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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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