jis yra iš Kdainiu
where is she from?
iš kur ji yra?
she’s from Biržai
ji yra iš Biržu
where are you all from?
iš kur jus esate?
sorry, where are we from?
atleiskite, iš kur mes esame?
yes, where are you all from?
taip, iš kur jus esate?
oh, we’re from Raseiniai
o, mes esame iš Raseiniu
where are they from? (masculine)
iš kur jie yra?
they’re from Anykšciai
jie yra iš Anykšciu
where are they from? (feminine)
iš kur jos yra?
they’re from Prienai
jos yra iš Prienu
where are you from? (jus)
iš kur jus esate?
I’m from Zarasai
aš iš Zarasu
I’m from Moltai
aš iš Moltu
I’m from Švencionliai
aš iš Švencionliu
I’m from Šakiai
aš iš Šakiu
I’m from Šalcininkai
aš iš Šalcininku
Pilkas Vilkas A Gray Wolf
Today we’ll do a quick introduction to many new adjectives. In this episode we’ll pick an adjective and then we’ll combine the adjective with a masculine singular noun, a feminine singular noun, a plural masculine noun, a plural feminine noun and finally the neuter adjective, if there is one.
yellow
geltonas
a yellow banana
geltonas bananas
a yellow dress
geltona suknelė
yellow bananas
geltoni bananai
yellow dresses
geltonos suknelės
neuter form
geltona
how yellow!
kaip geltona!
brown
rudas
a brown sack
rudas maišas
a brown dress
ruda suknelė
brown sacks
rudi maišai
brown dresses
rudos suknelės
neuter form
ruda
how brown!
kaip ruda!
orange
oranžinis
an orange robe
oranžinis chalatas
an orange flower
oranžinė gėlė
orange robes
oranžiniai chalatai
orange flowers
oranžinės gėlės
neuter form
none
gray
pilkas
a gray wolf
pilkas vilkas
a gray swan
pilka gulbė
gray wolves
pilki vilkai
gray swans
pilkos gulbės
neuter form
pilka
young
jaunas
a young rabbit
jaunas triušis
a young pig
jauna kiaulė
young rabbits
jauni triušiai
young pigs
jaunos kiaulės
neuter form
jauna
how young!
kaip jauna!
old
senas
an old city
senas miestas
an old country
sena šalis
old cities
seni miestai
old countries
senos šalys
neuter form
sena
how old!
kaip sena!
single-colored
vienspalvis
a single-colored necktie
vienspalvis kaklaraištis
a single-colored blouse
vienspalvė bliuzelė
single-colored neckties
vienspalvai kaklaraisčiai
single-colored blouses
vienspalvės bliuzelės
neuter form
none
silver
sidabrinis
a silver coin
sidabrinis pinigas
a silver plate
sidabrinė lėkštė
silver coins
sidabriniai pinigai
silver plates
sidabrinės lėkštės
neuter form
none
amazing
nuostabus
an amazing story
nuostabus apsakymas
an amazing day
nuostabi diena
amazing stories
nuostabūs apsakymai
amazing days
nuostabios dienos
neuter form
nuostabu
how amazing!
kaip nuostabu!
bad
blogas
a bad movie
blogas filmas
a bad situation
bloga situacija
bad movies
blogi filmai
bad situations
blogos situacijos
neuter form
bloga
how bad!
kaip bloga!
terrible
baisus
a terrible decision
baisus sprendimas
a terrible idea
baisi idėja
terrible decisions
baisūs sprendimai
terrible ideas
baisios idėjos
neuter form
baisu
how terrible!
kaip baisu!
slippery
slidus
a slippery eel
slidus ungurys
a slippery street
slidi gatvė
slippery eels
slidūs unguriai
slippery streets
slidžios gatvės
neuter form
slidu
how slippery
kaip slidu!
difficult
sunkus
a difficult test
sunkus testas
a difficult language
sunki kalba
difficult tests
sunkūs testai
difficult languages
sunkios kalbos
neuter form
sunku
how difficult!
kaip sunku!
pink
rausvas
a pink house
rausvas namas
a pink flower
rausva gėlė
pink houses
rausvi namai
pink flowers
rausvos gėlės
neuter form
rausva
how pink!
kaip rausva!
wide
platus
a wide ocean
platus vandenynas
a wide bay
plati įlanka
wide oceans
platūs vandenynai
wide bays
plačios įlankos
neuter form
platu
how wide!
kaip platu!
narrow
siauras
a narrow sidewalk
siauras šaligatvis
a narrow street
siaura gatvė
narrow sidewalks
siauri šaligatviai
narrow streets
siaurios gatvės
neuter form
siaura
how narrow!
kaip siaura!
dry
sausas
a dry towel
sausas rankšluostis
a dry summer
sausa vasara
dry towels
sausi rankšluosčiai
dry summers
sausos vasaros
neuter form
sausa
how dry!
kaip sausa!
clear
aiškus
a clear view
aiškus vaizdas
a clear day
aiški diena
clear views
aiškūs vaizdai
clear days
aiškios dienos
neuter form
aišku
how clear!
kaip aišku!
iron
geležinis
an iron key
geležinis raktas
an iron statue
geležinė statula
iron keys
geležiniai raktai
iron statues
geležinės statulos
neuter form
none
violet
violetinis
a violet sweater
violetinis megztinis
a violet uniform
violetinė uniforma
violet sweaters
violetiniai megztiniai
violet uniforms
violetinės uniformos
neuter form
none
flat
lygus
a flat road
lygus kelias
a flat meadow
lygi pieva
flat roads
lygūs keliai
flat meadows
lygios pievos
neuter form
lygu
how flat!
kaip lygu
golden
auksinis
a golden pond
auksinis tvenkinys
a golden field
auksinė pieva
golden ponds
auksiniai tvenkiniai
golden fields
auksinės pievos
neuter form
none
Šaunuoliai! Excellent! You made it to the end of another episode! Puiku!
Exam 51
Penkiasdešimt pirmas egzaminas. This is a quick response episode! We’ll say the word or phrase in English and you say it in Lithuanian – Out Loud! It’s too late for questions, the exam starts now. Ready, set, go! Pasiruošti, dėmesio, marš!
factory
gamykla
production
gamyba
company
kompanija
hive
avilys
wax
vaškas
swarm
spiečius
equipment
įranga
workshop
dirbtuvė
association
asociacija
portrait
portretas
children
vaikai
catalog
katalogas
the car
mašina
the cars
mašinos
the car factory
mašinų gamykla
the car production
mašinų gamyba
the car company
mašinų kompanija
a sculpture
skulptūra
sculptures
skulptūros
the sculpture museum
skulptūrų muziejus
sculpture park
skulptūrų parkas
a bee
bitė
the bees
bitės
the bee’s hive or beehive
bičių avilys
bee’s wax
bičių vaškas
bee’s swarm
bičių spiečius
the store
parduotuvė
the stores
parduotuvės
the stores’ location
parduotuvių vieta
the stores’ catalog
parduotuvių katalogas
woman
moteris
women
moterys
women’s basketball
moterų krepšinis
women’s health
moterų sveikata
women’s restroom
moterų tualetas
a country
šalis
the countries
šalys
the countries‘ history
šalių istorija
the countries‘ culture
šalių kultūra
the countries‘ territory
šalių teritorija
a rowboat
valtis
boats
valtys
the boats’ equipment
valčių įranga
the boats’ workshop
valčių dirbtuvė
the boats’ color
valčių spalva
a daughter
duktė
daughters
dukterys
the daughters‘ family
dukterų šeima
the daughters‘ portrait
dukterų portretas
sister
sesuo
sisters
seserys
the sisters‘ children
seserų vaikai
the sisters‘ portrait
seserų portretas
Exam 50
Penkiasdešimtas egzaminas. This is a quick response episode! We’ll say the word or phrase in English and you say it in Lithuanian – Out Loud! It’s too late for questions, the exam starts now. Ready, set, go! Pasiruošti, dėmesio, marš!
an apple
obuolys
apples
obuoliai
apple pie
obuolių pyragas
apple juice
obuolių sultys
an actor
aktorius
actors
aktoriai
the actors‘ group
aktorių grupė
the actors‘ school
aktorių mokykla
a museum
muziejus
museums
muziejai
the museums’ director
muziejų direktorius
the museums’ association
muziejų asociacija
a stone
akmuo
the stones
akmenys
the stones’ location
akmenų vieta
the stones’ color
akmenų spalva
the dog
šuo
the dogs
šunys
the dog exhibition
šunų paroda
the dog park
šunų aikštelė
automobile
automobilis
automobiles
automobiliai
the car club
automobilų klubas
the car museum
automobilų muziejus
the ticket
bilietas
tickets
bilietai
ticket booth
bilietų kasa
ticket collector
bilietų kontrolierius
ticket price
bilietų kaina
bus
autobusas
buses
autobusai
the bus station
autobusų stotis
a bird
paukštis
birds
paukščiai
bird sanctuary
paukščių šventovė
bird flu
paukščių gripas
Hi, this is Jack and welcome back to Lithuanian Out Loud where we offer the world the Lithuanian language.
We’ve already explained the Lithuanian concept of White Crows. Just as a reminder, a White Crow is a person who is different. Crows are normally black, so a white crow would stand out in a crowd. This would be maybe an outsider; someone who doesn’t fit into a group of average people.
Alright! Now, here is the fourth and final episode of our series with Ingrida. We’ll play the interview question and then break it all down. Then we’ll play it again and after that we’ll play the entire interview with Ingrida without any breaks. If you’ve been studying this series, you should be able to understand quite a bit. Here we go…
Kaip galėtum apibūdinti posakį „Baltos varnos“?
„Baltos varnos“, turi omeny... „Baltos varnos“ kada sako moterys apie vyrus, ar vyrai apie moteris, ar..?
O gali bet kaip, su kuo Tau asociuojasi, Tau pačiai – „Baltos varnos“?
Paprasčiausiai tos „Baltos varnos“ tai turbūt yra tas posakis kilęs iš lietuvių kultūros,
na galbūt ir iš kitų tautų yra, bet šiuo atveju tai yra iš lietuvių kultūros „Baltos varnos“.
Reiškia tu kitokia, tu kitaip mąstai, tu netaip kaip visi daro,
elgiasi...ar nori to kaip ir visi nori, tu kažko nori kito. Tai reiškia Tu jau netokia
kaip ir visos tos varnos, tai jos yra baltos. Bet ištikrųjų tai aš sakyčiau čia daugiau lietuvių kultūrai būdinga.
Šaunu Ingrida, ačiū labai už pokalbį.
Prašau
Buvo labai įdomu ir ištikrųjų malonu pabendrauti
Labai malonu buvo atsakyti į šiuos kelis klausimus
Ačiū, gero vakaro
Ačiū taip pat
Ah, so this is Baltos Varnos…
Baltos Varnos…
I don’t have all of the stuff we normally do; I’ll just add it later.
That’s okay, we can do it right now.
Baltos varnos – jos.
Kodėl ne jie?
Nežinau.
Jos – Baltos varnos.
It’s not fair. It’s jos – Baltos varnos. Feminine!
That’s true.
It’s all about fair.
I feel it in the air.
In the air, that’s nice.
Kaip galėtum apibūdinti posakį „Baltos varnos“?
How could you define the expression, “White Crows?“
„Baltos varnos“, turi omeny... „Baltos varnos“ kada sako moterys apie vyrus, ar vyrai apie moteris, ar..?
“White crows,“ you have in mind... “White crows,“ what women say about men or men say about women?
O gali bet kaip, su kuo Tau asociuojasi, Tau pačiai – „Baltos varnos“?
Oh it can be whatever, with what do you associate, “White Crows?“
Paprasčiausiai tos „Baltos varnos“ tai turbūt yra tas posakis kilęs iš lietuvių kultūros,
Merely that, “White Crows“ it presumably is that phrase from Lithuanian culture,
na galbūt ir iš kitų tautų yra, bet šiuo atveju tai yra iš lietuvių kultūros „Baltos varnos“.
oh maybe it is from some people, but in this instance it is from Lithuanian culture “White Crows.“
Reiškia tu kitokia, tu kitaip mąstai, tu netaip kaip visi daro,
It means you are different, you think differently, you aren‘t like everyone,
elgiasi...ar nori to kaip ir visi nori, tu kažko nori kito. Tai reiškia Tu jau netokia
demeanor...or you want something everybody wants, you want something different. This means you are not the same
kaip ir visos tos varnos, tai jos yra baltos. Bet ištikrųjų tai aš sakyčiau čia daugiau lietuvių kultūrai būdinga.
like all these crows, they are white. But really that I would say here more a Lithuanian cultural characteristic.
Šaunu Ingrida, ačiū labai už pokalbį.
Great Ingrida, thank you very much for your conversation.
Prašau
You‘re welcome
Buvo labai įdomu ir ištikrųjų malonu pabendrauti
It was very interesting and a truly pleasurable interaction
Labai malonu buvo atsakyti į šiuos kelis klausimus
It was a great pleasure to answer the several questions
Ačiū, gero vakaro
Thank you, good evening
Ačiū taip pat
Thank you also
Alright, now let’s go through some examples.
how could you describe this situation?
Kaip galėtum apibūdinti šią situaciją?
how could you describe this movie?
Kaip galėtum apibūdinti šį filmą?
to define
apibūdinti
a phrase
posakis
an expression
posakis
a saying
posakis
How could you define the expression, “White Crows?”
Kaip galėtum apibūdinti posakį „Baltos varnos“?
Oh, you can whatever...
O gali bet kaip...
to associate
asociuojasi (asocijuotis)
whatever
bet kaip
to herself
pačiai sau
merely
paprasčiausiai
mere
paprasčiausias
it’s a mere miracle
tai paprasčiausias stebuklas
yourself
Tau pačiai
native
kilęs
well…
na…
come, come…
na, na…
now, now…
na, na…
oh boy…
oho, na…
oh brother…
oho, na…
come! It can’t be
na!, negali būti!
there, there, don’t mope!
na, na, nesriūbauk!;
come , come, don’t get angry!
na, na, nepyk!
well now!
na ir kas!
may
galbūt
might
galbūt
maybe
galbūt
perhaps
galbūt
he may leave tonight
galbūt ji išvyks šiąnakt
people
tauta
nation
tauta
race
tauta
The United Nations
Jungtinės Tautos
hereto
šiuo
therewith
šiuo
hereby
šiuo
in this situation
šioje situacijoje
in this case she should go home
šiuo atveju ji turėtų važiuoti namo
in this case she will die from boredom
šiuo atveju ji mirs iš nuobodulio
other
kitoks
years ago he was different
prieš metus jis buvo kitoks
other
kitaip
otherwise
kitaip
differently
kitaip
to think otherwise
galvoti kitaip
hurry up or you will be late
skubėkite, kitaip pavėluosite
thought
mąstymas
contemplation
mąstymas
to think
mąstyti
to contemplate
mąstyti
I don’t like your behavior
man nepatinka tavo elgesys
conduct
elgesys
demeanor
elgesys
something
kažkas
somebody
kažkas
something is wrong
kažkas ne taip
you want something else
tu kažko nori kito
really
ištikrųjų
characteristic
būdingas
I don’t like to communicate with you
man nepatinka bendrauti su tavimi
to socialize
bendrauti
to communicate
bendrauti
I have a few questions
aš turiu kelis klausimus
several
kelis
several questions
keli klausimai
Great! Now let’s listen to this conversation once more. Then we’ll play back all the four parts of this series with Ingrida.
Kaip galėtum apibūdinti posakį „Baltos varnos“?
„Baltos varnos“, turi omeny... „Baltos varnos“ kada sako moterys apie vyrus, ar vyrai apie moteris, ar..?
O gali bet kaip, su kuo Tau asociuojasi, Tau pačiai – „Baltos varnos“?
Paprasčiausiai tos „Baltos varnos“ tai turbūt yra tas posakis kilęs iš lietuvių kultūros,
na galbūt ir iš kitų tautų yra, bet šiuo atveju tai yra iš lietuvių kultūros „Baltos varnos“.
Reiškia tu kitokia, tu kitaip mąstai, tu netaip kaip visi daro,
elgiasi...ar nori to kaip ir visi nori, tu kažko nori kito. Tai reiškia Tu jau netokia
kaip ir visos tos varnos, tai jos yra baltos. Bet ištikrųjų tai aš sakyčiau čia daugiau lietuvių kultūrai būdinga.
Šaunu Ingrida, ačiū labai už pokalbį.
Prašau
Buvo labai įdomu ir ištikrųjų malonu pabendrauti
Labai malonu buvo atsakyti į šiuos kelis klausimus
Ačiū, gero vakaro
Ačiū taip pat
And now, here’s Ingrida’s entire interview with Raminta...
Hi there, I’m Jack and welcome back to Lithuanian Out Loud where we offer the world the Lithuanian language.
Today we’ll continue with the interviews Raminta made at a Lithuanian party with Ingrida. This will be part three. The last episode with Ingrida, part IV, will probably be our next podcast. In the background you can hear lots of frogs in a nearby pond, music and people talking. In this interview Raminta is asking Ingrida another question. Keep in mind Ingrida has no idea what Raminta is going to ask her.
As I record this introduction, Raminta is in Istanbul, Turkey. Raminta and I recorded this episode quickly just before she left. Now, on with Ingrida’s thoughts. Enjoy!
Kokie tau yra trys svarbiausi kriterijai vyre, kurie turėtų būti? Ar charakterio savybės, ar...
Na pirmiausia tai vėlgi aš pasakyčiau yra protas.
Protas?
Protas, protas ir dar kartą protas.
Ir viskas tame pasakyta.
Vyras turi būti protingas.
Jis bus protingas, jis bus mielas, jis bus išradingas, jis bus visu tuo ko tau reikia.
Žinoma jeigu tu būsi tam tikro lygio su juo.
Žiūrint kokio tau vyro proto reikia, čia nuo tavęs irgi asmeniškai priklauso.
Ir toks dabar klausimas čia, gal ištikrųjų pamąstymui daugiau, kas tau svarbiausia gyvenime?
Supratimas kito žmogaus, vertinimas, pagarba.
Gal netgi sakyčiau pagarba pirmoj vietoj. Nes jeigu tu gerbsi žmogų, tu jį suprasi, tu jį vertinsi.
Netgi jeigu tu klaidų padarysi gyvenime tas žmogus tau atleis paprasčiausiai
Todėl, kad jis supras
Todėl, kad jis supras, žinoma tu neturi tuo naudotis
Alright, now let‘s translate the conversation and then we‘ll break down many of the words and use them in examples.
Kokie tau yra trys svarbiausi kriterijai vyre, kurie turėtų būti? Ar charakterio savybės, ar...
What for you are the three most important criteria in a man, he would have, or characteristic feature, or...
Na pirmiausia tai vėlgi aš pasakyčiau yra protas.
Oh, first of all that again I would say is intellect.
Protas?
Intellect?
Protas, protas ir dar kartą protas.
Intellect, intellect and once more intellect.
Ir viskas tame pasakyta.
And therein is said everything.
Vyras turi būti protingas.
A man has to be intelligent.
Jis bus protingas, jis bus mielas, jis bus išradingas, jis bus visu tuo ko tau reikia.
He will be intelligent, he will be nice, he will be inventive, he will be everything that you need.
Žinoma jeigu tu būsi tam tikro lygio su juo.
Of course if you will be at the same level with him.
Žiūrint kokio tau vyro proto reikia, čia nuo tavęs irgi asmeniškai priklauso.
It depends what man‘s intelligence you need, this also depends personally on you.
Ir toks dabar klausimas čia, gal ištikrųjų pamąstymui daugiau, kas tau svarbiausia gyvenime?
And now such a question here perhaps really to think some more, what to you is most important in life?
Supratimas kito žmogaus, vertinimas, pagarba.
Understanding the other person, appreciation, respect.
Gal netgi sakyčiau pagarba pirmoj vietoj. Nes jeigu tu gerbsi žmogų, tu jį suprasi, tu jį vertinsi.
Even though, I would say respect in the first place. Because if you will respect a person, you will understand him, you will appreciate him.
Netgi jeigu tu klaidų padarysi gyvenime tas žmogus tau atleis paprasčiausiai.
Even if you will make some mistakes in life that person will simply forgive you.
Todėl, kad jis supras.
Therefore, he will understand.
Todėl, kad jis supras, žinoma tu neturi tuo naudotis.
Accordingly, he will understand you, of course, you don‘t need to take advantage of it.
Alright, let‘s break some of this down...
importance
svarba
importance
svarbumas
important
svarbus
chiefly, principally
svarbiausia
above all
svarbiausia
criterion
kriterijai
characteristic
charakteristika
characteristic
savybė
feature
savybė
attribute
savybė
trait
savybė
now,
na,
well,
na,
there, there, don’t cry!
na, na, neverk!
foremost
pirmiausia
first of all
pirmiausia
in the first place
pirmiausia
again
(vėl) vėlgi
I would say...
pasakyčiau...
I would say intellect is most important
pasakyčiau, kad protas yra svarbiausia
I would say understanding is most important
pasakyčiau, kad supratimas yra svarbiausia
I would say humor is most important
pasakyčiau, kad humoras yra svarbiausia
intellect
protas
once again
dar kartą
all, everything
viskas
therein
tame
therein lies
tame
in that
tame
I will not go to the country because I need to do my homework and therein lies everything
Aš nevažiuosiu į kaimą, nes turiu ruošti namų darbus ir viskas tame pasakyta
to say
pasakyti
to speak
pasakyti
said
pasakyta
no sooner said than done
pasakyta padaryta
well said
gerai pasakyta
badly said
blogai pasakyta
intelligent, clever
protingas
will be
bus
he will be clever
jis bus protingas
nice, sweet
mielas
inventive
išradingas
he will be inventive
jis bus išradingas
you need
tau reikia
what do you need?
ko tau reikia?
he will be everything you need
jis bus visu tuo ko tau reikia
where do you need to go?
kur tau reikia nueiti?
of course
žinoma
of course I will go (on foot)
žinoma aš eisiu
of course we need money
žinoma mums reikia pinigų
of course we can
žinoma mes galime
in order that
tam, kad
if
jeigu
true
tikras
flat
lygus
level
lygis
it depends
žiūrint
depending
žiūrint
it depends on the situation
žiūrint, kokios aplinkybės
off
nuo
to fall off the roof
nukristi nuo stogo;
take your pillow off the couch
nuimk pagalvę nuo sofos
bodily
asmeniškai
personally
asmeniškai
to belong
priklausyti
to depend
priklausyti
to hinge
priklausyti
individual
asmeninis
personal
asmeninis
such
toks
he was such a kind man
jis buvo toks geras žmogus
would you marry such a man?
ar tu tekėtum už tokio vyro?
so difficult a task
toks sunkus uždavinys
now
dabar
let‘s go now
eikime dabar
it‘s now or never
dabar arba niekada
a topic
klausimas
a matter
klausimas
a question
klausimas
maybe
gal
perhaps
gal
really
ištikrųjų
truly
ištikrųjų
to think
mąstyti
to think a little
pamąstyti
more
daugiau
importance
svarba
the important thing is
svarbiausia
the main thing is
svarbiausia
that‘s the most important thing
tai svarbiausia
mainly
svarbiausia
chiefly
svarbiausia
life
gyvenimas
in life
gyvenime
understanding
supratimas
other
kitas
another
kitas
appreciation
vertinimas
estimation
vertinimas
respect
pagarba
esteem
pagarba
out of respect
iš pagarbos
even if
netgi
though
netgi
even though
netgi
in the first place
pirmoje vietoje
in the second place
antroje vietoje
because
nes
I‘ll be late because I have to work
aš vėluosiu nes turiu dirbti
I‘m tired because I didn‘t sleep
aš pavargęs nes nemiegojau
we‘re walking because there are no taxis
mes einame pėstute nes nėra taksi
now that
jeigu
if
jeigu
now that you‘re ready, we‘ll go
jeigu tu pasiruošusi galime eiti dabar
to respect
gerbti
to revere
gerbti
to honor
gerbti
to esteem
gerbti
you will understand him
tu jį suprasi
you will appreciate him
tu jį vertinsi
slip
klaida
mistake
klaida
error
klaida
to make
padaryti
to commit
padaryti
you will make
padarysi
to pardon
atleisti
to excuse
atleisti
simply
paprastai
mostly
paprastai
mere
paprasčiausias
so
todėl
therefore
todėl
accordingly
todėl
I was tired so I sat down
aš buvau pavargęs, todėl prisėdau pailsėti
she was lonely so she called her mother
ji jautėsi vieniša, todėl paskambino savo mamai
to use
naudoti
to apply
naudoti
to exploit
naudoti
Exam 49
Keturiasdešimt devintas egzaminas. This is a quick response episode! We’ll say the word or phrase in English and you say it in Lithuanian – Out Loud! It’s too late for questions, the exam starts now. Ready, set, go! Pasiruošti, dėmesio, marš!
basketball
krepšinis
health
sveikata
the music
muzika
tradition
tradicija
the male doctor
gydytojas
the culture
kultūra
hospital
ligoninė
the territory
teritorija
the history
istorija
a system
sistema
a pie
pyragas
juice
sultys
group
grupė
school
mokykla
director
direktorius
association
asociacija
exhibition
paroda
food
maistas
booth
kasa
sanctuary
šventovė
the flu
gripas
man
vyras
men
vyrai
a men’s restroom
vyrų tualetas
men’s basketball
vyrų krepšinis
men’s health
vyrų sveikata
a child
vaikas
children
vaikai
the children’s dog
vaikų šuo
a children’s doctor
vaikų gydytojas
a children’s book
vaikų knyga
a children’s hospital
vaikų ligoninė
an American male
amerikietis
the American males
amerikiečiai
the American’s auto
amerikiečių automobilis
the American’s music
amerikiečių muzika
the American’s history
amerikiečių istorija
a Lithuanian male
lietuvis
the Lithuanians
lietuviai
Lithuanian‘s history
lietuvių istorija
Lithuanian‘s culture
lietuvių kultūra
Lithuanian tradition
lietuvių tradicija
train
traukinys
trains
traukiniai
trains’ station or the train station
traukinių stotis
train system
traukinių sistema
Keturiasdešimt aštuntas egzaminas. This is a quick response episode! We’ll say the word or phrase in English and you say it in Lithuanian – Out Loud! It’s too late for questions, the exam starts now. Ready, set, go! Pasiruošti, dėmesio, marš!
Romas!
Romai!
Dominykas!
Dominykai!
Mindaugas, come here!
Mindaugai, ateik čia!
Vladas, stay healthy!
Vladai, būk sveikas!
Jonas, look there!
Jonai, žiūrėkite ten!
Vytautas, stop buzzing!
Vytautai, nustok zysti!
(stop bothering)
Good morning Algirdas!
Labas rytas Algirdai!
Good evening Ąžuolas!
Labas vakaras Ąžuolai!
mister
ponas
sir
ponas
mister!
pone!
thank you, sir!
ačiū, pone!
father
tėvas
Happy birthday, Father!
Su gimimo diena, Tėve!
Sweet dreams, Father!
Saldžių sapnų, Tėve!
Father! I love you!
Tėve! Aš tave myliu!
Doctor, I feel bad
Gydytojau, aš jaučiuosi blogai
Doctor, look here
Gydytojau, žiūrėkite čia
Driver, where is the restaurant?
Vairuotojau, kur restoranas?
Driver, are you from Vilnius?
Vairuotojau, ar jūs esate iš Vilniaus?
Justukas!
Justuk!
Petriukas!
Petriuk!
Jurgis!
Jurgi!
Karolis!
Karoli!
Žaltys!
Žalty!
Andrius!
Andriau!
Antonijus!
Antonijau!
Person! –as in asmuo
Asmenie!
Stone! –as in akmuo
Akmenie!
Dog! –as in šuo
Šunie!
Mrs. Malinauskienė!
Ponia Malinauskiene!
Good morning, madame
Labas rytas, ponia
Raminta, I’m hungry
Raminta, aš alkanas
Agnė, thanks for the help
Agne, ačiū už pagalbą
Dovilė, I’m cold
Dovile, man šalta
Žąsis is the word for goose. Antis is the word for a duck. We’ll use these two words here since they’re unusual. They end in the letter “s” but they are feminine words.
Go away goose!
Eik šalin žąsie!
Duck! Eat a little bread!
Antie! Valgyk truputį duonos!
Sister, does he speak Lithuanian?
Seserie, ar jis kalba lietuviškai?
Sister, where is Karolis?
Seserie kur yra Karolis?
Naujas Kamuolys A New Ball
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Okay, on with the program, enjoy!
singular singular plural plural neuter
-as -a -i -os -a
-us -i -ūs -ios -u
-is -ė -iai -ės ----
Today we’ll do a quick introduction to many new adjectives. In this episode we’ll pick an adjective and then we’ll combine the adjective with a masculine singular noun, a feminine singular noun, a plural masculine noun, a plural feminine noun and finally the neuter adjective, if there is one.
furry
kailinis
a furry rabbit
kailinis triušis
a furry squirrel
kailinė voverė
furry rabbits
kailiniai triušiai
furry squirrels
kailinės voverės
neuter form
none
fruity
vaisinis
a fruity drink
vaisinis gėrimas
a fruity jam
vaisinė uogienė
fruity drinks
vaisiniai gėrimai
fruity jams
vaisinės uogienės
neuter form
none
deep
gilus
a deep lake
gilus ežeras
a deep river
gili upė
deep lakes
gilūs ežerai
deep rivers
gilios upės
neuter form
none
warm
šiltas
a warm lake
šiltas ežeras
a warm sea
šilta jūra
warm lakes
šilti ežerai
warm seas
šiltos jūros
neuter form
šilta
how warm
kaip šilta
cotton
medvilninis
a cotton robe
medvilninis chalatas
a cotton dress
medvilninė suknelė
cottton robes
medvilniniai chalatai
cotton dresses
medvilninės suknelės
neuter form
none
new
naujas
a new ball
naujas kamuolys
a new backpack
nauja kuprinė
new balls
nauji kamuoliai
new backpacks
naujos kuprinės
neuter form
nauja
how new
kaip nauja
happy
laimingas
a happy male patient
laimingas pacientas
a happy female patient
laiminga pacientė
happy male patients
laimingi pacientai
happy female patients
laimingos pacientės
neuter form
laiminga
how happy
kaip laiminga
linen
lininis
a linen suit
lininis kostiumėlis
a linen handkerchief
lininė nosinė
linen suits
lininiai kostiumėliai
linen handkerchiefs
lininės nosinės
neuter form
none
lovely, fine
puikus
a lovely tree
puikus medis
a lovely flower
puiki gėlė
lovely trees
puikūs medžiai
lovely flowers
puikios gėlės
neuter form
puiku
how lovely
kaip puiku
wooden
medinis
a wooden coffin
medinis karstas
a wooden leg
medinė koja
wooden coffins
mediniai karstai
wooden legs
medinės kojos
neuter form
none
golden
auksinis
a golden watch
auksinis laikrodis
a golden chain
auksinė grandinėlė
golden watches
auksiniai laikrodžiai
golden chains
auksinės grandinėlės
neuter form
none
glass, of glass
stiklinis
a glass mirror
stiklinis veidrodis
a glass sculpture
stiklinė skulptūra
glass mirrors
stikliniai veidrodžiai
glass sculptures
stiklinės skulptūros
neuter form
none
žalia rūta! (a clean expression)
noisy
triukšmingas
a noisy guy
triukšmingas vaikinas
a noisy parrot
triukšminga papūga
noisy guys
triukšmingi vaikinai
noisy parrots
triukšmingos papūgos
neuter form
triukšminga
how noisy
kaip triukšminga
black
juodas
a black horse
juodas arklys
a black cow
juoda karvė
black horses
juodi arkliai
black cows
juodos karvės
neuter form
juoda
how black
kaip juoda
amber
gintarinis
an amber ring
gintarinis žiedas
an amber bracelet
gintarinė apyrankė
amber rings
gintariniai žiedai
amber bracelets
gintarinės apyrankės
neuter form
none
red
raudonas
a red necktie
raudonas kaklaraištis
a red hat
raudona skrybėlė
red neckties
raudoni kaklaraiščiai
red hats
raudonos skrybėlės
neuter form
raudona
how red
kaip raudona
chilly
šaltas
a chilly evening
šaltas vakaras
a chilly day
šalta diena
chilly evenings
šalti vakarai
chilly days
šaltos dienos
neuter form
šalta
how chilly
kaip šalta
calm
ramus
a calm guy
ramus vaikinas
a calm personality
rami asmenybė
calm guys
ramūs vaikinai
calm personalities
ramios asmenybės
neuter form
ramu
how calm
kaip ramu
moist
drėgnas
a moist envelope
drėgnas vokas
a moist tablecloth
drėgna staltiesė
moist envelopes
drėgni vokai
moist tablecloths
drėgnos staltiesės
neuter form
drėgna
how moist
kaip drėgna
windy
vėjuotas
a windy beach
vėjuotas pliažas
a windy day
vėjuota diena
windy beaches
vėjuoti pliažai
windy days
vėjuotos dienos
neuter form
vėjuota
how windy
kaip vėjuota
blue
mėlynas
a blue ball
mėlynas kamuolys
a blue backpack
mėlyna kuprinė
blue balls
mėlyni kamuoliai
blue backpacks
mėlynos kuprinės
neuter form
mėlyna
how blue
kaip mėlyna
white
baltas
a white wolf
baltas vilkas
a white crow
balta varna
white wolves
balti vilkai
white crows
baltos varnos
neuter form
balta
how white
kaip balta
leather
odinis
a leather shoe
odinis batas
a leather glove
odinė pirštinė
leather shoes
odiniai batai
leather gloves
odinės pirštinės
neuter form
none
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LL0166 – Exam 47
Keturiasdešimt septintas egzaminas. This is a quick response episode! We’ll say the word or phrase in English and you say it in Lithuanian – Out Loud! It’s too late for questions, the exam starts now. Ready, set, go! Pasiruošti, dėmesio, marš!
later strawberry, see you in the shake
čiau braške, susitiksim kompote
to work
dirbti
a male worker
darbininkas
a female worker
darbininkė
to farm
ūkininkauti
a male farmer
ūkininkas
a female farmer
ūkininkė
to sing
dainuoti
a male singer
dainininkas
a female singer
dainininkė
to cure
gydyti
a male doctor
gydytojas
a female doctor
gydytoja
to drive
vairuoti
a male driver
vairuotojas
a female driver
vairuotoja
to write
rašyti
a male writer
rašytojas
a female writer
rašytoja
to help
padėti
a male assistant
padėjėjas
a female assistant
padėjėja
to give or to serve
paduoti
a male waiter
padavėjas
a waitress
padavėja
to sell
parduoti
a salesman
pardavėjas
a saleswoman
pardavėja
to lead
vadovauti
a male manager
vadovas
a female manager
vadovė
to be a lawyer or barrister
advokatauti
a male lawyer or barrister
advokatas
a female lawyer/attorney
advokatė
to control
kontroliuoti
a male controller
kontrolierius
a female controller
kontrolierė
to direct
direktoriauti
a male director
direktorius
a female director
direktorė
an attorney’s female assistant
advokato padėjėja
an attorney’s male assistant
advokato padėjėjas
a director’s female assistant
direktoriaus padėjėja
a director’s male assistant
direktoriaus padėjėjas
LL0165 – Exam 46
keturiasdešimt šeštas egzaminas. This is a quick response episode! We’ll say the word or phrase in English and you say it in Lithuanian – Out Loud! It’s too late for questions, the exam starts now. Ready, set, go! Pasiruošti, dėmesio, marš!
“out with it!” how are you doing?
papasakokit! kaip jūs gyvenate?
maybe there is somewhere you can live in Kaunas or Vilnius
galbūt kur nors galite gyventi Kaune arba Vilniuje
why do you all live here, and I nowhere?
kodėl jūs čia gyvenate, o aš niekur?
do you all live separately?
ar jūs gyvenate atskirai?
are you all living together?
ar jūs gyvenate kartu?
you don’t all live together
jūs negyvenate kartu
why do you not live together?
kodėl negyvenate kartu?
why do you not live separately?
kodėl negyvenat atskirai?
…and that’s how we live
…taip ir gyvenam
we live in peace
gyvename ramybėje
we live on earth – we live in the universe
mes gyvename pasaulyje
do you live separately?
ar jūs gyvenat atskirai?
yes, we live separately
taip, gyvename atskirai
we don’t live in Kaunas
mes negyvename Kaune
we don’t live together
mes negyvename kartu
we don’t live downtown
mes negyvenam miesto centre
jie (m/m or m/f group)
they live in the old building
jie gyvena sename pastate
they live in the old city
jie gyvena sename mieste
they live in the old forest
jie gyvena sename miške
they don’t live in peace
jie negyvena ramybėje
in the city live about 50,000 inhabitants
mieste gyvena apie penkiasdešimt tukstančių gyventojų
they don’t live in the forest
jie negyvena miške
they don’t live in the building
jie negyvena pastate
they don’t live in the city
jie negyvena mieste
they don’t live in peace
jie negyvena ramybėje
jos (female group only)
is it true they live well?
ar tikrai jos gerai gyvena?
they live in the new building
jos gyvena naujame pastate
they live in the new house
jos gyvena naujame name
they live in the new village
jos gyvena naujame kaime
they don’t live anywhere
jos negyvena bet kur
three students live in the room
kambaryje gyvena trys studentės
they don’t live in a flat
jos negyvena bute
they don’t live in a house
jos negyvena name
they don’t live in a dormitory (dorm)
jos negyvena bendrabutyje
(commands)
live!
gyvenk!
live!
gyvenkite!
let’s live!
gyvenkime!
don’t live!
negyvenk!
don’t live!
negyvenkite!
let’s not live!
negyvenkime!
Varinis Pinigas A Copper Coin
Hi there, I’m Raminta and I’m Jack and welcome back to Lithuanian Out Loud where we offer the world the Lithuanian language.
According to Wikipedia, Lithuanians had traditionally thought Juozapinė Hill was the highest point in Lithuania. In fact, it is only the third highest point. The highest point is Aukštojas Hill in the Medininkai Highlands, approximately 24 kilometers (15 miles) southeast of the capital city of Vilnius.
Today we’ll do a quick introduction to many new adjectives. In this episode we’ll pick an adjective and then we’ll combine the adjective with a masculine singular noun, a feminine singular noun, a plural masculine noun, a plural feminine noun and finally the neuter adjective, if there is one.
Some of the adjective endings you’ll see in this episode are –inis or –inė. This can be used to describe something that is made of a type of metal, material, substance, etcetera. For example, copper – varis, coppery or “of copper” – varinis. A copper coin – varinis pinigas. Fur – kailis. Furry or “made of fur” – kailinis. A furry coat – kailinis paltas.
While creating this episode it got to be so long we decided to chop it into four parts. Here is part one of practice with adjectives.
Ready? Here we go!
examples:
cold
šaltas
cold weather
šaltas oras
a cold day
šalta diena
cold drinks
šalti gėrimai
cold beans
šaltos pupos
neuter form
šalta
how cold!
kaip šalta!
wet
šlapias
wet weather
šlapias oras
a wet day
šlapia diena
wet tables
šlapi stalai
wet chairs
šlapios kėdės
neuter form
šlapia
how wet!
kaip šlapia!
clean
švarus
a clean hotel
švarus viešbutis
a clean hospital
švari ligoninė
clean hotels
švarūs viešbučiai
clean hospitals
švarios ligoninės
neuter form
švaru
how clean!
kaip švaru!
pleasant
malonus
a pleasant person
malonus žmogus
a pleasant female friend
maloni draugė
pleasant people
malonūs žmonės
pleasant female friends
malonios draugės
neuter form
malonu
very pleasant
labai malonu
copper
varinis
a copper coin
varinis pinigas
a copper plate
varinė lėkštė
copper coins
variniai pinigai
copper plates
varinės lėkštės
neuter form
none
wild, savage
laukinis
a wild bear (masc.)
laukinis lokys
a wild bear (fem.)
laukinė meška
wild bears
laukiniai lokiai
wild bears
laukinės meškos
neuter form
none
good
geras
a good dictionary
geras žodynas
a good book
gera knyga
good dictionaries
geri žodynai
good books
geros knygos
neuter form
gera
how good
kaip gera
average
vidutinis
an average restaurant
vidutinis restoranas
an average café
vidutinė kavinė
average restaurants
vidutiniai restoranai
average cafés
vidutinės kavinės
neuter form
none
woolen
vilnonis
a woolen sweater
vilnonis megztinis
a woolen hat
vilnonė skrybėlė
woolen sweaters
vilnoniai megztiniai
woolen hats
vilnonės skrybėlės
neuter form
none
straight
tiesus
a straight road
tiesus kelias
a straight fence
tiesi tvora
straight roads
tiesūs keliai
straight fences
tiesios tvoros
neuter form
tiesu
how straight!
kaip tiesu!
healthy
sveikas
healthy food
sveikas maistas
healthy bread
sveika duona
healthy foods
sveiki maistai
healthy breads
sveikos duonos
neuter form
sveika
how healthy!
kaip sveika!
hot
karštas
a hot pastry
karštas pyragėlis
a hot plate
karšta lėkštė
hot pastries
karšti pyragėliai
hot plates
karštos lėkštės
neuter form
karšta
how hot!
kaip karšta!
green
žalias
a green mountain
žalias kalnas
a green hill
žalia kalva
green mountains
žali kalnai
green hills
žalios kalvos
neuter form
žalia
how green!
kaip žalia!
popular
populiarus
a popular restaurant
populiarus restoranas
a popular idea
populiari idėja
popular restaurants
populiarūs restoranai
popular ideas
populiarios idėjos
neuter form
populiaru
how popular!
kaip populiaru!
tasty
skanus
a tasty cookie
skanus sausainis
a tasty sausage
skani dešra
tasty cookies
skanūs sausainiai
tasty sausages
skanios dešros
neuter form
skanu
how tasty!
kaip skanu!
fast
greitas
a fast airplane
greitas lėktuvas
a fast car
greita mašina
fast airplanes
greiti lėktuvai
fast cars
greitos mašinos
neuter form
greita
how fast!
kaip greita!
sweet
saldus
a sweet cake
saldus pyragas
a sweet strawberry
saldi braškė
sweet cakes
saldūs pyragai
sweet strawberries
saldžios braskės
neuter form
saldu
how sweet!
kaip saldu!
slow
lėtas
a slow bus
lėtas autobusas
a slow boat
lėta valtis
slow buses
lėti autobusai
slow boats
lėtos valtys
neuter form
lėta
how slow!
kaip lėta!
sour
rūgštus
a sour apple
rūgštus obuolys
a sour lemon
rūgšti citrina
sour apples
rūgštūs obuoliai
sour lemons
rūgščios citrinos
neuter form
rūgštu
how sour!
kaip rūgštu!
nice, beautiful
gražus
a beautiful stork
gražus gandras
a beautiful swan
graži gulbė
beautiful storks
gražūs gandrai
beautiful swans
gražios gulbės
neuter form
gražu
how beautiful!
kaip gražu!
Šaunuoliai! Excellent! You made it to the end of another episode! Puiku!
Aukštojas Hill – Highest point in Lithuania
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Auk%C5%A1tojas_Hill
Exam 45
keturiasdešimt penktas egzaminas. This is a quick response episode! We’ll say the word or phrase in English and you say it in Lithuanian – Out Loud! It’s too late for questions, the exam starts now. Ready, set, go! Pasiruošti, dėmesio, marš!
where is he living? Vilnius? Klaipėda?
kur jis gyvena? Vilniuje? Klaipėdoje?
he’s living in Europe’s center – Lithuania
jis gyvena Europos centre – Lietuvoje
Lithuania is Europe’s center
Lietuva yra Europos centras
he lives outside of town
jis gyvena užmiestyje
he lives in town
jis gyvena miestelyje
he lives in the small town
jis gyvena mažame miestelyje
he doesn’t live well
jis negyvena gerai
he doesn’t live in town
jis negyvena miestelyje
he doesn’t live in the small town
jis negyvena mažame miestelyje
she is living her life
ji gyvena savo gyvenimą
she’s living excellent – so far
ji gyvena puikiai - kol kas
she lives not far
ji gyvena netoli
she lives in Great Britain
ji gyvena Didžiojoje Britanijoje
she doesn’t live bad
ji negyvena blogai
Daiva doesn’t live in Russia
Daiva negyvena Rusijoje
Renata doesn’t live here
Renata negyvena čia
how are you doing?
kaip gyvenat?
not bad, thanks, and you?
neblogai gyvenu, ačiū, o kaip jūs?
thanks, I’m also not bad
ačiū, aš irgi neblogai gyvenu
where do you live?
kur jūs gyvenate?
do you live in Ireland?
ar jūs gyvenate Airijoje?
if you are living in China - speak Chinese
jei jūs gyvenate Kinijoje – kalbėkite kiniškai
why are you living in Canada?
kodėl jūs gyvenate Kanadoje?
you don’t live outside
jūs negyvenate lauke
why do you not live in Canada?
kodėl jūs negyvenate Kanadoje?
Lediniai Tiltai Icy Bridges
Hi there, I’m Jack and I’m Raminta and welcome back to Lithuanian Out Loud where we offer the world the Lithuanian language.
On 15 July 1410 Lithuanian soldiers fought in the Battle of Grunwald. The German Teutonic Knights never could get on well with Lithuanians. The Pope in Rome had given the Teutonic Knights carte blanche to invade and conquer Lithuanian and Prussian lands. The Prussians were linguistic and cultural cousins of the Lithuanians. In 1385 Grand Duke Jogaila of Lithuania married Queen Jadwiga of Poland. A few years later in 1409 the Teutonic Knights were trying to control an uprising in a territory they controlled – Samogitia or Žemaitija.
Lithuanian Grand Duke Jogaila, who was now by marriage the King of Poland declared that if the Teutonic Germans invaded Lithuania it would mean war. The Teutonic Knights said this was a provocation and declared war. Since Grand Duke Jogaila was now the King of Poland, he gave control of Lithuania to Vytautas the Great.
On the 2nd of July 1410 Vytautas the Great of Lithuania and King Jogaila of Poland joined their armies and crossed into Teutonic territory headed for the German castle at Marienburg. The Germans were caught completely by surprise. The German and Lithuanian-Polish forces faced off and fought for many hours. The Germans were slaughtered and the Lithuanian-Polish armies were victorious.
The battle was fought on the plains of Grunwald or in Lithuanian – Žalgiris. The battle is known in Lithuania as Žalgirio mūšis. Mūšis is the word for battle. Today Žalgiris is a symbol of resistance to foreign domination over Lithuania.
The leading Lithuanian basketball and football teams are called BC Žalgiris and FK Žalgiris to commemorate the battle.
Today’s episode will be a continuation of the last episode on adjectives. Today we’ll essentially take the singular adjectives from the last episode and make them plural.
the plural of –as changes to –i, the plural of -a changes to –os
the plural of –us changes to –ūs, the plural of -i changes to –ios
the plural of –is changes to –iai, the plural of -ė changes to –ės
small
mažas / maža
the plural would be…
maži / mažos
small dogs
maži šunys
small cats
maži katinai
small houses
maži namai
small cars
maži automobiliai
small tables
maži stalai
small countries
mažos šalys
small boats
mažos valtys
small ants
mažos skruzdėlės
small foxes
mažos lapės
small libraries
mažos bibliotekos
-soft
minkštas / minkšta
the plural would be…
minkšti / minkštos
soft armchairs
minkšti foteliai
soft bags
minkšti maišeliai
soft carpets
minkšti kilimai
soft cheeses
minkšti sūriai
soft rabbits
minkšti kiškiai
soft sofas
minkštos sofos
soft blankets
minkštos antklodės
soft chairs
minkštos kėdės
soft beds
minkštos lovos
soft pillows
minkštos pagalvės
-hard
kietas / kieta
the plural would be…
kieti / kietos
hard muffins
kieti keksai
hard cheeses
kieti sūriai
hard stones
kieti akmenys
hard armchairs
kieti foteliai
hard benches
kieti suolai
hard sofas
kietos sofos
hard chairs
kietos kėdės
hard beds
kietos lovos
hard pillows
kietos pagalvės
hard buns
kietos bandelės
-clean
švarus / švari
the
plural would be…
švarūs / švarios
clean beaches
švarūs pliažai
clean bowls
švarūs dubenys
clean rooms
švarūs kambariai
clean houses
švarūs namai
clean bedrooms
švarūs miegamieji
clean bathtubs
švarios vonios
clean kitchens
švarios virtuvės
clean stoves
švarios viryklės
clean plates
švarios lėkštės
clean saucers
švarios lėkštutės
-cheap
pigus / pigi
the plural would be…
pigūs / pigios
cheap bicycles
pigūs dviračiai
cheap cameras
pigūs fotoaparatai
cheap overcoats
pigūs paltai
cheap pens
pigūs tušinukai
cheap tickets
pigūs bilietai
cheap dresses
pigios suknelės
cheap blouses
pigios bliuzelės
cheap jackets
pigios striukės
cheap guitars
pigios gitaros
cheap handbags
pigios rankinės
-icy
ledinis / ledinė
the plural would be…
lediniai / ledinės
icy ponds
lediniai tvenkiniai
icy pools
lediniai baseinai
icy drinks
lediniai gėrimai
icy lakes
lediniai ežerai
icy bridges
lediniai tiltai
icy rivers
ledinės upės
icy seas
ledinės jūros
icy streets
ledinės gatvės
icy puddles
ledinės balos
icy stairways
ledinės laiptinės
-silky
šilkinis / šilkinė
the plural would be…
šilkiniai / šilkinės
silky skirts
šilkiniai sijonai
silky neckties
šilkiniai kaklaraiščiai
silky sweaters
šilkiniai megztiniai
silky robes
šilkiniai chalatai
silky pillowcases
šilkiniai užvalkalai
silky dresses
šilkinės suknelės
silky blouses
šilkinės bliuzelės
silky blankets
šilkinės antklodės
silky sheets
šilkinės paklodės
silky headscarves
šilkinės skarelės
-synthetic
sintetinis / sintetinė
the plural would be
sintetiniai / sintetinės
synthetic chemicals
sintetiniai chemikalai
synthetic coats
sintetiniai paltai
synthetic furs
sintetiniai kailiai
synthetic sweaters
sintetiniai megztiniai
synthetic ties
sintetiniai kaklaraiščiai
synthetic blouses
sintetinės palaidinukės
synthetic jackets
sintetinės striukės
synthetic fabrics
sintetinės medžiagos
synthetic gloves
sintetinės pirštinės
synthetic resins
sintetinės dervos
the adjective didelis is an oddball and it doesn’t follow the normal rules
-big, heavy, large
didelis / didelė
the
plural would be
dideli / didelės
big noises
dideli triukšmai
big houses
dideli namai
big elephants
dideli drambliai
big men
dideli vyrai
big mountains
dideli kalnai
big structures
didelės struktūros
big countries
didelės šalys
big sofas
didelės sofos
big snowflakes
didelės snaigės
large books
didelės knygos
Šaunuoliai! Excellent! You made it to the end of another episode! Puiku!
Ingrida; Vyro Ir Moters Ingrida; A Man And Woman
Hi there, I’m Jack and I’m Raminta and welcome back to Lithuanian Out Loud where we offer the world the Lithuanian language.
Today we’ll continue with the interviews Raminta made at a Lithuanian party. In the background you can hear lots of frogs in a nearby pond, music and people talking. In this interview Raminta is asking Ingrida another question. Enjoy!
kaip galvojat ar sunku yra sutarti kartu ir kas yra svarbiausia santykiuose, žmonių?
turi omeny vyro ir moters?
vyro ir moters, vyro ir moters
svarbiausia tai aš sakyčiau yra supratimas vienas su kitu
vienas kito
vienas kito supratimas ir tas ryšys apie kurį mes ir anksčiau minėjau aš tau,
kalbėjome tas yra pats svarbiausia, žmogaus ryšys su žmogum
kaip galvojat ar sunku yra sutarti kartu ir kas yra svarbiausia santykiuose, žmonių?
what do you think, is it hard to get on well together and what is most essential in relationships for people?
turi omeny vyro ir moters?
you have in mind a man and woman?
vyro ir moters, vyro ir moters
man and woman, man and woman
svarbiausia tai aš sakyčiau yra supratimas vienas su kitu
the most essential I would say is understanding one another
vienas kito
one another
vienas kito supratimas ir tas ryšys apie kurį mes ir anksčiau minėjau aš tau,
understanding one another and that connection about which earlier I referred to you,
kalbėjome tas yra pats svarbiausia, žmogaus ryšys su žmogum
we were talking that is itself the most essential, a person‘s connection with a person
alright, now let‘s break this down a bit and go over some examples
to think
galvoti
let me think about it
leiskite minutėlę pagalvoti
I can‘t think right now
šiuo metu negaliu galvoti
hard / difficult
sunkus / sunki
a hard question
sunkus klausimas
a hard life
sunkus gyvenimas
to get on well with someone
sutarti
I get on well with my mother
aš sutariu su savo mama
deal!
sutarta!
together
kartu
Romas lives with his wife
Romas gyvena kartu su žmona
essential
svarbus / svarbi
most essential
svarbiausia
it‘s essential to me
man svarbu
peace is essential
taika yra svarbu
a relationship
santykis
in a relationship
santykyje
in relationships
santykiuose
people
žmonės
of course, you have in mind...
žinoma, turi omeny...
in mind
omenyje
what do you have in mind?
ką turi omenyje?
to tell, to say
sakyti
I say
aš sakau
you know, I would say...
žinai ką, aš sakyčiau...
I would say, yes
sakyčiau, kad taip
I would say, no
sakyčiau, kad ne
understanding
supratimas
to understand
suprasti
do you understand?
supranti?
I understand
suprantu
as far as I understand...
kiek aš suprantu...
one
vienas
second, other, another
kitas
one with the other
vienas su kitu
that
tas
that idea
ta idėja
bond, connection
ryšys
that connection
tas ryšys
near, about
apie
which
kuris
before, prior
anksčiau
to refer
minėti
own, self
pats
Šaunuoliai! Excellent! You made it to the end of another episode! Puiku!
Exam 44
Keturiasdešimt ketvirtas egzaminas.
This is a quick response episode! We’ll say the word or phrase in English and you say it in Lithuanian – Out Loud! It’s too late for questions, the exam starts now. Ready, set, go! Pasiruošti, dėmesio, marš!
also
irgi, taip pat
if
jei/jeigu
somewhere, anywhere
kur nors
maybe
galbūt
or
arba
separate
atskiras
together
kartu
peace
ramybė
in peace
ramybėje
the world
pasaulis
old
senas/sena
in the old
sename
the forest
miškas
inhabitant
gyventojas / gyventoja
city
miestas
diminutive of city
miestelis
dormitory (dorm)
bendrabutis
examples
pavyzdžiai
I can live in Lithuania
aš galiu gyventi Lietuvoje
I like living in Kaunas
man patinka gyventi Kaune
I want to live in Klaipėda
aš noriu gyventi Klaipėdoje
is there anywhere to live?
ar yra kur gyventi?
why not live better?
kodėl negyventi geriau?
one can live or not live here
galima gyventi arba negyventi čia
why not live your life in Lithuania?
kodėl negyventi savo gyvenimo Lietuvoje?
I live in Chicago
aš gyvenu Čikagoje
I’m living in Lithuania
aš gyvenu Lietuvoje
I am living life
aš gyvenu gyvenimą
I am living my life
aš gyvenu savo gyvenimą
I don’t live in Vilnius
aš negyvenu Vilniuje
I’m not living my life
negyvenu savo gyvenimo
I’m not living in Chicago
negyvenu Čikagoje
I live in Kaunas, do you also live in Kaunas? (tu)
aš gyvenu Kaune, ar tu taip pat gyveni Kaune?
I see that you are living well as always! (tu)
matau kad gyveni, kaip visada gerai!
you only live one time (tu)
gyveni tik vieną kartą
where do you live now? (tu)
kur tu gyveni dabar?
where do you live? (tu)
kur tu gyveni?
you don’t live here
tu negyveni čia
why don’t you live in the old town?
kodėl negyveni senamiestyje?
Exam 43
Keturiasdešimt trečias egzaminas.
This is a quick response episode! We’ll say the word or phrase in English and you say it in Lithuanian – Out Loud! It’s too late for questions, the exam starts now. Ready, set, go! Pasiruošti, dėmesio, marš!
to live
gyventi
I live
aš gyvenu
you live (familiar)
tu gyveni
he lives
jis gyvena
she lives
ji gyvena
you live (formal)
jūs gyvenate
you all live
jūs gyvenate
we live
mes gyvename
they live (mm/mf)
jie gyvena
they live (females)
jos gyvena
to not live
negyventi
I don’t live
aš negyvenu
you don’t live (familiar)
tu negyveni
he doesn’t live
jis negyvena
she doesn’t live
ji negyvena
we don’t live
mes negyvename
you don’t live (formal)
jūs negyvenate
you all don’t live
jūs negyvenate
they don’t live (mm/mf)
jie negyvena
they don’t live (females)
jos negyvena
vocabulary
žodynas
Chicago
Čikaga
life
gyvenimas
always
visada
one time
vieną kartą
old town
senamiestis
the country
užmiestis
a town
miestelis
small
mažas / maža
why
kodėl
open air
laukas
together
kartu
anywhere
bet kur
outskirts
pakraštys
therefore, that is why
todėl
to pass, to spend
praleisti
almost all day
beveik visą dieną
can
gali
to be able
galėti
in the open air
lauke
Great Britain
Didžioji Britanija
Labuka mielieji, cia Raminta ir malonu, kad vėl esate su mumis!
(Hi darlings, this is Raminta and it’s a pleasure you are here with us again!)
Hi there, I’m Jack and welcome back to Lithuanian Out Loud where we offer the world the Lithuanian language. Today we’ll start a new series called Lithuanian Out Loud Chat. In this episode I sat down with Raminta and Antanas. Antanas is a native of Vilnius, Lithuania. In this chat series I toss out a phrase in English and I ask our native speakers to translate and discuss the phrase. Keep in mind, they have no idea what I’m going to ask them. Thanks a million Antanai for coming on the show, it was very gracious of you. But, before we get started, here’s a message from a listener, Charles from Brazil. Thanks Charles for sending us these comments and please send us an email, we’d love to hear from you. So, here’s Charles and then today’s episode. Enjoy!
(message from Charles)
...okay, two more, first one, one that you just taught me yesterday…
I agree
aš sutinku / sutinku
Like, what kind of a situation?
sutinku kad esi teisus
I agree that you are right
Example: Dorotėja is a mess – aš sutinku!
Dorotėja is a mess
Dorotėjai kažkas yra ne taip
(kažkas = something/somebody)
(kažkas ne taip = something wrong)
Raminta: Dorotėja pergyvena sunku laikotarpi, ar isgyvena... isgyvena
(Dorotėja is living through a hard period, or survives)
(sunkūs laikai = hard times)
(laikotarpis = a period of time)
(pergyventi = to undergo, to live through)
(išgyventi = to live out, to survive)
kažkas negerai su Dorotėja
something is not good with Dorotėja
kažkas yra negerai su Dorotėja
there is something wrong with Dorotėja
that‘s too bad
oi kaip negerai
tikrai blogai
really bad
yra tikrai blogai
it‘s really bad
kaip gaila
what a pity
kaip gaila, kad taip tau yra
what a pity that for you it is
kaip gaila kad ji guli gatvėje
(what a pity that she is lying in the street)
(gulėti = to lie)
good job
geras darbas
good job
gerai padaryta
good job
gerai padirbėjote
ačiū Raminta
thanks Raminta
prašom
you’re welcome
ačiū labai jums visiems
we thank you all
malonu buvo
it was a pleasure
labanakt visiems
goodnight everyone
viso gero, iki kito susitikimo
(goodbye, until the next meeting)
Exam 42
Keturiasdešimt antras egzaminas. This is a quick response episode! We’ll say the word or phrase in English and you say it in Lithuanian – Out Loud! It’s too late for questions, the exam starts now. Ready, set, go! Pasiruošti, dėmesio, marš!
work! (tu)
dirbk!
dance! (tu)
šok!
look! (tu)
žiūrėk!
work! (jūs)
dirbkite!
dance! (jūs)
šokite!
look! (jūs)
žiūrėkite!
let’s work!
dirbkime!
let’s dance!
šokime!
let’s look!
žiūrėkime!
to jump
šokinėti
jump! (tu)
šokinėk!
to look
žiūrėti
look! (tu)
žiūrėk!
to run
bėgti
run! (tu)
bėk!
to do
daryti
do it! (tu)
daryk!
to go
eiti
go! (tu)
eik!
to come
ateiti
come! (tu)
ateik!
to take
imti
take it! (tu)
imk!
to remain, to stay
likti
stay healthy! (tu)
lik sveikas!
to wait
palaukti
wait! (tu)
palauk!
to hurry
skubėti
hurry! (tu)
skubėk!
to shout
šaukti
shout! (tu)
šauk!
to bring
atnešti
bring it! (tu)
atnešk!
to sit
atsisėsti
sit! (tu)
atsisėsk!
work! (jūs)
dirbkite!
dance! (jūs)
šokite!
jump! (jūs)
šokinėkite!
look! (jūs)
žiūrėkite!
look! (jūs)
žiūrėkit!
run! (jūs)
bėkit!
do it! (jūs)
darykit!
go! (jūs)
eikit!
come! (jūs)
ateikit!
take it! (jūs)
imkit!
stay healthy! (jūs)
likit sveikas!
wait! (jūs)
palaukit!
hurry! (jūs)
skubėkit!
shout! (jūs)
šaukit!
bring it! (jūs)
atneškit!
sit down! (jūs)
atsisėskit!
let’s work!
dirbkime!
let’s dance!
šokime!
let’s jump!
šokinėkime!
let’s look!
žiūrėkime!
let’s look!
žiūrėkim!
let’s run!
bėkim!
let’s do it!
darykim!
let’s go!
eikim!
let’s take it!
imkim!
let’s wait!
palaukim!
let’s hurry!
skubėkim!
let’s shout!
šaukim!
let’s sit down!
atsisėskim!
Hey there, I‘m Jack and I‘m Raminta and welcome back to Lithuanian Out Loud where we offer the world the Lithuanian language. Today we have a special recording that a listener sent us. This is a story from Jonas who wanted to tell us about his days as a young man in 1969. First we'll play his recording for you and then we‘ll translate it and break some of it down.
So, here is Jonas with a short story about his youth!
Tūkstantis devyni šimtai šešiasdešimt devintaisiais metais buvau jaunas ir gražus, man buvo devyniolika metų. Studijuoti aukštąjį mokslą noro nebuvo, tuo metu buvau baigęs vidurinę mokyklą, vienuolika klasių. Kadangi aukštesnės pakopos mokslai netraukė, o tais senais sovietiniais laikais buvo privaloma karinė tarnyba, aš buvau nusiteikęs du savo gyvenimo metus atiduoti tarybinei armijai.
Kareiviu būti nenorėjau, bet tais laikais buvo tokios taisyklės kurių reikėjo laikytis. Tuo metu aš dirbau cemento gamykloje prie tekinimo staklių, darbas nebuvo nei mielas, nei sunkus. Prie bet kokių santvarkų pasaulyje, aišku, reikia dirbti, turėti pajamų pragyvenimui.
Planų ateičiai, galima sakyti, neturėjau. Taigi, gavęs pakvietimą iš karinio komisariato, pradėjau ruoštis sovietinio kareivio tarnybai. Tais laikais Sovietų Sąjunga pagal teritoriją buvo labai didelė. Niekas iš šauktinių, išskyrus didelių viršininkų vaikus, nežinojo į kokį regioną gali papulti atlikti karinę prievolę. Tuo metu man nebuvo svarbu kur atliksiu karinę tarnybą nors, tiesą sakant, truputį bijojau pakliūti į jūrų skyrių, kadangi jūreivio tarnyba tęsėsi trejus metus.
Man tuometinė darbovietė surengė labai dideles išleistuves: didžiulis, gausiai, valgiais ir degtine, nukrautas stalas. Aš nebuvau svaigalų mėgėjas, bet per šias išleistuves teko nemažai išgerti. Pamenu, jog baigiantis vakarėliui ėmė svaigti galva ir aš nustojau gerti pildamas degtinę į vazoną su didele gėle. Ne visai vėlų vakarą grįžau namo. Mama, taip pat buvo suruošusi išleistuves. Namuose manęs laukė giminės iš kaimo, mamos brolis Kazys su žmona, keli draugai ir kaimynai. Kadangi buvau nemenkai prisivaišinęs, šiek tiek pavakarojus nuėjau miegoti, o rytojaus dieną turėjau prisistatyti kariniam komisariate.
Well, now we see how Jonas entered the army. Maybe someday he‘ll tell us about his experiences as a soldier beginning in 1969.
Okay, great, now let‘s go over the story again with a translation...
Tūkstantis devyni šimtai šešiasdešimt devintaisiais metais buvau jaunas ir gražus, man buvo devyniolika metų.
In 1969 I was young and handsome, I was 19 years old.
Studijuoti aukštąjį mokslą noro nebuvo,
To study high education I didn’t wish,
tuo metu buvau baigęs vidurinę mokyklą, vienuolika klasių.
at that time I had finished high school, eleven grades.
Kadangi aukštesnės pakopos mokslai netraukė,
Because higher grades didn’t attract me,
o tais senais sovietiniais laikais buvo privaloma karinė tarnyba,
and in these old Soviet times military service was compulsory,
aš buvau nusiteikęs du savo gyvenimo metus atiduoti tarybinei armijai.
I was set to surrender two years of my life to the Soviet Army.
Kareiviu būti nenorėjau, bet tais laikais buvo tokios taisyklės kurių reikėjo laikytis.
I didn‘t want to be a soldier, but in those times there were rules which you needed to follow.
Tuo metu aš dirbau cemento gamykloje prie tekinimo staklių, darbas nebuvo nei mielas, nei sunkus.
At that time I was working in a cement factory next to a lathe machine, the job wasn‘t pleasant nor hard.
Prie bet kokių santvarkų pasaulyje, aišku, reikia dirbti, turėti pajamų pragyvenimui.
Whatever system in the world, clearly, you need to work, you have to have income to live.
Planų ateičiai, galima sakyti, neturėjau.
Future plans, I can say, I didn‘t have.
Taigi, gavęs pakvietimą iš karinio komisariato, pradėjau ruoštis sovietinio kareivio tarnybai.
So, when I got an invitation from the Soviet Commissariat, I started to get ready for Soviet soldier service.
Tais laikais Sovietų Sąjunga pagal teritoriją buvo labai didelė.
These times the Soviet Union, as far as territory goes, was very large.
Niekas iš šauktinių, išskyrus didelių viršininkų vaikus, nežinojo į kokį regioną gali papulti atlikti karinę prievolę.
Nobody from the conscripts, except high commander‘s children, knew to what region they might be stationed for military duty.
Tuo metu man nebuvo svarbu kur atliksiu karinę tarnybą nors, tiesą sakant,
At that time it wasn‘t important to me where I would do military duty but frankly speaking,
truputį bijojau pakliūti į jūrų skyrių, kadangi jūreivio tarnyba tęsėsi trejus metus.
I was a little afraid to get into the sea department, because a sailor‘s service continued for three years.
Man tuometinė darbovietė surengė labai dideles išleistuves: didžiulis, gausiai, valgiais ir degtine, nukrautas stalas.
The then workplace that I worked at arranged a very large farewell party: big, full, dishes and vodka, a loaded table.
Aš nebuvau svaigalų mėgėjas, bet per šias išleistuves teko nemažai išgerti.
I wasn‘t a strong drinks amateur but by way of that farewell party I drank not a little.
Pamenu, jog baigiantis vakarėliui ėmė svaigti galva ir aš nustojau gerti pildamas degtinę į vazoną su didele gėle.
I remember at the end of the evening my head began to whirl and I stopped drinking by pouring vodka into a big flower pot.
Ne visai vėlų vakarą grįžau namo.
Not very late in the evening I came back home.
Mama, taip pat buvo suruošusi išleistuves.
Mother as well had arranged a farewell party.
Namuose manęs laukė giminės iš kaimo.
at home for me were waiting my relatives from the country.
mamos brolis Kazys su žmona, keli draugai ir kaimynai.
My mother‘s brother Kazys with his wife, a few friends and neighbors.
Kadangi buvau nemenkai prisivaišinęs, šiek tiek pavakarojus nuėjau miegoti, o rytojaus dieną turėjau prisistatyti kariniam komisariate.
Because I was not a little filled up, a little partying (and) I went to sleep and the next day I needed to report to the military commissariat.
Okay, now let‘s break down a few of the words and phrases in this story.
high school
vidurinė mokykla
because, due to, inasmuch
kadangi
we went home because we were tired
išejome namo kadangi buvome pavargę
to pull
traukti
to attract
patraukti, pritraukti
to not attract
netraukti
Soviet times
sovietiniai laikai
in Soviet times
sovietiniais laikais
compulsory
privalomas
military rank
karinis laipsnis
military service
karinė tarnyba
military oath
karinė priesaika
work, service, job
tarnyba
in the mood
nusiteikęs
to give
duoti
to surrender
atiduoti
soviet
tarybinis
the army
kariuomenė, armija
soldier
kareivis
a rule
taisyklė
cement
cementas
cement mixer
cemento maišyklė
a mill
gamykla
a cement factory
cemento gamykla
in the cement factory
cemento gamykloje
a turning lathe
tekinimo staklės
a system
santvarka
revenue, income
pajamos
to live
gyventi
to survive
pragyventi
service
prievolė
to do
atlikti
to fear
bijoti
to get into
pakliūti
section, chapter, department
skyrius
a sailor
jūreivis, jūrininkas
the then government
tuometinė vyriausybė
a workplace
darbovietė
to stage, to arrange
surengti
a farewell party
išleistuvės
amply, aplenty, richly
gausiai
to load up tables with tasty foods
nukrauti stalus skaniais valgiais
strong, hard drinks
svaigalai
amateur
mėgėjas
to whirl
svaigti
a plant pot
vazonas
relatives
giminės
a few
keli, keletas
a few friends
keli draugai
to take part in an evening party
vakaroti
to fill up
prisivaišinti
to report
prisistatyti
military
karinis
Alright, thanks for tuning in and we’ll see you on the next episode of Lithuanian Out Loud! Have a great day! Geros dienos! Iki pasimatymo!
Hi there, I’m Jack and I’m Raminta and welcome back to Lithuanian Out Loud where we offer the world the Lithuanian language.
According to Wikipedia, the Nemunas is a major Eastern European river beginning in Belarus and flowing through Lithuania before draining into the Curonian Lagoon and then into the Baltic Sea at Klaipėda. The Nemunas marks the border between Lithuania and Russia's Kaliningrad Oblast. It is the 14th largest river in Europe, the largest in Lithuania and the 3rd largest in Belarus, it is navigable for most of its 900-kilometer length.
Today we’ll start to learn how to use Lithuanian adjectives. An adjective is a word that modifies a noun. For example, a car is a noun. What kind of car is it? We need an adjective to describe this noun. The car is expensive. Expensive is an adjective. An expensive car. A red car. An old car. A fast car.
Lithuanian adjectives can be masculine, feminine or neuter. Masculine adjectives are combined with masculine nouns and feminine adjectives are combined with feminine nouns. The neuter is used when you’re referring to something inspecific.
Additionally, adjectives are plural when combined with plural nouns. For today we’ll just focus on singular nouns combined with singular adjectives.
Lithuanian adjectives normally preceed the noun.
Lithuanian adjectives are the only place you’ll see the neuter in Lithuanian.
Lithuanian adjectives agree with the gender, number and case of the noun - except when you use the neuter.
Lithuanian adjectives have three basic endings; the first, -as or –a, the second, -us or –u, and the third, -is or –ė.
the first group -as or –a has three genders – masculine, feminine and neuter
the neuter has no case and no number
you use the neuter when you’re talking about something not identified
you don’t combine nouns with neutral adjectives because nouns don’t have a neutral form
you’ll see what we mean as we go through the next few episodes
the plural of –as changes to –i, the plural of -a changes to –os
but on this episode we’re only concerned with the singular forms
here are examples of –as and –a
small
mažas / maža
soft
minkštas / minkšta
hard
kietas / kieta
the neuter form of this group ends in –a
maža
minkšta
kieta
the second group -us or –i has three genders – masculine, feminine and neuter
the neuter has no case and no number
the plural of –us changes to –ūs, the plural of -i changes to –ios
on this episode we’re only concerned with the singular forms
here are examples of –us and –i
clean
švarus / švari
cheap
pigus / pigi
expensive
brangus / brangi
the neuter form of this group ends in –u
švaru
pigu
brangu
the third group -is or –ė has only two genders – masculine and feminine
this group doesn’t have a neuter form
the plural of –is changes to –iai, the plural of -ė changes to –ės
here are examples of –is and –ė
icy
ledinis / ledinė
silky
šilkinis / šilkinė
synthetic
sintetinis / sintetinė
neuter form: none
The singular masculine adjectives end in –as –us or –is. Only –as and –us have a neuter ending.
The singular feminine adjectives end in –a –i or –ė. Only –a and –i can have a neuter ending.
Now let’s go through some examples so this makes more sense.
small
mažas / maža
a small dog
mažas šuo
a small cat
mažas katinas
a small house
mažas namas
a small car
mažas automobilis
a small table
mažas stalas
a small country
maža šalis
a small boat
maža valtis
a small ant
maža skruzdėlė
a small fox
maža lapė
a small library
maža biblioteka
neuter example:
how small!
kaip maža!
-soft
minkštas / minkšta
a soft armchair
minkštas fotelis
a soft bag
minkštas maišelis
a soft carpet
minkštas kilimas
a soft cheese
minkštas sūris
a soft rabbit
minkštas kiškis
a soft sofa
minkšta sofa
a soft blanket
minkšta antklodė
a soft chair
minkšta kėdė
a soft bed
minkšta lova
a soft pillow
minkšta pagalvė
neuter example:
how soft!
kaip minkšta!
-hard
kietas / kieta
a hard muffin
kietas keksas
a hard cheese
kietas sūris
a hard stone
kietas akmuo
a hard armchair
kietas fotelis
a hard bench
kietas suolas
a hard sofa
kieta sofa
a hard chair
kieta kėdė
a hard bed
kieta lova
a hard pillow
kieta pagalvė
a hard bun
kieta bandelė
neuter example:
how hard it is to sit here!
kaip kieta čia sėdėti!
-clean
švarus / švari
a clean beach
švarus pliažas
a clean bowl
švarus dubuo
a clean room
švarus kambarys
a clean house
švarus namas
a clean bedroom
švarus miegamasis
a clean bathtub
švari vonia
a clean kitchen
švari virtuvė
a clean stove
švari viryklė
a clean plate
švari lėkštė
a clean saucer
švari lėkštutė
neuter example:
how clean it is in the house!
kaip švaru namuose!
-cheap
pigus / pigi
a cheap bicycle
pigus dviratis
a cheap camera
pigus fotoaparatas
a cheap overcoat
pigus paltas
a cheap pen
pigus tušinukas
a cheap ticket
pigus bilietas
a cheap dress
pigi suknelė
a cheap blouse
pigi bliuzelė
a cheap jacket
pigi striukė
a cheap guitar
pigi gitara
a cheap handbag
pigi rankinė
neuter example:
in this store everything is cheap
šioje parduotuvėje viskas pigu
-icy
ledinis / ledinė
an icy pond
ledinis tvenkinys
an icy pool
ledinis baseinas
an icy drink
ledinis gėrimas
an icy lake
ledinis ežeras
an icy bridge
ledinis tiltas
an icy river
ledinė upė
an icy sea
ledinė jūra
an icy street
ledinė gatvė
an icy puddle
ledinė bala
an icy stairway
ledinė laiptinė
neuter example: there is none
-silky
šilkinis / šilkinė
a silky skirt
šilkinis sijonas
a silky necktie
šilkinis kaklaraištis
a silky sweater
šilkinis megztinis
a silky robe
šilkinis chalatas
a silky pillowcase
šilkinis užvalkalas
a silky dress
šilkinė suknelė
a silky blouse
šilkinė bliuzelė
a silky blanket
šilkinė antklodė
a silky sheet
šilkinė paklodė
a silky headscarf
šilkinė skarelė
neuter example: there is none
-synthetic
sintetinis / sintetinė
a synthetic chemical
sintetinis chemikalas
a synthetic coat
sintetinis paltas
a synthetic fur
sintetinis kailis
a synthetic sweater
sintetinis megztinis
a synthetic tie
sintetinis kaklaraištis
a synthetic blouse
sintetinė palaidinukė
a synthetic jacket
sintetinė striukė
a synthetic fabric
sintetinė medžiaga
a synthetic glove
sintetinės pirštinės
a synthetic resin
sintetinė derva
the adjective didelis is an oddball and it doesn’t follow the normal rules
-big, heavy, large
didelis / didelė
a big noise
didelis triukšmas
a big elephant
didelis dramblys
a big man
didelis vyras
a big mountain
didelis kalnas
a big house
didelis namas
a big structure
didelė struktūra
a big country
didelė šalis
a big sofa
didelė sofa
a big snowflake
didelė snaigė
a large book
didelė knyga
Šaunuoliai! Excellent! You made it to the end of another episode! Puiku!
LL0154 – Exam 41
keturiasdešimt pirmas egzaminas. This is a quick response episode! We’ll say the word or phrase in English and you say it in Lithuanian – Out Loud! It’s too late for questions, the exam starts now. Ready, set, go! Pasiruošti, dėmesio, marš!
a son
sūnus
one son
vienas sūnus
two sons
du sūnūs
three sons
trys sūnūs
five sons
penki sūnūs
eight sons
aštuoni sūnūs
a person
žmogus
one person
vienas žmogus
two people
du žmonės
three people
trys žmonės
six people
šeši žmonės
nine people
devyni žmonės
an uncle
dėdė
one uncle
vienas dėdė
two uncles
du dėdės
six uncles
šeši dėdės
four uncles
keturi dėdės
three uncles
trys dėdės
the station
stotis
one station
viena stotis
two stations
dvi stotys
three stations
trys stotys
nine stations
devynios stotys
four stations
keturios stotys
the woman
moteris
one woman
viena moteris
two women
dvi moterys
five women
penkios moterys
six women
šešios moterys
four women
keturios moterys
a daughter
duktė
one daughter
viena duktė
two daughters
dvi dukterys
three daughters
trys dukterys
six daughters
šešios dukterys
four daughters
keturios dukterys
LL0153 – Exam 40
Keturiasdešimtas egzaminas. This is a quick response episode! We’ll say the word or phrase in English and you say it in Lithuanian – Out Loud! It’s too late for questions, the exam starts now. Ready, set, go! Pasiruošti, dėmesio, marš!
dawn
aušra
gate, gates
vartai
the gates of dawn or dawn’s gates
aušros vartai
a stone
akmuo
one stone
vienas akmuo
two stones
du akmenys
nine stones
devyni akmenys
five stones
penki akmenys
seven stones
septyni akmenys
the bowl
dubuo
one bowl
vienas dubuo
two bowls
du dubenys
four bowls
keturi dubenys
six bowls
šeši dubenys
three bowls
trys dubenys
a muscle
raumuo
one muscle
vienas raumuo
two muscles
du raumenys
five muscles
penki raumenys
three muscles
trys raumenys
four muscles
keturi raumenys
autumn
ruduo
one autumn
vienas ruduo
two autumns
du rudenys
seven autumns
septyni rudenys
eight autumns
aštuoni rudenys
three autumns
trys rudenys
a person
asmuo
one person
vienas asmuo
two people
du asmenys
five people
penki asmenys
nine people
devyni asmenys
eight people
aštuoni asmenys
the dog
šuo
a dog
šuo
one dog
vienas šuo
two dogs
du šunys
nine dogs
devyni šunys
four dogs
keturi šunys
five dogs
penki šunys
a sister
sesuo
one sister
viena sesuo
two sisters
dvi seserys
eight sisters
aštuonios seserys
five sisters
penkios seserys
Mano Gyvenimas Puikus My Life Is Excellent
Hi there, I’m Raminta and I’m Jack and welcome back to Lithuanian Out Loud where we offer the world the Lithuanian language.
