Septyni Akmenys Seven Stones

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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

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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. Puiku!  Excellent!  You made it to the end of another episode!  Puiku!

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The Gate of Dawn – Vilnius, Lithuania http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gate_of_Dawn

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