Hi, this is Jack and welcome back to Lithuanian Out Loud. This week we have two new verbs for you with lots of examples. After the examples we go through a list of new words in vardininkas to help you understand all of the example sentences. We've also got another super contribution done by Agnė iš Vilniaus. Thanks again Agnė, you're awesome, please keep them coming. I know everyone listening is really enjoying them. Also, we're up to 32 positive reviews on our iTunes page. If you'd like to help us get to our goal of 50 reviews, we'd really love to get some more from you. So please, help us out if you can.

Before we get started with today's Lithuanian, here is some input from Nicolas. Thanks for the input and we'll try to keep the grammar coming for you. Specifically, what are you looking for? Please let us know.

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Sveiki, aš Agnė. Today we will try to work a little bit on the pronunciation of Lithuanian "dvibalsiai" - diphthongs.

I know a lot of students are struggling with this, so let's practice.

There are nine dvibalsiai in Lithuanian: ai, au, ei, eu, ie, oi, ou, uo, ui,

let's try to repeat each of them slowly: ai or ai - if the stress is on the letter a, it sounds like in mine, - laimė, baimė, kailis, laiškas

If the stress is on the letter i, it sounds like this: vaikas, baigti, Klaipėda, laikas (letter l has to be pronounced hard) Klaipėda, not Kleipėda, laikas, not leikas.

the second diphthong… au or au - if the stress is on the letter a, it sounds like in house, - aura, auksas, apgaulė, pasaulis if the stress is on the letter u, it sounds like in own, - aukuras, paukštis, laukas, prausti the third diphthong… ei - if the stress is on the letter e, it sounds like this - eibė, meilė, leisti, paveikslas, if the stress is on the letter i, it sounds like in game, - eiti, sveikas, keleivis, ateivis

the next one… eu - I think we have no English example for this :) – but in Lithuanian it sounds like Europa, euras, eukaliptas, eutanazija

ie - like in theater - pieva, vienas, miestas, Dievas

oi - like in boy - oi, boikotas

ou - like in home - klounas, šou

uo - about the same as in watch... - uodas, duona, šuo, duoti

ui - like in ruin - muilas, buivolas, luitas, muitas

Congratulations, you went through all the nine diphthongs.

So let's repeat all of them once more: ai or ai, au or au, ei or ei, eu, ie, oi, ou, uo, ui.

Sometimes you can find three vowels in one place, starting with -i-: iai, iau, but it could be helpful for you to know, that "iai" is pronounced almost the same as "ei", and iau - as "eu":

for example… gražiai, meiliai, gražiau, meiliau.

That's it for today :) Enjoy practicing :)

Mėgti – to like

Hi there, I'm Raminta and I'm Jack and welcome back to Lithuanian Out Loud where we offer the world the Lithuanian language.

According to Wikipedia, Lithuania's special animals include the wolf (vilkas) and the bear (lokys). According to a popular legend, an iron wolf in Gediminas' dream encouraged the Grand Duke to establish Vilnius and make the city his capital. The Iron Wolf Mechanised Infantry Brigade (motorizuotoji pėstininkų brigada 'Geležinis vilkas') is now the core unit of the Lithuanian Army. The bear is an ancient symbol of Žemaitija, one of the regions of Lithuania, and appears in the coat of arms of Šiauliai district as well. An elk is shown in the Lazdijai district municipality coat of arms.

Today we'll learn another way to say, for example, "I like Lithuania" using a different verb – mėgti.

I like Lithuania man patinka Lietuva

I like Lithuania aš mėgstu Lietuvą

So, you could say it either way? Man patinka would be more common. Aš mėgstu – kind of strange.

Oh, then we need a different example. Mėgstu Lietuvą, not a good idea. What would you say is a good example? Man patinka ir aš mėgstu for the same thing? Aha, man patinka…kava? Yeah, man patinka kava, aš mėgstu kavą. Right, okay.

Today we'll learn another way to say, for example, "I like coffee" using a different verb – mėgti.

I like coffee man patinka kava

I like coffee aš mėgstu kavą

The difference between the verbs patikti and mėgti is that patikti is not a strong liking of something. Mėgti expresses a deeper emotion. When you use mėgti you're saying you deeply like something. Mėgti is a transitive verb so we decline the object of the sentence using the accusative case or galininkas. Nemėgti declines using the genitive case or kilmininkas.