Today Raminta and I got an interesting email. It seems we have been nominated for Persons of the Year by the news portal at Lietuviams.com in Lithuania. If you would like to see us and our competition at the Lietuviams website just follow the link on the Lithuanian Out Loud blogpage. Naturally, we’d love it if you have the time to go there and vote for us. You have to vote some time in January. No voting will be allowed in February. How fun!
Persons Of The Year Competition:http://www.lietuviams.com/index.php?user_sub_id=146&itemID=12
Alright! Now it’s time for another episode of Gyvenimas Puikus! Here are two separate conversations in a Lithuanian restaurant…
Ar jūs pasiruošę užsisakyti maistą?
Aš nežinau, ar picoje „Margarita“ nėra svogūnų? Aš nekenčiu svogūnų.
Ne, šioje picoje nėra svogūnų.
Gerai, pabandysiu šią picą.
Ar jūs pasiruošę užsisakyti?
Aš nežinau. Ar šiame patiekale yra svogūnų? Aš nekenčiu svogūnų.
Taip, šis patiekalas su svogūnais, bet mes galime juos nuimti.
Oi, puiku, aš pabandysiu tai be svogūnų, prašau.
(vėliau)
Atsiprašau, padavėja?
Taip?
Šis maistas yra šaltas. Ar galite pašildyti, prašom?
O taip, atsiprašau. Aš paprašysiu pašildyti šį maistą.
Ar jūs pasiruošę užsisakyti maistą?
Are you ready to order?
Aš nežinau, ar picoje „Margarita“ nėra svogūnų? Aš nekenčiu svogūnų.
I don’t know, are there onions in the pizza Margarita? I hate onions.
Ne, šioje picoje nėra svogūnų.
No, there are no onions in it.
Gerai, pabandysiu šią picą.
Okay, I’ll try this pizza.
Ar jūs pasiruošę užsisakyti?
Are you ready to order?
Aš nežinau. Ar šiame patiekale yra svogūnų? Aš nekenčiu svogūnų.
I don’t know. Are there onions in this dish? I hate onions.
Taip, šis patiekalas su svogūnais, bet mes galime juos nuimti.
Yes, it comes with onions but we can remove them.
Oi, puiku, aš pabandysiu tai be svogūnų, prašau.
Okay, great, I’ll try it without onions, please.
(later)
(vėliau)
Atsiprašau, padavėja?
Excuse me, waitress?
Taip?
Yes?
Šis maistas yra šaltas. Ar galite pašildyti, prašom?
This food is cold. Can you heat it up, please?
O taip, atsiprašau. Aš paprašysiu pašildyti šį maistą.
Oh yes, I’m sorry. I will ask them to heat it up.
Super! Now let’s break this down a little bit.
are you ready? (jūs) (m/f)
ar jūs pasiruošę?
are you ready? (tu) (to a male)
ar tu pasiruošęs?
are you ready? (tu) (to a female)
ar tu pasiruošusi?
I’m ready
aš pasiruošęs
to be ready
pasiruošti
food
maistas
I don’t know
aš nežinau
an onion
svogūnas
two onions
du svogūnai
I’d like onions
aš norėčiau svogūnų
I don’t want onions
aš nenoriu svogūnų
to order
užsisakyti
I want to order
aš noriu užsisakyti
I hate
aš nekenčiu
I hate flies
aš nekenčiu musių
I hate carrots
aš nekenčiu morkų
I will try
aš pabandysiu
I will try to ski
aš pabandysiu slidinėti
I will try to play tennis
aš pabandysiu žaisti tenisą
a dish (of food)
patiekalas
in the dish (of food)
patiekale
to remove
nuimti
later
vėliau
this food is cold
šis maistas yra šaltas
this food is hot
šis maistas yra karštas
this food is terrible
šis maistas yra siaubingas
this food is great
šis maistas yra puikus
to heat up
pašildyti
can you heat this up?
ar jūs galite tai pašildyti?
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Flashcards Body Parts
Hi there, this is Jack and welcome back to Lithuanian Out Loud. This is a flashcard episode. To use this episode you have to download the accompanying pdf file and open it. Then just follow along with the audio.
The pdf file has four pages. On the first two pages we give you the English and the Lithuanian text along with an image from the public domain clip art collection at WP Clipart.
The third and fourth pages of our pdf file have English only. So, if you print the pdf file onto heavy paper or card stock you can cut them out and create hand-held flashcards. You can study by yourself or with a friend. Here we go, enjoy!
eye
akis
mouth
burna
nose
nosis
head
galva
ear
ausis
arm
ranka
leg
koja
hand
ranka
hair
plaukai
neck
kaklas
foot
pėda
heart
širdis
brain
smegenys
finger
pirštas
thumb
nykštys
wrist
riešas
tooth
dantis
teeth
dantys
skin
oda
elbow
alkūnė
knee
kelis
chest
krūtinė
lip
lūpa
lips
lūpos
face
veidas
body
kūnas
Exam 39
Trisdešimt devintas egzaminas. This is a quick response episode! We’ll say the word or phrase in English and you say it in Lithuanian – Out Loud! It’s too late for questions, the exam starts now. Ready, set, go! Pasiruošti, dėmesio, marš!
a room
kambarys
you have a room (jūs)
jūs turite kambarį
you don’t have a room (jūs)
jūs neturite kambario
idea
idėja
you all have an idea
jūs turite idėją
you all don’t have an idea
jūs neturite idėjos
a male doctor
gydytojas
they have a male doctor (mm/mf group)
jie turi gydytoją
they don’t have a male doctor (mm/mf group)
jie neturi gydytojo
a female doctor
gydytoja
they have a female doctor (mm/mf group)
jie turi gydytoją
they don’t have a female doctor (mm/mf group)
jie neturi gydytojos
father
tėvas
they have a father (female group)
jos turi tėvą
they don’t have a father (female group)
jos neturi tėvo
mother
motina
they have a mother (female group)
jos turi motiną
they don’t have a mother (female group)
jos neturi motinos
museum
muziejus
the city has a museum
miestas turi muziejų
the city doesn’t have a museum
miestas neturi muziejaus
television
televizorius
Raminta has a television
Raminta turi televizorių
Raminta doesn’t have a television
Raminta neturi televizoriaus
how sad
kaip liūdna
I don’t have to work
aš neturiu dirbti
you don’t have to dance (tu)
neturi šokti
you don’t have to study (jūs)
jūs neturit studijuoti
they don’t have to sleep (mm/mf group)
jie neturi miegoti
they don’t have to eat (female group)
jos neturi valgyti
we don’t have to wait
neturime laukti
she doesn’t have to live in Vilnius
ji neturi gyventi Vilniuje
he doesn’t have to live in Klaipėda
jis neturi gyventi Klaipėdoje
Flashcards More Animals
Hi there, this is Jack and welcome back to Lithuanian Out Loud. This is a flashcard episode. To use this episode you have to download the accompanying pdf file and open it. Then just follow along with the audio.
The pdf file has four pages. On the first two pages we give you the English and the Lithuanian text along with an image from the public domain clip art collection at WP Clipart.
The third and fourth pages of our pdf file have English only. So, if you print the pdf file onto heavy paper or card stock you can cut them out and create hand-held flashcards. You can study by yourself or with a friend. Here we go, enjoy!
alligator
aligatorius
eel
ungurys
sea lion
jūrų liūtas
crab
krabas
dolphin
delfinas
fish
žuvis
jellyfish
medūza
bat
šikšnosparnis
fox
lapė
giraffe
žirafa
goat
ožka
hippopotamus
begemotas
sheep
avis
gorilla
gorila
scorpion
skorpionas
weasel
žebenkštis
leopard
leopardas
zebra
zebras
stork
gandras
cuckoo
gegutė
pigeon
balandis
lobster
omaras
octopus
aštuonkojis
shark
ryklys
Hi there, I’m Raminta and I’m Jack and welcome back to Lithuanian Out Loud where we offer the world the Lithuanian language.
According to a Los Angeles Times article of September 2005, a Russian SU-27 flying from St. Petersburg to Kaliningrad went off course, flew over Lithuania, the pilot ejected and the plane crashed into an empty Lithuanian field. Everything about this story is bizarre. Russian authorities initially claimed the plane was unarmed but in fact it had air-to-air missiles and a canon. Why did the aircraft fly over 120 miles into Lithuania? Why did the pilot turn off his radar beacon? Why did he fly low to the ground under Lithuanian radar? Nothing about the incident makes sense. Soon after the crash Lithuanian Air Force Commander Colonel Jonas Marcinkus was fired from his post for some phone calls he made to Russian military officers. Some analysts have suggested the aircraft was testing Lithuanian defenses for a hypothetical Russian war with Poland and Lithuania.
Laba diena, norėčiau užsisakyti maisto išsinešimui
Ko pageidausite?
Ar jūs turite valgiaraštį?
Žinoma, štai – paimkite. Gal norėtumėte ko nors išgerti?
Ne, tiesiog palauksiu savo užsakymo
Gerai, kai būsite pasiruošus užsakyti maistą leiskite man žinoti
Gerai, ačiū
Ačiū jums, prašom prisėsti
Laba diena, norėčiau užsisakyti maisto išsinešimui
Good day, I would like to order food to go
Ko pageidausite?
What you would like?
Ar jūs turite valgiaraštį?
Do you have a menu?
Žinoma, štai – paimkite. Gal norėtumėte ko nors išgerti?
Sure, here you go. Maybe you would like something to drink?
Ne, tiesiog palauksiu savo užsakymo
No, I will just wait for my order
Gerai, kai būsite pasiruošus užsakyti maistą leiskite man žinoti
Okay, when you will be ready to order the food let me know
Gerai, ačiū
Okay, thank you
Ačiū jums, prašom prisėsti
Thank you, please sit down
okay, now let’s break some of this down…
to order
užsakyti
food
maistas
to carry out
išsinešti
to wish, to desire
pageidauti
what do you wish? (tu)
ko tu pageidauji?
what do you desire? (tu)
ko tu pageidauji?
what do you wish? (formal)
ko jūs pageidaujate?
what do you desire? (formal)
ko jūs pageidaujate?
a menu
meniu / valgiaraštis
do you have a menu?
ar jūs turite valgiaraštį?
do you have a menu?
ar jūs turite meniu?
of course
žinoma
here
štai
to take
imti, paimti
take – as in a command
imk, imkite, paimk, paimkite
of course, here, take
žinoma, štai – paimkite
maybe, perhaps
gal
you would want
norėtumėte
something to eat
ko nors valgyti
something to drink
ko nors gerti
something to drink
ko nors išgerti
maybe you’d like something to drink?
gal norėtumėte ko nors gerti?
maybe you’d like something to drink?
gal norėtumėte ko nors išgerti?
maybe you’d like something to eat?
gal norėtumėte ko nors valgyti?
just
tiesiog
just come in
tiesiog užeik
just drink it
tiesiog išgerk
just eat it
tiesiog suvalgyk
I will wait
palauksiu
an order (of food for example)
užsakymas
I will wait for my order
palauksiu savo užsakymo
okay
gerai
when
kai
you will be (future tense of būti – formal)
būsite
to get ready, to prepare
ruošti
to be ready
pasiruošti
to let, to allow, to permit
leisti
to know
žinoti
please, let me know
prašom, leiskite man žinoti
please, let me know when you are ready
prašom, leiskite man žinoti kai būsite pasiruošęs
thank you
ačiū
thank you (with emphasis – formal)
ačiū jums
thank you (with emphasis – informal)
ačiū tau
thank you, please sit down
ačiū jums, prašom prisėsti
Laba diena, norėčiau užsisakyti maisto išsinešimui
Ko pageidausite?
Ar jūs turite valgiaraštį?
Žinoma, štai – paimkite. Gal norėtumėte ko nors išgerti?
Ne, tiesiog palauksiu savo užsakymo
Gerai, kai būsite pasiruošus užsakyti maistą leiskite man žinoti
Gerai, ačiū
Ačiū jums, prašom prisėsti
Šaunuoliai! Great! You made it to the end of another episode! Nuostabu!
Lithuania Looks Askance at Tale of Russian Pilot
By Kim Murphy
http://www.bafl.com/newsDetail.asp?idNews=176
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Photograph: Laisvės statula (Freedom Statue), Kaunas, Lithuania
Photographer: Algirdas (Wikipedia)
The pdf file has four pages. On the first two pages we give you the English and the Lithuanian text along with an image from the public domain clip art collection at WP Clipart.
The third and fourth pages of our pdf file have English only. So, if you print the pdf file onto heavy paper or card stock you can cut them out and create hand-held flashcards. You can study by yourself or with a friend. Here we go, enjoy!
a building
pastatas
buildings
pastatai
castle
pilis
tower
bokštas
church
bažnyčia
farm
ūkis
fort
fortas
factory
fabrikas
city
miestas
house
namas
home
namai
apartment
butas
lighthouse
švyturys
firestation
gaisrinė
coal mine
anglių kasykla
statue
statula
bridge
tiltas
fountain
fontanas
village
kaimas
university
universitetas
townhall
rotušė
library
biblioteka
museum
muziejus
cathedral
katedra
Trisdešimt aštuntas egzaminas. This is a quick response episode! We’ll say the word or phrase in English and you say it in Lithuanian – Out Loud! It’s too late for questions, the exam starts now. Ready, set, go! Pasiruošti, dėmesio, marš!
I don’t have
aš neturiu
you don’t have (tu)
tu neturi
he doesn’t have
jis neturi
she doesn’t have
ji neturi
we don’t have
mes neturime
you don’t have (jūs)
jūs neturite
you all don’t have
jūs neturite
they don’t have (m/m or m/f group)
jie neturi
they don’t have (females only)
jos neturi
a passport
pasas
I have a passport
aš turiu pasą
I don’t have a passport
aš neturiu paso
a question
klausimas
I have a question
aš turiu klausimą
I don’t have a question
aš neturiu klausimo
a problem
problema
you have a problem (tu)
tu turi problemą
you don’t have a problem (tu)
tu neturi problemos
a wife
žmona
you have a wife (tu)
tu turi žmoną
you don’t have a wife (tu)
tu neturi žmonos
a husband
vyras
she has a husband
ji turi vyrą
she doesn’t have a husband
ji neturi vyro
a female friend
draugė
she has a female friend
ji turi draugę
she doesn’t have a female friend
ji neturi draugės
a house
namas
he has a house
jis turi namą
he doesn’t have a house
jis neturi namo
automobile
automobilis
he has an automobile
jis turi automobilį
he doesn’t have an automobile
jis neturi automobilio
a male friend
draugas
you have a male friend (jūs)
jūs turite draugą
you don’t have a male friend (jūs)
jūs neturite draugo
Hi there, I’m Raminta and I’m Jack and welcome back to Lithuanian Out Loud where we offer the world the Lithuanian language.
According to the Wikipedia page entitled, Rimantas Antanas Stankevičius, on 9 September 1990, Lithuanian pilot Rimantas Antanas Stankevičius died while performing at an airshow in Treviso, Italy. He was flying an SU-27 high-performance jet and after performing a loop the aircraft was lower than it should have been. Rimantas could have ejected safely but the unpiloted aircraft might then have smashed into the crowds of people watching the show. Rimantas chose to stay with the aircraft to ensure it crashed clear of the spectators. Rimantas was not only a first-class test pilot but also the first Lithuanian astronaut who flew the Buran Space Shuttle prototype. He was born in Mariampolė, Lithuania and was buried in Kaunas, Lithuania. He was 46 years-old.
Sveiki, staliuką dviems prašau
Kokio staliuko norėtumėte?
Mes prisėsime prie stalelio esančio prie lango
Puiku, prisėskite, tuoj atnešiu meniu
Sveiki, staliuką dviems prašau
Hi, a table for two please
Kokio staliuko norėtumėte?
What table would you prefer?
Mes prisėsime prie stalelio esančio prie lango
We will sit down by the table next to the window
Puiku, prisėskite, tuoj atnešiu meniu
Excellent, have a seat, immediatetly I will bring a menu
Okay, now let’s go over some of the conversation and break it down a bit.
a table for two, please
staliuką dviems, prašau
a table, please
staliuką, prašau
we will sit down
mes prisėsime
next to
prie (plus the genitive case)
existing, being, in
esantis
in the center of Telšiai is a lake
Telšių centre esantis ežeras
do you like the person in the car?
ar patinka žmogus esantis mašinoje?
we’re going to the house outside the city
važiuojame į namą esantį užmiestyje
a window
langas
next to the window
prie lango
a table
stalas
next to the table
prie stalo
a chair
kėdė
next to the chair
prie kėdės
have a seat
prisėskite
please, sit down
prašom atsisėsti
a menu
meniu / valgiaraštis
immediately, right away
tuoj
to bring
atnešti
I will bring
atnešiu
I will bring a menu
atnešiu meniu / atnešiu valgiaraštį
Šaunuoliai! Great! You made it to the end of another episode! Nuostabu!
Sveiki, staliuką dviems prašau
Kokio staliuko norėtumėte?
Mes prisėsime prie stalelio esančio prie lango
Puiku, prisėskite, tuoj atnešiu meniu
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According to Radio Vilnius: News & Current Affairs
Lithuania has the third lowest birthrate in Europe and Lithuania makes the list of the ten nations worldwide with the lowest birthrates. Naturally it’s difficult for parents to combine childcare with work and daycare isn’t easy to find. Lithuania has the longest maternity leave coverage in the world. The childcare giver receives two years off work with full pay supplied by the Lithuanian government.
In Lithuanian you can say “or” using ar or arba
or ar
or arba
or ar
or arba
yes or no
taip arba ne
England or Lithuania
Anglija arba Lietuva
either us or your friends
arba mes arba tavo draugai
a film or a book
filmas arba knyga
good or bad
geras ar blogas
black or white
juodas ar baltas
big or small
didelis ar mažas
pretty or ugly
gražus ar bjaurus
hot or cold
karštas ar šaltas
young or old
jaunas ar senas
satiated or hungry
sotus ar alkanas
straight or crooked
tiesus ar kreivas
war or peace
karas arba taika
is this coffee or tea?
ar tai yra kava ar arbata?
is that cake or pie?
ar tai tortas ar pyragas?
is this salt or sugar?
ar tai druska ar cukrus?
is that milk or cream?
ar tai pienas ar grietinėlė?
is that a pen or a pencil?
ar tai rašiklis ar pieštukas?
white wine or red wine?
baltas vynas ar raudonas vynas?
you can put ar or arba in front the noun
black or white?
ar juodas ar baltas?
one or two?
ar vienas ar du?
one or two?
arba vienas arba du?
now or later?
arba dabar arba vėliau?
who is home? Jolanta or Eglė?
kas yra namuose? ar Jolanta ar Eglė?
do you have a fawn pug or a black pug?
ar tu turi smėlio spalvos mopsą ar juodą mopsą?
either go or stay
arba einam arba pasiliekam
choose the past or the future
pasirink, arba praeitis arba ateitis
choose either A or B
pasirink, arba A arba B
Putvys or Deividas can do it
Putvys arba Deividas gali tai padaryti
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Radio Vilnius: News & Current Affairs
http://www.lrt.lt/english/news.php?strid=4270804&
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According to the free Wikipedia page Romuva; The Quendlinburg Chronicle mentions a missionary Bruno of Querfort, who was killed along with 18 men by Yotvingians because of entering The Holy Forest. This was the first time the name of Lithuania was mentioned in written sources. Lithuanians came to history as very conservative believers of an ancient European pre-Christian faith, they preserved this religion until the 14th and 15th centuries. They happened to be the last non-nomadic people in Europe practicing pristine Indo-European polytheism.
In the 13th century Pope Gregory IX declared crusades against the Baltic peoples. This led to the destruction of the Baltic faith. Grand Duke Mindaugas was Christianized with his family and warriors in 1251 to get recognition from Christian Europe. But, Mindaugas still worshipped pagan deities as the Hyperian Chronicle mentions. He sacrificed to the Supreme God Andajus or Dievas, Perkūnas, Teliavelis, the god of blacksmiths, and Žvorūna, goddess of forests and hunters.
Today we‘ll go over the Lithuanian verb galėti – to be able. Here are galėti and negalėti conjugated in the present tense.
to be able (can)
galėti
I can
aš galiu
you can
tu gali
he can
jis gali
she can
ji gali
we can
mes galime
you can
jūs galite
you all can
jūs galite
they can (mm/mf)
jie gali
they can (ff)
jos gali
to not be able (cannot)
negalėti
I cannot
aš negaliu
you cannot
tu negali
he cannot
jis negali
she cannot
ji negali
we cannot
mes negalime
you cannot
jūs negalite
you all cannot
jūs negalite
they cannot (mm/mf)
jie negali
they cannot (ff)
jos negali
vocabulary žodynas
I would like
norėčiau
also
irgi
to read
skaityti
to write
rašyti
to work
dirbti
if
jei, jeigu
to leave
išeiti
to enter
įeiti
to sing
dainuoti
to cook
virti
to dance
šokti
to do
daryti, padaryti
to start
pradėti
slow
lėtas
to hear
girdėti
to finish
baigti
to eat
valgyti
to win
laimėti
to change
pakeisti
life
gyvenimas
to say, to tell
pasakyti
when?
kada?
why?
kodėl?
to read
skaityti
a sentence
sakinys
polite
mandagus
to trust
pasitikėti
pleasant, nice
malonus
outside
laukas
to relax
atsipalaiduoti
all
visas
to rest
pailsėti
dessert
desertas
to smoke
rūkyti
to sit
sėdėti
to write
rašyti
nor
nei
anywhere
bet kur
to study
mokytis
wonderful
puikus
pork
kiauliena
aš
I can read
aš galiu skaityti
I can write
aš galiu rašyti
I can work
aš galiu dirbti
if I can, you can too
jei aš galiu, gali ir tu
I can’t shut up
negaliu tylėti
I can’t read
negaliu skaityti
I can’t write
negaliu rašyti
I can’t work
negaliu dirbti
tu
can you?
ar gali?
can you speak English?
ar gali kalbėti angliškai?
can you understand French?
ar gali suprasti prancūziškai?
I know that you can do it
aš žinau kad tu tai gali
can you?
ar gali?
yes, I can!
taip, aš galiu
I can’t shut up
negaliu tylėti
yes, I can!
taip, galiu!
you cannot leave
negali išeiti
you cannot enter
negali įeiti
you cannot sing
negali dainuoti
jis
he can cook
jis gali virti
he can dance
jis gali šokti
he can do it
jis gali tai padaryti
he cannot do it
jis negali to padaryti
he cannot cook
jis negali virti
he cannot dance
jis negali šokti
ji
she can start
ji gali pradėti
she can eat very slowly
ji gali valgyti labai lėtai
she can hear
ji gali girdėti
she cannot swim
ji negali plaukti
she cannot eat slowly
ji negali valgyti lėtai
mes
we can do it
mes galime tai padaryti
we can win
galime laimėti
yes we can
taip mes galime
we can’t do it
mes negalime to padaryti
we can’t win
negalime laimėti
no we can’t
ne, mes negalime
jūs
you can change your life
jūs galite pakeisti savo gyvenimą
can you say when?
ar galite pasakyti kada?
can you say why?
ar galite pasakyti kodėl?
now you can start
dabar galite pradėti
can you read this sentence?
ar jūs galite perskaityti šį sakinį?
why can’t you be polite?
kodėl jūs negalite būti mandagus?
why can’t you trust me?
kodėl jūs negalite manimi pasitikėti?
why can’t you be nice?
kodėl jūs negalite būti malonus?
jūs
you all can play outside
jūs visi galite žaisti lauke
you can all relax
jūs visi galite atsipalaiduoti
you can all rest
jūs visi galite pailsėti
you all cannot eat dessert
negalite valgyti deserto
you all cannot smoke here
negalite čia rūkyti
you all cannot sit here
negalite čia sėdėti
jie
they can read and write
jie gali skaityti ir rašyti
they can sit in the coffee shop
jie gali sėdėti kavinėje
they can speak Lithuanian
jie gali kalbėti lietuviškai
they can understand a little English
jie gali truputį suprasti angliškai
they can’t read nor write
jie negali nei skaityti, nei rašyti
they can’t live well in London
jie negali gerai gyventi Londone
they can’t speak Lithuanian
jie negali kalbėti lietuviškai
jos
they can live anywhere
jos gali gyventi bet kur
they can dance well
jos gali puikiai šokti
they can study in the library
jos gali mokytis bibliotekoje
they can sit outside
jos gali sėdėti lauke
they cannot live here
jos negali gyventi čia
they cannot dance well
jos negali gerai šokti
they cannot eat pork
jos negali valgyti kiaulienos
and here is galėti in the imperative
you can! (tu)
galėk!
we can!
galėkime!
you can! (jūs)
galėkite!
you cannot! (tu)
negalėk!
we cannot!
negalėkime!
you cannot! (jūs)
negalėkite!
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Hi there, this is Jack and welcome back to Lithuanian Out Loud. This is a flashcard episode. To use this episode you have to download the accompanying pdf file and open it. Then just follow along with the audio.
The pdf file has four pages. On the first two pages we give you the English and the Lithuanian text along with an image from the public domain clip art collection at WP Clipart.
The third and fourth pages of our pdf file have English only. So, if you print the pdf file onto heavy paper or card stock you can cut them out and create hand-held flashcards. You can study by yourself or with a friend. Here we go, enjoy!
dog
šuo
cat
katė
bird
paukštis
bull
jautis
cow
karvė
rabbit
triušis
chicken
višta
rooster
gaidys
rat
žiurkė
puppy
šuniukas
chick (baby chicken)
viščiukas
horse
arklys
lion
liūtas
bear
meška / lokys
elephant
dramblys
snake
gyvatė
monkey
beždžionė
frog
varlė
turtle
vėžlys
wolf
vilkas
mouse
pelė
lizard
driežas
elk
briedis
deer
elnias
Hi there, I’m Raminta and I’m Jack and welcome back to Lithuanian Out Loud where we offer the world the Lithuanian language.
Prašom...
According to the Wikipedia page entitled, Russians in Lithuania, most of the present-day Russians in Lithuania are migrants from the Soviet era and their descendants.
In Lithuania, Russian emmigration was resisted. In Latvia and Estonia, less was done to stop it. By 1989 Russians made up 30% of the population in Estonia, while in Latvia, ethnic Latvians made up just 52% of the population. In contrast, in the last Soviet census in 1989, only 9 percent of Lithuania's population were ethnic Russians.
Russians who reside in Lithuania live mainly in urban areas. In Vilnius they make up 13% of the population, and 20% in Klaipėda. Kaunas has just 4% ethnic Russians. The town of Visaginas was built for workers at the Ignalina nuclear power plant and therefore has an ethnic Russian majority of 55%.
Alright, here is the first in a series of conversations Raminta recorded at a barbecue party. In the background of these recordings you can hear music from the party, insects, frogs, dogs and passing cars. These conversations are relaxed, spontaneous and unscripted. First, you’ll hear the conversation between Raminta and Ingrida and then we’ll break it down using some examples. Then at the end we’ll play the conversation again. Enjoy! Enjoy!
Viskas….Labas vakaras, Ingrida!
Labas vakaras, Raminta!
Pirmų pirmiausia paklausiu klausimą ar sutinkate būti įrašyta ir ar informacija gali būti panaudota internete?
Gali
…projekte “Lithuanian Out Loud”
Prašau
Ačiū, tai va, Ingrida, kaip manai, kas gyvenime yra laimingesni – vyrai ar moterys?
Aš galvoju, kad laimingesnės vis tik moterys yra gyvenime.
Moterys? Kodėl taip manot?
Todėl, kad jos gali pasiekti daugiau negu vyrai kartais, jos yra išradingesnės, subtilesnės, jautresnės, įdomesnės daugumoje, aišku yra ir vyrų įdomių, na ir daug daugiau tų privalumų yra ištikrųjų, tik reikia būti moteriai protingai, protas nugali viską.
Šaunu, ištikrųjų šaunu
Raminta:
Viskas….Labas vakaras, Ingrida!
That’s it…Good evening, Ingrida!
Ingrida:
Labas vakaras, Raminta!
Good evening, Raminta
Raminta:
Pirmų pirmiausia paklausiu klausimą ar sutinkate būti įrašyta ir ar informacija gali būti panaudota internete?
First of all I will ask a question do you agree to be recorded and can the information be used on the internet?
Ingrida:
Gali
It can
Raminta:
…projekte “Lithuanian Out Loud”
…in the project “Lithuanian Out Loud”
Ingrida:
Prašau
“Go right ahead”
Raminta:
Ačiū, tai va, Ingrida, kaip manai, kas gyvenime yra laimingesni – vyrai ar moterys?
Thanks, so, Ingrida, what do you think, who in life is happier - men or women?
Ingrida:
Aš galvoju, kad laimingesnės vis tik moterys yra gyvenime.
I think that happier, nevertheless, women are in life.
Raminta:
Moterys? Kodėl taip manot?
Women? Why do you think so?
Ingrida:
Todėl, kad jos gali pasiekti daugiau negu vyrai kartais, jos yra išradingesnės, subtilesnės, jautresnės, įdomesnės daugumoje, aišku yra ir vyrų įdomių, na ir daug daugiau tų privalumų yra ištikrųjų, tik reikia būti moteriai protingai, protas nugali viską.
Because they can achieve more than men sometimes, they are more inventive, more subtle, more sensitive, more interesting in the majority, clearly there are interesting men, and there are many more qualities to tell the truth, only it’s necessary for women to be clever, intelligence conquers all.
Raminta:
Šaunu, ištikrųjų šaunu
Great, really great
vocabulary
žodynas
all or everything
viskas
first
pirmas
first of all…
pirmiausia…
to ask
paklausti
I will ask…
paklausiu…
a question
klausimas
or
ar, arba
to meet or to agree
sutikti
to be
būti
to record
įrašyti
information
informacija
to be able (can)
galėti
can be
gali būti
to make use of
panaudoti
the internet
internetas
on or in the internet
internete
project
projektas
in the project
projekte
so, …where are you from?
tai va…iš kur jūs esate?
sooo, …let’s get started!
tai va…pradėkim!
so, …how are you?
tai va…kaip sekas?
to think
manyti
life
gyvenimas
in life
gyvenime
a man
vyras
men
vyrai
a woman
moteris
women
moterys
happy (masculine singular)
laimingas
happy (masculine plural)
laimingi
happy (feminine singular)
laiminga
happy (feminine plural)
laimingos
happier (masculine singular)
laimingesnis
happier (masculine plural)
laimingesni
happier (feminine singular)
laimingesnė
happier (feminine plural)
laimingesnės
a happy man
laimingas vyras
a happier man
laimingesnis vyras
happy men
laimingi vyrai
happier men
laimingesni vyrai
a happy woman
laiminga moteris
a happier woman
laimingesnė moteris
happy women
laimingos moterys
happier women
laimingesnės moterys
to think
galvoti
I think
galvoju
always, still
vis
only
tik
why do you think so?
kodėl taip manot?
why
kodėl
therefore, so, that is why
todėl
that
kad
they (women)
jos
to reach, to attain, to achieve
pasiekti
more
daugiau
than
negu
sometimes
kartais
inventive
išradingas
more inventive (feminine plural)
išradingesnės
subtle
subtilus
more subtle (feminine plural)
subtilesnės
sensitive, delicate, tactful
jautrus
more sensitive (feminine plural)
jautresnės
interesting
įdomus
more interesting
įdomesnės
majority
dauguma
in the majority
daugumoje
clear
aiškus
clearly
aišku
clearly there are interesting men
aišku yra vyrų įdomių
clearly there are interesting men
aišku yra ir vyrų įdomių
note that here “ir” is used for emphasis
now…well…
na…
so, why?
na, kodėl?
well, I think that he is happy
na, aš manau, kad jis yra laimingas
oh, I don’t know
na, aš nežinau
many
daug
more
daugiau
that, this
tas
necessary, indespensable
privalus
quality, merit
privalumas
that quality or merit
tas privalumas
many qualities or merits
daug privalumų (plural genitive)
to tell the truth, really…
ištikrujų…
to need, to require
reikėti
it is necessary
reikia
mind, intelligence, wit, intellect
protas
clever, sensible
protingas
an intelligent male cat, clever cat
protingas katinas
a clever female cat
protinga katė
to overcome, to conquer, to defeat
nugalėti
intelligence conquers all
protas nugali viską
intelligence conquers everything
protas nugali viską
beauty conquers all
grožis nugali viską
truth conquers all
tiesa nugali viską
Viskas….Labas vakaras, Ingrida!
Labas vakaras, Raminta!
Pirmų pirmiausia paklausiu klausimą ar sutinkate būti įrašyta ir ar informacija gali būti panaudota internete?
Gali
…projekte “Lithuanian Out Loud”
Prašau
Ačiū, tai va, Ingrida, kaip manai, kas gyvenime yra laimingesni – vyrai ar moterys?
Aš galvoju, kad laimingesnės vis tik moterys yra gyvenime.
Moterys? Kodėl taip manot?
Todėl, kad jos gali pasiekti daugiau negu vyrai kartais, jos yra išradingesnės, subtilesnės, jautresnės, įdomesnės daugumoje, aišku yra ir vyrų įdomių, na ir daug daugiau tų privalumų yra ištikrųjų, tik reikia būti moteriai protingai, protas nugali viską.
Šaunu, ištikrųjų šaunu
Alright! That’s it for today! Thanks for the download! If you got anything out of this lesson please leave us a review on our iTunes page.
To leave us comments call our voicemail number that’s in the title of every show or call our Skype voicemail at Lithuanianoutloud – that’s one word, and leave us a message there.
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Thanks for tuning in, tell your friends about us, we’ll see you on the next episode of Lithuanian Out Loud.
I’m Jack and I’ve never met a Lithuanian I didn’t like. Viso gero! Sudie!
Russians in Lithuania
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_Russians_in_Lithuania
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Hi there, I’m Jack and welcome back to Lithuanian Out Loud where we offer the world the Lithuanian language. This is our second installment of Gyvenimas Puikus. First, we’ll let you hear the conversation and then we’ll go over the conversation slowly and break it down a little. After that we’ll let you hear the recordings that we had to cut out because Raminta and her friend Dovilė just couldn’t keep from laughing. And by the way, I’d like to sincerely thank Dovilė for taking the time to help us with the Gyvenimas Puikus series. Dovile, you have a beautiful voice. Alright, here we go, enjoy!
Sveiki, norėtume staliuką dviems, prašau
Hi, we would like a table for two, please
Atsiprašau, bet pusryčių metas jau baigėsi
Sorry, but breakfast time is finished
O, tikrai? Gal galėtumėme papietauti?
Oh, really? Maybe we could have lunch?
Maloniai prašome prisėsti
With pleasure we ask you to sit down
Gerai, dėkoju
Okay, thank you
Prašom
Please (proceed)
hi (to a male)
sveikas
hi (to a female)
sveika
hi (to a mm or mf group)
sveiki
(sveiki can also be used to address a single male or single female when you wish to be very formal)
a table
stalas
a table (diminutive)
staliukas
for two
dviems
breakfast
pusryčiai
breakfast time
pusryčių metas
already
jau
to be finished
baigtis
maybe, perhaps
gal
maybe we could eat breakfast?
gal galėtumėme papusryčiauti?
maybe we could eat lunch?
gal galėtumėme papietauti?
maybe we could eat dinner?
gal galėtumėme pavakarieniauti?
lunch
pietūs
pleasure
malonumas
with pleasure
maloniai - mielai
to ask, to request
prašyti
we ask
prašome
to sit down
sėsti
to sit down
atsisėsti
to sit down
prisėsti
Alright! That’s it for today! Thanks for the download! If you got anything out of this lesson please leave us a review on our iTunes page.
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Hi there, this is Jack and welcome back to Lithuanian Out Loud. On previous episodes Raminta and I went over the nationalities of some of our listeners. We named the countries, named nationalities and drank toasts to the countries. Since then we’ve added many listeners from many nations around the world. Today we want to catch up our listeners from these nations by doing the same for them. Just so you know, we recorded this a few weeks ago and since then some more listeners in other nations joined us. So, we pasted some more recordings into this episode. Because of that the audio might sound a little bit odd here and there but, hey, what are you gonna do? Enjoy!
Hi there, I’m Jack and I’m Raminta and welcome back to Lithuanian Out Loud where we offer the world the Lithuanian language.
Today we’re in the month of December which in Lithuanian is…gruodis.
Why is 16 February Lithuanian Independence Day? The Act of Independence was signed by the Council of Lithuania 16 February 1918. It was during World War I and German troops were still in control of Lithuania. The German Empire prohibited the printing of the Act in Lithuanian newspapers. After Germany lost World War I, Lithuania established its independence for the first time in the 20th Century. Of course, after the Soviet Union invaded and occupied Lithuania in 1944, Lithuanians had to wait until 11 March 1990 to declare independence again.
pradėkime, let’s get started
If we leave off any nationalities you’d like to see here, just let us know. Here are the names of some countries in Lithuanian.
China
Kinija
Kenya
Kenija
Indonesia
Indonezija
Nigeria
Nigerija
Angola
Angola
Portugal
Portugalija
Croatia
Kroatija
France
Prancūzija
Mexico
Meksika
Spain
Ispanija
Belgium
Belgija
Malaysia
Malaizija
Sweden
Švedija
Germany
Vokietija
Japan
Japonija
Venezuela
Venesuela
Finland
Suomija
Norway
Norvegija
Iraq
Irakas
Turkey
Turkija
Denmark
Danija
Romania
Rumunija
Switzerland
Šveicarija
Now let’s say, for example, I’m from Kenya or I’m from Indonesia.
I’m from China
aš iš Kinijos
I’m from Kenya
aš iš Kenijos
I’m from Indonesia
aš iš Indonezijos
I’m from Nigeria
aš iš Nigerijos
I’m from Angola
aš iš Angolos
I’m from Portugal
aš iš Portugalijos
I’m from Croatia
aš iš Kroatijos
I’m from France
aš iš Prancūzijos
I’m from Mexico
aš iš Meksikos
I’m from Spain
aš iš Ispanijos
I’m from Belgium
aš iš Belgijos
I’m from Malaysia
aš iš Malaizijos
I’m from Sweden
aš iš Švedijos
I’m from Germany
aš iš Vokietijos
I’m from Japan
aš iš Japonijos
I’m from Venezuela
aš iš Venesuelos
I’m from Finland
aš iš Suomijos
I’m from Norway
aš iš Norvegijos
I’m from Iraq
aš iš Irako
I’m from Turkey
aš iš Turkijos
I’m from Denmark
aš iš Danijos
I’m from Romania
aš iš Rumunijos
I’m from Switzerland
aš iš Šveicarijos
Now we’ll describe our nationality such as I am Croatian or I am Portuguese, etcetera.
Of course, we can drop the verb būti, to be, or in this case, esu. We can also drop aš and just keep esu. Here we’ll say the male version first, the female version second.
I’m Chinese
aš kinas
I’m Chinese
aš kinė
I’m Kenyan
aš esu kenietis
I’m Kenyan
aš esu kenietė
I’m Indonesian
aš esu indonezietis
I’m Indonesian
aš esu indonezietė
I’m Nigerian
aš nigerietis
I’m Nigerian
aš nigerietė
I’m Angolan
aš angolietis
I’m Angolan
aš angolietė
I’m Portuguese
aš portugalas
I’m Portuguese
aš portugalė
I’m Croatian
aš kroatas
I’m Croatian
aš kroatė
I am French
aš prancūzas
I am French
aš prancūzė
I’m Mexican
aš meksikietis
I’m Mexican
aš meksikietė
I’m Spanish
aš ispanas
I’m Spanish
aš ispanė
I’m Belgian
esu belgas
I’m Belgian
esu belgė
I’m Malaysian
esu malaizietis
I’m Malaysian
esu malaizietė
I am Swedish
esu švedas
I am Swedish
esu švedė
I’m German
esu vokietis
I’m German
esu vokietė
I’m Japanese
esu japonas
I’m Japanese
esu japonė
I’m Venezuelan
aš venesualietis
I’m Venezuelan
aš venesualietė
I’m Finnish
aš suomis
I’m Finnish
aš suomė
I’m Norwegian
aš norvegas
I’m Norwegian
aš norvegė
I’m Iraqi
aš irakietis
I’m Iraqi
aš irakietė
I’m Danish
aš danas
I’m Danish
aš danė
I’m Turkish
aš turkas
I’m Turkish
aš turkė
I’m Romanian
aš rumunas
I’m Romanian
aš rumunė
I’m Swiss
aš šveicaras
I’m Swiss
aš šveicarė
Now let’s go over some of the languages spoken in these countries…
Chinese
kinų kalba
Swahili
suahelių kalba
Indonesian
indonezų kalba
Portuguese
portugalų kalba
Spanish
ispanų kalba
Croatian
kroatų kalba
French
prancūzų kalba
Dutch
olandų kalba
Malaysian
malajų kalba
Swedish
švedų kalba
German
vokiečių kalba
Japanese
japonų kalba
Finnish
suomių kalba
Norwegian
norvegų kalba
Arabic
arabų kalba
Turkish
turkų kalba
Danish
danų kalba
Romanian
rumunų kalba
Now let’s learn how to toast these nations over drinks…
for China!
už Kiniją!
for Kenya!
už Keniją!
for Indonesia!
už Indoneziją!
for Nigeria!
už Nigeriją!
for Angola!
už Angolą!
for Portugal!
už Portugaliją!
for Croatia!
už Kroatiją!
for France!
už Prancūziją!
for Mexico!
už Meksiką!
for Spain!
už Ispaniją!
for Belgium!
už Belgiją!
for Malaysia!
už Malaiziją!
for Sweden!
už Švediją!
for Germany!
už Vokietiją!
for Japan!
už Japoniją!
for Venezuela!
už Venesuelą!
for Finland!
už Suomiją!
for Norway!
už Norvegiją!
for Iraq!
už Iraką!
for Denmark!
už Daniją!
for Turkey!
už Turkiją!
In this section while Raminta was recording her voice someone was trying to make her laugh. I decided to keep the laughter in.
for Romania!
už Rumuniją!
for Switzerland!
už Šveicariją!
Alright! That’s it for today! Thanks for the download! If you got anything out of this lesson please leave us a review on our iTunes page.
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If you’d like to see the Lithuanian spelling of any word in this series just go to WWW dot Lithuanian dot L I B S Y N dot com. If you’d like to get these episodes every time a new one is available just go to iTunes and do a search for Lithuanian Out Loud and click subscribe. It’s completely free. But, if you don’t want to subscribe on iTunes, just send us an email asking us to alert you every time a new episode hits the internet. And feel free to make copies of our episodes, put them on cds and pass them out to your friends.
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Thanks for tuning in, tell your friends about us, we’ll see you on the next episode of Lithuanian Out Loud.
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Hi there, this is Jack and welcome back to Lithuanian Out Loud. Today we’re in a new month! In Latin Decem means ten. December was the tenth month in the old Roman calendar. Later, when January and February were added it became the 12th month but retained its old name. In Lithuanian this month is gruodis from the word gruodas which roughly translates as “frozen mud clod.” In this month the mud choked dirt roads are made passable again as the ground freezes.
According to a Baltic Times article entitled, “City of Women,” there are 20% more women in Vilnius, Lithuania than men. This is due to suicides, alcoholism, and men going to other countries to find work. The article also states Lithuania has the highest number of road fatalities of all European countries.
labą dieną
good day
labą dieną
good day
norėtumėm staliuką dviems prašau
we would like a table for two, please
trys žmonės?
three persons?
ne, tik du
no, just two
bet reikės penkiolika minučių palaukti
but it’s necessary for fifteen minutes to wait
gerai, palauksim
okay, we’ll wait
koks Jūsų vardas?
what is your name?
Kšanytė
Kšanytė
Kšanytė, gerai mes pakviesim jus kai staliukas bus paruoštas
Kšanytė…okay, we’ll call you when your table will be ready
o gal turite vietos prie baro?
oh, maybe you have room at the bar?
žinoma, Jūs galite atsisėsti prie baro ir jums nereikės laukti
sure, you can sit at the bar and you won’t have to wait
puiku, mes taip ir padarysime ir išgersime taurę vyno
great, we’ll do that and drink a glass of wine
puiku, prašom
excellent, please
ačiū
thanks
City of Women – Baltic Times
http://www.alfa.lt/straipsnis/c80708
Alright! That’s it for today! Thanks for the download! If you got anything out of this lesson please leave us a review on our iTunes page.
To leave us comments call our voicemail number that’s in the title of every show or call our Skype voicemail at Lithuanianoutloud – that’s one word, and leave us a message there.
If you’d like to see the Lithuanian spelling of any word in this series just go to WWW dot Lithuanian dot L I B S Y N dot com. If you’d like to get these episodes every time a new one is available just go to iTunes and do a search for Lithuanian Out Loud and click subscribe. It’s completely free. But, if you don’t want to subscribe on iTunes, just send us an email asking us to alert you every time a new episode hits the internet. And feel free to make copies of our episodes, put them on cds and pass them out to your friends.
Thanks to CCMixter.org, Ditto Ditto and Vieux Farka Toure for the podcast music.
Thanks for tuning in, tell your friends about us, we’ll see you on the next episode of Lithuanian Out Loud.
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Hi there, this is Jack and welcome back to Lithuanian Out Loud. For this episode we’re going to do something a little bit different. This is a flashcard episode. To use this episode you have to download the accompanying pdf file and open it. Then just follow along with the audio.
The pdf file has four pages. On the first two pages we give you the English and the Lithuanian text along with an image from the public domain clip art collection at WP Clipart. Thank you WP Clipart!
The third and fourth pages of our pdf file have English only. So, if you print the pdf file onto heavy paper or card stock you can cut them out and create hand-held flashcards. You can study by yourself or with a friend. This is the first of many flashcard episodes we have planned. Here we go, enjoy!
Photograph: "old man and old woman, traditional Lithuanian dance"
Photographer: ignas kukenys from Vilnius, Lithuania (wikipedia)
grandfather
senelis
grandmother
senelė
child
vaikas
father and son
tėvas ir sūnus
woman
moteris
man
vyras
mother and father
motina ir tėvas
mother & daughter
motina ir dukra / duktė
husband and wife
vyras ir žmona
uncle and nephew
dėdė ir sūnėnas
brother and sister
brolis ir sesė / sesuo
baby
kūdikis
aunt and niece
teta ir dukterėčia
parents and child
tėvai ir vaikas
father and children
tėvas ir vaikai
grandson / granddaughter
anūkas / anūkė
teenager (female)
paauglė
teenager (male)
paauglys
cousin (male)
pusbrolis
cousin (female)
pusseserė
boy
berniukas
young man / guy
vaikinas
young woman
mergaitė
girl
mergina
Hi there, this is Jack and welcome back to Lithuanian Out Loud. Today’s episode is not much of an episode. Raminta and I are starting to put together some episodes that are centered around common conversations. For instance, today’s script was supposed to go something like this…
(good day) laba diena
(good day) labą dieną
Two for lunch, please
Three persons?
No, just two
There’s about a 15 minute wait
Okay, that’s fine
Name?
Kšanytė
Kšanytė…okay, we’ll call your name when your table is ready
Oh, is there room at the bar?
Sure, you can sit at the bar and you won’t have to wait
Great, we’ll do that
Today, Raminta and her friend tried to record this conversation in Lithuanian but they couldn’t get through it. I’m gonna go ahead and give you the recording and you’ll see why they couldn’t keep to the script. We’ll keep working on this and probably within two or three days we’ll get the final version out to you. Anyway, we hope that you enjoy this version of the conversation.
Exam 37
Trisdešimt septintas egzaminas. This is a quick response episode! We’ll say the word or phrase in English and you say it in Lithuanian – Out Loud! It’s too late for questions, the exam starts now. Ready, set, go! Pasiruošti, dėmesio, marš!
daughter
duktė / dukra
in Lithuania
Lietuvoje
I have a wife
aš turiu žmoną
I have a question
aš turiu klausimą
do you have a car? (tu)
ar tu turi automobilį?
do you have a passport? (tu)
ar tu turi pasą?
he has a problem
jis turi problemą
he has a female friend
jis turi draugę
she has a male friend
ji turi draugą
she has a husband
ji turi vyrą
we have an idea!
mes turime idėją!
we have a good friend
mes turime bičiulį
do you have a passport?
ar jūs turite pasą?
do you have a wife?
ar turite žmoną?
do you all have a car?
ar jūs turite automobilį?
do you all have a question?
ar turite klausimą?
they have a problem
jie turi problemą
they have a house
jie turi namą
do they have a question?
ar jos turi klausimą?
they have an idea
jos turi idėją
I have to go
aš turiu eiti
you have to study
turite studijuoti
she has to work
ji turi dirbti
they have to study
jie turi studijuoti
I have to run
aš turiu bėgti
you have to sleep
turi miegoti
I have to eat
aš turiu valgyti
do you have to go to Klaipėda?
ar jūs turite važiuoti į Klaipėdą?
he has to read the book
jis turi skaityti knygą
I have to wait
aš turiu palaukti
we have to go (to) downtown
mes turime važiuoti į miesto centrą
do they have to wait in the airport?
ar jos turi palaukti oro uoste?
my greatest wish is to travel to Lithuania
mano didžiausias noras yra keliauti į Lietuvą
my greatest wish is to travel to Paris
mano didžiausias noras yra keliauti į Paryžių
my greatest wish is to speak Lithuanian
mano didžiausias noras yra kalbėti lietuviškai
my greatest wish is to understand Lithuanian
mano didžiausias noras yra suprasti lietuviškai
my greatest wish is to study in Lithuania
mano didžiausias noras yra studijuoti Lietuvoje
I think that she is beautiful
manau, jog ji yra graži
we think that they are handsome
manome, jog jie yra gražūs
I need a well paying job
man reikia gerai apmokamo darbo
the family’s tradition
šeimos tradicija
our family’s tradition
mūsų šeimos tradicija
our greatest wish is to be together
mūsų didžiausias noras yra būti kartu
our greatest wish is to return to Lithuania
mūsų didžiausias noras yra grįžti į Lietuvą
my greatest wish is to speak Lithuanian
mano didžiausias noras yra kalbėti lietuviškai
my greatest wish is to visit Lithuania
mano didžiausias noras yra apsilankyti Lietuvoje
LL0134 – Exam 36
Trisdešimt šeštas egzaminas. This is a quick response episode! We’ll say the word or phrase in English and you say it in Lithuanian – Out Loud! It’s too late for questions, the exam starts now. Ready, set, go! Pasiruošti, dėmesio, marš!
all
visas / visa
to Lithuania
į Lietuvą
I’m returning to Lithuania
aš grįžtu į Lietuvą
I returning to the fatherland
aš grįžtu į tėvynę
our
mūsų
family
šeima
to hope for
tikėti
to return
sugrįžti
to end, to finish
pabaigti
to finish
baigti
studies
studijos
in the Vilnius university
Vilniaus universitete
she left for America three years ago
prieš tris metus ji išvyko į Ameriką
they left for Europe two years ago
prieš du metus jie išvyko į Europą
during, through, across, on, over
per (+ accusative)
to leave
išvykti
this, these
šis / ši
period of time
laikotarpis
to improve
pagerėti
to think
manyti
that
jog
to get, to acquire
įgyti
to experience
patirti
to be able
galėti
to find
susirasti / surasti
interesting
įdomus
paid
apmokamas
paid work
apmokamas darbas
greatest
didžiausias
wish, desire
noras
to see
matyti
I’m waiting for my wife
aš laukiu savo žmonos
I’m waiting for my husband
aš laukiu savo vyro
I often drink coffee
aš dažnai geriu kavą
I like to often go to the movies
man patinka dažnai lankytis kino teatruose
to communicate
bendrauti
I like to communicate with my husbandman
patinka bendrauti su savo vyru
I like to communicate with my Klaipėda friends
man patinka bendrauti su mano Klaipėdiečiais draugais
Hey there! This is Jack and welcome back to Lithuanian Out Loud. Today we have a special program with a special guest co-host. Raminta and I invited Kristina to come on the show and do an episode. Kristina is orginally from Klaipėda, Lithuania but she is currently studying at a university in Aberdeen, Scotland. Kristina is the famous Kristina of the Lithuanian tutorials on Youtube. She is the author and star of some great free videos teaching Lithuanian to English speakers. Raminta and I highly recommend that you visit Youtube, do a search for Lithuanian Tutorial and we guarantee you‘ll really enjoy Kristina teaching you Lithuanian. Please leave her some comments on her comments section and tell her we sent you. We‘ll include a link to her videos on the Lithuanian Out Loud blogpage.
Just a few hours ago Kristina and I recorded this episode using Skype. Naturally, since we‘re using Skype, you won‘t hear the crisp, clean audio you‘re used to, but I think everything is perfectly understandable.
So, Kristina, thanks again for coming on the show and good luck with your video series. Now, on with this episode covering the verbs norėti and nenorėti. Enjoy!
Lithuanian Tutorials on www.youtube.com by Kristina Tamosauskaite:
www.youtube.com/results?search_query=lithuanian+tutorial&search_type=&aq=1&oq=lithuanian+tu
Hi there, I’m Jack and I’m Kristina and welcome back to Lithuanian Out Loud where we offer the world the Lithuanian language. Today we’re in the month of November which in Lithuanian is lapkritis.
According to the Wikipedia page, Vigilant/Kudirka Incident, on 23 November 1970, Simonas or "Simas" Kudirka, a Soviet seaman of Lithuanian nationality, leapt from the 400-foot or 120 meter ship Sovetskaya Litva, anchored in American waters near Aquinnah, Massachusetts, onto the USS Vigilant.
Kudirka saw this as a chance to ask for asylum and flee from the Soviet Union to the United States. The Captain of the American ship, Commander Ralph Eustis didn’t know what to do and he contacted headquarters when the Soviets demanded that Kudirka be returned to their ship. The Russians claimed Kudirka had stolen 3,000 rubles from their ship’s safe. This was a common tactic of Russian ships in situations like this.
After ten hours had passed Rear Admiral William B. Ellis ordered Commander Ralph Eustis to permit a KGB detachment to board the Vigilant to return Kudirka to the Soviet ship. What followed was a ridiculous and shameful incident where the KGB boarded a U.S. warship and chased Simonas Kudirka up and down the ship while Kudirka pleaded with any American he found for help. At one point a KGB agent grabbed an axe from a bulkhead intending to use it on Kudirka. An American sailor grabbed the axe and wouldn’t let him have it.
Eventually, the KGB caught Simonas, beat him to a pulp, handcuffed him and dragged him off the American ship and back onto the Soviet ship.
This led to a change in asylum policy by the United States. Admiral Ellis and his chief of staff were punished for their actions by the military. Commander Eustis was reprimanded and assigned to shore duty. Kudirka was tried for treason by the Soviet Union and given a ten-year sentence in a Gulag.
An award-winning book detailing the incident, Day of Shame, by Algis Rukšenas, was published in 1973. The book helped spur further investigations into the incident that eventually led to Kudirka's release by the Soviets.
The incident was portrayed in a 1978 television movie, The Defection of Simas Kudirka, with Alan Arkin playing Kudirka and Donald Pleasence playing the captain of the Soviet ship.
Many of the verbs we’ve gone over in previous episodes require the accusative case or galininkas. Norėti is different. Norėti requires the genitive case and nenorėti also requires the genitive case. Norėti is the Lithuanian verb – to want, to like, to wish, to desire.
please repeat, prašom pakartoti
to want, to wish
norėti
I want
aš noriu
you want (tu)
tu nori
he wants
jis nori
she wants
ji nori
you want (jūs) (polite form)
jūs norite
you all want (jūs)
jūs norite
we want
mes norime
they want (mm/mf)
jie nori
they want (ff)
jos nori
to not want
nenorėti
I don’t want
aš nenoriu
you don’t want (tu)
tu nenori
he doesn’t want
jis nenori
she doesn’t want
ji nenori
you don’t want (jūs) (polite form)
jūs nenorite
you all don’t want (jūs)
jūs nenorite
we don’t want
mes nenorime
they don’t want (mm/mf)
jie nenori
they don’t want (ff)
jos nenori
aš
a male cat
katinas
a male doctor
gydytojas
to fall asleep
užmigti
again
vėl
I want to fall asleep
aš noriu užmigti
I want to fall asleep
noriu užmigti
I want to do that again and again
aš noriu tai daryti vėl ir vėl!
I really want to see you
aš taip noriu tave (pa)matyti
I really want to see you
aš taip tave noriu (pa)matyti
I want a cat
aš noriu katino
I want a dog
aš noriu šuns
I want cats
aš noriu katinų
I want dogs
aš noriu šunų
I don’t want a cat
aš nenoriu katino
I don’t want a dog
aš nenoriu šuns
I don’t want cats
nenoriu katinų
I don’t want dogs
nenoriu šunų
I don’t want to work today
nenoriu dirbti šiandien
I don’t want to work today
nenoriu šiandien dirbti
tu
clothes
drabužiai
an orange
apelsinas
to be ill
sirgti
to hear
girdėti
a song
daina
what do you want to do?
ką tu nori daryti?
why do you want to bring your dog?
kodėl nori atsivesti savo šunį?
when do you want to leave?
kada nori išeiti?
do you want an orange?
ar nori apelsino?
why don’t you want an orange?
kodėl nenori apelsino?
eat! you don’t want to get sick!
valgyk! nenorėk susirgti!
why don’t you want to work at the clothing store?
kodėl nenori dirbti drabužių parduotuvėje?
why don’t you want to hear the song?
kodėl nenori išgirsti šios dainos?
jis
envelope
vokas
to reach
pasiekti
ice cream
ledai
to hurry
skubėti
to return
grįžti
he wants to reach his goal
jis nori pasiekti savo tikslą
Ąžuolas really wants something to eat
Ąžuolas labai nori ko nors valgyti
Simonas wants to find a job
Simonas nori susirasti darbą
he wants an envelope
jis nori voko
he doesn’t want an envelope
jis nenori voko
he wants envelopes
jis nori vokų
he doesn’t want envelopes
jis nenori vokų
he wants ice cream
jis nori ledų
he doesn’t want ice cream
jis nenori ledų
he wants a sandwich
jis nori sumuštinio
he doesn’t want a sandwich
jis nenori sumuštinio
he doesn’t want to travel to Kaunas
jis nenori važiuoti į Kauną
he doesn’t want to hurry
jis nenori skubėti
he doesn’t want to return to Vilnius
jis nenori grįžti į Vilnių
ji
a blanket
antklodė
a pillow
pagalvė
a problem
problema
to joke
juokauti
she wants to dance
ji nori šokti
she wants to believe that I’m joking
ji nori tikėti, kad aš juokauju
she wants a blanket
ji nori antklodės
she wants blankets
ji nori antklodžių
she wants a pillow
ji nori pagalvės
she wants pillows
ji nori pagalvių
she doesn’t want coffee, she wants tea
ji nenori kavos, ji nori arbatos
she doesn’t want tea, she wants coffee
ji nenori arbatos, ji nori kavos
she doesn’t want to know
ji nenori žinoti
so, why does she not want to talk?
na, kodėl ji nenori kalbėti?
does she not want children?
ar ji nenori turėti vaikų?
mes
especially
ypatingai, ypač
to thank
padėkoti
a table
stalas
to win
laimėti
to lose
pralaimėti
we especially want to thank you
ypatingai norime jums padėkoti
we want to eat downtown
mes norime valgyti miesto centre
we want to eat Chinese food
mes norime valgyti Kinų maisto
we want a car
norime mašinos
we want a table
norime stalo
we don’t want a table
nenorime stalo
we want tables
norime stalų
we don’t want tables
nenorime stalų
we don’t want a car
nenorime mašinos
we don’t want to win
nenorime laimėti
we don’t want to lose
nenorime pralaimėti
we don’t want children
mes nenorime vaikų
jūs
to say, to tell
pasakyti
to travel
keliauti
to go for a walk
pasivaikščioti
a pastry
pyragaitis
just as you like! (tu)
kaip nori!
just as you like! (jūs)
kaip norite!
what do you mean by that? (tu)
ką tu nori tuo pasakyti?
what do you mean by that? (jūs)
ką jūs norite tuo pasakyti?
do you want to live in Palanga?
ar norite gyventi Palangoje?
do you want a car?
ar norite automobilio?
do you want a pastry?
ar norite pyragaičio?
do you want pastries?
ar norite pyragaičių?
why don’t you want a pastry?
kodėl nenorite pyragaičio?
why don’t you want pastries?
kodėl nenorite pyragaičių?
why don’t you want a car?
kodėl nenorite automobilio?
why don’t you want to live in America?
kodėl nenorite gyventi Amerikoje?
why don’t you want to travel to Italy?
kodėl nenorite keliauti į Italiją?
why don’t you want to go for a walk?
kodėl nenorite pasivaikščioti?
jūs
a film
filmas
to begin
pradėti
money
pinigai
a drink
gėrimas
drinks
gėrimai
more
daugiau
do you all want to watch a movie?
ar norite žiūrėti filmą?
do you all want to begin?
ar norite pradėti?
do you all want to eat?
ar norite valgyti?
do you all want something to drink?
ar norite ko nors gerti?
do you all want something to eat?
ar norite ko nors valgyti?
do you all want more drinks?
ar norite daugiau gėrimų?
I don’t believe that you don’t want more
netikiu, kad nenorite daugiau
I don’t believe that you don’t want to eat
netikiu, kad nenorite valgyti
I don’t believe that you don’t want more money
netikiu, kad nenorite pinigų
jie
to swim
plaukioti
a translator
(m) vertėjas / (f) vertėja
to ski
slidinėti
to play sports
sportuoti
they want some money
jie nori pinigų
they want to swim
jie nori plaukioti
they want a translator
jie nori vertėjo
do they want some ice cream?
ar jie nori ledų?
they want ice cream
jie nori ledų
they don’t want a translator
jie nenori vertėjo
no, they don’t want to swim
ne, jie nenori plaukioti
no, they don’t want to ski
ne, jie nenori slidinėti
no, they don’t want to exercise today
ne, jie nenori šiandien sportuoti
jos
chocolate
šokoladas
food and drink
valgiai ir gėrimai
they want some chocolate
jos nori šokolado
they really want something chocolate
jos labai nori ko nors šokoladinio
they want a dog
jos nori šuns
they want a room
jos nori kambario
they want some food and drink
jos nori valgio ir gėrimo
they don’t want a room
jos nenori kambario
no, they don’t want to watch the film
ne, jos nenori žiūrėti filmo
no, they don’t want to talk
ne, jos nenori kalbėti
no, they don’t want a dog
ne, jos nenori šuns
now, here is norėti in the imperative as in giving a command
imperative
tu
norėk
jūs
norėkite
mes
norėkime
tu
nenorėk
jūs
nenorėkite
mes
nenorėkime
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Exam 35
Trisdešimt penktas egzaminas. This is a quick response episode! We’ll say the word or phrase in English and you say it in Lithuanian – Out Loud! It’s too late for questions, the exam starts now. Ready, set, go! Pasiruošti, dėmesio, marš!
it is a pity that
gaila kad
it’s a pity
gaila
what a pity!
kaip gaila!
it is a great pity
labai gaila
to leave
išvažiuoti
to cease
nutrūkti
to not be enough, to lack
pritrūkti
Sonata’s and my friendship ended
nutrūko mano ir Sonatos draugystė
our communication ceased
nutrūko mūsų bendravimas
the job ended
darbas nutrūko
the trip ended
kelionė nutrūko
to receive, to get
gauti
to receive a gift
gauti dovaną
she lacked two more years
jai pritrūko dvejų metų
he lacked three more years
jam pritrūko trejų metų
diploma
diplomas
bachelor’s diploma
bakalauro diplomas
will be
būtų
studies
studijos
university
universitetas
in the university
universitete
in the Lithuanian universities
Lietuvos universitetuose
in the Vilnius university
Vilniaus universitete
universities
universitetai
in the universities
universitetuose
in the Vilnius universities
Vilniaus universitetuose
also
taip pat
correspondence courses
neakivaizdiniai kursai
to plan
planuoti
to study
studijuoti
America
Amerika
in America
Amerikoje
but
bet
always
vis / visada
to fail
nepavykti
to coordinate, to reconcile
suderinti
work
darbas
study
mokslas
Prašom Palaukti Please Wait
Hi there, I’m Jack and I’m Raminta and welcome back to Lithuanian Out Loud where we offer the world the Lithuanian language. Today we’re in the month of November which in Lithuanian is lapkritis.
According to Wikipedia, Eglė the Queen of Serpents is considered one of the most archaic and best-known Lithuanian fairy tales and the richest in references of Baltic mythology. Over a hundred slightly diverging versions of the plot have been collected. Its multi-layered mythological background has been an interest of Lithuanian and foreign researchers of Indo-European mythology.
Photograph: Grass Snake
Photographer: Funkai1 (Wikipedia)
Eglė is both a popular female name in Lithuania and also a noun meaning spruce tree. The serpents (žaltys) of the tale are grass snakes in Lithuanian, but because they inhabit the sea, the word may mean a mythical water snake.
pradėkime, let’s get started
The Lithuanian word prašom is used a lot. You’ve probably heard it in every episode of Lithuanian Out Loud. We often say, prašom pakartoti. Pakartoti is the infinitive verb which means, to repeat. So, prašom pakartoti translates as, please repeat. You can use it on the street any time you don’t understand what is said. It’s perfect for your lesson with a native Lithuanian speaker.
use this when handing someone something
here you go
prašom
here you are
prašom
this is for you
prašom
thank you
ačiū
it’s nothing
nėra už ką
it’s nothing
nėra už ką
when you say nėra už ką in normal conversation is sounds more like one word
it’s nothing
nėra už ką
no sweat
nėra už ką
it’s nothing
nieko tokio
you’re welcome
nieko tokio
no sweat
nieko tokio
a friend brings you a drink and says,
here you go
prašom
you reply,
thank you
ačiū
the waiter says,
it’s nothing
nėra už ką
you buy a book and hand the bookseller some money and you say,
here you go
prašom
the bookseller says,
thank you
dėkoju
and you reply,
it’s nothing
nėra už ką
Dėkoju means the same thing as ačiū, it’s a little more formal and more polite. Dėkui means the same as dėkoju.
thank you
dėkoju
thank you
dėkui
thank you
dėkoju
thank you
dėkoju
thanks
dėkui
thanks
dėkui
thank you (formal)
dėkui jums
thank you very much
labai dėkui
an official at the airport asks for your passport, you pull it out, hand it to her and you say,
here you go
prašom
thank you
dėkoju
you’re welcome
prašom
So, you can say prašom to mean, here you are, or here you go. You can use it to say, you’re welcome. You can also use prašom to invite someone after you’ve opened a door for them.
you open a car door for someone and you say,
please, allow me
prašom
thank you
dėkoju
you’re welcome
prašom
you open your front door and invite a friend in, you say,
please come in
prašom
thank you
ačiū
it’s nothing
nėra už ką
you’re getting on a bus and you stand aside to let an elderly woman board before you,
please, you first
prašom
thank you
dėkui jums
it’s nothing
nėra už ką
if we’re sitting on the bus and a pregnant woman gets on board and has nowhere to sit, you get up and offer her your seat, you say,
please, sit here
prašom
thanks
dėkui
you’re welcome
prašom
now, as we mentioned at the beginning of this episode, we can use prašom combined with the infinitive of a verb. It’s a gentle way of suggesting someone do something. Here are some quick examples…
please, sit down
prašom, atsisėsti
please, give (me)
prašom, paduoti
please, tell (me)
prašom, pasakyti
please, repeat
prašom, pakartoti
please, write
prašom, rašyti
please, take
prašom, paiimti
please, read (me)
prašom, paskaityti
please, wait
prašom, palaukti
please, listen
prašom, klausyti
please, don’t smoke
prašom, nerūkyti (rūkyti – to smoke)
please, come in
prašom, užeiti
please, eat
prašom, valgyti
please, show (me)
prašom, parodyti
please, advise (me)
prašom, patarti
please, have a seat
prašom, prisėsti
please, listen
prašom, paklausyti
please, visit
prašom, apsilankyti
please, stand up
prašom, atsistoti
or, during a language class we might use these…
please, speak Lithuanian
prašom kalbėti lietuviškai
please, speak English
prašom kalbėti angliškai
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Eglė The Queen of Serpents
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Egl%C4%97
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Symbols of Lithuania
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Miesteliuose In The Towns
Hi there, I’m Jack and I’m Raminta and welcome back to Lithuanian Out Loud where we offer the world the Lithuanian language. In Latin novem is the word for nine. Today we’re in a new month! In the old Roman calender November was the ninth month. In Lithuanian this month is lapkritis – derived from lapas, the word for leaf and kristi, to fall. Lapkritis is leaf falling month.
According to Wikipedia, in Lithuania trees of special significance include oak (ąžuolas), birch (beržas), linden (liepa), and spruce (eglė). A veneration of oak trees comes from pre-Christian times, when they were of religious significance. An ancient oak tree in Stelmužė, thought to be at least 1,500 years old, is the best-known tree in the country.
So far you’ve been introduced to the accusative singular and plural and the genitive singular and plural. The locative singular for example,
I’m in Vilnius
aš esu Vilniuje
Vilnius is in Lithuania
Vilnius yra Lietuvoje
Berlin is in Germany
Berlynas yra Vokietoje
Tokyo is in Japan
Tokijas yra Japonijoje
Delhi is in India
Delis yra Indijoje
Masculine nouns that end in –as change to –e in the locative singular. For example, the city – miestas, in the city – mieste.
In the plural locative the ending changes to –uose. In the city – mieste, in the cities – miestuose.
Here are the masculine endings for the plural locative:
-as changes to –uose
-is changes to –iuose
-ys changes to –iuose
-us changes to –uose
-ius changes to –iuose
vocabulary – žodynas
a park
parkas
a bookstore
knygynas
a bar
baras
an auto
automobilis
a town
miestelis
a pastry
pyragėlis
a basket
krepšys
a train
traukinys
a market
turgus
a museum
muziejus
a convoy
konvojus
a television
televizorius
a fruit
vaisius
a stone
akmuo
a bowl
dubuo
prašom pakartoti
(-as)
in the park
parke
in the parks
parkuose
in the bookstore
knygyne
in the bookstores
knygynuose
in the bar
bare
in the bars
baruose
(-is)
in the auto
automobilyje
in the autos
automobiliuose
in the town
miestelyje
in the towns
miesteliuose
in the pastry
pyragėlyje
in the pastries
pyragėliuose
(-ys)
in the basket
krepšyje
in the baskets
krepšiuose
in the train
traukinyje
in the trains
traukiniuose
(-us)
in the market
turguje
in the markets
turguose
in the museum
muziejuje
in the museums
muziejuose
in the convoy
konvojuje
in the convoys
konvojuose
(-ius)
in the television
televizoriuje
in the televisions
televizoriuose
in the fruit
vaisiuje
in the fruits
vaisiuose
(-uo)
in the stone
akmenyje
in the stones
akmenyse
in the bowl
dubenyje
in the bowls
dubenyse
examples pavyzdžiai
birds are in the park
paukščiai yra parke
birds are in the parks
paukščiai yra parkuose
books are in the bookstore
knygos yra knygyne
books are in the bookstores
knygos yra knygynuose
we can dance in the bar
galime šokti bare
we can dance in the bars
galime šokti baruose
the key is in the car
raktas automobilyje
the keys are in the cars
raktai automobiliuose
pigeons in the town
balandžiai miestelyje
pigeons in the towns
balandžiai miesteliuose
a cherry is in the pastry
vyšnia yra pyragėlyje
cherries are in the pastries
vyšnios yra pyragėliuose
bread in the basket
duona yra krepšyje
cherries in the baskets
vyšnios yra krepšiuose
people in the train
žmonės traukinyje
people in the trains
žmonės traukiniuose
people in the market
žmonės turguje
people in the markets
žmonės turguose
a painting in the museum
paveikslas muziejuje
paintings in the museums
paveikslai muziejuose
ships in the convoy
laivai konvojuje
ships in the convoys
laivai konvojuose
dust in the television
dulkės televizoriuje
dust in the televisions
dulkės televizoriuose
worms in the fruit
kirmėlės vaisiuje
worms in the fruits
kirmėlės vaisiuose
a crack in the stone
traškėjimas akmenyje
cracks in the stones
traškėjimai akmenyse
water in the bowl
vanduo dubenyje
water in the bowls
vanduo dubenyse
Šaunu! Great! You made it to the end of another episode! Puiku! Excellent!
Alright! That’s it for today! Thanks for the download! If you got anything out of this lesson please leave us a review on our iTunes page.
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Symbols of Lithuania
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Trisdešimt ketvirtas egzaminas. This is a quick response episode! We’ll say the word or phrase in English and you say it in Lithuanian – Out Loud! It’s too late for questions, the exam starts now. Ready, set, go! Pasiruošti, dėmesio, marš!
to lack
trūkti
missing, lacking
trūkstamas
we also miss Lithuania very much
mums taip pat labai trūksta Lietuvos
we also lack a car
mums taip pat trūksta mašinos
we also lack a ticket
mums taip pat trūksta bilieto
though, although
nors
often
dažnai
to associate with, to keep company
bendrauti
we keep company over the phone
bendraujame telefonu
we keep company through the internet
bendraujame internetu
besides, in addition
be to
sufficient
pakankamas
to want
norėti
to see
matyti
to hug
apkabinti
to cuddle, to snuggle
priglausti
to remember
prisiminti
Justina remembers Lithuania
Justina prisimena Lietuvą
I remember Lithuania well
aš puikiai prisimenu Lietuvą
I remember the university
aš prisimenu universitetą
do you remember London?
ar tu prisimeni Londoną?
to wait
laukti
I can wait
aš galiu laukti
I cannot wait
aš negaliu laukti
I have to wait until Monday
aš turiu palaukti iki pirmadienio
waiting
laukimas
to prepare
ruošti
the men are preparing the bread
vyrai ruošia duoną
Vytas is preparing dinner
Vytas ruošia vakarienę
preparation
ruošimas / ruošimasis
Mano Tavo Jo Jos - Hi there, I’m Jack and I’m Raminta and welcome back to Lithuanian Out Loud where we offer the world the Lithuanian language.
The Lithuanian national flag is the tricolor of yellow, green and red. The yellow represents the golden fields of Lithuanian grain, the green represents the green countryside of Lithuania and red represents the blood that has been shed on Lithuanian soil.
Pradėkime, let’s get started
You already know the personal pronouns well; aš, tu, jis, ji, mes, jūs, jie, jos.
Today we’ll use the personal pronouns with possession. These are;
my
mano
your (tu)
tavo
his
jo
her
jos
our
mūsų
your (jūs)
jūsų
your (you plural)
jūsų
their (m/f or m/m)
jų
their (f/f)
jų
In previous episodes we worked on possession using kilmininkas or the genitive case. Let’s review some simple examples.
Vita’s car
Vitos mašina
Evaldas’ flat
Evaldo butas
The Lithuanian language
lietuvių kalba
The children’s dog
vaikų šuo
vocabulary – žodynas
wallet
piniginė
wallet
piniginė
passport
pasas
passport
pasas
whose?
kieno?
whose?
kieno?
photograph
nuotrauka
photograph
nuotrauka
friends
draugai
friends
draugai
male doctor
gydytojas
male doctor
gydytojas
a song
daina
a song
daina
now we’ll work on possession using pronouns such as, my car, your flat, his photograph, etcetera.
prašom pakartoti, please repeat…
my car is in Klaipėda
mano automobilis yra Klaipėdoje
whose car?
kieno automobilis?
my car!
mano automobilis!
he has my passport
jis turi mano pasą
whose passport?
kieno pasas?
my passport!
mano pasas!
is your flat in Vilnius?
ar tavo butas Vilniuje?
whose flat?
kieno butas?
your flat
tavo butas
your wallet is in his car
tavo piniginė yra jo automobilyje
whose wallet?
kieno piniginė?
your wallet
tavo piniginė
where is his photograph?
kur yra jo nuotrauka?
whose photograph?
kieno nuotrauka?
his photograph
jo nuotrauka
his daughter lives in London
jo duktė gyvena Londone
whose daughter?
kieno duktė?
his daughter
jo duktė
her car is in the city
jos mašina yra mieste
whose car?
kieno mašina?
her car
jos mašina
her dogs are over there
jos šunys yra ten
whose dogs?
kieno šunys?
her dogs
jos šunys
our taxi is here
mūsų taksi yra čia
whose taxi?
kieno taksi?
our taxi
mūsų taksi
they like our friends
jiems patinka mūsų draugai
whose friends?
kieno draugai?
our friends
mūsų draugai
is your wife Lithuanian?
ar jūsų žmona lietuvė?
whose wife?
kieno žmona?
your wife
jūsų žmona
your doctor has a question
jūsų gydytojas turi klausimą
whose doctor?
kieno gydytojas?
your doctor
jūsų gydytojas
we like your song (to a group)
mums patinka jūsų daina
whose song?
kieno daina?
your song
jūsų daina
your bus is leaving (to a group)
jūsų autobusas išvažiuoja
whose bus?
kieno autobusas?
your bus
jūsų autobusas
their daughter speaks Lithuanian (m/f m/m)
jų duktė kalba lietuviškai
whose daughter?
kieno duktė?
their daughter
jų duktė
their teacher is American (m/f m/m)
jų mokytoja yra amerikietė
whose teacher?
kieno mokyotoja?
their teacher
jų mokytoja
their mother doesn’t understand Dutch (f/f)
jų motina nesupranta olandiškai
whose mother?
kieno motina?
their mother
jų motina
their flat has three bathrooms (f/f)
jų butas turi tris tualetus
whose flat?
kieno butas?
their flat
jų butas
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Hi there, I’m Jack and I’m Raminta and welcome back to Lithuanian Out Loud where we offer the world the Lithuanian language.
In a previous episode we went over the Lithuanian ten litas or dešimt litų banknote. The twenty litas or dvidešimt litų bill is decorated with the portrait of Jonas Mačiulis who lived from 1862 to 1932. Jonas Mačiulis urged the Lithuanian people to fight against Russification policies and to fight against the occupation of Lithuania by Imperial Russia. The reverse side of the bill features the Vytautas the Great War Museum in Kaunas.
pradėkime, let’s get started
Today we’re going to mix all the different endings of numbers in one big review episode using just one noun. The currency of Lithuania – litas.
