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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

Thanks to Eglė Ribalkaitė of Klaipėda, Lithuania for reviewing this episode for errors.

Šaunu! Great! You made it to the end of another episode! Šaunu!

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