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Hi there, I’m Jack and I’m Kristina and welcome back to Lithuanian Out Loud where we offer the world the Lithuanian language.  Today we’re in the month of November which in Lithuanian is lapkritis.

According to the Wikipedia page, Vigilant/Kudirka Incident, on 23 November 1970, Simonas or "Simas" Kudirka, a Soviet seaman of Lithuanian nationality, leapt from the 400-foot or 120 meter ship Sovetskaya Litva, anchored in American waters near Aquinnah, Massachusetts, onto the USS Vigilant.

Kudirka saw this as a chance to ask for asylum and flee from the Soviet Union to the United States.  The Captain of the American ship, Commander Ralph Eustis didn’t know what to do and he contacted headquarters when the Soviets demanded that Kudirka be returned to their ship.  The Russians claimed Kudirka had stolen 3,000 rubles from their ship’s safe.  This was a common tactic of Russian ships in situations like this.

After ten hours had passed Rear Admiral William B. Ellis ordered Commander Ralph Eustis to permit a KGB detachment to board the Vigilant to return Kudirka to the Soviet ship.  What followed was a ridiculous and shameful incident where the KGB boarded a U.S. warship and chased Simonas Kudirka up and down the ship while Kudirka pleaded with any American he found for help.  At one point a KGB agent grabbed an axe from a bulkhead intending to use it on Kudirka.  An American sailor grabbed the axe and wouldn’t let him have it.

Eventually, the KGB caught Simonas, beat him to a pulp, handcuffed him and dragged him off the American ship and back onto the Soviet ship.

This led to a change in asylum policy by the United States. Admiral Ellis and his chief of staff were punished for their actions by the military. Commander Eustis was reprimanded and assigned to shore duty.  Kudirka was tried for treason by the Soviet Union and given a ten-year sentence in a Gulag.

An award-winning book detailing the incident, Day of Shame, by Algis Rukšenas, was published in 1973. The book helped spur further investigations into the incident that eventually led to Kudirka's release by the Soviets.

The incident was portrayed in a 1978 television movie, The Defection of Simas Kudirka, with Alan Arkin playing Kudirka and Donald Pleasence playing the captain of the Soviet ship.

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Many of the verbs we’ve gone over in previous episodes require the accusative case or galininkas.  Norėti is different.  Norėti requires the genitive case and nenorėti also requires the genitive case.  Norėti is the Lithuanian verb – to want, to like, to wish, to desire.

please repeat, prašom pakartoti

to want, to wish                           norėti

I want                                          aš noriu

you want (tu)                               tu nori

he wants                                     jis nori

she wants                                    ji nori

you want (jūs) (polite form)          jūs norite

you all want (jūs)                         jūs norite

we want                                      mes norime

they want (mm/mf)                       jie nori

they want (ff)                               jos nori

to not want                                   nenorėti

I don’t want                                 aš nenoriu

you don’t want (tu)                       tu nenori

he doesn’t want                            jis nenori

she doesn’t want                           ji nenori

you don’t want (jūs) (polite form) jūs nenorite

you all don’t want (jūs)                  jūs nenorite

we don’t want                               mes nenorime

they don’t want (mm/mf)               jie nenori

they don’t want (ff)                       jos nenori

aš

a male cat                                    katinas

a male doctor                               gydytojas

to fall asleep                                 užmigti

again                                           vėl

I want to fall asleep                       aš noriu užmigti

I want to fall asleep                       noriu užmigti

I want to do that again and again aš noriu tai daryti vėl ir vėl!

I really want to see you                 aš taip noriu tave (pa)matyti  

I really want to see you                 aš taip tave noriu (pa)matyti

I want a cat                                   aš noriu katino

I want a dog                                  aš noriu šuns

I want cats                                     aš noriu katinų

I want dogs                                   aš noriu šunų

I don’t want a cat                           aš nenoriu katino

I don’t want a dog                         aš nenoriu šuns

I don’t want cats                           nenoriu katinų

I don’t want dogs                          nenoriu šunų

I don’t want to work today           nenoriu dirbti šiandien

I don’t want to work today           nenoriu šiandien dirbti

tu

clothes                                           drabužiai

an orange                                       apelsinas

to be ill                                           sirgti

to hear                                            girdėti

a song                                            daina

what do you want to do?               ką tu nori daryti?

why do you want to bring your dog?   kodėl nori atsivesti savo šunį?

when do you want to leave?              kada nori išeiti?

do you want an orange?                    ar nori apelsino?

why don’t you want an orange?         kodėl nenori apelsino?

eat!  you don’t want to get sick!         valgyk!  nenorėk susirgti!

why don’t you want to work at the clothing store?  kodėl nenori dirbti drabužių parduotuvėje?

why don’t you want to hear the song? kodėl nenori išgirsti šios dainos?