Litas is the monetary unit of Lithuania. Ready for a challenge? Here we go.
sėkmės! good luck!
one vienas litas
two du litai
three trys litai
four keturi litai
five penki litai
six šeši litai
seven septyni litai
eight aštuoni litai
nine devyni litai
ten dešimt litų
11 vienuolika litų
12 dvylika litų
13 trylika litų
14 keturiolika litų
15 penkiolika litų
16 šešiolika litų
17 septyniolika litų
18 aštuoniolika litų
19 devyniolika litų
20 dvidešimt litų
21 dvidešimt vienas litas
22 dvidešimt du litai
23 dvidešimt trys litai
24 dvidešimt keturi litai
25 dvidešimt penki litai
26 dvidešimt šeši litai
27 dvidešimt septyni litai
28 dvidešimt aštuoni litai
29 dvidešimt devyni litai
30 trisdešimt litų
31 trisdešimt vienas litas
32 trisdešimt du litai
33 trisdešimt trys litai
34 trisdešimt keturi litai
35 trisdešimt penki litai
36 trisdešimt šeši litai
37 trisdešimt septyni litai
38 trisdešimt aštuoni litai
39 trisdešimt devyni litai
40 keturiasdešimt litų
41 keturiasdešimt vienas litas
42 keturiasdešimt du litai
49 keturiasdešimt devyni litai
50 penkiasdešimt litų
51 penkiasdešimt vienas litas
58 penkiasdešimt aštuoni litai
60 šešiasdešimt litų
61 šešiasdešimt vienas litas
67 šešiasdešimt septyni litai
70 septyniasdešimt litų
71 septyniasdešimt vienas litas
76 septyniasdešimt šeši litai
80 aštuoniasdešimt litų
81 aštuoniasdešimt vienas litas
85 aštuoniasdešimt penki litai
90 devyniasdešimt litų
91 devyniasdešimt vienas litas
94 devyniasdešimt keturi litai
99 devyniasdešimt devyni litai
100 šimtas litų
101 šimtas vienas litas
102 šimtas du litai
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Banknotes of the Lithuanian Litas
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Trisdešimt trečias egzaminas. This is a quick response episode! We’ll say the word or phrase in English and you say it in Lithuanian – Out Loud! It’s too late for questions, the exam starts now. Ready, set, go! Pasiruošti, dėmesio, marš!
however
tačiau
to run
bėgti
in time, in due course, eventually
laikui bėgant
time
laikas
over the years
bėgant metams
over the years Justina began to miss Lithuania
bėgant metams Justina pradėjo ilgėtis Lietuvos
over the years Justina began to miss her family
bėgant metams Justina pradėjo ilgėtis savo šeimos
to begin
pradėti
I want to start
aš noriu pradėti
let’s begin
pradėkime
to become prolonged, to grow longer
ilgėtis
long
ilgas
to long for, to pine for
ilgėtis
to become homesick
ilgėtis tėvynės
motherland, fatherland, native land, mother country
tėvynė
however, over the years, she began to miss home
tačiau, bėgant metams ji pradėjo ilgėtis namų
however, over the years, he began to miss home
tačiau, bėgant metams jis pradėjo ilgėtis namų
I long for home
aš ilgiuosi namų
intimacy
artimas
my fatherland is Lithuania
mano tėvynė yra Lietuva
my fatherland is America
mano tėvynė yra Amerika
my fatherland is Iraq
mano tėvynė yra Irakas
my fatherland is Sweden
mano tėvynė Švedija
my fatherland is Croatia
mano tėvynė Kroatija
my fatherland is Brazil
mano tėvynė Brazilija
particularly, especially
ypatingai
sad (male)
liūdnas
sad (female)
liūdna
she is sad
ji yra liūdna
he is sad
jis yra liūdnas
she is especially sad
ji yra ypatingai liūdna
he is particularly sad
jis yra ypatingai liūdnas
the biggest year’s holidays
didžiausios metų šventės
Christmas
Kalėdos
to go begging
kalėdoti
Easter
Vėlykos
sacred, holy
šventas
to celebrate
švęsti
celebration
šventimas
Trisdežimt antras egzaminas. This is a quick response episode! We’ll say the word or phrase in English and you say it in Lithuanian – Out Loud! It’s too late for questions, the exam starts now. Ready, set, go! Pasiruošti, dėmesio, marš!
and so
taip ir
to stay
likti
and so she stayed
taip ir liko
she stayed to live in America
ji liko gyventi Amerikoje
she stayed to live in Lithuania
ji liko gyventi Lietuvoje
husband
vyras
wife
žmona
she stayed to live with her husband
ji liko gyventi su savo vyru
he stayed to live with his wife
jis liko gyventi su savo žmona
stay healthy
lik sveikas
stay healthy
lik sveika
in this country
šioje šalyje
nationality
tautybė
her nationality – Lithuanian
jos tautybė – lietuvė
her nationality – French
jos tautybė – prancūzė
his nationality – Russian
jo tautybė – rusas
his nationality – Spanish
jo tautybė – ispanas
to work
dirbti
edge, border, territory, land
kraštas
Justina travels all over the country
Justina keliauja po šalį
country
šalis
Justina works and travels
Justina dirba ir keliauja
to travel
keliauti
to travel all over the land
keliauti po visą kraštą
to drive around, to ride about
važinėti
around, about, all over
po (+ accusative)
I’m riding around Vilnius
važinėju po Vilnių
I’m driving around Lithuania
važinėju po Lietuvą
I’m riding about the city
važinėju po miestą
a village, the countryside
kaimas
I drive all over the countryside
važinėju po kaimą
I’m riding all over Europe
važinėju po Europą
we’re driving all over Vilnius
važinėjame po Vilnių
to stroll about, to walk about
vaikštinėti
I’m walking all over the park
vaikštinėju po parką
I’m walking all over the streets
vaikštinėju po gatves
I’m walking all over downtown
vaikštinėju po miesto centrą
who / which
kuria
and so he stayed in England
taip ir liko Anglijoje
and so she stayed in Italy
taip ir liko Italijoje
she is getting to know the country
ji susipažįsta su šalimi
I’m getting to know the country
aš susipažįstu su šalimi
In Lithuania I met a lot of interesting people
Lietuvoje sutikau daug įdomių žmonių
in Latvia she met a lot of interesting people
Latvijoje ji sutiko daug įdomių žmonių
in Estonia he met a lot of interesting people
Estijoje jis sutiko daug įdomių žmonių
life
gyvenimas
their
jų
character
būdas
bad temper
blogas būdas
good temper
geras būdas
Hi there, I’m Jack and I’m Raminta and welcome back to Lithuanian Out Loud where we offer the world the Lithuanian language. Today we’re in the month of October which in Lithuanian is spalis.
According to Radio Vilnius: News & Current Affairs, sales of bicycles are up in Lithuania. There are government efforts towards creating bicycle lanes in cities. However, bicycles are not so ingrained in the culture so as to make bike riding safe. Cars still rule the roads. The European Union gave Lithuania funds for creating a bicycle safe infrastructure but the program was stopped and 10 million litas will be returned. Vilnius city officials say they’ll implement the program eventually in their own time but there are no plans to put this into motion.
Today we’ll go over the Lithuanian verb daryti – to do, to make, to open, to close. Here are daryti and nedaryti conjugated in the present tense.
to do
daryti
I do
aš darau
you do (tu)
tu darai
he does
jis daro
she does
ji daro
we do
mes darome
you do (jūs)
jūs darote
you all do
jūs darote
they do (jie)
jie daro
they do (jos)
jos daro
to not do
nedaryti
I do not
aš nedarau
you do not (tu)
tu nedarai
he does not
jis nedaro
she does not
ji nedaro
we do not
mes nedarome
you do not (jūs)
jūs nedarote
you all do not
jūs nedarote
they do not (jie)
jie nedaro
they do not (jos)
jos nedaro
homework/schoolwork
namų darbai
housework
namų ruošos darbai
infinitive
I have to do homework
aš turiu daryti namų darbus
I have to do housework
aš turiu daryti namų ruošos darbus
she can do that
ji gali tai daryti
I do not have to do the homework
aš neturiu daryti namų darbų
I don’t have to do the housework
aš neturiu daryti namų ruošos darbų
she cannot do that
ji negali to daryti
aš
I do that in the mornings
aš tai darau rytais
I do that in the afternoons
aš tai darau dienomis
I do that in the evenings
aš tai darau vakarais
I don’t do that in the mornings
aš to nedarau rytais
I don’t do that in the afternoons
aš to nedarau dienomis
I don’t do that in the evenings
aš to nedarau vakarais
tu
what are you doing tonight?
ką tu darai šiandien vakare?
what are you doing in the morning?
ką tu darai ryte?
what are you doing the day after tomorrow?
ką tu darai poryt?
why do you not do anything?
kodėl tu nieko nedarai? nežinau
you can do it, but you don’t do it
tu gali tai padaryti, bet tu to nedarai
you don’t do any miracles
tu nedarai jokių stebuklų
jis
what is he doing?
ką jis daro?
I don’t know what he’s doing
nežinau ką jis daro
what is Jonas doing here?
ką Jonas čia daro?
what is Marius doing and how?
ką Marius daro ir kaip jis daro?
he doesn’t do any mistakes
jis nedaro jokių klaidų
he doesn’t do anything
jis nedaro nieko
he doesn’t do a lot
jis nedaro daug
ji
she makes me happy
ji daro mane laimingą
she does that well
ji tai daro gerai
Raminta does everything
Raminta daro viską
she doesn’t make you happy
ji nedaro tavęs laimingo
she doesn’t do that well
ji nedaro tai gerai
Raminta doesn’t do everything
Raminta nedaro visko
mes
don’t tell what we’re doing!
nesakykite ką mes darome!
we all make mistakes
visi mes darome klaidas
we’re doing well
mes darome gerai
we’re not doing anything
mes nedarome nieko
we’re not making mistakes
mes nedarome klaidų
we’re not doing that
mes to nedarome
jūs
what do you do on vacation?
ką jūs darote per atostogas?
what do you do at work?
ką jūs darote darbe?
what do you do on the weekends?
ką jūs darote savaitgaliais?
you don’t do your job well
nedarote savo darbo gerai
you’re not doing what you need to
nedarote to ką turite daryti
you’re not making mistakes
nedarot klaidų
jūs
what are you all doing?
ką jūs darote?
how do you all do (it)?
kaip jūs darote?
how do you all make pizza?
kaip jūs darote picą?
why don’t you do that?
kodėl jūs to nedarote?
of course, you never do that
žinoma, jūs to niekada nedarote
you don’t do anything bad
jūs nedarote nieko blogo
jie
what are they doing?
ką jie daro?
why are they doing that?
kodėl jie tai daro?
I don’t know what they are doing
nežinau ką jie daro
what aren’t they doing?
ko jie nedaro?
why don’t they do that?
kodėl jie to nedaro?
they don’t do that well
jie nedaro tai gerai
jos
what are they doing?
ką jos daro?
why are they doing that?
kodėl jos tai daro?
I don’t know what they are doing
nežinau ką jos daro
what aren’t they doing?
ko jos nedaro?
why don’t they do that?
kodėl jos to nedaro?
they don’t do that well
jos nedaro tai gerai
imperative
do it! (tu)
daryk!
let’s do it!
darykime!
do it! (jūs)
darykite!
don’t do it! (tu)
nedaryk!
let’s not do it!
nedarykime!
don’t do it! (jūs)
nedarykite!
Šaunu! Great! You made it to the end of another episode! Puiku! Excellent!
Hi there, I’m Raminta and I’m Jack and welcome back to Lithuanian Out Loud where we offer the world the Lithuanian language. Today we’re in the month of October which in Lithuanian is spalis.
The Lithuanian state flag is different from the national flag of yellow, green and red. The state flag has the national symbol of the Vytis on a red background. It’s a beautiful flag and it has a longer history than the tricolor but it was not chosen as the national flag mainly because it would have been difficult to recreate the design.
pradėkime, let’s get started
Previously we worked on numbers that end in one, numbers that end in zero, and numbers that end in two through nine. Numbers 11 through 19 or numbers that end in 11 through 19 are similar to numbers that end in zero. Numbers that end in 11 through 19 use the plural genitive.
prašom pakartoti, please repeat…
11 sisters
vienuolika seserų
12 daughters
dvylika dukterų
13 uncles
trylika dėdžių
14 horses
keturiolika arklių
15 televisions
penkiolika televizorių
16 days
šešiolika dienų
17 glasses
septyniolika taurių
18 countries
aštuoniolika šalių
19 tables
devyniolika stalų
111 pizzas
šimtas vienuolika picų
112 women
šimtas dvylika moterų
113 museums
šimtas trylika muziejų
114 bowls
šimtas keturiolika dubenų
115 people
šimtas penkiolika žmonių
116 people
šimtas šešiolika asmenų
117 hotels
šimtas septyniolika viešbučių
118 letters
šimtas aštuoniolika laiškų
119 birds
šimtas devyniolika paukščių
211 bicycles
du šimtai vienuolika dviračių
212 trees
du šimtai dvylika medžių
213 pigeons
du šimtai trylika balandžių
214 tables
du šimtai keturiolika stalų
215 songs
du šimtai penkiolika dainų
216 women
du šimtai šešiolika moterų
217 museums
du šimtai septyniolika muziejų
218 bowls
du šimtai aštuoniolika dubenų
219 people
du šimtai devyniolika žmonių
311 people
trys šimtai vienuolika asmenų
312 pizzas
trys šimtai dvylika picų
313 songs
trys šimtai trylika dainų
314 armchairs
trys šimtai keturiolika fotelių
315 horses
trys šimtai penkiolika arklių
316 televisions
trys šimtai šešiolika televizorių
317 days
trys šimtai septyniolika dienų
318 glasses
trys šimtai aštuoniolika taurių
319 countries
trys šimtai devyniolika šalių
Puiku! Excellent! You made it to the end of another episode! Puiku!
Wikipedia, The Flag of Lithuania
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flag_of_Lithuania
Hi there, I’m Jack and I’m Raminta and welcome back to Lithuanian Out Loud where we offer the world the Lithuanian language. Today we’re in the new month of October which in Lithuanian is spalis. In Latin octo means eight. In the old Roman calendar October was the eighth month. In Lithuanian this month is spalis, named after spaliai – flax. In the month of spalis, flax is harvested.
According to the free encyclopedia, Wikipedia, Aušrinė is the Morning Star, a feminine deity in the old Lithuanian religion. Some experts reconstruct her as the goddess of beauty, youth and health, and the queen of all stars. Aušrinė's sisters are other stars: Vakarinė, the evening Venus, who makes the bed for Saulė, Indraja - Jupiter, Sėlija - Saturn, Žiezdrė - Mars and Vaivora - Mercury.
pradėkime, let’s get started
With this episode we’ll continue working on combining numbers with nouns. Any number that ends in number two through nine causes the noun to become plural. The exceptions to this are the numbers 12-19. We’ll do those on an upcoming episode.
prašom pakartoti, please repeat…
two sisters
dvi seserys
three daughters
trys dukterys
four armchairs
keturi foteliai
five horses
penki arkliai
six televisions
šeši televizoriai
seven days
septynios dienos
eight glasses
aštuonios taurės
nine countries
devynios šalys
22 songs
dvidešimt dvi dainos
23 women
dvidešimt trys moterys
24 museums
dvidešimt keturi muziejai
25 bowls
dvidešimt penki dubenys
26 people
dvidešimt šeši asmenys
27 people
dvidešimt septyni žmonės
28 hotels
dvidešimt aštuoni viešbučiai
29 letters
dvidešimt devyni laiškai
32 birds
trisdešimt du paukščiai
33 bicycles
trisdešimt trys dviračiai
34 trees
trisdešimt keturi medžiai
35 pigeons
trisdešimt penki balandžiai
45 rooms
keturiasdešimt penki kambariai
47 things
keturiasdešimt septyni daiktai
56 songs
penkiasdešimt šešios dainos
67 armchairs
šešiasdešimt septyni fotelai
78 horses
septyniasdešimt aštuoni arkliai
85 objects
aštuoniasdešimt penki dalykai
89 televisions
aštuoniasdešimt devyni televizoriai
94 days
devyniasdešimt keturios dienos
102 pizzas
vienas šimtas dvi picos arba šimtas dvi picos
123 countries
vienas šimtas dvidešimt trys šalys
135 tables
vienas šimtas trisdešimt penki stalai
146 songs
vienas šimtas keturiasdešimt šešios dainos
157 women
vienas šimtas penkiasdešimt septynios moterys
168 rooms
vienas šimtas šešiasdešimt aštuoni kambariai
179 bowls
vienas šimtas sepyniasdešimt devyni dubenys
184 people
vienas šimtas aštuoniasdešimt keturi žmonės
192 baskets
vienas šimtas devyniasdešimt du krepšiai
203 hotels
du šimtai trys viešbučiai
227 things
du šimtai dvidešimt septyni daiktai
1,007 letters
vienas tūkstantis septyni laiškai arba tūkstantis septyni laiškai
3,439 pigeons
trys tūkstančiai keturi šimtai trisdešimt devyni balandžiai
5,237 birds
penki tūkstančiai du šimtai trisdešimt septyni paukščiai
6,883 bicycles
šeši tūkstančiai aštuoni šimtai aštuoniasdešimt trys dviračiai
7,527 tables
septyni tūkstančiai penki šimtai dvidešimt septyni stalai
9,968 trees
devyni tūkstančiai devyni šimtai šešiasdešimt aštuoni medžiai
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Wikipedia, Aušrinė
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Hi there, I’m Jack and welcome back to Lithuanian Out Loud. Just a quick note before we get started, Agnė iš Vilniaus has honored us with another excellent contribution. This is probably the best work she’s ever done on this podcast. Thanks for all your hard work Agnė!
Also, I did the math and in 13 months we’ve done over nine episodes of Lithuanian Out Loud a month. Most of the time I’m trying to put out three or four a week, but I rarely have that much time. For the next few months we need to cut way back on our frequency. It’s just that we both have many other projects that have been neglected and we need to put some time into them.
But, don’t worry, we’re still working on dozens of episodes on paper and we have about 15 recorded. So, we aren’t quitting, we just need to free up some time for other things. We’re not going to stop, we’re just going to slow down the pace a bit. Once these other projects have been tended to, we’ll try to put out dozens of new episodes for you. Alright, on with the show and here’s Agnė. Take it away, Agnė!
Hi, I am Agnė, and welcome back for some more Lithuanian phrases. If you remember, the last few times I taught you some phrases for angry and awful things. So it is time to learn some nicer expressions :)
If you want to compliment someone for something which is beautiful or nice, you could say: gražus kaip reta... or graži kaip reta... literally; rare beauty.
You could use it either for a person or for a thing. Also, you can say graži kaip lėlė - as pretty as a doll, but be careful. If you use this in reference to, for example, a woman with too much make-up or a man who's dressed a little too fine, you'll sound sarcastic.
Let's learn some words:
retas
rare (masculine)
reta
rare (feminine)
graži
nice, beautiful, pretty (feminine)
gražus
nice, beautiful, handsome (masculine)
viršelis
a cover
knyga
a book
žiedas
a ring, also - a blossom
auksas
gold
gėlė
a flower
dukra
a daughter
dukrelė
a daughter, using the diminutive
lėlė
a doll
lėlytė
a doll in the diminutive
Let's repeat one time slowly:
graži kaip lėlė
as beautiful as a doll - referring to a feminine noun
gražus kaip lėlė
as beautiful as a doll - referring to a masculine noun
graži kaip reta
of a rare beauty, referring to a feminine noun
gražus kaip reta
of a rare beuaty, referring to a masculine noun
Now let's go over some examples:
ta mergina graži kaip lėlė
that lady is as beautiful as a doll
man nepatinka vaikinai gražūs kaip lėlės
I don't like guys who are as pretty as dolls.
In English this would loosely translate as, I don't like pretty-boys.
These two examples could be used sarcastically, so be careful.
But, if you want to use a diminutive form, it could sound like a compliment.
For example:
tavo dukrelė graži kaip lėlytė
your little daughter is as beautiful as a little doll
knygos viršelis gražus kaip reta
the bookcover is of a rare beauty
šitas aukso žiedas gražus kaip reta
this golden ring is of a rare beauty
diena graži kaip reta
the day is of a rare beauty
ši gėlė graži kaip reta
this flower is of a rare beauty
As the word order in the Lithuanian language is not important, you could also say it like this:
gražus kaip reta knygos viršelis
gražus kaip reta aukso žiedas
gražus kaip reta šitas aukso žiedas
graži kaip reta diena
graži kaip reta gėlė
graži kaip reta ši gėlė
It just depends on what you want to emphasize more. It will also go together with your intonation, so you can play with it and enjoy :)
See you next time! Make your day of a rare beauty!
Hi there, I’m Jack and I’m Raminta and welcome back to Lithuanian Out Loud where we offer the world the Lithuanian language.
According to Wikipedia, the Lithuanian national plant is rue (rūta). A bride traditionally wears a little crown made of rue, which is a symbol of her life as an unmarried young woman. During the wedding the crown is burned, symbolizing the loss of careless childhood and entrance into the world of adulthood.
Today we’ll go over the Lithuanian verb žiūrėti – to look, to look at, to watch, to stare at, to gaze at. Some related words are;
žiūronai
binoculars
spyglass, telescope
žiūronas
spectator, onlooker
žiūrovas, žiūrovė
spectators, onlookers
žiūrovai
Here are žiūrėti and nežiūrėti conjugated in the present tense;
to look at
žiūrėti
I look at
aš žiūriu
you look at
tu žiūri
he looks at
jis žiūri
she looks at
ji žiūri
we look at
mes žiūrime
you look at (jūs)
jūs žiūrite
you all look at (jūs)
jūs žiūrite
they look at (mm/mf)
jie žiūri
they look at (ff)
jos žiūri
to not look at
nežiūrėti
I don’t look at
aš nežiūriu
you don’t look at
tu nežiūri
he doesn’t look at
jis nežiūri
she doesn’t look at
ji nežiūri
we don’t look at
mes nežiūrime
you don’t look at (jūs)
jūs nežiūrite
you all don’t look at (jūs)
jūs nežiūrite
they don’t look at (mm/mf)
jie nežiūri
they don’t look at (ff)
jos nežiūri
here are some examples using the infinitive of the verb
I wan’t to watch the film
aš noriu žiūrėti filmą
he can watch this program
jis gali žiūrėti šią programą
can’t you look?
ar gali nežiūrėti?
we cannot watch this film
negalime nežiūrėti šio filmo
we cannot watch this concert
negalime nežiūrėti šio koncerto
aš
I’m watching the movie
aš žiūriu filmą
I’m looking at the album
aš žiūriu albumą
I’m looking at the mountains
aš žiūriu į kalnus
I’m not watching the film
aš nežiūriu filmo
I’m not looking at the album
aš nežiūriu albumo
I’m not looking at the mountains
aš nežiūriu į kalnus
tu
where are you looking?
kur tu žiūri?
are you looking at the road?
ar tu žiūri į kelią?
are you looking at the photograph?
ar tu žiūri į nuotrauką?
are you looking at him?
ar tu žiūri į jį?
are you looking at her?
ar tu žiūri į ją?
you aren’t looking at the road
tu nežiūri į kelią
you aren’t looking at the photo
tu nežiūri į nuotrauką
you aren’t looking at him, right?
tu nežiūri į jį, taip?
jis
he is looking at the sea
jis žiūri į jūrą
he is looking at the sky
jis žiūri į dangų
he is looking at the auto
jis žiūri į automobilį
he is not looking at the sea
jis nežiūri į jūrą
he is not looking at the sky
jis nežiūri į dangų
he is not looking at the auto
jis nežiūri į automobilį
ji
she is looking at the performance
ji žiūri spektaklį
she is looking at the watch
ji žiūri į laikrodį
she is looking at the man
ji žiūri į vyrą
she’s not looking at the play
ji nežiūri spektaklio
she is not looking at the watch
ji nežiūri į laikrodį
she is not looking at the man
ji nežiūri į vyrą
mes
we’re looking and we don’t see
mes žiūrime ir nematome
we’re looking at the black sky
mes žiūrime į juodą dangų
we’re looking at the fox
mes žiūrime į lapę
we’re not looking at the corpse
mes nežiūrime į lavoną
we’re not looking at the blood
mes nežiūrime į kraują
we’re not looking at the rats
mes nežiūrime į žiurkes
jūs
you are looking at the trees
jūs žiūrite į medžius
are you are looking at the photo?
ar jūs žiūrite į nuotrauką?
you are looking at the future
jūs žiūrite į ateitį
you’re not looking at it
jūs nežiūrite į tai
you’re not looking at it seriously
jūs nežiūrite į tai rimtai
you are not looking at the photo
jūs nežiūrite į nuotrauką
why don’t you look at me?
kodėl nežiūrite į mane?
jūs (plural as in you all)
you often look outside
jūs dažnai žiūrite į lauką
(let’s go outside! – einame į lauką! - Raminta says this to her dog,
the pug Antik and he goes crazy with excitement when he hears it)
you often look at the door
jūs dažnai žiūrite į duris
you often look at the window
jūs dažnai žiūrite į langą
you don’t watch television
jūs nežiūrite televizoriaus
you don’t look at me
jūs nežiūrite į mane
you never look at me
jūs niekada nežiūrite į mane
jie (m/m or m/f group)
they are looking at the stars
jie žiūri į žvaigždes
they are looking at the moon
jie žiūri į mėnulį
they are not looking at the stars
jie nežiūri į žvaigždes
they are not looking at the moon
jie nežiūri į mėnulį
they are looking at the tree
jie žiūri į medį
they are not looking at the tree
jie nežiūri į medį
jos
they are looking at the house
jos žiūri į namą
they are looking at the spider
jos žiūri į vorą
they are looking at the dog
jos žiūri į šunį
they are not looking at the house
jos nežiūri į namą
they are not looking at the spider
jos nežiūri į vorą
they are not looking at the dog
jos nežiūri į šunį
imperative
look what she’s doing!
žiūrėk, ką ji daro!
look at the mountains!
žiūrėkite į kalnus!
let’s look at what’s going to happen!
žiūrėkime kas bus!
don’t look at the blood!
nežiūrėk į kraują!
don’t look at this room!
nežiūrėkite į tą kambarį!
let’s not look at this movie!
nežiūrėkime šio filmo!
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Symbols of Lithuania
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Trisdešimt pirmas egzaminas. This is a quick response episode! We’ll say the word or phrase in English and you say it in Lithuanian – Out Loud! It’s too late for questions, the exam starts now. Ready, set, go! Pasiruošti, dėmesio, marš!
examples
pavyzdžiai
in front of / ago
prieš (+ accusative)
in front of the restaurant
prieš restoraną
in front of the car
prieš automobilį
one year ago
prieš vienerius metus
two years ago
prieš dvejus metus
three years ago
prieš trejus metus
a year
metai
to see off
išlydėti
my, our, your, his, her, its, their
savo
daughter
dukra / duktė
her aim
jos tikslas
aim, goal
tikslas
my goal is to speak Lithuanian well
mano tikslas yra puikiai kalbėti lietuviškai
my goal is to speak a little Lithuanian
mano tikslas yra šiek tiek kalbėti lietuviškai
was (past tense of būti, third person)
buvo
to become acquainted with
pažinti / susipažinti
in Vilnius I was acquainted with Lithuanian culture
Vilniuje aš susipažinau su lietuviška kultūra
she got to know American traditions
ji pažino amerikiečių tradicijas
she got to know Lithuanian traditions
ji pažino lietuvių tradicijas
tradition
tradicija
a dream
svajonė
is called
vadinasi
the coffee shop is called – The Coffee Cup
kavinė vadinasi – Kavos puodelis
the restaurant is called - Čili Pizza
restoranas vadinasi - Čili pizza
the capital is called Riga
sostinė vadinasi Ryga
America
Amerika
The United States of America
Jungtinės Amerikos Valstijos
USA
JAV
I’m in the United States of America
esu Jungtinėse Amerikos Valstijose
I’m going to the United States of America
važiuoju į Jungtines Amerikos Valstijas
to meet
susitikti
a person
žmogus
people
žmonės
our daughter met a person
mūsų dukra sutiko žmogų
our daughter met people
mūsų dukra sutiko žmones
I’m from the United States of America
esu iš Jungtinių Amerikos Valstijų
she’s from United States of America
ji yra iš Jungtinių Amerikos Valstijų
he’s from United States of America
jis yra iš Jungtinių Amerikos Valstijų
a guy
vaikinas
I met a guy
aš sutikau vaikiną
a girl, a young woman
mergina
I met a girl
aš sutikau merginą
I met people
aš sutikau žmones
I met a guy in the street
aš sutikau vaikiną gatvėje
I met a girl in the street
aš sutikau merginą gatvėje
which
kuris / kuri
they are in love
jie yra įsimylėję
they are married
jie yra vedę
he is married
jis yra vedęs
she is married
ji yra ištekėjusi
he is divorced
jis yra išsiskyręs
she is divorced
ji yra išsiskyrusi
to fall in love
pamilti / įsimylėti
Hi there, this is Jack, Raminta and I would like to welcome you back to another episode of Lithuanian Out Loud.
Today we’ll continue working on numbers combined with nouns. This episode covers numbers that end in the number zero. On the next episode we’ll take a break from numbers and explore the verb žiūrėti – to look at and nežiūrėti – to not look at.
Back in May of 2008, Ola Halvorsen, a listener from Oslo, Norway wrote us saying he loved to view the show notes for our episodes in iTunes. But, after episode 42 or so, they disappeared. Well, it took a few months to get it all done, but we tore down all the episodes that didn’t have show notes in the lyrics section, there were about 60 of them, added the show transcripts and put the mp3s back up.
So now, if you download the episodes using iTunes, you can right click on the episode, then click on “info” and you’ll see the episode’s show notes. You can even modify them for your own needs if you like.
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Sveiki, aš Agnė. Today we'll learn how to say you don't like something or you want to say, that something is disgusting. If your Lithuanian friend asks you, "what do you think about the weather?” And you don't like it for any reason, you could say, "baisus kaip gyvenimas..." - literally - as awful as life.
Let's translate the words
baisus, baisi
terrible, awful
kaip
like
gyvenimas
life
ką manai apie...?
what do you think about...
oras
weather
namas
house
reklama
advertisement
suknelė
dress
Now let's say it one time slowly
baisus kaip gyvenimas
as awful as life
Now let's see some examples:
What do you think about the weather?
Ką manai apie orą? - Baisus kaip gyvenimas
What do you think about this house?
Ką manai apie šį namą? - Baisus kaip gyvenimas
If the object you are asking about is feminine, you will say not baisus, but baisi:
What do you think about this advertising?
Ką manai apie šią reklamą? - Baisi kaip gyvenimas
What about the dress in this old photo?
Ką manai apie suknelę šioje senoje nuotraukoje? - Baisi kaip gyvenimas
Try this expression out on your Lithuanian friends and see, how it works. I'm Agnė and I'll see you next week when we'll do some more Lithuanian from Vilnius. Ate!
keturiasdešimt arklių - forty horses
Hi there, I’m Raminta and I’m Jack and welcome back to Lithuanian Out Loud where we offer the world the Lithuanian language. Today we’re in the month of September which in Lithuanian is - rugsėjis.
According to Wikipedia, Russia and Belarus have what are called Special Purpose Police Squads or OMON (Russian: Отряд милиции особого назначения; Otryad Militsii Osobogo Naznacheniya). Their motto is "We know no mercy and do not ask for any." In May 1991 the Soviet Union still hadn’t recognized Lithuania’s independence and the OMON assaulted the Krakūnai border post. Approximately 30 Lithuanian officers were attacked and wounded including Gintaras Žagunis who was killed. Two months later the OMON unit stationed in Riga attacked the Medininkai border crossing near the Vilnius-Minsk highway on 31 July. Seven Lithuanian officers, Mindaugas Balavakas, Algimantas Juozakas, Juozas Janonis, Algirdas Kazlauskas, Antanas Musteikis, Stanislovas Orlavičius and Ričardas Rabavičius were shot and killed. These men were unarmed and they were all shot in the head execution style. Customs officer Tomas Šernas barely survived and today is disabled.
The men responsible for these cold-blooded murders are now in Russia. The Russian government refuses to hand them over to Lithuanian authorities.
pradėkime, let’s get started
Today we’ll continue combining numbers with nouns. In this episode we’ll focius on numbers that end in zero. If a number ends in zero, such as ten, twenty, 140 or 1,000, we use the plural genitive.
prašom pakartoti…please repeat…
an armchair
fotelis
the armchair
fotelis
armchairs
foteliai
the armchairs
foteliai
a horse
arklys
the horse
arklys
horses
arkliai
the horses
arkliai
Now let’s combine some nouns with some numbers
10 sisters
dešimt seserų
20 daughters
dvidešimt dukterų
30 uncles
trisdešimt dėdžių
40 horses
keturiasdešimt arklių
50 televisions
penkiasdešimt televizorių
60 days
šešiasdešimt dienų
70 glasses
septyniasdešimt taurių
80 countries
aštuoniasdešimt šalių
90 tables
devyniasdešimt stalų
100 songs
šimtas dainų
110 women
šimtas dešimt moterų
120 armchairs
šimtas dvidešimt fotelių
150 museums
šimtas penkiasdešimt muziejų
200 bowls
du šimtai dubenių
220 people
du šimtai dvidešimt asmenų
250 people
du šimtai penkiasdešimt žmonių
300 hotels
trys šimtai viešbučių
330 letters
trys šimtai trisdešimt laiškų
350 birds
trys šimtai penkiasdešimt paukščių
370 objects
trys šimtai septyniasdešimt dalykų
400 bicycles
keturi šimtai dviračių
440 trees
keturi šimtai keturiasdešimt medžių
450 pigeons
keturi šimtai penkiasdešimt balandžių
500 songs
penki šimtai dainų
550 pizzas
penki šimtai penkiasdešimt picų
560 things
penki šimtai šešiasdešimt daiktų
600 armchairs
šeši šimtai fotelių
650 televisions
šeši šimtai penkiasdešimt televizorių
660 horses
šeši šimtai šešiasdešimt arklių
700 days
septyni šimtai dienų
750 glasses
septyni šimtai penkiasdešimt taurių
770 countries
septyni šimtai septyniasdešimt šalių
800 tables
aštuoni šimtai stalų
850 songs
aštuoni šimtai penkiasdešimt dainų
880 women
aštuoni šimtai aštuoniasdešimt moterų
900 museums
devyni šimtai muziejų
950 bowls
devyni šimtai penkiasdešimt dubenų
990 people
devyni šimtai devyniasdešimt žmonių
1,000 people
vienas tūkstantis žmonių
1,010 hotels
vienas tūkstantis dešimt viešbučių
1,050 letters
vienas tūkstantis penkiasdešimt laiškų
1,150 birds
vienas tūkstantis vienas šimtas penkiasdešimt paukščių
2,000 bicycles
du tūkstančiai dviračių
2,760 pizzas
du tūkstančiai septyni šimtai šešiasdešimt picų
2,340 trees
du tūkstančiai trys šimtai keturiasdešimt medžių
3,550 pigeons
trys tūkstančiai penki šimtai penkiasdešimt balandžių
4,000 armchairs
keturi tūkstančiai fotelių
5,240 songs
penki tūkstančiai du šimtai keturiasdešimt dainų
6,000 things
šeši tūkstančiai daiktų
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Exam 30
Trisdešimtas egzaminas. This is a quick response episode! We’ll say the word or phrase in English and you say it in Lithuanian – Out Loud! It’s too late for questions, the exam starts now. Ready, set, go! Pasiruošti, dėmesio, marš!
a miracle
stebuklas
the restaurant
restoranas
one restaurant
vienas restoranas
two restaurants
du restoranai
the restroom
tualetas
one restroom
vienas tualetas
two restrooms
du tualetai
the male friend
draugas
one male friend
vienas draugas
two male friends
du draugai
the automobile
automobilis
one automobile
vienas automobilis
two automobiles
du automobiliai
the brother
brolis
one brother
vienas brolis
two brothers
du broliai
the armchair
fotelis
one armchair
vienas fotelis
two armchairs
du foteliai
the train
traukinys
one train
vienas traukinys
two trains
du traukiniai
a basket
krepšys
one basket
vienas krepšys
two baskets
du krepšiai
the room
kambarys
one room
vienas kambarys
two rooms
du kambariai
a museum
muziejus
one museum
vienas muziejus
two museums
du muziejai
the television
televizorius
one television
vienas televizorius
two televisions
du televizoriai
the fruit
vaisius
one fruit
vienas vaisius
two fruits
du vaisiai
the actor
aktorius
one actor
vienas aktorius
two actors
du aktoriai
two restaurants
du restoranai
three restaurants
trys restoranai
three restrooms
trys tualetai
four male friends
keturi draugai
five automobiles
penki automobiliai
six brothers
šeši broliai
seven armchairs
septyni foteliai
eight trains
aštuoni traukiniai
nine baskets
devyni krepšiai
three rooms
trys kambariai
two televisions
du televizoriai
five fruits
penki vaisiai
four actors
keturi aktoriai
three restaurants
trys restoranai
eight museums
aštuoni muziejai
two bathrooms
du tualetai
six male friends
šeši draugai
seven automobiles
septyni automobiliai
eight brothers
aštuoni broliai
nine armchairs
devyni foteliai
two trains
du traukiniai
four baskets
keturi krepšiai
two rooms
du kambariai
six museums
šeši muziejai
four televisions
keturi televizoriai
seven fruits
septyni vaisiai
nine actors
devyni aktoriai
four restaurants
keturi restoranai
five bathrooms
penki tualetai
two male friends
du draugai
six automobiles
šeši automobiliai
three brothers
trys broliai
seven trains
septyni traukiniai
two baskets
du krepšiai
seven rooms
septyni kambariai
five televisions
penki televizoriai
three fruits
trys vaisiai
six actors
šeši aktoriai
four museums
keturi muziejai
Hi there, I’m Jack and welcome back to Lithuanian Out Loud. Today we’ll start the show off with a very nice email, then on to another awesome installment of Agnė iš Vilniaus. Thank you Agnė for taking the time to record this for us. Starting with today’s episode we’re going to do a series of programs on numbers. It may not be the most exciting stuff we can offer, but we have to go over it sometime, so we’ll do it now. Also, we’re up to 33 positive reviews on the Lithuanian Out Loud iTunes page, thanks to everyone for helping us with these. Remember, our goal is 50 so we only need 17 more. Can you help us out? Thanks! Enjoy the program and here is an email from Lithuania…
Dear Jack and Raminta:
I thought you might like to know that our Lithuanian professor, Radvyda Vasvilaitė, sent us your link when she sent us her class schedule. LCC International University has a large number of new North American professors every year who try to learn as much Lithuanian as they can. Your entertaining podcasts keep my mind busy while I do housework and other boring jobs.
Thank you!
Geri Henderson, PhD
Chair, English Department
LCC International University
Klaipėda, Lithuania
Thanks Geri for the nice words and we’ll try to keep the episodes coming. Okay, Agnė, your turn, take it away!!!
Hi, I am Agnė, and welcome back for some more Lithuanian phrases. If you see any angry Lithuanian, you could ask him: kodėl tu toks piktas kaip širšė? - Why are you as angry as a wasp?
Lithuanians have a lot of expressions with the word angry - piktas.
But let's start from the very beginning.
Here is a vocabulary for "angry expressions"
kodėl?
why?
toks
such, so
toks... kaip...
as... as...
piktas, pikta
angry
širšė
wasp
ragana
witch
velnias
devil
nebūti
to not be
nebūk
don't be
and here are the expressions:
piktas kaip širšė
pikta kaip širšė
piktas kaip velnias
pikta kaip ragana
Let's say them one time slowly:
piktas kaip širšė
as angry as a wasp
if you are addressing a male
pikta kaip širšė
as angry as a wasp
if you are addressing a female
piktas kaip velnias
as angry as the devil
commonly is used for a male, but it is not a mistake to say pikta kaip velnias, addressing a female
pikta kaip ragana
as angry as a witch
commonly is used for a female, but it is not a mistake if you wold use it for a male, saying piktas kaip ragana
Let's go over some examples:
kodėl jis toks piktas?
why is he so angry?
kodėl jis toks piktas kaip širšė?
why is he as angry as a wasp?
kodėl ji tokia pikta?
why is she so angry?
kodėl ji tokia pikta kaip ragana?
why is she as angry as a witch?
tavo tėtis piktas kaip širšė
your dad is as angry as a wasp
vairuotojas piktas kaip velnias
the driver is as angry as the devil
tavo draugė pikta kaip ragana
your girlfriend is as angry as a witch
nebūk piktas (or pikta) kaip ragana
don't be as angry as a witch
That's it for today, see you next time! Enjoy it and don't be angry :)
Hi there, I’m Jack and I’m Raminta and welcome back to Lithuanian Out Loud where we offer the world the Lithuanian language. Today we’re in the month of September which in Lithuanian is rugsėjis.
In the navy a submarine tender is a ship that supplies and supports submarines. In 1961 when Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania were still forceably part of the Soviet Union, Captain Jonas Pleškys sailed his submarine tender out of Klaipėda and into the Baltic Sea. Soviet authorities had ordered the ship to travel to Tallinn, Estonia but Jonas sailed to Gotland, Sweden and defected to the west. The Soviet Union convicted Ponas Jonas in absentia and his sentence was death by firing squad. Jonas died in California in 1993 of old age.
His story is believed to be the basis for Tom Clancy’s book The Hunt for Red October. In the book and in the movie submarine captain Marko Ramius is known as, “The Lithuanian.” The submarine captain sails his ship to the west and defects.
Just an interesting bit of trivia; in the beginning of the book Captain Marko Ramius kills his KGB political officer. The Soviet officer’s name? Ivan Putin. That’s funny.
pradėkime, let’s get started
Now we’re going to study something I didn’t understand for a very long time. Numbers that end in the number one. For example, 21, 31, 41, 51, 61, 71, 81, 91, 101, 11,391, 635,271, excluding 11. Eleven is the only number that doesn’t follow this pattern.
Before we get to the meat of this episode, here are some nouns for you;
How do you say it in Lithuanian?
Kaip pasakyti lietuviškai?
a shoe
batas
the shoe
batas
a table
stalas
the table
stalas
a glass
taurė
the glass
taurė
a chair
kėdė
the chair
kėdė
a song
daina
the song
daina
a pizza
pica
the pizza
pica
The interesting thing about 21, 31, 41, etcetera, when paired with a noun, for example, 21 days, 31 cities, or 41 books, the noun has a singular form.
prašom pakartoti…
21 days
dvidešimt viena diena
31 colors
trisdešimt viena spalva
41 glasses
keturiasdešimt viena taurė
51 televisions
penkiasdešimt vienas televizorius
61 fruits
šešiasdešimt vienas vaisius
Do you see what we’re getting at here? If the number ends in a one, then the noun is singular. The only exception is eleven or vienuolika. Eleven does not follow this rule.
Prašom pakartoti…please repeat…
71 countries
septyniasdešimt viena šalis
81 cities
aštuoniasdešimt vienas miestas
91 shoes
devyniasdešimt vienas batas
101 tables
šimtas vienas stalas
121 chairs
šimtas dvidešimt viena kėdė
131 objects
šimtas trisdešimt vienas dalykas
141 pizzas
šimtas keturiasdešimt viena pica
151 colors
šimtas penkiasdešimt viena spalva
161 glasses
šimtas šešiasdešimt viena taurė
171 televisions
šimtas septyniasdešimt vienas televizorius
181 songs
šimtas aštuoniasdešimt viena daina
191 countries
šimtas devyniasdešimt viena šalis
201 cities
du šimtai vienas miestas
221 shoes
du šimtai dvidešimt vienas batas
231 objects
du šimtai trisdešimt vienas dalykas
241 chairs
du šimtai keturiasdešimt viena kėdė
261 songs
du šimtai šešiasdešimt viena daina
351 tables
trys šimtai penkiasdešimt vienas stalas
361 days
trys šimtai šešiasdešimt viena diena
371 colors
trys šimtai septyniasdešimt viena spalva
431 pizzas
keturi šimtai trisdešimt viena pica
481 glasses
keturi šimtai aštuoniasdešimt viena taurė
491 televisions
keturi šimtai devyniasdešimt vienas televizorius
501 fruits
penki šimtai vienas vaisius
521 countries
penki šimtai dvidešimt viena šalis
631 cities
šeši šimtai trisdešimt vienas miestas
641 shoes
šeši šimtai keturiasdešimt vienas batas
751 days
septyni šimtai penkiasdešimt viena diena
761 colors
septyni šimtai šešiasdešimt viena spalva
871 glasses
aštuoni šimtai septyniasdešimt viena taurė
981 televisions
devyni šimtai aštuoniasdešimt vienas televizorius
1,001 fruits
vienas tūkstantis vienas vaisius
1,221 shoes
vienas tūkstantis du šimtai vienas batas
2,001 colors
du tūkstančiai viena spalva
10,031 objects
dešimt tūkstančių trisdešimt vienas dalykas
10,031 things
dešimt tūkstančių trisdešimt vienas daiktas
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Exam 29
Dvidešimt devyntas egzaminas. This is a quick response episode! We’ll say the word or phrase in English and you say it in Lithuanian – Out Loud! It’s too late for questions, the exam starts now. Ready, set, go! Pasiruošti, dėmesio, marš!
good day!
laba diena!
good day!
labą dieną!
how are you?
formal kaip jums sekasi?
very well, how are you?
labai gerai, kaip jums?
healthy as a carrot, thanks
sveikas kaip morka, ačiū
how do you say it in Lithuanian?
kaip pasakyti lietuviškai?
the day
diena
one day
viena diena
two days
dvi dienos
the color
spalva
one color
viena spalva
two colors
dvi spalvos
the school
mokykla
one school
viena mokykla
two schools
dvi mokyklos
the car
mašina
one car
viena mašina
two cars
dvi mašinos
the wife
žmona
one wife
viena žmona
two wives
dvi žmonos
the book
knyga
one book
viena knyga
two books
dvi knygos
the female friend
draugė
one female friend
viena draugė
two female friends
dvi draugės
the Lithuanian female
lietuvė
one Lithuanian female
viena lietuvė
two Lithuanian females
dvi lietuvės
the street
gatvė
one street
viena gatvė
two streets
dvi gatvės
the glass for champagne or wine
taurė
one glass
viena taurė
two glasses
dvi taurės
a female cat
katė
one cat
viena katė
two cats
dvi katės
the grape
vynuogė
one grape
viena vynuogė
two grapes
dvi vynuogės
two days
dvi dienos
three colors
trys spalvos
four schools
keturios mokyklos
five cars
penkios mašinos
six wives
šešios žmonos
seven books
septynios knygos
eight female friends
aštuonios draugės
nine Lithuanian females
devynios lietuvės
two glasses
dvi taurės
three streets
trys gatvės
four cats
keturios katės
seven grapes
septynios vynuogės
six days
šešios dienos
eight colors
aštuonios spalvos
three schools
trys mokyklos
nine wives
devynios žmonos
four books
keturios knygos
seven female friends
septynios draugės
five Lithuanian females
penkios lietuvės
seven glasses
septynios taurės
nine streets
devynios gatvės
seven cats
septynios katės
three grapes
trys vynuogės
eight days
aštuonios dienos
six colors
šešios spalvos
two schools
dvi mokyklos
four cars
keturios mašinos
two wives
dvi žmonos
nine books
devynios knygos
two female friends
dvi draugės
three glasses
trys taurės
seven streets
septynios gatvės
eight cats
aštuonios katės
six grapes
šešios vynuogės
nine cars
devynios mašinos
Hi there! This is Jack and welcome back to Lithuanian Out Loud! Before we start today’s episode, Agnė iš Vilniaus has something special for us.
Agnė reminded me that in Lithuanian Out Loud episode 51 a song jumped from the lips of Margarita. This song is "Lietuva", and the music was writen by Galina Savinienė. The words were written by Justinas Marcinkevičius a well-known Lithuanian poet. Agnė says this song is usually sung in Lithuanian Song Festivals.
Thanks Agnė for this fabulous recording! Spectacular! How about a round of applause for Agnė? Woohoo! One last thing before we get going. A listener named Jim is inviting listeners to join his Lithuanian practice chat room on Skype at captainjim04. We’ll post his Skype name on this episode’s blog page entry. Now, on with today’s episode! Take it away, Agnė!
Tai gražiai, gražiai mane augino
So beautifully, beautifully I was raised by
laukas, pieva, kelias, upė,
a field, a meadow, a road, a river,
tai gražiai už rankos vedė
so beautifully I was lead by the hand of
vasaros diena ilga.
a long summer's day.
tai gražiai už rankos vedė
so beautifully I was lead by the hand of
vasaros diena ilga.
a long summer's day.
Tai gražiai, gražiai lingavo girios,
So beautifully, beautifully forests were swinging
uogų ir gegučių pilnos,
full of berries and cuckoos,
tai gražiai, gražiai saulutė leidos,
so beautifully the sun (dim. form) was going down
atilsėlį nešdama.
carrying the rest (diminutive, poetic form)
tai gražiai, gražiai saulutė leidos,
so beautifully the sun (dim. form) was going down
atilsėlį nešdama.
carrying the rest (diminutive, poetic form)
Tai gražiai, gražiai skambėjo žodžiai:
So beautifully the words sounded:
laukas, pieva, kelias, upė.
a field, a meadow, a way, a river,
tai gražiai, gražiai iš jų išaugo
so beautifully from them
vienas žodis: L i e t u v a.
one word grew: Lithuania
tai gražiai, gražiai iš jų išaugo
so beautifully from them
vienas žodis: L i e t u v a.
one word grew: Lithuania
Hi there, I’m Jack and I’m Raminta and welcome back to Lithuanian Out Loud where we offer the world the Lithuanian language – and we’re excited about it too!
Today we’re in a new month! In Latin September means seven and septimus means seventh. In Lithuanian this month is rugsėjis. In this month we add the prefix sėti – to sow. This time of year the grain is sown, germinates and overwinters in the field.
Acording to Wikipedia, the white stork (gandras) is usually felt to be the national bird of Lithuania. Lithuanians believe that storks bring harmony to the families on whose property they nest; they have also kept up the tradition of telling their children that storks bring babies.
Were you told that? Yeah
Did you believe it? Yes…by the way, I saw in America, next to one house, it was a stork with babies, so I guess in America you have that tradition too.
Yeah, tradition, yes, but we don’t actually tell our children this.
Mhmm, but maybe some families do because it would not make sense to have a stork with babies in front of the house and not believe in that…I don’t know…
Stork Day is celebrated on March 25 with various archaic rituals: gifts for children, attributed to the storks, such as fruits, chocolates, pencils, and dyed eggs, are hung on tree branches and fences; snakes are caught, killed and buried under the doorstep; straw fires are lit. Lithuania is a beneficial and important habitat for these birds: it has the highest known nesting density in the world.
Stork Day, do you celebrate Stork Day, Dear? No, I don’t.
The primary focus of this episode is to cover some unusual nouns that don’t follow the normal rules when they are declined.
This episode will focus on just three words. All three are feminine.
vocabulary – žodynas
woman
moteris
daughter
duktė
sister
sesuo
let’s begin by using these three words in the nominative case or vardininkas
the woman lives in Lithuania
moteris gyvena Lietuvoje
the daughter lives in Lithuania
duktė gyvena Lietuvoje
the sister lives in Lithuania
sesuo gyvena Lietuvoje
and now the plural nominative
the women live in Vilnius
moterys gyvena Vilniuje
the daughters live in Vilnius
dukterys gyvena Vilniuje
the sisters live in Vilnius
seserys gyvena Vilniuje
the singular genitive
the woman’s name is Sonata
moters vardas yra Sonata
the daughter’s name is Sonata
dukters vardas yra Sonata
the sister’s name is Sonata
sesers vardas yra Sonata
the plural genitive
the womens’ family is here
moterų šeima yra čia
the daughters’ family is here
dukterų šeima yra čia
the sisters’ family is here
seserų šeima yra čia
in the accusative singular we decline these words like this
moteris changes to moterį
duktė changes to dukterį
sesuo changes to seserį
Valdas has a woman
Valdas turi moterį
Valdas has a daughter
Valdas turi dukterį
Valdas has a sister
Valdas turi seserį
in the accusative plural we decline these words like this
women changes to moteris
daughters changes to dukteris
sisters changes to seseris
I look at the women
žiūriu į moteris
I look at the daughters
žiūriu į dukteris
I look at the sisters
žiūriu į seseris
we’ll go over the verb žiūrėti – to look at, soon.
I have a daughter
aš turiu dukterį
I have a sister
aš turiu seserį
I have a woman
aš turiu moterį
Romas has two daughters
Romas turi dvi dukteris
Romas has two sisters
Romas turi dvi seseris
Romas has two women
Romas turi dvi moteris
I have two daughters
aš turiu dvi dukteris
I have two sisters
aš turiu dvi seseris
I have two women
aš turiu dvi moteris
Romas has a daughter
Romas turi dukterį
Romas has a sister
Romas turi seserį
Romas has a woman
Romas turi moterį
here are some miscellaneous examples:
the auto killed the woman
automobilis užmušė moterį
why is the man kissing the woman?
kodėl vyras bučiuoja moterį?
respect the woman!
gerbkite moterį!
he rescued the woman and the dog
jis išgelbėjo moterį ir šunį
Antanas rescued the daughter
Antanas išgelbėjo dukterį
Naras rescued the sister
Naras išgelbėjo seserį
Romualdas wants to have a beautiful woman
Romualdas nori turėti gražią moterį
Andrius knows how to seduce a woman
Andrius žino kaip sugundyti moterį
Stanislovas understands the woman
Stanislovas supranta moterį
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Symbols of Lithuania
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Symbols_of_Lithuania
Jim invites any who would like to practice spoken Lithuanian to join his Skype chat room here:
captainjim04
Alright! That’s it for today! Thanks for the download! If you got anything out of this lesson please leave us a review on our iTunes page.
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If you’d like to see the Lithuanian spelling of any word in this series just go to WWW dot Lithuanian dot L I B S Y N dot com. If you’d like to get these episodes every time a new one is available just go to iTunes and do a search for Lithuanian Out Loud and click subscribe. It’s completely free. But, if you don’t want to subscribe on iTunes, just send us an email asking us to alert you every time a new episode hits the internet. And feel free to make copies of our episodes, put them on cds and pass them out to your friends.
Thanks to CCMixter.org, Ditto Ditto and Vieux Farka Toure for the podcast music.
Thanks for tuning in, tell your friends about us, we’ll see you on the next episode of Lithuanian Out Loud.
I’m Jack and I’ve never met a Lithuanian I didn’t like. Viso gero! Sudie!
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Dvidešimt aštuntas egzaminas. This is a quick response episode! We’ll say the word or phrase in English and you say it in Lithuanian – Out Loud! It’s too late for questions, the exam starts now. Ready, set, go! Pasiruošti, dėmesio, marš!
I have a question
aš turiu klausimą
I speak a little Lithuanian, and you?
aš truputį kalbu lietuviškai, o tu?
I speak Lithuanian well
aš kalbu lietuviškai gerai
but you know that, I speak a little English
bet žinai ką, aš truputį kalbu angliškai
a little Russian, a little Russian, yes, a little
šiek tiek rusiškai, šiek tiek rusiškai, taip, šiek tiek
but my brother speaks Russian well
o mano brolis kalba labai gerai rusiškai.
does your brother speak English?
ar tavo brolis kalba angliškai?
my brother speaks a little English
mano brolis kalba truputį angliškai
a little, a little
truputį, truputį
let’s get started
pradėkime
a little
truputį
I speak a little
aš truputį kalbu
I speak a little Lithuanian
aš truputį kalbu lietuviškai
I speak a little Spanish
aš truputį kalbu ispaniškai
I speak a little German
aš truputį kalbu vokiškai
I speak a little Italian
aš truputį kalbu itališkai
I speak a little Indonesian
aš truputį kalbu indoneziškai
I speak a little Chinese
aš truputį kalbu kiniškai
he speaks a little Russian
jis truputį kalba rusiškai
he speaks a little Polish
jis truputį kalba lenkiškai
he speaks a little French
jis truputį kalba prancūziškai
he speaks a little Indonesian
jis truputį kalba indoneziškai
he speaks a little Dutch
jis truputį kalba olandiškai
he speaks a little Chinese
jis truputį kalba kiniškai
I understand a little Portuguese
aš truputį suprantu portugališkai
I understand a little Croatian
aš truputį suprantu kroatiškai
I understand a little Swahili
aš truputį suprantu svahiliškai
I understand a little Lithuanian
aš truputį suprantu lietuviškai
I understand a little Chinese
aš truputį suprantu kiniškai
she understands a little English
ji truputį supranta angliškai
she understands a little Dutch
ji truputį supranta olandiškai
she understands a little Japanese
ji truputį supranta japoniškai
she understands a little German
ji truputį supranta vokiškai
a little
šiek tiek
I understand, a little
aš suprantu – šiek tiek
I understand Lithuanian, a little
aš suprantu lietuviškai – šiek tiek
I speak Lithuanian, a little
aš kalbu lietuviškai – šiek tiek
I speak a little Lithuanian
aš šiek tiek kalbu lietuviškai
I speak only a little Lithuanian
aš kalbu lietuviškai, tik šiek tiek
I speak German, a little
aš kalbu vokiškai – šiek tiek
I speak Japanese, only a little
aš kalbu japoniškai, tik šiek tiek
I speak Russian, a little
aš kalbu rusiškai – šiek tiek
he speaks a little Dutch
jis šiek tiek kalba olandiškai
he speaks a little English
jis šiek tiek kalba angliškai
he speaks Lithuanian, a little
jis kalba lietuviškai – šiek tiek
he speaks Swahili, a little
jis kalba svahiliškai – šiek tiek
I understand German, a little
aš suprantu vokiškai – šiek tiek
I understand Spanish, a little
aš suprantu ispaniškai – šiek tiek
I understand Indonesian, a little
aš suprantu indoneziškai – šiek tiek
I understand a little Dutch
aš šiek tiek suprantu olandiškai
I understand a little French
aš šiek tiek suprantu prancūziškai
I understand a little Chinese
aš šiek tiek suprantu kiniškai
she understands Polish, only a little
ji supranta lenkiškai, tik šiek tiek
she understands Russian, a little
ji supranta rusiškai – šiek tiek
she understands Italian, only a little
ji supranta itališkai, tik šiek tiek
she understands only a little Croatian
ji tik šiek tiek supranta kroatiškai
I understand a little Portuguese
aš šiek tiek suprantu portugališkai
almost or nearly
beveik
everything
viskas
I understand almost everything
aš suprantu beveik viską
Hi, this is Jack and welcome back to Lithuanian Out Loud. This week we have two new verbs for you with lots of examples. After the examples we go through a list of new words in vardininkas to help you understand all of the example sentences. We’ve also got another super contribution done by Agnė iš Vilniaus. Thanks again Agnė, you’re awesome, please keep them coming. I know everyone listening is really enjoying them. Also, we’re up to 32 positive reviews on our iTunes page. If you’d like to help us get to our goal of 50 reviews, we’d really love to get some more from you. So please, help us out if you can.
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Hey Jack and Raminta, this is Nicolas, I’m calling from the Netherlands, but I’m originally from Colombia, I just wanted to tell you that your lessons have been very, very helpful. I’m learning Lithuanian because I have a girlfriend from there…and I basically wanted to learn her language which is proving very difficult for now but your lessons have been very, very helpful. I was wondering if maybe you could help with some of the grammar sheets, I’m only starting your lessons but it’s probably one of the hardest things I’ve ever had to learn in Lithuanian. So, if you could upload some of the basic grammar stuff, or more advanced grammar if you want to, that’d be great and of course you can use this feedback in your show. Thank you very much and I hope we’ll get to talk to you again, bye bye.
Sveiki, aš Agnė.
Today we will try to work a little bit on the pronunciation of Lithuanian "dvibalsiai" - diphthongs.
I know a lot of students are struggling with this, so let's practice.
There are nine dvibalsiai in Lithuanian:
ai, au, ei, eu, ie, oi, ou, uo, ui,
let's try to repeat each of them slowly:
ai or ai - if the stress is on the letter a, it sounds like in mine, - laimė, baimė, kailis, laiškas
If the stress is on the letter i, it sounds like this: vaikas, baigti, Klaipėda, laikas
(letter l has to be pronounced hard) Klaipėda, not Kleipėda, laikas, not leikas.
the second diphthong…
au or au - if the stress is on the letter a, it sounds like in house, - aura, auksas, apgaulė, pasaulis
if the stress is on the letter u, it sounds like in own, - aukuras, paukštis, laukas, prausti
the third diphthong…
ei - if the stress is on the letter e, it sounds like this - eibė, meilė, leisti, paveikslas,
if the stress is on the letter i, it sounds like in game, - eiti, sveikas, keleivis, ateivis
the next one…
eu - I think we have no English example for this :) – but in Lithuanian it sounds like Europa, euras, eukaliptas, eutanazija
ie - like in theater - pieva, vienas, miestas, Dievas
oi - like in boy - oi, boikotas
ou - like in home - klounas, šou
uo - about the same as in watch... - uodas, duona, šuo, duoti
ui - like in ruin - muilas, buivolas, luitas, muitas
Congratulations, you went through all the nine diphthongs.
So let's repeat all of them once more:
ai or ai, au or au, ei or ei, eu, ie, oi, ou, uo, ui.
Sometimes you can find three vowels in one place, starting with -i-: iai, iau, but it could be helpful for you to know, that "iai" is pronounced almost the same as "ei", and iau - as "eu":
for example…
gražiai, meiliai, gražiau, meiliau.
That's it for today :) Enjoy practicing :)
Mėgti – to like
Hi there, I’m Raminta and I’m Jack and welcome back to Lithuanian Out Loud where we offer the world the Lithuanian language.
According to Wikipedia, Lithuania's special animals include the wolf (vilkas) and the bear (lokys). According to a popular legend, an iron wolf in Gediminas' dream encouraged the Grand Duke to establish Vilnius and make the city his capital. The Iron Wolf Mechanised Infantry Brigade (motorizuotoji pėstininkų brigada 'Geležinis vilkas') is now the core unit of the Lithuanian Army. The bear is an ancient symbol of Žemaitija, one of the regions of Lithuania, and appears in the coat of arms of Šiauliai district as well. An elk is shown in the Lazdijai district municipality coat of arms.
Today we‘ll learn another way to say, for example, “I like Lithuania“ using a different verb – mėgti.
I like Lithuania
man patinka Lietuva
I like Lithuania
aš mėgstu Lietuvą
So, you could say it either way? Man patinka would be more common. Aš mėgstu – kind of strange.
Oh, then we need a different example. Mėgstu Lietuvą, not a good idea. What would you say is a good example? Man patinka ir aš mėgstu for the same thing? Aha, man patinka…kava? Yeah, man patinka kava, aš mėgstu kavą. Right, okay.
Today we‘ll learn another way to say, for example, “I like coffee“ using a different verb – mėgti.
I like coffee
man patinka kava
I like coffee
aš mėgstu kavą
The difference between the verbs patikti and mėgti is that patikti is not a strong liking of something. Mėgti expresses a deeper emotion. When you use mėgti you‘re saying you deeply like something. Mėgti is a transitive verb so we decline the object of the sentence using the accusative case or galininkas. Nemėgti declines using the genitive case or kilmininkas.
The verb mėgti is always used with accusative
aš mėgstu kriaušę
I like the pear
If we don’t like something we use genitive
aš nemėgstu kriaušės
I don’t like the pear
prašom pakartoti, please repeat…
to like mėgti
I like
aš mėgstu
you like
tu mėgsti
he likes
jis mėgsta
she likes
ji mėgsta
you like
jūs mėgstate
you all like
jūs mėgstate
we like
mes mėgstame
they like
jie mėgsta
they like
jos mėgsta
to not like
nemėgti
I do not like
aš nemėgstu
you do not like
tu nemėgsti
he does not like
jis nemėgta
she does not like
ji nemėgsta
you do not like
jūs nemėgstate
you all don’t like
jūs nemėgstate
we do not like
mes nemėgstame
they do not like
jie nemėgsta
they do not like
jos nemėgsta
aš
I like to dance
aš mėgstu šokti
I really like music
labai mėgstu muziką
I like only Lithuanian bread
mėgstu tik lietuvišką duoną
I like the cold
mėgstu šaltą
I don’t like music
nemėgstu muzikos
I don’t like Lithuanian bread
nemėgstu lietuviškos duonos
I don’t like the cold
nemėgstu šalčio
tu
do you like pizza?
ar tu mėgsti picą?
you like the crabs, don’t you?
mėgsti krabus, ar ne?
I know what you like
aš žinau ką tu mėgsti
do you like the sandwich?
ar tu mėgsti sumuštinį?
do you not like the pizza?
ar nemėgsti picos?
you don’t like the crabs?
ar nemėgsti krabų?
you don’t like the sandwich
nemėgsti sumuštinio
jis
he likes the food
jis mėgsta maistą
he likes the perch
jis mėgsta ešerį
he likes the woman
jis mėgsta moterį
he doesn’t like the food
jis nemėgsta maisto
he doesn’t like the perch
jis nemėgsta ešerio
he doesn’t like the woman
jis nemėgsta moters
ji
she likes the sister
ji mėgsta seserį
she likes the daughter
ji mėgsta dukterį
she likes the village
ji mėgsta miestelį
she doesn’t like the sister
ji nemėgsta sesers
she doesn’t like the daughter
ji nemėgsta dukters
she doesn’t like the village
ji nemėgsta miestelio
mes
we like the hotel
mes mėgstame viešbutį
we like the restaurant
mėgstame restoraną
we like the beach
mėgstame paplūdimį
we don’t like the hotel
mes nemėgstame viešbučio
we don’t like the restaurant
nemėgstame restorano
we don’t like the beach
nemėgstame paplūdimio
jūs
do you like the women?
ar jūs mėgstate moteris?
do you like the sisters?
ar jūs mėgstate seseris?
do you like the daughters?
ar jūs mėgstate dukteris?
you don’t like the women
jūs nemėgstate moterų
you don’t like the sisters
jūs nemėgstate seserų
you don’t like the daughters
jūs nemėgstate dukterų
jūs
do you all like the beer?
ar jūs mėgstate alų?
do you all like the wine?
ar mėgstate vyną?
do you all like the festival?
ar mėgstate festivalį?
you all don’t like the beer
jūs nemėgstate alaus
you all don’t like the wine
nemėgstate vyno
you all don’t like the festival
nemėgstate festivalio
jie
they like Brussels
jie mėgsta Briuselį
they like Prague
jie mėgsta Prahą
they like Paris
jie mėgsta Paryžių
they don’t like Brussels
jie nemėgsta Briuselio
they don’t like Prague
jie nemėgsta Prahos
they don’t like Paris
jie nemėgsta Paryžiaus
jos
they like Athens
jos mėgsta Atėnus
they like Šiauliai
jos mėgsta Šiaulius
they like Trakai
jos mėgsta Trakus
they don’t like Athens
jos nemėgsta Atėnų
they don’t like Šiauliai
jos nemėgsta Šiaulių
they don’t like Trakai
jos nemėgsta Trakų
imperative – so, these might sound a little bit odd as imperatives or as commands but here they are:
tu
mėk!
mes
mėkime!
jūs
mėkite!
tu
nemėk!
mes
nemėkime!
jūs
nemėkite!
and now, here are some miscellaneous examples...
I like to disappoint
aš mėgstu nuvilti
I like challenges
aš mėgstu iššūkius
I like a challenge
aš mėgstu iššūkį
I like the Earth’s smell
aš mėgstu žemės kvapą
I really like to sing
aš labai mėgstu dainuoti
I really like to dance
aš labai mėgstu šokti
I don’t like people
nemėgstu žmonių
I don’t like telephones
nemėgstu telefonų
I don’t like to look at the news
nemėgstu žiūrėti žinių
I don’t like ice cream
nemėgstu ledų
I don’t like to have new neighbors
nemėgstu turėti naujų kaimynų
vocabulary žodynas
(vardininkas)
a fish
žuvis
the music
muzika
bread
duona
cold
šaltas
pizza
pica
a crab
krabas
a sandwich
sumuštinis
food
maistas
a perch
ešerys
a woman
moteris
a sister
sesuo
a daughter
duktė
a village
miestelis
a hotel
viešbutis
a restaurant
restoranas
a beach
paplūdimys
beer
alus
wine
vynas
festival
festivalis
Brussels
Briuselis
Prague
Praha
Paris
Paryžius
Athens
Atėnai
Šiauliai
Šiauliai
Trakai
Trakai
to disappoint
nuvilti
a challenge
iššūkis
earth
žemė
smell, odor
kvapas
only
tik
new
naujas, nauja
a book
knyga
a person
žmogus
people
žmonės
a telephone
telefonas
telephones
telefonai
to look at
žiūrėti
ice
ledas
ice cream
ledai
a neighbor
kaimynas
neighbors
kaimynai
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Symbols of Lithuania
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Exam 27
Dvidešimt septintas egzaminas. This is a quick response episode! We’ll say the word or phrase in English and you say it in Lithuanian – Out Loud! It’s too late for questions, the exam starts now. Ready, set, go! Pasiruošti, dėmesio, marš!
to understand
suprasti
I understand
aš suprantu
you understand (familiar)
tu supranti
he understands
jis supranta
she understands
ji supranta
we understand
mes suprantame
you understand (formal)
jūs suprantate
you all understand
jūs suprantate
they understand (male / female group)
jie supranta
they understand (females only)
jos supranta
only
tik
I understand English
aš suprantu angliškai
I don’t understand English
aš nesuprantu angliškai
I understand Lithuanian
aš suprantu lietuviškai
I don’t understand Lithuanian
aš nesuprantu lietuviškai
I understand Lithuanian well
aš labai gerai suprantu lietuviškai
I don’t understand Lithuanian well
aš nelabai gerai suprantu lietuviškai
I understand Chinese
aš suprantu kiniškai
I understand Indonesian
aš suprantu indoneziškai
I don‘t understand Indonesian
aš nesuprantu indoneziškai
I don‘t understand
aš nesuprantu
I understand only English
aš suprantu tik angliškai
I only understand Lithuanian
aš suprantu tik lietuviškai
he understands only Spanish
jis supranta tik ispaniškai
he understands only German
jis supranta tik vokiškai
he understands Chinese
jis supranta kiniškai
he doesn‘t understand Chinese
jis nesupranta kiniškai
he understands Chinese well
jis labai gerai supranta kiniškai
do you understand Dutch?
ar tu supranti olandiškai?
do you understand Indonesian?
ar tu supranti indoneziškai?
no, I understand only Russian
ne, aš suprantu tik rusiškai
do you understand Latvian?
ar tu supranti latviškai?
yes, I understand Latvian
taip, aš suprantu latviškai
does she understand Lithuanian?
ar ji supranta lietuviškai?
no, she understands only Spanish
ne, ji supranta tik ispaniškai
do you all understand Polish?
ar jūs suprantate lenkiškai?
yes, we understand Polish
taip, mes suprantame lenkiškai
no, we don’t understand Polish
ne, mes nesuprantame lenkiškai
do you understand Chinese?
ar jūs suprantate kiniškai?
do you understand Spanish?
ar jūs suprantate ispaniškai?
no, we understand only Lithuanian
ne, mes suprantame tik lietuviškai
you understand German, right? (formal)
jūs suprantate vokiškai, ar ne?
yes, I understand German well
taip, aš gerai suprantu vokiškai
do they understand French?
ar jie supranta prancūziškai?
yes, they understand French well
taip, jie gerai supranta prancūziškai
do they understand Italian?
ar jie supranta itališkai?
yes, they understand Italian
taip, jie supranta itališkai
no, they don’t understand Italian
ne, jie nesupranta itališkai
do they understand Chinese? (females only)
ar jos supranta kiniškai?
do they understand Indonesian?
ar jos supranta indoneziškai?
do they understand Swahili?
ar jos supranta svahiliškai?
no, they understand only Arabic
ne, jos supranta tik arabiškai
do they understand Portuguese?
ar jos supranta portugališkai?
yes, they understand Portuguese
taip, jos supranta portugališkai
do you all understand Lithuanian?
ar jūs suprantat lietuviškai?
no, we understand only Croatian
ne, mes suprantam tik kroatiškai
she’s from Brazil & she speaks Portuguese
ji yra iš Brazilijos ir ji kalba portugališkai
Hi there, I’m Jack and I’m Raminta and welcome back to Lithuanian Out Loud where we offer the world the Lithuanian language.
According to the Wikipedia page, List of Lithuanian Gods; Teliavelis was a powerful smith who made the sun and threw it into the sky. This myth survived in folk tales up to the beginning of 20th century.
In the last few episodes we learned how to use the accusative plural and genitive plural in conjunction with a transitive verb – valgyti – to eat. But, we only did masculine nouns.
Today we’ll use some feminine nouns. Feminine nouns are declined in the plural accusative like this:
words that end in –a change to –as
words that end in –ė change to –es
now let’s go over some examples…
a carrot
morka
carrots
morkos
I am eating a carrot
aš valgau morką
I eat the carrots
aš valgau morkas
I am not eating a carrot
aš nevalgau morkos
I am not eating the carrots
aš nevalgau morkų
a sausage
dešra
sausages
dešros
you are eating a sausage (tu)
tu valgai dešrą
you eat the sausages
valgai dešras
you are not eating a sausage
nevalgai dešros
you do not eat the sausages
nevalgai dešrų
a pizza
pica
pizzas
picos
they are eating a pizza
jie valgo picą
they eat the pizzas
jie valgo picas
they are not eating a pizza
jie nevalgo picos
they are not eating the pizzas
jie nevalgo picų
a potato
bulvė
potatoes
bulvės
he is eating a potato
jis valgo bulvę
he is eating the potatoes
jis valgo bulves
he is not eating a potato
jis nevalgo bulvės
he is not eating the potatoes
jis nevalgo bulvių
a vegetable
daržovė
vegetables
daržovės
she is eating a vegetable
ji valgo daržovę
she eats vegetables
ji valgo daržoves
she is not eating a vegetable
ji nevalgo daržovės
she is not eating the vegetables
ji nevalgo daržovių
(now a conversation on whether or not people should eat squirrels - voverės)
keep in mind when you say aš valgau, you’re saying I eat or I am eating, jis valgo, he eats or he is eating, mes valgome, we eat or we are eating.
Also, if this all seems difficult, don’t worry, we plan to do hundreds or even thousands of examples using many, many verbs to make this easier for you.
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Hi there, this is Jack, and welcome back to Lithuanian Out Loud. Before we get to today’s episode, here’s another fabulous installment of Agnė iš Vilniaus. Take it away, Agne!
Sveiki, aš Agnė iš Vilniaus. Hi, I’m Agnė from Vilnius. Today I will share with you some interesting phrases you can use with your Lithuanian friends. If you're hungry just tell your friend, aš alkanas kaip vilkas or aš alkanas kaip šuo.
alkanas or alkana mean hungry
vilkas is a wolf and šuo is a dog
let's say it one time slowly
aš alkanas kaip vilkas
aš alkanas kaip vilkas – I am as hungry as a wolf
aš alkanas kaip šuo
aš alkanas kaip šuo - I'm as hungry as a dog
but only a male would say alkanas, let's say it at normal speed, repeat after me
aš alkanas kaip vilkas
aš alkanas kaip šuo
and a female would say,
aš alkana kaip vilkas
aš alkana kaip šuo
aš alkana kaip vilkas
aš alkanas kaip šuo
After you say that your Lithuanian friend will know it's time to get something to eat.
I hope you had fun today with these. I'm Agnė and I'll see you next week! Iki!
Hi there, I’m Raminta, hi there, I’m Jack and welcome back to Lithuanian Out Loud where we offer the world the Lithuanian language.
According to the free encyclopedia Wikipedia, a pre-Christian Lithuanian tradition of the summer equinox was a time of great festivals. The festivities included singing songs and dancing until sunset. Old stories were told and at midnight Lithuanians would search the forests for the magic fern blossom. People would jump over fires and in the morning the midsummer sun was greeted with a face washing ceremony using the morning dew. Young girls would float flower wreaths on the water of a river or lake.
Rasa is the Lithuanian word for dew and this annual festival was known as Rasos – the Dew Festival. After the arrival of Christianity the day was renamed Joninės.
Today’s episode will basically mirror the last episode covering valgyti but this will be nevalgyti – to not eat. When you use a transitive verb the object of the sentence is declined using the accusative case or galininkas. For example, I eat the banana. Banana is the object that receives the action of the verb, to eat. So, banana is declined using galininkas. The object that receives the action of a negated verb is declined using kilmininkas or the genitive case.
The genitive singular and genitive plural were covered in episodes 0022, 0030, 0031, 0033, 0037, 0039, and 0050.
now let’s conjugate nevalgyti – to not eat
I do not eat
aš nevalgau
you do not eat (tu)
tu nevalgai
he does not eat
jis nevalgo
she does not eat
ji nevalgo
we do not eat
mes nevalgome
you do not eat (jūs)
jūs nevalgote
you all do not eat
jūs nevalgote
they do not eat
jie nevalgo
they do not eat (all females)
jos nevalgo
now let’s make some sentences using nevalgyti.
a banana
bananas
the bananas
bananai
I’m eating a banana
aš valgau bananą
I’m eating the bananas
aš valgau bananus
I’m not eating a banana
aš nevalgau banano
I’m not eating the bananas
aš nevalgau bananų
the mushroom
grybas
the mushrooms
grybai
are you eating a mushroom?
ar tu valgai grybą?
are you eating mushrooms?
ar valgai grybus?
you are not eating a mushroom
nevalgai grybo
you are not eating mushrooms
nevalgai grybų
an egg
kiaušinis
the eggs
kiaušiniai
he is eating an egg
jis valgo kiaušinį
he is eating eggs
jis valgo kiaušinius
he is not eating an egg
jis nevalgo kiaušinio
he is not eating eggs
jis nevalgo kiaušinių
a sandwich or hamburger
sumuštinis
the sandwiches or hamburgers
sumuštiniai
she is eating a sandwich
ji valgo sumuštinį
she’s eating hamburgers
ji valgo sumuštinius
she is not eating a sandwich
ji nevalgo sumuštinio
she is not eating hamburgers
ji nevalgo sumuštinių
an apple
obuolys
the apples
obuoliai
we are eating an apple
mes valgome obuolį
we are eating the apples
mes valgome obuolius
we are not eating an apple
mes nevalgome obuolio
we are not eating apples
mes nevalgome obuolių
a crab
krabas
crabs
krabai
are you eating a crab?
ar jūs valgote krabą?
are you eating crabs?
ar jūs valgote krabus?
you are not eating a crab
jūs nevalgote krabo
you are not eating crabs
jūs nevalgote krabų
eel
ungurys
the eels
unguriai
are you all eating an eel?
ar jūs valgote ungurį?
are you all eating eels?
ar jūs valgote ungurius?
you all are not eating an eel
jūs nevalgote ungurio
you all are not eating eels
jūs nevalgote ungurių
a perch (a species of fish)
ešerys
the perch (plural)
ešeriai
are they eating a perch?
ar jos valgo ešerį?
are they are eating perch?
ar jos valgo ešerius?
they are not eating a perch
jos nevalgo ešerio
they are not eating perch
jos nevalgo ešerių
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Hi there, this is Jack and welcome back to Lithuanian Out Loud, a lot of flavor, zero calories. Before we start today’s episode, just wanted to mention a couple of things. As of this recording the Lithuanian basketball team has won four games at the Beijing Olympics and lost none. Could this be the Olympic Games where they win the gold medal? I’m rooting for Lithuania! Valio, valio, valio!
Now, here’s another Agnė iš Vilniaus contribution. Agnė says every Lithuanian aged three and older knows this song by heart. I looked for this song on Youtube and added links on the Lithuanian Out Loud blogpage so you can see the song with a video. Click on the links, I think you’ll enjoy them. Of course, if you want to see the lyrics to the song, you can read them on the show notes on the blogpage or you can get them off the episode pdf.
Labai ačiū, Agne! You’ve created another fantastic contribution! You’re super!
Du gaideliai (two little roosters)
Du gaideliai, du gaideliai,
Baltus žirnius kūlė.
Dvi vištelės, dvi vištelės
Į malūną vežė.
Dvi vištelės, dvi vištelės
Į malūną vežė.
Ožys malė, ožys malė,
Ožka pikliavojo,
O ši trečia ožkytėlė
Miltus nusijojo.
O ši trečia ožkytėlė
Miltus nusijojo.
Musė maišė, musė maišė,
Uodas vandens nešė.
Saulė virė, saulė virė,
Mėnesėlis kepė.
