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

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