jis

envelope                                          vokas

to reach                                             pasiekti

ice cream                                          ledai

to hurry                                            skubėti

to return                                             grįžti

he wants to reach his goal                   jis nori pasiekti savo tikslą

Ąžuolas really wants something to eat Ąžuolas labai nori ko nors valgyti

Simonas wants to find a job                Simonas nori susirasti darbą

he wants an envelope                         jis nori voko

he doesn’t want an envelope               jis nenori voko

he wants envelopes                            jis nori vokų

he doesn’t want envelopes                  jis nenori vokų

he wants ice cream                              jis nori ledų

he doesn’t want ice cream                   jis nenori ledų

he wants a sandwich                           jis nori sumuštinio

he doesn’t want a sandwich                 jis nenori sumuštinio

he doesn’t want to travel to Kaunas     jis nenori važiuoti į Kauną

he doesn’t want to hurry                      jis nenori skubėti

he doesn’t want to return to Vilnius     jis nenori grįžti į Vilnių

ji

a blanket                                             antklodė

a pillow                                               pagalvė

a problem                                            problema

to joke                                                 juokauti

she wants to dance                               ji nori šokti

she wants to believe that I’m joking       ji nori tikėti, kad aš juokauju

she wants a blanket                              ji nori antklodės

she wants blankets                               ji nori antklodžių

she wants a pillow                                ji nori pagalvės

she wants pillows                                 ji nori pagalvių

she doesn’t want coffee, she wants tea   ji nenori kavos, ji nori arbatos

she doesn’t want tea, she wants coffee   ji nenori arbatos, ji nori kavos

she doesn’t want to know                      ji nenori žinoti

so, why does she not want to talk?          na, kodėl ji nenori kalbėti?

does she not want children?                   ar ji nenori turėti vaikų?

mes

especially                                             ypatingai, ypač

to thank                                               padėkoti

a table                                                  stalas

to win                                                  laimėti

to lose                                                  pralaimėti

we especially want to thank you             ypatingai norime jums padėkoti

we want to eat downtown                      mes norime valgyti miesto centre

we want to eat Chinese food                  mes norime valgyti Kinų maisto

we want a car                                       norime mašinos

we want a table                                     norime stalo

we don’t want a table                             nenorime stalo

we want tables                                      norime stalų

we don’t want tables                               nenorime stalų

we don’t want a car                               nenorime mašinos

we don’t want to win                             nenorime laimėti

we don’t want to lose                             nenorime pralaimėti

we don’t want children                           mes nenorime vaikų

jūs

to say, to tell                                         pasakyti

to travel                                                keliauti

to go for a walk                                     pasivaikščioti

a pastry                                                 pyragaitis

just as you like! (tu)                                kaip nori!

just as you like! (jūs)                              kaip norite!

what do you mean by that? (tu)               ką tu nori tuo pasakyti?

what do you mean by that? (jūs)             ką jūs norite tuo pasakyti?

do you want to live in Palanga?               ar norite gyventi Palangoje?

do you want a car?                                 ar norite automobilio?

do you want a pastry?                            ar norite pyragaičio?

do you want pastries?                             ar norite pyragaičių?

why don’t you want a pastry?                 kodėl nenorite pyragaičio?

why don’t you want pastries?                  kodėl nenorite pyragaičių?

why don’t you want a car?                      kodėl nenorite automobilio?

why don’t you want to live in America?    kodėl nenorite gyventi Amerikoje?

why don’t you want to travel to Italy?      kodėl nenorite keliauti į Italiją?

why don’t you want to go for a walk?       kodėl nenorite pasivaikščioti?

jūs

a film                                                    filmas

to begin                                                  pradėti

money                                                   pinigai

a drink                                                  gėrimas

drinks                                                    gėrimai

more                                                    daugiau

do you all want to watch a movie?          ar norite žiūrėti filmą?

do you all want to begin?                       ar norite pradėti?

do you all want to eat?                           ar norite valgyti?

do you all want something to drink?         ar norite ko nors gerti?

do you all want something to eat?           ar norite ko nors valgyti?

do you all want more drinks?                  ar norite daugiau gėrimų?

I don’t believe that you don’t want more   netikiu, kad nenorite daugiau

I don’t believe that you don’t want to eat   netikiu, kad nenorite valgyti

I don’t believe that you don’t want more money netikiu, kad nenorite pinigų

jie

to swim                                                 plaukioti

a translator                                            (m) vertėjas / (f) vertėja

to ski                                                      slidinėti

to play sports                                         sportuoti

they want some money                           jie nori pinigų

they want to swim                                  jie nori plaukioti

they want a translator                              jie nori vertėjo

do they want some ice cream?                ar jie nori ledų?

they want ice cream                               jie nori ledų

they don’t want a translator                     jie nenori vertėjo

no, they don’t want to swim                   ne, jie nenori plaukioti

no, they don’t want to ski                       ne, jie nenori slidinėti

no, they don’t want to exercise today        ne, jie nenori šiandien sportuoti

jos

chocolate                                               šokoladas

food and drink                                        valgiai ir gėrimai

they want some chocolate                         jos nori šokolado   

they really want something chocolate        jos labai nori ko nors šokoladinio

they want a dog                                        jos nori šuns

they want a room                                    jos nori kambario

they want some food and drink                jos nori valgio ir gėrimo

they don’t want a room                           jos nenori kambario

no, they don’t want to watch the film       ne, jos nenori žiūrėti filmo

no, they don’t want to talk                       ne, jos nenori kalbėti

no, they don’t want a dog                        ne, jos nenori šuns

now, here is norėti in the imperative as in giving a command

imperative

tu     norėk

jūs    norėkite

mes   norėkime

tu     nenorėk

jūs    nenorėkite

mes   nenorėkime

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Vigilant / Kudirka incident http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USCGC_Vigilant_%28WMEC-617%29

Photograph of Simonas Kudirka: http://www.videofact.com/english/defectors8_en.html