Saulė virė, saulė virė,
Mėnesėlis kepė.
translation:
Two little roosters, two little roosters
Thrashing white peas
Two little chickens, two little chickens,
Carried them (peas) to the mill.
A goat (male) was grinding, a goat was grinding
A goat (female) was rumpling (very old Lithuanian word)
And the third (of them) - a little goat
Sifted the flower
A fly was mixing, a fly was mixing,
Mosquito carried water,
Sun was cooking, Sun was cooking,
The Moon (cute form) was baking.
Du gaideliai tramvajuje
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=918LSzMrZ5o
Du gaideliai (in Iceland)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jnYk0qbVCsw
Du Gaideliai by 'Merkuijus'
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hm7MBwgEA_4
Hi there, I’m Raminta and I’m Jack and welcome back to Lithuanian Out Loud where we offer the world the Lithuanian language. Today we’re in the month of August which in Lithuanian is rugpjūtis.
Lietuvos zoologijos sodas is the only zoo in Lithuania. It’s located in Kaunas and it has over 2,000 animals and 270 species.
doughnut
spurga
bear
lokys
According to Radio Vilnius & Current Affairs of February 2008, a woman who was in charge of the animal cages was attacked by a bear that had escaped. Her screams attracted the attention of a man who was in the parking lot and he scared the 70 kilo or 154 pound bear off. The woman was hospitalized.
In early February a zookeeper was gored by a musk ox. The man’s life couldn’t be saved.
According to the Associated Press back in May of 2007 three university students climbed into a giraffe’s pen at night. The giraffe defended itself and stomped on 22 year-old Ruta Greičiutė, breaking her nose and collarbone.
Back in episode 0059 we introduced the accusative case or galininkas. Today we’ll start in on the plural accusative or accusative plural.
To do this let’s introduce a new verb – valgyti – to eat. When you use a transitive verb the object of the sentence is declined using the accusative case or galininkas. For example, I eat the banana. Banana is a singular object that receives the action of the verb, to eat. So, banana is declined using galininkas. You know the verb is transitive when you see the object receives the action of the verb. I open the window – the object, window is receiving the action of the verb, to open. Sonata drives the car. The object – the car is receiving the action of the verb, to drive.
now let’s conjugate valgyti – to eat
I eat
aš valgau
you eat (tu)
tu valgai
he eats
jis valgo
she eats
ji valgo
we eat
mes valgome
you eat (jūs)
jūs valgote
you all eat
jūs valgote
they eat (jie)
jie valgo
they eat (jos
jos valgo
We’ve already gone over the accusative singular in previous episodes. I’m eating an egg is the accusative singular. I’m eating a single egg. I’m eating one egg. The egg is the object that receives the action of the verb – to eat.
I’m eating the eggs or I’m eating two eggs is the accusative plural. The plural object – eggs – are receiving the action of the verb – to eat.
In this episode we’ll focus on the accusative plural such as, I’m eating eggs or he’s eating mushrooms. Here are some of the plural accusative endings. Today we’re going to do only masculine nouns. Words that end in…
-as change to –us
-is changes to –ius
-ys changes to –ius
-us changes to –us
-ius changes to –ius
-uo changes to –enis
Now let’s make some sentences using valgyti. Keep in mind that in Lithuanian to say aš valgau can mean I eat or I am eating, tu eini, you walk or you are walking.
a banana
bananas
bananas
bananai
the bananas
bananai
I’m eating a banana
aš valgau bananą
I’m eating the bananas
aš valgau bananus
Some say Lithuanian is hard. Hmmm. Don’t worry if this episode seems difficult. Assuming we keep these podcasts coming for thousands of episodes, we plan to do a single episode for every new verb we introduce. Of course, there are thousands of verbs to cover so you’ll get tons of practice just like here with the verb valgyti.
a mushroom
grybas
the mushrooms
grybai
are you eating a mushroom?
ar tu valgai grybą?
are you eating mushrooms?
ar valgai grybus?
Attention! Dėmesio! Something else to keep in mind when conjugating any verb. You don’t need to say “aš valgau” since valgau makes - aš - obvious. You can just say, valgau. The word aš is not necessary unless you want to use it for emphasis. Same goes for tu valgai, “tu” isn’t necessary – you can simply say, “valgai,” tu is understood. Valgome is the same, you don’t need to say mes. Valgote is also the same, you don’t need to say jūs. In these examples the pronoun is unnecessary.
an egg
kiaušinis
the eggs
kiaušiniai
he is eating an egg
jis valgo kiaušinį
he is eating eggs
jis valgo kiaušinius
a sandwich or hamburger
sumuštinis
the sandwiches or hamburgers
sumuštiniai
she is eating a sandwich
ji valgo sumuštinį
she’s eating hamburgers
ji valgo sumuštinius
an apple
obuolys
the apples
obuoliai
we are eating an apple
mes valgome obuolį
we are eating the apples
mes valgome obuolius
a crab
krabas
crabs
krabai
are you eating a crab?
ar jūs valgote krabą?
are you eating crabs?
ar jūs valgote krabus?
an eel
ungurys
the eels
unguriai
are you all eating an eel?
ar jūs valgote ungurį?
are you all eating eels?
ar jūs valgote ungurius?
a perch
ešerys
the perch (plural)
ešeriai
are they eating a perch?
ar jos valgo ešerį?
are they are eating perch? (plural)
ar jos valgo ešerius?
Puiku! Excellent! You made it to the end of another episode! Puiku!
Alright! That’s it for today! Thanks for the download! If you got anything out of this lesson please leave us a review on our iTunes page.
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Kaunas Zoo
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Hi there, I’m Jack and I’m Raminta and welcome back to Lithuanian Out Loud where we offer the world the Lithuanian language. Today we’re in the month of August which in Lithuanian is - rugpjūtis.
The Stelmužė Oak or in Lithuanian; Stelmužės ąžuolas is an oak tree which is growing in the former Stelmužė Manor Park. The oak reaches 23 meters in height and only side branches remain alive. It is believed to be at least 1,500 years old, possibly, as many as 2,000 years old; this makes it the oldest oak in Lithuania and one of the oldest in Europe. However, exact measurements of age are difficult as the inner part of the trunk has been removed. The oak is a nature heritage object in Lithuania and is the best known tree in the country.
pradėkime, let’s get started
This episode is based on a phone conversation Raminta and I had months ago but we’re only now getting around to putting it together. First, here is the audio from the phone call…
O mano diena buvo ilga, važiavau į Klaipėdą autobusu, ahhh...., turėjau viešnagę Klaipėdoje, aplankiau brolius, registravau mašiną ir grįžau su mašina į Vilnių, pasiėmiau iš draugės šunį, ir grįžau visa pavargus namo.
O, aš tokia laiminga, aš turiu naują automobilį. Aš laiminga, aš džiaugiuosi, parskridau kaip vėjas iš Klaipėdos į Vilnių.
Aš labai laiminga turėdama automobilį, negaliu sulaukti rytojaus kada galėsiu vairuoti į parką pasivaikščioti su šuneliu. O rytoj važiuosiu į Trakus su Antiku ir Dovile.
Lietuviai turi tokią tradiciją, nusipirkę naują automobilį atidaryti šampano butelį ir aplaistyti automobilį šampanu.
Now Raminta will repeat her words slowly with a translation.
O mano diena buvo ilga, važiavau į Klaipėdą autobusu,
Oh my day was long, I went to Klaipėda by bus,
turėjau viešnagę Klaipėdoje, aplankiau brolius, registravau mašiną ir grįžau su mašina į Vilnių,
I had a stay in Kaipėda, visited my brothers, registered the car and returned with the car to Vilnius,
pasiėmiau iš draugės šunį, ir grįžau visa pavargus namo.
took the dog from a girlfriend and returned home all tired.
O, aš tokia laiminga, aš turiu naują automobilį.
Oh, I am so happy to have a new car.
Aš laiminga, aš džiaugiuosi, parskridau kaip vėjas iš Klaipėdos į Vilnių.
I am happy, I rejoice, from Klaipėda to Vilnius flew like the wind.
Aš labai laiminga turėdama automobilį, negaliu sulaukti rytojaus kada galėsiu vairuoti į parką pasivaikščioti su šuneliu.
I am very happy to have a car, can’t wait for tomorrow when I can drive to the park with the dog for a walk.
O rytoj važiuosiu į Trakus su Antiku ir Dovile.
And tomorrow I will go to Trakai with Antik and Dovile.
Lietuviai turi tokią tradiciją,
Lithuanians have such a tradition,
nusipirkę naują automobilį atidaryti šampano butelį ir aplaistyti automobilį šampanu.
after buying a new car they open a bottle of champagne and wet the car with the champagne.
my day was long
mano diena buvo ilga
my day was short
mano diena buvo trumpa
to go (by means of transportation)
važiuoti
I went to Klaipėda by bus
važiavau į Klaipėdą autobusu
I went to Klaipėda by car
važiavau į Klaipėdą mašina
I went to Klaipėda by train
važiavau į Klaipėdą traukiniu
I went to Klaipėda by bicycle
važiavau į Klaipėdą dviračiu
I went to Vilnius by bus
važiavau į Vilnių autobusu
I went to Vilnius by car
važiavau į Vilnių mašina
a stay, as in a visit
viešnagė
to call on, to visit
aplankyti
I called on my brother
aplankiau savo brolį
I called on my brothers
aplankiau savo brolius
I called on my mother
aplankiau savo mamą
I called on my father
aplankiau savo tėvą
I visited my parents
aplankiau savo tėvus
I visited my sister
aplankiau savo seserį
I visited my sisters
aplankiau savo seseris
I returned with my car to Vilnius
grįžau su mašina į Vilnių
to take, to get
pasiimti
I took from a friend the dog
pasiėmiau iš draugės šunį
to register
registruoti
I registered the car
registravau mašiną
to return, to come back
grįžti
I’ll be back
sugrįšiu
I’ll be right back
tuoj sugrįšiu, tuoj grįšiu
to return home
grįžti namo
I returned home
grįžau namo
I returned to Vilnius
grįžau į Vilnių
I returned to Klaipėda
grįžau į Klaipėdą
I returned to Kaunas
grįžau į Kauną
I returned home all tired
aš grįžau visa pavargus namo
happy
laimingas, laiminga
I’m happy (male)
aš laimingas
I’m happy (female)
aš laiminga
so, such
toks, tokia
I’m so happy (male)
aš toks laimingas
I’m so happy (female)
aš tokia laiminga
that is such a pleasure!
tai toks malonumas!
joy, happiness
džiaugsmas
I’m joyful (female)
aš džiaugiuosi
I’m joyful (male)
aš džiaugiuosi
a new car
naujas automobilis
a new flat
naujas butas
a new house
naujas namas
a new restaurant
naujas restoranas
a new coffee shop
nauja kavinė
a new book
nauja knyga
a new song
nauja daina
a new day
nauja diena
to come back flying
parskristi
I flew back like the wind
parskridau kaip vėjas
I flew back home like the wind
parskridau kaip vėjas namo
I can’t wait
negaliu sulaukti
I can’t wait for tomorrow
negaliu sulaukti rytojaus
tomorrow
rytoj
tomorrow I will drive to the park
rytoj aš važiuosiu į parką
tomorrow I will drive to the city
rytoj aš važiuosiu į miestą
tomorrow I will drive to work
rytoj aš važiuosiu į darbą
tomorrow I will drive to Vilnius
rytoj aš važiuosiu į Vilnių
tomorrow I will drive to Klaipėda
rytoj aš važiuosiu į Klaipėdą
to go for a walk, to go for a stroll
pasivaikščioti
I want to go for a stroll
aš noriu pasivaikščioti
do you want to go for a stroll?
ar nori pasivaikščioti?
would you like to go for a stroll?
ar norėtum pasivaikščioti?
let’s go for a walk with the dog
pasivaikščiokim su šuneliu
tomorrow I will travel to Klaipėda
rytoj važiuosiu į Klaipėdą
tomorrow I will travel to Vilnius
rytoj važiuosiu į Vilnių
tomorrow I will travel to Trakai
rytoj važiuosiu į Trakus
tomorrow I will travel to Šiauliai
rytoj važiuosiu į Šiaulius
tradition
tradicija
Lithuanians have such a tradtion
Lietuviai turi tokią tradiciją
to buy
pirkti, nusipirkti
to open
atidaryti
champagne
šampanas
a champagne bottle
šampano butelis
to open a champagne bottle
atidaryti šampano butelį
to water, to wet something in celebration
aplaistyti
to wet an automobile in celebration
aplaistyti automobilį
to wet an automobile in celebration with champagne
aplaistyti automobiliį šampanu
Puiku! Excellent! You made it to the end of another episode! Puiku!
Stelmužė
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stelmu%C5%BE%C4%97
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Thanks for tuning in, tell your friends about us, we’ll see you on the next episode of Lithuanian Out Loud.
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Hi there, I’m Jack and I’m Raminta and welcome back to Lithuanian Out Loud where we offer the world the Lithuanian language. Today we’re in the month of August which in Lithuanian is - rugpjūtis.
According to the free encyclopedia Wikipedia page, List of Cities in Lithuania, Lithuania has 103 cities.
The term city is defined by the Parliament of Lithuania as compact areas populated by more than 3,000 people of whom at least two thirds work in the industry or service sector. Those settlements which have a population of less than 3,000 but historically had city status are still considered as towns. Even smaller settlements or villages are called kaimas. Often the official status is not clear and people refer to both towns and villages as gyvenvietė which in essence means, settlement. Here are some words on this theme…
vocabulary - žodynas
city
miestas
cities
miestai
town
miestelis
towns
miesteliai
village
kaimas
villages
kaimai
to live
gyventi
life
gyvenimas
settlement
gyvenvietė
settlements
gyvenvietės
pradėkime, let’s get started
Long ago we learned how to use the genitive case or kilmininkas in order to express where we’re from. I’m from Vilnius, aš iš Vilniaus, she’s from Klaipėda, ji yra iš Klaipėdos. Now we know how to use the genitive plural. The fourth largest city in Lithuania is Šiauliai. Šiauliai, like many cities in Lithuania has a plural name. Here are some examples…
Šiauliai
Trakai
Druskininkai
Mažeikiai
Kėdainiai
Biržai
Raseiniai
Anykščiai
Prienai
Zarasai
Molėtai
Švenčionėliai
Šakiai
Šalčininkai
iš kur, translates as “from where.”
where are you from?
iš kur jūs esate?
where are you from?
iš kur tu esi?
where is he from?
iš kur jis yra?
where is she from?
iš kur ji yra?
where are you all from?
iš kur jūs esate?
where are they from?
iš kur jie yra?
where are they from?
iš kur jos yra?
Now let’s go over some examples of people saying, I’m from Šiauliai, I’m from Druskininkai, or they’re from Trakai, etcetera.
Where are you from?
iš kur tu esi?
I’m from Šiauliai
aš iš Šiaulių
Where are you from?
iš kur tu esi?
I’m from Trakai
aš iš Trakų
Where are you from?
aš kur jūs esate?
I’m from Druskininkai
aš iš Druskininkų
Where are you from?
iš kur jūs esate?
I’m from Mažeikiai
aš iš Mažeikių
Where is he from?
iš kur jis yra?
He’s from Kėdainiai
jis yra iš Kėdainių
Where is she from?
iš kur ji yra?
She’s from Biržai
ji yra iš Biržų
Where are you all from?
iš kur jūs esate?
Sorry, where are we from?
atleiskite, iš kur mes esame?
Yes, where are you all from, please?
taip, iš kur jūs esate, prašom?
Oh, we’re from Raseiniai
o, mes esame iš Raseinių
Where are they from?
iš kur jie yra?
They’re from Anykščiai
jie yra iš Anykščių
Where are they from?
iš kur jos yra?
They’re from Prienai
jie yra iš Prienų
Where are you from?
iš kur jūs esate?
I’m from Zarasai
aš iš Zarasų
Where are you from?
iš kur jūs esate?
I’m from Molėtai
aš iš Molėtų
Where are you from?
iš kur jūs esate?
I’m from Švenčionėliai
aš iš Švenčionėlių
Where are you from?
iš kur jūs esate?
I’m from Šakiai
aš iš Šakių
Where are you from?
iš kur jūs esate?
I’m from Šalčininkai
aš iš Šalčininkų
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Hi there, I’m Jack and I’m Raminta and welcome back to Lithuanian Out Loud where we offer the world the Lithuanian language.
Today we’re in a new month! August was named in honor of Augustus Caesar in the year eight before the common era (8 BCE). In Lithuanian this month is rugpjūtis, named after the word for rye, rugiai and pjauti, to cut. It’s rye cutting month.
Here’s some food for thought. I remind people not to refer to Lithuania as a former part of the Soviet Union. Calling Lithuania a nation that was once part of the Soviet Union or as the former Soviet Republic Lithuania sounds like Lithuania and Russia went through an amical divorce. It’s like saying to a Frenchman or Dutchman, hey, aren’t you guys formerly part of the Nazi Empire? Nah, don’t do it, it won’t make you any new friends.
pradėkime, let’s get started
In past episodes we practiced a lot of possession using the genitive case or kilmininkas such as the wife’s name, žmonos vardas, or Eglė’s husband, Eglės vyras.
Today we’ll tackle the genitive in the plural such as the women’s restroom, or the restroom of many women, the countries‘ history, as in the history of many countries, the car factory, or the factory which has many cars. You’ll be happy to know it’s easily learned with little study. On this episode we’ll focus on feminine nouns.
feminine nouns end like this…
-a changes to –ų
-ė changes to –ių
-is changes to –ų
-uo changes to –erų
and
-ė (as in duktė) changes to -erų
The most important thing to remember here is that the plural genitive always ends in -ų
vocabulary - žodynas
factory
gamykla
production
gamyba
company
kompanija
hive
avilys
wax
vaškas
swarm
spiečius
equipment
įranga
workshop
dirbtuvė
association
asociacija
portrait
portretas
children
vaikai
catalog
katalogas
Keep in mind that ų nosinė and ū ilgoji sound the same; they both have the long -oo sound. For plural genitive we use ų nosinė to be grammatically correct.
So, let’s go over some examples. Don’t worry about learning every word. We just want you to learn the genitive plural ending.
the car
mašina
the cars
mašinos
the car factory
mašinų gamykla
the car production
mašinų gamyba
the car company
mašinų kompanija
a sculpture
skulptūra
sculptures
skulptūros
the sculpture museum
skulptūrų muziejus
sculpture park
skulptūrų parkas
a bee
bitė
the bees
bitės
the bee’s hive or beehive
bičių avilys
bee’s wax
bičių vaškas
bee’s swarm
bičių spiečius
the store
parduotuvė
the stores
parduotuvės
the stores’ location
parduotuvių vieta
the stores’ catalog
parduotuvių katalogas
woman
moteris
women
moterys
women’s basketball
moterų krepšinis
women’s health
moterų sveikata
women’s restroom
moterų tualetas
a country
šalis
the countries
šalys
the countries‘ history
šalių istorija
the countries‘ culture
šalių kultūra
the countries‘ territory
šalių teritorija
a rowboat
valtis
boats
valtys
the boats’ equipment
valčių įranga
the boats’ workshop
valčių dirbtuvė
the boats’ color
valčių spalva
a daughter
duktė
daughters
dukterys
the daughters‘ family
dukterų šeima
the daughters‘ portrait
dukterų portretas
sister
sesuo
sisters
seserys
the sisters‘ children
seserų vaikai
the sisters‘ portrait
seserų portretas
Šaunu! Great! You made it to the end of another episode! Nuostabu! Wonderful!
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Hi there, this is Jack and welcome back to Lithuanian Out Loud. Before we get on with today’s episode it’s time again for Agnė iš Vilniaus!
Agnė says the idea today is to repeat a sentence that has many similar hard to pronounce sounds as quickly as you can. In English these are called tongue-twisters.
Thanks for sending us this contribution Agne! It means a lot to us that you’re helping us out. Take it away, Agne!
How quickly could you say that?
Geri vyrai geroj girioj gerą girą gėrė gerdami gyrė
The good men in a big good forest were drinking delicious kvass (Lithuanian national drink)
Geri vyrai geroj girioj gerą girą gėrė gerdami gyrė
It’s easy, isn’t it? But, what about that?
Šešios žąsys su šešiais žąsyčiais
Six (female) geese with six goslings
Don’t worry if you don’t succeed the first time because most Lithuanians will say it like that…
It’s okay, you need just some more practice and soon you will be able to say it like this:
Šešios žąsys su šešiais žąsyčiais
Good luck!
Prašom, Mylimoji! Hi there, I’m Raminta and I’m Raminta’s husband, Jack and welcome back to Lithuanian Out Loud where we offer the world the Lithuanian language. Today we’re in the month of July which in Lithuanian is Liepa.
An old Lithuanian tradition says if you light anything with a candle, a sailor dies. Why? Long ago in winter months sailors didn’t have much of an income and some sold matches to make ends meet. So, if you light something with a candle, you’re cheating a poor sailor out of his paycheck.
Have you ever heard of this, Dear?
pradėkime, let’s get started
In past episodes we practiced a lot of possession using the genitive case or kilmininkas such as the man’s name, vyro vardas or the dog’s water, šuns vanduo.
Today we’ll tackle the genitive in the plural such as the children’s dog, or a dog which belongs to many children, a children’s doctor, or a doctor who treats many children, a children’s book, the men’s restroom, the women’s team, women’s health.
You’ll be happy to know it’s easily learned with little study. On this episode we’ll focus on masculine nouns, feminine nouns on a later episode.
Masculine nouns end like this…
-as changes to –ų
-is changes to –ių
-ys changes to –ių
-us changes to –ų
-ius changes to –ių
and
-uo changes to –enų
The most important thing to remember here is that the plural genitive always ends in -ų
Before we get started, here’s some new vocabulary.
prašom pakartoti…
vocabulary
žodynas
when doing žodynas – once slow, once normal speed
(here Raminta accidently reads episode notes not meant for the audience)
basketball
krepšinis
basketball
krepšinis
health
sveikata
health
sveikata
music
muzika
the music
muzika
tradition
tradicija
tradition
tradicija
a male doctor
gydytojas
the male doctor
gydytojas
a culture
kultūra
the culture
kultūra
hospital
ligoninė
hospital
ligoninė
a territory
teritorija
the territory
teritorija
a history
istorija
the history
istorija
a system
sistema
a system
sistema
pie
pyragas
a pie
pyragas
juice
sultys
juice
sultys
group
grupė
group
grupė
a school
mokykla
school
mokykla
director
direktorius
director
direktorius
association
asociacija
association
asociacija
exhibition
paroda
exhibition
paroda
food
maistas
food
maistas
booth
kasa
booth
kasa
sanctuary
šventovė
sanctuary
šventovė
the flu
gripas
the flu
gripas
Keep in mind that ų nosinė and ū ilgoji sound the same; they both have the long -oo sound. For plural genitive we use ų nosinė to be grammatically correct.
So, let’s go over some examples. Don’t worry about learning every word. We just want you to learn the genitive plural.
man
vyras
men
vyrai
a men’s restroom
vyrų tualetas
men’s basketball
vyrų krepšinis
men’s health
vyrų sveikata
a child
vaikas
children
vaikai
the children’s dog
vaikų šuo
a children’s doctor
vaikų gydytojas
a children’s book
vaikų knyga
a children’s hospital
vaikų ligoninė
an American male
amerikietis
the American males
amerikiečiai
the American’s auto
amerikiečių automobilis
the American’s music
amerikiečių muzika
the American’s history
amerikiečių istorija
a Lithuanian male
lietuvis
the Lithuanians
lietuviai
Lithuanian‘s history
lietuvių istorija
Lithuanian‘s culture
lietuvių kultūra
Lithuanian tradition
lietuvių tradicija
train
traukinys
trains
traukiniai
trains’ station or the train station
traukinių stotis
train system
traukinių sistema
So, we think you get the idea. Here are some more examples.
an apple
obuolys
apples
obuoliai
apple pie
obuolių pyragas
apple juice
obuolių sultys
an actor
aktorius
actors
aktoriai
the actors‘ group
aktorių grupė
the actors‘ school
aktorių mokykla
a museum
muziejus
museums
muziejai
the museums’ director
muziejų direktorius
the museums’ association
muziejų asociacija
a stone
akmuo
the stones
akmenys
the stones’ location
akmenų vieta
the stones’ color
akmenų spalva
the dog
šuo
the dogs
šunys
the dog exhibition
šunų paroda
the dog park
šunų aikštelė
automobile
automobilis
automobiles
automobiliai
the car club
automobilų klubas
the car museum
automobilų muziejus
the ticket
bilietas
tickets
bilietai
ticket booth
bilietų kasa
ticket collector
bilietų kontrolierius
ticket price
bilietų kaina
bus
autobusas
buses
autobusai
the bus station
autobusų stotis
a bird
paukštis
birds
paukščiai
bird sanctuary
paukščių šventovė
bird flu
paukščių gripas
Šaunu! Great! You made it to the end of another episode! Nuostabu! Wonderful!
Puiku! Excellent! You made it to the end of another episode! Puiku!
Alright! That’s it for today! Thanks for the download! If you got anything out of this lesson please leave us a review on our iTunes page.
To leave us comments call our voicemail number that’s in the title of every show or call our Skype voicemail at Lithuanianoutloud – that’s one word, and leave us a message there.
If you’d like to see the Lithuanian spelling of any word in this series just go to WWW dot Lithuanian dot L I B S Y N dot com. If you’d like to get these episodes every time a new one is available just go to iTunes and do a search for Lithuanian Out Loud and click subscribe. It’s completely free. But, if you don’t want to subscribe on iTunes, just send us an email asking us to alert you every time a new episode hits the internet. And feel free to make copies of our episodes, put them on cds and pass them out to your friends.
Thanks to CCMixter.org, Ditto Ditto and Vieux Farka Toure for the podcast music.
Thanks for tuning in, tell your friends about us, we’ll see you on the next episode of Lithuanian Out Loud.
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Hey, hey, hey! This is Jack and welcome back to Lithuanian Out Loud! We’ve got some great stuff for you today including an awesome installment of Agnė iš Vilniaus. But before we get to it…
I forgot to mention on the last episode that we now have free pdf files for every episode of Lithuanian Out Loud on our blogpage. A pdf file is simply a downloadable print version of our programs. You can go to the page and download them or get them automatically using iTunes. If you don’t have iTunes on your computer you should get it, it’s completely free.
One our listeners is Jim from Delaware. Jim has created a chat room using Skype and it’s called "Learning to speak Lithuanian for English speakers.” From what I understand this is a tool that beginner, intermediate and advanced speakers can use to practice Lithuanian. Jim is inviting native speakers to join the chat room if they like. We’ll post the web address of Jim’s chat room on the Lithuanian Out Loud blogpage. Good luck with your project, Jim!
Today we have something special for our listeners. Along with this episode I’ll include a downloadable electronic book that Andrius Repsys of Šiauliai, Lithuania is offering to everyone for free. This is an awesome professional looking book that you can download to your computer, open and view. It’s got tons of interesting facts about Lithuania including pictures, graphics and text. You have to download it and look at it, you won’t regret taking the time. Andrius Repsys is an artist from www.qhoto.net and not only has he done a fantastic job with his book, he was kind enough to give Lithuanian Out Loud some free advertising by placing our name on each page of his book. Labai ačiū, Andriau! That was a kind gesture.
Finally, we have some listeners who are traveling in Lithuania and some who live there. We’d like to invite all of you to post your experiences on the Lithuanian Out Loud blogpage. Have you had any interesting experiences? Good or bad, doesn’t matter. Have you learned any interesting words or phrases? How are your travels? As expected? Better? Worse? Just post your comments on the blogpage. Our community would love to read them. Alright, now here’s Agnė iš Vilniaus with an unbelieveable contribution! Take it away Agne!
Hello, I am Agnė. Even if you don’t know Lithuanian well, this song could be just the right thing for you to start singing Lithuanian. Because this song has two voices and one of them is really, really, really simple. It would be like this…
Tumba tumbararasa
Tumba tumbararasa
Tumba tumbararasa
Tumba tumbararasa
Actually, this tumbararasa doesn’t mean anything. It’s just made to keep the rhythm. Let’s repeat once more…
Tumba tumbararasa
Tumba tumbararasa
Tumba tumbararasa
Tumba tumbararasa
Now, you will continue like this and I will add another voice, okay, so you are continuing this fragment of tumbararasa and let Lithuanians do the rest. Just totally relax, okay? Let’s start!
Tumba tumbararasa
Tumba tumbararasa
Tumba tumbararasa
Tumba tumbararasa
Tumba tumbararasa
Tumba tumbararasa
Tumba tumbararasa
Tumba tumbararasa (etcetera)
Ėjo senis lauko arti, pasiėmęs pypkę karčią
An old man was going to sow a field, taking a bitter tobacco-pipe
Ėjo senis lauko arti, pasiėmęs pypkę karčią
An old man was going to sow a field, taking a bitter tobacco-pipe
and after this we need to learn the second part of this song which would be like this…
Oi lylia oi lylia, oi lylia oi lylia
Oi lylia oi lylia, dainuok linksmai
Oi lylia oi lylia, oi lylia oi lylia
Oi lylia oi lylia, dainuok linksmai
Ready to repeat? Okay, let’s start…one, two, three…
Oi lylia oi lylia, oi lylia oi lylia
Oi lylia oi lylia, dainuok linksmai
Oi lylia oi lylia, oi lylia oi lylia
Oi lylia oi lylia, dainuok linksmai
Oi lylia also means nothing, no meaning, but dainuok linksmai, dainuoti – to sing and linksmai – cheerfully, joyfully. So, dainuok linksmai would be, sing cheerfully.
So, now let’s put together all the song. Just mixing first part, second part, first part, second part and see what happens. Ready! Let’s go!
Tumba tumbararasa
Tumba tumbararasa
Tumba tumbararasa
Tumba tumbararasa
Tumba tumbararasa
Tumba tumbararasa
Tumba tumbararasa
Tumba tumbararasa (etcetera)
Ėjo senis lauko arti, pasiėmęs pypkę karčią
An old man was going to sow a field, taking a bitter tobacco-pipe
Ėjo senis lauko arti, pasiėmęs pypkę karčią
An old man was going to sow a field, taking a bitter tobacco-pipe
Oi lylia oi lylia, oi lylia oi lylia
Oi lylia oi lylia, dainuok linksmai
Oi lylia oi lylia, oi lylia oi lylia
Oi lylia oi lylia, dainuok linksmai
Ėjo boba tuo keleliu, rado pypkę ant kelmelio
An old woman was going the same way and found a pipe on a stump (diminutive form)
Ėjo boba tuo keleliu, rado pypkę ant kelmelio
An old woman was going the same way and found a pipe on a stump (diminutive form)
Oi lylia oi lylia, oi lylia oi lylia
Oi lylia oi lylia, dainuok linksmai
Oi lylia oi lylia, oi lylia oi lylia
Oi lylia oi lylia, dainuok linksmai
Oi tu boba nekvailioki, man pypkutę atiduoki
Oh, you, old woman, don't tomfool, give me back my tobacco-pipe (diminutive form)
Oi tu boba nekvailioki, man pypkutę atiduoki
Oh, you, old woman, don't tomfool, give me back my tobacco-pipe (diminutive form)
Oi lylia oi lylia, oi lylia oi lylia
Oi lylia oi lylia, dainuok linksmai
Oi lylia oi lylia, oi lylia oi lylia
Oi lylia oi lylia, dainuok linksmai
That was super Agne! What an awesome performance! Thank you for taking the time to record this, transcribe it for us, send it to us and allow us to share it with the world. Your contribution is priceless! Ačiū milijoną kartų. Thanks a million times.
Hi there, I’m Jack and I’m Raminta and welcome back to Lithuanian Out Loud where we offer the world the Lithuanian language. Today we’re in the month of July which in Lithuanian is liepa.
Okay, I think we all agree that Lithuania is not one of the largest nations in the world. But, the next time you’re tempted to say Lithuania is a small country, think about this. Lithuania is larger than Denmark. It’s bigger than Taiwan, Netherlands, and Belgium. So, whenever I hear anyone mention Lithuania is small, I just tell them it’s not that small. It’s bigger than Switzerland.
Today we’ll learn a new declension…
Pradėkime, let’s get started!
Oh! Good idea, we should get started first!
Today we’ll learn a new declension. It’s called the vocative or šauksmininkas. Šaukti is the verb, to shout. Šauksmininkas is the declension we use when we’re shouting at someone, when we’re speaking to someone, when we’re addressing someone or when we just want to get their attention.
Šauksmininkas is not difficult. The declensions are simple, except for words that end in –as. So, we’ll start with the words that end in –as and the rest will be easy.
Romas!
Romai!
Dominykas!
Dominykai!
Mindaugas, come here!
Mindaugai, ateik čia!
Vladas, stay healthy!
Vladai, būk sveikas!
Vladas, Vladas, I like this word Vladas. Pretty name! But, I don’t think it’s Lithuanian. Vladas - Vladimir, it seems – Russian.
If a person’s first or last name ends in –as, then –as changes to –ai.
Jonas, look there!
Jonai, žiūrėkite ten!
Vytautas, stop buzzing!
Vytautai, nustok zysti! (stop bothering)
Good morning Algirdas!
Labas rytas Algirdai!
Good evening Ąžuolas!
Labas vakaras Ąžuolai!
If a noun, which is not somebody’s name ends in –as, it changes to –e. For example, the word for sir or mister is ponas.
mister
ponas
sir
ponas
Let’s get his attention.
mister!
pone!
thank you, sir!
ačiū, pone!
The word for father is tėvas.
father
tėvas
Happy birthday, Father!
Su gimimo diena, Tėve!
Sweet dreams, Father!
Saldžių sapnų, Tėve!
Father! I love you! Tėve!
Aš tave myliu!
Technically, you could talk to a mountain if you like.
Good morning, Mountain! Labas rytas, Kalne!
Previously we went over professions such as padėjėjas - assistant or gydytojas – doctor. If a noun ends with a suffix such as –tojas or –ėjas then this suffix changes to –tojau and –ėjau.
Doctor, I feel bad
Gydytojau, aš jaučiuosi blogai
Doctor, look here
Gydytojau, žiūrėkite čia
Driver, where is the restaurant?
Vairuotojau, kur restoranas?
Driver, are you from Vilnius?
Vairuotojau, ar jūs esate iš Vilniaus?
If a word ends in a diminutive such as –ukas or –iukas as in the diminutive names Justukas or Petriukas, just drop the –as.
Justukas!
Justuk!
Petriukas!
Petriuk!
So, there are the words that end in –as. Big job! All the rest are simple.
Here are the rest of the masculine words…
If a word ends in –is the suffix changes to -i!
If a word ends in –ys the suffix changes to -y!
If a word ends in –us the suffix changes to -au!
If a word ends in –uo the suffix changes to -enie!
Jurgis!
Jurgi!
Karolis!
Karoli!
Žaltys!
Žalty!
Andrius!
Andriau!
Antonijus!
Antonijau!
There aren’t many words that end in –uo but here are three…
Person! – as in asmuo
Asmenie!
Stone! – as in akmuo
Akmenie!
Dog! – as in šuo
Šunie!
The feminine nouns are extremely easy.
If a word ends in –a the suffix changes to -a!
If a word ends in –ė the suffix changes to -e!
If a word ends in –is the suffix changes to -ie!
If a word ends in –uo the suffix changes to -erie!
Sesuo is the only feminine word which ends in -uo
Mrs. Malinauskienė!
Ponia Malinauskiene!
Good morning, madame
Labas rytas, ponia
Raminta, I’m hungry
Raminta, aš alkanas
Agnė, thanks for the help
Agne, ačiū už pagalbą
Dovilė, I’m cold
Dovile, man šalta
Žąsis is the word for goose. Antis is the word for a duck. We’ll use these two words here since they’re unusual. They end in the letter “s” but they are feminine words.
Go away goose!
Eik šalin žąsie!
Duck! Eat a little bread!
Antie! Valgyk truputį duonos!
Sister, does he speak Lithuanian?
Seserie, ar jis kalba lietuviškai?
Sister, where is Karolis?
Seserie kur yra Karolis?
Puiku! Excellent! You made it to the end of another episode! Puiku!
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Exam 26
Dvidešimt šeštas egzaminas. This is a quick response episode! We’ll say the word or phrase in English and you say it in Lithuanian – Out Loud! It’s too late for questions, the exam starts now. Ready, set, go! Pasiruošti, dėmesio, marš!
first
pirmas
second
antras
third
trečias
fourth
ketvirtas
fifth
penktas
sixth
šeštas
seventh
septintas
eighth
aštuntas
ninth
devintas
tenth
dešimtas
Monday
pirmadienis
slang for Monday – the hard day
sunki diena
Tuesday
antradienis
Wednesday
trečiadienis
Thursday
ketvirtadienis
Friday
penktadienis
Saturday
šeštadienis
Sunday
sekmadienis
to not speak
nekalbėti
I don’t speak
aš nekalbu
you don’t speak (familiar)
tu nekalbi
he doesn’t speak
jis nekalba
she does not speak
ji nekalba
we don’t speak
mes nekalbame
you don’t speak
jūs nekalbate
all of you don’t speak
jūs nekalbate
they don’t speak (mm/mf)
jie nekalba
they don’t speak (ff)
jos nekalba
Good luck!
sėkmės!
I don’t speak English
aš nekalbu angliškai
I don‘t speak Chinese
aš nekalbu kiniškai
I don’t speak Indonesian
aš nekalbu indoneziškai
I speak Spanish
aš kalbu ispaniškai
I speak Spanish well
aš gerai kalbu ispaniškai
what does she speak?
kaip ji kalba?
she speaks Italian
ji kalba itališkai
I don’t speak Italian very well
aš kalbu itališkai nelabai gerai
she speaks Swahili
ji kalba svahiliškai
she doesn’t speak Swahili
ji nekalba svahiliškai
we speak Croatian
mes kalbame kroatiškai
we speak Croatian well
mes gerai kalbame kroatiškai
we don’t speak Croatian
mes nekalbame kroatiškai
does he speak Malaysian?
ar jis kalba malaiziškai?
what do we speak?
kaip mes kalbame?
we speak Portuguese
mes kalbam portugališkai
we speak Portuguese well
mes gerai kalbame portugališkai
we don’t speak Portuguese
mes nekalbam portugališkai
pardon me
atleiskite
excuse me
atleiskit
I’m sorry
atsiprašau
do you speak Arabic?
ar jūs kalbate arabiškai?
I’m sorry, I don’t speak Arabic very well
atleiskite, aš kalbu arabiškai nelabai gerai
do you speak Turkish?
ar jūs kalbat turkiškai?
what do you all of you speak?
kaip jūs kalbate?
do all of you speak Lithuanian?
ar jūs kalbat lietuviškai?
excuse me, I speak very little Lithuanian
atleiskite, aš labai mažai kalbu lietuviškai
do you all speak English?
ar jūs kalbat angliškai?
do you speak Indonesian?
ar jūs kalbate indoneziškai?
pardon me, no, I don’t speak Indonesian
atleiskite, ne, aš nekalbu indoneziškai
they speak Spanish
jie kalba ispaniškai
they don’t speak Spanish
jie nekalba ispaniškai
they speak Chinese
jos kalba kiniškai
they don‘t speak Chinese
jos nekalba kiniškai
excuse me, I don‘t speak French
atleiskite, aš nekalbu prancūziškai
excuse me, I don‘t speak Russian
atleiskite, aš nekalbu rusiškai
excuse me, I don‘t speak Polish
atleiskite, aš nekalbu lenkiškai
excuse me, I don‘t speak English
atleiskite, aš nekalbu angliškai
do they speak French?
ar jie kalba prancūziškai?
do they speak English?
ar jos kalba angliškai?
yes, they speak English
taip, jos kalba angliškai
do they speak Malaysian?
ar jos kalba malaiziškai?
they speak Indonesian
jos kalba indoneziškai
but they don’t speak French
bet jos nekalba prancūziškai
Hi there! This is Jack and welcome back to Lithuanian Out Loud! Well, a lot has been happening since our last show. Before today’s episode I want to get you caught up with the latest news. At least four news portals picked up a news article on Lithuanian Out Loud and we have many new listeners to our podcast. Also, it looks like some magazines might be doing some stories as well. Super! Welcome to all our new listeners!
If you’d like to see the internet articles on Lithuanian Out Loud you can see the links on this episode’s notes on our blogpage. A big thanks to Deimantė Doksaitė for interviewing Raminta and me and for writing the story. Labai ačiū, Deimante!
(internet stories on Lithuanian Out Loud)
Lietuviams.com
http://www.lietuviams.com/index.php?user_sub_id=44&itemID=5290
Alfa.lt
http://www.alfa.lt/straipsnis/c79617
Delfi
http://www.delfi.lt/news/daily/emigrants/article.php?id=17653118
Anglija.lt
http://www.anglija.lt/straipsniai/naujienos/lietuviai_pasaulyje/nesu_
sutikes_lietuvio_kuris_man_butu_nepatikes.html
Remember the plug Bayram of Turkey gave us recently? Well, he just sent me an email. He was in Vilnius today in a coffee shop working on his computer and he heard a familiar voice. He went up to the woman and asked her some questions and then gave her a big hug. Raminta was really surprised someone had recognized her voice while she was chatting with a friend in a Vilnius coffee shop. What a coincidence! Thanks for the email Bayram!
Today we have a special guest on the show. Someone who might be contributing something to Lithuanian Out Loud on a regular basis for a long time to come – I hope. So, here is Agnė from Vilnius or Agnė iš Vilniaus and her first contribution to the show.
"čiau braške, susitiksim kompote"
Agnė says this phrase is used by a lot by children in Lithuania to say goodbye. The literal translation isn’t really important, it’s better to learn this as a whole phrase, but for those of you who are curious it means, "goodbye, strawberry, see you in kompotas." Kompotas is a Lithuanian stewed fruit drink – very yummy.
Here is it again, slowly…
čiau braške, susitiksim kompote
čiau braške, susitiksim kompote
čiau braške, susitiksim kompote
čiau braške, susitiksim kompote
Again, Agnė says children use this a lot but adults use it as a joke or in order to sound funny. Try it on your Lithuanian friends.
Agnė has a few hundred ideas on future contributions to the show and we love having her enthusiasm in our community. Thanks a million, Agne and welcome to the program! It’s super having you here with us.
Okay, enough notes, let’s get on with today’s episode, enjoy!
Hi there, I’m Raminta and I’m Jack and welcome back to Lithuanian Out Loud where we offer the world the Lithuanian language.
Today we’re in a new month! July was named for Julius Caesar or Julijus Cezaris who was born in this month. In Lithuanian this month is liepa, the linden tree, which flowers during this month. The flowers scent the air, are used to make herbal teas and attract honeybees. Pretty tree!
According to Wikipedia, Austėja is the ancient Lithuanian household goddess of bees. Austėja is a goddess of fertility, brides, and growing families. Austėja is the wife of Bubilas.
Bubilas is the household god of bees. People may have sacrificed honey to Bubilas. They believed that doing so would make bees swarm better.
pradėkime, let’s get started
Today let’s talk about work. Here’s a Lithuanian proverb:
Kas skaito ir rašo, tas duonos neprašo. He who learns to read and write will not beg for bread.
Most of the time a person’s job has the suffix –tojas or –toja, –ėjas or –ėja, and –ininkas or –ininkė.
Here we’ll list some infinitive verbs and then we’ll list the job title that follows it.
to work
dirbti
a male worker
darbininkas
a female worker
darbininkė
to farm
ūkininkauti
a male farmer
ūkininkas
a female farmer
ūkininkė
to sing
dainuoti
a male singer
dainininkas
a female singer
dainininkė
to cure
gydyti
a male doctor
gydytojas
a female doctor
gydytoja
to drive
vairuoti
a male driver
vairuotojas
a female driver
vairuotoja
to write
rašyti
a male writer
rašytojas
a female writer
rašytoja
to help
padėti
a male assistant
padėjėjas
a female assistant
padėjėja
to give or to serve
paduoti
a male waiter
padavėjas
a female waiter
padavėja
to sell
parduoti
a salesman
pardavėjas
a saleswoman
pardavėja
The last three professions we purposely put together because they look and sound so similar. It’s worth the effort to memorize these.
padėjėjas
padavėjas
pardavėjas
padėjėja
padavėja
pardavėja
Now some job titles that don’t follow these rules…
to lead
vadovauti
a male manager
vadovas
a female manager
vadovė
to be a lawyer or barrister
advokatauti
a male lawyer or barrister
advokatas
a female lawyer/attorney
advokatė
to control
kontroliuoti
a male controller
kontrolierius
a female controller
kontrolierė
to direct
direktoriauti
a male director
direktorius
a female director
direktorė
Now, just before we finish, let’s combine some of these. To do this we have to use kilmininkas.
a lawyer’s female assistant
advokato padėjėja
an attorney’s male assistant
advokato padėjėjas
a director’s female assistant
direktoriaus padėjėja
a director’s male assistant
direktoriaus padėjėjas
Puiku! Excellent! You made it to the end of another episode! Puiku!
Alright! That’s it for today! Thanks for the download! If you got anything out of this lesson please leave us a review on our iTunes page.
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Exam 25. Dvidešimt penktas egzaminas. This is a quick response episode! We’ll say the word or phrase in English - you say it in Lithuanian – Out Loud! It’s too late for questions, the exam starts now. Ready, set, go! Pasiruošti, dėmesio, marš!
to speak
kalbėti
I speak
aš kalbu
you speak (familiar)
tu kalbi
he speaks
jis kalba
she speaks
ji kalba
we speak
mes kalbame
you speak
jūs kalbate
you all speak
jūs kalbat
all of you speak
jūs kalbate
they speak (all males / male/fem group)
jie kalba
they speak (all females)
jos kalba
Lithuanian
lietuviškai
English
angliškai
Spanish
ispaniškai
Malaysian
malaiziškai
French
prancūziškai
Chinese
kiniškai
Russian
rusiškai
German
vokiškai
Polish
lenkiškai
Japanese
japoniškai
Dutch
olandiškai
Italian
itališkai
Latvian
latviškai
Swahili
svahiliškai
Croatian
kroatiškai
Portuguese
portugališkai
Arabic
arabiškai
Turkish
turkiškai
Indonesian
indoneziškai
I speak Lithuanian
aš kalbu lietuviškai
repeat please
prašom pakartoti
I speak English
aš kalbu angliškai
I speak Chinese
aš kalbu kiniškai
I speak Malaysian
aš kalbu malaiziškai
I speak English and Lithuanian
aš kalbu angliškai ir lietuviškai
I speak Spanish and Lithuanian
aš kalbu ispaniškai ir lietuviškai
I speak French and Russian
aš kalbu prancūziškai ir rusiškai
I speak Indonesian
aš kalbu indoneziškai
do you speak German?
ar tu kalbi vokiškai?
do you speak Polish?
ar tu kalbi lenkiškai?
do you speak Chinese?
ar tu kalbi kiniškai?
does he speak Japanese?
ar jis kalba japoniškai?
does he speak Dutch?
ar jis kalba olandiškai?
does he speak Indonesian?
ar jis kalba indoneziškai?
does she speak Malaysian?
ar ji kalba malaiziškai?
come here!
ateik čia!
I’m gonna kill you!
aš tave užmušiu!
Hi there, this is Jack and welcome back to Lithuanian Out Loud. Well, we made it, here we are at episode 100! Did you ever think it would happen? We certainly had our doubts. It’s been so difficult for us to keep these programs coming that many times during the series we almost stopped. As a matter of fact, twice, I’d decided it was too much and I thought we were finished. It’s just such a big job, creating episodes on paper, writing them out, typing them up, rewriting them, retyping them, then finding time to record the episodes, tossing out entire recordings that were too poor to air, editing the recordings, cleaning up audio, moving sound bites around so it all makes sense, adding music, loading it up onto the internet with text and photos. It’s such a big time consumer.
So, wonder why we do it all for free? Two major reasons, one, we started the series as a tool for me to learn Lithuanian – and I still need to learn it. The second reason is our community of listeners and all of your comments, plugs, emails, and new listeners joining the community every day. We’ve had over 120,000 total downloads and we are breaking 1,500 downloads a day. What can we say? You guys are super. You are one of the major reasons why we continue. Without you, Lithuanian Out Loud wouldn’t exist. We know you depend on us and so we feel a responsibility to keep the episodes coming. How could we possibly leave you hanging? Thanks for being there for us.
So, I’d like to thank all of you for listening and for spending time with us. Above all, I want to thank the most perfect, the most intelligent, the most beautiful, engaging, interesting, the greatest woman I’ve ever met in my life, my wife Raminta. Thank you honey, you leave me breathless.
Now, here’s another street recording asking passers-by about Lithuania. My apologies for the way this one was recorded. When I found out both guys here were from Spanish speaking countries I couldn’t help myself and I started to speak Spanish. Later, I regretted doing that since most of our community probably doesn’t speak Spanish. But, if you listen closely you’ll be able to make out these guys know the answers to all three questions. Where is Lithuania? What language do they speak there? What is the capital city?
Great! Now, on with episode number 100 which Raminta and I recorded a few weeks ago. This episode covers the verbs gyventi and negyventi and it will be the pattern we’ll follow for future verb introductions. From here on out we’ll introduce a new verb, we’ll conjugate the verb, do many examples of the verb in sentences and we’ll negate this verb with examples. Then at the end we’ll go over the imperative that we introduced in episode 99. Now, let’s get started on the next 100 episodes and please, if you can, leave us a review on our iTunes page, we still don’t have 50 yet! Enjoy!
Hi there, I’m Jack and I’m Raminta and welcome back to Lithuanian Out Loud where we offer the world the Lithuanian language.
According to Wikipedia, the Geographical Center of Europe monument is located in Lithuania. After an estimation of the boundaries of the continent of Europe in 1989 the French National Geographic Institute determined that the Geographic Center of Europe is located 26 kilometers north of its capital city, Vilnius, near the village of Purnuškės. A monument, composed by the sculptor Gediminas Jokūbonis and consisting of a column of white granite surmounted by a crown of stars, was erected at the location in 2004. This location is the only one listed in the Guinness Book of World Records as the geographical center of Europe. 17 km away lies Europos Parkas, Open Air Museum of the Center of Europe, a sculpture park containing the world's largest sculpture made of TV sets, now partially collapsed.
pradėkime, let’s get started
Today we’ll go over the verb gyventi – to live. In episodes 0008 through 0013 we went over some uses of gyventi. Let’s dig into it some more, here are gyventi and negyventi conjugated in the present tense.
prašom pakartoti, please repeat…
to live
gyventi
I live
aš gyvenu
you live (familiar)
tu gyveni
he lives
jis gyvena
she lives
ji gyvena
you live (formal)
jūs gyvenate
you all live
jūs gyvenate
we live
mes gyvename
they live (mm/mf)
jie gyvena
they live (females)
jos gyvena
to not live
negyventi
I don’t live
aš negyvenu
you don’t live (familiar)
tu negyveni
he doesn’t live
jis negyvena
she doesn’t live
ji negyvena
we don’t live
mes negyvename
you don’t live (formal)
jūs negyvenate
you all don’t live
jūs negyvenate
they don’t live (mm/mf)
jie negyvena
they don’t live (females)
jos negyvena
vocabulary
žodynas
Chicago
Čikaga
life
gyvenimas
always
visada
one time
vieną kartą
old town
senamiestis
the country
užmiestis
a town
miestelis
small
mažas / maža
why
kodėl
open air
laukas
together
kartu
anywhere
bet kur
outskirts
pakraštys
therefore, that is why
todėl
So, somebody can say, kodėl? – you can say, todėl!
Yeah, if you want to be rude.
to pass, to spend
praleisti
almost all day
beveik visą dieną
can
gali
to be able
galėti
in the open air
lauke
Great Britain
Didžioji Britanija
also
irgi, taip pat
if
jei/jeigu
somewhere, anywhere
kur nors
maybe
galbūt
or
arba
separate
atskiras
together
kartu
peace
ramybė
in peace
ramybėje
the world
pasaulis
old
senas/sena
in the old
sename
the forest
miškas
inhabitant
gyventojas (gyventoja)
city
miestas
diminutive of city
miestelis
miestelis, it’s like a small town? Yes, like Papilė.
dormitory (dorm)
bendrabutis
okay, now let’s use these verbs in some examples
examples
pavyzdžiai
infinitive
I can live in Lithuania
aš galiu gyventi Lietuvoje
I like living in Kaunas
man patinka gyventi Kaune
I want to live in Klaipėda
aš noriu gyventi Klaipėdoje
is there anywhere to live?
ar yra kur gyventi?
why not live better?
kodėl negyventi geriau?
one can live or not live here
galima gyventi arba negyventi čia
why not live your life in Lithuania?
kodėl negyventi savo gyvenimo Lietuvoje?
aš
I live in Chicago
aš gyvenu Čikagoje
I’m living in Lithuania
aš gyvenu Lietuvoje
I am living life
aš gyvenu gyvenimą
I am living my life
aš gyvenu savo gyvenimą
I don’t live in Vilnius
aš negyvenu Vilniuje
I’m not living my life
negyvenu savo gyvenimo
I’m not living in Chicago
negyvenu Čikagoje
tu
I live in Kaunas, do you also live in Kaunas? (tu)
aš gyvenu Kaune, ar tu taip pat gyveni Kaune?
I see that you are living well as always! (tu)
matau kad gyveni, kaip visada gerai!
you only live one time (tu)
gyveni tik vieną kartą
where do you live now? (tu)
kur tu gyveni dabar?
where do you live? (tu)
kur tu gyveni?
you don’t live here
tu negyveni čia
why don’t you live in the old town?
kodėl negyveni senamiestyje?
jis
where is he living? Vilnius? Klaipėda?
kur jis gyvena? Vilniuje? Klaipėdoje?
he’s living in Europe’s center – Lithuania
jis gyvena Europos centre – Lietuvoje
Lithuania is Europe’s center
Lietuva yra Europos centras
he lives outside of town
jis gyvena užmiestyje
he lives in town
jis gyvena miestelyje
he lives in the small town
jis gyvena mažame miestelyje
he doesn’t live well
jis negyvena gerai
he doesn’t live in town
jis negyvena miestelyje
he doesn’t live in the small town
jis negyvena mažame miestelyje
ji
she is living her life
ji gyvena savo gyvenimą
she lives in Vilnius’ outskirts therefore her dog
can spend almost all day in the open air
ji gyvena Vilniaus pakraštyje todėl jos šunys beveik visą dieną gali praleisti lauke
she’s living excellent – so far
ji gyvena puikiai - kol kas
she lives not far
ji gyvena netoli
she lives in Great Britain
ji gyvena Didžiojoje Britanijoje
she doesn’t live bad
ji negyvena blogai
Daiva doesn’t live in Russia
Daiva negyvena Rusijoje
Renata doesn’t live here
Renata negyvena čia
jūs (singular)
how are you doing?
kaip gyvenat?
not bad, thanks, and you?
neblogai gyvenu, ačiū, o kaip jūs?
thanks, I’m also not bad
ačiū, aš irgi neblogai gyvenu
where do you live?
kur jūs gyvenate?
do you live in Ireland?
ar jūs gyvenate Airijoje?
if you are living in China - speak Chinese
jei jūs gyvenate Kinijoje – kalbėkite kiniškai
why are you living in Canada?
kodėl jūs gyvenate Kanadoje?
you don’t live outside
jūs negyvenate lauke
why do you not live in Canada?
kodėl jūs negyvenate Kanadoje?
jūs (plural)
“out with it!” how are you doing?
papasakokit! kaip jūs gyvenate?
maybe there is somewhere you can live in Kaunas or Vilnius
galbūt kur nors galite gyventi Kaune arba Vilniuje
why do you all live here, and I nowhere?
kodėl jūs čia gyvenate, o aš niekur?
do you all live separately?
ar jūs gyvenate atskirai?
are you all living together?
ar jūs gyvenate kartu?
you don’t all live together
jūs negyvenate kartu
why do you not live together?
kodėl negyvenate kartu?
why do you not live separately?
kodėl negyvenat atskirai?
mes
do we live only one time?
gyvenam tik vieną kartą?
…and that’s how we live
…taip ir gyvenam
we live in peace
gyvename ramybėje
we live on earth – we live in the universe
mes gyvename pasaulyje
do you live separately?
ar jūs gyvenat atskirai?
yes, we live separately
taip, gyvename atskirai
we don’t live in Kaunas
mes negyvename Kaune
we don’t live together
mes negyvename kartu
we don’t live downtown
negyvenam miesto centre
jie (m/m or m/f group)
they live in the old building
jie gyvena sename pastate
they live in the old city
jie gyvena sename mieste
they live in the old forest
jie gyvena sename miške
they don’t live in peace
jie negyvena ramybėje
in the city live about 50,000 inhabitants
mieste gyvena apie penkias dešimt tukstančių gyventojų
in the small town live 632 inhabitants
miestelyje gyvena šešias šimtai trys dešimt du gyventojai
they don’t live in the forest
jie negyvena miške
they don’t live in the building
jie negyvena pastate
they don’t live in the city
jie negyvena mieste
they don’t live in peace
jie negyvena ramybėje
jos (female group only)
is it true they live well?
ar tikrai jos gerai gyvena?
they live in the new building
jos gyvena naujame pastate
they live in the new house
jos gyvena naujame name
they live in the new village
jos gyvena naujame kaime
they don’t live anywhere
jos negyvena bet kur
three students live in the room
kambaryje gyvena trys studentės
they don’t live in a flat
jos negyvena bute
they don’t live in a house
jos negyvena name
they don’t live in a dormitory (dorm)
jos negyvena bendrabutyje
and finally here are gyventi and negyventi using the imperative:
live!
gyvenk!
live!
gyvenkite!
let’s live!
gyvenkime!
don’t live!
negyvenk!
don’t live!
negyvenkite!
let’s not live!
negyvenkime!
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Hi there, I’m Jack and I’m Raminta and welcome back to Lithuanian Out Loud where we offer the world the Lithuanian language.
Did you know Lithuania once had a dictator? At the end of World War One Lithuania was occupied by German soldiers. Lithuania declared its independence in 1918 and they left. In 1926 Antanas Smetona was one of the leaders of a military coup d'état. Lithuanian soldiers removed the democratically elected government, put the most conservative Lithuanian party in power, placed Antanas Smetona in the president’s chair and he ruled Lithuania until it was invaded by the Soviet Union in 1940.
The dictatorship lasted for 14 years and all other political parties were outlawed. When the Soviet Union invaded in 1940 at the beginning of World War II they claimed they were doing Lithuanians a favor by defeating fascism.
pradėkime, let’s get started
Back in episode 0047 we learned two commands. Kiss me! Pabučiuok mane! Hug me! Apkabink mane!
Today we’ll go over the imperative. We use the imperative to tell people or animals to do something. Such as, Look! Sit down! Come here!
This stuff isn’t super difficult. Start with the infinitive of the verb, chop off the “t” – “i" or the “-ti” at the end of the verb and add “-k” or the Lithuanian letter “k.”
the verb dirbti, to work, changes to dirbk!
the verb šokti, to dance, changes to šok!
the verb žiūrėti, to look, changes to žiūrėk!
work!
dirbk!
dance!
šok!
look!
žiūrėk!
dirbk! šok! žiūrėk! are all examples of how to command an individual using the “tu” form. We’d use this with a child, a close friend or an animal. To command a group of people or to give a command in a more polite way, we use jūs, we add –kite instead of just –k.
work!
dirbkite!
dance!
šokite!
look!
žiūrėkite!
lastly, to give a command to a group that we’re a part of, as in “us” or “we,” we add “–kime .”
let’s work!
dirbkime!
let’s dance!
šokime!
let’s look!
žiūrėkime!
Now, let’s practice with some examples. First, let’s do the familiar or “tu” form. We’ll say the verb in English, then the infinitive in Lithuanian. Then we’ll give the command in English and you try to guess the command in Lithuanian. Good luck! Sėkmės!
to work
dirbti
work!
dirbk!
to dance
šokti
dance!
šok!
to jump
šokinėti
jump!
šokinėk!
to look
žiūrėti
look!
žiūrėk!
to run
bėgti
run!
bėk!
to do
daryti
do it!
daryk!
to go
eiti
go!
eik!
to come
ateiti
come!
ateik!
to take
imti
take it!
imk!
to remain, to stay
likti
stay healthy!
lik sveikas!
to wait
palaukti
wait!
palauk!
to hurry
skubėti
hurry!
skubėk!
to shout
šaukti
shout!
šauk!
to bring
atnėšti
bring it!
atnėšk!
to sit
atsisesti
sit!
atsisesk!
Now let’s give the same commands to a person using the “jūs” form which is also the form we’d use giving a command to a group of people.
work!
dirbkite!
dance!
šokite!
jump!
šokinėkite!
look!
žiūrėkite!
and of course, in normal conversation we can drop the tail end -e
look!
žiūrėkit!
run!
bėkit!
do it!
darykit!
go!
eikit!
come!
ateikit!
take it!
imkit!
stay healthy!
likit sveikas!
wait!
palaukit!
hurry!
skubėkit!
shout!
šaukit!
bring it!
atnėškit!
sit down!
atsisėskit!
Great! Now let’s give a command to a group of people to which we belong. These commands would be equivalent to, Let’s work! Let’s dance! Let’s run!
let’s work!
dirbkime!
let’s dance!
šokime!
let’s jump!
šokinėme!
let’s look!
žiūrėkime!
let’s look!
žiūrėkim!
let’s run!
bėkim!
let’s do it!
darykim!
let’s go!
eikim!
let’s take it!
imkim!
let’s wait!
palaukim!
let’s hurry!
skubėkim!
let’s shout!
šaukim!
let’s sit down!
atsisėskim!
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Alright! That’s it for today! Thanks for the download! If you got anything out of this lesson please leave us a review on our iTunes page.
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Thanks for tuning in, tell your friends about us, we’ll see you on the next episode of Lithuanian Out Loud.
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Exam 24
Dvidešimt ketvirtas egzaminas. This is a quick response episode! We’ll say the word or phrase in English and you say it in Lithuanian – Out Loud! It’s too late for questions, the exam starts now. Ready, set, go! Pasiruošti, dėmesio, marš!
a duke
kunigaikštis
a young god
dievaitis
dream
svajonė
the Lithuanian Goddess of Bees
Austėja
machine or car
mašina
typewriter
mašinėlė
a small loaf of bread
banda
a roll or a bun
bandelė
eagle
erelis
a gift
dovana
a small gift
dovanėlė
a chain
grandinė
a small chain
grandinėlė
the state symbol of Lithuania
Vytis
oak tree
ąžuolas
the only king of Lithuania
Mindaugas
a sack
maišas
a small sack
maišelis
dawn
aušra
the Lithuanian Sun Goddess
Saulė
a bird
paukštis
a nestling or a chick
paukštelis
a man’s suit
kostiumas
woman’s suit
kostiumėlis
a pie
pyragas
a pastry
pyragėlis
a bee
bitė
a beekeeper
bičius
a close male friend
bičiulis
a close female friend
bičiulė
here are my good friends
čia mano bičiuliai
I am
aš esu
you are
tu esi
he is
jis yra
she is
ji yra
we are
mes esame
you are
jūs esate
you all are
jūs esate
they are
jie yra
they are (fem)
jos yra
I am not
aš nesu
you are not
tu nesi
his is not
jis nėra
she is not
ji nėra
we are not
mes nesame
you are not
jūs nesate
you all are not
jūs nesate
they are not
jie nėra
they are not (fem)
jos nėra
I’m not a specialist
aš nesu specialistas
I’m not an expert
aš nesu ekspertas
I’m not a teacher
aš nesu mokytojas
you are not Raminta
tu nesi Raminta
you are not Superman
tu nesi Supermenas
he’s not God
jis nėra Dievas
he’s not tall
jis nėra aukštas
she’s not Lithuanian
ji nėra lietuvė
she’s not healthy
ji nėra sveika
we are not children
mes nesame vaikai
we’re not friends
mes nesame draugai
are you not a man?
jūs nesate vyras?
you’re not a member
jūs nesate narys
they’re not sweet
jie nėra saldūs
are they not in Lithuania?
ar jie nėra Lietuvoje?
they’re not men!
jos nėra vyrai!
they are not popular
jos nėra populiarios
Exam 23
Dvidešimt trečias egzaminas. This is a quick response episode! We’ll say the word or phrase in English and you say it in Lithuanian – Out Loud! It’s too late for questions, the exam starts now. Ready, set, go! Pasiruošti, dėmesio, marš!
to go on foot
eiti
thunderstorm
perkūnija
thunder
perkūninis
lightning rod
perkūnsargis
hello on the phone
klausau
hey, baby, where are you?
labas, mylimoji, kur esi?
I’m downtown, where are you?
aš miesto centre, kur tu esi?
I’m in the hotel, I’m walking to downtown
aš viešbutyje, aš einu į miesto centrą
I go (on foot)
aš einu
you go (on foot) (familiar)
tu eini
he walks (on foot)
jis eina
she goes (on foot)
ji eina
we go (on foot)
mes einame
we go (on foot)
mes einam
you walk (formal)
jūs einate
you all go (on foot)
jūs einate
you walk (formal)
jūs einat
they go (on foot)
jie eina
they walk (females)
jos eina
where are you going? (familiar)
kur tu eini?
I’m walking to the park
aš einu į parką
I’m in the park
aš parke
where are you going? (familiar)
kur tu eini?
I’m going to the restroom
aš einu į tualetą
I’m in the bathroom
aš tualete
where are we going?
kur mes einame?
we’re walking to the museum
mes einame į muziejų
we’re in the museum
mes muziejuje
where are we going?
kur mes einam?
we’re walking to the restaurant
mes einam į restoraną
we’re in the restaurant
mes restorane
where are you going? (formal)
kur jūs einate?
I’m going to the store
aš einu į parduotuvę
I’m in the store
aš parduotuvėje
where are you going? (formal)
kur jūs einat?
I’m going to the room
aš einu į kambarį
I’m in the room
aš kambaryje
where is he going?
kur jis eina?
he’s going to the theater
jis eina į teatrą
he’s in the theater
jis teatre
where is he going?
kur jis eina?
he’s going to school
jis eina į mokyklą
he’s in the school
jis mokykloje
where are you all going?
kur jūs einate?
we’re going to the pharmacy
mes einame į vaistinę
we’re in the pharmacy
mes vaistinėje
where are you all going?
kur jūs einat?
we’re going to the hotel
mes einam į viešbutį
we’re in the hotel
mes viešbutyje
where is she going?
kur ji eina?
she’s going to the hospital
ji eina į ligoninę
she’s in the hospital
ji ligoninėje
where is she going?
kur ji eina?
she’s going to the coffee shop
ji eina į kavinę
she’s in the coffee shop
ji kavinėje
where are they going?
kur jie eina?
they’re going to the library
jie eina į biblioteką
they’re in the library
jie bibliotekoje
where are they going?
kur jie eina?
they’re going to the bar
jie eina į barą
they’re in the bar
jie bare
where are they going? (females)
kur jos eina?
they’re going to the club (females)
jos eina į klubą
they’re in the club
jos klube
where are they going? (females)
kur jos eina?
they’re going downtown (females)
jos eina į miesto centrą
they’re in downtown (females)
jos miesto centre
Hi there, I’m Raminta and I’m Jack and welcome back to Lithuanian Out Loud.
One fascinating location in Vilnius, Lithuania is the Green Bridge or Žaliasis tiltas not far from Pilies gatvė in the old town or senamiestis. There are four old Soviet statues on the bridge, two on the north end, two on the south end. Each statue has a unique theme, peace, youth, agriculture and industry. It’s a great place for a photo.
pradėkime, let’s get started
Today we do unusual plural nouns. Remember masculine nouns have to be matched to masculine numbers and feminine nouns have to be matched to feminine numbers.
sūnus is the Lithuanian word for son and it’s a masculine noun
a son
sūnus
one son
vienas sūnus
two sons
du sūnūs
three sons
trys sūnūs
five sons
penki sūnūs
eight sons
aštuoni sūnūs
žmogus is the Lithuanian word for person and it’s a masculine noun
a person
žmogus
one person
vienas žmogus
two people
du žmonės
three people
trys žmonės
six people
šeši žmonės
nine people
devyni žmonės
The word for uncle is unusual – dėdė. This word looks feminine because it has a feminine ending but it’s masculine.
an uncle
dėdė
one uncle
vienas dėdė
two uncles
du dėdės
six uncles
šeši dėdės
four uncles
keturi dėdės
three uncles
trys dėdės
stotis is the word for station, as in bus station or train station. This noun is unusual because it ends in the letter –s which makes it look masculine but it’s feminine.
the station
stotis
one station
viena stotis
two stations
dvi stotys
three stations
trys stotys
nine stations
devynios stotys
four stations
keturios stotys
moteris is the Lithuanian word for woman, it‘s unusual because it ends in the letter –s and it‘s feminine
the woman
moteris
one woman
viena moteris
two women
dvi moterys
five women
penkios moterys
six women
šešios moterys
four women
keturios moterys
duktė is the word for daughter
a daughter
duktė
one daughter
viena duktė
two daughters
dvi dukterys
three daughters
trys dukterys
six daughters
šešios dukterys
four daughters
keturios dukterys
Šaunu! Great! You made it to the end of another episode! Nuostabu! Wonderful!
Thanks to Eglė Ribalkaitė from Klaipėda, Lithuania for reviewing this episode for errors.
Alright! That’s it for today! Thanks for the download! If you got anything out of this lesson please leave us a review on our iTunes page.
To leave us comments call our voicemail number that’s in the title of every show or call our Skype voicemail at Lithuanianoutloud – that’s one word, and leave us a message there.
If you’d like to see the Lithuanian spelling of any word in this series just go to WWW dot Lithuanian dot L I B S Y N dot com. If you’d like to get these episodes every time a new one is available just go to iTunes and do a search for Lithuanian Out Loud and click subscribe. It’s completely free. But, if you don’t want to subscribe on iTunes, just send us an email asking us to alert you every time a new episode hits the internet. And feel free to make copies of our episodes, put them on cds and pass them out to your friends.
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Thanks for tuning in, tell your friends about us, we’ll see you on the next episode of Lithuanian Out Loud.
I’m Jack and I’ve never met a Lithuanian I didn’t like. Viso gero! Sudie!
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Exam 22
Dvidešimt antras egzaminas. This is a quick response episode! We’ll say the word or phrase in English and you say it in Lithuanian – Out Loud! It’s too late for questions, the exam starts now. Ready, set, go! Pasiruošti, dėmesio, marš!
Hello on the phone
klausau
hey, baby, where are you?
labas, mylimoji, kur esi?
I’m in the restaurant, where are you?
aš restorane, kur tu esi?
I’m in the car, I’m going to the restaurant
aš automobilyje, važiuoju į restoraną
I’m in the restaurant
aš restorane
I’m in the city
aš mieste
I’m in Kaunas
aš Kaune
I’m in Palanga
aš Palangoje
I’m in the park
aš parke
I’m in Akropolis
aš Akropolyje
I’m in the hotel
aš viešbutyje
I’m in the automobile
aš automobilyje
I’m in the room
aš kambaryje
I’m in the train
aš traukinyje
I’m in the basement
aš rūsyje
I’m in the bookstore
aš knygyne
I’m in the museum
aš muziejuje
I’m in Vilnius
aš Vilniuje
I’m in Sidney
aš Sidnėjuje
I’m in the school
aš mokykloje
I’m in the library
aš bibliotekoje
I’m in Lithuania
aš Lietuvoje
I’m in the street
aš gatvėje
I’m in the lounge
aš svetainėje
I’m in the coffee shop
aš kavinėje
I’m in Klaipėda
aš Klaipėdoje
to not know
nežinoti
color
spalva
to be pleased
patikti
the color red
raudona spalva
the color blue
mėlyna spalva
the color yellow
geltona spalva
the color sand
smėlio spalva
the color black
juoda spalva
the color white
balta spalva
the color green
žalia spalva
to not like
nepatikti
childhood
vaikystė
Exam 21
Dvidešimt pirmas egzaminas. This is a quick response episode! We’ll say the word or phrase in English and you say it in Lithuanian – Out Loud! It’s too late for questions, the exam starts now. Ready, set, go! Pasiruošti, dėmesio, marš!
I’m planning to buy an auto
aš planuoju pirkti automobilį
I’m planning to buy a house
aš planuoju pirkti namą
I’m planning to buy a flat
aš planuoju pirkti butą
there are a lot of cars, which would you like?
yra daug mašinų, kokios tu norėtum?
I’d like a sports car
norėčiau sportinio automobilio
well, sport cars, clearly good cars
nu sportiniai, aišku, geros mašinos
and which brands would you like to buy?
o kokios markės tu norėtum pirkt?
Porsche is very expensive
Porsche labai brangios yra
and which sports cars are cheap?
o kokios sportinės mašinos yra pigios?
what colors do you like? (tu)
kokios spalvos tau patinka?
I’m planning to travel to Italy
aš planuoju važiuoti į Italiją
I’m planning to travel to Spain
aš planuoju važiuoti į Ispaniją
I’m planning to travel to Russia
aš planuoju važiuoti į Rusiją
I’m planning to go to school
planuoju eiti į mokyklą
I’m planning to study in Lithuania
aš planuoju studijuoti Lietuvoje
I like the color yellow
man patinka geltona spalva
I like the color blue
man patinka mėlyna spalva
I like the color green
man patinka žalia spalva
oh, I don’t like red
oi, o man raudona nepatinka
to plan
planuoti
to buy
pirkti
to want
norėti
to inquire
pasiteirauti
to advise
pasiūlyti
sorts, types
visoks
as they say
kaip sakant… taip sakant…
clearly
aišku
to think of
galvoti
to drive around
važinėti
expensive
brangus
cheap
pigus
to see
matyti
quality
kokybė
vocabulary
žodynas
excellent!
puiku!
wonderful!
nuostabu!
great!
šaunu!
let’s get started!
pradėkime!
Septyni Akmenys Seven Stones
Hi there, I’m Raminta and I’m Jack and welcome back to Lithuanian Out Loud where we offer the world the Lithuanian language.
Something you have to see in Vilnius are the, Gates of Dawn or Aušros Vartai. Between 1503 and 1522 the city was protected by a wall which included three towers and nine gates. This is the last of the nine gates to survive and it‘s beautiful.
dawn
aušra
gate, gates
vartai
the gates of dawn or dawn’s gates
aušros vartai
pradėkime, let’s get started
Alrighty! Now let’s continue working on plural nouns but today the nouns are a little unusual. These verbs end in –uo. Remember masculine nouns have to be matched to masculine numbers and feminine nouns have to be matched to feminine numbers.
Akmuo is the Lithuanian word for stone. Most nouns that end in –uo are masculine and they have unusual endings in the plural.
Thanks to Eglė Ribalkaitė of Klaipėda, Lithuania for reviewing this episode for errors.
a stone
akmuo
a stone
akmuo
one stone
vienas akmuo
two stones
du akmenys
nine stones
devyni akmenys
five stones
penki akmenys
seven stones
septyni akmenys
dubuo is the word for bowl
the bowl
dubuo
one bowl
vienas dubuo
two bowls
du dubenys
four bowls
keturi dubenys
six bowls
šeši dubenys
three bowls
trys dubenys
raumuo is the word for muscle
the muscle
raumuo
a muscle
raumuo
one muscle
vienas raumuo
two muscles
du raumenys
five muscles
penki raumenys
three muscles
trys raumenys
four muscles
keturi raumenys
ruduo is the word for autumn
autumn
ruduo
fall
ruduo
one autumn
vienas ruduo
two autumns
du rudenys
seven autumns
septyni rudenys
eight autumns
aštuoni rudenys
three autumns
trys rudenys
asmuo is a word that means person
a person
asmuo
one person
vienas asmuo
two people
du asmenys
five people
penki asmenys
nine people
devyni asmenys
eight people
aštuoni asmenys
šuo is the word for dog
the dog
šuo
a dog
šuo
one dog
vienas šuo
two dogs
du šunys
nine dogs
devyni šunys
four dogs
keturi šunys
five dogs
penki šunys
sesuo is unusual, it’s the word for sister and it’s the only feminine word that ends in –uo
a sister
sesuo
one sister
viena sesuo
two sisters
dvi seserys
eight sisters
aštuonios seserys
five sisters
penkios seserys
Coming up we’ll continue with some more unusual nouns in the plural.
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Exam 20
Dvidešimtas egzaminas. This is a quick response episode! We’ll say the word or phrase in English and you say it in Lithuanian – Out Loud! It’s too late for questions, the exam starts now. Ready, set, go! Pasiruošti, dėmesio, marš!
to Riga we went by bus
į Rygą vykome autobusu
to Tallinn we went by bus
į Taliną vykome autobusu
to Klaipėda we went by bus
į Klaipėdą vykome autobusu
to Warsaw we went by bus
į Varšuvą vykome autobusu
to Moscow we went by train
į Maskvą vykome traukiniu
to Vilnius we went by train
į Vilnių vykome traukiniu
to London we went by train
į Londoną vykome traukiniu
to Berlin we went by train
į Berlyną vykome traukiniu
to Vilnius we went by car
į Vilnių važiavome mašina
to Klaipėda we went by car
į Klaipėdą važiavome mašina
to Kaunas we went by car
į Kauną važiavome automobiliu
to Palanga we went by car
į Palangą važiavome automobiliu
we saw a lot of interesting things
pamatėme daug įdomių dalykų
you can see a lot of interesting things in the streets
galima pamatyti daug įdomių dalykų gatvėse
people hurrying about, huge traffic, it was interesting
žmonės skuba, didelis judėjimas, buvo įdomu
good evening gentlemen and ladies
labas vakaras ponai ir ponios
I’d like to thank all of you for coming here
aš norėčiau visiems padekoti kad susirinkote čia
love is an indescribable force
meilė yra neapsakoma jėga
we don’t choose love, love chooses us
mes nepasirenkame meilės, meilė pasirenka mus
I never thought that I would fall in love
aš niekada negalvojau, kad galėsiu įsimylėti
please raise your glasses
prašome visus pakelti savo taures
here is the woman I am determined to spend the rest of my life with
štai – moteris, su kuria aš pasiryžęs praleisti savo likusį gyvenimą
to thank
padekoti
to gather, to meet
susirinkti
to celebrate
švesti
a wedding
vestuvės
love
meilė
strength, force
jėga
to compel, to force
priversti
to make, to do
padaryti
a thing or an object
dalykas
never
niekada
without
be
to be able
galėti
to dream (of)
išsvajoti
a woman
moteris
life
gyvenimas
all
visas
to lift up, to raise
pakelti
Exam 19
Devynioliktas egzaminas. This is a quick response episode! We’ll say the word or phrase in English and you say it in Lithuanian – Out Loud! It’s too late for questions, the exam starts now. Ready, set, go! Pasiruošti, dėmesio, marš!
the constitution is in the museum
konstutucija muziejuje
the bookstore is in Vilnius
knygynas Vilniuje
the museum is in Vilnius
muziejus Vilniuje
the bookstore is in Sidney
knygynas Sidnėjuje
the cathedral is in Sidney
katedra Sidnėjuje
where is the young woman?
kur mergina?
the young woman is in the school
mergina mokykloje
the bicycle is in the school
dviratis mokykloje
the pigeon is in the park
balandis parke
the young woman is in the library
mergina bibliotekoje
the bicycle is in the library
dviratis bibliotekoje
a young woman is in the cathedral
mergina katedroje
Raminta is in the cathedral
Raminta katedroje
where is Raminta?
kur Raminta?
