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The reason we haven't published an episode for a few weeks is because my laptop crashed and I lost all the episode plans and all of the upcoming episode recordings; all gone, viskas. To complicate the situation, Raminta is in Vilnius and won't be back for a couple of weeks.

I was stranded without a plan and without any recordings.

Thankfully, Romas and Daiva offered to help and we recorded a couple of episodes that we threw together at the last minute. You'll hear Daiva in the background on this episode but you'll hear more of her on the next one.

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Oh, and one other listener asked if we could leave a pause during regular episodes after the English, but before the Lithuanian is spoken. She likes to guess on the pronunciation. In the past we used to do this but then I started to feel like it made the episodes drag. I hate to release boring episodes, but if it helps our listeners, we'll try to do it. We'll do it in today's episode so everyone can try to guess at the pronunciation before the native speaker says it.

Alright, I think that's it for now. On today's episode we discuss the Lithuanian words for this, that, these, those and that over there. Enjoy the program.

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

Samogitia is the latin name for the Lithuanian region of Žemaitija, literally - lowlands. Žemaitija is one of the five ethnographic regions of Lithuania.

Žemaitija is located in western Lithuania. The people of Žemaitija speak Žemaičių kalba, a dialect of Lithuanian and the people are called Žemaičiai.

The most popular tourist destinations in Žemaitija are Palanga, Kretinga and Žemaičių Kalvarija.

Palanga is famous for its beaches.

Kretinga hosts folk music festivals, theatricals, the Kretinga Festival, celebrations on Midsummer Night's Eve (Joninės), Mardi Gras (Užgavėnės), and a Manorial Feast.

Every July in the city of Žemaičių Kalvarija there is a festival called, The Big Žemaičių Kalvarija Church Festival . It attracts many tourists from all over Lithuania and abroad. It is one of the few "must visit" locations for Roman Catholics of Lithuania.

The coat of arms of Žemaitija depicts a black bear with silver claws and collar on a red shield topped with a crown.

Žemaitija

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samogitia

Today's episode became so long we decided to cut it up into two parts. Here's part one...

Back in episode 51, Margarita said, "vadinasi "Double coffee." She was talking about a coffee shop and she said it's called, Double coffee. The word vadinasi translates as, "is named," for example,

is named

vadinasi…

consequently…

vadinasi…

that is…

vadinasi…

that means…

vadinasi…

Be careful with vadinasi. I had thought vadinasi could be used like this, what is this called? It's called a dictionary. What is that called? It's called a bridge. You can't use vadinasi this way. Vadinasi is used when you're asking what is the name or title of a thing. For example, what is the name of the city? What is the title of the song?

the city is named Šiauliai

miestas vadinasi Šiauliai

the song is named "Love"

daina vadinasi „Meilė"

the country is named Lithuania

šalis vadinasi Lietuva

Now, if you just want to know the name of an object or a thing, such as a pencil, a table, a chair, etcetera, just ask like this…

what is it?

kas tai?

that is a lighthouse

tai yra švyturys

what is it?

kas tai yra?

that is a cemetery

tai yra kapinės

what is it?

kas tai yra?

that is a fire station

tai yra gaisrinė

what is it?

kas tai?

that is a fountain

tai yra fontanas

it's more common in Lithuanian to say, kas tai yra instead of kas tas yra when asking a question

now let's go over some ways to say, this, that, these and those in their masculine and feminine forms

that (masculine singular)

tas

those (masculine plural)

tie

that (feminine singular)

ta

those (feminine plural)

tos

this (masculine singular)

šitas

these (masculine plural)

šitie

this (feminine singular)

šita

these (feminine plural)

šitos

a word that is synonymous with šitas or šita is šis or ši

this (masculine singular)

šis

these (masculine plural)

šie

this (feminine singular)

ši

these (feminine plural)

šios

now the word that describes something distant

that over there (masculine)

anas

those over there (masculine)

anie

that over there (feminine)

ana

those over there (feminine)

anos

anas

ana

anie

or anos – there is no such word, nah, nah

like, how would you say, "those islands?"

