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According to the online article, "Baltic unrest reaches Lithuania," (this article recently removed from source – no link available)

Police fired teargas and rubber bullets to keep demonstrators away from the Lithuanian parliament on the 16th of January 2009. Thousands of demonstrators protested the economic situation and the Lithuanian government's response to the economic crisis sweeping the world today. 15 people were injured and more than 80 were arrested in the violent clashes.

today we'll continue with our introduction to the instrumental case

the instrumental can also be used to describe a period of time in which something is happening

vocabulary

žodynas

a thing

daiktas

to do sports

sportuoti

at present

šiuo metu

at this time

šiuo metu

nowadays

šiuo metu

during

metu

in the time of

metu

at the moment I'm reading the book, "The Occupation Army in Lithuania"

šiuo metu aš skaitau knygą, „Okupacinė kariuomenė Lietuvoje"

where do you live nowadays?

kur šiuo metu gyveni?

at present I'm working

šiuo metu aš dirbu

which song are you listening to now?

kokią dainą klausote šiuo metu?

nowadays I exercise

šiuo metu aš sportuoju

at this time I'm living in London

šiuo metu aš gyvenu Londone

(on the phone) is Daiva there?

ar čia Daiva?

at the moment Daiva is not

Daivos šiuo metu nėra

in day time

dienos metu

to sleep

miegoti

to go, to take place

vykti

a seminar

seminaras

to do

veikti

I like to sleep during the day

dienos metu aš mėgstu miegoti

the festival takes place in daytime

festivalis vyksta dienos metu

the seminar takes place in daytime

seminaras vyksta dienos metu

what do you do in your free time?

ką veiki savo laisvalaiku?

summer

vasara

to be on vacation

atostogauti

to have a good time

pramogauti

to travel

keliauti

in summer

vasaros metu

in summertime

vasaros metu

in summertime many people vacation

vasaros metu daugelis žmonių atostogauja

in summertime Chicago's Lithuanians like

Čikagos lietuviai vasaros metu mėgsta

to have a good time

pramogauti

we like to travel America in summer

mėgstame keliauti po Ameriką vasaros metu

winter

žiema

a film

filmas

to happen, to take place, to go

vykti

to sleep

miegoti

second

antras

episode

epizodas

to not swim

nesimaudyti

in wintertime

žiemos metu

don't swim in wintertime

nesimaudyk žiemos metu

do they all sleep in wintertime?

ar visi jie miega žiemos metu?

the second episode occurs in wintertime

antrasis epizodas vyksta žiemos metu

spring

pavasaris

in springtime

pavasario metu

a conference

konferencija

I'm here in springtime

esu čia pavasario metu

the conference takes place in springtime

konferencija vyksta pavasario metu

the birds return in springtime

paukščiai grįžta pavasario metu

free

laisvas

time

laikas

to do

veikti

to have one's dinner

papietauti

to visit

aplankyti

to go for a walk

pasivaikščioti

in free time

laisvu laiku

during free time one can take a stroll

laisvu laiku galima pasivaikščioti

what do you do during your free time?

ką veiki savo laisvu laiku?

during free time one can eat dinner

laisvu laiku galima papietauti

during free time one can visit museums

laisvu laiku galima aplankyti muziejus

in time

laiku

in due course

laiku

leisure time

laisvalaikis

in free time

laisvalaikiu

at leisure time

laisvalaikiu

during free time

laisvalaikiu

in free time

laisvu laiku

a garden

sodas

the zoo

zoologijos sodas

to knit

megzti

everything

viskas

will be (future tense of the verb būti)

bus

only

tik

still

dar

in leisure time you can visit the zoo

laisvu laiku galite aplankyti zoologijos sodą

what do you do in your free time?

ką veiki savo laisvu laiku?

during free time Birutė knits

laisvalaikiu Birutė mezga

with time everything will be okay

su laiku viskas bus gerai

with time they will only be better

su laiku jie bus tik dar geresni

ah, everything in due time!

na, viskas su laiku!

maybe with time everything will change

gal su laiku viskas pasikeis

a vacation

kelionė

at vacation time

kelionės metu

during vacation time

kelionės metu

the weather during vacation time was good

oras kelionės metu buvo geras

during vacation time they met many people

kelionės metu jie sutiko daugiau žmonių

the weather during vacation time was bad

oras kelionės metu buvo blogas

we can also use the instrumental for personal descriptions

bald

plikas

head

galva

waist

liemuo

tooth

dantis

leg

koja

chest

krūtinė

hairy

plaukuotas

a back

nugara

a nose

nosis

lip

lūpa

below the eyes

paakiai

a bald headed woman

moteris plika galva

a small waisted woman

moteris mažu liemeniu

a woman with one tooth

moteris su vienu dantimi

a man with a wooden leg

vyras su medine koja

a big chested man

vyras didele krūtine

a man with a hairy back

vyras su plaukuota nugara

a youngster with a flat nose

vaikiūkštis su plokščia nosim

a youngster with a fat lip

vaikiūkštis su stora lūpa

a youngster with a black eye

vaikiūkštis su juodu paakiu

In English after a fight we might refer to a guy's black eye. In Lithuanian it's referred to as a black eye socket.

But wait! There's more! We also use the instrumental case when a sentence describes a change of status. In other words, when something "becomes" something else.

vocabulary:

president

prezidentas / prezidentė

to become

tapti

supervisor

vadovas / vadovė

mother

motina

grandmother

močiutė

tadpole

buožgalvis

frog

varlė

prince

princas

Violeta became president

Violeta tapo prezidente

Violeta became a supervisor

Violeta tapo vadove

Renata became a mother

Renata tapo motina

Renata became a grandmother

Renata tapo močiute

the tadpole changed into a frog

buožgalvis tapo varle

the frog changed into a prince

varlė tapo princu

So, there you have a not so brief explanation of some uses of the instrumental case or įnagininkas. On the next episode we'll go through many more examples.