Raminta is in the street
Raminta gatvėje
the bicycle is in the street
dviratis gatvėje
Raminta is in the coffee shop
Raminta kavinėje
the newspaper is in the coffee shop
laikraštis kavinėje
the newspaper is in the lounge
laikraštis svetainėje
the young woman is in the lounge
mergina svetainėje
the dog is in Cathedral Square
šuo Katedros aikštėje
Raminta is in Vilnius University
Raminta Vilniaus Universitete
the trip was long
kelionė buvo ilga
the trip was short
kelionė buvo trumpa
the trip was interesting
kelionė buvo įdomi
the trip was short but interesting
kelionė buvo trumpa, bet įdomi
the trip was long but interesting
kelionė buvo ilga, bet įdomi
it was an interesting movie
buvo įdomus filmas
it was an interesting trip
buvo įdomi kelionė
it was an interesting day
buvo įdomi diena
he is an interesting person
jis yra įdomus žmogus
she is an interesting person
ji yra įdomus žmogus
Vilnius is an interesting city
Vilnius yra įdomus miestas
Moscow is an interesting city
Maskva yra įdomus miestas
Lithuania is an interesting country
Lietuva yra įdomi šalis
Russia is an interesting country
Rusija yra įdomi šalis
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Hi there, I’m Jack and I’m Raminta and welcome back to Lithuanian Out Loud where we offer the world the Lithuanian language. Today we’re in the month of June which in Lithuanian is birželis.
Labai ačiū. O, prašom labai – with all my heart!
A Danish company distributes a popular beer in Lithuania known as Kalnapilis. Do you like this beer? A lot! No! No, I don’t like beers. I’m not a beer person. Me either. But, I heard that it’s a good beer. Better is Švyturys. Švyturys? Švyturys. Kas yra? (what is it?) Švyturys is the company making beer – Lithuanians.
In 2006 this company found itself in the middle of a controversy after it began an advertising campaign featuring Rūpintojėlis wearing headphones and listening to music. Did you see this ad? No, I didn’t sorry! Oh, you missed out. I know, what a loss. Many Lithuanians found the commercialization of a traditional Lithuanian icon to be troubling. After receiving a flood of complaints the advertisements were removed.
pradėkime, let’s get started. Okay, I’m ready.
Previously we learned how to use the verb turėti – to have. For example, I have a passport – aš turiu pasą, or she has a car – ji turi automobilį. In these examples we have to use the accusative case. Neturėti is the verb – to not have.
Here is neturėti conjugated:
prašom pakartoti…
I don’t have
aš neturiu
you don’t have (tu)
tu neturi
he doesn’t have
jis neturi
she doesn’t have
ji neturi
we don’t have
mes neturime
you don’t have (jūs)
jūs neturite
you all don’t have
jūs neturite
they don’t have (male or male/female group)
jie neturi
they don’t have (females only)
jos neturi
Dėmesio! Attention! This is an important point. When we negate a transitive verb we don’t use the accusative, we use the genitive case or kilmininkas. Let’s do some examples, prašom pakartoti…labai gerai.
a passport
pasas
I have a passport
aš turiu pasą
I don’t have a passport
aš neturiu paso
a question
klausimas
I have a question
aš turiu klausimą
I don’t have a question
aš neturiu klausimo
a problem
problema
you have a problem (tu)
tu turi problemą
you don’t have a problem (tu)
tu neturi problemos
a wife
žmona
you have a wife (tu)
tu turi žmoną
you don’t have a wife (tu)
tu neturi žmonos
a husband
vyras
she has a husband
ji turi vyrą
she doesn’t have a husband
ji neturi vyro
a female friend
draugė
she has a female friend
ji turi draugę
she doesn’t have a female friend
ji neturi draugės
a house
namas
he has a house
jis turi namą
he doesn’t have a house
jis neturi namo
automobile
automobilis
he has a car
jis turi automobilį
he doesn’t have a car
jis neturi automobilio
a male friend
draugas
you have a male friend (jūs)
jūs turite draugą
you don’t have a male friend (jūs)
jūs neturite draugo
the room
kambarys
you have a room (jūs)
jūs turite kambarį
you don’t have a room (jūs)
jūs neturite kambario
idea
idėja
you all have an idea
jūs turite idėją
you all don’t have an idea
jūs neturite idėjos
a male doctor
gydytojas
they have a male doctor
jie turi gydytoją
they don’t have a male doctor
jie neturi gydytojo
a female doctor
gydytoja
they have a female doctor
jie turi gydytoją
they don’t have a female doctor
jie neturi gydytojos
father
tėvas
they have a father (jos)
jos turi tėvą
they don’t have a father (jos)
jos neturi tėvo
mother
motina
they have a mother (jos)
jos turi motiną
they don’t have a mother (jos)
jos neturi motinos
museum
muziejus
the city has a museum
miestas turi muziejų
the city doesn’t have a museum
miestas neturi muziejaus
television
televizorius
Raminta has a television
Raminta turi televizorių
Raminta doesn’t have a television
Raminta neturi televizoriaus
Oh, how sad. That is sad.
Kaip liūdnas. (incorrect)
Kaip liūdna. (how sad)
Kaip liūdna. (how sad)
Naturally, we can combine neturėti with an infinitive verb…
I don’t have to work
aš neturiu dirbti
You don’t have to dance (tu)
neturi šokti
You don’t have to study (jūs)
jūs neturit studijuoti
They don’t have to sleep
jie neturi miegoti
They don’t have to eat (jos)
jos neturi valgyti
We don’t have to wait
neturime laukti
She doesn’t have to live in Vilnius
ji neturi gyventi Vilniuje
He doesn’t have to live in Klaipėda
jis neturi gyventi Klaipėdoje
Puiku! Excellent! You made it to the end of another episode! Puiku!
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Exam 18
Aštuonioliktas Egzaminas. This is a quick response episode! We’ll say the word or phrase in English and you say it in Lithuanian – Out Loud! It’s too late for questions, the exam starts now. Pasiruošti, dėmesio, marš! Ready, set, go!
what is this?
kas tai yra?
what is that?
kas tai yra?
who‘s here?
kas čia yra?
who‘s here?
kas čia?
who is he?
kas jis yra? kas yra jis?
who is he?
kas jis?
what is that?
kas tai?
who is she?
kas ji yra?
who are they?
kas jie yra?
who are they?
kas jie?
who are they?
kas jos yra?
who are they?
kas jos?
who am I?
kas aš esu?
to be or not to be – “this question torments
būti ar nebūti – štai klausimas kamuoja
who am I?
kas aš esu?
who am I?
kas esu?
who are you? (formal)
kas jūs esate?
who are you? (tu)
kas tu esi?
there
ten
what is over there?
kas yra ten?
what is over there?
kas ten yra?
what is over there?
kas ten?
what’s wrong?
kas yra?
what’s new?
kas naujo?
who is Raminta?
kas yra Raminta?
who is Romas?
kas yra Romas?
who are Jūratė and Perkūnas?
kas yra Jūratė ir Perkūnas?
who are Rimantas and Dovilė?
kas yra Rimantas ir Dovilė?
who?
kas?
what?
kas?
where is the tree?
kur medis?
the tree is in the park
medis parke
where is Raminta?
kur Raminta?
Raminta is in the park
Raminta parke
Raminta is in Akropolis
Raminta Akropolyje
the store is in Akropolis
parduotuvė Akropolyje
Raminta is in the hotel
Raminta viešbutyje
the coffee shop is in the hotel
kavinė viešbutyje
Raminta is in the automobile
Raminta automobilyje
the dog is in the automobile
šuo automobilyje
where is the toilet?
kur tualetas?
the newspaper is in the room
laikraštis kambaryje
the book is in the room
knyga kambaryje
Raminta is in the train
Raminta traukinyje
Aldona is in the train
Aldona traukinyje
the bicycle is in the basement
dviratis rūsyje
the shop is in the basement
parduotuvė rūsyje
where is the bookstore?
kur knygynas?
the bookstore is in the museum
knygynas muziejuje
Exam 17
Septynioliktas egzaminas. This is a quick response episode! We’ll say the word or phrase in English and you say it in Lithuanian – Out Loud! It’s too late for questions, the exam starts now. Ready, set, go! Pasiruošti, dėmesio, marš
from University Street to Tower Street
iš Universiteto gatvės į Bokšto gatvę
from Tower Street to University Street
iš Bokšto gatvės į Universiteto gatvę
from Castle Street to Bridge Street
iš Pilies gatvės į Tilto gatvę
from Bridge Street to Castle Street
iš Tilto gatvės į Pilies gatvę
from Vilnius Street to Townhall Square
iš Vilniaus gatvės į Rotušės aikštę
from Townhall Square to Vilnius Street
iš Rotušės aikštės į Vilniaus gatvę
from Cathedral Square to Vilnius Square
iš Katedros aikštės į Vilniaus aikštę
from Vilnius Square to Cathedral Square
iš Vilniaus aikštės į Katedros aikštę
from Europe Square to Gediminas Avenue
iš Europos aikštės į Gedimino prospektą
from Gediminas Avenue to Europe Square
iš Gedimino prospekto į Europos aikštę
from Constitution Avenue to Vytautas Avenue
iš Konstitucijos prospekto į Vytauto prospektą
from Vytautas Avenue to Constitution Avenue
iš Vytauto prospekto į Konstitucijos prospektą
from Freedom Avenue to Bend Park
iš Laisvės prospekto į Vingio parką
from Bend Park to Freedom Avenue
iš Vingio parko į Laisvės prospektą
from Europe Park to The Amber Museum
iš Europos parko į Gintaro muziejų
from The Amber Museum to Europe Park
iš Gintaro muziejaus į Europos parką
from The Castle Museum to The Art Museum
iš Pilies muziejaus į Dailės muziejų
from The Art Museum to The Castle Museum
iš Dailės muziejaus į Pilies muziejų
chameleon
chameleonas
chaos
chaosas
chemistry
chemija
surgeon
chirurgas
chorus
choras
chronic
chroniškas
hooligan
chuliganas
to jingle
džerškėti
jazz
džiazas
jungle
džiunglės
jeans
džinsai
joy
džiaugsmas
a Lithuanian folk-dance
džigūnas
a hair-dryer
džioviklis
a thin, emaciated person
džiūsna
a piece of dry bread
džiuvėsis
toast
džiuvėsiukas
what is the national symbol of Lithuania?
Vytis
who was the first king of Lithuania?
Mindaugas
when did Lithuania declare independence?
11 March 1990
Hey there! I’m Jack and you’re listening listening to Lithuanian Out Loud.
Just some notes before today’s episode. Raminta and I just finished some marathon recording sessions in the last three weeks and we recorded 62 episodes – 22 of them are exam episodes.
About two weeks ago at a party some Lithuanian friends of ours did some interviews with Raminta. In the interviews Raminta asked them about four questions.
- who is happier in life, men or women?
- it’s difficult for couples to get along well, what do you think is important for couples to get on well?
- what three things do you think are most important in a mate?
- what are white crows?
In Lithuanian, white crows are people who are different. Of course, crows are black, so a white crow would stand out in a crowd.
Raminta and I plan to create episodes out of these interviews and break them down for you. Here’s a sample of one recording, but without a translation. We’ll do a translation for you in the future. While you’re listening to the recording keep in mind it’s at a party. Raminta is outside on the back porch but you can still hear music in the background. Also, there’s a pond nearby and the frogs are loud, but the audio is good.
(Lithuanian conversation about white crows)
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Hi there, I’m Jack and I’m Raminta and welcome back to Lithuanian Out Loud where we offer the world the Lithuanian language. Today we’re in the month of June which in Lithuanian is birželis.
According to the article, “Lithuanian Mythology” written by Gintaras Beresnevičius of the Lithuanian Institute of Culture and Arts, Sovijus kills a magnificent wild boar.
Sovijus gets very angry when his nine sons eat the nine spleens of the boar. Sovijus goes to the afterworld in a fit of anger and enters through the ninth gate. In the afterworld one of his sons causes him to sleep and he buries Sovijus in the ground. Sovijus spends a terrible night trying to sleep complaining he was being eaten by slugs and reptiles all night. On the second night Sovijus is put in a tree but all night long he’s bitten and stung by insects. On the third night Sovijus is thrown into a fire and the next morning he reports he slept as sweetly as a baby in a cradle. Starting with that night, Sovijus becomes the master of the dead and he’s responsible for taking the dead into the afterworld.
Following the example of Sovijus and his first two nights of attempted sleep, it was obvious that the dead were happier being cremated. This explains the Baltic tradition of cremation prior to the arrival of Christianity. Something else you can see about Baltic tradition in this story is the belief that numbers divisible by three are considered to have magical properties.
pradėkime, let’s get started
We need to get caught up on some verbs. The good news is that most Lithuanian verbs are regular. Very few are irregular.
In episodes 0050 and 0051 we introduced the accusative case or galininkas, if you need a review, just go back and listen again. You have to use the accusative case when an object is receiving the direct action of a verb such as, “I eat the food“ or “he drives the car.“
The food, which is the object here, is being eaten, the food is the noun receiving the direct action of the verb – to eat. The food is being eaten.
He drives the car. The car, which is the object here, is being driven. The car is the noun that‘s receiving the direct action of the verb, to drive. The car is being driven.
To get technical, these are examples of transitive verbs. When using a transitive verb the object receives the action of the subject. Valdas eats the food. The object, food, receives the action of the verb – to eat. So, the object - the food, is declined using the accusative case.
Intransitive verbs don‘t require the accusative case. Here are some examples where the accusative isn‘t necessary...
I am Lithuanian
aš esu lietuvis
I like the house
man patinka namas
my name is Sonata
mano vardas yra Sonata
The accusative is very common in Lithuanian and you‘ll see it a lot in this series.
Today we‘ll work on the verb turėti – to have. Such as, “I have a car.” The car is the object which is receiving the action of the verb – to have. The verb turėti uses the accusative case. To create a sentence all you have to do is conjugate the verb turėti and then decline the noun using galininkas. Some say Lithuanian is challenging – could be! :)
First, let’s conjugate the verb turėti, prašom pakartoti, please repeat…
I have
aš turiu
you have (tu)
tu turi
he has
jis turi
she has
ji turi
we have
mes turime
you have (jūs)
jūs turite
you all have
jūs turite
they have (male or male/female group)
jie turi
they have (females only)
jos turi
vocabulary – žodynas
an idea
idėja
a passport
pasas
a question
klausimas
a problem
problema
a wife
žmona
a husband
vyras
a female friend
draugė
a male friend
draugas
to work
dirbti
to dance
šokti
Alright, now let‘s use turėti in some sentences...
I have a wife
aš turiu žmoną
I have a question
aš turiu klausimą
do you have a car? (tu)
ar tu turi automobilį?
do you have a passport? (tu)
ar tu turi pasą?
he has a problem
jis turi problemą
he has a female friend
jis turi draugę
she has a male friend
ji turi draugą
she has a husband
ji turi vyrą
we have an idea!
mes turime idėją!
we have a good friend
mes turime bičiulį
do you have a passport?
ar jūs turite pasą?
do you have a wife?
ar turite žmoną?
do you all have a car?
ar jūs turite automobilį?
do you all have a question?
ar turite klausimą?
they have a problem
jie turi problemą
they have a house
jie turi namą
do they have a question?
ar jos turi klausimą?
they have an idea
jos turi idėją
The verb turėti can be combined with an infinitive verb. For example, I have to go, she has to work, or, they have to study. Just conjugate the verb turėti, then add the infinitive verb.
prašom pakartoti, please repeat...
I have to go
aš turiu eiti
you have to study
turite studijuoti
she has to work
ji turi dirbti
I have to run
aš turiu bėgti
they have to study
jie turi studijuoti
you have to sleep
turi miegoti
I have to eat
aš turiu valgyti
Now, just to give you a headache, let‘s make it a little more complicated...
do you have to go to Klaipėda?
ar jūs turite važiuoti į Klaipėdą?
he has to read the book
jis turi skaityti knygą
I have to wait
aš turiu palaukti
we have to go (to) downtown
mes turime važiuoti į miesto centrą
do they have to wait in the airport?
ar jos turi palaukti oro uoste?
There are a lot of new verbs on this episode. In the future we plan to do an entire episode for each new verb.
Šaunu! Great! You made it to the end of another episode! Šaunu!
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LITHUANIAN MYTHOLOGY by GINTARAS BERESNEVIČIUS
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Šešioliktas egzaminas. This is a quick response episode! We’ll say the word or phrase in English and you say it in Lithuanian – Out Loud! It’s too late for questions, the exam starts now. Ready, set, go! Pasiruošti, dėmesio, marš!
I’m going from Vilnius to Kaunas
aš važiuoju iš Vilniaus į Kauną
I’m going from Kaunas to Vilnius
aš važiuoju iš Kauno į Vilnių
you’re going from the avenue to the park
tu važiuoji iš prospekto į parką
you’re going from the park to the avenue
tu važiuoji iš parko į prospektą
he’s going from the castle to the church
jis važiuoja iš pilies į bažnyčią
he’s going from the church to the castle
jis važiuoja iš bažnyčios į pilį
she’s going from Klaipėda to Palanga
ji važiuoja iš Klaipėdos į Palangą
she’s going from Palanga to Klaipėda
ji važiuoja iš Palangos į Klaipėdą
we’re going from London to Amsterdam
mes važiuojame iš Londono į Amsterdamą
we’re going from Amsterdam to London
mes važiuojame iš Amsterdamo į Londoną
you’re going from America to Europe
jūs važiuojate iš Amerikos į Europą
you’re going from Europe to Amerika
jūs važiuojate iš Europos į Ameriką
you’re all going from Lithuania to Ireland
jūs važiuojate iš Lietuvos į Airiją
you’re all going from Ireland to Lithuania
jūs važiuojate iš Airijos į Lietuvą
they’re going from the store to the post office
jos važiuoja iš parduotuvės į paštą
they’re going from the post office to the store
jos važiuoja iš pašto į parduotuvę
I’m going from the square to the tower
aš važiuoju iš aikštės į bokštą
I’m going from the tower to the square
aš važiuoju iš bokšto į aikštę
you’re going from the street to the coffee shop
tu važiuoji iš gatvės į kavinę
you’re going from the coffee shop to the street
tu važiuoji iš kavinės į gatvę
we’re going from the store to the post office
mes važiuojame iš parduotuvės į paštą
you’re going from the post office to the store
jūs važiuojate iš pašto į parduotuvę
oh, where do you like to drink coffee?
o kur jums patinka gerti kavą?
where do you like to eat in Klaipėda?
kur jums patinka valgyti Klaipėdoje?
of course!
žinoma!
of course not!
žinoma ne!
hey! let’s drink!
ai! išgerkim!
glasses up!
pakelkime taures!
to lift
pakelti
I want to make a toast
noriu pasakyti tostą
as for that, glasses up!
už tai ir pakelkime taures
let’s drink some more
išgerkime daugiau
I’m very drunk (female)
aš labai girta
I’m very drunk (male)
aš labai girtas
I’m sick
man bloga
where’s the lady’s room?
kur damų kambarys?
an avenue
prospektas
a bridge
tiltas
the constitution
konstitucija
freedom
laisvė
Europe
Europa
the townhall
rotušė
art
dailė
the museum
muziejus
do they like to sing? (all female group)
ar joms patinka dainuoti?
they like to sing
joms patinka dainuoti
do they like to swim? (all girls)
ar joms patinka plaukioti?
they really like to swim
joms labai patinka plaukioti
do you all like to play?
ar jums patinka žaisti?
yes, we really like to play
taip, mums labai patinka žaisti
do all of you like the club?
ar jums patinka klubas?
oh, we really like the club
o, mums labai patinka klubas
do you like to drink coffee?
ar jums patinka gerti kavą?
to drink coffee – I like it
gerti kavą - patinka
does he like to drink coffee?
ar jam patinka gerti kavą?
does she like to drink coffee?
ar jai patinka gerti kavą?
where does he like to drink coffee?
kur jam patinka gerti kavą?
where does she like to drink coffee?
kur jai patinka gerti kavą?
he likes to drink coffee in the coffee shop
jam patinka gerti kavą kavinėje
she likes to drink coffee in the coffee shop
jai patinka gerti kavą kavinėje
I like Klaipėda
man patinka Klaipėda
he likes the location
jam patinka vieta
she likes the car
jai patinka mašina
we like the country
mums patinka šalis
do you like the restaurant? (jūs)
ar jums patinka restoranas?
yes, I like the restaurant
taip, man patinka restoranas
do you all like the coffee shop?
ar jums patinka kavinė?
they like the flat (male/female group)
jiems patinka butas
they like the bookstore (female group)
joms patinka knygynas
University Street
Universiteto gatvė
Tower Street
Bokšto gatvė
Castle Street
Pilies gatvė
Bridge Street
Tilto gatvė
Vilnius Street
Vilniaus gatvė
Townhall Square
Rotušės aikštė
Cathedral Square
Katedros aikštė
Vilnius Square
Vilniaus aikštė
Europe Square
Europos aikštė
Gediminas Avenue
Gedimino prospektas
Constitution Avenue
Konstitucijos prospektas
Vytautas Avenue
Vytauto prospektas
Freedom Avenue
Laisvės prospektas
Bend Park
Vingio parkas
Europe Park
Europos parkas
The Amber Museum
Gintaro muziejus
The Castle Museum
Pilies muziejus
The Art Museum
Dailės muziejus
Castle Bridge
Pilies tiltas
a machine or car
mašina
a typewriter
mašinėlė
a small loaf of bread
banda
a roll or a bun
bandelė
a gift
dovana
a small gift
dovanėlė
a chain
grandinė
a small chain
grandinėlė
Hi there, I’m Jack and I’m Raminta and welcome back to Lithuanian Out Loud where we offer the world the Lithuanian language. Today we’re in the month of June which in Lithuanian is birželis.
Europos parkas or Europe’s Park is a 50-hectare open-air museum located 17 km from Vilnius, Lithuania. The museum gives an artistic significance to the geographic center of the European continent (as determined by the French National Geographic Institute in 1989) and presents Lithuanian and international modern art.
The museum exhibits more than 90 works from 27 countries, including Armenia, Belarus, Canada, Croatia, Cyprus, Egypt, France, Finland, Germany, Great Britain, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Japan, Lithuania, Mexico, Moldova, Netherlands, Peru, Poland, Russia, the United States, and Venezuela.
Now, here’s Raminta reading the fourth part of the letter, “Justina Amerikoje.”
Visa mūsų šeima labai norėtų ir tikisi, kad Justina sugrįš į Lietuvą, o grįžusi į tėvynę pabaigs pradėtas studijas Vilniaus universitetuose. Justina išvykusi į Ameriką ketverius metus. Per šį laikotarpį Lietuvos ekonominė situacija pagerėjo. Manome, jog su savo įgyta patirtimi Lietuvoje ji galėtų susirasti įdomų ir gerai apmokamą darbą.
Mūsų šeimos didžiausias noras yra matyti savo dukrą Lietuvoje.
Nicely done. Here it is again, slowly, with a translation.
Visa mūsų šeima labai norėtų ir tikisi, kad Justina sugrįš į Lietuvą, o grįžusi į tėvynę pabaigs pradėtas studijas Vilniaus universitetuose.
All our family would really like and hope that Justina will return to Lithuania and in returning to the fatherland she will finish her discontinued studies at the universities in Vilnius.
Justina išvykusi į Ameriką ketverius metus.
Justina left for America four years ago.
Per šį laikotarpį Lietuvos ekonominė situacija pagerėjo.
During this period Lithuania’s economic situation improved.
Manome, jog su savo įgyta patirtimi Lietuvoje ji galėtų susirasti įdomų ir gerai apmokamą darbą.
We think that with the experience she has in Lithuania she could find an interesting and well paying job.
Mūsų šeimos didžiausias noras yra matyti savo dukrą Lietuvoje.
The greatest wish of our family is to see our daughter in Lithuania.
examples pavyzdžiai
all
visas / visa
to Lithuania
į Lietuvą
I’m returning to Lithuania
aš grįžtu į Lietuvą
I’m returning to the fatherland
aš grįžtu į tėvynę
our
mūsų
family
šeima
to hope for
tikėti
to return
sugrįžti
to end, to finish
pabaigti
to finish
baigti
studies
studijos
in the Vilnius university
Vilniaus universitete
she left for America three years ago
prieš tris metus ji išvyko į Ameriką
they left for Europe two years ago
prieš du metus jie išvyko į Europą
during, through, across, on, over
per (+ accusative)
to leave
išvykti
this, these
šis / ši
period of time
laikotarpis
to improve
pagerėti
to think
manyti
that
jog
to get, to acquire
įgyti
to experience
patirti
to be able
galėti
to find
susirasti / surasti
interesting
įdomus
paid
apmokamas
paid work
apmokamas darbas
greatest
didžiausias
wish, desire
noras
to see
matyti
I’m waiting for my wife
aš laukiu savo žmonos
I’m waiting for my husband
aš laukiu savo vyro
I often drink coffee
aš dažnai geriu kavą
I like to often go to the movies
man patinka dažnai lankytis kino teatruose
to communicate
bendrauti
I like to communicate with my husband
man patinka bendrauti su savo vyru
I like to communicate with my Klaipėda friends
man patinka bendrauti su mano Klaipėdiečiais draugais
my greatest wish is to travel to Lithuania
mano didžiausias noras yra keliauti į Lietuvą
my greatest wish is to travel to Paris
mano didžiausias noras yra keliauti į Paryžių
my greatest wish is to speak Lithuanian
mano didžiausias noras yra kalbėti lietuviškai
my greatest wish is to understand Lithuanian
mano didžiausias noras yra suprasti lietuviškai
my greatest wish is to study in Lithuania
mano didžiausias noras yra studijuoti Lietuvoje
economy
ekonomija
economic situation
ekonominė situacija
I think that she is beautiful
manau, jog ji yra graži
I think that he is handsome
manau, jog jis yra gražus
we think that they are handsome
manome, jog jie yra gražus
I need a well paying job
man reikia gerai apmokamo darbo
the family’s tradition
šeimos tradicija
our family’s tradition
mūsų šeimos tradicija
our greatest wish is to be together
mūsų didžiausias noras yra būti kartu
our greatest wish is to return to Lithuania
mūsų didžiausias noras yra grįžti į Lietuvą
my greatest wish is to speak Lithuanian
mano didžiausias noras yra kalbėti lietuviškai
my greatest wish is to visit Lithuania
mano didžiausias noras yra apsilankyti Lietuvoje
daughter
duktė / dukra
in Lithuania
Lietuvoje
and now, here’s the entire letter read by Raminta…
Prieš ketverius metus išlydėjome savo dukrą į Ameriką. Jos tikslas buvo pažinti šią, svajonių šalimi vadinamą, šalį. Jungtinėse Amerikos Valstijose, mūsų dukra, sutiko žmogų, kurį pamilo ir už jo ištekėjo. Taip ir liko gyventi šioje šalyje su savo vyru, kurio tautybė - amerikietis. Justina dirba, keliauja po šalį. Pažino amerikiečių tradicijas ir jų gyvenimo būdą. Sutiko daug įdomių žmonių.
Tačiau, bėgant metams, Justina pradėjo ilgėtis tėvynės ir artimųjų. Ypatingai jai liūdna prieš didžiąsias metų šventes - Kalėdas, Velykas. Justina prisimena laukimą ir ruošimąsi šventėms. Mums taip pat labai jos trūksta. Nors su Justina dažnai bendraujame telefonu, bet to nepakanka, norėtųsi ją matyti dažniau, apkabinti, priglausti.
Gaila, kad išvažiavus į Ameriką nutrūko Justinos studijos Lietuvėjos universitetuose. Pritrūko vienerių metų ir Justina būtų gavusi bakalauro diplomą Vilniaus Universitete. Taip pat nutrūko neakivaizdinės studijos Mykolo Romerio Universitete. Justina planavo studijuoti Amerikoje, bet vis nepavyksta suderinti darbo su mokslu.
Visa mūsų šeima labai norėtų ir tikisi, kad Justina sugrįš į Lietuvą, o grįžusi į tėvynę pabaigs pradėtas studijas Vilniaus universitetuose. Justina išvykusi į Ameriką ketverius metus. Per šį laikotarpį Lietuvos ekonominė situacija pagerėjo. Manome, jog su savo įgyta patirtimi Lietuvoje ji galėtų susirasti įdomų ir gerai apmokamą darbą.
Mūsų šeimos didžiausias noras yra matyti savo dukrą Lietuvoje.
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Thanks for tuning in, tell your friends about us, we’ll see you on the next episode of Lithuanian Out Loud.
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Europos parkas
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Hi there, this is Jack and welcome back to Lithuanian Out Loud. Just a quick note before we get started, we’re up to 27 reviews on our iTunes page. Thanks to everyone who’s taken the time to give us a review, and if you haven’t yet, we’d love to get one from you. Remember, our goal is still 50 positive reviews.
Also, in episode 0080 I said I was as healthy as a raddish, “aš sveikas kaip ridikas.” But, I blew it. I should have said, “sveikas kaip ridikas.” And now, just so you don’t learn from my poor Lithuanian, please repeat after Raminta:
sveikas kaip ridikas
sveikas kaip ridikas
Thank you dear!
Hi everybody, this is Ibrahim from Denmark and Iraq and you are listening to Lithuanian Out Loud with Raminta and Jack, enjoy!
Ibrahim, thanks a million for sending us the plug! Shukran, shukran barakalahufiq!
Hey! We’re in a new month! June is named after the Roman goddess Juno, wife of Jupiter. In Lithuanian this month is birželis. According to the Wikipedia page, Lithuanian Calendar, its name comes from the Birch tree which is opening its buds. The birch tree or beržas is a symbol of nature, youth, and fertility. Homes, farms and animals are decorated with birch tree branches.
And now, on with the show Raminta and I recorded about two weeks ago, enjoy!
Hi there, I’m Jack and I’m Raminta and welcome back to Lithuanian Out Loud where we offer the world the Lithuanian language, but not too loud, if it’s too loud, it’ll hurt your ears.
Vytautas the Great War Museum or Vytauto Didžiojo karo muziejus, is a museum in Kaunas, Lithuania. It was opened on 16 February 1936 and named after the Grand Duke of Lithuania, Vytautas. The museum displays a history of Lithuania and Kaunas from prehistoric times to the present day, as well as an immense collection of weapons through the ages and the tragic but complete wreckage of the plane Lituanica, on which Steponas Darius and Stasys Girėnas had crossed the Atlantic Ocean in 1933.
Now, here’s Raminta reading the third part of the letter, “Justina Amerikoje.”
Gaila, kad išvažiavus į Ameriką nutrūko Justinos studijos Lietuvos universitetuose. Pritrūko vienerių metų ir Justina būtų gavusi bakalauro diplomą Vilniaus Universitete. Taip pat nutrūko neakivaizdinės studijos Mykolo Romerio Universitete. Justina planavo studijuoti Amerikoje, bet vis nepavyksta suderinti darbo su mokslu.
Here it is again, slowly, with a translation.
Gaila, kad išvažiavus į Ameriką nutrūko Justinos studijos Lietuvos universitetuose.
It is a pity that when she left to America Justina’s studies in the Lithuanian universities ceased.
Pritrūko vienerių metų ir Justina būtų gavusi bakalauro diplomą Vilniaus Universitete.
She lacked one more year and Justina would have gotten a bachelor’s diploma in the Vilnius University.
Taip pat nutrūko neakivaizdinės studijos Mykolo Romerio Universitete.
They also terminated her correspondence studies in the Mykolas Romeris University.
Justina planavo studijuoti Amerikoje, bet vis nepavyksta suderinti darbo su mokslu.
Justina was planning to study in America but always fails to reconcile work with studies.
examples
pavyzdžiai
it is a pity that
gaila kad
it’s a pity
gaila
what a pity!
kaip gaila!
it is a great pity
labai gaila
to leave
išvažiuoti
to cease
nutrūkti
to not be enough, to lack
pritrūkti
Sonata’s and my friendship ended
nutrūko mano ir Sonatos draugystė
our communication ceased
nutrūko mūsų bendravimas
the job ended
darbas nutrūko
the trip ended
kelionė nutrūko
to receive, to get
gauti
to receive a gift
gauti dovaną
she lacked two more years
jai pritrūko dvejų metų
he lacked three more years
jam pritrūko trejų metų
diploma
diplomas
bachelor’s diploma
bakalauro diplomas
will be
būtų
studies
studijos
university
universitetas
in the university
universitete
in the Lithuanian universities
Lietuvos universitetuose
in the Vilnius university
Vilniaus universitete
universities
universitetai
in the universities
universitetuose
in the Vilnius universities
Vilniaus universitetuose
also
taip pat
correspondence courses
neakivaizdiniai kursai
to plan
planuoti
to study
studijuoti
America
Amerika
in America
Amerikoje
but
bet
always
vis / visada
to fail
nepavykti
to coordinate, to reconcile
suderinti
work
darbas
study
mokslas
Šaunu! Great! You made it to the end of another episode! Nuostabu! Wonderful!
Alright! That’s it for today! Thanks for the download! If you got anything out of this lesson please leave us a review on our iTunes page.
To leave us comments call our voicemail number that’s in the title of every show or call our Skype voicemail at Lithuanianoutloud – that’s one word, and leave us a message there.
If you’d like to see the Lithuanian spelling of any word in this series just go to WWW dot Lithuanian dot L I B S Y N dot com. If you’d like to get these episodes every time a new one is available just go to iTunes and do a search for Lithuanian Out Loud and click subscribe. It’s completely free. But, if you don’t want to subscribe on iTunes, just send us an email asking us to alert you every time a new episode hits the internet. And feel free to make copies of our episodes, put them on cds and pass them out to your friends.
Thanks to CCMixter.org, Ditto Ditto and Vieux Farka Toure for the podcast music.
Thanks for tuning in, tell your friends about us, we’ll see you on the next episode of Lithuanian Out Loud.
I’m Jack and I’ve never met a Lithuanian I didn’t like. Viso gero! Sudie!
Lithuanian Calendarhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lithuanian_calendar
Vytautas the Great War Museum
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vytautas_the_Great_War_Museum
http://www.Lithuanian.Libsyn.com
Skype voicemail: Lithuanianoutloud
email Raminta and Jack at: lithuanianoutloud@earthlink.net
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Hi there, I’m Jack and I’m Raminta and welcome back to Lithuanian Out Loud where we offer the world the Lithuanian language. Today we’re in the month of May which in Lithuanian is gegužė.
According to Radio Vilnius: News and Current Affairs: Since declaring independence in 1990, Lithuania has lost 10% of its population to emigration. The Lithuanians went primarily to the United Kingdom, Ireland and Spain. Most of those immigrating to Lithuania are from Belarus, Ukraine and Moldova.
Now, here’s Raminta reading the second part of the letter, “Justina Amerikoje.”
Tačiau, bėgant metams, Justina pradėjo ilgėtis tėvynės ir artimųjų. Ypatingai jai liūdna prieš didžiąsias metų šventes - Kalėdas, Vėlykas. Justina prisimena laukimą ir ruošimąsi šventėms. Mums taip pat jos labai trūksta. Nors su Justina dažnai bendraujame telefonu, bet to nepakanka, norėtųsi ją matyti dažniau, apkabinti, priglausti.
Here it is again, slowly, with a translation.
Tačiau, bėgant metams, Justina pradėjo ilgėtis tėvynės ir artimųjų.
However, over the years Justina started to miss her country and family.
Ypatingai jai liūdna prieš didžiąsias metų šventes - Kalėdas, Vėlykas.
Especially she is sad before the biggest celebrations of the year like Christmas and Easter.
Justina prisimena laukimą ir ruošimąsi šventėms.
Justina remembers waiting and preparing for celebrations.
Mums taip pat jos labai trūksta.
We really miss her too.
Nors su Justina dažnai bendraujame telefonu, bet to nepakanka, norėtųsi ją matyti dažniau, apkabinti, priglausti.
Though we often keep company with Justina over the phone - but it is not enough, we would like to see her more, to hug, to cuddle.
examples pavyzdžiai
however
tačiau
to run
bėgti
in time, in due course, eventually
laikui bėgant
time
laikas
over the years
bėgant metams
over the years Justina began to miss Lithuania
bėgant metams Justina pradėjo ilgėtis Lietuvos
over the years Justina began to miss her family
bėgant metams Justina pradėjo ilgėtis savo šeimos
to begin
pradėti
I want to start
aš noriu pradėti
let’s begin
pradėkime
to become prolonged, to grow longer
ilgėtis
long
ilgas
to long for, to pine for
ilgėtis
to become homesick
ilgėtis tėvynės
motherland, fatherland, native land, mother country
tėvynė
however, over the years, she began to miss home
tačiau, bėgant metams ji pradėjo ilgėtis namų
however, over the years, he began to miss home
tačiau, bėgant metams jis pradėjo ilgėtis namų
I long for home
aš ilgiuosi namų
intimacy
artimas
my fatherland is Lithuania
mano tėvynė yra Lietuva
my fatherland is America
mano tėvynė yra Amerika
my fatherland is Iraq
mano tėvynė yra Irakas
my fatherland is Sweden
mano tėvynė Švedija
my fatherland is Croatia
mano tėvynė Kroatija
my fatherland is Brazil
mano tėvynė Brazilija
particularly, especially
ypatingai
sad (male)
liūdnas
sad (female)
liūdna
she is sad
ji yra liūdna
he is sad
jis yra liūdnas
she is especially sad
ji yra ypatingai liūdna
he is particularly sad
jis yra ypatingai liūdnas
the biggest year’s holidays
didžiausios metų šventės
Christmas
Kalėdos
to go begging
kalėdoti
Easter
Vėlykos
sacred, holy
šventas
to celebrate
švęsti
celebration
šventimas
to remember
prisiminti
Justina remembers Lithuania
Justina prisimena Lietuvą
I remember Lithuania well
aš puikiai prisimenu Lietuvą
I remember the waiting
aš prisimenu laukimą
do you remember waiting at the airport?
ar tu prisimeni laukimą oro uoste?
I remember the university
aš prisimenu universitetą
do you remember London?
ar tu prisimeni Londoną?
to wait
laukti
I can wait
aš galiu laukti
I cannot wait
aš negaliu laukti
I have to wait until Monday
aš turiu palaukti iki pirmadienio
waiting
laukimas
to prepare
ruošti
the men are preparing the bread
vyrai ruošia duoną
Vytas is preparing dinner
Vytas ruošia vakarienę
preparation
ruošimas / ruošimasis
to lack
trūkti
missing, lacking
trūkstamas
we also miss Lithuania very much
mums taip pat labai trūksta Lietuvos
we also lack a car
mums taip pat trūksta mašinos
we also lack a ticket
mums taip pat trūksta bilieto
though, although
nors
often
dažnai
to associate with, to keep company
bendrauti
we keep company over the phone
bendraujame telefonu
we keep company through the internet
bendraujame internetu
besides, in addition
be to
sufficient
pakankamas
to want
norėti
to see
matyti
to hug
apkabinti
to cuddle, to snuggle
priglausti
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Long ago I did a favor for a friend in Lithuania. In return I asked my friend to write a story that I could use on Lithuanian Out Loud. The story is sad but it’s a good example of what many families are going through in Lithuania today. Since 1990 at least 10% of Lithuania’s population has emigrated looking for better jobs in other countries. Naturally, most of these emigrants are the youth of Lithuania. Since Lithuania’s economy is growing rapidly, Lithuanian businesses are having trouble finding employees. This story is about 100 words long so we have to break it up into four episodes. Here’s the first installment. Of course, the name of the person in this story has been changed.
Let’s record this normally once, and then we’ll record it slowly – the second time. Okay.
Prieš ketverius metus išlydėjome savo dukrą į Ameriką. Jos tikslas buvo pažinti šią, svajonių šalimi vadinamą šalį. Jungtinėse Amerikos Valstijose, mūsų dukra, sutiko žmogų kurį pamilo ir už jo ištekėjo. Taip ir liko gyventi šioje šalyje su savo vyru kurio tautybė - amerikietis. Justina dirba, keliauja po šalį. Pažino amerikiečių tradicijas ir jų gyvenimo būdą. Sutiko daug įdomių žmonių.
Nice. So, now let’s read it sentence by sentence, slowly.
Prieš ketverius metus išlydėjome savo dukrą į Ameriką.
Four years ago we saw our daughter off to America.
Jos tikslas buvo pažinti šią, svajonių šalimi vadinamą, šalį.
Her aim was to get to know the country called, “The Country of Dreams.”
Jungtinėse Amerikos Valstijose, mūsų dukra, sutiko žmogų, kurį pamilo ir už jo ištekėjo.
In the United States of America our daughter met a person, fell in love with him and got married.
Taip ir liko gyventi šioje šalyje su savo vyru, kurio tautybė - amerikietis.
So she stayed in this country with her husband, whose nationality is American.
Justina dirba, keliauja po šalį.
Justina is working and traveling around the country.
Pažino amerikiečių tradicijas ir jų gyvenimo būdą.
She got to know American traditions and their lifestyle.
Sutiko daug įdomių žmonių.
She met a lot of interesting people.
examples
pavyzdžiai
in front of / ago
prieš (+ accusative)
in front of the restaurant
prieš restoraną
in front of the car
prieš automobilį
one year ago
prieš vienerius metus
two years ago
prieš dvejus metus
three years ago
prieš trejus metus
a year
metai
one year
vieneri metai
two years
dveji metai
three years
treji metai
to see off
išlydėti
my, our, your, his, her, its, their
savo
daughter
dukra / duktė
her aim
jos tikslas
aim, goal
tikslas
my goal is to speak Lithuanian well
mano tikslas yra puikiai kalbėti lietuviškai
my goal is to speak a little Lithuanian
mano tikslas yra šiek tiek kalbėti lietuviškai
was (past tense of būti, third person)
buvo
to become acquainted with
pažinti / susipažinti
in Vilnius I was acquainted with Lithuanian culture
Vilniuje aš susipažinau su lietuviška kultūra
she got to know American traditions
ji pažino amerikeičių tradicijas
she got to know Lithuanian traditions
ji pažino lietuvių tradicijas
tradition
tradicija
she got to know Spanish traditions and their lifestyles
ji pažino ispanų tradicijas ir jų gyvenimo būdą
a dream
svajonė
is called
vadinasi
the coffee shop is called – The Coffee Cup
kavinė vadinasi – Kavos puodelis
the restaurant is called - Čili Pizza
restoranas vadinasi - Čili pizza
the capital is called Riga
sostinė vadinasi Riga
America
Amerika
The United States of America
Jungtinės Amerikos Valstijos
USA
JAV
I’m in the United States of America
esu Jungtinėse Amerikos Valstijose
I’m going to the United States of America
važiuoju į Jungtines Amerikos Valstijas
to meet
susitikti
a person
žmogus
people
žmonės
our daughter met a person
mūsų dukra sutiko žmogų
our daughter met people
mūsų dukra sutiko žmones
I’m from the United States of America
esu iš Jungtinių Amerikos Valstijų
she’s from United States of America
ji yra iš Jungtinių Amerikos Valstijų
he’s from United States of America
jis yra iš Jungtinių Amerikos Valstijų
a guy
vaikinas
I met a guy
aš sutikau vaikiną
a girl, a young woman
mergina
I met a girl
aš sutikau merginą
I met people
aš sutikau žmones
I met a guy in the street
aš sutikau vaikiną gatvėje
I met a girl in the street
aš sutikau merginą gatvėje
which
kuris / kuri
they are in love
jie yra įsimylėję
they are married
jie yra vedę
he is married
jis yra vedęs
she is married
ji yra ištekėjusi
he is divorced
jis yra išsiskyręs
she is divorced
ji yra išsiskyrusi
to fall in love
pamilti / įsimylėti
and so
taip ir
to stay
likti
and so she stayed
taip ir liko
she stayed to live in America
ji liko gyventi Amerikoje
she stayed to live in Lithuania
ji liko gyventi Lietuvoje
husband
vyras
wife
žmona
she stayed to live with her husband
ji liko gyventi su savo vyru
he stayed to live with his wife
jis liko gyventi su savo žmona
stay healthy
lik sveikas
stay healthy
lik sveika
in this country
šioje šalyje
nationality
tautybė
her nationality – Lithuanian
jos tautybė – lietuvė
her nationality – French
jos tautybė – prancūzė
his nationality – Russian
jo tautybė – rusas
his nationality – Spanish
jo tautybė – ispanas
to work
dirbti
edge, border, territory, land
kraštas
Justina travels all over the country
Justina keliauja po šalį
country
šalis
Justina works and travels
Justina dirba ir keliauja
to travel
keliauti
to travel all over the land
keliauti po visą kraštą
to drive around, to ride about
važinėti
around, about, all over
po (+ accusative)
I’m riding around Vilnius
važinėju po Vilnių
I’m driving around Lithuania
važinėju po Lietuvą
I’m riding about the city
važinėju po miestą
a village, the countryside
kaimas
I drive all over the countryside
važinėju po kaimą
I’m riding all over Europe
važinėju po Europą
we’re driving all over Vilnius
važinėjame po Vilnių
to stroll about, to walk about
vaikštinėti
I’m walking all over the park
vaikštinėju po parką
I’m walking all over the streets
vaikštinėju po gatves
I’m walking all over downtown
vaikštinėju po miesto centrą
who / which
kuria
and so he stayed in England
taip ir liko Anglijoje
and so she stayed in Italy
taip ir liko Italijoje
she is getting to know the country
ji susipažįsta su šalimi
I’m getting to know the country
aš susipažįstu su šalimi
In Lithuania I met a lot of interesting people
Lietuvoje sutikau daug įdomių žmonių
in Latvia she met a lot of interesting people
Latvijoje ji sutiko daug įdomių žmonių
in Estonia he met a lot of interesting people
Estijoje jis sutiko daug įdomių žmonių
life
gyvenimas
their
jų
character
būdas
bad temper
blogas būdas
good temper
geras būdas
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Hey there! This is Jack and welcome back to Lithuanian Out Loud. First off, I need to apologize to anyone who’s sent us an email with a gmail address. Unfortunately, our spam blocker was working overtime again and blocked these emails and we never got them. We’re very sorry for the error. So, if you have a gmail address and you sent us an email and did not get a response, please send it again and we promise to reply this time. Sorry about that.
I’d like to thank Aldona of Los Angeles, California for coming on the show and helping us record this episode. Aldona teaches Lithuanian and she was kind enough to spend about an hour with us working on this episode. Thanks a million Aldona!
Just for clarification, this episode only covers regular nouns, we’ll cover some irregular nouns in upcoming episodes. Well, Raminta will be here in just three days! Woohoo! So, this episode should be the last one you listen to using Skype for quite some time. After today we’ll be providing much better audio. Also, as soon as Raminta gets here we’ll be working overtime to produce a few intermediate episodes along with our beginning episodes. A few weeks after that we’ll try to bring you something in the advanced category.
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Laba diena, ar čia Aldona?
Laba diena, laba diena, čia Aldona.
Kaip jums sekasi?
Man gerai sekasi, kaip tau?
Sveikas kaip ridikas, ačiū. (healthy as a raddish)
Hi there, I’m Jack and I’m Aldona and welcome back to Lithuanian Out Loud where we offer the world the Lithuanian language.
The next time you’re in Vilnius, go to Cathedral Square and look for the Stebuklas Tile. Stebuklas is the Lithuanian word for miracle. Now, it’s bad luck to mention where the tile is located exactly so people may not want to say where it is if you ask. Just look for a small crowd of people laughing and spinning on a tile. To make a wish, close your eyes and make three clockwise turns on the tile and your wish will come true.
Are you familiar with this tile?
No, it’s the first time I’ve heard of it, but next time I’ll look for it.
Today we’ll learn how to create the plural of regular masculine nouns. That’s to say, three restaurants, seven automobiles, two museums, etcetera. Masculine nouns have to be matched to masculine numbers and feminine nouns have to be matched to feminine numbers. We’ll go over some irregular nouns later. To review numbers go back to episodes 0041 and 0044.
to create plural nouns:
masculine nouns that end in –as change to –ai
masculine nouns that end in –is change to –iai
masculine nouns that end in –ys change to –iai
masculine nouns that end in –us change to –ai
masculine nouns that end in –ius change to –iai
again, all the numbers and nouns in this episode are masculine.
prašom pakartoti…
the restaurant
restoranas
one restaurant
vienas restoranas
two restaurants
du restoranai
the restroom
tualetas
one restroom
vienas tualetas
two restrooms
du tualetai
the male friend
draugas
one male friend
vienas draugas
two male friends
du draugai
the automobile
automobilis
one automobile
vienas automobilis
two automobiles
du automobiliai
the brother
brolis
one brother
vienas brolis
two brothers
du broliai
the armchair
fotelis
one armchair
vienas fotelis
two armchairs
du foteliai
the train
traukinys
one train
vienas traukinys
two trains
du traukiniai
a basket
krepšys
one basket
vienas krepšys
two baskets
du krepšiai
the room
kambarys
one room
vienas kambarys
two rooms
du kambariai
(conversation)
a museum
muziejus
one museum
vienas muziejus
two museums
du muziejai
the television
televizorius
one television
vienas televizorius
two televisions
du televizoriai
the fruit
vaisius
one fruit
vienas vaisius
two fruits
du vaisiai
the actor
aktorius
one actor
vienas aktorius
two actors
du aktoriai
now let‘s add bigger numbers to these nouns. To review numbers listen again to episode 0041.
again, these are all masculine numbers and masculine nouns
two restaurants
du restoranai
three restaurants
trys restoranai
three restrooms
trys tualetai
four male friends
keturi draugai
five automobiles
penki automobiliai
six brothers
šeši broliai
seven armchairs
septyni foteliai
eight trains
aštuoni traukiniai
nine baskets
devyni krepšiai
three rooms
trys kambariai
two televisions
du televizoriai
five fruits
penki vaisiai
four actors
keturi aktoriai
three restaurants
trys restoranai
eight museums
aštuoni muziejai
two bathrooms
du tualetai
six male friends
šeši draugai
seven automobiles
septyni automobiliai
eight brothers
aštuoni broliai
nine armchairs
devyni foteliai
two trains
du traukiniai
four baskets
keturi krepšiai
two rooms
du kambariai
six museums
šeši muziejai
four televisions
keturi televizoriai
seven fruits
septyni vaisiai
nine actors
devyni aktoriai
four restaurants
keturi restoranai
five bathrooms
penki tualetai
two male friends
du draugai
six automobiles
šeši automobiliai
three brothers
trys broliai
seven trains
septyni traukiniai
two baskets
du krepšiai
seven rooms
septyni kambariai
five televisions
penki televizoriai
three fruits
trys vaisiai
six actors
šeši aktoriai
four museums
keturi muziejai
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Hi there, this is Jack and welcome back to Lithuanian Out Loud where we offer the world the Lithuanian language. I’m recording this introduction about one hour prior to this week’s podcast release. At the moment Raminta is on a train from New York City to Washington D.C. and next week she’ll be back home and I’m excited about that!
In a previous episode we featured LCC International University in Klaipėda, Lithuania. Today we have a guest from a completely different university. Today we’d like to welcome to the show Virginija Jurgaitytė from Klaipėda University – not to be confused with LCC. Virginija was very gracious to take a half hour out of her schedule. She tells us about the university and, of course, helps us with the vocabulary. Thank you again Virginija for coming on the show. It was very kind of you.
Just so you know, Virginija and I did speak a little in Lithuanian at the end of the episode but Raminta isn’t here right now to help me transcribe the conversation. I’d hate to make some mistakes so you won’t find the conversation on this podcast episode. I’ll add this conversation to an episode in two weeks.
As I mentioned in last week’s episode, the Skype audio quality isn’t great but I’ve listened to this episode a few times and I don’t think it’s terrible. You should be able to understand it just fine. Klaipėda University sounds great. If you decide to go there and study, make sure you say hello to Virginija and mention us here on Lithuanian Out Loud.
As you go through this episode keep in mind nationalities are not capitalized – that’s something I forgot. Thanks for correcting me Virginija.
Okay, thanks a million to everyone who gave us some new reviews on iTunes. We’re up to 22 positive reviews and our goal is 50. We’re almost halfway there. If you have a moment, please consider giving us a review on our iTunes page.
Thanks also to our dear friend Danielle of Sydney, Australia for helping us with the, “where is Lithuania,” street interviews. Danielle, you’re so awesome.
And finally, I’ve got a question for you. Have you ever been able to use your Lithuanian with a native speaker? Tell us about it on the Lithuanian Out Loud blogpage. If you’ve never left us a comment on the blogpage this is how you do it. Just go to our blogpage at www.lithuanian.libsyn.com and look at the most recent episode at the top of the page. Just scroll down to the bottom of the most recent episode and you’ll see the word, “comments.” Click on the comments with your mouse and you’ll see the latest episode again. Scroll down to the bottom of this page and you’ll see a section where you can leave your comments. After typing your comments just type in the two words displayed in the captcha box and click, “submit comment.” It’s that easy.
Okay, that’s just about it. Let’s get to today’s episode and next week we’ll have another guest host. A native Lithuanian speaker who lives in and teaches in Los Angeles, California in the United States.
On with the show! Enjoy!
Laba diena! (good day)
Labą dieną! (good day)
Kaip jums sekasi? (how are you?)
Labai gerai, kaip jums? (very good, how are you?)
Sveikas kaip morka, ačiū (healthy as a carrot, thanks)
Labai gerai
So, how is your day going today, Virginija?
Labai gerai, šiandien (very well, today)
So, can you tell me about Klaipėda University, please?
Oh, what exactly do you want to know?
Well, uh…
It’s a big school.
Why do you think students should study at Klaipėda University?
Well, I don’t know why they shouldn’t – if we would talk about summer language courses, then I could say why students should come and study Lithuanian language at Klaipėda University. Klaipėda University, I guess is the youngest in Lithuania. It was founded in – right after independence in 1991, so it’s almost as young as the independence of Lithuania. And then we had three faculties, just three, now we have seven, we have grown. And we are also the only university in western Lithuania.
You would say this is in the region of Samogitia?
Well, if you would look historically and then culturally – now, it’s mixed, lot’s of people coming from Žemaitija, or this latin name – Samogitia, are from Žemaitija but originally this region belonged to Curonians, another Baltic tribe and also Prussians, so really it’s called like the fifth region of Lithuania – the minor Lithuania and it has its own dialect, kind of, Aukštatija (spelling) dialect.
Yeah, I’ve been to Klaipėda many times – my wife is from Klaipėda and her family is there. So, I’ve been to Klaipėda many times, it’s a charming city.
Yeah, it is really, but maybe not in winter, but in summer, yes, of course.
So, how many students study at Klaipėda University?
About 10,000 I guess. More and more students coming to Klaipėda and about maybe 600 teachers among them, professors with all possible degrees.
And I understand that Klaipėda University is in a former Soviet Union army barracks? Yes, exactly, but, yeah, the university got those buildings in 1993 and the Soviet army left the buildings and I guess if the soldiers, those who stayed here would come back they would never recognize them again. It looks completely different, you know. Interesting. Now, many students I’m sure go to Vilnius to study, what do you think are the advantages of studying at Klaipėda University?
Well, for me it’s difficult to say because I can’t speak about all the possible programs at the university. I can’t compare Vilnius and Klaipėda and Kaunas and so on. But, again, if you talk about, let’s say, Baltic studies, Baltic Sea studies, well, then, of course Klaipėda is the only university where you can study marine programs, sea research or sea ecology, of course, no other university can suggest to you such a program. And also, the university has its own boat now so you can do practice. Then talking about Lithuanian language courses – summer courses – you can imagine being here in summer and to have the sea and all those beautiful seaside shores and nature around you and combined together with studies of course Klaipėda is the best place in summer.
I agree, so you have, do you have summer study programs for students who want to learn or want to study Lithuanian?
Yes, we have been arranging it for seven years now - summer language courses. Three years of those we had also Erasmus students. Students who are studying according to European Union – in European Union city universities and can travel in European Union. And those who chose to come to Lithuania and to study here – some of subjects – in any possible Lithuanian university – not only in Klaipėda. But, some universities were picked to organize the summer courses. So, Klaipėda was one of them and we had Erasmus students for three years.
So, I need to stop working and come to Klaipėda to study Lithuanian then.
Yes, you’re very welcome. And we have not only Erasmus students, we have other groups at the same time. Once we had up to sixty people, one summer. We had two groups of Erasmus students, young people and then, those from the United States and Canada and New Zealand and Australia, and from Colombia as well. People are coming from different countries.
Hi there, I’m Jack, I’m Virginija Jurgaitytė, and welcome back to Lithuanian Out Loud where we offer the world the Lithuanian language. Today we’re in the month of May which in Lithuanian is Gegužė.
In Lithuanian tradition trees are treated with respect. According to a Lituanus.org article by Elena Bradūnas, long before Christianity arrived in Lithuania, Lithuanians believed the souls of the dead would transfer themselves into a nearby tree, such as a tree near the deceased’s home or in particular, a tree near the person’s grave. Because of this, graveyard trees are sacred and a gardener wouldn’t dream of trimming one of these for fear of causing pain and suffering to the dead.
So, have you heard about this tradition Virginija?
About putting a tree near the person’s grave?
Yeah, and not cutting it?
Not cutting it, I’m not sure.
No? Okay, just curious.
Today we’ll learn how to create the plural of regular feminine nouns. That’s to say, two cars, three days, four schools, etcetera. Masculine nouns have to be matched to masculine numbers and feminine nouns have to be matched to feminine numbers. We’ll go over some irregular nouns later. To review numbers go back to episodes 0041 and 0044.
To create plural nouns in vardininkas;
if a feminine noun ends in –a it changes to –os.
if a feminine noun ends in –ė it changes to –ės.
again, all the numbers and nouns in this episode are feminine.
Kaip pasakyti lietuviškai? How do you say it in Lithuanian?
the day
diena
one day
viena diena
two days
dvi dienos
the color
spalva
one color
viena spalva
two colors
dvi spalvos
And Virginija, if you notice any mistakes in this lesson, please feel free to tell me.
No mistakes so far, everything is labai gerai.
the school
mokykla
one school
viena mokykla
two schools
dvi mokyklos
the car
mašina
one car
viena mašina
two cars
dvi mašinos
the wife
žmona
one wife
viena žmona
two wives
dvi žmonos
the book
knyga
one book
viena knyga
two books
dvi knygos
the female friend
draugė
one female friend
viena draugė
two female friends
dvi draugės
the Lithuanian female
lietuvė
one Lithuanian female
viena lietuvė
two Lithuanian females
dvi lietuvės
the street
gatvė
one street
viena gatvė
two streets
dvi gatvės
the glass
just the glass and it’s the glass for, say, champagne or wine – then it’s
taurė
the glass
taurė
one glass
viena taurė
two glasses
dvi taurės
the cat
katė
one cat
viena katė
two cats
dvi katės
the grape
vynuogė
one grape
viena vynuogė
two grapes
dvi vynuogės
now let’s add some numbers that we learned in episode 0041
again, these are all feminine numbers and feminine nouns
two days
dvi dienos
three colors
trys spalvos
four schools
keturios mokyklos
And Virginija, can I ask you, do you think that you have an accent from a region of Lithuania?
Me, personally?
Yes.
Now, when I’m speaking with you or reading those phrases – not, let’s say, the State Lithuanian language, but otherwise I have Žemaičių dialektas – I’m from Žemaitija.
Aha, okay, so your accent would be a little different from an accent in Vilnius for example?
Oh, yes, it would be really different. Not a bit, but really different.
Really different. So somebody, yeah, they would know right away that you are from maybe the Klaipėda area or something.
No, I’m not from Klaipėda. I’m like, let’s say 80 kilometers from Klaipėda, Šilalė, a small town called Šilalė. So, the phrases would sound like, not dvi dienos but dvi dienos and not trys spalvos but trys spalvos.
Wow, interesting.
And not keturios mokyklos but keturios mokyklos.
Okay, this makes sense then. So, how would you – kaip pasakyti lietuviškai – kas naujo?
You mean, how would I say it in my dialect?
Yes.
Kas naujo.
Aha, so, would somebody from Vilnius say, kas naujo?
Yeah, they would say kas naujo and I say kas naujo.
Now I understand. Sometimes – I’m trying to learn, I guess, Vilnius dialect and sometimes I say to my wife, kas naujo? But, she says to me, kas naujo? I was very confused.
Okay, so, interesting, so I will continue then.
five cars
penkios mašinos
six wives
šešios žmonos
seven books
septynios knygos
eight female friends
aštuonios draugės
nine Lithuanian females
devynios lietuvės
two glasses
dvi taurės
three streets
trys gatvės
four cats
keturios katės
seven grapes
septynios vynuogės
six days
šešios dienos
eight colors
aštuonios spalvos
three schools
trys mokyklos
two cars
dvi mašinos
nine wives
devynios žmonos
four books
keturios knygos
seven female friends
septynios draugės
five Lithuanian females
penkios lietuvės
two glasses
dvi taurės
nine streets
devynios gatvės
seven cats
septynios katės
three grapes
trys vynuogės
eight days
aštuonios dienos
six colors
šešios spalvos
two schools
dvi mokyklos
four cars
keturios mašinos
two wives
dvi žmonos
nine books
devynios knygos
two female friends
dvi draugės
three glasses
trys taurės
seven streets
septynios gatvės
eight cats
aštuonios katės
six grapes
šešios vynuogės
Soon we’ll go over masculine nouns. Thanks to Eglė Ribalkaitė (of Klaipėda, Lithuania) for reviewing this episode for errors.
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Hi there, I’m Jack and welcome back to Lithuanian Out Loud where we offer the world the Lithuanian language. There are three things that we haven’t been very happy with on our podcasts. Number one is audio. Whenever Raminta is on the road we record the episodes using Skype. It’s a great tool but the quality just isn’t the best. Just so you know, we’re working on this problem and we think we’ve come up with an answer. When Raminta is on a trip we’re going to use Skype but I’ll have a Zoom H2 recorder sitting in front of me and Raminta will have an H2 sitting in front of her. After we’re done recording she’ll send me her audio file, I’ll slap both our files together and we should have some super audio. It’s exciting to me.
The second thing we haven’t been happy with is variety on the episodes. We love doing the basics but we’d like to do more intermediate material. We’ve got some interesting stuff planned and you should start to see more intermediate episodes by the end of May or early June.
The third thing we aren’t happy with is the Lithuanian characters that can be viewed on ipods. That’s a technical problem that I don’t understand yet. Hopefully soon, I will understand it.
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Okay, here we go, are you ready, Baby? Okay, now I’m not tired, everything is going so good! Okay, here we go.
Hi there, I’m Raminta. Oh, no, I’m Raminta. I’m sorry, I got confused. Hi there I’m Jack and I’m Raminta – prašom (as in please, go ahead) and welcome back to Lithuanian Out Loud where we offer the world the Lithuanian language. Today we’re in the month of May which in Lithuanian is gegužė.
According to the Wikipedia page entitled, House of Perkūnas or Perkūno namas, the House of Perkūnas in Kaunas is one of the most original Gothic buildings in Lithuania. It was built by the Hanseatic League in the late 1400s. The Hanseatic League was an alliance of trading guilds that had a trade monopoly over the Baltic Sea between the 13th and 17th centuries.
Perkūno namas was sold in the 16th century to Jesuits. At the end of the 19th century it was renamed as the "House of Perkūnas" when a figurine that resembled Perkūnas was found in one of its walls. Today, Perkūno namas is a museum.
Aha, have you heard about this house, Dear? Perkūno – yeah, I heard about that but what a shame I never have been there. I want you to take me please. Okay, I will take you and myself.
aš turiu klausimą, aš truputį kalbu lietuviškai, o tu?
I have a question, I speak a little Lithuanian, and you?
aš kalbu lietuviškai gerai, bet žinai ką, aš truputį kalbu angliškai.
I speak Lithuanian well, but you know that I speak a little English.
o rusiškai?
and Russian?
šiek tiek rusiškai, ir šiek tiek rusiškai, taip.
a little Russian, a little Russian, yes.
šiek tiek?
a little?
o mano brolis kalba labai gerai rusiškai.
but my brother speaks Russian well
o tavo brolis, jis kalba angliškai arba truputį angliškai?
and your brother, he speaks English or a little English?
a, ar truputį angliškai ar labai gerai angliškai?
ah, either a little English or very well English?
mano brolis kalba truputį angliškai
my brother speaks a little English
truputį, truputį
a little, a little
mano brolis is calling!
that’s funny! Just a sec…
okay, now we can start with pradėkime.
pradėkime, let’s get started
Today we’ll continue with the verbs suprasti – to understand and kalbėti – to speak, but we’ll mix them with some words that mean - a little. Kaip pasakyti lietuviškai? How do you say it in Lithuanian?
Ah, labai gerai dear, you said that really, really nice. Thank you, nicely done. Nicely done, much more similar to a native speaker. I know, but dear I haven’t enough practice.
a little
truputį
a little
truputį
I speak a little
aš truputį kalbu
I speak a little Lithuanian
aš truputį kalbu lietuviškai
I speak a little Spanish
aš truputį kalbu ispaniškai
I speak a little German
aš truputį kalbu vokiškai
I speak a little Italian
aš truputį kalbu itališkai
I speak a little Indonesian
aš truputį kalbu indoneziškai
I speak a little Chinese
aš truputį kalbu kiniškai
he speaks a little Russian
jis truputį kalba rusiškai
he speaks a little Polish
jis truputį kalba lenkiškai
he speaks a little French
jis truputį kalba prancūziškai
he speaks a little Indonesian
jis truputį kalba indoneziškai
he speaks a little Dutch
jis truputį kalba olandiškai
he speaks a little Chinese
jis truputį kalba kiniškai
I understand a little Portuguese
aš truputį suprantu portugališkai
I understand a little Croatian
aš truputį suprantu kroatiškai
I understand a little Swahili
aš truputį suprantu svahiliškai
I understand a little Lithuanian
aš truputį suprantu lietuviškai
I understand a little Chinese
aš truputį suprantu kiniškai
she understands a little English
ji truputį supranta angliškai
she understands a little Dutch
ji truputį supranta olandiškai
she understands a little Japanese
ji truputį supranta japoniškai
she understands a little German
ji truputį supranta vokiškai
šiek tiek also means a little
aš suprantu lietuviškai – šiek tiek
a little
šiek tiek
a little
šiek tiek
I understand, a little
aš suprantu – šiek tiek
I understand Lithuanian, a little
aš suprantu lietuviškai – šiek tiek
I speak Lithuanian, a little
aš kalbu lietuviškai – šiek tiek
I speak a little Lithuanian
aš šiek tiek kalbu lietuviškai
I speak only a little Lithuanian
aš kalbu lietuviškai, tik šiek tiek
I speak German, a little
aš kalbu vokiškai – šiek tiek
I speak Japanese, only a little
aš kalbu japoniškai, tik šiek tiek
I speak Russian, a little
aš kalbu rusiškai – šiek tiek
he speaks a little Dutch
jis šiek tiek kalba olandiškai
he speaks a little English
jis šiek tiek kalba angliškai
he speaks Lithuanian, a little
jis kalba lietuviškai – šiek tiek
he speaks Swahili, a little
jis kalba svahiliškai – šiek tiek
I understand German, a little
aš suprantu vokiškai – šiek tiek
I understand Spanish, a little
aš suprantu ispaniškai – šiek tiek
I understand Indonesian, a little
aš suprantu indoneziškai – šiek tiek
I understand Dutch, a little
aš šiek tiek suprantu olandiškai
I understand a little French
aš šiek tiek suprantu prancūziškai
I understand a little Chinese
aš šiek tiek suprantu kiniškai
she understands Polish, only a little
ji supranta lenkiškai, tik šiek tiek
she understands Russian, a little
ji supranta rusiškai – šiek tiek
she understands Italian, only a little
ji supranta itališkai, tik šiek tiek
she understands only a little Croatian
ji tik šiek tiek supranta kroatiškai
I understand a little Portuguese
aš šiek tiek suprantu portugališkai
one of my favorite phrases to say, even if it‘s not always true, is
I understand almost everything
aš suprantu beveik viską
almost or nearly
beveik
everything
viskas
I understand almost everything
aš suprantu beveik viską
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Hey! We’re in a new month. In English this month is called May, after the Greek goddess Maia. The Romans associated Maia with their own goddess Bona Dea, the “good goddess." She’s the goddess of fertility, virginity, and women. Bona Dea had festivals in this month. In Lithuanian this month is called Gegužė. Gegužė is derived from gegutė, the cuckoo bird. The call of the cuckoo tells everyone spring has arrived. Woohoo! Good news. I’m ready for spring.
France and Lithuania are the two most nuclear power dependant nations in the world. In 2004, 80% of Lithuania’s electrical power came from nuclear power according to the Wikipedia page entitled, Ignalina Nuclear Power Plant.
As a condition of joining the European Union, Lithuania agreed to close Ignalinos atominė elektrinė. Why is Lithuania required to close it down? Safety. Unfortunately, the nuclear power plant at Ignalina is of the same design as the Chernobyl reactor which exploded in 1986, spraying Europe with airborne radioactive waste. Not only that, but the reactor is built on a tectonic fault and the United States Department of Energy has named Ignalina one of the most dangerous nuclear installations in the world. There’s a lively debate today in Lithuania as to when a new nuclear power plant should be built to replace the plant at Ignalina.
pradėkime, let’s get started. labai gerai.
Previously we studied the verb kalbėti, to speak. Today we’ll learn to conjugate suprasti - to understand. Kaip pasakyti lietuviškai? How do you say it in Lithuanian?
I understand
aš suprantu
you understand (familiar)
tu supranti
he understands
jis supranta
she understands
ji supranta
we understand
mes suprantame
you understand (formal)
jūs suprantate
you all understand
jūs suprantate
they understand (male / female group)
jie supranta
they understand (females only)
jos supranta
Now, we’ll go over some sentences but first we’ll introduce the word, tik – only.
only
tik
merely
tik
I understand English
aš suprantu angliškai
I don’t understand English
aš nesuprantu angliškai
I understand Lithuanian
aš suprantu lietuviškai
I don’t understand Lithuanian
aš nesuprantu lietuviškai
I understand Lithuanian well
aš labai gerai suprantu lietuviškai
I don’t understand Lithuanian well
aš nelabai gerai suprantu lietuviškai
I understand Chinese
aš suprantu kiniškai
I understand Indonesian
aš suprantu indoneziškai
I don‘t understand Indonesian
aš nesuprantu indoneziškai
I don‘t understand
aš nesuprantu
I understand only English
aš suprantu tik angliškai
I only understand Lithuanian
aš suprantu tik lietuviškai
he understands only Spanish and French
jis supranta tik ispaniškai ir prancūziškai
he understands only Italian and German
jis supranta tik itališkai ir vokiškai
he understands Chinese
jis supranta kiniškai
he doesn‘t understand Chinese
jis nesupranta kiniškai
he understands Chinese well
jis labai gerai supranta kiniškai
he doesn‘t understand Chinese well
jis nelabai gerai supranta kiniškai
do you understand Dutch?
ar tu supranti olandiškai?
do you understand Indonesian?
ar tu supranti indoneziškai?
no, I understand only Russian and German
ne, aš suprantu tik rusiškai ir vokiškai
do you understand Latvian?
ar tu supranti latviškai?
yes, I understand Latvian and Japanese
taip, aš suprantu latviškai ir japoniškai
does she understand Lithuanian?
ar ji supranta lietuviškai?
no, she understands only Spanish
ne, ji supranta tik ispaniškai
do you all understand Polish?
ar jūs suprantate lenkiškai?
yes, we understand Polish
taip, mes suprantame lenkiškai
no, we don’t understand Polish
ne, mes nesuprantame lenkiškai
do you understand Chinese?
ar jūs suprantate kiniškai?
do you understand Spanish?
ar jūs suprantate ispaniškai?
no, we understand only Lithuanian
ne, mes suprantame tik lietuviškai
you understand German, right? (formal)
jūs suprantate vokiškai, ar ne?
yes, I understand German well
taip, aš gerai suprantu vokiškai
do they understand French?
ar jie supranta prancūziškai?
yes, they understand French well
taip, jie gerai supranta prancūziškai
do they understand Italian?
ar jie supranta itališkai?
yes, they well understand Italian
taip, jie gerai supranta itališkai
no, they don’t understand Italian well
ne, jie nelabai gerai supranta itališkai
do they understand Chinese? (females only)
ar jos supranta kiniškai?
do they understand Indonesian?
ar jos supranta indoneziškai?
do they understand Swahili?
ar jos supranta svahiliškai?
no, they understand only Arabic & Turkish
ne, jos supranta tik arabiškai ir turkiškai
do they understand Portuguese?
ar jos supranta portugališkai?
yes, they well understand only Portuguese
taip, jos gerai supranta tik portugališkai
do you all understand Lithuanian?
ar jūs suprantat lietuviškai?
no, we understand only Croatian & Russian
ne, mes suprantam tik kroatiškai ir rusiškai
she’s from Brazil & she speaks Portuguese
ji yra iš Brazilijos ir ji kalba portugališkai
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European Route 67 is a highway that runs through Lithuania on its way between Prague and Helsinki. It’s known as the Via Baltica and the section between Tallinn, Estonia and Helsinki is covered by ferries that depart 20 times daily. Oh, so nice, you speak so well. Oh, thank you. To improve the Via Baltica, Poland plans to build the Augustow bypass through the Rospuda Valley Wetlands just south of the Lithuanian border. The European Union filed an injunction against this work because of the damage it would cause to the protected wetlands. Poland faces fines if it continues with the project.
Hey there! Before Raminta and I get to the episode we recorded about six weeks ago, I wanted to go over some notes.
A listener wrote in with a good question asking about some terms of endearment we went over in previous episodes; meile, mylimoji, mylimasis, brangioji, and brangusis. The question is, can you use these terms with children as well or only with adult couples? Meile, mylimasis and mylimoji should be used between couples. Brangioji and brangusis can be used between adults or with children. Thanks for the interesting question!
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kaip jūs kalbate?
(how/what do you speak?)
aš kalbu ispaniškai, angliškai, ir tik truputį lietuviškai.
(I speak Spanish, English and only a little Lithuanian)mmm, an interesting guy!
o jūs?
(and you?)aš kalbu lietuviškai, angliškai ir rusiškai – šiek tiek lenkiškai.
(I speak Lithuanian, English and Russian – a little Polish)ah, tikrai?
(ah, really?)šiek tiek ispaniškai
(– a little Spanish)kaip idomu!
(how interesting!)
To add negation to a sentence it’s easy. Just add ne- to the beginning of the verb. He speaks Lithuanian - Jis kalba lietuviškai. He doesn’t speak Lithuanian – Jis nekalba lietuviškai.
Prašom pakartoti, please repeat…
I don’t speak
aš nekalbu
you don’t speak (familiar)
tu nekalbi
he doesn’t speak
jis nekalba
she does not speak
ji nekalba
we don’t speak
mes nekalbame
you don’t speak
jūs nekalbate
you do not speak
jūs nekalbate
you all don’t speak
jūs nekalbat
all of you don’t speak
jūs nekalbate
they don’t speak (all males or male/female group)
jie nekalba
they don’t speak (all males or male/female group)
jie nekalba
they don’t speak (all females)
jos nekalba
Now let’s do some complete sentences – Good luck! Sėkmės!
I don’t speak English
aš nekalbu angliškai
I don‘t speak Chinese
aš nekalbu kiniškai
I don’t speak Indonesian
aš nekalbu indoneziškai
I speak Spanish
aš kalbu ispaniškai
I speak Spanish well
aš gerai kalbu ispaniškai
what does she speak?
kaip ji kalba?
she speaks Italian and Latvian
ji kalba itališkai ir latviškai
I don’t speak Italian very well
aš kalbu itališkai nelabai gerai
what does she speak?
kaip ji kalba?
she speaks Swahili
ji kalba svahiliškai
she doesn’t speak Swahili
ji nekalba svahiliškai
what do we speak?
kaip mes kalbame?
we speak Croatian
mes kalbame kroatiškai
we speak Croatian well
mes gerai kalbame kroatiškai
we don’t speak Croatian
mes nekalbame kroatiškai
does he speak Malaysian?
ar jis kalba malaiziškai?
what do we speak?
kaip mes kalbame?
we speak Portuguese
mes kalbam portugališkai
we speak Portuguese well
mes gerai kalbame portugališkai
we don’t speak Portuguese
mes nekalbam portugališkai
atleiskite is a word that is basically means the same as atsiprašau
pardon me
atleiskite
excuse me
atleiskit
I’m sorry
atsiprašau
do you speak Arabic?
ar jūs kalbate arabiškai?
I’m sorry, I don’t speak Arabic very well
atleiskite, aš kalbu arabiškai nelabai gerai
do you speak Turkish?
ar jūs kalbat turkiškai?
what do you all of you speak?
kaip jūs kalbate?
do all of you speak Lithuanian?
ar jūs kalbat lietuviškai?
excuse me, I speak very little Lithuanian
atleiskite, aš labai mažai kalbu lietuviškai
what do all of you speak?
kaip jūs kalbate?
do you all speak English?
ar jūs kalbat angliškai?
do you speak Indonesian?
ar jūs kalbate indoneziškai?
pardon me, no, I don’t speak Indonesian
atleiskite, ne, aš nekalbu indoneziškai
what do they speak?
kaip jie kalba?
they speak Spanish
jie kalba ispaniškai
they don’t speak Spanish
jie nekalba ispaniškai
what do they speak?
kaip jos kalba?
they speak Chinese
jos kalba kiniškai
they don‘t speak Chinese
jos nekalba kiniškai
excuse me, I don‘t speak French
atleiskite, aš nekalbu prancūziškai.
excuse me, I don‘t speak Russian
atleiskite, aš nekalbu rusiškai.
excuse me, I don‘t speak Polish
atleiskite, aš nekalbu lenkiškai.
excuse me, I don‘t speak English
atleiskite, aš nekalbu angliškai.
do they speak French?
ar jie kalba prancūziškai?
do they speak English?
ar jos kalba angliškai?
yes, they speak English
taip, jos kalba angliškai
do they speak Malaysian?
ar jos kalba malaiziškai?
they speak Indonesian
jos kalba indoneziškai
but they don’t speak French
bet jos nekalba prancūziškai
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Hi there, I’m Jack and I’m Raminta and welcome back to Lithuanian Out Loud where we offer the world the Lithuanian language.
According to the free encyclopedia, Wikipedia, Šiauliai is the home to the Hill of Crosses or Kryžių kalnas. Beginning around 1831 people started leaving crosses on the hill. During the Soviet Occupation of Lithuania between 1944 and 1990 the Russians bulldozed the hill three times but the crosses, crucifixes, carvings of national heros, effigies and rosaries were rebuilt. There are no official rules regarding the hill so anyone who wishes can leave an object of their choosing.
Oh, did you know, that we, I think it was 19…1985 when my grandmother, my father and me drove to the Hill Cross of Šiauliai and left a cross and my father was digging and my grandma…and I was playing there and we were kind of…fast, fast, fast, that nobody would see. Why? Oh, you had to go fast because of the Soviets. Right somebody can, you know, you can get into trouble. Ah, so it was at night or during the day? At day, at day, people - it was there, like you know, it was destroyed but then again people would do that. And they really didn’t want that somebody would see and then it would be really bad with their job and everything, you know so you wanted to be fast. Oh, that’s a cool story, I didn’t know. Thank you.
In Lithuania, the first day of the week is Monday or pirmadienis. Lithuanians and the English have very different methods of naming the days of the week. In English the days of the week are capitalized, in Lithuanian you don’t generally do that unless the day of the week is the first word in a sentence. Just to demonstrate how different the names of the days of the week are in these two cultures, let’s run through the English system…
Sunday comes from the Germanic Sun-nan-dag – a day to worship the Sun God.
Monday comes from the Germanic Moh-nan-dag – a day to worship the Moon God.
Tuesday comes from the Germanic Tee-wes-dag a day to worship Tyr, the god of combat and heroic glory.