tos salos

no, you never say anos

you never, you've never…

anos salos

okay

ah - anos salos – you could, but we never use it

anos salos

yeah, you could use anos salos

okay, you always have to add for explanation, not this one but that one

if you want to do that then it will be way, way easier

yes, well, we're saying, now the word that describes something like distance

but they don't usually use it by itself

you usually don't use this word by itself – anas

you usually say this – ne šitas bet anas (not this, but that over there)

you usually say, ne tie, bet anie (not those, but those over there)

you say, ne šita bet ana (not this, but that over there)

but if you use only one word you use, tas - ta, you know…

ne tos, bet anos - then it would be fine

(not those, but those over there)

ne tos, bet anos

okay, let's do it

not this one, but that one over there (masculine)

ne šitas, bet anas

not these ones, but those over there (masculine)

ne šitie, bet anie

not this one, but that one over there (feminine)

ne šita, bet ana

not these ones, but those over there (feminine)

ne šitos, bet anos

it's good? yeah

okay, alright…

yeah, it's hardly ever used but that's okay

but in that case, in this sentence - combination, it is used

but, you almost never use anos, it's like a word…well, it's used a different way, anos

(merga - girl)

anos mergos, ne tos mergos, bet anos

ne šitos merginos, bet anos merginos

not these ladies, but those ladies

oh, good

okay, or,

ne šitos mergaitės, bet anos mergaitės (girls)

mmm, okay, got it

ne šios mergaitės, bet anos

okay, so, you generally don't use anas, anie, ana, anos, unless you're doing a comparison

correct

okay, alright...

examples

pavyzdžiai

that (masculine)

tas

that bicycle

tas dviratis

that motorcycle

tas motociklas

that helicopter

tas sraigtasparnis

I've never heard that word pronounced before - say it again

sraigtasparnis

tas changes to tie when describing plural masculine nouns

those bicycles

tie dviračiai

those motorcycles

tie motociklai

those helicopters

tie sraigtasparniai

that (feminine)

ta

that day

ta diena

that idea

ta idėja

that book

ta knyga

ta changes to tos when describing plural feminine nouns

those days

tos dienos

those ideas

tos idėjos

those books

tos knygos

this (masculine)

šitas

this truck

šitas sunkvežimis

sunkvežimis

and what is this here?

senis

senis

old man

oh, okay, yeah

oh, sniego senis

right, okay

sniego senis besmegenis

what is that?

that means the snowman, no brain

no brain snowman

that's a common saying?

yeah

sniego senis besmegenis

when would you use that?

sometimes you don't say sniego senis

what are you doing outside?

we say, "I'm building besmegenis"

but sometimes besmegenis is used for teasing somebody, you know, did something, stupid, like…

besmegenis - brainless

ah, okay, alright

this snowman

šitas sniego senis

this moped

šitas mopedas

šitas changes to šitie when describing plural masculine nouns

these trucks

šitie sunkvežimiai

these snowmen

šitie sniego seniai

these mopeds

šitie mopedai

this (feminine)

šita

this fence

šita tvora

this parrot

šita papūga

this fork

šita šakutė

these (feminine)

šitos

these fences

šitos tvoros

these parrots

šitos papūgos

these forks

šitos šakutės

this (masculine)

šis

this truck

šis sunkvežimis

this snowman

šis sniego senis

this moped

šis mopedas

these (masculine)

šie

these trucks

šie sunkvežimiai

these snowmen

šie sniego seniai

these mopeds

šie mopedai

this (feminine)

ši

this fence

ši tvora

this parrot

ši papūga

this fork

ši šakutė

these (feminine)

šios

these fences

šios tvoros

these parrots

šios papūgos

these forks

šios šakutės

that over there (masculine)

anas

not this but that over there (masculine)

ne šis, bet anas

not this mountain, but that mountain

ne šis kalnas, bet anas kalnas

not this forest, but that forest

ne šis miškas, bet anas miškas

not this, but that cloud

ne šis, bet anas debesis

those over there (masculine)

anie

not these, but those over there (masculine)

ne šitie, bet anie

not these mountains, those mountains over there

ne šie kalnai, bet anie kalnai

not these forests, but those forests over there

ne šie miškai, bet anie miškai

not these clouds, those clouds

ne šie debesys, bet anie debesys

that one over there (feminine)

ana

not this one, that one over there (feminine)

ne ši, bet ana

not this hill, but that hill

ne ši kalva, bet ana kalva

not this island, but that island

ne ši sala, bet ana sala

not this storm, that storm

ne ši audra, bet ana audra

because there are two different storms, okay

this happened today, actually, this happened today

yeah, tornadoes

kaip pasakyti, tornado, lietuviškai?

tornadas

those over there (feminine)

anos

not these, but those over there (feminine)

ne šitos, bet anos

not these hills, those hills

ne šitos, bet anos kalvos

not these islands, but those islands

ne šitos, bet anos salos

not these storms, but those storms

ne šitos, bet anos audros

Alright, that's the end of part one of this topic. On the next episode we'll pick up here. Thanks, Romai. Ačiū tau.