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Keletas Several

Pradėkime

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

pradėkime, let's get started On recent episodes we worked on the Lithuanian word, "daug" or many.

Today we'll use the word, "keletas" or several. We're talking about an indefinite number of things. When you talk about an indefinite numbers of things you use the plural genitive.

First, some vocabulary…

vocabulary – žodynas

a question

klausimas

a photograph

nuotrauka

a thing

daiktas

a piece

gabalas

persons

asmenys

persons

žmonės

a stone

akmuo

an insect

vabzdys

kind, sort

rūšis

a fly

musė

a mosquito

uodas

The word for many, is daug. The word for several, is keletas.

several

keletas

some

keletas

a few

keletas

several colors

keletas spalvų

several locations

keletas vietų

several cars

keletas mašinų

several songs

keletas dainų

several birds

keletas paukščių

several children

keletas vaikų

several women

keletas moterų

several trees

keletas medžių

several questions

keletas klausimų

several photographs

keletas nuotraukų

(for more information about Dzūkija click this link)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dz%C5%ABkija

Just so everybody knows, Romas, what part of Lithuania are you from?

I'm from Dzūkija, actually, it's very close to the border with Poland. Only seven kilometers from the Poland border. So, I speak Polish as well. South side of Lithuania.

South side, like this...would it... Yeah, southwest to be exact. Southwest. Uh-huh. We have four major dialects in Lithuania, so I am Dzūkas. Dzūkas. Dzūkas – that's your accent.

That's my accent. If I would speak it actually, but right now I'm not using my accent. Do you, hey if you want I can do another lesson here. No, that's okay. No, but, uh, our listeners are aware that there are different accents, so I just like to tell them...

Yeah, as a matter of fact this summer I spent a couple of weeks up north, Žemaitija, and I swear, you know, I could not understand them. Oh, really. And when they speak with their dialect...I said, all right speak proper Lithuanian or I will leave! And what about Raminta, what accent would you say she has?

Well, since she is from Vilnius, she has correct accent, she does not have accent…it's Aukštaičiai but Aukštaičiai is probably the closest one to the proper Lithuanian language. Mmm, Aukštaičiai, this is high...highland... Yeah, aukštas is Lithuanian...

And what does Dzūkas mean? There is no meaning for it. I would say something...it would be a swear word, though. Okay, uh, let's see, where did we leave off?

several things

keletas daiktų

several pieces

keletas gabalų

several women

keletas moterų

several daughters

keletas dukterų

several sisters

keletas seserų

several stones

keletas akmenų

several people

keletas asmenų

several years

keletas metų

several automobiles

keletas automobilių

in the library there are several books

bibliotekoje yra keletas knygų

in the restaurant there are several people

restorane yra keletas žmonių

in the coffee shop there are several people

kavinėje yra keletas žmonių

in Africa there are several countries

Afrikoje yra keletas šalių

there are several kinds

yra keletas rūšių

several episodes

keletas epizodų

several religions

keletas religijų

several people in the square

keletas žmonių aikštėje

several people in the street

keletas žmonių gatvėje

several flies

keletas musių

several mosquitoes

keletas uodų

several insects

keletas vabzdžių

several question marks

keletas klaustukų

Now that we've gone through concepts like many – daug and several – keletas, we understand how to express an indefinite number of things.

Let's go over some more words that express, again, an indefinite number of things.

a few

mažai

a few colors

mažai spalvų

a few locations

mažai vietų

a few cars

mažai mašinų

a few songs

mažai dainų

a few birds

mažai paukščių

a few children

mažai vaikų

a few women

mažai moterų

a few trees

mažai medžių

a few questions

mažai klausimų

a few photographs

mažai nuotraukų

a few things

mažai daiktų

a few pieces

mažai gabalų

too few

per mažai

too few colors

per mažai spalvų

too few locations

per mažai vietų

too few cars

per mažai mašinų

too few songs

per mažai dainų

too few birds

per mažai paukščių

too few children

per mažai vaikų

So, now let's do labai mažai - very few

very few trees

labai mažai medžių

very few questions

labai mažai klausimų

very few photographs

labai mažai nuotraukų

very few things

labai mažai daiktų

very few pieces

labai mažai gabalų

a concern

rūpestis

a youngster

vaikinas

quite a few

nemažai

quite a few people

nemažai žmonių

quite a few concerns

nemažai rūpesčių

quite a few youngsters

nemažai vaikinų

Finally, if you use the plural genitive by itself you are saying, in effect, "some," because the number is understood to be indefinite. For example, we take the word for a song – daina and we decline it using the genitive plural and we have dainų – some songs.

first some vocabulary

a lake

ežeras

lakes

ežerai

a leaf

lapas

leaves

lapai

a thing

daiktas

things

daiktai

a bird

paukštis

birds

paukščiai

a male cousin

pusbrolis

male cousins

pusbroliai

a lot of colors

daug spalvų

not many locations

ne daug vietų

a lot of cars

daug mašinų

not a lot of lakes

ne daug ežerų

a lot of leaves

daug lapų

not enough leaves

per mažai lapų

not enough things

per mažai daiktų

a lot of birds

daug paukščių

several cousins

keletas pusbrolių

a lot of automobiles

daug automobilių

Kiek is a question word that asks, how many?

Since kiek is talking about an unknown quantity, we use the plural genitive.

how many colors?

kiek spalvų?

how many colors are in the picture?

kiek spalvų yra paveikslėlyje?

how many cars are in the Kaunas market?

kiek mašinų yra Kauno turguje?

how many songs on the album are about love?

kiek dainų albume yra apie meilę?

how many birds are in the tree?

kiek paukščių yra medyje?

how many children would you like to have?

kiek vaikų norėtumėte turėti?

how many men and how many women work?

kiek vyrų ir kiek moterų dirba?

how many trees could I plant here?

kiek medžių galėčiau čia pasodinti?

how many questions is it necessary to answer?

kiek klausimų reikia atsakyti?

how many things do I need?

kiek daiktų man reikia?

how many pieces are necessary?

kiek gabalų reikia?

how many women work in the banks?

kiek moterų dirba bankuose?

how many brothers and sisters are in the family?

kiek brolių ir seserų šeimoje?

how many automobiles do Europeans have?

kiek automobilių turi europiečiai?

how many books are in the library?

kiek knygų yra bibliotekoje?

how many people are in the restaurant?

kiek žmonių yra restorane?

how many people are in the coffee shop?

kiek žmonių yra kavinėje?

how many countries are in Africa?

kiek šalių yra Afrikoje?

how many episodes were there?

kiek epizodų buvo?

how many religions are in the world?

kiek religijų yra pasaulyje?

how many people in the square?

kiek žmonių aikštėje?

how many people in the street?

kiek žmonių gatvėje?

how many mosquitoes, ants, and flies did I kill?

kiek uodų, skruzdėlių, ir musių aš užmušiau?

how many insects are too many?

kiek vabzdžių yra per daug?

what time is it?

kiek valandų?

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