Wednesday is named for wohd-nes-dag or wohd-nes-dye, the day of the Germanic god Woden or Odin.
Thursday is named for thoon-res-dag, the day to worship the thundergod Thor.
Friday is named for free-ye-dag, the day of Frige, the Germanic goddess of beauty,
Saturday is named for the Roman god of Saturn.
In Lithuanian, basically, we say first-day, second-day, third-day, etcetera. Let’s learn how to say, first, second, third – all days of the week are masculine.
first
pirmas
second
antras
third
trečias
fourth
ketvirtas
fifth
penktas
sixth
šeštas
seventh
septintas
eighth
aštuntas
ninth
devintas
tenth
dešimtas
The Lithuanian word for day is, diena, which is feminine. Of course, we’ve used this in the phrase, laba diena. Now, let’s go over the days of the week.
Monday
pirmadienis (sunki diena - hard day)
Tuesday
antradienis
Wednesday
trečiadienis
Thursday
ketvirtadienis
Friday
penktadienis
Saturday
šeštadienis
So, Raminta, before we do the last day, Sunday, if it follows this pattern, this day must be called septintadienis, right? Oh well, what are you going to do? Okay, so Sunday diverts from this system just a little.
Sunday
sekmadienis
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Keturioliktas Egzaminas. This is a quick response episode! We’ll say the word or phrase in English and you say it in Lithuanian – Out Loud! It’s too late for questions, the exam starts now. Ready, set, go!
this, that
tai
I like the city
man patinka miestas
I like England
man patinka Anglija
I like this
man tai patinka
I like that
man tai patinka
I like the university
man patinka universitetas
I like Lithuania
man patinka Lietuva
I like it
man tai patinka
do you like Kaunas? (tu)
ar tau patinka Kaunas?
do you like the color? (tu)
ar tau patinka spalva?
do you like Klaipėda? (tu)
ar tau patinka Klaipėda?
do you like the coffee? (tu)
ar tau patinka kava?
do you like Romas? (Jūs)
ar jums patinka Romas?
yes, I like him
taip, patinka
do you like Raminta? (Jūs)
ar jums patinka Raminta?
I like her
patinka
do you like England? (Jūs)
ar jums patinka Anglija?
does he like that?
ar jam tai patinka?
he likes that
jam tai patinka
does she like that?
ar jai tai patinka?
she likes that
jai tai patinka
do they like to dance? (all male group)
ar jiems patinka šokti?
yeah, they like to dance
taip, jiems patinka šokti
do they like to do sports? (mixed m/f group)
ar jiems patinka sportuoti?
yes, they like to do sports
taip, jiems patinka sportuoti
Vilnius is in Lithuania
Vilnius yra Lietuvoje
Lithuania is in Europe
Lietuva yra Europoje
Egypt is in Africa
Egiptas yra Afrikoje
Sidney is in Australia
Sidnėjus yra Australijoje
Chicago is in America
Čikaga yra Amerikoje
Moscow is in Russia
Maskva yra Rusijoje
Dublin is in Ireland
Dublinas yra Airijoje
Asia
Azija
China is in Asia
Kinija yra Azijoje
Indonesia is in Asia
Indonezija yra Azijoje
a sack
maišas
small sack
maišelis
bird
paukštis
a nestling or a chick
paukštelis
a man’s suit
kostiumas
a woman’s suit
kostiumėlis
a pie
pyragas
a pastry
pyragėlis
ačiū dear
prašom (you’re welcome)
Tryliktas Egzaminas. This is a quick response episode! We’ll say the word or phrase in English and you say it in Lithuanian – Out Loud! Too late for questions, the exam starts now. Ready, set, go!
how are you?
kaip sekasi?
who me? good, thanks, and you?
ar aš? gerai, ačiū, o jūs?
very good, thanks, and you?
labai gerai, ačiū, o jūs?
excellent! thanks, and you?
puikiai! ačiū, o jūs?
not bad, you?
neblogai, o jūs?
bad, and you?
blogai, o jūs?
very bad, and you?
labai blogai, o jūs?
so – so
šiaip sau
hello! (to a male)
sveikas gyvas!
hello! (to a female)
sveika gyva!
I’m healthy and alive! (male)
sveikas ir gyvas!
I’m healthy and alive! (female)
sveika ir gyva!
I’m healthy and alive! (male)
sveikas gyvas!
I’m healthy and alive! (female)
sveika gyva!
I’m healthy, but not very alive (male)
sveikas, bet nelabai gyvas
I’m healthy, but not very alive (female)
sveika, bet nelabai gyva
I’m hardly alive (male)
vos gyvas
I’m hardly alive (female)
vos gyva
taxi
taksi
a university
universitetas
an airport
oro uostas
a cathedral
katedra
a street
gatvė
a museum
muziejus
a church
bažnyčia
a store or a shop
parduotuvė
a bookstore
knygynas
two words for “the pub"
alinė / aludė
Sidney
Sidnėjus
coffee shop
kavinė
a lounge
svetainė
the basement
rūsys
a city
miestas
a park
parkas
a hotel
viešbutis
a room
kambarys
a train
traukinys
a bookstore
knygynas
the school
mokykla
the library
biblioteka
the square
aikštė
the post office
paštas
a castle
pilis
the beach
paplūdimys
a hospital
ligoninė
a bar
baras
a bridge
tiltas
Okay, so are you ready to do another lesson? Let’s work with energy, with energy please! Woohoo! I’m excited too!
Hi there, I’m Jack and I’m Raminta and welcome back to Lithuanian Out Loud where we offer the world the Lithuanian language. Today we’re in the month of April which in Lithuanian is balandis.
The common word in Lithuanian for horse is arklys. According to the Wikipedia page entitled, Ašvieniai, another word for horse is ašvienis.
Is that true? You know I – first time hear that word. Aha, interesting, the first time you heard this word, huh? It’s like really old maybe or something – you’d never understand what it…
In the old Lithuanian religion ašvieniai are twin spirits carved into the roof of some houses to protect the house from evil spirits. Sometimes ašvieniai are presented as the twin horses who pull Saulė’s chariot through the sky.
(note: in this episode we describe angliškai, lietuviškai, ispaniškai, itališkai, etcetera, as adjectives, when in fact, they are adverbs. Thanks to David of Boston for catching the error. We apologize for the mistake.)
Kalbėti is the infinitive or base verb, to speak, kaip pasakyti lietuviškai? How do you say it in Lithuanian?
prašom pakartoti, please repeat…
I speak
aš kalbu
you speak (familiar)
tu kalbi
he speaks
jis kalba
she speaks
ji kalba
we speak
mes kalbame
you speak
jūs kalbate
you all speak
jūs kalbat
all of you speak
jūs kalbate
they speak (all males or mixed male/female group)
jie kalba
they speak (all females)
jos kalba
Let’s go over some languages.
prašom pakartoti,
please repeat…
Lithuanian
lietuviškai
English
angliškai
Spanish
ispaniškai
ar tu nori kalbėti ispaniškai?
(do you want to speak spanish?)
aš noriu mokėtis ispanų kalbos.
(I want to learn spanish)
Malaysian
malaiziškai
French
prancūziškai
Chinese
kiniškai
Russian
rusiškai
German
vokiškai
Polish
lenkiškai
Japanese
japoniškai
Dutch
olandiškai
Italian
itališkai
Latvian
latviškai
Swahili
svahiliškai
Croatian
kroatiškai
Portuguese
portugališkai
Arabic
arabiškai
Turkish
turkiškai
Indonesian
indoneziškai
The words angliškai, lietuviškai, ispaniškai, itališkai, etcetera, are actually adjectives. Angliškai means, “in the English way.” Lietuviškai means, “in the Lithuanian fashion or style.”
In other words, to say, aš kalbu angliškai, literally means, I speak in the English way. Aš kalbu itališkai – I speak in the Italian style.
The adjectives lietuviškas, angliškas, itališkas, etcetera, describe something as being in the Lithuanian, English or Italian style. For example, a Lithuanian name – lietuviškas vardas, a Lithuanian (style) house - lietuviškas namas, an English (style) automobile – angliškas automobilis.
Can you say, “Italian word” – “itališkas žodis?”
Yeah, you can say – yes - itališkas žodis - itališkas žodis
When we say turkiškai, olandiškai, or ispaniškai, we’re saying, in effect, in the Turkish way or style, in the Dutch manner or style, in the Spanish manner or style. When we refer to the Lithuanian language as lietuviškai or English as angliškai, we’re using the plural of lietuviškas and angliškas because many people speak in the Lithuanian way or in the English manner.
Nicely done, nicely done, you speak excellent English. Oh, yeah, I know, thank you.
So, lietuviškas, angliškas, itališkas and ispaniškas are changed to lietuviškai, angliškai, itališkai and ispaniškai because many people speak these languages. We’ll go over more on the rules of using adjectives in future episodes. The important thing to remember here is that when we say, aš kalbu lietuviškai, we’re not exactly saying, I speak the Lithuanian language, we’re literally saying, I speak in the Lithuanian fashion.
Great, now let’s combine some languages with the verb kalbėti.
To review the question word, ar, please listen to episode 0007.
prašom pakartoti, please repeat…
what languages do you speak?
kaip jūs kalbate?
O, Raminta, prašom kalbėti lietuviškai, kaip tu kalbi?
(Oh, Raminta, please speak Lithuanian, how do you speak?)
aš kalbu lietuviškai
pakartoti prašom
aš kalbu lietuviškai
Ah, by saying, kaip tu kalbi, is this not saying, what languages do you speak, or not? No, not really, no, no, no, no, no. You would say – you would translate – kaip jūs kalbate? – how do you speak? Aha, kaip jūs kalbate, how do you speak? Yeah. So, what do you think about this translation? What languages do you speak, kaip jūs kalbate? No, it’s not correct to tell the truth.. But, it’s not that bad, you know, kaip jūs kalbate, when you – I don’t know, it’s not like really bad. So,
what languages do you speak?
kaip jūs kalbate?
now, just to be clear, this is not a literal translation. Literally we’re saying, “how do you speak?”
I speak English
aš kalbu angliškai
what languages do you speak?
kaip jūs kalbate?
I speak Chinese
aš kalbu kiniškai
I speak Malaysian
aš kalbu malaiziškai
I speak English and Lithuanian
aš kalbu angliškai ir lietuviškai
I speak Spanish and Lithuanian
aš kalbu ispaniškai ir lietuviškai
I speak French and Russian
aš kalbu prancūziškai ir rusiškai
I speak Indonesian
aš kalbu indoneziškai
do you speak German?
ar tu kalbi vokiškai?
do you speak Polish?
ar tu kalbi lenkiškai?
do you speak Chinese?
ar tu kalbi kiniškai?
does he speak Japanese?
ar jis kalba japoniškai?
does he speak Dutch?
ar jis kalba olandiškai?
does he speak Indonesian?
ar jis kalba indoneziškai?
does she speak Malaysian?
ar ji kalba malaiziškai?
Great, on an upcoming episode we’ll study kalbėti some more.
(Antik the dog barking – a pug) Oh, my goodness! Antikai, stop it – at the end of the lesson! Ateik čia! (come here)
Nuostabu! Wonderful! You made it to the end of another episode! Nuostabu!
And now Raminta will teach you how to say,
“I’m gonna kill you!”
aš tave užmušiu! (jokingly to the dog)
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Hi there, I’m Jack and I’m Raminta and welcome back to Lithuanian Out Loud where we offer the world the Lithuanian language. Today we’re in the month of April which in Lithuanian is balandis.
The Lithuanian name for a good friend or a special friend is bičiulis. This word comes from the special place the honeybee has in Lithuanian culture.
A bee is - bitė. Bičius is a beekeeper. Fellow beekeepers called each other bičiulis, the diminutive for bičius. Some words that follow this theme are:
male friend
bičiulis
male friend
bičiulis
female friend
bičiulė
do you call any of your friends bičiulė? You know, not so much but it’s a good idea to use that word it’s so cute – word. It’s very cute. What do you think Gintarė will say, or Dovilė, if you say Dovile – Bičiule! What do you think? I think they will – I will try – actually I will try – I will tell how they were acting, I have no idea – but I would use that if there is a lot of my friends sitting in the room and I’m coming and introducing a new person to them and I’m saying to this new person, I’m saying, this is my bičiuliai.
O, kaip pasakyti lietuviškai?
(how do you say it in Lithuanian?)
Čia mano bičiuliai.
(here are my good friends)
friendship
bičiuliavimasis or bičiulystė
Are these common words or not – probably not. Oh, that’s common – that’s common bičiuliavimasis – I am saying – it’s a common word, but not so common. But, around friends, sure…
O – bičiulystė? O, bičiulystė – bičiulystė – not so common.
to be friends
bičiuliautis
friendly
bičiuliškas
So, is this common? No, not really common but it sounds cute, I would need to use that more. Let’s see, what’s more common – draugiškas? Draugiškas – sure.
(draugiškas – friendly)
Okay, in episode 0017 we learned neblogai means, not bad, and in episode 0046 we learned negalima translates as, one cannot. Today we’ll have a short introduction to negating a verb. It’s simple. Just add ne- to the beginning of the verb.
The verb būti, to be, is irregular. Just add ne- to būti and you have the verb nebūti, to not be.
I am
aš esu
I am not
aš nesu
you are
tu esi
you are not
tu nesi
he is
jis yra
he is not
jis nėra
So, dear, can you say, let’s say, for example, two children talking and then one child says, “your father is bad,” and the other child can say, “Jis nėra!”
Taip, galima, “Jis nėra blogas.”
(blogas - bad)
So, the child can just say – just simply – Jis nėra!
Gali – yeah, you can. Okay, cool.
she is
ji yra
she is not
ji nėra
we are
mes esame
we are not
mes nesame
you are
jūs esate
you are not
jūs nesate
you all are
jūs esate
you all are not
jūs nesate
they are
jie yra
they are not
jie nėra
they are (fem)
jos yra
they are not
jos nėra
In the following examples you’ll see some things we haven’t covered in any episode yet, but we will soon. Don’t worry about learning everything here, we just want you to become familiar with negating a verb.
prašom pakartoti…
I’m not a specialist
Aš nesu specialistas
I’m not an expert
Aš nesu ekspertas
I’m not a teacher
Aš nesu mokytojas
You are not Raminta
Tu nesi Raminta
You are not Superman
Tu nesi Supermenas
He’s not God
Jis nėra Dievas
He’s not tall
Jis nėra aukštas
She’s not Lithuanian
Ji nėra lietuvė
She’s not healthy
Ji nėra sveika
We are not children
Mes nesame vaikai
We’re not friends
Mes nesame draugai
Are you not a man?
Jūs nesate vyras?
You’re not a member
Jūs nesate narys
Aha, so they could say this to you maybe when you go to the gym? Yeah, I wanted to say – yeah, to the gym you need to have a card.
They’re not sweet
Jie nėra saldūs
I’m sorry, what were you going to say? Like corns, popcorns – can be. You can say, “jie nėra saldūs.” Right, right. You took the popcorns!
Popcorn or corn? Popcorn – you know, what you are taking, popcorn. We’re saying popkornai this - when you’re going to the movie. Right – sweet. So, you wouldn’t want your popcorn to be sweet – really? No, you want – well maybe with caramel, huh? But, normally you have it salty – all I want is sugar! Oh no!!!
No, I prefer it with salt. Yes, popcorn is better salty. Yeah. Yum yum.
Are they not in Lithuania?
Ar jie nėra Lietuvoje?
They’re not men!
Jos nėra vyrai!
They are not popular
Jos nėra populiarios
The bottom line is, to negate a verb just add ne-
Nuostabu! Wonderful! You made it to the end of another episode! Nuostabu!
Ačiū labai, dear!
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Dvyliktas Egzaminas. This is a quick response episode! We’ll say the word or phrase in English and you say it in Lithuanian – Out Loud! It’s too late for questions, the exam starts now. Ready, set, go!
straight ahead
tiesiai
back
atgal
here
čia
right here
štai čia
to the left
į kairę
to the right
į dešinę
there
ten
no, not here, over there
ne, ne čia, ten
here?
čia?
yes, here
taip, čia
wait for me here five minutes, please
palaukite manęs čia penkias minutes, prašau
have a good day!
geros dienos!
goodbye!
sudie!
have a good evening!
gero vakaro!
goodbye!
viso labo!
good wind! (goodbye!)
gero vėjo!
good night!
labos nakties!
have a good flight!
gero skrydžio!
have a good trip!
geros kelionės!
center
centras
city center
miesto centras
downtown
miesto centras
in the city center
miesto centre
curve
vingis
Bend Park
Vingio parkas
a television
televizija
television tower
televizijos bokštas
genocide
genocidas
genocide museum
genocido muziejus
the air or the weather
oras
the port or the harbor
uostas
the airport
oro uostas
Vilnius University
Vilniaus universitetas
Castle Street
Pilies gatvė
Cathedral Square
Katedros aikštė
Gediminas Castle
Gedimino pilis
I’m going to Vilnius University
aš važiuoju į Vilniaus universitetą
I’m going to Castle Street
aš važiuoju į Pilies gatvę
I’m going to Cathedral Square
aš važiuoju į Katedros aikštę
He’s going to downtown
jis važiuoja į miesto centrą
He’s going to the television tower
jis važiuoja į televizijos bokštą
She’s going to The Genocide Museum
ji važiuoja į Genocido muziejų
She’s going to Bend Park
ji važiuoja į Vingio parką
She’s going to the airport
ji važiuoja į oro uostą
I’m going to Gediminas Castle
aš važiuoju į Gedimino pilį
Vienuoliktas Egzaminas. This is a quick response episode! We’ll say the word or phrase in English and you say it in Lithuanian – Out Loud! It’s too late for questions, the exam starts now. Ready, set, go!
Here we are making toasts while drinking. Hint – these toasts are in the accusative case.
for you! formal
už jus!
for you! informal
už tave!
for Lithuania!
už Lietuvą!
for Australia!
už Australią!
for Ireland!
už Airiją!
for Egypt!
už Egiptą!
for England!
už Angliją!
for Brazil!
už Braziliją!
for Botswana!
už Botsvaną!
for Jack!
už Džiaką!
for Raminta!
už Ramintą!
masculine numbers
zero
nulis
one
vienas
two
du
three
trys
four
keturi
five
penki
six
šeši
seven
septyni
eight
aštuoni
nine
devyni
ten
dešimt
feminine numbers
zero
nulis
one
viena
two
dvi
three
trys
four
keturios
five
penkios
six
šešios
seven
septynios
eight
aštuonios
nine
devynios
ten
dešimt
eleven
vienuolika
twelve
dvylika
thirteen
trylika
fourteen
keturiolika
fifteen
penkiolika
sixteen
šešiolika
seventeen
septyniolika
eighteen
aštuoniolika
nineteen
devyniolika
twenty
dvidešimt
thirty
trisdešimt
forty
keturiasdešimt
fifty
penkiasdešimt
sixty
šešiasdešimt
seventy
septyniasdešimt
eighty
aštuoniasdešimt
ninety
devyniasdešimt
one hundred
šimtas
can one?
galima?
yes, one can
taip, galima
one cannot!
negalima!
to a female - Good morning sweetheart, time to get up!
Labas rytas mylimoji, laikas keltis!
to a male - Good morning sweetie, time to get up!
Labas rytas mylimasis, laikas keltis!
kiss me please
pabučiuok mane prašau
hug me please
apkabink mane prašau
have a good day, kisses, bye!
geros dienos, bučiuoju, ate!
sweet dreams love, goodnight
saldžių sapnų meile, labanakt
Hey, hey, hey! Hey, hey, hey, what you say? How are you doin’ love? I’m doing good today. I’m glad to hear that. Yeah, today the weather is really bad.
Hi there, I’m Jack and I’m Raminta and welcome back to Lithuanian Out Loud where the lessons are free and you’ve got a money back guarantee.
Today we’re in the month of April which in Lithuanian is balandis.
According to the Wikipedia page entitled, “Coat of arms of Lithuania,” the Vytis was the Lithuanian state emblem of the Republic of Lithuania until 1940, when the nation was invaded by the Soviet Union and all national symbols were outlawed. On 11 March 1990, Lithuania declared its independence again and restored its national symbols, including the Vytis. The name of the Vytis is related to the verb, vyti – to chase. Today the Vytis is a rider on a white horse on a red background.
Remember back in episode 0034 when we told you about the Battle of the Sun of 1236? That was the battle where the Lithuanians all but wiped out the invading German Livonian Brothers of the Sword. Mindaugas and his wife Morta were crowned King and Queen of Lithuania during the summer of 1253, just seventeen years later. During the 1240s Grand Duke Mindaugas was consolidating his power in Lithuania but the German Knights were still a very real problem for him and the Lithuanian people. Mindaugas knew that if he could get the Pope in Rome to recognize him as the ruler of Lithuania, the German Crusaders would have to get off his back. Of course the price of recognition by Rome was that he and his people would have to accept Christianity. That was the price for peace, become a Christian or the Pope’s armies would continue to rape Lithuanian lands.
So, Mindaugas was baptized, the Pope was happy and there was peace. Ten years after Mindaugas was crowned king, he was assassinated and the people who never liked the idea of becoming Christians reverted back to their traditional gods. Today Mindaugas is a national hero in Lithuania. He is generally considered the founder of the Lithuanian state, and the first leader to unite the Balts.
We mention Vytis and Mindaugas because both are not only historical symbols, they’re popular names for Lithuanian males.
Okay, this is our fourth episode focused on love talk. Today we continue with the diminutive that we started in episode 0067. We went over feminine diminutives, today we’ll focus on the masculine.
In these episodes we’re simply introducing you to the Lithuanian diminutive endings. Some endings that are possible, aren’t used very much. Lithuanians like to play with diminutive endings in many ways. After studying the feminine and masculine diminutives you should at least be able to recognize them when you see and hear them. The possible combinations are endless.
Masculine suffixes in the diminutive include…
–utis
–ėlis
–elis
–ukas
–iukas
–ulis
–užis
–ytis
–užėlis
So nicely done, good job. Oh, thank you. Note that all these suffixes end in the letter –s. Labai gerai. Like…
Aras Aras is a man’s name.
Aras plus –utis → Arutis
Aras plus –elis → Arelis
Aras plus –ukas → Arukas
Vytis Vytis is a man‘s name. Vytis is the state symbol of Lithuania.
Vytis plus –utis → Vytutis
Vytis plus –elis → Vytelis
Vytis plus –ukas → Vytukas
Ąžuolas Ąžuolas is a man‘s name and it means oak.
Can you imagine in English parents would give the name for their boy – oak? No way, but I think it‘s really cute. I think it‘s a good idea. Really? But to me in English it sounds kind of funny – oak. Oak. Oak. Very strong guy. Yeah, I know. By the way, I have a Christmas tree in my apartment.
(Raminta is referring to a visitor in her flat, a good friend named Eglė. Eglė is the Lithuanian word for fir tree or Christmas tree.)
Still? Eglė! Oh, that‘s right, Eglė! Eglė should marry a guy named Ąžuolas and they can be the miškas family. (miškas is the Lithuanian word for forest) Oh, you know there is the last name Miškas – you know our old religion, it‘s something...that‘s funny...but you know I really like the name Liepa for the girl...and I‘m not sure how it‘s – liepa – in English. Fox. Fox? I think. Liepa? Fox? This little animal? No, no, lapė, lapė is the fox. Oh, lapė! Right, lapė. But, Liepa is a tree, a tree, it‘s a nice tree and it‘s a nice name for a girl I don‘t know in English, I will look maybe later on vocabulary what it is. Not aspen, huh? No, birželis – aspen. Ah, birželis, right.
Ąžuolas plus –utis → Ąžuolutis
Ąžuolas plus –ėlis → Ąžuolėlis
Ąžuolas plus –iukas → Ąžuoliukas
Mindaugas Mindaugas is a man‘s name.
Mindaugas plus –utis → Mindaugutis
Mindaugas plus –ėlis → Mindaugėlis
Mindaugas plus –iukas → Mindaugiukas
Again, not just names use the diminutive. There are thousands of examples.
maišas is a sack
maišelis is a small sack
paukštis is a bird
paukštelis is a nestling or a chick
kostiumas is a man’s suit
kostiumėlis is woman’s suit
pyragas is a pie
pyragėlis is a pastry
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LITHUANIAN IN THE 21st CENTURY by Antanas Klimas
http://www.lituanus.org/2002/02_4_04.htm
Mindaugas
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mindaugas
Coat of arms of Lithuania
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Hi there, I’m Jack and I’m Raminta and welcome back to Lithuanian Out Loud where we offer the world the Lithuanian language.
Hey! We’re in a new month! In English the month of April is derived from the latin verb which means, “to open.” In the northern hemisphere flowers and trees start to open.
In Lithuanian this month is known as balandis.
Balandis is the Lithuanian word for pigeon. In the month of balandis, the pigeon is starting to build nests and mate.
Since the episode when I asked for some reviews on iTunes we got five new reviews and I’d like to thank everyone who went to the trouble to give us one. If you use iTunes and if you haven’t had time yet to give us a review, would you consider doing that for us today? We’d really appreciate it. Thanks!
Mentioning our statistics for Lithuanian Out Loud isn’t something we plan to do regularly but we felt like doing it today. March was an amazing month for us. We had over 10,000 downloads and the downloads so far in April have been much stronger. Looks like we’re heading for another record month. Thanks to all of you for listening. If you’re listening to this podcast as it’s released, by the time you hear it we’ll have over 33,000 downloads of our 67 episode series. We can’t believe it. Thank you very much.
Now, please don’t forget those iTunes reviews. On with the show, enjoy!
According to the web page Global Lithuanian Net; „Cosmology of the Ancient Balts,“ an ancient Lithuanian tradition survives to this day. When one sees a new crescent moon, one addresses it as Kunigaikštis (a duke) or Dievaitis (young god) and begs for good health.
From my own point of view, I‘ve spoken to some Lithuanians and they‘ve never heard of this tradition so it must survive in some areas and not in others. Raminta, you‘ve never heard of this, right? Oh, not really. No, must be in the country or something, huh? Might be.
This is our third episode focused on love talk. You can‘t really talk about terms of endearment in Lithuanian without discussing the diminutive. For example, Raminta‘s name, said in an endearing way, could be...
Ramintėlė
Ramintutė
Ramintytė
Ramintinė – not really, not Ramintinė.
Not - ah, really, but the others are good, Ramintėlė, Ramintutė, Ramintytė? Good, they are good, Ramintytė, nobody called me ever but it is logical – it could be. Ramintėlė, Ramintutė people called me, my parents call me Ramintėlė, Eglė calls me Ramintutė. My grandparents would call me Ramintulė. Ah, what else, how else could you say it? Ramintukas. Ah, Ramintukas, but this is for a man. Yeah, but they could, some people would say that, Ramintuk-, Kristina would call me Ramintukas. That’s funny, hmm.
The diminutive is a way of changing a word to express smallness or affection and most languages use diminutives when speaking to children or pets. Of course, you can also use the diminutive in order to be derogatory towards someone. It just depends on what you’re trying to express. Naturally, on Lithuanian Out Loud we don’t want to hurt anybody’s feelings so we’ll just use the diminutive to express intimacy. From what I can tell, Lithuanians are very fond of the diminutive. They use it a lot, ar ne? (no?) Taip, taip, taip.
According to Antanas Klimas of Lituanas.org, there is no other Indo-European language with more diminutives than Lithuanian. He lists for example;
(brolis - brother) → brolelis, broliukas, brolytis, brolužis, brolužėlis, brolutytis, broliukėlis, brolutaitis, etcetera.
Ah, what do you think about all of that? Oh, I think brolutytis, it’s – it sounds kind of funny – brolutytis. It’s kind of cute but to tell the truth, not so common. It some areas of Lithuania broliukėlis as well, brolutytis as well. You know, it’s common, what kind brolelis, broliukas, brolytis, brolužis, brolužėlis, those are common.
Aha, today we‘ll go over feminine words in the diminutive. Note that all suffixes end in the letter -ė
-ytė
-utė
-ėlė
-elė
-ukė
-ulė
-užė
Aušra Aušra is a girl‘s name and it means dawn
Aušra plus –elė → Aušrelė
Aušra plus –utė → Aušrutė
Aušra plus –ytė → Aušrytė
Aušrukė
Aušrulė
Aušružė
Saulė Saulė is a girl‘s name. Saulė is the Lithuanian Sun Goddess.
Kaip pasakyti lietuviškai? How do you say it in Lithuanian?
Saulė plus –elė → Saulelė
Saulė plus –utė → Saulutė
Saulė plus –ytė → Saulytė
Add:
Saulužė
Saulužėlė
Saulukė
Saululė
Saulukytė
Saulukėlė
Saulužutė
Ah, labai gerai, and what do you think about this? It looks okay or what? It looks really cute. I think it‘s nice in the Lithuanian language and we really use a lot of words like this. Hmm, Saulužutė, Saulukėlė, yeah, it‘s not so common – some of them – like from Saulė. Saulužė would be very common. Saulužėlė – very common. Saulukė not so much in some areas of Lithuania. Saulutė very, very common. Saulutė very common. Oh others, Saulukytė, Saulukėlė, Saulužutė not so common, it‘s from some areas of Lithuania.
Ah, okay, great. Now here are feminine nouns with more than two syllables. For example...
Svajonė Svajonė is a girl‘s name. Svajonė means dream.
Svajonė plus –ėlė → Svajonėlė
Svajonė plus –utė → Svajonutė
Svajonė plus –ytė → Svajonytė
Svajonukė
Svajonulė
Svajonužė
And what do you think? Some of them like I said – Svajonėlė you could say, but not Svajonutė, not Svajonytė, not Svajonukė – we would not use those. Maybe Svajonėlė you could say that but not others so common. Maybe even people would look if you would say like Svajonukė would look strange at you, you know. Okay, okay.
Austėja Austėja is a girl’s name. Austėja is the Lithuanian Goddess of Bees.
Austėja plus –ėlė → Austėjėlė
Austėja plus –utė → Austėjutė
Austėja plus –ytė → Austėjytė
And what do you think about those? Oh, you know my brother‘s daughter is Austėja. I would call her Austukas. Really? Or Austytė. But those are cute. Very rare I would say to her like – Austėja. Almost never. Almost never, hmm. Maybe when she gets married. Maybe when she will get older.
So, you would never say Austelė. Austelė – we would say – my mother called Austelė but it‘s not maybe correct – Austelė – she called. Ah, so going back to Svajonė, so you would never say Svajonelė – no never. But you see, with names it‘s a little bit different in Lithuania, sometimes it might not make sense but people can put it together. Just for fun. Yeah, yeah.
Of course, not just names use the diminutive. There are thousands of examples.
mašina is the word for machine or car
mašinėlė is the word for typewriter
banda is a small loaf of bread
bandelė is a roll or a bun
dovana is a gift
dovanėlė is a small gift
grandinė is a chain
grandinėlė is a small chain
Šaunu! Great! You made it to the end of another lesson! Šaunu!
Oh, thank you dear, such a nice job. Oh, thank you, such a cute lesson. It’s kind of cute, I like this, it’s very cute. Cutie, cutie, cutie.
Alright! That’s it for today! Thanks for the download!
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LITHUANIAN IN THE 21st CENTURY by Antanas Klimas
http://www.lituanus.org/2002/02_4_04.htm
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Dešimtas Egzaminas. This is a quick response episode! We’ll say the word or phrase in English and you say it in Lithuanian – Out Loud! It’s too late for questions, the exam starts now. Ready, set, go!
the price
kaina
the American male
amerikietis
the American man’s name
amerikiečio vardas
the American man’s house
amerikiečio namas
the American man’s wife
amerikiečio žmona
the Vilnius man
Vilnietis
the Vilnius man’s car
Vilniečio mašina
the Vilnius man’s name
Vilniečio vardas
Vytis’ daughter
Vyčio duktė
Vytis’ house
Vyčio namas
the hotel
viešbutis
the hotel restaurant
viešbučio restoranas
the hotel room
viešbučio kambarys
the hotel restroom
viešbučio tualetas
a newspaper
laikraštis
the newspaper’s price
laikraščio kaina
the newspaper’s quality
laikraščio kokybė
the bird
paukštis
the bird’s color
paukščio spalva
the bird’s name
paukščio vardas
the bird’s house
paukščio namas
the bicycle
dviratis
the bicycle’s color
dviračio spalva
the bicycle’s location
dviračio vieta
the bicycle’s quality
dviračio kokybė
the tree
medis
the tree’s color
medžio spalva
the tree’s location
medžio vieta
the pigeon
balandis
April
balandis
the pigeon’s color
balandžio spalva
the pigeon’s location
balandžio vieta
an April day
balandžio diena
December
gruodis
a December day
gruodžio diena
a December morning
gruodžio rytas
a watch
laikrodis
the watch’s color
laikrodžio spalva
the watch’s quality
laikrodžio kokybė
the watch’s price
laikrodžio kaina
Devintas Egzaminas. This is a quick response episode! We’ll say the word or phrase in English and you say it in Lithuanian – Out Loud! It’s too late for questions, the exam starts now. Ready, set, go!
I love you
Aš tave myliu
I really love you
Aš tave labai myliu
hi love! (male or female)
labas meile!
hi dear! (female)
labas brangioji!
hi dear! (male)
labas brangusis!
sweetheart! (female)
mylimoji!
sweetheart! (male)
mylimasis!
happy holidays!
su šventėm!
happy new year!
laimingų naujųjų metų!
happy birthday!
su gimimo diena!
all or everything
viskas
thanks for everything
ačiū už viską
help
pagalba
thanks for the help
ačiū už pagalbą
compliment
komplimentas
thanks for the compliment
ačiū už komplimentą
invitation
kvietimas
thanks for the invitation
ačiū už kvietimą
the letter
laiškas
thanks for the letter
ačiū už laišką
Ready Freddy? Ready Freddy! Hi there, I’m Jack and I’m Raminta and welcome back to Lithuanian Out Loud where we offer the world the Lithuanian language.
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According to the web page Global Lithuanian Net; Cosmology of the Ancient Balts, one of the most important sky gods of the old Lithuanian religion was, as we‘ve mentioned before, Perkūnas, the Lithuanian Thundergod. He was powerful and could easily be angered. He was (or is he still?) the cleanser of the Earth from the power of evil. Perkūnas is stern, bearded and powerfully built and he crosses the skies in a fiery chariot drawn by swift horses or at times he woud ride a single fiery horse.
His head is surrounded by flames. In one hand he holds lightning bolts and in his other hand a heavy stone axe. Starting in spring and continuing throughout the year there were nine festivals dedicated to Perkūnas.
Small images of Perkūnas have been found in the Kernavė settlement and in the „Perkūnas House“ in Kaunas. Some words that spring from his name are:
thunderstorm
perkūnija
thunder
perkūninis
and
lightning rod
perkūnsargis
hello
klausau
hey, baby, where are you?
labas, mylimoji, kur esi?
I’m downtown, where are you?
aš miesto centre, kur tu esi?
I’m in the hotel, I’m walking to downtown
aš viešbutyje, aš einu į miesto centrą
The purpose of this episode is to teach you the verb eiti. The verb, to go on foot, or, to walk, is eiti. Let‘s conjugate that in the present tense. Kaip pasakyti lietuviškai? How do you say it in Lithuanian?
please repeat, prašom pakartoti...
I go (on foot)
aš einu
you go (on foot) (familiar)
tu eini
he walks (on foot)
jis eina
she goes (on foot)
ji eina
we go (on foot)
mes einame
we go (on foot)
mes einam
you walk (formal)
jūs einate
you all go (on foot)
jūs einate
you walk (formal)
jūs einat
they go (on foot)
jie eina
they walk (females)
jos eina
The question, kur tu eini? translates as, where are you going?
Where are you going?
Kur tu eini?
I’m walking to the park
Aš einu į parką
I’m in the park
Aš parke
Where are you going?
Kur tu eini?
I’m going to the restroom
Aš einu į tualetą
I’m in the bathroom
Aš tualete
Where are we going?
Kur mes einame?
We’re walking to the museum
Mes einame į muziejų
We’re in the museum
Mes muziejuje
Where are we going?
Kur mes einam?
We’re walking to the restaurant
Mes einam į restoraną
We’re in the restaurant
Mes restorane
Where are you going?
Kur Jūs einate?
I’m going to the store
Aš einu į parduotuvę
I’m in the store
Aš parduotuvėje
Where are you going?
Kur Jūs einat?
I’m going to the room
Aš einu į kambarį
I’m in the room
Aš kambaryje
Where is he going?
Kur jis eina?
He’s going to the theater
Jis eina į teatrą
He’s in the theater
Jis teatre
Where is he going?
Kur jis eina?
He’s going to school
Jis eina į mokyklą
He’s in the school
Jis mokykloje
Where are you all going?
Kur Jūs einate?
We’re going to the pharmacy
Mes einame į vaistinę
We’re in the pharmacy
Mes vaistinėje
Where are you all going?
Kur Jūs einat?
We’re going to the hotel
Mes einam į viešbutį
We’re in the hotel
Mes viešbutyje
Where is she going?
Kur ji eina?
She’s going to the hospital
Ji eina į ligoninę
She’s in the hospital
Ji ligoninėje
Where is she going?
Kur ji eina?
She’s going to the coffee shop
Ji eina į kavinę
She’s in the coffee shop
Ji kavinėje
Where are they going?
Kur jie eina?
They’re going to the library
Jie eina į biblioteką
They’re in the library
Jie bibliotekoje
Where are they going?
Kur jie eina?
They’re going to the bar
Jie eina į barą
They’re in the bar
Jie bare
Where are they going? (females)
Kur jos eina?
They’re going to the club (females)
Jos eina į klubą
They’re in the club
Jos klube
Where are they going? (females)
Kur jos eina?
They’re going downtown (females)
Jos eina į miesto centrą
They’re in downtown
Jos miesto centre
Note that sometimes we’ve shortened einame to einam and einate to einat. This happens with many words in spoken Lithuanian.
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COSMOLOGY OF THE ANCIENT BALTS
http://www.lithuanian.net/mitai/cosmos/baltai5.htm
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Hi there! This is Jack and welcome back to Lithuanian Out Loud where my wife Raminta and I offer the world the Lithuanian language. Before we get started I want to announce that in the future we’re going to do a catch-up episode. In previous episodes we taught you how to say what country you’re from and we’ve described nationalities for males and females. The list of nationalities listening to the podcast has grown since then and we want you to be able to say these things in Lithuanian about your own country. If you are from a nation that we have not mentioned on the podcast yet please let us know what that nation is. Just send us an email. The list of nationalities that we have so far are, Lithuania, United Kingdom, Netherlands, France, Croatia, Ireland, Russia, Egypt, Botswana, Nigeria, Brazil, United States, Australia, Angola, Indonesia, Malaysia, Belgium and this week we welcome Sweden! Hej! On the catch-up episode we want to include the nations we’ve missed in previous episodes. So, don’t let your nationality be left out, contact us and let us know to include your country in this show.
Now, here’s a message from a listener in the United States, take it away Marina! This is Marina from Denver, Colorado, you’re listening to Lithuanian Out Loud with Raminta and Jack, enjoy! Thanks Marina, we appreciate you taking the time to record a plug for us! You’re super! Anyone else want to send us a plug? We’re listening! Okay, here’s today’s program, enjoy!
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The Roma, also known as gypsies, are groups of nomadic people who have a rich culture in many of today’s European countries. According to the webpage, “Review on Roma in Lithuania,” the Roma had the right to move from one place to another and to have self-government with an elected chief. The Roma used to live in Gypsy encampments, keeping to their traditional way of life. The Roma mostly live around Vilnius, Kaunas, Klaipėda, and Šiauliai. Lithuania is working hard to provide food, shelter and language lessons for the Roma to allow them to become fully integrated into Lithuanian society.
Great, now let’s say a friend calls you on the your cell phone and asks, where are you? Klausau is the way Lithuanians answer the phone. It comes from the verb klausyti, to listen. Klausau literally translates as, I’m listening.
hello
klausau
hello
klausau
klausau
hey, baby, where are you?
labas, mylimoji, kur esi?
I’m in the restaurant, where are you?
aš restorane, kur tu esi?
I’m in the car, I’m going to the restaurant
aš automobilyje, aš važiuoju į restoraną
here we’ll say a location in vardininkas and we’ll give you an opportunity to tell your friend on the phone where you are and to say it in vietininkas, the locative case. For example, we’ll say, restaurant or restoranas, and you reply, I’m in the restaurant or aš restorane. Here we go…
restoranas
Aš restorane
miestas
Aš mieste
Kaunas
Aš Kaune
Palanga
Aš Palangoje
parkas
Aš parke
Akropolis
Aš Akropolyje
viešbutis
Aš viešbutyje
automobilis
Aš automobilyje
kambarys
Aš kambaryje
traukinys
Aš traukinyje
rūsys
Aš rūsyje
knygynas
Aš knygyne
muziejus
Aš muziejuje
Vilnius
Aš Vilniuje
Sidnėjus
Aš Sidnėjuje
mokykla
Aš mokykloje
biblioteka
Aš bibliotekoje
Lietuva
Aš Lietuvoje
gatvė
Aš gatvėje
svetainė
Aš svetainėje
kavinė
Aš kavinėje
Klaipėda
Aš Klaipėdoje
On an upcoming episode we’ll learn a new verb - eiti
Kur tu eini? Where are you going?
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The Roma in Lithuania
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Aštuntas Egzaminas Examination 8
This is a quick response episode! We’ll say the word or phrase in English and you say it in Lithuanian – Out Loud! It’s too late for questions, the exam starts now. Ready, set, go!
the location
vieta
the color
spalva
the country
šalis
a quality
kokybė
a car
mašina
a flat
butas
the dog
šuo
the stone
akmuo
the person
asmuo
water
vanduo
an uncle
dėdė
the woman
moteris
the station
stotis
the sister
sesuo
the daughter
duktė
the daughter-in-law
marti
a dog’s color
šuns spalva
the dog’s water
šuns vanduo
the dog’s name
šuns vardas
the stone’s color
akmens spalva
the stone’s quality
akmens kokybė
the stone’s location
akmens vieta
the person’s name
asmens vardas
the person’s house
asmens namas
the person’s location
asmens vieta
the water’s color
vandens spalva
the water’s quality
vandens kokybė
the water’s location
vandens vieta
the uncle’s dog
dėdės šuo
the uncle’s room
dėdės kambarys
the uncle’s name
dėdės vardas
the woman’s house
moters namas
the woman’s name
moters vardas
the woman’s dog
moters šuo
the station’s toilet
stoties tualetas
the station’s color
stoties spalva
the station’s location
stoties vieta
the sister’s name
sesers vardas
the sister’s car
sesers mašina
the sister’s house
sesers namas
the daughter’s flat
dukters butas
the daughter’s book
dukters knyga
the daughter’s room
dukters kambarys
the daughter-in-law’s name
marčios vardas
the daughter-in-law’s dog
marčios šuo
the daughter-in-law’s room
marčios kambarys
Somebody’s knockin’ on the door, somebody’s ringin’ the bell.
Okay! Vietininkas?
Vietininkas!
Gerai, hi there! I’m Jack and I’m Raminta and welcome back to Lithuanian Out Loud where the lessons are free and you’ve got a money back guarantee.
Do you remember the word for the month of March in Lithuanian? …kovas.
According to the Wikipedia page entitled, Vilnius Cathedral or Vilniaus Šv. Stanislovo ir Šv. Vladislovo arkikatedra bazilika, Vilnius Cathedral is located at the heart of the old town of Vilnius. Perkūnas, the Lithuanian Thundergod was most likely worshipped at the site where the Cathedral now stands. In 1251 when King Mindaugas allowed himself to be baptized into the Catholic Church, he ordered the original cathedral to be built. After his assassination in 1268 it was again a place of worship for the traditional Lithuanian religion. Over the centuries the Cathedral has seen many fires, renovations, wars, and massive public demonstrations. It’s one of the must sees on any Vilnius vacation.
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Today we’ll begin working on how to say where something is located. Here’s just a quick review of the word kur, prašom pakartoti…
where is the restroom?
kur yra tualetas?
of course, in Lithuanian we can often drop the verb būti, to be.
where is the restroom?
kur tualetas?
where is the restaurant?
kur restoranas?
where is Raminta?
kur Raminta?
where is the glass?
kur taurė?
where is the coffee shop?
kur kavinė?
here are some words we’ll use in this episode…
a tree
medis
a train
traukinys
the basement
rūsys
a young woman
mergina
Kaip Raminta, ne? (like Raminta, no?)
Oh, I’m getting older.
No, to me forever you will be the girl I met at my sister’s house.
Oh, so sweet of you.
Forever.
I was really young then. Huh?
You are really young now!
Oh, thank you, you know I’m starting to feel old, what is that?
Forget that.
Yeah, oh well. Forget that.
a bicycle
dviratis
Today we’ll go over the locative case or vietininkas. This is a relatively easy declension. Every declension here ends in the letter –e. A prefix is something that is added to the beginning of a word. A suffix is something added to the end of a word. Here are the suffixes in vietininkas,
prašom pakartoti, please repeat…
a word that ends in
-as changes to –e
-is changes to –yje
-ys changes to –yje
-us changes to –uje
-a changes to –oje
-ė changes to –ėje
again, we’re only talking about where something is located. We’re not talking about going to someplace. The restaurant is in the city, is the locative. I’m going to the restaurant, is not the locative. I’m in the restaurant, is the locative. The locative declension or vietininkas is only used when talking about where something is located.
let’s go over each suffix from the above list so you can see how it works…
the park
parkas
in the park
parke
the bookstore
knygynas
in the bookstore
knygyne
the hotel
viešbutis
in the hotel
viešbutyje
the automobile
automobilis
in the automobile
automobilyje
the train
traukinys
in the train
traukinyje
the room
kambarys
in the room
kambaryje
the museum
muziejus
in the museum
muziejuje
Sidney
Sidnėjus
in Sidney
Sidnėjuje
the cathedral
katedra
in the cathedral
katedroje
the coffee shop
kavinė
in the coffee shop
kavinėje
the city square
aikštė
in the city square
aikštėje
Okay, now let’s ask a question and then answer it. Good luck! Sekmės!
where is the tree?
kur yra medis?
the tree is in the city
medis yra mieste
the tree is in Kaunas
medis yra Kaune
of course, we can easily drop the verb būti, to be.
where is the tree?
kur medis?
the tree is in the park
medis parke
where is Raminta?
kur Raminta?
Raminta is in the park
Raminta parke
Raminta is in Akropolis
Raminta Akropolyje
the store is in Akropolis
parduotuvė Akropolyje
Raminta is in the hotel
Raminta viešbutyje
the coffee shop is in the hotel
kavinė viešbutyje
Raminta is in the automobile
Raminta automobilyje
the dog is in the automobile
šuo automobilyje
where is the toilet?
kur tualetas?
the toilet is in the room
tualetas kambaryje
the book is in the room
knyga kambaryje
the toilet is in the train
tualetas traukinyje
the Englishwoman is in the train
anglė traukinyje
the newspaper is in the basement
laikraštis rūsyje
the bird is in the basement
paukštis rūsyje
where is the bookstore?
kur knygynas?
the bookstore is in the museum
knygynas muziejuje
the constitution is in the museum
konstitucija muziejuje
the bookstore is in Vilnius
knygynas Vilniuje
the museum is in Vilnius
muziejus Vilniuje
the bookstore is in Sidney
knygynas Sidnėjuje
the cathedral is in Sidney
katedra Sidnėjuje
where is the young woman?
kur mergina?
the young woman is in the school
mergina mokykloje
the bicycle is in the school
dviratis mokykloje
the pigeon is in the park
balandis parke
the young woman is in the library
mergina bibliotekoje
the bicycle is in the library
dviratis bibliotekoje
a young woman is in the cathedral
mergina katedroje
Raminta is in the cathedral
Raminta katedroje
where is Raminta?
kur Raminta?
Raminta is in the street
Raminta gatvėje
the bicycle is in the street
dviratis gatvėje
Raminta is in the coffee shop
Raminta kavinėje
the newspaper is in the coffee shop
laikraštis kavinėje
the newspaper is in the lounge
laikraštis svetainėje
the young woman is in the lounge
mergina svetainėje
the dog is in Cathedral Square
šuo Katedros aikštėje
Raminta is in Vilnius University
Raminta Vilniaus Universitete
Thank you dear, you know, I think maybe it’s enough your brain is probably getting tired. Maybe you should go to bed.
Oh, a little bit, I need to wash with my hands some clothes.
Thank you very much for doing the recordings dear. You’re super. You are the best podcaster I know.
Oh, thank you. That’s kind of funny, I am a podcaster
Alright! That’s it for today! Thanks for the download!
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Today we‘ve got a mini-lesson on a simple subject. First, however, I have a question for you. Last year we stopped producing the Exam Episodes. We were afraid we might be boring people with them. Steve in the United States wrote in saying he really liked them because they got straight to business. He‘s got a point, the exam episodes had no history or culture lessons and banter going on.
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Well, we hope you enjoy today‘s episode. This is the first time Raminta and I had a few moments to spare and we whipped out an episode without a script of any kind. This one is just off the top of Raminta‘s head.
Kas is a question word that means who or what. Kas yra? What is? Kas yra? Who is?
In episode 0052 we introduced the word, tai. The word “tai” translates as, this, that, these, or those.
What is this?
Kas tai yra?
What is that?
Kas tai yra?
Who‘s here?
Kas čia yra?
Who‘s here?
Kas čia?
Who is he?
Kas yra jis?
Aha, so it would be normal to say, kas yra jis instead of kas jis yra, what would be more common?
Kas jis yra? Kas yra jis? It‘s – both ways are common, kas jis yra, kas yra jis...kas jis yra, kas jis yra would be more common.
Aha, and of course you can say, kas jis.
Kas jis, yeah, sure.
Okay.
Who is he?
Kas jis?
And then kas tai, you can say this right? Kas tai?
Kas tai, yeah.
But, kas tai, would you say this about a person or a thing?
About a thing.
Aha, kas tai - about a thing.
What is that?
Kas tai?
Who is she?
Kas ji yra?
Who are they?
Kas jie yra?
Who are they?
Kas jie?
Who are they?
Kas jos yra?
Who are they?
Kas jos?
Who am I?
Kas aš esu?
A good question. To be or not to be.
Kaip pasakyti lietuviškai?
(how do you say it in Lithuanian?)
Būti ar nebūti – štai klausimas kamuoja
(To be or not to be – “this question torments”)
Who am I?
Kas esu aš?
And you could also say just, kas esu.
O kas esu, o kas esu aš – o kas aš esu, kas aš esu, yeah.
Who am I?
Kas esu?
Who are you? (formal)
Kas jūs esate?
Is this a little rude maybe?
No, if you don’t know people, like at the party or somewhere meeting your parent’s friends, you can ask to find out who are they, kas jūs esate?
Ah, gerai, gerai, ačiū.
(okay, okay, thanks)
Who are you?
Kas tu esi?
Aha, so, maybe, you tell me, kas jūs esate, kas jūs, which would be more polite?
Kas jūs esate o kas jūs? Kas jūs esate would be more polite.
Aha, I see, okay.
there
ten
there
ten
What is over there?
Kas yra ten?
What is over there?
Kas ten yra?
What is over there?
Kas ten?
So, what would be more common – that you would hear on the street?
Kas ten.
Kas ten, I like it.
What’s up, what’s wrong, like, kas yra?
Kas yra? What’s wrong with you?
What’s wrong?
Kas yra?
What’s up?
Kas yra?
So, when would you say, kas yra?
O, when the girl’s sitting next to the man and she’s – she has unhappy face – the man can ask, “Kas yra?” “Brangioji, kas yra?”
What’s new?
Kas naujo?
What’s new?
Kas naujo?
So, it’s naujo not naujo?
Naujo, kas naujo?
What’s new?
Kas naujo?
(note: Some regions of Lithuania have different accents. In Vilnius “naujo” would end in an “o” sound similar to the English “go.” In other regions the “o” would sound more like the English letter “a” as in “ya” – “good to know ya”)
Who is Raminta?
Kas yra Raminta?
Who is Romas?
Kas yra Romas?
Who is Mantas? (inside joke)
Kas yra Mantas?
Who are Jūratė and Perkūnas?
Kas yra Jūratė ir Perkūnas?
Who are Rimantas and Dovilė?
Kas yra Rimantas ir Dovilė?
Who?
Kas?
Would you ever use this word, kas, like this, just kas?
Yeah, you would use – if you, if people would talk about something – you want to understand what about is – what about they are talking you saying, “Kas?”
Aha, aha.
When they are talking, for example, about a person.
So, we’re talking about Rimantas and Dovilė and somebody doesn’t hear what we’re saying and they will say,
What?
Kas?
Now an important point. When you use the question word kas, you’re using the vardininkas version of this word. So the answer must also be in vardininkas.
Short lesson, nicely done, good job. Šaunu, great, sveikinu!
Oh! Ačiū, I forgot about that part.
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Hi There, this is Jack and welcome back to Lithuanian Out Loud. Just a few notes before we get to the episode Raminta and I recorded a few weeks ago. This is the last episode in this series for a while focusing on how kilmininkas and galininkas interact with the prepositions “iš” and “į.” Just so you know, the next few episodes of Lithuanian Out Loud will be focused on the locative case or vietininkas, how to use the diminutive in Lithuanian and some new verbs including how to negate verbs. We’ll roll them out as soon as they’re ready.
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Labas vakaras, Dear.
Labas vakaras, Dear.
You’re being recorded again.
Oh, thank you darling, nice to hear that.
So, now you have Gedimino prospektas?
Gedimino prospektas! The great prospekt in Vilnius! Love it!
Hi there, I’m Jack and I’m Raminta and welcome back to Lithuanian Out Loud where we offer the world the Lithuanian language. We’re not teachers, but we do the best we can. Do you remember the word for the month of March in Lithuanian? …kovas.
According to Wikipedia, Palanga is a seaside resort town in western Lithuania. The city sits on the shore of the Baltic Sea, it is the busiest Lithuanian summer resort with beautiful sand beaches, dunes and an unspoiled natural environment. In summer, masses of vacationers arrive in Palanga for sun, sand and the seaside carnival. There are dozens of restaurants, bars, rides, sideshows, and other entertainment, most featuring bright lights, loud music, and thousands of people on the weekends.
Now for an important point.
We’ve already established that if we want to say, for example, from the cathedral to the museum, katedra is declined using kilmininkas and changes to katedros and muziejus is declined using galininkas and changes to muziejų. We end up with, iš katedros į muziejų.
We’ve also established that if we want to say Cathedral Square, using the word katedra and the word aikštė, that we have to decline katedra with kilmininkas and we end up with Katedros aikštė. The second word here, square, is unaffected and remains in vardininkas. We’re saying, in effect, the cathedral’s square. This is possession. The square of the cathedral.
The cathedral’s square
Katedros aikštė.
Same goes for the Amber Museum. Amber, or gintaras, and museum, or muziejus. This is possession as well. In effect, we’re saying the amber’s museum, the museum of the amber. So, gintaras is declined using kilmininkas and we end up with gintaro. The second word, museum or muziejus, is unaffected. We end up with Gintaro muziejus, the amber’s museum.
Now we’ll say, from Cathedral Square. If we say, from, we have to decline using kilmininkas. Before we do that, we start with Katedros aikštė. Prašom pakartoti…
Cathedral Square
Katedros aikštė
If we want to say, from Cathedral Square, we start with, iš. So, we combine, iš, with Katedros aikštė, but as soon as we put the two together, we have to decline Katedros aikštė once again using kilmininkas and aikštė changes to…aikštės. Prašom pakartoti…
Cathedral Square
Katedros aikštė
from Cathedral Square
iš Katedros aikštės
University Street
Universiteto gatvė
from University Street
iš Universiteto gatvės
Gediminas Avenue
Gedimino prospektas
from Gediminas Avenue
iš Gedimino prospekto
Europe Park
Europos parkas
from Europe Park
iš Europos parko
The Art Museum
Dailės muziejus
from The Art Museum
iš Dailės muziejaus
Something similar happens when we use a two-word example and we decline using galininkas. Prašom pakartoti...
Tower Street
Bokšto gatvė
to Tower Street
į Bokšto gatvę
Constitution Avenue
Konstitucijos prospektas
to Constitution Avenue
į Konstitucijos prospektą
Bend Park
Vingio parkas
to Bend Park
į Vingio parką
The Castle Museum
Pilies muziejus
to The Castle Museum
į Pilies muziejų
Now let’s do this exercise using the examples from previous lessons.
from University Street to Tower Street
iš Universiteto gatvės į Bokšto gatvę
from Tower Street to University Street
iš Bokšto gatvės į Universiteto gatvę
from Castle Street to Bridge Street
iš Pilies gatvės į Tilto gatvę
from Bridge Street to Castle Street
iš Tilto gatvės į Pilies gatvę
from Vilnius Street to Townhall Square
iš Vilniaus gatvės į Rotušės aikštę
from Townhall Square to Vilnius Street
iš Rotušės aikštės į Vilniaus gatvę
from Cathedral Square to Vilnius Square
iš Katedros aikštės į Vilniaus aikštę
from Vilnius Square to Cathedral Square
iš Vilniaus aikštės į Katedros aikštę
from Europe Square to Gediminas Avenue
iš Europos aikštės į Gedimino prospektą
from Gediminas Avenue to Europe Square
iš Gedimino prospekto į Europos aikštę
from Constitution Avenue to Vytautas Avenue
iš Konstitucijos prospekto į Vytauto prospektą
from Vytautas Avenue to Constitution Avenue
iš Vytauto prospekto į Konstitucijos prospektą
from Freedom Avenue to Bend Park
iš Laisvės prospekto į Vingio parką
from Bend Park to Freedom Avenue
iš Vingio parko į Laisvės prospektą
from Europe Park to The Amber Museum
iš Europos parko į Gintaro muziejų
from The Amber Museum to Europe Park
iš Gintaro muziejaus į Europos parką
from The Castle Museum to The Art Museum
iš Pilies muziejaus į Dailės muziejų
from The Art Museum to The Castle Museum
iš Dailės muziejaus į Pilies muziejų
Did that give you a headache? Just go over it a few times and your headache will get worse.
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Okay, well, we’ve got a lot to do so we should get started. Okay, no blah, blah, blah, blah. Hi there, I’m Jack and I’m Raminta and welcome back to Lithuanian Out Loud where we offer the world the Lithuanian language. We’re not teachers, but we do the best we can.
Do remember the word for the month of March in Lithuanian? …kovas.
How cute! Do you like this little bird kovas? Oh, I love kovas, I’m waiting for kovas so bad in Lithuania.
According to the Wikipedia page entitled, The Hill of Witches or Raganų Kalnas is an outdoor sculpture gallery in Juodkrantė, Lithuania. The Hill of Witches is on a forested sand dune on the Curonian Spit near the town of Neringa. On the hill you can find about 80 wood sculptures and a series of trails. The artists are following a tradition of woodcarving from the Samogitian culture. The artwork depicts characters from Lithuanian folklore and the traditional Lithuanian religion. This is a must-see part of Lithuania and admission is free. We’ll paste a link to a photo gallery of the artwork on the Lithuanian Out Loud blogpage.
Very nice. On this episode we’re going to work on the sounds of letters. In episode 0050 we introduced the accusative case or galininkas. Some listeners have been asking us to clarify the sounds of letters that are associated with nosinė. These are the letters that have a little tail on them and they have a long sound. What does nosinė mean? Well, I read somewhere that it means, nasal but I can’t find the reference. Nosinė also translates as handkerchief. Let’s focus on the difference in sound between nosinė and non-nosinė letters…
Lietuva
Lietuvą
Palanga
Palangą
gatvė
gatvę
kavinė
kavinę
bokštas
bokštą
parkas
parką
pilis
pilį
automobilis
automobilį
kambarys
kambarį
traukinys
traukinį
muziejus
muziejų
Sidnėjus
Sidnėjų
So, again here is the accusative case. Words with vardininkas endings change to galininkas endings.
-a changes to –ą nosinė
-ė changes to –ę nosinė
-as changes to –ą nosinė
-is changes to –į nosinė
-ys changes to –į nosinė
-us changes to -ų nosinė
Now, here are the sounds one last time
-a –ą
-ė –ę
-as –ą
-is –į
-ys –į
-us -ų
We hope that helps clear it up a bit for you.
Here are some more sounds. Don’t worry too much about learning all these new words. All we want you to learn here are the new Lithuanian vocal sounds. The combination of the letters, c, and, h, makes a sound like, ch. Here are some examples…
prašom pakartoti, please repeat…
chameleon
chameleonas
chaos
chaosas
chemistry
chemija
surgeon
chirurgas
chorus
choras
chronic
chroniškas
hooligan
chuliganas
ha ha ha
cha cha cha
to jingle
džerškėti
jazz
džiazas
jungle
džiunglės
jeans
džinsai
joy
džiaugsmas
a Lithuanian folk-dance
džigūnas
a dryer
džioviklis
a thin, emaciated person
džiūsna
kaip aš (like me), oh sorry!
a piece of dry bread
džiuvėsis
toast
džiuvėsiukas
Don’t worry too much about learning all these words, we just want you to be familiar with these Lithuanian sounds.
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The Hill of Witches or Raganų Kalnas
http://www.pbase.com/mkuncaitis/witches_hill
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Hi there, I’m Jack and welcome back to Lithuanian Out Loud. Just a quick note before we get to today’s show, so far we’ve had listeners from the nations of Lithuania, United Kingdom, Netherlands, France, Croatia, Ireland, Russia, Egypt, Botswana, Nigeria, Brazil, United States, Australia, Angola, and Indonesia. This week we got some messages from new listeners and we’d like to welcome Malaysia and Belgium! Welcome aboard guys!
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Okay, as we’ve said before, we’re trying hard to get more native Lithuanian speakers on the show. If we can do it – you’ll be the first to know.
Hi there, I’m Jack and I’m Aistė Motekaitienė and welcome back to Lithuanian Out Loud where we offer the world the Lithuanian language.
Hey! We’re in a new month! In English the month of March is named after the Roman God of War, Mars. In Lithuanian this month is known as kovas.
Kovas is the Lithuanian word for rook. A rook is a bird which is very similar to a crow. The small black bird’s feathers sometimes appear to have a purple or bluish sheen in bright sunlight. In the month of kovas, the kovas bird is starting to build nests and mate.
According to the Wikipedia page entitled, Columns of Gediminas, one of the oldest symbols of Lithuania are the Columns of Gediminas or Gediminaičių Stulpai. We’ll place an image of this symbol on the Lithuanian Out Loud blogpage. This symbol was used by ancient Lithuanian rulers on coins and personal insignia.
After the Soviet Union occupied Lithuania in World War II, the Columns of Gediminas were banned. The symbol was painted or scratched on walls or fences during the occupation as a form of protest against the communist government by Lithuanian patriots.
Today we have a special guest on the show, Aistė Motekaitienė, I’m sorry if I’m garbling that, from the LCC International University in Klaipėda, Lithuania. Welcome to the show Aiste! Thank you, my pleasure. So, can you tell us a little bit about LCC International University?
Well, it’s a North American University in Lithuania. It’s North American because it was founded by Canadians and Americans and a majority of our faculty are volunteer faculty from North America, so we teach everything in English and we are an international university because our students come from 21 different countries.
So, all of your classes are taught in English. You don’t teach any classes in Lithuanian?
We do have a Lithuanian minor for students who want to improve in their Lithuanian language or want to study the Lithuanian language, so there is a minor for that, so that’s basically – yeah, the majority of classes are taught in that minor would be taught in Lithuanian but all other classes are taught in English, yes.
Okay, now just before I called you this evening I was watching the 15 minute video on the school and kind of like the mission goal of the school. What would you describe the goal of the university?
Well, we are a unique university in this part of the world because we teach from a Christian perspective and our mission is also to reach out to students who want to not necessarily just get at the knowledge, but would also want to become responsible citizens and contribute to the development of their society, of the civil society. We’ve been in existence for 17 years now and our alumni are kind of the living proof that the mission is an important mission because, the change that they do in their job places and the comments we get back from their employers do show that we’re able to make a difference in people’s lives. First of all in our alumni and then they can be spreading the change in their environment.
When I was watching the video I got the impression that LCC International University is maybe trying to change the way that people were thinking during the Soviet era to a new era now.
Yes, because when this college…at that time, which was called Lithuania Christian College was established in Lithuania, the location was also chosen strategically because Lithuania gained its independence and the college started the very first year that Lithuania became independent again and the mission of the school at that time continues to be the same, is to provide education for students from the East, from the former Soviet Union countries…because it’s the western style of education, from a very different perspective and with the Christian world, gives a new approach and a new start for young people.
Okay, I see, that’s very interesting…now, how many students do you have normally?
Well, we are a small school, intentionally so. Currently we have 600 students and every semester we have in addition to the 600 students we have up to 30 study abroad students that come from U.S. colleges and universities. We have study abroad programs where American students can come and spend a semester at LCC and transfer the credits for the same programs and then European exchange students – the same way. So, usually about 600, up to 650 students each year.
Ah, okay, and I saw somewhere on your webpage that you have a summer language institute and you have about 350 students during the summer?
Yes, that’s an additional summer program for people who want to advance in English, so, just kind of as you teach Lithuanian over on your blogpage, we do English summer language institute and we have a volunteer staff – volunteer teachers that come for three weeks. They teach adults and the high school kids English and it’s a fun summer camp, you know, there are lots of activities in the summer in Klaipėda. We have a nice beach, so there are classes in the morning, then various activities in the afternoon so it’s a fun summertime.
It sounds great. I’m always jealous when I see a university like this and I think that it’s just too bad that I have to work for a living. I’d like to just travel and attend university but I just can’t do that right now.
I know. All of us who have done our share of studies…you see the new generation and you wish you could repeat the same…
Does your university have t-shirts? I didn’t see anything, any place on your page where anybody can get t-shirts that say the university name, the simbolis and Klaipėda, anything like that.
No, we don’t have that on the website. We have a bookstore on campus, so if people would want to have something they could send an email to info@lcc.lt and then we would send them a catalog of what we have and then they could get what they would like.
Great, I might have to get one of your t-shirts.
Well, we’ll need to send you something.
Okay, today we‘ll continue exploring galininkas or the accusative case using the preposition ”į” or “to.” Of course, if we want to go from a place we use the genitive case or kilmininkas. So, from Vilnius, would translate as, iš Vilniaus, and, from Kaunas, would translate as, iš Kauno, etcetera.
If you need to review kilmininkas, just listen to episodes 0022, 0030, 0031, 0033, 0037, and 0039.
Let’s finish off the verb važiuoti in the present tense. Like we said, važiuoti is the verb, to go. When you use the verb važiuoti, you’re saying, to go, to drive, or to ride, using a car, a bus, a train, a bicycle, etcetera.
prašom pakartoti
please repeat
I go
aš važiuoju
you go (familiar)
tu važiuoji
he goes
jis važiuoja
she goes
ji važiuoja
we go
mes važiuojame
you go (formal)
jūs važiuojate
you all go
jūs važiuojate
they go (all males or mixed male/female group)
jie važiuoja
they go (females only)
jos važiuoja
Okay, now in this exercise, we’ll say, for example, from Vilnius to Kaunas, in English and we’ll give you a moment to say it in Lithuanian. Then we’ll say it in Lithuanian and you’ll have a moment to repeat it.
Kaip pasakyti lietuviškai? How do you say it in Lithuanian?
I’m going from Vilnius to Kaunas
aš važiuoju iš Vilniaus į Kauną
I’m going from Kaunas to Vilnius
aš važiuoju iš Kauno į Vilnių
you’re going from the avenue to the park
tu važiuoji iš prospekto į parką
you’re going from the park to the avenue
tu važiuoji iš parko į prospektą
he’s going from the castle to the church
jis važiuoja iš pilies į bažnyčią
he’s going from the church to the castle
jis važiuoja iš bažnyčios į pilį
she’s going from Klaipėda to Palanga
ji važiuoja iš Klaipėdos į Palangą
she’s going from Palanga to Klaipėda
ji važiuoja iš Palangos į Klaipėdą
we’re going from London to Amsterdam
mes važiuojame iš Londono į Amsterdamą
we’re going from Amsterdam to London
mes važiuojame iš Amsterdamo į Londoną
you’re going from America to Europe
jūs važiuojate iš Amerikos į Europą
you’re going from Europe to Amerika
jūs važiuojate iš Europos į Ameriką
you’re all going from Lithuania to Ireland
jūs važiuojate iš Lietuvos į Airiją
you’re all going from Ireland to Lithuania
jūs važiuojate iš Airijos į Lietuvą
they’re going from the store to the post office
jos važiuoja iš parduotuvės į paštą
they’re going from the post office to the store
jos važiuoja iš pašto į parduotuvę
I’m going from the square to the tower
aš važiuoju iš aikštės į bokštą
I’m going from the tower to the square
aš važiuoju iš bokšto į aikštę
you’re going from the street to the coffee shop
tu važiuoji iš gatvės į kavinę
you’re going from the coffee shop to the street
tu važiuoji iš kavinės į gatvę
we’re going from the store to the post office
mes važiuojame iš parduotuvės į paštą
you’re going from the post office to the store
jūs važiuojate iš pašto į parduotuvę
Sveikinu! Congratulations for making it through another episode! Sveikinu!
That’s great. Thank you so much for helping with the lessons.
You‘re welcome, it was a fun evening for me.
Your English is magnificent. Where did you learn to speak so well?
Well, I graduated from LCC so, I graduated in ’97 – I was in the second graduating class and now I recruit new students.
Well, I want to thank you very much for coming on the show today and for sharing your university with us.
Well, thanks for sending us the email and inviting us on, it was really my pleasure and I hope our paths will cross in the future.
Can I ask you two questions in Lithuanian? Sure.
Kur jums patinka valgyti Klaipėdoje?
Where do you like to eat in Klaipėda?
Klaipėdoje? Klaipėdoje yra daug gerų restoranų, kuriuose galima labai skaniai pavalgyti.
In Klaipeda? In Klaipeda there are a lot of good restaurants where you can eat very tasty.
Aš labai mėgstu kinietišką maistą.
I really like Chinese food.
Klaipėdoje dabar labai yra populiaru atidaryti naujus kinietiškus restoranus, tai mes ten ir valgome.
In Klaipėda now it is very popular to open new Chinese restaurants, so we eat there.
O, kur jums patinka gerti kavą? Kokia kavinė?
Oh, where do you like to drink coffee? Which coffee shop?
Kokia kavinė.
What cafe.
Kai dirbi universitete ir universitete yra valgykla, tada dažniausiai ten valgai, o mieste...
When you work at the university and in university is a cafeteria so you eat mostly there, in the city...
Mieste dabar nežinau kokia būtų mėgstamiausia kavinė.
In the city now I don‘t know what would be my favorite cafe.
Yra daug kavinių Klaipėdoje ir labai gerų kavinių.
There are a lot of cafes in Klaipėda and very good cafes.
Yra daug?
There are many?
Daug, taip. Tai kad kai atvažiuosi į Klaipėdą galėsi rinktis.
A lot, yes. So, when you will come to Klaipėda you can choose.
Aha, okay (Jack pretending to understand the conversation) . Alright, well, thank you, it’s been a pleasure, an honor to have you on the show and please get to sleep, I know you need to sleep so you can get to work in the morning.
Yeah, it’s okay, thank you and all the best of your learning Lithuanian and of your teaching others as well.
Okay, thank you very much, gero vakaro ir ačiū labai (good evening and thank you very much).
Jums geros dienos ir iki pasimatymo, viso gero, ate.
You have a good day and until later, have a good day, bye.
LCC International University
http://www.lcc.lt/index.html
LCC International University video
http://www.lcc.lt/partners/video.html
Alright, that’s it for today.
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Hi there, I’m Jack. Hi there I’m Raminta and welcome back to Lithuanian Out Loud where we offer the world the Lithuanian language. We’re not teachers, but we do the best we can.
What do you think about that? It’s good to try to do the best, I think!
Recently, we talked about Saulė, the Lithuanian sun goddess of life, nature and fertility. You might be surprised to know her most sacred animal is žaltys, a small harmless green grass snake. The Lithuanian word for green is žalias. So, žalias – green, žaltys – green grass snake.
The žaltys spirit lives by the stove but to ensure fertility and wealth for the family a living žaltys snake was kept in a special corner of the home and at times the entire family would not only recite prayers to it, they would invite the green grass snake to share a meal at the dinner table.
That would be a lot of fun!
Elena Bradūnas has written a wonderful story for the magazine Lituanus named, If You Kill A Snake – The Sun Will Cry. You can find a link to the article on the Lithuanian Out Loud blogpage. According to the article, written in 1975, Elena states, “to this day in Lithuania, the gabled roofs are occasionally topped with serpent-shaped carvings in order to protect the household from evil powers.”
Since we touched on it in the last lesson, let‘s work some more on naming things. It‘s fairly simple and you‘ve already seen it. We just use kilmininkas or the genitive case. This is all simple stuff assuming you‘ve studied lessons 0022, 0030, 0031, 0033, 0037, and 0039 on kilmininkas.
Here‘s some new vocabulary for you. First, let’s go over the words in vardininkas or the naming case.
Kaip pasakyti lietuviškai?
How do you say it in Lithuanian?
an avenue
prospektas
the avenue
prospektas
a bridge
tiltas
the bridge
tiltas
the constitution
konstitucija
a constitution
konstitucija
freedom
laisvė
freedom
laisvė
Europe
Europa
Europe
Europa
the townhall
rotušė
a townhall
rotušė
art
dailė
fine art
dailė
the museum
muziejus
a museum
muziejus
Now we’ll name things using kilmininkas or the genitive case, for example, what’s the name of the street? It’s name is University Street. What’s the name of the park? It’s named Europe Park.
In the following examples we’ll give the streets, the squares, the avenues, the parks and the museums names. These are all real locations in Vilnius, Lithuania.
please repeat
prašom pakartoti
University Street
Universiteto gatvė
University Street
Universiteto gatvė
Tower Street
Bokšto gatvė
Tower Street
Bokšto gatvė
Castle Street
Pilies gatvė
Castle Street
Pilies gatvė
Bridge Street
Tilto gatvė
Bridge Street
Tilto gatvė
Vilnius Street
Vilniaus gatvė
Vilnius Street
Vilniaus gatvė
Townhall Square
Rotušės aikštė
Townhall Square
Rotušės aikštė
Cathedral Square
Katedros aikštė
Cathedral Square
Katedros aikštė
Vilnius Square
Vilniaus aikštė
Vilnius Square
Vilniaus aikštė
Europe Square
Europos aikštė
Europe Square
Europos aikštė
Gediminas Avenue
Gedimino prospektas
Gediminas Avenue
Gedimino prospektas
Constitution Avenue
Konstitucijos prospektas
Constitution Avenue
Konstitucijos prospektas
Vytautas Avenue
Vytauto prospektas
Vytautas Avenue
Vytauto prospektas
Freedom Avenue
Laisvės prospektas
Freedom Avenue
Laisvės prospektas
Bend Park
Vingio parkas
Bend Park
Vingio parkas
Europe Park
Europos parkas
Europe Park
Europos parkas
The Amber Museum
Gintaro muziejus
Amber Museum
Gintaro muziejus
The Castle Museum
Pilies muziejus
Castle Museum
Pilies muziejus
The Art Museum
Dailės muziejus
Art Museum
Dailės muziejus
Castle Bridge
Pilies tiltas
Castle Bridge
Pilies tiltas
So, we started with vardininkas, changed to kilmininkas in order to name things, and now let‘s change all these examples to galininkas or the accusative declension using į, or to, but first let‘s learn three more conjugations of the verb važiuoti.
we‘re going
mes važiuojame
we‘re going
mes važiuojame
they’re going (males only or male/female group)
jie važiuoja
they’re going (males only or male/female group)
jie važiuoja
they’re going (females only)
jos važiuoja
they’re going (females only)
jos važiuoja
Now for something challenging. We‘ll say a destination in English and we‘ll say, mes, jie or jos. You conjugate the verb and decline the destination and say the sentence in Lithuanian. For example, we‘ll say, “University Street – mes.“
Your response should be, “Mes važiuojame į Universiteto gatvę.“ We‘re going to University Street.
Just a reminder - when you use the verb važiuoti, you’re saying, to go, to drive, or to ride, using a car, a bus, a train, a bicycle, whatever. You’re not talking about walking.
sėkmės!
good luck!
University Street (mes)
mes važiuojame į Universiteto gatvę
Tower Street (mes)
mes važiuojame į Bokšto gatvę
Castle Street (mes)
mes važiuojame į Pilies gatvę
Bridge Street (mes)
mes važiuojame į Tilto gatvę
Vilnius Street (mes)
mes važiuojame į Vilniaus gatvę
Townhall Square (jie)
jie važiuoja į Rotušės aikštę
Cathedral Square (jie)
jie važiuoja į Katedros aikštę
Vilnius Square (jie)
jie važiuoja į Vilniaus aikštę
Europe Square (jie)
jie važiuoja į Europos aikštę
Gediminas Avenue (jie)
jie važiuoja į Gedimino prospektą
Constitution Avenue (jos)
jos važiuoja į Konstitucijos prospektą
Vytautas Avenue (jos)
jos važiuoja į Vytauto prospektą
Freedom Avenue (jos)
jos važiuoja į Laisvės prospektą
Bend Park (jos)
jos važiuoja į Vingio parką
Europe Park (jos)
jos važiuoja į Europos parką
Amber Museum (jos)
jos važiuoja į Gintaro muziejų
Amber Museum (aš)
aš važiuoju į Gintaro muziejų
Castle Museum (aš)
aš važiuoju į Pilies muziejų
Art Museum (aš)
aš važiuoju į Dailės muziejų
Sveikinu laimėjus! Congratulations on making it through another episode! Sveikinu laimėjus!
If you kill a snake, the sun will cry
http://www.lituanus.org/1975/75_1_01.htm
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Hi there, I’m Jack and welcome back to Lithuanian Out Loud. Today I’m cleaning out my computer. I found an episode that Raminta and I recorded months ago but never got around to putting it out on the internet. It’s not a significant lesson – it’s just for fun but I thought I’d put it out there just as a bonus lesson for you. Now, I apologize, the audio quality isn’t perfect, it’s got a little bit of a hiss in the background but you should be able to understand it just fine. Enjoy!
Hi everybody, this is Jack, and I’m Raminta and you’re listening to Lithuanian Out Loud! The world’s only, the world’s first…the first, the only one…Lithuanian language lessons in a podcast series!
One day a few years ago, my wife Raminta and I were visiting a family in Klaipėda. Klaipėda is a port city on the west coast of Lithuania. At one point Raminta was playing with some children and I heard her say the phrase, tuoj pat a couple of times. So I asked her, hey honey, what does tuoj pat mean? She brushed me off and said, wait a minute. I figured, okay, no problem, she’s just busy. So, I waited about five or ten minutes and I was getting tired of waiting so I asked her again, what does tuoj pat mean? She gave me a funny look and said a little more sternly, wait a minute. Hm! Now I wasn’t happy! Why the heck is she putting me off and ignoring me??? But, we were with friends and I didn’t want to show I was irritated so I just said to myself, okay, and decided to wait a bit longer. Half an hour later I was finally tired of waiting and being ignored. So, I gently took her hand, and made her look at me so I could get her complete attention. I said, Raminta, please tell me, I really want to know, what does tuoj pat mean??? She gave me a confused look and said, Jack, tuoj pat means, wait a minute.
Hey guess what? We’re going drinking with some buddies again! Woohoo! We seem to do a lot of these episodes, funny that, but it’s perfectly appropriate because we’re sitting here having a nice glass of what? Wine, wine. Cabernet Sauvignon, we’re having a good time…so, let’s start off with the phrase…
Hey! Let’s drink!