The verb mėgti is always used with accusative

aš mėgstu kriaušę I like the pear

If we don't like something we use genitive

aš nemėgstu kriaušės I don't like the pear

prašom pakartoti, please repeat…

to like mėgti

I like aš mėgstu

you like tu mėgsti

he likes jis mėgsta

she likes ji mėgsta

you like jūs mėgstate

you all like jūs mėgstate

we like mes mėgstame

they like jie mėgsta

they like jos mėgsta

to not like nemėgti

I do not like aš nemėgstu

you do not like tu nemėgsti

he does not like jis nemėgta

she does not like ji nemėgsta

you do not like jūs nemėgstate

you all don't like jūs nemėgstate

we do not like mes nemėgstame

they do not like jie nemėgsta

they do not like jos nemėgsta

aš

I like to dance aš mėgstu šokti

I really like music labai mėgstu muziką

I like only Lithuanian bread mėgstu tik lietuvišką duoną

I like the cold mėgstu šaltą

I don't like music nemėgstu muzikos

I don't like Lithuanian bread nemėgstu lietuviškos duonos

I don't like the cold nemėgstu šalčio

tu

do you like pizza? ar tu mėgsti picą?

you like the crabs, don't you? mėgsti krabus, ar ne?

I know what you like aš žinau ką tu mėgsti

do you like the sandwich? ar tu mėgsti sumuštinį?

do you not like the pizza? ar nemėgsti picos?

you don't like the crabs? ar nemėgsti krabų?

you don't like the sandwich nemėgsti sumuštinio

jis

he likes the food jis mėgsta maistą

he likes the perch jis mėgsta ešerį

he likes the woman jis mėgsta moterį

he doesn't like the food jis nemėgsta maisto

he doesn't like the perch jis nemėgsta ešerio

he doesn't like the woman jis nemėgsta moters

ji

she likes the sister ji mėgsta seserį

she likes the daughter ji mėgsta dukterį

she likes the village ji mėgsta miestelį

she doesn't like the sister ji nemėgsta sesers

she doesn't like the daughter ji nemėgsta dukters

she doesn't like the village ji nemėgsta miestelio

mes

we like the hotel mes mėgstame viešbutį

we like the restaurant mėgstame restoraną

we like the beach mėgstame paplūdimį

we don't like the hotel mes nemėgstame viešbučio

we don't like the restaurant nemėgstame restorano

we don't like the beach nemėgstame paplūdimio

jūs

do you like the women? ar jūs mėgstate moteris?

do you like the sisters? ar jūs mėgstate seseris?

do you like the daughters? ar jūs mėgstate dukteris?

you don't like the women jūs nemėgstate moterų

you don't like the sisters jūs nemėgstate seserų

you don't like the daughters jūs nemėgstate dukterų

jūs

do you all like the beer? ar jūs mėgstate alų?

do you all like the wine? ar mėgstate vyną?

do you all like the festival? ar mėgstate festivalį?

you all don't like the beer jūs nemėgstate alaus

you all don't like the wine nemėgstate vyno

you all don't like the festival nemėgstate festivalio

jie

they like Brussels jie mėgsta Briuselį

they like Prague jie mėgsta Prahą

they like Paris jie mėgsta Paryžių

they don't like Brussels jie nemėgsta Briuselio

they don't like Prague jie nemėgsta Prahos

they don't like Paris jie nemėgsta Paryžiaus

jos

they like Athens jos mėgsta Atėnus

they like Šiauliai jos mėgsta Šiaulius

they like Trakai jos mėgsta Trakus

they don't like Athens jos nemėgsta Atėnų

they don't like Šiauliai jos nemėgsta Šiaulių

they don't like Trakai jos nemėgsta Trakų

imperative – so, these might sound a little bit odd as imperatives or as commands but here they are:

tu mėk!

mes mėkime!

jūs mėkite!

tu nemėk!

mes nemėkime!

jūs nemėkite!

and now, here are some miscellaneous examples...

I like to disappoint aš mėgstu nuvilti

I like challenges aš mėgstu iššūkius

I like a challenge aš mėgstu iššūkį

I like the Earth's smell aš mėgstu žemės kvapą

I really like to sing aš labai mėgstu dainuoti

I really like to dance aš labai mėgstu šokti

I don't like people nemėgstu žmonių

I don't like telephones nemėgstu telefonų

I don't like to look at the news nemėgstu žiūrėti žinių

I don't like ice cream nemėgstu ledų

I don't like to have new neighbors nemėgstu turėti naujų kaimynų

vocabulary žodynas (vardininkas)

a fish žuvis

the music muzika

bread duona

cold šaltas

pizza pica

a crab krabas

a sandwich sumuštinis

food maistas

a perch ešerys

a woman moteris

a sister sesuo

a daughter duktė

a village miestelis

a hotel viešbutis

a restaurant restoranas

a beach paplūdimys

beer alus

wine vynas

festival festivalis

Brussels Briuselis

Prague Praha

Paris Paryžius

Athens Atėnai

Šiauliai Šiauliai

Trakai Trakai

to disappoint nuvilti

a challenge iššūkis

earth žemė

smell, odor kvapas

only tik

new naujas, nauja

a book knyga

a person žmogus

people žmonės

a telephone telefonas

telephones telefonai

to look at žiūrėti

ice ledas

ice cream ledai

a neighbor kaimynas

neighbors kaimynai

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