Per Daug Pipiru Too Much Pepper

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

A Lithuanian diplomat, Vytautas Pociūnas supposedly fell from a hotel room window in the city of Brest, Belarus in 2006. Belarus claimed the Lithuanian security officer was drunk and he fell from his ninth-floor hotel room by accident. Lithuanian politicians and journalists accused Belarussian and Russian secret services of killing the Lithuanian security officer.

You heard about this. I heard, this…byla (case)…was very popular in Lithuania, and every, I don't know, maybe, few months, every day in the newspapers was discussion about this, Vytautas Pociūnas, because there was a lot of talk about this.

Lithuanians cautious on Belarus claim that dead diplomat was drunk

http://bhtimes.blogspot.com/2006_08_29_archive.html

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Some nouns do not have a singular form. For example, you don't have one scissor, one pant or one sunglass. You have scissors, pants and sunglasses. These don't have a singular form. Here's a list of just some Lithuanian nouns that are always plural and never singular.

Since these words are already plural they can use the plural genitive. On a previous episode we stressed no plural form – no plural genitive.

On this episode we're focused on nouns used in the plural only. These nouns are already in the plural so it's easy to use the plural genitive when we're talking about an unspecific number.

First we'll say the word in vardininkas, then we'll give an example using per daug - too much or too many.

too much, too many

per daug

pepper

pipirai

too much pepper

per daug pipirų

pasta

makaronai

too much pasta

per daug makaronų

glue

klijai

too much glue

per daug klijų

paint

dažai

too much paint

per daug dažų

gas

dujos

too much gas

per daug dujų

yeast

mielės

too much yeast

per daug mielių

ash

pelenai

too much ash

per daug pelenų

lard

taukai

too much lard

per daug taukų

a funeral

laidotuvės

too many funerals

per daug laidotuvių

a wedding

vestuvės

too many weddings

per daug vestuvių

a battle

kautynės

too many battles

per daug kautynių

a divorce

skyrybos

too many divorces

per daug skyrybų

glasses, spectacles

akiniai

too many glasses

per daug akinių

a ladder

kopėčios

too many ladders

per daug kopėčių

scissors

žirklės

too many scissors

per daug žirklių

a shirt

marškiniai

too many shirts

per daug marškinių

trousers, pants

kelnės

too many trousers

per daug kelnių

a door

durys

too many doors

per daug durų

another way to express an unknown amount of something is to simply decline a noun using the genitive case, like we just did.

pepper

pipirai

some pepper

pipirų

pasta

makaronai

some pasta

makaronų

glue

klijai

some glue

klijų

paint

dažai

some paint

dažų

gas

dujos

some gas

dujų

glue

klijai

some glue

klijų

yeast

mielės

some yeast

mielių

ash

pelenai

some ash

pelenų

lard

taukai

some lard

taukų

funeral

laidotuvės

some funerals

laidotuvių

wedding

vestuvės

some weddings

vestuvių

battle

kautynės

some battles

kautynių

divorce

skyrybos

some divorces

skyrybų

glasses, spectacles

akiniai

some glasses

akinių

ladder

kopėčios

some ladders

kopėčių

scissors

žirklės

some scissors

žirklių

shirt

marškiniai

some shirts

marškinių

trousers, pants

kelnės

some trousers

kelnių

door

durys

some doors

durų

here are some more plural only nouns…

lunch

pusryčiai

dinner

pietūs

ice cream

ledai (not to be confused with ledas – ice)

a massacre

pjautynės

a riot

riaušės

an election

rinkimai

a scale

svarstyklės

a fur coat

kailiniai

a gate

vartai

a vacation

atostogos

a floor

grindys

a ceiling

lubos

imti is the verb which means, to take. Imk is a command – Imk! – Take!

and finally, here are some miscellaneous sentences for you…

do you want some pepper?

ar nori pipirų?

do you want some pasta?

ar nori makaronų?

take some pasta

imk makaronų

take some paint

imk dažų

do you want some glue?

ar nori klijų?

take some yeast

imk mielių

take some lard

imk taukų

today there are a lot of funerals

šiandien daug laidotuvių

today there are a lot of weddings

šiandien daug vestuvių

in the store are many eyeglasses

parduotuvėje daug akinių

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