Ai! išgerkim!
Hey! Let’s drink!
Ai! išgerkim!
Hey! Let’s drink!
Ai! išgerkim!
So, when the drinks arrive, everybody’s got one in their hand, and somebody says…
Glasses up!
Pakelkime taures!
okay, let’s say that a little bit slower
Glasses up!
Pakelkime taures!
Glasses up!
Pakelkime taures!
Glasses up, let’s drink!
Pakelkime taures!
and the infinitive verb would be…
to lift
pakelti
to lift
pakelti
to lift
pakelti
okay, so that’s one way to get people to start drinking. So, let’s say in the middle of things you want to make a toast, you would say…
noriu pasakyti tostą
I want to make a toast
noriu pasakyti tostą
hey, I want to make a toast
noriu pasakyti tostą
I want to make a toast
noriu pasakyti tostą
now, after somebody makes a toast, you might say,
so for that, glasses up!
už tai ir pakelkime taures
so for that, we raise our glasses
už tai ir pakelkime taures
so for that, we raise our glasses
už tai ir pakelkime taures
okay, now we haven’t had enough to drink,
let’s drink some more
išgerkime daugiau
let’s drink some more
išgerkime daugiau
let’s drink some more
išgerkime daugiau
okay, now let’s say we’ve overdone it, we’ve had a little bit too much to drink, I’m very drunk
a woman would say,
I’m very drunk
aš labai girta
I’m very drunk
aš labai girta
I’m very drunk
aš labai girta
a man would say,
I’m very drunk
aš labai girtas
I’m very drunk
aš labai girtas
I’m very drunk
aš labai girtas
okay, now you’ve had too much to drink, so you need to get to the restroom
either a man or a woman would say, man bloga
I’m sick
man bloga
I’m sick
man bloga
I feel bad
man bloga
and now something that we learned in an earlier lesson, a woman would say,
where’s the lady’s room?
kur damo kambarys?
where’s the lady’s room?
kur damo kambarys?
where’s the girl’s room?
kur damo kambarys?
a man would probably just stick with,
where’s the restroom?
kur tualetas?
where’s the restroom?
kur tualetas?
where’s the restroom?
kur tualetas?
where’s the restroom?
kur tualetas?
Alright, that’s it for today, we’d like to thank you very much for listening, we appreciate it.
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Do you have time for this short lesson now, on žinoma? Sure! Žinoma!
Hi there, I’m Jack and I’m Raminta and welcome back to Lithuanian Out Loud where we offer the world the Lithuanian language. We’re not teachers, but we do the best we can. Don’t we dear? We do. We do…
Dangus is the Lithuanian word for the sky or heaven. Dievas is the word for a god. According to the article, “Lithuanian Mythology” written by Gintaras Beresnevičius of the Lithuanian Institute of Culture and Arts, the Lithuanian God of the sky was Dangaus Dievas.
Long ago Dangaus Dievas gave Perkūnas his powers of thunder and lightning and afterwards Dangaus Dievas fades into the background and becomes an inactive deity. Perkūnas is pictured as a middle-aged man. He has a large axe and arrows. Perkūnas rides on a two-wheeled chariot pulled by a team of goats, similar to the Norwegian God Thor.
Very nice, nicely done, very good! Well done!
In lesson 0046 we learned, galima and negalima, one can or one cannot. Another word that can be extremely useful is the word for, of course! Žinoma!
prašom pakartoti
please repeat…
of course!
žinoma!
of course!
žinoma!
of course not!
žinoma ne!
of course not!
žinoma ne!
can I pet your dog?
of course!
žinoma!
can I be honest with you?
of course!
žinoma!
can I have another hug, please?
of course!
žinoma!
do you get mail delivery on Sunday?
of course not!
žinoma ne!
can I borrow your car?
of course not!
žinoma ne!
can I keep an elephant in my house?
žinoma ne! of course not!
can I?
galima?
of course!
žinoma!
can I?
galima?
of course not!
žinoma ne!
really?
tikrai?
really!
tikrai!
Sveikinu! Congratulations for making it through another episode! Sveikinu!
Alright, that’s it for today, we’d like to thank you very much for listening, we appreciate it.
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LITHUANIAN MYTHOLOGY
GINTARAS BERESNEVIČIUS
Lithuanian Institute of Culture and Arts
http://www.crvp.org/book/Series04/IVA-17/chapter_iv.htm
Hi there, I’m Jack and I’m Raminta and welcome back to Lithuanian Out Loud where we offer the world the Lithuanian language. Here we are still in the month of February which in Lithuanian is…vasaris.
According to the Wikipedia pages entitled, Vilnius TV Tower, and the page, January Events, the tallest building in Lithuania is the Lithuanian Radio and Television Center or Lietuvos radijo ir televizijos centras. Sadly, it was also the location of the Vilnius Massacre during the events of January 1991. Lithuania was the first nation to declare independence from the Soviet Union. The Russians had occupied Lithuania since 1945, so even though World War II had ended for most of the world, the war didn’t end for Lithuania until 1991. Soviet troops, tanks, planes and ships still controlled Lithuania.
On 11 March 1990 Lithuania declared independence but going from a declaration to full independence wasn’t going to be easy. Russia had other ideas. By January 1991 the Speaker of the Lithuanian Supreme Council Vytautas Landsbergis called for independence supporters to form crowds and protect government buildings and other important locations. On January 8th and 9th more Soviet troops poured into Lithuania to head off any attempts of revolution.
On January 10th, Michailas Gorbačiovas announced a military intervention was possible within days. On January 11th, Soviet troops attacked and took control of many government buildings, TV stations, radio stations, airports and railway stations. On the 13th of January Soviet tanks attacked the Vilnius TV Tower but the civilian crowds refused to give way. The Russian tanks drove through the crowd crushing unarmed Lithuanian civilians. 14 people were killed that day at the tower by machine guns and after being run over by tanks.
Today you can visit the site of the massacre and at the base of the tower there’s a small museum dedicated to the patriots who lost their lives. At the top of the tower you can have a meal in the rotating restaurant which has a spectacular view of Vilnius.
In lessons 0050 and 0051 we worked on galininkas or the accusative case. Today we’ll practice some more with this declension.
Let’s get back in the taxi and see some of Vilnius, but first we need to learn the names of some Vilnius landmarks. Today’s lesson focuses on how to name things in Lithuanian. To do this we need to use kilmininkas or the genitive case. If you need a review just listen to episodes 0022, 0030, 0031, 0033, 0037, and 0039.
When we name something, such as Castle Street or Cathedral Square, we give the street a name and we give the square a name. Castle Street – Cathedral Square. When you name something you use kilmininkas or the genitive case. The first word, castle, in Castle Street is declined. The second word, gatvė, is not affected. The first word, cathedral, in Cathedral Square is declined. The second word, aikštė, is not affected.
Here are some new words. Kaip pasakyti lietuviškai? How do you say it in Lithuanian?
center
centras
center
centras
city center
miesto centras
downtown
miesto centras
In this example the word for city is miestas. The first word, miestas, is declined using kilmininkas. Miestas changes to miesto. The second word, center – centras is unchanged.
bend
vingis
curve
vingis
Bend Park (as in river’s bend)
Vingio parkas
Curve Park
Vingio parkas
the television
televizija
a television
televizija
television tower
televizijos bokštas
the television tower
televizijos bokštas
genocide
genocidas
genocide
genocidas
genocide museum
genocido muziejus
genocide museum
genocido muziejus
air or weather
oras
the air or the weather
oras
a port or a harbor
uostas
the port or the harbor
uostas
an airport
oro uostas
the airport
oro uostas
Okay, now let’s name things using Vilnius landmarks. Remember, the first word is declined using kilmininkas, the second word is unchanged.
please repeat
prašom pakartoti…
Vilnius University
Vilniaus universitetas
Vilnius University
Vilniaus universitetas
Castle Street
Pilies gatvė
Castle Street
Pilies gatvė
Cathedral Square
Katedros aikštė
Cathedral Square
Katedros aikštė
Gediminas Castle
Gedimino pilis
Gediminas Castle
Gedimino pilis
Okay! Now we’ll add the phrase, “I’m going to…" Notice that in the following examples the first word of whatever is named stays in kilmininkas. When we say, “I’m going to…" we have to use the accusative case or galininkas because the destination is the direct object of the verb. We’ll go over direct objects and verbs more in the future. Again, when something is named, for example, Vilniaus Universitetas the first word of the named thing is declined, Vilnius changes to Vilniaus.
I’m going to Vilnius University.
When we decline Vilniaus Universitetas using galininkas or the accusative case, the first word, Vilniaus stays in kilmininkas and the second word Universitetas is declined and changes to Universitetą. So, keep in mind the first word stays in kilmininkas, the second word is declined in the new declension.
Vilnius University
Vilniaus universitetas
to Vilnius University
į Vilniaus universitetą
the television tower
televizijos bokštas
to the television tower
į televizijos bokštą
Now we’ll show you how to use the verb, važiuoti in the present tense. This is the verb we use when we’re talking about going somewhere using some kind of means of transportation. When you use važiuoti, you’re saying, to go, to drive, or to ride, using a car, a bus, a train, a bicycle, whatever. You’re not talking about walking somewhere.
Please repeat
prašom pakartoti
I’m going
aš važiuoju
I’m going
aš važiuoju
He’s going
jis važiuoja
He’s going
jis važiuoja
She’s going
ji važiuoja
She’s going
ji važiuoja
I’m going to Vilnius University
aš važiuoju į Vilniaus universitetą
I’m going to Vilnius University
aš važiuoju į Vilniaus universitetą
I’m going to Castle Street
aš važiuoju į Pilies gatvę
I’m going to Castle Street
aš važiuoju į Pilies gatvę
I’m going to Cathedral Square
aš važiuoju į Katedros aikštę
I’m going to Cathedral Square
aš važiuoju į Katedros aikštę
He’s going to downtown
jis važiuoja į miesto centrą
He’s going to downtown
jis važiuoja į miesto centrą
He’s going to the television tower
jis važiuoja į televizijos bokštą
He’s going to the television tower
jis važiuoja į televizijos bokštą
She’s going to The Genocide Museum
ji važiuoja į Genocido muziejų
She’s going to The Genocide Museum
ji važiuoja į Genocido muziejų
She’s going to Bend Park
ji važiuoja į Vingio parką
She’s going to Bend Park
ji važiuoja į Vingio parką
She’s going to the airport
ji važiuoja į oro uostą
She’s going to the airport
ji važiuoja į oro uostą
I’m going to Gediminas Castle
aš važiuoju į Gedimino pilį
I’m going to Gediminas Castle
aš važiuoju į Gedimino pilį
Now, that was a challenging lesson! In the next lesson we‘ll work some more on the names of places in the capital, Vilnius, Lithuania and we‘ll give you much more practice with the concepts here.
Sveikinu! Congratulations for making it through another episode! Sveikinu!
Alright, that’s it for today, we’d like to thank you very much for listening, we appreciate it.
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Thanks for tuning in, tell your friends about us, we’ll see you on the next episode of Lithuanian Out Loud.
I’m Jack and I’ve never met a Lithuanian I didn’t like. Viso gero! Sudie!
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Ready Freddy, Man tai patinka!
Okay! Finally! It’s been so long, where have you been dear?
Maybe you’ve been skiing?
I’ve been skiing!!! Like the wind! From the mountains – down – fast!
Hi there, I’m Jack and I’m Raminta and welcome back to Lithuanian Out Loud where we offer the world the Lithuanian language. Here we are still in the month of February which in Lithuanian is…vasaris.
One of our listeners named Autumn sent me an email alerting us to something interesting. The prime minister of Lithuania is leading a commission that is considering a proposal to change Lithuania’s name in English. Of course, Lithuania’s name wouldn’t be affected in Chinese, German, French, Lithuanian, etcetera. The commission feels that English speakers not only confuse Lithuania and Latvia, they have trouble locating the Baltic nations on a map . The Lithuanian government is very interested in promoting investments and tourism and they think a name change might just do the trick. Thanks for the email and the interesting topic Autumn!
Have you heard about this Raminta?
No!
It’s kind of interesting.
It sounds interesting, I should look.
What do you think Lithuania should be called in English?
Lietuva!
Because of the conversation I had with Margarita in lesson 0051, maybe it’s time to learn how to say, “I like" something. For example, I like the coffee – man patinka kava. The verb patikti means, “to please." Here we’re actually saying, “to me is pleasing the coffee."
prašom pakartoti
please repeat
I like the city
man patinka miestas
I like the city
man patinka miestas
I like the university
man patinka universitetas
I like the university
man patinka universitetas
I like Lithuania
man patinka Lietuva
I like Lithuania
man patinka Lietuva
To get technical, the first word here – man – is an example of naudininkas or the dative case combined with the third person present of the verb patikti. But, we’re not going to study naudininkas much on this episode. We’ll save it for later.
prašom pakartoti, please repeat…
I like
man patinka
I like
man patinka
you like (familiar)
tau patinka
you like (familiar)
tau patinka
he likes
jam patinka
he likes
jam patinka
she likes
jai patinka
she likes
jai patinka
we like
mums patinka
we like
mums patinka
you like (formal)
jums patinka
you like (formal)
jums patinka
you all like
jums patinka
you all like
jums patinka
they like (male or male/female)
jiems patinka
they like (male or male/female)
jiems patinka
they like (all females)
joms patinka
they like (all females)
joms patinka
Now let’s run through some examples…
Do you like Madonna? (tu)
Ar tau patinka Madona?
Do you like Madonna? (tu)
Ar tau patinka Madona?
Yes, I like Madonna
Taip, man patinka Madona
Yes, I like Madonna
Taip, man patinka Madona
Do you like ABBA? (tu)
ABBA – likes my father – for sure!
Ar tau patinka ABBA?
Do you like ABBA? (tu)
Ar tau patinka ABBA?
Yes, I like ABBA
Taip, man patinka ABBA
Yes, I like ABBA
Taip, man patinka ABBA
Do you like Romas? (Jūs)
Ar jums patinka Romas?
Do you like Romas? (Jūs)
Ar jums patinka Romas?
Yes, I like him
Taip, patinka
Yes, I like him
Taip, patinka
Do you like Raminta (Jūs)
Ar jums patinka Raminta?
Do you like Raminta (Jūs)
Ar jums patinka Raminta?
I like her
Patinka
I like her
Patinka
Do you like England? (Jūs)
Ar jums patinka Anglija?
Do you like England? (Jūs)
Ar jums patinka Anglija?
I like England
Man patinka Anglija
I like England
Man patinka Anglija
The word “tai" translates as, this, that, these, or those
Do you like this? (tu)
Ar tau tai patinka?
Do you like this? (tu)
Ar tau tai patinka?
I like this
Man tai patinka
I like this
Man tai patinka
Do you like those? (Jūs)
Ar jums tai patinka?
Do you like those? (Jūs)
Ar jums tai patinka?
I like them
Man tai patinka
I like them
Man tai patinka
Does he like that?
Ar jam tai patinka?
Does he like that?
Ar jam tai patinka?
He likes that
Jam tai patinka
He likes that
Jam tai patinka
Does she like these?
Ar jai tai patinka?
Does she like these?
Ar jai tai patinka?
She likes these
Jai tai patinka
She likes these
Jai tai patinka
We can also use this with the infinitive of a verb.
Do they like to dance? (all male)
Ar jiems patinka šokti?
Do they like to dance? (all male)
Ar jiems patinka šokti?
Yeah, they like to dance
Taip, jiems patinka šokti
Yeah, they like to dance
Taip, jiems patinka šokti
Do they like to do sports? (mixed m/f)
Ar jiems patinka sportuoti?
Do they like to do sports? (mixed m/f)
Ar jiems patinka sportuoti?
Yes, they like to do sports
Taip, jiems patinka sportuoti
Yeah, they like to do sports
Taip, jiems patinka sportuoti
Do they like to sing? (all female)
Ar joms patinka dainuoti?
Do they like to sing? (all female)
Ar joms patinka dainuoti?
They like to sing
Joms patinka dainuoti
They like to sing
Joms patinka dainuoti
Sometimes people really like to do something…
Do they like to swim? (all girls)
Ar joms patinka plaukioti?
Do they like to swim? (all girls)
Ar joms patinka plaukioti?
They really like to swim
Joms labai patinka plaukioti
They really like to swim
Joms labai patinka plaukioti
Do you all like to play?
Ar jums patinka žaisti?
Do you all like to play?
Ar jums patinka žaisti?
Yes, we really like to play
Taip, mums labai patinka žaisti
Yes, we really like to play
Taip, mums labai patinka žaisti
Do all of you like the club?
Ar jums patinka klubas?
Do all of you like the club?
Ar jums patinka klubas?
Oh, we really like the club
O, mums labai patinka klubas
Oh, we really like the club
O, mums labai patinka klubas
Now, during my interview with Margarita from Vilnius, I asked her, ar jums patinka gerti kavą? We’ll go over this only because we touched on it on the last lesson. Gerti is the verb, to drink. Coffee, or kava, receives the direct action of the verb – you drink the coffee. Sorry to get so technical with you. So, kava is declined using galininkas.
Do you like to drink coffee?
Ar jums patinka gerti kavą?
Do you like to drink coffee?
Ar jums patinka gerti kavą?
I like to drink coffee
Man patinka gerti kavą
I like to drink coffee
Gerti kavą - patinka
I like to drink coffee
Gerti kavą - patinka
Does he like to drink coffee?
Ar jam patinka gerti kavą?
Does he like to drink coffee?
Ar jam patinka gerti kavą?
He likes it
Jam patinka
He likes it
Jam patinka
Does she like to drink coffee?
Ar jai patinka gerti kavą?
Does she like to drink coffee?
Ar jai patinka gerti kavą?
She likes it
Jai patinka
She likes it
Jai patinka
Where does he like to drink coffee?
Kur jam patinka gerti kavą?
Where does he like to drink coffee?
Kur jam patinka gerti kavą?
Where does she like to drink coffee?
Kur jai patinka gerti kavą?
Where does she like to drink coffee?
Kur jai patinka gerti kavą?
Now, if we answer the last two questions we’ll start to get into the locative case, or vietininkas. That lesson is still about five episodes away, but we’ll get there. Also, you probably noticed we didn’t go over how to say we don’t like something. Another lesson. To wrap this up let’s do some more simple examples.
I like Klaipėda
Man patinka Klaipėda
I like Klaipėda
Man patinka Klaipėda
Do you like the color? (tu)
Ar tau patinka spalva?
Do you like the color? (tu)
Ar tau patinka spalva?
He likes the location
Jam patinka vieta
He likes the location
Jam patinka vieta
She likes the car
Jai patinka mašina
She likes the car
Jai patinka mašina
We like the country
Mums patinka šalis
We like the country
Mums patinka šalis
Do you like the restaurant? (Jūs)
Ar jums patinka restoranas?
Do you like the restaurant? (Jūs)
Ar jums patinka restoranas?
Do you all like the coffee shop?
Ar jums patinka kavinė?
Do you all like the coffee shop?
Ar jums patinka kavinė?
They like the flat (male/female group)
Jiems patinka butas
They like the flat (male/female group)
Jiems patinka butas
They like the bookstore (female group)
Joms patinka knygynas
They like the bookstore (female group)
Joms patinka knygynas
Nuostabu! Wonderful! You made it to the end of another lesson! Nuostabu!
On this lesson you were introduced to quit a few new verbs such as gerti – to drink, and šokti – to dance, to name a couple. We plan to do a lesson in the future for every verb we go over. So, eventually expect to see an episode focused just on gerti, a lesson focused just on šokti, etcetera.
Alright, that’s it for today, we’d like to thank you very much for listening, we appreciate it.
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Hi there, I’m Jack. Just so you know, the staff here at Lithuanian Out Loud, also known simply as, Raminta, Jack and a computer, we’re always trying to bring you something better, something that improves the Lithuanian lessons. Right now we’re focused on trying to improve the audio quality. You’ll probably notice an improvement on this very episode, and we want to bring you more interesting shows including native speakers who might want to co-host a few shows and interject their own unique speech patterns and experiences for you. If you know of any native speakers who’d like to do a show, or if you are a native speaker and you’d like to be part of a show – please let us know. It’s easy to co-host a show because every episode is scripted so you won’t have to worry about thinking up things to say. So, we’ll try to bring some Lithuanians on the show, and if we’re successful – you’ll be the first to know…
La- Labas vakarėlis!
(Good evening – diminutive)
Kaip sekasi?
(How are you?)
Gerai, ačiū, o tau?
(Well, thanks! and you?)
irgi
(also)
Hi there, I’m Jack and I’m Margarita and welcome back to Lithuanian Out Loud. Do you remember the Lithuanian word for February? We’ll give you a moment…vasaris. In vasaris we’re looking forward to summer or vasara.
Rūpestis is the Lithuanian word for anxiety, concern or worry. A charming part of Lithuania’s culture is the tradition of the worrying man. You can see him at crossroads, or sitting on a tree stump. He worries while sitting on a wall or even in a home. The worrying man is named Rūpintojėlis and he can often be seen by the side of the road. He’s one of the oldest symbols of Lithuanian culture.
Rūpintojėlis is carved from wood in many different styles but mostly you see him sitting, leaning on an elbow worrying about his troubles. Of course, gift shops have picked up on the idea and now it’s easy to find a small Rūpintojėlis who can go home with you in the palm of your hand.
Very nice, your English is very clear Margarita, very nice.
Not really!
So you speak, you speak Lithuanian, English, how many other languages?
Russian.
So, you speak three languages…
and French a little bit, and very, very little Greek.
Ah, French, I don’t know much French, let’s see…je ne parle pas français (I don’t speak French)
pourquoi? (why?)
I don’t know – nežinau, I’m lazy I guess…
Today we’ll continue working our way through the introduction to galininkas. If you need to review what we’ve already done please listen to episode 0050 again. Today we’re going for a taxi ride. Try to learn these words well. We’ll be using them quite a bit in the future.
Kaip pasakyti lietuviškai?
How do you say it in Lithuanian?
the coffee shop
kavinė
a coffee shop
kavinė
to the coffee shop
į kavinę
to the coffee shop, please
į kavinę, prašom
the square - a city square
aikštė
town square - city square
aikštė
to the square
į aikštę
to the square, please
į aikštę, prašom
the tower
bokštas
a tower
bokštas
to the tower
į bokštą
to the tower, please
į bokštą, prašom
Now, I notice Margarita, your accent is a little different from Raminta’s, are you from Vilnius?
I am from Vilnius!
You’re from where? I’m sorry?
From Vilnius.
My wife, she was raised in Klaipėda.
Ah, okay, she’s (from) near the seaside.
So, when you hear somebody speaking from Klaipėda, can you tell right away, that they’re from Klaipėda?
Actually, I personally can’t but I know that that person is not from Vilnius.
Ah, really, that’s interesting.
Actually, if I would study this – differences maybe I would say, but now I can say this person is not from Vilnius or not from Kaunas.
Uh-huh, interesting.
You know – small country, but we have distinctions.
I’ve heard that there are like, there are parts of Lithuania you can go to and the people are very hard to understand.
It’s near Klaipėda, from Klaipėda – to the north. It’s called – this region – Žemaitija. It’s northwest, maybe more…so, and some people would like to have even the separate state, Žemaitija, and we have jokes that, here is speaking, like, different languages. Lithuanian language and Žemaitiškai.
Aha, I understand, almost like two different languages.
Not just – similar, but we have like very different words, I can’t tell you at the moment, but, like bread – duona, we have duona and we have another name for this, but it’s dialect, it was the Lithuanian dialect, but official language is based on the dialect which is around Vilnius. Actually, this region is called Aukštaitija, Aukštaitija it means like, highlands and Žemaitija, lowlands. Also the language – the dialect is also different.
Okay, so I will continue…
the post office
paštas
a post office
paštas
to the post office
į paštą
to the post office, please
į paštą, prašom
the castle
pilis
a castle
pilis
to the castle
į pilį
to the castle, please
į pilį, prašom
the park
parkas
a park
parkas
to the park
į parką
to the park, please
į parką, prašom
the beach
paplūdimys
a beach
paplūdimys
to the beach
į paplūdimį
to the beach, please
į paplūdimį, prašom
the hospital
ligoninė
a hospital
ligoninė
to the hospital
į ligoninę
to the hospital, please
į ligoninę, prašom
the bar, as in a pub
baras
a bar
baras
to the bar
į barą
to the bar, please
į barą, prašom
the bridge
tiltas
a bridge
tiltas
to the bridge
į tiltą
to the bridge, please
į tiltą, prašom
Great! Šaunu! Now, let’s do a review of what we’ve learned in the last two lessons. Try to say it in Lithuanian – Out Loud after we say it in English. On the next lesson we’ll get back in a taxi and drive around Vilnius, the capital of Lithuania. Here we’ll say the phrase in English first, can you say the phrase in Lithuanian before Margarita?
to the university, please
į universitetą, prašom
to the airport, please
į oro uostą, prašom
to the cathedral, please
į katedrą, prašom
to the street, please
į gatvę, prašom
to the museum, please
į muziejų, prašom
to the church, please
į bažnyčią, prašom
to the store, please
į parduotuvę, prašom
to the coffee shop, please
į kavinę, prašom
to the square, please
į aikštę, prašom
to the tower, please
į bokštą, prašom
to the post office, please
į paštą, prašom
to the park, please
į parką, prašom
to the beach, please
į paplūdimį, prašom
to the hospital, please
į ligoninę, prašom
to the bar, please
į barą, prašom
to the bridge, please
į tiltą, prašom
to the restaurant, please
į restoraną, prašom
to the city, please
į miestą, prašom
to Kaunas
į Kauną
to Palanga
į Palangą
to the Akropolis mall, please
į Akropolį, prašom
to the hotel, please
į viešbutį, prašom
to the automobile
į automobilį
to the room, please
į kambarį, prašom
to the train, please
į traukinį, prašom
to the basement
į rūsį
to the bookstore, please
į knygyną, prašom
to Vilnius, please
į Vilnių, prašom
to Sidney
į Sidnėjų
to the school, please
į mokyklą, prašom
to the library, please
į biblioteką, prašom
to Lithuania
į Lietuvą
Šaunu! Great! You made it to the end of another lesson! Šaunu!
That is great, now Margarita I want to thank you very, very much for helping us out with this lesson.
You’re welcome. That was great.
That was wonderful. That was wonderful. It was really great to talk to you and to hear somebody else speaking Lithuanian, so…
Jack:Aš turiu klausimą, prašom kalbėti lietuviškai, kur jums patinka valgyti Vilniuje?
I have a question, please speak Lithuanian, where do you like to eat in Vilnius?
Margarita:
Kur man patinka valgyti Vilniuje?
Where do I like to eat in Vilnius?
Jack:
Taip, koks restoranas?
Yes, which restaurant?
Margarita:
Man patinka valgyti vegetariškas restoranas indiškas, vadinasi - “Balti drambliai"
I like to eat (in the) Indian (style) vegetarian restaurant called “White Elephants"
Jack:
A, okay, ačiū! O ar jums patinka gerti kavą?
Ah, okay, thanks! Do you like to drink coffee?
Margarita:
Gerti kavą patinka. Mes turim tokias kelias parduotuves, tokį tinklą, vadinasi “Double coffee," angliškas....
I like to drink coffee. We have a few shops, the chain called "Double coffee“, English style....
Jack:
A, tikrai
Ah, really
Margarita:Ir tenais, nežinau kas yra savininkas, bet ten įvairiausių kavų galima, pavyzdžiui kokių penkiasdešimt rūšių yra.
And there, I don‘t know who is the owner, but there is big variety of coffee, for example there are about 50 kinds of coffee.
Jack:
Aha
Margarita:
Labai daug kavų gali išsirinkti, įvairiausių.
You can choose from many coffees, a variety.
Jack:Okay, gerai, aš suprantu beveik viską.
Okay, well, I understand almost everything.
Margarita:
Šaunu!
Great!
Jack:
Ar jums patinka gyventi Vilniuje?
Do you like to live in Vilnius?
Margarita:
Man patinka, nes yra transportas, visuomeninis transportas: troleibusai, autobusai. Ir tarkim jeigu mums reikia nuvažiuoti iš vienos miesto pusės į kitą tai nedaug užtrunka, be to jie labai dažnai važinėja – kas penkias minutes, jeigu tai yra dienos metu. Jeigu vakare tai ne taip dažnai – kas penkiolika minučių, kas dvidešimt. O naktį, naktį mes turime autobusus naktinius tai naktį galima… važiuoja vieną kart per valandą autobusas. Kai kur netgi du kartus per valandą
I like it because there is transportation, public transportation: tolleybuses, buses. And for example if we need to have a ride from one side of the city to another it doesn’t take long and they go very often – every five minutes, if it is in the day time. If it is in the evening not so often – every 15 to 20 minutes. And at night, at night we have night buses so at night one can…..the bus goes every hour. Sometimes even up to two times in one hour.
Jack:Wonderful, I understood most of what you just said there, that’s great, your Lithuanian sounds beautiful!
Margarita:
Nuostabu!
Wonderful!
Jack:
Kaip graži
(How beautiful)
(Jack makes a mistake here – one can say, kaip gražu, koks graži or koks gražus, but not kaip graži – oops!)
Margarita:
Kaip gražiai gražiai mane augino.......
How pretty pretty they were raising me......
Jack:
Well, I want to thank you very, very much for helping us out on the show…
Margarita:
You are welcome!
Jack:
I will let you know as soon as it is on the internet and everybody is listening, I think they will enjoy listening to you very much.
Margarita:
Supratau! Labai… turiu vieną klausimą – kaip jums kilo idėja pradėt daryt šitą projektą internete?
Understood! Very.... I have one question – how did you get the idea to start this project on the internet?
To answer Margarita’s last question I simply explained, in English of course, that Raminta and I decided to start this series as a tool to help me learn Lithuanian. Raminta and I would like to stress that we offer these lessons to anyone who can use them but we aren’t teachers, we just do the best we can.
Thanks a million to Margarita who was so nice to come on the show and share her great personality with us. This episode was actually recorded before the lesson with Romas and we had some technical problems trying to record the episodes. Margarita made herself available for a few days patiently waiting for me to work the bugs out of our new system. So, Margarita, again, you were super, thanks for helping us out with the show and I know everyone who’s listening is very impressed with you.
Of course, in an upcoming episode we’ll break down and practice some aspects of Margarita’s unscripted responses to my questions.
Just a reminder, if you are a native Lithuanian speaker and you’d like to do a show with us, or if you know a friend or a significant other who’s a native Lithuanian speaker who might like to help us with a show, please get in touch with us. Like we said, the lessons are all scripted so you don’t have to worry about what to say. Please give us a call.
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Hi there, I’m Jack and I’m Romas and welcome back to Lithuanian Out Loud. Here we are in a new month! In English this month is called February. In English we capitalize the first letter of the month, in Lithuanian you generally don’t. The word February comes from the ancient Roman culture and the fact that in this month they held a purification ceremony or a februa. The Lithuanian word for this month is vasaris, it comes from the word for summer or vasara. In the month of vasaris the weather is starting to improve. The days are longer, the nights are shorter, and people are starting to think forward to summer.
The next time the sun warms your face imagine you’re being blessed by the Lithuanian sun goddess Saulė. Saulė is the Lithuanian word for the Sun. According to Britannica Online and Wikipedia, Saulė is also one of the most powerful and well known gods in the old Lithuanian religion. She’s the goddess of life, nature and fertility. Saulė is the protector of all who have had misfortune, especially orphans since she is the only substitute for a mother’s warmth. As a matter of fact, pasaulis is the Lithuanian word for the world, or the place under the sun. Souls of the dead travel with Saulė to a place which was believed to be located behind the horizon. It was considered an offense to point at the sun or moon and when Saulė is shining in the sky, the bad spirits sleep.
The sun and the moon were husband and wife but in the end they divorced because the moon couldn’t be faithful to his wife. The unfaithful moon fell in love with the daughter of Saulė and Perkūnas – Aušrinė. Saulė is associated with a stag that has nine horns and you can see this in folk art clothing and ornaments.
But, how does Saulė move through the sky? Every day she rides on a chariot with copper wheels pulled by horses who never get tired and never sweat. In the evening Saulė washes the horses in the sea while she sits on a hill holding the reigns in her hands. Because the sun is clearly responsible for the growth of plants, Lithuanian farmers prayed to Saulė at sunrise and sunset. A harmless green snake, or žaltys, was a special favorite of Saulė. It’s good luck to have a žaltys in your house and extremely bad luck to kill one.
So Romas, Raminta told me that žaltys is a way of cussing in a very soft way? Yeah, kind of like this – O! Žaltys! Yeah, that’s a very soft swear word.
On the last lesson we learned į kairę, to the left and į dešinę, to the right. These are examples of the accusative case or galininkas. Today we’ll begin a series of episodes focused on the accusative declension. As a matter of fact, episodes 40 and 43 were examples of the accusative case.
When we use the preposition, į or, to, we’re indicating motion or movement to something or someplace. We’re not talking about where something is located. We’re only talking about going to someplace. To do this we have to use galininkas. Galininkas is extremely common in Lithuanian and we’ll use it in other ways on future episodes. This is only one way to use it.
The accusative case or galininkas breaks down very easily like this; a word that ends in…
-a changes to –ą nosinė
-ė changes to –ę nosinė
-as changes to –ą nosinė
-is changes to –į nosinė
-ys changes to –į nosinė
-us changes to -ų nosinė
Here are some examples of galininkas using words we’ve already used in previous episodes.
Kaip pasakyti lietuviškai?
How do you say it in Lithuanian?
Lithuania or Lietuva changes to Lietuvą
to Lithuania, translates as, į Lietuvą
the right or dešinė changes to dešinę
to the right → į dešinę
the left or kairė changes to kairę
to the left → į kairę
the city or miestas changes to miestą
to the city → į miestą
Akropolis, the mall north of Vilnius, changes to Akropolį
to Akropolis → į Akropolį
the room or kambarys changes to kambarį
to the room → į kambarį
Vilnius changes to Vilnių
to Vilnius → į Vilnių
So, there we have the basics of galininkas. Let’s go over some more examples.
please repeat
prašom pakartoti
the university
universitetas
a university
universitetas
to the university
į universitetą
to the university, please
į universitetą, prašom
the airport
oro uostas
an airport
oro uostas
to the airport
į oro uostą
to the airport, please
į oro uostą, prašom
the cathedral
katedra
a cathedral
katedra
to the cathedral
į katedrą
to the cathedral, please
į katedrą, prašom
the street
gatvė
a street
gatvė
to the street
į gatvę
to the street, please
į gatvę, prašom
the museum
muziejus
a museum
muziejus
to the museum
į muziejų
to the museum, please
į muziejų, prašom
the church
bažnyčia
a church
bažnyčia
to the church
į bažnyčią
to the church, please
į bažnyčią, prašom
the store or the shop
parduotuvė
a store or a shop
parduotuvė
to the store
į parduotuvę
to the shop, please
į parduotuvę, prašom
the bookstore
knygynas
a bookstore
knygynas
to the bookstore
į knygyną
to the bookstore, please
į knygyną, prašom
an ale house
alinė (or) aludė
the pub
alinė (or) aludė
to the pub
į alinę (or) į aludę
to the pub, please
į alinę, prašom (or) į aludę, prašom
Sidney, (Australia)
Sidnėjus
Sidney
Sidnėjus
to Sidney
į Sidnėjų
to Sidney
į Sidnėjų
coffee shop
kavinė
coffee shop
kavinė
to the coffee shop
į kavinę
to the coffee shop
į kavinę, prašom
a lounge
svetainė
a lounge
svetainė
to the lounge
į svetainę
to the lounge
į svetainę, prašom
the basement
rūsys
the basement
rūsys
to the basement
į rūsį
to the basement
į rūsį
now we’ll say a word in vardininkas and you say į and add galininkas or the accusative declension. For example we’ll say, restoranas, and you reply, į restoraną. Here we go!
restoranas
į restoraną
kavinė
į kavinę
miestas
į miestą
Kaunas
į Kauną
Palanga
į Palangą
parkas
į parką
Akropolis
į Akropolį
viešbutis
į viešbutį
automobilis
į automobilį
kambarys
į kambarį
traukinys
į traukinį
rūsys
į rūsį
knygynas
į knygyną
muziejus
į muziejų
Vilnius
į Vilnių
Sidnėjus
į Sidnėjų
mokykla (school)
į mokyklą
biblioteka (library)
į biblioteką
Lietuva
į Lietuvą
gatvė
į gatvę
kavinė
į kavinę
svetainė
į svetainę
Klaipėda
į Klaipėdą
Great! That should be enough for a small introduction. On the next lesson we’ll continue working on galininkas and add some more vocabulary for our taxi trip.
Šaunu! Great! You made it to the end of another lesson! Šaunu!
I want to thank Romas for helping us by co-hosting this episode. It was an honor and a priviledge to have him on the show. Romai, maybe we can have you back soon and you can tell us a little about yourself. Romas is an interesting person.
Raminta and I hope you enjoyed this episode, we’re working hard on improving our audio and we hope to have many other co-hosts on Lithuanian Out Loud in order to give you a wide range of voices and regional accents. As a matter of fact, if you are a native Lithaunian speaker or if you know a native Lithuanian speaker who might like to be on an episode please get in touch with us. The welcome mat is always on the front porch.
Alright, that’s it for today, we’d like to thank you very much for listening, we appreciate it.
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Hi there, I’m Jack and welcome back to Lithuanian Out Loud and the month of January which in Lithuanian is…sausis.
Today is the 63rd anniversary of the Battle of Memel. Lithuania’s only seaport is on the Baltic Coast. This city has had two names. Its German name was Memel and its Lithuanian name is Klaipėda. In 1938 the Nazi party won 26 of 29 seats in elections of the local assembly or Landtag. You see, for hundreds of years Klaipėda or Memel was populated mostly by Germans. They were the descendants of the German Crusaders we’ve mentioned in previous episodes. In 1939 the Klaipėda area was at least 80% German and this German population was caught up in the nationalistic fever that swept over German populations in Europe when Adolph Hitler came to power.
Nazi Germany pressured the Lithuanian government to hand the city and the surrounding area over to the Third Reich so as to include it in “Greater Germany." Seeing that neither France nor England were willing to stop the Nazi demands and since the population was pro-unification, the Lithuanian government was forced to give up the area.
This capitulation disappointed Geman generals and admirals who had drawn up amphibious invasion plans for the area. Lithuania could not have possibly defeated the combined German army and navy.
Adolph Hitler himself sailed to Klaipėda in 1939 on a warship and was greeted by jubilant crowds of the city. Today you can still see the balcony where he addressed the populace in a downtown square. Click on the link on the Lithuanian Out Loud blogpage to see a youtube video of the crowd greeting Hitler in the city. In this video you’ll see a man enthusiastically painting over Lithuanian words on a sign in deference to German words.
Later, as Germany was losing the war on the Eastern Front to the communist Russian forces, Hitler ordered the evacuation of all Germans to the west. The German army stayed behind to defend the city but at the Battle of Memel, 28 January 1945, the city fell to the Soviets.
The story of the German people retreating from the Russians is a sad one. Many boarded German transport ships, others joined wagon-trains for the oveland trip. It was winter and bitterly cold. To stay was to face cruelty, murder and rape at the hands of the Russian troops looking for revenge on a German population.
The few Germans who stayed behind were expelled by the communists. Tens of thousands of people lost their homes, their belongings, their communities and their lives. Many Germans who had lived in Klaipėda for untold generations tried to return after the end of World War II to the only home they’d ever known - but were denied. Today only some 1,000 Germans live in Klaipėda.
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When I’m in Lithuania taxis are essential, but, of course, we’ve got to be able to communicate with the driver. Here are some words and phrases we can’t live without when you’re in the back seat of a taxi.
Kaip pasakyti lietuviškai?
How do you say it in Lithuanian?
The word for taxi is – taksi
taksi
taxi
taksi
taxi
now, we need to be able to tell our taxi driver where we’d like to go.
prašom pakartoti…please repeat…
tiesiai
straight
tiesiai
go straight ahead
atgal
back
atgal
go back
čia
here
čia
here
štai čia
right here
štai čia
this is it, right here
štai and čia both translate as, here
štai čia is used for emphasis, right here!
prašom pakartoti…please repeat…
į kairę
to the left
į kairę, prašom
to the left, please
į dešinę
to the right
į dešinę, prašom
to the right, please
ten
there
ten
go over there
čia?
here?
ne, ne čia, ten
no, not here, there
čia?
here?
ne, ne čia, ten
no, not here, over there
čia?
here?
taip, čia
yes, here
now, if you’re really feeling up to a challenge, here’s an entire sentence for you to learn…
palaukite manęs čia penkias minutes, prašau
wait for me here five minutes, please
palaukite manęs čia penkias minutes, prašau
wait for me here five minutes, please
palaukite manęs čia penkias minutes, prašau
wait for me here five minutes, please
palaukite manęs čia penkias minutes, prašau
wait for me here five minutes, please
galima?
can you?
galima?
can you?
alright, we’re at our destination, time to say goodbye to our taxi driver.
prašom pakartoti…
geros dienos!
have a good day!
geros dienos!
have a good day!
sudie!
goodbye!
sudie!
goodbye!
gero vakaro!
have a good evening!
gero vakaro!
have a good evening!
viso labo!
goodbye!
viso labo!
goodbye!
gero vėjo!
good wind! (goodbye!)
gero vėjo!
good wind! (see ya!)
Yeah, it’s kind of funny, I think the taxi driver would look at you like…what are you thinking about? Gero vėjo! Right! What do you think? Do you ever hear gero vėjo? Yeah, around friends maybe, it’s kind of – joke, you know, a little bit of a joke, but it’s cute, it’s cute you know, gero vėjo, oh that would be interesting to hear with the accent…
you may have guessed correctly this is an old nautical term for goodbye, but you don’t have to be on a boat to use it. gero vėjo! gero vėjo! good wind! goodbye!
labos nakties!
good night!
labos nakties!
good night!
Now, could you really, would you say this maybe to a taxi driver, or not? Yeah, sure. Oh, okay.
of course, you can use these expressions with anyone you like, not just a taxi driver. If we’re being dropped off at the airport our driver might say…
gero skrydžio!
have a good flight!
gero skrydžio!
good flight!
gero skrydžio!
good flight!
gero skrydžio!
have a good flight!
If the driver is dropping you off at the bus station, train station or airport he might or she might say, have a good trip!
geros kelionės!
have a good trip!
geros kelionės!
have a good trip!
geros kelionės!
have a good trip!
į kairę and į dešinę are examples of a declension we haven’t discussed yet. This is the accusative case or the accusative declension also known as galininkas in Lithuanian. On the next episode we’ll start working on this common declension. Congratulations for getting through another lesson. Šaunuoliai – Congratulations!
Alright, that’s it for today, we’d like to thank you very much for listening, we appreciate it.
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If you’d like to see the Lithuanian spelling of any word in this series just go to WWW dot Lithuanian dot L I B S Y N dot com.
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I’m Jack and I’ve never met a Lithuanian I didn’t like. Viso gero! Sudie!
Hitler arrives in Klaipėda, Lithuania, 1939, youtube video, one minute 15 seconds long
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Hi there, I’m Jack and welcome back to Lithuanian Out Loud where the lessons are free and we offer a 100% money back guarantee. Of course, this is the month of January, or in Lithuanian it would be…sausis.
On today’s episode we’ll be going over some new phrases for chatting in a conversation and just so you know, on the next lesson we’ll learn some fun ways to say goodbye. After that we’ll start to tackle the accusative case and after that, the locative case. We’re also working on bringing you some more intermediate lessons since we’ve had some good feedback on them and evidently, you want some more.
One of our listeners named Autumn was nice enough to tell us about Oneness City. It’s a free online Lithuanian web site with 10 interactive lessons including voice recordings. This looks like a great place to study and it’s put together by 16 staff members of the Vilnius University. I wish I had a staff! I haven’t had a chance to look at the lessons in depth yet, but initially, it looks great. Please take the time to click on the link on the Lithuanian Out Loud web page.
Now, Raminta, would you tell us a little about Lithuanian culture?
Okay, so, piliakalnis is the Lithuanian word for Hillfort. It comes from pilis, or castle and kalnas, mountain or hill. The remains of at least 800 piliakalniai dot the landscape of Lithuania and the single most famous hillfort was named Pilėnai.
In February of 1336 over 4,000 Lithuanians were trapped inside this fortress by the invading German Teutonic Knights. Seeing the situation as hopeless and not wanting to be sold into slavery, the Lithuanians committed mass suicide. They burned everything in the castle, set the wooden castle itself on fire, and then every man, woman and child took their own lives.
If you want to visit the ruins of Pilėnai that might be difficult. Nobody seems to know for certain where it’s located. However, the legend of this defiance of invaders remains strong in Lithuanian culture. The story lives on in the history, poetry and music of Lithuania.
The last time we learned a new greeting was in episode...don’t worry about that. If you’re practicing Lithuanian with some friends, by now you’re probably a bit bored with saying kaip gyveni? or kaip sekasi? again and again. We need some variety! Let’s learn some new ways to say, Hi, how ya doin?
prašom pakartoti lietuviškai
please repeat in Lithuanian
kaip sekasi?
how are you?
kaip jūs gyvenate?
how are you?
ar aš?
me?
ar aš? gerai
me? good
ar aš? gerai, ačiū
who me? good, thanks
ar aš? gerai, ačiū, o jūs?
who me? good, thanks, and you?
labai gerai, ačiū, o jūs?
very good, thanks, and you?
labai gerai, ačiū, o jūs?
very good, thanks, and you?
puikiai! ačiū, o jūs?
perfect! thanks, and you?
puikiai! ačiū, o jūs?
perfect! thanks, and you?
neblogai, o jūs?
not bad, you?
neblogai, o jūs?
not bad, you?
blogai, o jūs?
bad, and you?
blogai, o jūs?
bad, and you?
labai blogai, o jūs?
very bad, and you?
labai blogai, o jūs?
very bad, and you?
šiaip sau
so – so
šiaip sau
just okay
prašom pakartoti
please repeat
kaip sekasi?
how are you?
kaip jūs gyvenate?
how are you?
sveikas ir gyvas!
healthy and alive! (male)
sveikas ir gyvas!
healthy and alive! (male)
sveika ir gyva!
healthy and alive! (female)
sveika ir gyva!
healthy and alive! (female)
you can drop the word, ir
sveikas gyvas!
healthy and alive! (male)
sveikas gyvas!
healthy and alive! (male)
sveika gyva!
healthy and alive! (female)
sveika gyva!
healthy and alive! (female)
So, do you use these very much, dear? Sveika gyva, sveikas ir…sveika gyva…yeah, I use sveika, yeah, that’s…I use, but not a lot of people to tell the truth, but it’s kind of like a…a bit of a joke. Ahh, a bit of a joke, okay, I like it…yeah, I think it’s cute.
but, maybe you’re healthy but not much alive, this is a bit of a joke
sveikas, bet nelabai gyvas
healthy, but not very alive (male)
sveikas, bet nelabai gyvas
healthy, but not very alive (male)
sveika, bet nelabai gyva
healthy, but not very alive (female)
sveika, bet nelabai gyva
healthy, but not very alive (female)
sveikas gyvas can also be used as a greeting
sveikas gyvas!
Hi! (to a male)
sveikas gyvas!
Hey! (to a male)
sveika gyva!
Hi! (to a female)
sveika gyva!
Hey! (to a female)
if you’re having a bad day, week or month (I hope not years) you could say...
vos gyvas
hardly alive (male)
vos gyvas
almost dead (male)
vos gyva
more dead than alive (female)
vos gyva
hardly alive (female)
vos is the Lithuanian word for hardly. Okay, so, on the next episode of Lithuanian Out Loud, you will be listening to Lithuanian Out Loud…enjoy, have fun. On the next episode of Lithuanian Out Loud, we’ll go over some new ways to say goodbye! Congratulations for getting through another lesson. Šaunuoliai – Congratulations!
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Thanks to CCMixter.org, Ditto Ditto and Vieux Farka Toure for the podcast music.
Thanks for tuning in, tell your friends about us, we’ll see you on the next episode of Lithuanian Out Loud.
I’m Jack and I’ve never met a Lithuanian I didn’t like. Viso gero! Sudie!
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Hi there, this is Jack and welcome back to Lithuanian Out Loud where the month of January is sausis and the lessons are on the house! And now, here’s my beautiful wife Raminta and she’s going to share with us some more Lithuanian culture. Welcome back Raminta.
Oh, thank you dear, I’m so happy to be back on Lithuanian Out Loud. By now, we’re familiar with Perkūnas, the Lithuanian Thundergod. One of his daughters was named Jūratė. Her name comes from the word jūra which translates as, the sea. Jūratė is the goddess of the sea, she rules the ocean, all sea life and she lived in an amber palace at the bottom of the Baltic Sea. A fisherman named Kastytis was causing havoc. He was tossing his nets into the sea and Jūratė went to demand he stop. Once Jūratė saw Kastytis throwing his nets she fell in love with him and brought him back to her amber palace. This made her father Perkūnas very angry. He was angry because Jūratė was promised to marry Patrimpas, the God of Water. Perkūnas destroyed the amber palace with a single bolt of lightning and killed her lover. The palace was smashed and Jūratė was chained to the ruins forever. When storms in the Baltic stir up the waters, pieces of the amber palace wash up on Lithuania’s shore. If you find fragments in the shape of tears they are from the grieving goddess as she mourns for Kastytis. It’s said you can hear Jūratė crying during Baltic Sea storms. How sad! Poor Jūratė!
Before we get to today’s lesson here’s a message from Nik in California in the United States.
Hello Jack and Raminta, my name is Nik, I’m from Orange County, California and I’m taking your podcast lessons. I am 50% Lithuanian and I’ve been wanting to learn Lithuanian because my family speaks it and I cannot understand a single word they’re saying to me. I’ve only known a couple words because of me growing up I call my grandmother močiutė and my grandfather senelis it’s just a little weird when I hear them speak I think, “oh my gosh I can’t hear what they’re saying." I have really no experience with Lithuania. I’ve been wanting to go for a long, long, long time, ever since my Lithuanian family members was in Luxembourg and my family was irking me to go over there but I never got the chance to and I’m hoping to go there for the big, huge thousand year celebration in 2009. I just discovered your podcast on iTunes and I thought ooh maybe it’s something I should take a shot at because I’ve never seen Lithuanian on the internet before and it is a great resource. I’ve been trying to learn the language my grandma has said it’s really, really hard and it’s one of the oldest living Indo-European languages, I can find that very, very true from what you’re saying on this podcast. It is a very great resource and I’ve been recommending it to all my friends, even to some of my professors, and they like it. They’ve been doing little Lithuanian words of the day on the board, and everything, I sent an email to you guys just earlier and I have all these books on Introduction to Modern Lithuanian that are not helping because there’s no native speaker there present because of that so what you’re doing is a great job, just keep up the good work and keep adding more episodes, I just really want to learn, I’m on episode 17 right now, but I’m getting up there. My grandma, I’m already talking to her in Lithuanian a little bit and she’s like, good job, just keep on learning and maybe we can have a full conversation. Feel free to use my comments, just thank you very much, bye.
Thanks Nik! Say hi to your grandparents from Raminta and I, again, thanks for your input, we’ll try to keep the episodes coming.
This is our second love talk lesson. The first was episode 0038. Let’s say it’s early in the morning and it’s time to get up. Let’s start the day off right!
Kaip pasakyti lietuviškai? How do you say it in Lithuanian? Okay so, prašom pakartoti, please repeat…
Good morning sweetheart, time to get up!
To a female we would say…
Labas rytas mylimoji, laikas keltis!
laikas is vardininkas for time
keltis is the verb, to get up
prašom pakartoti…
Labas rytas mylimoji, laikas keltis!
Good morning sweetheart, time to get up!
Labas rytas mylimoji, laikas keltis!
Good morning sweetie, time to get up!
To a male we’d say…
Labas rytas mylimasis, laikas keltis!
Good morning sweetheart, time to get up!
Labas rytas mylimasis, laikas keltis!
Good morning sweetie, time to get up!
pabučiuoti is the verb to kiss or to give a kiss
Let’s start our day off right, let’s go get a little kiss, a little sugar. We say the same phrase to a male or female…prašom pakartoti, please repeat…
pabučiuok mane prašau
kiss me please
pabučiuok mane prašau
kiss me please
pabučiuok mane!
kiss me!
Oh, that’s so nice!
apkabinti is the verb, to hug
We can say this to a male or female
pakartokite prašau
please repeat
apkabink mane prašau
hug me please
apkabink mane prašau
give me a hug please
apkabink mane!
hug me!
Well, no matter how much we love each other, sometimes we have to say goodbye…
bučiuoti is the verb to kiss
geros dienos, bučkis, ate! ate!
have a good day, kisses, bye bye!
geros dienos, bučkis, ate!
have a good day, kisses, bye!
geros dienos, bučkis, ate! ate!
have a good day, kisses, bye bye!
or we could say…
geros dienos, bučiuoju, ate!
have a good day, kisses, bye!
geros dienos, bučiuoju, ate! ate!
have a good day, kisses, bye bye!
geros dienos, bučiuoju, ate!
have a good day, kisses, bye!
bučiuoju basically translates the same as bučkis
literally bučiuoju means, I kiss
It comes from the verb bučiuoti - to kiss
Another way to say, kisses! as in a way to say goodbye is, bučinys.
However, bučinys is only used in a letter or email, so it’s mostly typed or written, not spoken.
Alright, the day is over, time to go to bed. Let’s say, sweet dreams, love, goodnight.
saldus is the Lithuanian word in vardininkas for sweet
sapnas is vardininkas for dream
We say the same phrase to a male or female, please repeat, prašom pakartoti…
saldžių sapnų meile, labanakt
sweet dreams love, goodnight
saldžių sapnų meile, labanakt
sweet dreams love, goodnight
saldžių sapnų meile, labanakt
sweet dreams love, goodnight
we’ve got five or six episodes planned for love talk so expect another lesson on this subject soon! You made it through another lesson! Sveikinu! Congratulations!
Hi there! This is Jack and welcome back to another episode of Lithuanian Out Loud. So, what month is it? Do you remember? I’ll give you a moment…it’s Sausis or the dry month, also known as January. Before we get to the lesson that Raminta and I recorded a couple months ago, I wanted to get you caught up on some things. First off, Raminta and I recorded some episodes today and I think we’ve finally hit on a system that will really improve the audio quality of the shows. So, as soon as we get through the next couple of episodes, you can expect the fuzzy audio or buzzing sounds to disappear. That’s such a relief!
Donna, a listener in Longmont, Colorado, a town 30 miles north of Denver, Colorado in the United States, is looking for a native Lithuanian speaker with whom she can practice. If anyone who’s listening knows of a candidate, please let Raminta and I know and we’ll forward the information to Donna. Of course, Donna is willing to pay for your time. As a matter of fact, if anyone around the world is in a similar situation, just let us know and we’ll be happy to announce it on an upcoming episode.
Now here’s something that’s really exciting! Have you noticed that you can download daily podcasts of Lithuanian radio and television on iTunes? Just download the free program iTunes at iTunes.com, it’s completely free. Open iTunes on your computer and in the search window type “lietuvos" or l,i,e,t,u,v,o,s. Then in the blue window that pops up, click on podcasts. On the screen that comes up you’ll see 30 different programs. Now, go to the bottom of the page and in the lower right hand corner you’ll see a button that’s labeled, “more results." Click on that and you’ll see 30 more shows. After a quick glance I count 128 audio radio shows and television video shows. It’s amazing! There are news programs, detective mysteries, children’s television shows, music, and much, much more. Of course, being a beginner, I don’t understand much of it but I love to listen to a show while I’m studying. I’m a big believer in learning through passive listening as well as active study. Remember, you don’t need an iPod to listen to podcasts, you can download it all on iTunes for free and listen on your computer! You have to check this stuff out, it’s awesome!
Those of you who listen to Lithuanian Out Loud on an iPod know very well the problems we’ve had trying to put Lithuanian alphabet characters in the lyrics or text section of the podcast. We’ve tried many different approaches to fixing it but nothing worked. So, sadly, we’ll just forgo embedding the episode text in the podcast until iPod is able to support Lithuanian alphabet characters. Sorry about that, but if the software can’t handle it, it seems like a waste of time to do it. Okay, I think that’s it. On with the show we recorded a few weeks ago…
Hi everybody! This is Jack and I’m Raminta and you’re listening to Lithuanian Out Loud, the world’s first Lithuanian language lessons in a podcast series!
According to the Wikipedia page entitled, Baltic Air Policing, the Baltic air-policing mission is a NATO air defense designed to guard the airspace over the three Baltic states Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania.
Since March 2004, when the Baltic States joined NATO, alliance nations have policed the airspace over the area on a three to four-month rotation from Lithuania's First Air Base at Zokniai/Šiauliai International Airport, near the northern city of Šiauliai.
Usual deployments consist of four fighter aircraft with between 50 and 100 support personnel.
To date the nations of Belgium, Denmark, United Kingdom, Norway, Netherlands, Germany, United States, Poland, Turkey, Spain, and France have all patrolled the Baltic skies from the base in Šiauliai. Sounds like a fun job!
Today we’ll go over a couple of very useful words. In Lithuanian there’s a word that
means, one can or it’s possible or may I?
For example, I’m at a friend’s house, we’re drinking wine and I reach for the bottle to refill my glass. I say, may I? or can I?
galima? may I?
galima! you may!
galima? can I?
galima! you can!
galima can be used whenever you want to ask to do something and your intent is clear to the person with whom you’re speaking. For example…
you want to take somebody’s photo, you hold up the camera and say…
galima? may I?
you want to look at a book on a coffee table, you reach for it and say…
galima? can I?
you’re eating with a good friend and you think her french fries look tasty. You meekly reach towards them and say…
galima? can one?
but, hey, what if the answer’s no? Then the response might be…
negalima no, you can’t take my photo
negalima no, you can’t look at my book
negalima no, you can’t have any of my fries
your dog is barking and you yell at it and say,
negalima!
or, you try walking in the wrong door at the theater and the doorman yells at you…
negalima!
Hey, Lithuanian is easy!
Happy New Year! Raminta and I hope that Sausis 2008 is starting off good for you. Sausis is the Lithuanian word for the first month of the year. In English we call this month January. January comes from the ancient Roman God Janus. Janus was the god of the doorway, so January is the door to the rest of the year. Since Lithuania was never conquered by Rome and Lithuanian isn’t a Latin based language it makes sense Lithuanians have an entirely different system for naming months. From now on, at the beginning of every episode we’ll try to remind you which month we’re in so you can learn the months of the year without even studying. Sausas or sausa is an adjective that means, dry. From a Lithuanian perspective, in winter the land is covered by snow, but it’s not wet, it’s frozen and very dry, so the first month in Lithuanian is called Sausis or the dry month.
In November of 2007, Lithuanian President Valdas Adamkus was announced as the European of the Year for 2007 at a black tie dinner in Brussels. The award went to President Adamkus from a list of 50 nominees of European political leaders, business leaders and other professions. President Valdas Adamkus is the first leader of the countries that have recently joined the 27 nation European Union to receive the award.
In other news, on 21 December 2007, Lithuania was included in the European Union’s Schengen Zone where border and passport controls of the member nations have been eliminated. Lithuanians can now travel visa free throughout almost all of Europe. There are still border controls at airports but they’ll be eliminated in March of 2008. This puts increased pressure on Lithuania to control its borders with Russia and Belarus who, of course, do not belong to the European Union.
On this episode we’ll do a subject that’s long overdue and it’s an intermediate lesson, so, for beginners like me, we’re going to see elements that haven’t really been covered in this series yet such as the locative case, the instrumental case, masculine and feminine adjectives and the past tense of verbs. If you’re not at an intermediate level don’t worry about understanding everything.
Many weeks ago I asked Raminta to tell me about her first trip to Moscow without a script and with a natural flow of Lithuanian off the top of her head. Don’t be intimidated by her story. When she was speaking to me I understood only about .000001 percent, so if you don’t understand it, we’re in the same club. After studying this a lot, I’ve certainly picked up some new Lithuanian. So, here we go, enjoy!
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Į Maskvą vykome traukiniu. Kelionė buvo ilga, bet idomi ir atvykę į Maskvą pamatėme daug įdomių dalykų. Didelis kontrastas tarp skurdo ir žmonių, kurie gyvena pasiturinčiai.
Daug įvairių automobilių ir žmonių gyvenimo stilių. Nauji automobiliai, seni automobiliai, čia pat prabanga, čia pat ir skurdas.
Maskva įdomus miestas, gražus ir dvelkia senove, ir didybe.
Galima pamatyti daug įdomių dalykų gatvėse, traukinių, metro stotyje. Žmonės skuba, didelis judėjimas, buvo įdomu.
Now Raminta will say the sentences in Lithuanian and I’ll repeat the English translation:
Į Maskvą vykome traukiniu.
To Moscow we went by train.
Kelionė buvo ilga, bet idomi
The trip was long but interesting
ir atvykę į Maskvą pamatėme daug įdomių dalykų.
and when we got to Moscow we saw a lot of interesting things.
Didelis kontrastas tarp skurdo ir žmonių, kurie gyvena pasiturinčiai.
Big contrast between the poor and the people who live well off.
Daug įvairių automobilių ir žmonių gyvenimo stilių.
A lot of various automobiles and people’s lifestyles.
Nauji automobiliai, seni automobiliai, čia pat prabanga, čia pat ir skurdas.
New automobiles, old automobiles, in the same place luxury and in the same place poverty.
Maskva įdomus miestas, gražus ir dvelkia senove, ir didybe.
Moscow is an interesting city, pretty and it smells of antiquity and majesty.
Galima pamatyti daug įdomių dalykų gatvėse, traukinių, metro stotyje.
You can see a lot of interesting things in the streets, in the trains and metro station.
Žmonės skuba, didelis judėjimas, buvo įdomu.
People hurrying about…huge traffic…it was interesting.
Now let’s translate a few words from Raminta’s story. Again, even if you’re a beginner like me, you’ll find a lot of interesting stuff here.
prašom pakartoti lietuviškai
please repeat in Lithuanian
Į Maskvą
to Moscow
vykome – vykti
to go (by means of transportation)
buvo – būti
to be
ilgas
long (masculine)
trumpas
short (masculine)
ilga
long (feminine)
trumpa
short (feminine)
bet
but
įdomus
interesting (masculine)
įdomi
interesting (feminine)
atvykę – atvykti
to arrive
pamatėme – pamatyti – matyti
to see
daug
many
dalykas
thing or object
didelis
big (masculine)
mažas
small (masculine)
didelė
big (feminine)
maža
small (feminine)
kontrastas
contrast
tarp
between
skurdus
poor (masculine)
skurdi
poor (feminine)
žmogus
person
asmuo
person
žmonės
people
asmenys
people
kurie
“which" “who"
gyvena - gyventi
to live
pasiturinčiai
in easy circumstances
įvairus
various
gyvenimas
life
stilius
style
čia pat
in the same place
prabanga
luxury
skurdas
poverty
gražus
beautiful (masculine)
graži
beautiful (feminine)
negražus
ugly (masculine)
negraži
ugly (feminine)
dvelkia…
smells of…
senovė
antiquity
didybė
majesty or grandeur
galima…
one can…
skuba – skubėti
to hurry
judėjimas
traffic
now let’s go over some variations on stuff that Raminta said in her story. If you can, say the word or phrase in Lithuanian Out Loud before and after Raminta gives the translation.
To Moscow we went by train
į Maskvą vykome traukiniu
To Vilnius we went by train
į Vilnių vykome traukiniu
To London we went by train
į Londoną vykome traukiniu
To Paris we went by train
į Paryžių vykome traukiniu
To Vilnius we went by car (mašina)
į Vilnių važiavome automobiliu
To Klaipėda we went by car (mašina)
į Klaipėdą važiavome automobiliu
To Kaunas we went by car (automobilis)
į Kauną važiavome automobiliu
To Palanga we went by car (automobilis)
į Palangą važiavome automobiliu
To Copenhagen we went by boat
į Kopenhagą plaukėme laivu
To Helsinki we went by boat
į Helsinkį plaukėme laivu
To St. Petersburg we went by boat
į Sant Peterburgą plaukėme laivu
To Riga we went by bus
į Rygą vykome autobusu
To Tallinn we went by bus
į Taliną vykome autobusu
To Šiauliai we went by bus
į Šiaulius vykome autobusu
To Minsk we went by bus
į Minską vykome autobusu
the trip/a trip
kelionė
The trip was long
kelionė buvo ilga
The trip was short
kelionė buvo trumpa
the trip was interesting
kelionė buvo įdomi
The trip was short but interesting
kelionė buvo trumpa, bet įdomi
It was an interesting movie
buvo įdomus filmas
It was an interesting trip
buvo įdomi kelionė
day
diena
It was an interesting day
buvo įdomi diena
He is an interesting person
jis yra įdomus žmogus
country
šalis
countries
šalys
Vilnius is an interesting city
Vilnius yra įdomus miestas
Moscow is an interesting city
Maskva yra įdomus miestas
Moscow is an interesting city, pretty
Maskva įdomus miestas, gražus
and it smells of antiquity and majesty.
ir dvelkia senove, ir didybe.
Vilnius is an interesting and pretty city
Vilnius įdomus ir gražus miestas
and it smells of antiquity and majesty.
ir dvelkia senove, ir didybe.
Lithuania is an interesting country
Lietuva yra įdomi šalis
Russia is an interesting country
Rusija yra įdomi šalis
new (masculine)
naujas
new (feminine)
nauja
old (masculine)
senas
old (feminine)
sena
many new automobiles and old automobiles
daug naujų ir senų automobilių
building
pastatas
buildings
pastatai
train
traukinys
in the train
traukinyje
subway or metro
metro
station
stotis
in the station
stotyje
metro station
metro stotis
in the metro station
metro stotyje
street
gatvė
in the street
gatvėje
in the streets
gatvėse
house
namas
in the house
name
hotel
viešbutis
in the hotel
viešbutyje
automobile
automobilis
in the automobile
automobilyje
the car
mašina
in the car
mašinoje
city
miestas
in the old city
senamiestyje
in the city
mieste
in the cities
miestuose
good (masculine)
geras
bad (masculine)
blogas
good (feminine)
gera
bad (feminine)
bloga
it was good
buvo gerai
it was bad
buvo blogai
traffic
judėjimas
in traffic
judėjime
Well, we hope you enjoyed this challenging lesson.
Hi there, I’m Jack, welcome back to Lithuanian Out Loud where I’m just learning the language but my wife, well, she’s 100% natural Lithuanian. Thanks so much to those of you who answered our request for reviews on iTunes. If you haven’t given us a review on iTunes and if you have a few extra minutes please consider writing one for us. We’d love to get some more. Today we’ll learn numbers greater than ten but first, here’s my brilliant wife Raminta via Skype, what do you have for us honey?
Today we’ll take another page out of Wikipedia. In episode 0029 we introduced you to Perkūnas, the Lithuanian god of thunder and the sky. Perkūnas has a daughter named Aušrinė. In English we call the planet Venus the Morning Star or the Evening Star depending on the time of day. So, the Morning Star isn’t actually a star, it’s a planet.
Aušrinė is the goddess Morning Star. Her father is Perkūnas and her mother is Saulė, the Sun Goddess. Aušrinė is the female goddess of beauty, youth and health. Aušrinė shows the sky-way for her mother Saulė, the sun. Aušrinė has many sisters. One is Vakarinė who makes her mother’s bed in the evening. Her mother is, of course, Saulė, the sun. Such a loving family, don’t you think? But, sometimes they do have problems. One time long ago Saulė was married to Mėnulis, the masculine hero, the Moon. They divorced and Mėnulis fell madly in love with Aušrinė, the Morning Star Goddess.
Mėnulis kidnapped Aušrinė and wanted to marry her but Perkūnas, Aušrinė’s father stopped the wedding by hitting an oak tree, splattering Aušrinė’s white clothes with the oak tree’s blood. Perkūnas punished Mėnulis by slicing him with his sword. So much for the wedding.
Thank you dear, that was great.
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As I said today we’ll work on numbers larger than ten. First, let’s quickly review one through ten…
vienas
du
trys
keturi
penki
šeši
septyni
aštuoni
devyni
dešimt
great, now here’s eleven through twenty,
prašom pakartoti
please repeat
vienuolika
eleven
vienuolika
eleven
dvylika
twelve
dvylika
twelve
trylika
thirteen
trylika
thirteen
keturiolika
fourteen
keturiolika
fourteen
penkiolika
fifteen
penkiolika
fifteen
šešiolika
sixteen
šešiolika
sixteen
septyniolika
seventeen
septyniolika
seventeen
aštuoniolika
eighteen
aštuoniolika
eighteen
devyniolika
nineteen
devyniolika
nineteen
dvidešimt
twenty
dvidešimt
twenty
now, the numbers twenty, thirty, forty, fifty, etcetera, are easy. Raminta will say the number in Lithuanian, then I’ll say the number in English,
prašom pakartoti
okay, so I am counting…
dvidešimt
twenty
trisdešimt
thirty
keturiasdešimt
forty
penkiasdešimt
fifty
šešiasdešimt
sixty
septyniasdešimt
seventy
aštuoniasdešimt
eighty
devyniasdešimt
ninety
šimtas
one hundred
once more, repeat after Raminta…
dvidešimt
trisdešimt
keturiasdešimt
penkiasdešimt
šešiasdešimt
septyniasdešimt
aštuoniasdešimt
devyniasdešimt
šimtas
the numbers between the tens are created easily as well. These numbers are made up of two words. We won’t repeat every number from one to one hundred but there are enough here for you to understand the system. Here, I’ll say the number in English and you try to say it in Lithuanian before Raminta. Good luck!
21
dvidešimt vienas
22
dvidešimt du
23
dvidešimt trys
34
trisdešimt keturi
35
trisdešimt penki
36
trisdešimt šeši
47
keturiasdešimt septyni
48
keturiasdešimt aštuoni
49
keturiasdešimt devyni
51
penkiasdešimt vienas
52
penkiasdešimt du
53
penkiasdešimt trys
64
šešiasdešimt keturi
65
šešiasdešimt penki
66
šešiasdešimt šeši
77
septyniasdešimt septyni
78
septyniasdešimt aštuoni
79
septyniasdešimt devyni
81
aštuoniasdešimt vienas
82
aštuoniasdešimt du
83
aštuoniasdešimt trys
94
devyniasdešimt keturi
95
devyniasdešimt penki
101
šimtas vienas
102
šimtas du
103
šimtas trys
starting with the next lesson we’ll take a break from numbers for a few episodes to work on some other concepts. When we come back to numbers we’ll learn how to say two restrooms, three brothers, five people, etcetera. Next week’s lesson will be an intermediate level lesson and we think you’ll have fun with it.
Hello there, welcome back to Lithuanian Out Loud, I’m Jack, who’s just learning the language but my wife Raminta is 100% Natural Lithuanian.
Just so you know, as of today we’ve had a little over 6,500 downloads of Lithuanian Out Loud episodes and that number just gets bigger and grows faster all the time. We’re thrilled so many people are interested in the shows and we’re happy to give them to you for free. So, if you’re enjoying the lessons and you’d like to give something back, please go to our page on iTunes and give us a review. We don’t have any yet and we’d love to have some. It’s the only present we want under our tree. Will you do that for us?
Have you seen the Lithuanian Language Lessons from the Sydney Lithuanian Information Centre or SLIC? These are fun on-line lessons in the Lithuanian language created by Australian-Lithuanians and they’re free. There are a total of 24 lessons and there are many audio clips you can access by clicking on a small piece of amber. The lessons are also available on a cd for purchase from the Australian organization, although I heard somewhere they may be running low or out of them by now. Go ahead and check it out at www.slic.org.au and click on the link in the upper left hand corner for “Lithuanian Language Lessons." We think you’ll like them.
On today’s episode we’re going to go over some ways to say thank you for some things, but first let me tell you about Damien from Tours, France. Sorry for my pronunciation. I don’t speak much French. Damien was invited to speak in Vilnius at an opera seminar. He got to use some of the Lithuanian he used from Lithuanian Out Loud including a sentence he was able to use from episode 32. Damien was kind enough to ring us up and leave a message on our voicemail. So, Damien, tell us about your trip to Vilnius…
Hello everybody, this is Damien from Tours, France and you’re listening to Lithuanian Out Loud with Raminta and Jack, enjoy!
I’m a French musicologist and I work in Tours, in the Loire Valley. A few weeks ago I got a wonderful invitation to go to Vilnius and hold a lecture on Gluck’s Orfeo during a seminar for musicologists and music critics organized by the Opera and Ballet Theater of Vilnius at the beginning of December. I was very flattered that they sought me and above all I was very excited to go there because it’s not every day you’re invited to such a place like Vilnius. That’s why I made some research on the internet on the Lithuanian language and that’s how I found out about the podcast, Lithuanian Out Loud. But, unfortunately, I only had one month to prepare myself and as you can imagine most of my time was focused on the presentation I had to prepare so I had only a little time to learn some Lithuanian and I think the only thing I was able to learn was laba diena, labukas, which I like particularly, and of course, ačiū, which is so funny. I also liked a lot, prašom, just because of the sound of the word, but I never got to say it. Anyway, thanks to Lithuanian Out Loud and I really would like to thank Jack and Raminta for their help. I could greet the audience in Lithuanian and I said, “Laba diena ponai ir ponios, aš norėčiau visiems padėkoti kad susirinkote čia." Now I have to say what I discovered there was above my highest expectations. I mean the beauty of the old city, the charm of the small houses, churches, streets, how nice and welcoming people were with me. It’s been definitely a great experience for me and being a musicologist I must say I was struck by the intensity and the quality of the cultural life in Vilnius. Every night I was invited to a different show and I thought they were quite interesting.
Hey, Damien! Thanks a million for giving us such a great report on your trip. You’re very welcome for all the help and we’re happy we could do it for you. Keep in touch.
Alright, so that’s about it, on with the lesson that Raminta and I recorded a few weeks ago…
Hey everybody! This is Jack and I’m Raminta and you’ve downloaded Lithuanian Out Loud. It’s the world’s first Lithuanian language lessons in a podcast series!
Okay, previously we used the word už quite a bit. Už can have different meanings but in this case it means “for." Let’s go over the common phrase “ačiū už…" that we touched on at the end of lesson 0018. Here are some common phrases, please repeat the Lithuanian - Out Loud! Prašom pakartoti, please repeat…
ačiū už viską
thank you for everything
this is something you might say when you’re leaving a friend’s house after a dinner or a party
the word viskas means all or everything
ačiū už viską
thanks for everything
ačiū už viską
thank you for everything
pagalba is the word for help, assistance or aid
pagalba
help
ačiū už pagalbą
thank you for the help
ačiū už pagalbą
thanks for the help
ačiū už pagalbą
thank you for the help
now let’s say somebody is impressed with your Lithuanian and they give you a compliment
komplimentas is the word for compliment
that’s not a difficult translation
komplimentas
compliment
ačiū už komplimentą
thank you for the compliment
ačiū už komplimentą
thanks for the compliment
ačiū už komplimentą
thank you for the compliment
the word for invitation is kvietimas
kvietimas
invitation
kvietimas
invitation
ačiū už kvietimą
thanks for the invitation
ačiū už kvietimą
thank you for the invitation
ačiū už kvietimą
thanks for the invitation
we’re on a roll here
laiškas is the word for letter
laiškas
the letter
ačiū už laišką
thanks for the letter
ačiū už laišką
thanks for the letter
ačiū už laišką
thank you for the letter
ačiū už viską, Raminta
Hello there, welcome back to Lithuanian Out Loud, I’m Jack, who’s just learning the language and my wife Raminta is 100% Natural Lithuanian.
In 2005 Ukrainian President Viktor Yushchenko presented Lithuanian President Valdas Adamkus with three beehives and bees. Why? Because in Lithuanian culture the honeybee is a symbol of friendship.
According to the Wikipedia page entitled, “Lithuanian Museum of Ancient Beekeeping," the museum was established in 1984 and it displays the history of beekeeping in Lithuania. As of 2006, the museum consisted of six buildings, about 500 displays, and 25 sculptures. In addition to illustrating the history of beekeeping in the Baltic nation, some of the museum's wooden sculptures themselves contain beehives. The sculptures pay homage to the honeybee's place in worldwide mythology and folklore, including Egyptian and Native American figures as well as the Lithuanian bee goddess Austėja. The Lithuanian Veterinary Academy claims that Lithuanian bees are especially peaceful. They constitute a sub-species of the European honey bee; they’re smaller than Italian bees and larger than the Caucasian honey bee. The museum is open from May to October. A Honey Harvest festival is held in August, and the museum features a "Honey Bar". Mmmm! Yum! Yum!
Today’s show is a bonus episode. It’s a request from Donna in the United States who asked for a holiday lesson. We weren’t sure if we’d be able to get to this but at the last minute we found the time to put something together. We’re still experimenting with recording the lessons on Skype but I think it all came out quite well. But, before we get to it, we’ve got some listener feedback from Alvaro in Florida in the United States.
Hello Jack and Raminta, this is Alvaro and I just want to let you know that I just found out about your podcast on iTunes, only this afternoon, I was just looking for something on Lithuania. I came across your podcast which is very, very excellent. The reason I say that is because I just visited Lithuania three months ago, a girlfriend of mine, she’s from there and I had the chance to go and know the country and I was in Kaunas, and I got to visit Vilnius, Mariampole, I went to Klaipėda, Palanga, and many of the cities in a matter of two weeks. The problem I had was I had little knowledge of the language and before I left I had bought some learning languages on Lithuanian but it was difficult to get a good understanding of the language but once I was on the ground in Lithuania – the people really impressed me, I really appreciated the hospitality, how the people are so nice, the country itself. I’ve traveled a lot around the world but Lithuania is a country that really surprised me and I was really impressed. You know, I’ve never lived in a cold place, but although it was cold back there, but I got to really, really appreciate it. The weather and the hospitality and the people and I can’t tell you how much I want to go back again. I live in Hollywood, Florida. My friend, she’s a girlfriend of mine, and she lives there and we’re planning to get together soon back here in the USA. I just wanted to let you know that I came across your podcast and I really, really like it and I think it’s a great idea that you put there I have to thank you very much, you two, for your helping a lot of people get to know the language and I hope that you’re going to put more podcasts and you’re going to continue on doing it, I really, really appreciate it, and just want to let you know that you’ve got one more subscriber, and thank you, thank you very much, and good luck to you and Merry Christmas, and yes, you can use my comments, bye, bye, Merry Christmas.
Well, Alvaro, thank you so much for taking the time to call our voicemail. We really appreciate your comments as well, and when we get comments like yours, it motivates us to create more episodes for everyone. So Alvaro, pardon me if I get it wrong, but is your accent originally from Brazil? I just like to try to guess.
Well, that’s it for now, let’s get on with the lesson…
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Just for fun we decided to add “happy birthday" to this list. So, we’ll pick up with my conversation with Raminta yesterday…
su šventėm!
happy holidays!
su šventėm!
happy holidays!
laimingų naujujų metų!
happy new year!
laimingų naujujų metų!
happy new year!
su gimimo diena!
happy birthday!
su gimimo diena!
happy birthday!
Linksmų Kalėdų ir laimingų Naujųjų Metų!
Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!
Linksmų Kalėdų ir laimingų Naujųjų Metų!
Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!
Hey! Hey! Hey! This is Jack and welcome back to Lithuanian Out Loud where Raminta is the native speaker and I’m the beginner. Today we’ll learn numbers one through ten. On the episode after this we’ll learn some more ways of saying thank you for things and on the episode after that we’ll start working on numbers from eleven on up. But before we get to any of that, here’s a message from Eglė in the port city of Klaipėda, Lithuania.
