Miesteliuose In The Towns

Hi there, I'm Jack and I'm Raminta and welcome back to Lithuanian Out Loud where we offer the world the Lithuanian language. In Latin novem is the word for nine. Today we're in a new month! In the old Roman calender November was the ninth month. In Lithuanian this month is lapkritis – derived from lapas, the word for leaf and kristi, to fall. Lapkritis is leaf falling month.

According to Wikipedia, in Lithuania trees of special significance include oak (ąžuolas), birch (beržas), linden (liepa), and spruce (eglė). A veneration of oak trees comes from pre-Christian times, when they were of religious significance. An ancient oak tree in Stelmužė, thought to be at least 1,500 years old, is the best-known tree in the country.

So far you've been introduced to the accusative singular and plural and the genitive singular and plural. The locative singular for example,

I'm in Vilnius aš esu Vilniuje

Vilnius is in Lithuania Vilnius yra Lietuvoje

Berlin is in Germany Berlynas yra Vokietoje

Tokyo is in Japan Tokijas yra Japonijoje

Delhi is in India Delis yra Indijoje

Masculine nouns that end in –as change to –e in the locative singular. For example, the city – miestas, in the city – mieste.

In the plural locative the ending changes to –uose. In the city – mieste, in the cities – miestuose.

Here are the masculine endings for the plural locative:

-as changes to –uose -is changes to –iuose -ys changes to –iuose -us changes to –uose -ius changes to –iuose

vocabulary – žodynas

a park parkas

a bookstore knygynas

a bar baras

an auto automobilis

a town miestelis

a pastry pyragėlis

a basket krepšys

a train traukinys

a market turgus

a museum muziejus

a convoy konvojus

a television televizorius

a fruit vaisius

a stone akmuo

a bowl dubuo

prašom pakartoti

(-as)

in the park parke in the parks parkuose

in the bookstore knygyne in the bookstores knygynuose

in the bar bare in the bars baruose

(-is)

in the auto automobilyje

in the autos automobiliuose

in the town miestelyje

in the towns miesteliuose

in the pastry pyragėlyje

in the pastries pyragėliuose

(-ys)

in the basket krepšyje

in the baskets krepšiuose

in the train traukinyje

in the trains traukiniuose

(-us)

in the market turguje

in the markets turguose

in the museum muziejuje

in the museums muziejuose

in the convoy konvojuje

in the convoys konvojuose

(-ius)

in the television televizoriuje

in the televisions televizoriuose

in the fruit vaisiuje

in the fruits vaisiuose

(-uo)

in the stone akmenyje

in the stones akmenyse

in the bowl dubenyje

in the bowls dubenyse

examples pavyzdžiai

birds are in the park paukščiai yra parke

birds are in the parks paukščiai yra parkuose

books are in the bookstore knygos yra knygyne

books are in the bookstores knygos yra knygynuose

we can dance in the bar galime šokti bare

we can dance in the bars galime šokti baruose

the key is in the car raktas automobilyje

the keys are in the cars raktai automobiliuose

pigeons in the town balandžiai miestelyje

pigeons in the towns balandžiai miesteliuose

a cherry is in the pastry vyšnia yra pyragėlyje

cherries are in the pastries vyšnios yra pyragėliuose

bread in the basket duona yra krepšyje

cherries in the baskets vyšnios yra krepšiuose

people in the train žmonės traukinyje

people in the trains žmonės traukiniuose

people in the market žmonės turguje

people in the markets žmonės turguose

a painting in the museum paveikslas muziejuje

paintings in the museums paveikslai muziejuose

ships in the convoy laivai konvojuje

ships in the convoys laivai konvojuose

dust in the television dulkės televizoriuje

dust in the televisions dulkės televizoriuose

worms in the fruit kirmėlės vaisiuje

worms in the fruits kirmėlės vaisiuose

a crack in the stone traškėjimas akmenyje

cracks in the stones traškėjimai akmenyse

water in the bowl vanduo dubenyje

water in the bowls vanduo dubenyse

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