Koks What Sort Of

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Continuing with our description of Lithuanian banknotes, the fifty litas or penkiasdešimt litų banknote is decorated with the portrait of the national hero and signatory of Lithuania's Declaration of Independence of February 16, 1918, Dr. Jonas Basanavičius who lived from 1851 to 1927. On the reverse of the bill is Vilnius Cathedral, Gediminas Castle, the Hill of Three Crosses, and the Monument to Grand Duke Gediminas.

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Koks or kokia mean, what? As in, what sort of…? As in, what is your name or what sort of name do you have? What is your job, or what sort of job do you have? What is your phone number or what sort of phone number do you have?

When you use koks or kokia you're asking for the characteristics of something; you're asking for a description of something. Koks tavo hobis? What is your hobby or what are the characteristics of your hobby?

Koks mano hobis? Nežinau. Skiing!

Koks tavo noras? What is your wish? What are the characteristics of your wish or desire?

In the episodes covering koks and kokia we'll go over a lot of new vocabulary. Don't worry too much about trying to learn it all. What's important here is the use of koks and kokia.

vocabulary - žodynas

father

tėvas

mother

motina

phone

telefonas

number

numeris

phone number

telefono numeris

today

šiandien

to eat

valgyti

height

ūgis

electronic mail or email

elektroninis paštas

address

adresas

real/true

tikras

age

amžius

wish/desire

noras

business

reikalas

hobby

hobis

weight

svoris

long

ilgas

work

darbas

weather

oras

you use koks when the subject is masculine you use kokia when the subject is feminine vardas is the Lithuanian word for first name

what name?

koks vardas?

what color?

kokia spalva?

On this episode we'll focus on koks, which is used with masculine nouns. The feminine version – kokia – we'll do on an upcoming episode.

what's the weather?

koks oras?

what sort of weather is there?

koks oras?

what's your name? (familiar)

koks tavo vardas?

what sort of name do you have? (familiar)

koks tavo vardas?

what's your name? (formal)

koks jūsų vardas?

what sort of name do you have? (formal)

koks jūsų vardas?

what is your phone number? (familiar)

koks tavo telefono numeris?

what is your phone number? (formal)

koks jūsų telefono numeris?

what is your husband's name? (familiar)

koks tavo vyro vardas?

what is your husband's name? (formal)

koks jūsų vyro vardas?

what is your wife's name? (familiar)

koks tavo žmonos vardas?

what is your wife's name? (formal)

koks jūsų žmonos vardas?

what is your father's name? (familiar)

koks tavo tėvo vardas?

what is your father's name? (formal)

koks jūsų tėvo vardas?

what is your mother's name? (familiar)

koks tavo motinos vardas?

what is your mother's name? (formal)

koks jūsų motinos vardas?

what is your dog's name? (familiar)

koks tavo šuns vardas?

what is your dog's name? (formal)

koks jūsų šuns vardas?

what's the weather in Lithuania?

koks oras Lietuvoje?

what's the weather in Vilnius?

koks oras Vilniuje?

what's the weather in Chicago?

koks oras Čikagoje?

what's the weather like today?

koks šiandien oras?

what's the weather like today?

koks oras šiandien?

what is your height?

koks tavo ūgis?

what is your email address?

koks tavo elektroninio pašto adresas?

what is your real name?

koks tavo tikras vardas?

what's your address?

koks tavo adresas?

what's your age?

koks tavo amžius?

what's your wish?

koks tavo noras?

and, what's your business?

o koks tavo reikalas?

what's your hobby?

koks tavo hobis?

what's your weight?

koks tavo svoris?

what's the length?

koks ilgis?

what is your job?

koks tavo/jūsų darbas?

what is your car like?

koks tavo automobilis?

what are the characteristics of your car?

koks tavo automobilis?

my car is black

mano automobilis yra juodas

what is your house like?

koks tavo namas?

my house is small

mano namas yra mažas

what is your dog like?

koks tavo šuo?

my dog is big

mano šuo yra didelis

what is your job like?

koks tavo darbas?

my job is hard

mano darbas yra sunkus

what is the restaurant like?

koks restoranas?

the restaurant is great

restoranas yra puikus

Puiku! Excellent! You made it to the end of another episode! Puiku!

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