Hello everybody, this is Eglė from Klaipėda, you’re listening to Lithuanian Out Loud with Raminta and Jack, enjoy!
Thank you very much Eglė, that was very sweet of you to say that for the show. Ačiū labai! In case you weren’t aware of it, eglė is the Lithuanian word for “fir tree."
Now, here’s a lesson that Raminta and I recorded a few weeks ago. Enjoy!
Hello everybody! This is Jack and I’m Raminta and you’re listening to Lithuanian Out Loud, the world’s first Lithuanian language lessons in a podcast series!
According to the World Health Organization, of the ten nations who have the highest rate of suicide, Finland comes in at 10th place. Number nine, Kazakhstan, eight, Ukraine, seven, Slovenia. Coming in at sixth place is Hungary, at fifth, Estonia and at fourth place is Latvia.
I think you see where I’m going with this.
Now the final three nations with the highest suicide rate. In third place is Belarus, in second is Russia and the number one nation with the highest suicide rate in the world is…Lithuania. What’s up with that?
According to the World Health Organizaton statistics, in the year 2000, 75 men and 16 women of every thousand people kill themselves in Lithuania. Evidently a number of health organizations are studying the problem but no solution as of yet.
Now let’s spend a few lessons talking about numbers. Yep, you knew it was coming sooner or later!
Unfortunately, we have both masculine and feminine numbers. Now, don’t get depressed, once you learn them you can show off to your friends. Here we go! Let’s do masculine numbers first.
please repeat
out loud
prašom pakartoti
nulis
zero
nulis
zero
vienas
one
vienas
one
du
two
du
two
trys
three
keep in mind this number is spelled with the letter “y" or y
ilgoji, so it has the long ‘eee’ sound, not the short “i" sound.
trys
three
keturi
four
keturi
four
penki
five
penki
five
šeši
six
šeši
six
septyni
seven
septyni
seven
aštuoni
eight
aštuoni
eight
devyni
nine
devyni
nine
dešimt
ten
dešimt
ten
keep in mind, dešimt is the same in masculine or feminine numbers
now the feminine numbers, please say them out loud
nulis
zero
nulis
zero
viena
one
viena
one
dvi
two
dvi
two
trys
three
trys
three
keturios
four
keturios
four
penkios
five
penkios
five
šešios
six
šešios
six
septynios
seven
septynios
seven
aštuonios
eight
aštuonios
eight
devynios
nine
devynios
nine
dešimt
ten
dešimt
ten
Okay, Raminta, let’s hear you count - one to ten really fast!
Labai gerai, ačiū, labanakt – labanakt
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Lithuanian_Out_Loud_31-40_Notes.pdf
Labas everybody! This is Jack, and I’m Raminta, and you’re listening to Lithuanian Out Loud, the world’s first Lithuanian language lessons in a podcast series!
So, what’s new in Lithuania today? According to the Wikipedia page “Lithuanian Nationality Law" in 1944 when the Soviet army pushed the Nazis out of Lithuania and Lithuania’s people were forced to become part of the Soviet Union, there was a great Lithuanian diaspora to the United States, Canada, Australia, Argentina and other parts of the world.
In 1990 after Lithuania reestablished its independence, the Lithuanian Seimas or parliament enacted the “Lithuanian Nationality Law."
According to this law, a person is a citizen if they’re born in Lithuania or if they’re naturalized. To become a naturalized citizen a person must;
1-Complete a residency period
2-Pass a Lithuanian language exam
3-Pass an exam on the Lithuanian Constitution
4-Proof of financial support
5-An oath of loyalty to the Republic of Lithuania
But according to the Lithuanian Nationality Law there’s a third way to become a citizen - if you’re a descendant of a member of the Lithuanian diaspora.
It’s called the Right of Return Clause and it was included in the 1991 constitution.
In November of 2006 the Constitutional Court of the Republic of Lithuania ruled the Lithuanian Nationality Law was “controversial, inconsistent, and confusing."
One problem, it seems, is that grandchildren and great grandchildren of the diasporans who’ve never been to Lithuania and who don’t speak the language and who may live in Canada, Argentina or France, can vote in Lithuanian elections, receive Lithuanian passports, and as a result, European Union passports.
The Lithuanian Parliament or Seimas plans to work on the law in 2007.
And in case you ever wondered, what’s the official name of Lithuania? It’s The Republic of Lithuania or Lietuvos Respublika.
Let’s say we’re back in a restaurant or nightclub having drinks and you want to toast your drinking partner.
In English we might say “to you" or “to your health!" or “here’s mud in your eye!"
In Lithuanian we say už jus when we’re being formal and už tave to someone we know well.
Už is a word we touched on in episode 0018. Už is one of those words that has many uses.
please repeat
prašom pakartoti
už jus!
to you!
už tave!
to you!
už jus!
to you!
už tave!
to you!
Now let’s toast Lithuania. Well, why not?
už Lietuvą!
for Lithuania!
už Lietuvą!
for Lithuania!
of course we can toast other nations as well
už Australią!
for Australia!
už Airiją!
for Ireland!
už Nyderlandus!
for the Netherlands!
už Egiptą!
for Egypt!
už Angliją!
for England!
už Braziliją!
for Brazil!
už Botsvaną!
for Botswana!
Great! Now let’s toast our friend across the table…
už Džiaką!
for Jack!
už Ramintą!
for Raminta!
When you greet a Lithuanian at his or her house, flat or say the front door of a restaurant, whatever you do, don’t shake hands across the threshold of the doorway. Yeah, that one surprised me too but I was brusquely corrected on it recently.
Now, of course, you can greet each other as your guest opens the door but the physical shaking of hands must be done either inside or outside the threshold. If you do it wrong – baaaad luck!
Same goes for kissing on the cheek with close friends. Either the person who is at home opening the door must step out through the door and past the threshold or the guest or guests have to come all the way inside before kisses can be shared. Same as a handshake – if you do it wrong, it’s bad luck. Who makes this stuff up, anyway? How do you kiss Raminta? Do you kiss on the left cheek first or right cheek first? Straight to the lips! But, really, traditionally. Really? With your girlfriend? With the girlfriend. Tradition – to the lips…oho…okay, something I didn’t notice…bad luck…like with the kissing…but if I didn’t see her for a little bit so on the right, on the left and then to the lips! I see, oh, cool, okay.
On this lesson we’re going to stick with genitive declensions – had enough yet? No, you haven’t! - but this will be a relatively simple episode. A new word we’ll use today, amongst others, is the word for “price," as in the newspaper’s price.
please repeat
prašom pakartoti
kaina
price
kaina
a price
kaina
the price
If a word ends in –tis or –dis then it has a slightly unusual declension in the genitive case or kilmininkas. To do this lesson we’ll have to learn some new vocabulary.
First, let’s start with a word we learned back in episode 25.
Amerikietis
an American male
In the genitive a word that ends in –tis or “t-i-s" as this word does, changes to “-čio."
So, Amerikietis would change to Amerkiečio.
the American man’s name
Amerikiečio vardas
the American man’s house
Amerikiečio namas
the American man’s wife
Amerikiečio žmona
A man from Chicago might be called a Chicagoan. A male from New York City might be called a “New Yorker." A male who’s from Vilnius - “Vilnietis"
the Vilnius man
Vilnietis
the man from Vilnius
Vilnietis
So, the “Vilnius man’s dog" would be…
Vilniečio šuo
the Vilnius man’s car
Vilniečio mašina
the Vilnius man’s name
Vilniečio vardas
Vytis is a man’s name
Vytis
Vytis’ daughter
Vyčio duktė
Vytis’ house
Vyčio namas
The word for hotel is viešbutis
viešbutis
hotel
viešbutis
hotel
viešbutis
hotel
the hotel restaurant
viešbučio restoranas
the hotel room
viešbučio kambarys
the hotel restroom
viešbučio tualetas
the word for newspaper is laikraštis
laikraštis
newspaper
laikraštis
the newspaper
laikraštis
a newspaper
the newspaper’s price
laikraščio kaina
the newspaper’s quality
laikraščio kokybė
the word for “bird" is paukštis
paukštis
bird
paukštis
a bird
paukštis
the bird
the bird’s color
paukščio spalva
the bird’s name
paukščio vardas
the bird’s house
paukščio namas
the word for bicycle is dviratis
dviratis
bicycle
dviratis
a bicycle
dviratis
the bicycle
the bicycle’s color
dviračio spalva
the bicycle’s location
dviračio vieta
the bicycle’s quality
dviračio kokybė
Now let’s go over some words that end in –dis or “d – i – s."
The word for tree is medis
medis
tree
medis
a tree
medis
the tree
the tree’s color
medžio spalva
the tree’s location
medžio vieta
the tree’s name
medžio vardas
If we could…let’s talk about how you would name your aspen right in the front yard!
The word for pigeon or the month of April is balandis.
balandis
pigeon
balandis
the pigeon
balandis
April
the pigeon’s color
balandžio spalva
the pigeon’s location
balandžio vieta
…on the roof, in the balcony…
an April day
balandžio diena
the word for December is gruodis
gruodis
December
gruodis
December
gruodis
December
a December day
Gruodžio diena
a December morning
Gruodžio rytas
a December afternoon
Gruodžio vakaras
the word for watch or clock is laikrodis
laikrodis
a watch
laikrodis
a clock
laikrodis
the wristwatch
the watch’s color
laikrodžio spalva
the watch’s quality
laikrodžio kokybė
the watch’s price
laikrodžio kaina
…might be bad…
Hello everybody, this is Jack and welcome back to Lithuanian Out Loud where you learn Lithuanian along with me, the beginner, and where my wife Raminta keeps us all in line. Now, if you’ve been following the last few episodes you know that Raminta’s on the road right now and, honestly, when we started the Lithuanian Out Loud project we didn’t expect her to be traveling nearly as much as she is. Of course, with her being on the road so much, recording lessons is a serious challenge. Now, we’re working on some fixes like recording lessons over the phone or with Skype and some other ideas but until we perfect our yet to be discovered solution, we ask that you please bear with our technical difficulties.
One listener wrote in asking if it was possible to locate a book which conjugates a few hundred Lithuanian verbs. You know, there are plenty of books available like that for Spanish, French, German, etc., but not so much for Lithuanian. However, there is a book called 365 Lithuanian Verbs, but it’s out of print. It’s unlikely, but you may be able to find one at an online used book store in the U.S. or Europe, but I doubt it.
Now, I don’t know about other nations but in the United States you can borrow a copy through an inter-library loan at your local library. Once it arrives, I’m not saying you should make copies, but if you made your own personal photocopy and had that bound at your local Kinko’s store, for your own personal use, well, I doubt if Interpol will come looking to put you in handcuffs.
Also, we’d like to get more plugs from people for the show. If you’d like to drop us a plug or just give us some comments on the show, call our Skype address, Lithuanianoutloud, it’s one word, and leave us a message on our voicemail.
Alright, today Raminta and I worked on this episode. Again, the audio quality may not be perfect but for now it’s all we’ve got. This lesson was inspired by a listener request and it’s the first of a five or six lesson series we’ll be doing on “love talk." Aaaand away we go!
Let’s start off with the obvious. How do we say, “I love you?"
Aš tave myliu
I love you
Aš tave myliu
I love you
Aš tave myliu
I love you
Let’s take it a step farther. Let’s say, I really love you!
Aš tave labai myliu
I really love you
Aš tave labai myliu
I love you a lot
Aš tave labai myliu
I very much love you
Great, now, let’s greet the one we love by saying, “Hello love."
First, let’s greet a female…
labas meile!
hi love!
labukas meile!
hello love!
labuka meile!
hi love!
Now let’s greet a male…
labas meile!
hi love!
labukas meile!
hello love!
labuka meile!
hi love!
Another term of endearment is the word for “dear."
“Brangus" is the word for expensive or costly. To a female we’d address her as “brangioji."
brangioji!
dear!
brangioji!
sweetie!
labukas brangioji!
hello dear!
labuka brangioji!
hi sweetie!
We’d address a male as, “brangusis."
brangusis!
dear!
brangusis!
dear!
labukas brangusis!
hello dear!
labuka brangusis!
hi dear!
The word for “sweetheart" would be mylimoji or mylimasis
We’d address a woman as “mylimoji"
mylimoji!
sweetheart!
labas mylimoji!
hi sweetheart!
labukas mylimoji!
hello sweetheart!
labuka mylimoji!
hi sweetheart!
We’d address a male as “mylimasis"
mylimasis!
sweetheart!
labas mylimasis!
hello sweetheart!
labukas mylimasis!
hi sweetheart!
labuka mylimasis!
hello sweetheart!
Beginning at the age of 40, Grand Duke, or High King, Gediminas was ruler of Lithuania from 1316 to 1341. He became the monarch of the Lithuanians 80 years after the Battle of the Sun. Gediminas ruled for 25 years and he inherited lands that included what is now Lithuania as well as parts of Belarus. Gediminas was very loyal to his subjects, giving them the freedom to worship the traditional Lithuanian gods, Christianity or Judaism. He’s the true founder of the modern idea of a Lithuanian nation.
He created a large, powerful Lithuanian army; defended Lithuania with a series of strong forts and built castles in towns including Vilnius. He originally placed the capital at Trakai, near Vilnius, but later decided on Vilnius itself.
His reputation is that of a man who worshipped the old Lithuanian gods and who resisted every attempt to christianize his country, but the reality is a little different from the legend.
Wanting to create a strong nation and needing help to defend Lithuania from the German Teutonic Knights, Gediminas asked for help from Pope John XXII. He promised to become Christian himself and invited members of different Christian orders to build churches in Lithuania. However, his subjects were uneasy with his plans to convert to the new religion. He eventually reneged on his promise to convert, strengthened his relationship with his people and withdrew from the process of christianization. It’s not clear whether Gediminas actually intended to become Christian. The conversion was probably just a political move to help fight his Teutonic enemies.
According to historian Stephen Christopher Rowell, in about 1339-40 Gediminas executed two Franciscan friars from Bohemia, Ulrich and Martin, they had gone beyond what Gediminas had allowed and had publicly preached against the Lithuanian religion. Gediminas ordered them to renounce Christianity, and had them killed when they refused.
Gediminas died in 1341 from wounds he received in either a fight or a battle. His funeral included a traditional Lithuanian cremation, including the human sacrifice of his favorite servant and many German slaves burned in the fire along with his corpse.
Gediminas is a central figure in one of the most popular Lithuanian legends.
Once upon a time the Grand Duke of Lithuania, Gediminas, was hunting in the holy woods near where Vilnius would later be built. Tired after a successful day’s hunt the Grand Duke settled in for the night. He fell soundly asleep and had a dream. A huge iron wolf was standing on top of a hill and the sound of hundreds of wolves inside the hill filled the surrounding fields and woods. When he woke up, the Duke asked a Lithuanian priest to reveal the secrets of the dream. The priest said, "What is destined for the ruler and the state of Lithuania, is this: the iron wolf represents a castle and a town which will be built by the ruler on this site. The town will be the capital of the Lithuanian lands and the dwelling of rulers and the glory of their deeds shall echo throughout the world."
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Today let’s work a little bit on some unusual Lithuanian words. Most masculine nouns end in –as, -is, -ys, and –us. Most feminine nouns end in either –a or –ė.
But first, here are some new words some of which we touched on in earlier episodes, primarily in episode 0018. We need to go over them since we’ll see them later in this lesson.
vieta
a location
vieta
the location
spalva
the color
spalva
a color
šalis
the country
šalis
a country
kokybė
a quality
kokybė
the quality
mašina
car
mašina
auto
butas
a flat (as in an apartment)
butas
the flat (as in a condo)
Now, let’s go over some words that have non-standard declensions in the genitive or kilmininkas. First, the masculine nouns in vardininkas…
šuo
dog
šuo
the dog
šuo
a dog
akmuo
stone
akmuo
a stone
akmuo
the stone
asmuo
person
asmuo
a person
asmuo
the person
vanduo
water
vanduo
water
vanduo
water
dėdė uncle - note here that dėdė ends in –ė and so that would normally indicate a female noun, however, dėdė is a masculine noun.
dėdė
uncle
Dėdė Džiakas
Uncle Jack
now, some unusual feminine nouns in vardininkas
moteris
woman
note that most nouns which end in an “s" are masculine, however, moteris is feminine.
moteris
a woman
moteris
the woman
stotis
station
stotis
a station
stotis
the station
sesuo
sister
sesuo
a sister
sesuo
the sister
duktė
daughter
duktė
a daughter
duktė
the daughter
marti
daughter-in-law
marti
daughter-in-law
marti
the daughter-in-law
Okay, now let’s “decline" these words in the genitive. You can see the spellings of these words on the Lithuanian Out Loud blogpage.
dog, or šuo changes to šuns
the dog’s water
šuns vanduo - tricky huh?
the dog’s name
šuns vardas
a dog’s house
šuns namas
stone, or akmuo changes to akmens
the stone’s color
akmens spalva
the stone’s quality
akmens kokybė
the stone’s location
akmens vieta
person, or asmuo changes to asmens
the person’s name
asmens vardas
the person’s house
asmens namas
the person’s location
asmens vieta
water, or vanduo changes to vandens
the water’s color
vandens spalva
the water’s quality
vandens kokybė
the water’s location
vandens vieta
uncle, or dėdė changes to dėdės
the uncle’s dog
dėdės šuo
the uncle’s room
dėdės kambarys
the uncle’s name
dėdės vardas
woman, or moteris changes to moters
the woman’s house
moters namas
the woman’s name
moters vardas
the woman’s dog
moters šuo
station, or stotis changes to stoties
the station’s toilet
stoties tualetas
the station’s color
stoties spalva
the station’s location
stoties vieta
sister, or sesuo changes to sesers
the sister’s name
sesers vardas
the sister’s car
sesers mašina
the sister’s house
sesers namas
daughter, or duktė changes to dukters
the daughter’s flat
dukters butas
the daughter’s book
dukters knyga
the daughter’s room
dukters kambarys
and finally, the daughter-in-law, or marti changes to marios
the daughter-in-law’s name
marčios vardas
the daughter-in-law’s dog
marčios šuo
the daughter-in-law’s room
marčios kambarys
Okay, good job, I know that that was an awful lot of information
Again, these are some oddball or irregular declensions in kilmininkas. Most nouns aren’t this difficult. You’ll just have to commit these to memory. Again, I’d recommend you follow along on this lesson with the text from the Lithuanian Out Loud blogpage. Just keep doing it over and over until you get comfortable with it.
Approximately every fifth lesson will be a quick response lesson. We’ll say the word or phrase in English and you say it in Lithuanian - Out Loud! This time we have so much to review, we’re breaking it up into two episodes. Sorry, no more questions, the exam starts now!
Raminta’s book
Ramintos knyga
Austėja’s amber
Austėjos gintaras
the wife’s room
žmonos kambarys
Sandra’s restaurant
Sandros restoranas
Kristina’s sister
Kristinos sesuo
Raminta’s husband
Ramintos vyras
Austėja’s house
Austėjos namas
Sandra’s brother
Sandros brolis
Raminta’s city
Ramintos miestas
Kristina’s amber
Kristinos gintaras
a country
šalis
a door
durys
the room
kambarys
a bank
bankas
Ignas’ book
Igno knyga
Ignas’ house
Igno namas
the man’s brother
vyro brolis
the husband’s name
vyro vardas
the Englishman’s country
anglo šalis
the Englishman’s sister
anglo sesuo
brother’s room
brolio kambarys
brother’s restaurant
brolio restoranas
brother’s name
brolio vardas
the Lithuanian’s country (man)
lietuvio šalis
the Lithuanian’s house (man)
lietuvio namas
Vilnius’ bank
Vilniaus bankas
Vilnius’ park
Vilniaus parkas
Bronius’ name
Broniaus vardas
Bronius’ room
Broniaus kambarys
Andrius’ book
Andriaus knyga
Andrius’ wife
Andriaus žmona
the room’s door
kambario durys
the house’s door
namo durys
Kazys’ wife
Kazio žmona
Kazys’ house
Kazio namas
Budrys’ book
Budrio knyga
Budrys’ house
Budrio namas
to health!
Į sveikatą!
to your health (formal or to a group)
Į jūsų sveikatą
to your health (familiar)
Į tavo sveikatą
be healthy! (to a man)
būk sveikas!
be healthy! (to a woman)
būk sveika!
bottoms up!
iki dugno!
Approximately every fifth lesson will be a quick response lesson. We’ll say the word or phrase in English and you say it in Lithuanian - Out Loud! This time we have so much to review, we’re breaking it up into two episodes. Sorry, no more questions, the exam starts now!
Egypt
Egiptas
Australia
Australija
Netherlands
Nyderlandai
Ireland
Airija
Botswana
Botsvana
Brazil
Brazilija
I’m from Egypt
Aš iš Egipto
I’m from Australia
Aš iš Australijos
I’m from The Netherlands
Aš iš Nyderlandų
I’m from Ireland
Aš iš Airijos
I’m from Botswana
Aš iš Botsvanos
I’m from Brazil
Aš iš Brazilijos
I’m Egyptian (male)
Aš egiptietis
I’m Egyptian (female)
Aš egiptietė
I’m Australian (male)
Aš australas
I’m Australian (female)
Aš australė
I’m a Dutchman
Aš olandas
I’m a Dutchwoman
Aš olandė
I’m an Irishman
Aš airis
I’m an Irishwoman
Aš airė
I’m Botswanan (male)
Aš botsvanietis
I’m Botswanan (female)
Aš botsvanietė
I’m Brazilian (male)
Aš brazilas
I’m Brazilian (female)
Aš brazilė
I’m sorry, but I only understand a little Lithuanian
Atsiprašau, bet aš labai mazai suprantu lietuviškai
I’m studying Lithuanian
Aš mokausi lietuviškai
Raminta’s book
Ramintos knyga
Sandra’s book
Sandros knyga
Austėja’s book
Austėjos knyga
Kristina’s book
Kristinos knyga
Eglė’s book
Eglės knyga
Agnė’s book
Agnės knyga
Dovilė’s book
Dovilės knyga
Ramunė’s book
Ramunės knyga
The wife’s name
žmonos vardas
The American woman’s name
amerikietės vardas
The Englishwoman’s name
anglės vardas
The Lithuanian girl’s name
lietuvės vardas
The Russian girl’s name
rusės vardas
The American girl’s book
amerikietės knyga
The English girl’s name
anglės vardas
The Russian woman’s house
rusės namas
The Lithuanian woman’s
brother lietuvės brolis
The Japanese woman’s sister
japonės sesuo
The Italian girl’s room
italės kambarys
The Latvian girl’s city
latvės miestas
The Polish woman’s restaurant
lenkės restoranas
Who are the Samogitians? According to the Wikipedia page entitled, Samogitia, Samogitia or Žemaitija in Lithuanian, is one of five ethnographic regions in Lithuania. It’s primarily the western third of Lithuania. The Samogitians were a key factor during the Battle of the Sun.
In 1236, the invading Livonian Brothers of the Sword, whose base of operations was Riga, in present day Latvia, rode south into present day Lithuania. The Livonian Brothers were Christian Crusaders from Holstein in present day Germany. Lithuania hadn’t been conquered by the Christian armies and they were willing to fight to keep the Christians out.
The Livonian knights left Riga, headed south, crossed into Lithuanian land and raided some Samogitian settlements. After the Germans had their fill of raiding villages, they headed north towards home. They came to a river crossing and a unit of Samogitian Lithuanians were blocking their path. The Crusaders chose not to fight but to camp for the night.
Oops, that was a mistake.
Early the next morning the Samogitian Lithuanians, who were probably led by Duke Vykintas, attacked the German camp. The lightly armored Germans in the camp bravely ran away but the heavily armored crusader knights stayed and fought. The knights were completely wiped out, including the leader of the Livonian Brothers, Master Volquin.
The German survivors of the battle who tried to continue north towards Riga were discovered by the Semigallions and slaughtered. The Semigallions were a tribe of Latvians who were noted for their long resistance against the German crusaders.
All in all, during the Battle of the Sun, some 50 or 60 crusader knights were killed, including the Livonian Master, it was the first large scale defeat for the crusaders in Baltic lands. The Livonian Order was so soundly defeated that the next year they had to be incorporated into the Tuetonic Order. The battle inspired the Curonians, the Semigallians, and the Selonians, tribes which had already been defeated by the crusaders, to rebel. The results of some thirty years of conquest were lost.
The exact location of the Battle of the Sun isn’t known but it’s likely near the present-day city of Šiauliai.
And now, just a quick note before we move on to today's lesson. We have a new email address, it's lithuanianoutloud@earthlink.net you can find it on the blogpage. And now, here's a plug from one of our listeners in Lithuania...
Hello everybody! This is Evaldas from Klaipėda, Lithuania, and you are listening to Lithuanian Out Loud with Raminta and Jack, enjoy!
Thanks a lot for doing that for us, Evaldas, we really appreciate it. Thanks a bunch!
Today we’re going out for some drinks with our buddies and we just might speak some Lithuanian – Out Loud!
Just before we actually take our first sip of an alcoholic beverage we have a few choices on how to say, “cheers!" or “to your health!" or “here’s mud in your eye!" as you tap your glasses together.
The most common one I’ve heard is
Į sveikatą!
please repeat out loud
prašom pakartoti
Į sveikatą!
To health!
Į sveikatą!
Health!
Į sveikatą!
Cheers!
Į sveikatą!
Salud!
You can say this one to a male, a female or to a group of people, it doesn’t matter. In Lithuanian culture it’s important that as you tap your glasses and say, Į sveikatą! that you look the other person straight in the eye. If you don’t, I don’t know, it’s bad luck or something…
If you want, you can be more specific with this. Instead of just saying, Į sveikatą, or “to health," you can say, “to your health."
Į jūsų sveikatą!
To your health! (you formal or you-all)
Į tavo sveikatą!
To your health! (familiar)
Į jūsų sveikatą!
To your health! (you formal or you-all)
Į tavo sveikatą!
To your health! (familiar)
Another great phrase to use is būk sveikas! or būk sveika! This literally means “be healthy!" Of course as you might have guessed būk sveikas! is said to a man and būk sveika! is said to a woman.
Please repeat, prašom pakartoti…
būk sveikas!
Be healthy! (to a male)
būk sveikas!
Be healthy! (to a male)
būk sveika!
Be healthy! (to a female)
būk sveika!
Be healthy! (to a female)
Here’s another one for you. Iki dugno!
When you’re having any kind of alcoholic beverage, feel free to use į sveikatą, būk sveika, or būk sveikas.
However, the only time we use iki dugno is with shots. Shots are as popular in Lithuania as they are in North America – that is to say, they’re common. Dugno comes from the word dugnas, meaning bottom. So, we’re saying “until the bottom of the glass!" or “drink it down to the dregs!"
In other words, you don’t drink just half a shot. When you say iki dugno, you’re expected to finish off the glass in one go at it.
Please repeat, prašom pakartoti…
Iki dugno!
Bottoms up!
Iki dugno!
Bottoms up!
Iki dugno!
Bottoms up!
And that’s it for our introduction to drinking with Lithuanians. You can expect more lessons on this subject. Maybe a lot more. :)
In August of 2007, Denmark and Lithuania removed their combat troops from Iraq. The Lithuanians were withdrawn from the southern city of Basra where they’d been under Danish command.
Over 750 Lithuanian soldiers served in Iraq and not one was killed. Nine Lithuanian soldiers are staying in Iraq to help train Iraqi troops.
Congratulations to the Lithuanian nation on the safe return of their troops. Personally, I’m thrilled that not a single Lithuanian soldier died in the invasion and occupation of Iraq, and hopefully, none will be.
We already learned how to use the genitive case or kilmininkas with feminine nouns.
-a changes to –os and –ė changes to –ės.
Now let’s go over masculine nouns. Most masculine nouns end in –as, -is, -ys, and –us.
Before we do the genitive examples, here are some masculine nouns in the nominative case or vardininkas.
Prašom pakartoti, please repeat…
Ignas Ignas, a man’s name, short for Ignacas
Ignas
vyras a man or a husband
anglas the Englishman
brolis a brother
šalis the country
šalis a country
lietuvis the Lithuanian male
Vilnius Vilnius, the capital of Lithuania
Bronius Bronius, a man’s name
Bronius
Andrius Andrius, a man’s name, short for Andrejus
Andrius Andrejus
durys the door
durys a door
Kazys a man’s name, it’s old fashioned but recently it’s become more popular
Kazys
kambarys a room
kambarys the room
Budrys Budrys, a man’s last name
Budrys
bankas the bank
bankas a bank
In the genitive case or kilmininkas, masculine nouns change like this…
If they end in –as they change to –o if they end in –is or –ys they change to –io and if they end in –us they change to –aus.
So, let’s do some examples, please repeat, prašom pakartoti…
Ignas’ book
Ignas changes to Igno Igno knyga
Ignas’ house Igno namas
The man’s brother
vyras changes to vyro vyro brolis
The husband’s name vyro vardas
The Englishman’s country
anglas changes to anglo anglo šalis
The Englishman’s sister anglo sesuo
brother’s room
brolis changes to brolio brolio kambarys
brother’s restaurant brolio restoranas
brother’s name brolio vardas
the Lithuanian’s country
lietuvis changes to lietuvio lietuvio šalis
the Lithuanian’s house lietuvio namas
Vilnius’ bank
Vilnius changes to Vilniaus Vilniaus bankas
Vilnius’ park Vilniaus parkas
Bronius’ name
Bronius changes to Broniuas Broniaus vardas
Bronius’ room Broniaus kambarys
Andrius’ book
Andrius changes to Andriaus Andriaus knyga
Andrius’ wife Andriaus žmona
The room’s door
kambarys changes to kambario kambario durys
The house’s door
namas changes to namo namo durys
Kazys’ wife
Kazys changes to Kazio Kazio žmona
Kazys’ house Kazio namas
Budrys’ book
Budrys changes to Budrio Budrio knyga
Budrys’ house Budrio namas
Excellent! Now, I’d recommend you go over the genitive case lessons a few times until you’re familiar with each word’s ending. You’ll be seeing much more of the genitive in the future. As a matter of fact, the genitive is the most used declension in Lithuanian after the nominative declension.
According to the Wikipedia page entitled, Forest Brothers, the Forest Brothers or Miško Broliai were Estonian, Latvian, and Lithuanian partisans who waged guerrilla warfare against the Soviet Occupation.
The Red Army occupied Lithuania in 1940–1941 and, after the Nazi occupation, again in 1944 until Lithuanian independence in the 1990’s. As Stalinist repression intensified over the years, tens of thousands of Lithuanians hid in the country’s forests. Lithuanian resistance units varied in size from individual guerrillas, armed primarily for self-defence, to large and well-organised groups able to battle large Soviet forces.
The ranks of the resistance swelled when the Red Army attemptėd to conscript young men after World War II, with fewer than half of the youths reporting in some districts. The families of the missing conscripts were harassed by the Soviets and this pushed even more Lithuanians into the countryside. Many enlisted men deserted, taking their weapons with them.
By the late 1940s and early 1950s the Forest Brothers were provided with supplies, military intelligence and support by the British, American, and Swedish secret intelligence services. This support played a key role in directing the Baltic resistance movement. Among the three Baltic countries, the resistance was best organized in Lithuania, where guerrilla units were able to control whole regions of the countryside until 1949.
When not in direct battles with the Soviet Army or special NKVD units, the Forest Brothers delayed Soviet control of Lithuania through ambush, sabotage, assassination of local Communist activists and officials, freeing imprisoned guerillas, and printing underground newspapers.
Captured Lithuanian Forest Brothers themselves often faced torture and execution while their relatives faced deportation to Gulags. Reprisals against collaborator’s farms and villages were harsh. The NKVD units used shock tactics to discourage further resistance such as displaying executed partisan’s corpses in village squares.
Today in Latvia and Lithuania, Forest Brothers veterans receive a small pension. In Lithuania, the third Sunday in May is commemorated as the Day of The Partisan. As of 2005, there are about 350 surviving Forest Brothers in Lithuania. My hat’s off to the brave Lithuanians who fought against the Red Army and the Soviet Occupation.
I hope you all enjoy today’s episode. It’s an intermediate level lesson and a bit unusual. I listen to many language podcasts just to keep tabs on what everyone else is doing and I’ve never come across anything like what we’ll go over today, but first…
Hey, Jonathan! Thanks for the plug, that’s fantastic of you to do it for us! We really appreciate it.
Now a little background on today’s subject. My very first Lithuanian coach is a wonderful guy named Romas Zableckas. Romas is one of those rare individuals who is genuinely friendly, always has his door open to friends and strangers alike, gregarious, hard working, and no matter the difficulty, always has a positive outlook on life. He enjoys playing in his band at numerous local establishments, loves the Lithuanian language, Lithuanian culture and is president of the Lithuanian-American Community of Colorado in the United States. If you’ve never met Romas you’re missing out on one of the world’s great personalities.
Anyway, when I started to learn Lithuanian I spent days in Romas’ kitchen learning how to say, “aš esu, tu esi, jis yra…"
When Raminta decided to be so gracious as to marry a man as unworthy as myself, I thought it would be a great gesture to put together a speech for the wedding – in Lithuanian, of course.
Coincidently, while I was working on the speech, I saw an episode of the comedy television series “Frasier" and the star of the show, Kelsey Grammer, gave a speech that I thought was beautiful. So, I quickly grabbed a pen and scribbled down some notes. I made some changes, went over it with Romas, he made some changes and then he translated it into Lithuanian. He typed it up into both languages and then made two recordings of the speech – one that was slow and one that was fast, put it on a CD and gave it all to me.
Now, how awesome is that?
For months before our wedding I really studied that speech. It’s not short and it wasn’t easy. Day after day, month after month, I walked for miles playing a sentence, repeating it, playing a sentence, repeating it. I didn’t care who saw me walking down a path or taking a break at work assidiuosly repeating the Lithuanian – Out Loud.
I’m sure everyone thought I was crazy, but who cares? Of course, I never mentioned the speech to Raminta. Once I finally had the speech memorized I flew to Lithuania for one of my many visits to see her and we had a small party to celebrate our upcoming wedding.
Now, the speech was the only real Lithuanian I knew so at the party I asked Raminta to tell our guests I would like to make a toast. As they all looked at me I’m sure they were expecting me to say something in English.
Well, I started speaking Lithuanian and Raminta said later she thought, “Oh, how nice," and she thought that after just a few words I would stop, but I just kept going and going.
I nailed the speech without making a mistake, other than my obvious English accent, and we raised our glasses and drank to the toast. It was awesome and Raminta was very touched.
A few months later at our wedding in front of a much larger crowd of Lithuanians and Americans I tried to say the speech again but flubbed it. Oh well, what are you gonna do?
Romas was there again. We had a bilingual wedding ceremony. My brother would say two sentences in English, Romas would say two sentences in Lithuanian, then my brother would say two more sentences in English, Romas would say two more sentences in Lithuanian, and on and on. It was a wonderful day.
Thanks again Romas for all your essential help. Without you, none of it would have been possible.
Today we’ll dust off this old speech. First, we’ll play the slow version done by Romas with an English translation. We’ll go over some vocabulary and then we’ll play the “fast" version of the speech at the end.
For our listener in France who’s going to be giving a speech in Vilnius next month, you can use the beginning of this speech but stop before the words “švęsti mūsų vestuvių." The last word in your sentence will be “čia," the word for “here." So, you’ll be saying, “Good evening ladies and gentlemen, I’d like to thank all of you for coming here." Just say this at the beginning of your presentation and the crowd should love you. Please get back to us and let us know how it goes. Bon chance!
Now, on with the wedding speech, you know, even today, this speech still makes me emotional when I read it.
Please follow along on the blogpage and keep in mind that no translation is ever going to be perfect. And yes, in English we say, “ladies and gentlemen," but it’s different in Lithuanian. Romas, could you start us off?
Labas vakaras ponai ir ponios,
Good evening gentlemen and ladies,
aš norėčiau visiems padekoti
I’d like to thank all of you
kad susirinkote čia švęsti mūsų vestuvių.
for coming here to celebrate our wedding.
Meilė yra neapsakoma jėga,
Love is an indescribable force
kuri priverčia mus padaryti dalykus
that compels us to do things
kurių mes niekada negalvojome,
that we never thought
jog esame pajėgūs padaryti.
that we were able to do.
Mes nepasirenkame meilės,
We don’t choose love,
meilė pasirenka mus,
love chooses us
tada mes esame bejėgūs pasipriešinti.
then we are powerless to resist it.
Aš niekada negalvojau, kad galėsiu įsimylėti,
I never thought that I would fall in love
kol mano išsvajota moteris
until the woman of my dreams
atėjo į mano gyvenimą.
came into my life.
Prašome visus pakelti savo taures,
Please raise your glasses
už pačią gražiausią,
for the most beautiful,
pačią inteligentiškiausią,
most intelligent,
pačią žavingiausią moterį pasaulyje.
most fascinating woman in the world.
Štai – moteris, su kuria aš pasiryžęs
Here is the woman I am determined
praleisti savo likusį gyvenimą.
to spend the rest of my life with.
Mano mylimoji,
My sweetheart,
mano Ramintute.
my little Raminta,
į sveikatą!
Cheers!
Now, let’s go over some vocabulary. Most of these words have been reverted to their forms in vardininkas or the infinitive in the case of verbs. Since Raminta is on the road again she had to pronounce these words over the phone. Sorry if the sound quality isn’t perfect.
to thank
padėkoti
to gather, to meet
susirinkti
to celebrate
švesti
wedding
vestuvės
love
meilė
strength, force
jėga
to compel, to force
priversti
to make, to do
padaryti
a thing or an object
dalykas
never
niekada
thinking, thought
galvojimas
that
jog
able
pajėgus
then
tada
without
be
to be able
galėti
to fall in love
įsimylėti
till, until
kol
to dream (of)
išsvajoti
woman
moteris
life
gyvenimas
all
visas
to lift up, to raise
pakelti
my, our, your, his, her, its, their
savo
for
už
myself, ourselves, yourself, yourselves, himself, herself, itself, themselves
pats
beauty
gražumas
fascinating
žavingas
here, this
štai
determined
pasiryžęs
to pass, to spend time
praleisti
to remain, to stay
likti
sweetheart, beloved
mylimoji (feminine)
sweetheart, beloved
mylimasis (masculine)
ačiū, mylimoji
ačiū tau
Okay, now let’s listen to the fast version of the speech without a translation. Take it away Romas!
(for a video of the speech text click here:)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8QJdNb7HCM4
In Lithuanian, veidas, means “face." Are you familiar with the popular Lithuanian magazine called Veidas? It’s amazingly similar to the U.S. magazines Time and Newsweek, bursting with full color photos, national and international news, charts, graphs, entertainment news, history, etc.
My hubby discovered this gem when he visited the webpsite Balticshop.com looking for a gift for some close Lithuanian friends. One way to get a subscription to Veidas is to go to Balticshop.com. They have a wide selection of Lithuanian gifts. Balticshop.com will also send you a large, full color catalog full of photographs of their Lithuanian gifts. They’re based in the U.S. and no I wasn’t paid nor did I receive any compensation to mention them on Lithuanian Out Loud. The Veidas magazine subscription, as I recall, wasn’t cheap. I think it was around $200.00 but our friends get the magazine every week for a year. It’s a special gift for a special friend.
Okey dokey! On the last lesson we went over feminine nouns in the genitive case or kilmininkas. Let’s do some more on the same theme so that we’ve really got it.
As we learned in episode 0025,
Aš amerikietė is a female saying, “I’m American"
Aš anglė is a female saying, “I’m English"
Aš lietuvė is a female saying, “I’m Lithuanian"
Aš rusė is a female saying, “I’m Russian"
But, amerikietė can also mean the American woman or girl,
anglė can also mean the Englishwoman or girl,
lietuvė can also mean the Lithuanian woman or girl and
rusė can also mean the Russian woman or girl.
Does it all make sense?
So, let’s take the Lithuanian word for wife – žmona..
The name of the wife or the vardas of the žmona
The word žmona changes to žmonos
prašom pakartoti
please repeat
The wife’s name
žmonos vardas
The American woman’s name
amerikietės vardas
The Englishwoman’s name
anglės vardas
The Lithuanian girl’s name
lietuvės vardas
The Russian girl’s name
rusės vardas
Alright! Now I think we have a very good understanding of how to change feminine nouns into the genitive case or kilmininkas.
Ready for a challenge? Please try to say it in Lithuanian Out Loud before and after me. Here we go! Prašom pakartoti…
The American girl’s book
amerikietės knyga
The English girl’s name
anglės vardas
The Russian woman’s house
rusės namas
The Lithuanian woman’s brother
lietuvės brolis
The Japanese woman’s sister
japonės sesuo
The Italian girl’s room
italės kambarys
The Latvian girl’s city
latvės miestas
The Polish woman’s restaurant
lenkės restoranas
Raminta’s book
Ramintos knyga
Austėja’s amber
Austėjos gintaras
The wife’s room
žmonos kambarys
Sandra’s restaurant
Sandros restoranas
Kristina’s sister
Kristinos sesuo
Raminta’s husband
Ramintos vyras
Austėja’s house
Austėjos namas
Sandra’s brother
Sandros brolis
Raminta’s city
Ramintos miestas
Kristina’s amber
Kristinos gintaras
Woo hoo! Did you remember the word for amber? Okay, that was bit unfair. Please play this section over and over again till you’ve got it down pat.
On the next episode of Lithuanian Out Loud we’ll start in on the genitive case using masculine nouns.
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Just how similar are the Baltic States to one another? Not as much as one might think.
The Baltic States are Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania. For starters all three speak different languages and they can’t understand each other. The Latvian and Lithuanian languages were the same language many hundreds of years ago, but not today. The Estonian language is completely different; it’s related to the language of Finland or Finnish.
The Estonians and Latvians are mostly Protestant Christians but the Lithuanians are overwhelmingly Roman Catholic. The Lithuanian people are also considered to be the warmest and friendliest people of the three nation region.
And by the way, any time somebody says Lithuania is a small country…just gently remind them it’s not that small, it is, after all, larger than Switzerland.
For quite a few lessons to come, we’re going to be going through all the ins and outs of the genitive case or kilmininkas. After we finish this series of episodes you should be a real pro at this declension.
In theory anyway.
As we touched on in episode 0022, when we use the word “from" or iš we need to use kilmininkas.
So, let’s take the word “England" or Anglija. This is the nominative case or vardininkas. The word for England in kilmininkas is Anglijos.
If we say “from England" we say iš Anglijos. Remember that dictionaries use vardininkas or the nominative case. So, you will find Anglija in a dictionary but you won’t find Anglijos.
Lithuanian nouns are either masculine or feminine. In the nominative, feminine nouns mostly end in either –a or –ė.
Feminine nouns that end in –a change to –os.
Feminine nouns that end in –ė change to –ės.
We also use the genitive case or kilmininkas when we talk about possession, such as, Raminta’s book, Sandra’s name, or Lithuania’s capital. You can also look at it as the book of Raminta, the name of Sandra or the capital of Lithuania.
For today’s lesson we’ll only focus on feminine nouns.
So, let’s start off with Raminta’s book. The word for book is knyga.
The –a at the end of Raminta changes to –os. So, Raminta’s book translates as Ramintos knyga.
Please repeat and say the Lithuanian – Out Loud… Prašom pakartoti…
Raminta’s book
Ramintos knyga
Sandra’s book
Sandros knyga
Austėja’s book
Austėjos knyga
Kristina’s book
Kristinos knyga
Great, now let’s do some nouns that end in –ė.
Here are some female names in Lithuanian in kilmininkas.
Please repeat… Prašom pakartoti…
Eglė changes to Eglės
Agnė changes to Agnės
Dovilė changes to Dovilės
Ramunė changes to Ramunės
So, please repeat…
Eglė’s book
Eglės knyga
Agnė’s book
Agnės knyga
Dovilė’s book
Dovilės knyga
Ramunė’s book
Ramunės knyga
Alright, study hard because on the next lesson we’ll dig even deeper into kilmininkas and it’ll be a more challenging lesson. To see Raminta's article in the newspaper Amerikos Lietuvis, go here: http://www.alietuvis.com/391/vakaru_lt.html
According to Wikipedia, in the ancient Lithuanian religion, Perkūnas is the Lithuanian God of thunder, the God of the sky, the Lord of rain, mountains, oak trees and storms. Quite a powerful god indeed.
In songs about a “heavenly wedding" Saulė (the Sun) cheats on Perkūnas with Mėnulis (the Moon); Perkūnas splits Mėnulis in half with a sword.
According to another, more popular, version, Mėnulis cheats on the Sun with Aušrinė (the morning star) just after the wedding, and Perkūnas punishes it. However, Mėnulis does not learn and repeats the adultery and is punished again every month. Other explanations say it is why the Sun shines during the day and the Moon at night. Though divorced, both want to see their daughter Žemyna (the Earth).
In other songs Perkūnas, on the way to the wedding of Aušra (dawn; the daughter of the Sun), strikes a golden oak, most likely in order to expel evil spirits, Velnias or snakes, that usually hide below the roots of an oak. The oak is a tree of the thunder god in the Lithuanian tradition.
Don’t you just love Lithuanian culture?
This week we’re doing a lesson we hadn’t planned to do, but since we have so many listeners from unexpected places, we’ll customize this lesson for our students who’re listening in Australia, Egypt, The Netherlands, Ireland, Botswana and Brazil.
Now, we’ve already learned how to say, for example, I’m Lithuanian or I’m English. Let’s do our new nationalities…
First, let’s go over the vardininkas or nominative declension of the country’s names in Lithuanian.
prašom pakartoti
Egiptas
Egypt
Australija
Australia
Nyderlandai
Netherlands
Airija
Ireland
Botsvana
Botswana
Brazilija
Brazil
Now, to say, “I’m from…", we use the genitive or kilmininkas. Prašom pakartoti…
I’m from Egypt
Aš iš Egipto
I’m from Australia
Aš iš Australijos
I’m from The Netherlands
Aš iš Nyderlandų
I’m from Ireland
Aš iš Airijos
I’m from Botswana
Aš iš Botsvanos
I’m from Brazil
Aš iš Brazilijos
Great, now let’s say “I’m Australian" or “I’m Brazilian" from a man and a woman’s perspective…
I’m Egyptian
Aš Egiptietis
I’m Egyptian
Aš Egiptietė
I’m Australian
Aš Australas
I’m Australian
Aš Australė
I’m a Dutchman
Aš Olandas
I’m a Dutchwoman
Aš Olandė
I’m Irish
Aš Airis
I’m Irish
Aš Airė
I’m Botswanan
Aš Botsvanietis
I’m Botswanan
Aš Botsvanietė
I’m Brazilian
Aš Brazilas
I’m Brazilian
Aš Brazilė
Fantastic, now keep in mind, that later on, it might be easier if, just for fun, you “Lithuanianize" your name. For example, I use Džiakas when I’m in Lithuania because it’s easier. If you’re not sure how to make your name into something that makes sense in Lithuanian, just contact us and we can help.
Saulė
the Sun
Perkūnas
God of thunder
Mėnulis
the Moon
Aušrinė
the Morning Star
Žemyna
the Earth
Aušra
Dawn; the daughter of the Sun
Velnias
God of evil
Have you ever looked at the ten litas or dešimt litų bank note, seen the pilots and the airplane and wondered what it’s all about? The pilots are Lithuanian national heroes (Steponas Darius and Stasys Girenas). They were Lithuanian emigrants to the United States and on 15 July 1933 they flew across the Atlantic Ocean covering 6,411 kilometers without landing. A total of 37 hours, 11 minutes in the air. This was also the first ever transatlantic air mail consignment in history.
The aircraft was painted bright orange and was named Lituanica, the latin name for Lithuania.
Sadly, two days after a successful Atlantic crossing, the aircraft crashed in Germany killing the two pilots and destroying the aircraft. Some claim it was shot down by German forces. The wreckage can still be viewed today at the Vytautas The Great War Museum in Kaunas.
Today we want to get away from grammar just a bit and teach you some common phrases that you should be able to pop out of your mouth when you need them.
please repeat
prašom pakartoti
I’m sorry, but I only understand a little Lithuanian
Atsiprašau bet aš labai mažai suprantu lietuviškai
I’m studying Lithuanian
Aš mokausi lietuviškai
to study, or to learn
mokytis
Keep in mind, the sentence, Aš mokausi lietuviškai, can be translated as, I study Lithuanian or I’m studying Lithuanian
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Oho! Approximately every fifth lesson will be a quick response lesson. We’ll say the word or phrase in English and you say it in Lithuanian - Out Loud! Sorry, no more questions, the exam starts now!
America
Amerika
England
Anglija
Lithuania
Lietuva
Poland
Lenkija
from
iš
I’m from
aš iš
genitive case
kilmininkas
I’m from America
Aš iš Amerikos
I’m from England
Aš iš Anglijos
I’m from Lithuania
Aš iš Lietuvos
I’m from Poland
Aš iš Lenkijos
nice to meet you
malonu
nice to meet you too
taip pat malonu
three words for “really?"
rimtai? tikrai? jo?
city
miestas
the room
kambarys
a restaurant
restoranas
a man
vyras
the husband
vyras
a wife
žmona
the verb “to be"
būti
I am
aš esu
you are (familiar)
tu esi
he is
jis yra
she is
ji yra
you are (formal)
jūs esate
we are
mes esame
they are
jie yra
they are (females)
jos yra
the house
namas
a name
vardas
a book
knyga
and
ir
brother
brolis
sister
sesuo
I’m American (male)
aš amerikietis
I’m American (female)
aš amerikietė
I’m English (male)
aš anglas
I’m English (female)
aš anglė
I’m Lithuanian (male)
aš lietuvis
I’m Lithuanian (female)
aš lietuvė
In 2003, in front of international reporters, a Lithuanian ex-President said that he was as calm as a Belgian. This caused quite a stir in Belgium. This is a common saying in Lithuania but Belgians had no idea another nation thought of them as being calm. What did they do to deserve this recognition for calmness? Nobody knows. By the way, the name Raminta also comes from the root word for “calm" in Lithuanian. The next time you want to say you’re as cool as a cucumber…just say, “Aš ramus, kaip Belgas." I’m as calm as a Belgian.
ramus
calm
note: in Lithuanian, names of nations are capitalized; nationalities are not. Also, Lithuanians often drop the verb, "to be" or "būti." You can say, "Ji yra Dovilė" - "She is Dovilė," or "Jis yra Andrius" - "He is Andrius." But it's okay to say, "Ji Dovilė" or "Jis Andrius."
America
Amerika
England
Anglija
Lithuania
Lietuva
Poland
Lenkija
Italy
Italija
Russia
Rusija
Japan
Japonija
Latvia
Latvija
males:
I’m American
aš amerikietis
I’m English
aš anglas
I’m Lithuanian
aš lietuvis
I’m Polish
aš lenkas
I’m Italian
aš italas
I’m Russian
aš rusas
I’m Japanese
aš japonas
I’m Latvian
aš latvis
females:
I’m American
aš amerikietė
I’m English
aš anglė
I’m Lithuanian
aš lietuvė
I’m Polish
aš lenkė
I’m Italian
aš italė
I’m Russian
aš rusė
I’m Japanese
aš japonė
I’m Latvian
aš latvė
Our friend writes…”There are no words in Lithuanian for boyfriend or girlfriend. Lithuanians refer only to the words “draugas,” which means a male friend and “draugė,” which means female friend. But, of course, that doesn’t convey quite what we’re looking for here.
A more appropriate term would be “partner,” “partneris” for a male and “partnerė” for a female. You could also refer to someone as “gyvenimo draugas” or “gyvenimo draugė.”
If a man says, “čia – mano gyvenimo draugas” or “čia – mano partneris” you would understand that he is gay.
Let’s go over some terms…
same sex partner translates as “tos pačios lyties partneris” for men and “tos pačios lyties partnerė” for women.
“tos pačios” is derived from “tas pats” which means “same”
tos pačios
same
“lyties” is derived from the word, “lytis” or “sex” and “partneris” or “partner.”
same sex partner
tos pačios lyties partneris (male)
same sex partner
tos pačios lyties partnerė (female)
the word for friend is draugas or draugė. These are very common words in Lithuanian.
draugas
a male friend
draugė
a female friend
the word for partner is partneris or partnerė
partneris
a male partner
partnerė
a female partner
gyvenimas
life
gyvenimo draugas
life friend
gyvenimo draugė
life-time friend
čia – mano draugas
here’s my friend (male)
čia – mano draugė
here’s my friend (female)
čia – mano partneris
here’s my partner (male)
čia – mano partnerė
here’s my partner (female)
čia – mano gyvenimo
draugas here’s my life friend (male)
čia – mano gyvenimo
draugė here’s my life friend (female)
In today’s episode Jack will mention Grūto Parkas near the Lithuanian city of Druskininkai. By mentioning this controversial park, Jack and I are not commenting on the right or wrong of the park’s existence. Some people like the park, some people hate it, some people don’t care. We’re simply saying the park is of interest for some tourists. Of course millions of people died savagely at the hands of monsters like Lenin and Stalin and no mass murderers should receive a place of honor in any nation.
būti
verb meaning, “to be"
aš esu
I am
tu esi
you are (familiar)
jis yra
he is
ji yra
she is
jūs esate
you are (formal)
jūs esate
you all are
mes esame
we are
jie yra
they are
jos yra
they are (females)
namas
house
vardas
name
knyga
book
ir
and
brolis
brother
sesuo
sister
Lithuanian doesn’t use the article, such as “a” or “the.” We don’t say, “the book,” or “a book,” we simply say, “book.”
Botswana and Brazil come aboard for Lithuanian lessons! No lie? Today we go over some expressions a Lithuanian makes when she/he is surprised. Oho! Wow! Raminta is finally on her way back home and Jack is looking forward to getting a break from walking the dog. Cute dog, but tiring! If anyone would like to send us a plug or a promo, email it to us or call our voicemail. Enjoy the lesson!
jo?
really?
rimtai?
really?
tikrai?
really?
oho!
wow!
miestas
city
kambarys
room
parkas
park
restoranas
restaurant
vyras
man
vyras
husband
žmona
wife
aš labai myliu savo žmoną
I really love my wife
email Raminta and Jack at: lithuanianoutloud@earthlink.net
Here’s the Akropolis Mall in Vilnius, Lithuania:
http://www.wikimapia.org/#lat=54.710795&lon=25.260057&z=17&l=0&m=a&v=2
Akropolis Mall north of Vilnius is a must see attraction, but if you buy something, make sure it's what you want; it's very difficult to return gifts. Akropolis was Lithuania's first super-mall. It's a one of the fun sites to see if you visit Vilnius. Today you learn how to say "I'm from..." This is our first introduction to the genitive declension or kilmininkas. Kilmininkas is the most used declension after vardininkas or the naming case.
Pilies gatvė
Castle street
Katedros aikštė
Cathedral square
Gedimino pilis
Gediminis castle
America
Amerika
England
Anglija
Lithuania
Lietuva
Poland
Lenkija
from
iš
genitive case
kilmininkas
Amerika changes to Amerikos
Anglija changes to Anglijos
Lietuva changes to Lietuvos
Lenkija changes to Lenkijos
I'm from America
Aš iš Amerikos
I'm from England
Aš iš Anglijos
I'm from Lithuania
Aš iš Lietuvos
I'm from Poland
Aš iš Lenkijos
Labas aš Raminta, aš iš Lietuvos, malonu
Labas aš David, aš iš Amerikos, taip pat malonu
email Raminta and Jack at: lithuanianoutloud@earthlink.net
Thanks to: CCMixter.org, ditto ditto, and Vieux Farka Touré for allowing us to use the music for this podcast.
http://www.vieuxfarkatoure.com/
http://www.ccmixter.org/
Oho! Approximately every fifth lesson will be a quick response lesson. We'll say the word or words in English, you respond in Lithuanian - Out Loud. We know you've been studying hard so this will be easy! Good luck and keep repeating until you perfect it. ~Raminta and Jack :)
(greeting a man) health!
sveikas!
(greeting a woman) health!
sveika!
(cute greeting between women only)
sveikutė!
what's new?
kas naujo?
nothing
nieko
bye
ate
(greeting a group) health!
sveiki!
(greeting a group of females) health!
sveikos!
"cutsy" good evening
labas vakarėlis
what's up?
ką darai?
nothing, and you? (familiar)
nieko, o tu?
nothing
nieko
how are you?
kaip sekasi?
what?
ką?
how are you?
kaip sekasi?
not bad thanks, how are you?
neblogai, ačiū, kaip sekasi?
especially good, thanks
ypatingai gerai, ačiū
see you later!
iki pasimatymo!
see ya!
iki!
good
gerai
bad
blogai
(goodbye to a woman) stay healthy!
lik sveika!
(goodbye to a man) stay healthy!
lik sveikas!
nominative case
vardininkas
email Raminta and Jack at: lithuanianoutloud@earthlink.net
Thanks to: CCMixter.org, ditto ditto, and Vieux Farka Touré for allowing us to use the music for this podcast.
http://www.vieuxfarkatoure.com/
http://www.ccmixter.org/
These are the show notes for episodes 11-20 in a pdf.
Now, what is a pdf? This is simply a file that allows you to see the Lithuanian text from the episodes in a down-loadable file. You can download this file by right clicking here: Lithuanian_Out_Loud_11-20_Notes.pdf
Just right click on this line with your mouse and click on "save target as."
Save the file on your computer and then open it whenever you feel like it.
Or, you can just left click on this link and your computer will open the file now. Of course, you will need Adobe Acrobat reader on your computer to read the file, but Adobe Acrobat is a free program.
Or, you can just download this file through iTunes. If you have subscribed to Lithuanian Out Loud on iTunes, these files will come to you automatically.
Raminta and Jack :)
Raminta is in Moscow this week as a guest of the Lithuanian Embassy digging into the Russian archives for her new book. Too bad Jack is stuck at home painting the house. The one thing you need to take from this episode is that the nominative or naming case is called, "vardininkas" in Lithuanian.
declension = case
there are seven declensions in Lithuanian
naming case = nominative case
vardininkas is the basic, primary name of all words
vardininkas is the case used in dictionaries
examples of vardininkas:
nominative case
vardininkas
automobile
automobilis
rytas
morning
diena
day
vakaras
evening
Vilnius
email Raminta and Jack at: lithuanianoutloud@earthlink.net
Thanks to: CCMixter.org, ditto ditto, and Vieux Farka Touré for allowing us to use the music for this podcast.
http://www.vieuxfarkatoure.com/
http://www.ccmixter.org/
This week you learn where to party in Vilnius and how to ask for the restroom after drinking too heavily. On the blogpage you'll find a link for watching Lithuanian television. We’ll also go through the Lithuanian alphabet. You should learn it, but if you don’t want to, well, no worries. Enjoy!
Vilnius hotspots recommended by Raminta:
Club Pabo Latino, Trakų gatvė (gatvė = street)
Club Absento Fėjos, Aušros Vartu gatvė
Restaurant Žemaičiai, Vokiečių gatvė
Recommended book: Trise Prieš Mafiją
by Daiva Vaitkevičiutė
kudakuoja ir kudakuoja
cackle and cackle
zyzia ir zyzia
buzz and buzz
trenkti laižiaką, feee!
french kissing, ick!
Here's the alphabet. In parenthesis is the pronunciation.
A a (ah)
Ą ą (ą nosinė)
B b (bė)
C c (cė) "tsė"
Č č (čė) "chė"
D d (dė)
E e (e plačioji)
Ę ę (ę nosinė)
Ė ė (ė siauroji)
F f (ėf)
G g (gė)
H h (ha)
I i (i trumpoji)
Į j (į nosinė)
Y y (y ilgoji)
J j (jot)
K k (ka)
L l (ėl)
M m (ėm)
N n (ėn)
O o (oh)
P p (pee)
R r (ėr)
S s (ės)
Š š (ėš)
T t (tė)
U u (u trumpoji)
Ų ų (ų nosinė)
Ū ū (ū ilgoji)
V v (vė)
Z z (zė)
Ž ž (žė)
Kur?
Where?
Tualetas
Toilet
Kur yra...?
Where is...?
Kur yra tualetas?
Where is the restroom?
Kur yra tualetas?
Where is the toilet?
Atsiprašau, kur yra tualetas? O, ačiu!
Excuse me, where is the toilet? Oh, thank you!
In Lithuanian we often drop the verb, "to be." So, here we can drop "yra."
You can be understood if you just say, "tualetas?"
Tualetas is the Lithuanian word for a single toilet or restroom.
Kur tualetas?
Where's the toilet?
Kur restoranas?
Where's the restaurant?
Kur baras?
Where is the bar?
To view Lithuanian television: http://www.tv.lt/mconsole.asp
Thanks to: CCMixter.org, ditto ditto, and Vieux Farka Touré for allowing us to use the music for this podcast.
http://www.vieuxfarkatoure.com/
http://www.ccmixter.org/
Hey! It's our first ever intermediate lesson! What's the name of the largest city on Lithuania's west coast? Do you pronounce it right? Raminta's in stitches interviewing Jonas about cars. Jonas likes the color red as much as he likes Soviet people. Hmmm, does that mean he likes or dislikes red?
Raminta:
Labas, pas tave...............ai, žodžiu neišeina. :)
Raminta:Labas, planuoju pirkti automobilį, norėjau pasiteirauti ką pasiūlytum?
Hi, I’m planning to buy an automobile, I wanted to inquire, what do you advise?
planuoti
to plan
pirkti
to buy
norėti
to want
pasiteirauti
to inquire, to ask
pasiūlyti
to advise
Jonas:
Nu tai mašinų daug yra, daug yra visokių kaip sakant, visokių rūšių, o kokios tu norėtum?
Well, there are a lot of cars, there are many types, like so to say, various grades, so what would you like?
nu – well... what... (a used to fill time while forming a thought)
visoks
sorts, types
kaip sakant… taip sakant…
“so to say..."
pirma rūšis, pirmos rūšies
first rate
Raminta:
Norėčiau sportinio automobilio.
I would like a sports car.
Jonas:
Nu sportiniai, aišku, geros mašinos, bet ką aš apie jas galvoju, nu mano amžiui tai jos perkietos yra, bet jaunimui važinėti gal ir yra smagu. O kokios markės tu norėtum pirkt?
Oh well sport cars, clearly, good cars, but what I think about them, well for my age they are too hard, but for youngsters to ride, maybe it’s cool. So which brands would you like to buy?
aišku
clearly
galvoti
to think of, to think about
kietas
hard
jaunimas
youth, young people
važinėti
to drive around, to ride about
smagus
pleasant, pleasing
Raminta:
Porsche automobilio, Porsche Carrera.
A Porsche automobile, Porsche Carrera.
Jonas:
Porsche labai brangios yra.
Porsche is very expensive.
brangus
dear, expensive, costly
Raminta:
Brangios, o kokios sportinės mašinos yra pigios?
Expensive, so what sport cars are cheap?
pigus
cheap, low-priced
Jonas:
Nu yra, gal amerikietiškos yra, o pontiakai mačiau yra, yra mazdos, yra tojotos, jos neamerikietiškos, jos japoniškos yra, bet gal jų kokybė kiek geresnė.
Oh well, maybe American (cars) are, Pontiacs I saw are, Mazdas are, Toyotas are, they are not American, they are Japanese, but maybe their quality is better.
matyti
to see
kokybė
quality
geresnis
better
Raminta:
Nežinau, ir dar galvoju apie spalvą, man patinka balta ir smėlio spalva, bet nežinau. Kokios spalvos tau patinka?
I don't know, and I’m also thinking about color, I like white and sand color, but I don't know. What colors do you like?
nežinoti
to not know
spalva
color
patikti
to be pleased, to like
baltas
white
smėlis, smėlys
sand
Jonas:
Man tai kaip tarybiniam žmogui patinka raudona spalva.
As much as a soviet person I like the color red.
tarybinis
soviet
raudonas
red
raudona spalva
red color
žmogus
person
Raminta:
Raudona spalva, oi, o man raudona nepatinka, nes visą vaikystę turėjau raudonus automobilius.
Red color, oh, I don't like red color, because my entire childhood I had red automobiles.
nepatikti
to not be pleased, to not like
vaikystė
childhood
Jonas:
Nu tai reikia pirkt kokia patinka.
So then you need to buy what you like.
Raminta:
Gerai, ačiū už konsultaciją.
Okay, thanks for the consultation.
konsultacija
consultation
Jonas:
Nėra už ką.
It's nothing.
Notes - phone conversation between Raminta and Jack
Planuoju pirkti namą
I’m planning to buy a house
Aš planuoju pirkti butą
I’m planning to buy a flat
Aš planuoju važiuoti į Dominikos Respubliką
I’m planning to travel to the Dominican Republic
Planuoju vakarėlį
I’m planning an evening party
Planuoju eiti į mokyklą
I’m planning to go to school
Planuoju važiuoti į Maskvą
I’m planning to go to Moscow
Aš planuoju studijuoti Lietuvoje
I’m planning to study in Lithuania
Aš planuoju dirbti Kaune
I’m planning to work in Kaunas
Aš planuoju gyventi Klaipėdoje
I’m planning to live in Klaipėda
Man patinka balta...
I like white...
Man patinka žalia ir geltona spalva
I like green and yellow color
Man patinka mėlyna ir ruda spalva
I like blue and brown color
Ačiū už pagalbą
Thanks for the help
Ačiū už viską
Thanks for everything
To see Raminta's book, go here:
http://www.versus.lt/Pub/default.aspx?Page=BookDetails&ID=364
Thanks to: CCMixter.org, ditto ditto, and Vieux Farka Touré for allowing us to use the music for this podcast.
http://www.vieuxfarkatoure.com/
http://www.ccmixter.org/
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labas vakarėlis
good evening
ką darai?
what's up?
nieko, o tu?
nothing, and you?
nieko
nothing
kaip sekasi?
how are you?
ką?
what?
kaip sekasi?
how are you?
neblogai, ačiū, kaip sekasi?
not bad thanks, how are you?
ypatingai gerai, ačiū
especially good, thanks
iki pasimatymo!
until we see each other again!
iki!
see ya!
blogai
bad
lik sveikas!
stay healthy! (to a male)
lik sveika!
stay healthy! (to a female)
email Raminta and Jack at: lithuanianoutloud@earthlink.net
Thanks to: CCMixter.org, ditto ditto, and Vieux Farka Touré for allowing us to use the music for this podcast.
http://www.vieuxfarkatoure.com/
http://www.ccmixter.org/
Are you familiar with the Lithuanian version of Wikipedia? It's called Vikipedija. You should take a look. Even if you're a novice learner of Lithuanian you'll find it interesting. Take a look at the photos and descriptions. Vikipedija's address is listed below. Enjoy!
In today's lesson we learn some new greetings.
Sveika!
health! (to a female)
Sveikas!
health! (to a male)
Kas naujo?
what's new?
Nieko
nothing
Ate!
bye!
Sveiki!
health! (to a group)
Sveikos!
health! (to a female group)
Sveikutė!
health! (diminutive - between girls only)
Check out the Lithuanian version of Wikipedia. Here's the homepage address:
http://lt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pagrindinis_puslapis
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Okay everyone! Here we go! Every fifth lesson will be a quick response lesson. Say the Lithuanian Out Loud as fast as you can. Keep repeating the lesson over and over again until you perfect it. Good luck!
hi!
labas!
how are you? (familiar)
kaip gyveni?
how are you? (formal)
kaip jūs gyvenate?
we
mes
I
aš
I'm doing good
aš gyvenu gerai
we're doing good
mes gyvename gerai
how are they doing?
kaip jie gyvena?
they're doing good
jie gyvena gerai
how are they doing? (females)
kaip jos gyvena?
they're doing good (females)
jos gyvena gerai
nice to meet you
malonu
nice to meet you too
taip pat malonu
it's very nice to meet you
labai malonu
I'm Andrius
aš Andrius
I'm Kristina
aš Kristina
how ya doin? (familiar)
kaip gyveni?
very good thanks, and you? (familiar)
labai gerai ačiū, o tu?
how ya doin? (formal)
kaip jūs gyvenate?
very good thanks, and you? (formal)
labai gerai ačiū, o jūs?
I'm really good too, thanks
aš taip pat labai gerai, ačiū.
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In Lithuania make sure you don't point with your index finger, it's considered by some to be rude. If you really need to point at something just put all your fingers together and motion gently with your hand towards what you want someone to see.
Labas, aš Douglas (Dennis).
Hi, I'm Douglas (Dennis).
Labas, aš Raminta, malonu.
Hi, I'm Raminta, my pleasure.
Taip pat malonu, kaip gyveni?
My pleasure too, how are you? (tu)
Labai gerai, ačiū, o tu?
Very good, thanks, and you?
Aš taip pat labai gerai, ačiū.
I'm also very good, thanks.
labai = very
o = and ("o" generally indicates a change in subject or the introduction of a new idea into a conversation)
labai malonu
very nice to meet you.
Aš Dennis, laba diena.
I'm Dennis, good day ("hello").
Aš Raminta, labai malonu.
I'm Raminta, very nice to meet you.
Taip pat labai malonu, kaip jūs gyvenate?
It's also nice to meet you, how are you?
Labai gerai, ačiū, o kaip jūs?
Very good, thanks, and how are you?
Aš taip pat labai gerai, ačiū.
I'm also very good, thank you.
Thanks to: CCMixter.org, ditto ditto, and Vieux Farka Touré for allowing us to use the music for this podcast.
http://www.vieuxfarkatoure.com/
http://www.ccmixter.org/
email Raminta and Jack at: lithuanianoutloud@earthlink.net
A train that crosses Lithuania but nobody gets on and nobody gets off? Sandwiched between Lithuania and Poland is the Russian territory known as Kaliningrad. Since it doesn't have a physical connection to Russia, Lithuania allows a train to cross Lithuanian territory but don't expect to be able to buy a ticket. It's shut tight! Today we continue working on the verb, gyventi.
email Raminta and Jack at: lithuanianoutloud@earthlink.net
Kaip jie gyvena?
How are they doing?
Jie gyvena gerai
They're doing good.
Kaip jos gyvena?
How are they doing? (all females)
Jos gyvena gerai
They're doing good. (all females)
Thanks to: CCMixter.org, ditto ditto, and Vieux Farka Touré for allowing us to use the music for this podcast.
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http://www.ccmixter.org/
Vilnius is the capital city of Lithuania but the countryside surrounding the city is still converting to the Lithuanian language. Long ago, Poland claimed Vilnius as a Polish city and they called it Vilno. In this episode we continue working on the verb, gyventi (to live)...
email Raminta and Jack at: lithuanianoutloud@earthlink.net
aš
I
aš gyvenu
I live
aš gyvenu gerai
I live good
aš gyvenu gerai
I'm doing good
mes
we
mes gyvename
we live
mes gyvename gerai
we live good
mes gyvename gerai
we're doing good
Thanks to: CCMixter.org, ditto ditto, and Vieux Farka Touré for allowing us to use the music for this podcast.
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http://www.ccmixter.org/
In Lithuania your pet can talk, but cover your ears! The only thing they want to talk about on the one day they can form words is the how and when of your death! This lesson we learn how to say the word, you. Important stuff that.
tu
you (familiar)
jūs
you (formal)
kaip gyveni?
how are you? ("tu" is implied here)
kaip tu gyveni?
how are you? ("tu" used here for emphasis)
kaip jūs gyvenate?
how are you?
kaip jūs gyvenat?
how are you?
Thanks to: CCMixter.org, ditto ditto, and Vieux Farka Touré for allowing us to use the music for this podcast.
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http://www.ccmixter.org/
Hey there! One of our listeners mentioned in an iTunes review that we could use a pdf supplement. That listener is correct! What a great idea!
So, here is a listener suggestion come to life. These are the show notes for episodes 1-10.
Now, what is a pdf? This is simply a file that allows you to see the Lithuanian from the episodes in a down-loadable file. You can download this file by right clicking on the line at the bottom of this entry. Lithuanian_Out_Loud_1-10_Notes.pdf
Just right click on this line with your mouse and click on "save target as."
Save the file on your computer and then open it whenever you feel like it.
Or, you can just left click on this link and your computer will open the file now. Of course, you will need Adobe Acrobat reader on your computer to read the file, but Adobe Acrobat is a free program.
Or, you can just download this file through iTunes. If you have subscribed to Lithuanian Out Loud on iTunes, these files will come to you automatically.
Keep your suggestions coming. We can't do all of them, but we'll try to do some.
Raminta and Jack :)
Okay everyone! Here we go! Every fifth lesson will be a quick response lesson. Say the Lithuanian Out Loud as fast as you can. Keep repeating the lesson over and over again until you perfect it. Good luck!
atsiprašau
I'm sorry
nieko tokio
don't mention it
lietuviškai
Lithuanian (lietuviškai is not capitalized)
skanaus
bon apetit or buen provecho
ačiū, skanaus
thanks, bon apetit
ar skanu?
is it tasty?
taip skanu, ačiū
yes tasty, thanks
kaip
how
labas, kaip gyveni?
hi, how ya doing?
gerai, ačiū
good, thanks
gyventi
verb meaning "to live"
kaip gyvena Sandra?
how's Sandra doing?
Sandra gyvena gerai
Sandra is doing good
kaip gyvena Andrius?
how's Andrius doing?
Andrius gyvena gerai
Andrius is doing good
kaip gyvena Kristina?
how's Kristina doing?
Kristina gyvena gerai
Kristina is doing good
kaip jis gyvena?
how's he doing?
jis gyvena gerai
he's doing good
kaip ji gyvena?
how's she doing?
ji gyvena gerai
she's doing good
labas rytas
good morning
laba diena
good day
labas vakaras
good evening
labuka, labukas
cute hello
malonu
nice to meet you
taip pat malonu
nice to meet you too
taip
yes
ne
no
ačiū
thank you
prašom
you're welcome
viso gero
goodbye
Thanks to: CCMixter.org, ditto ditto, and Vieux Farka Touré for allowing us to use the music for this podcast.
http://www.vieuxfarkatoure.com/
http://www.ccmixter.org/
Sveiki!
Thanks everybody for listening to our lessons. It makes us feel good that we can offer you a resource for learning Lithuanian.
If you have any comments, critiques, or suggestions please leave us a note in the comments section of this page.
Also, if you'd like to send us something in Lithuanian that you'd like to have featured on the show, just send us a .wav file or an .mp3 file and we'll try to incorporate it in an episode. Or, if you'd like to send us a voice file with comments we'll try to use it in an episode as well.
Send the files to lithuanianoutloud@earthlink.net
Keep in mind every fifth lesson (Episodes 5, 10, 15, 20, etc.) will be a "quick response" lesson. So, study hard, Episode 10 will be available very soon. Also, if you have an iPod, you can subscribe to Lithuanian Out Loud on iTunes and get the newest episodes automatically.
Well, feel free to make copies of the episodes and pass them along to friends on a cd; we're anxious to hear your comments and we'll see you on the next episode!
I'm Jack, and I've never met a Lithuanian I didn't like! Viso gero! :)
Did you know even Egyptian Pharoahs wore Baltic amber? It's been all the rage for thousands of years. It's a cornerstone of Lithuanian culture. In fact the "Amber Road" was an important trade route between Lithuania and Rome in ancient Europe. Here are some words and phrases featured in today's lesson...
gintaras
amber
gyventi
verb meaning "to live"
Kaip gyveni?
How are you living? ("tu")
Kaip gyveni?
How are you doing?
Kaip gyvena Andrius?
How's Andrius doing?
Kaip gyvena Sandra
How's Sandra doing?
Kaip gyvena Austėja?
How's Austėja doing?
Sandra gyvena gerai
Sandra is doing good.
Kaip gyvena Vytis?
How's Vytis doing?
Vytis gyvena gerai
Vytis is doing good.
Kaip gyvena Kristina?
How's Kristina doing?
Kristina gyvena gerai
Kristina is doing good.
Kaip gyvena Antik?
How's Antik doing? (Antik is a dog)
Antik gyvena gerai
Antik is doing good.
Kaip jis gyvena?
How's he doing?
Jis gyvena gerai
He's doing good.
Kaip ji gyvena?
How's she doing?
Ji gyvena gerai
She's doing good.
Thanks to: CCMixter.org, ditto ditto, and Vieux Farka Touré for allowing us to use the music for this podcast.
http://www.vieuxfarkatoure.com/
http://www.ccmixter.org/
In 2002 thousands of skeletons were found at a construction site in a Vilnius suburb. Who killed so many people and buried them in mass graves? Listen in and find out. Today we'll touch on the differences between formal and familiar speech.
Labas, kaip gyveni?
How are you doing?
Gerai, ačiū
good, thanks
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http://www.vieuxfarkatoure.com/
http://www.ccmixter.org/
Have you ever sat down to have a nice meal of some airships? No? We'll explain it in today's lesson. Not surprisingly, Lithuanians eat in the continental style. In other words, knife in the right hand, fork in the left. This episode we go over Lithuanian used during a meal.
skanaus
bon apetit
gero apetito
bon apetit
ar skanu?
is it tasty?
taip, skanu, ačiū
yes, it's tasty, thanks.
"ar" indicates a question which has a yes or no answer.
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Did you know some famous NFL players are Lithuanian? How about Dick Butkus of the Chicago Bears? Or Joe Jurevicius? How about Johnny Unitas of the Baltimore Colts? Some more basic words we can use in every day conversation are;
Lithuanian
lietuviškai (lietuviškai is not capitalized)
I’m sorry
atsiprašau
don't mention it
nieko tokio
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http://www.ccmixter.org/
Every fifth episode will be a quick response lesson. We'll say the word or phrase in English and you say the Lithuanian Out Loud as fast as you can. Keep repeating the lesson until you ace it all. Good luck!
good morning
labas rytas
cute hello
labuka or labukas
goodbye
viso gero
good day
laba diena
good evening
labas vakaras
good to meet you
malonu
good to meet you too
taip pat malonu
good afternoon
laba diena
yes
taip
no
ne
thank you
ačiū
you're welcome
prašom
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http://www.vieuxfarkatoure.com/
http://www.ccmixter.org/
The president of Lithuania is a Lithuanian American from Chicago, Valdas Adamkus. In today's lesson we explain how Lithuanian families name their members.
Stasys Nutautas and Ona Nutautienė had a daughter named Alma Nutautaitė.
Alma married Valdas Adamkus and changed her name to Alma Adamkienė.
Words on today's lesson;
taip
yes
ne
no
ačiū
thank you
prašom
you're welcome
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http://www.ccmixter.org/
If you ever visit the home of a Lithuanian family we have some etiquette here for you. Don't drink too much during your visit or you'll end up like Jack.
Vytautas the Great was a 15th century Grand Duke of Lithuania and is considered a hero in present day Lithuania.
laba diena
good day or good afternoon
malonu
nice to meet you
taip pat malonu
nice to meet you too
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http://www.vieuxfarkatoure.com/
http://www.ccmixter.org/
Lithuanian is a very old language and the ability to speak it is a point of pride for any linguist. The most popular sport in Lithuania is basketball. Watch the Lithuanians at the next Summer Olympics. Sooner or later they'll bring home the gold!
labas rytas
good morning
laba diena
good day
labas vakaras
good evening
viso gero
goodbye
Some Lithuanians say labą dieną instead of laba diena.
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http://www.Lithuanian.Libsyn.com
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After scouring the internet for podcasts on learning Lithuanian and finding nothing, we decided to create a resource for anyone wanting to learn the language. Raminta, a native speaker, and her North American husband Jack will step you through the language. In this episode we go over...
labas
hello
labas rytas
good morning
viso gero
goodbye
labukas / labuka
cute way to say "hi"
Thanks to: CCMixter.org, ditto ditto, and Vieux Farka Toure for allowing us to use the music for this podcast.
http://www.Lithuanian.Libsyn.com
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