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

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