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In August of 2010, the chief of the Vilnius Mounted Police was arrested in Belarus after illegal drugs were found in his car. Chief of Police, Laimonas Bankauskas, claims the drugs were planted by the KGB in order to recruit him as a spy. Lithuanian President Dalia Grybauskaitė has asked leaders in Belarus for a prompt and impartial investigation into the case.

KGB Releases Lithuanian Police Officer

http://democraticbelarus.eu/node/9600

today we'll go over the Lithuanian verb bandyti – to try, to try to do something

bandyti requires the accusative case or galininkas

nebandyti requires the genitive case

here are bandyti and nebandyti conjugated in the present tense

to try

bandyti

I try

aš bandau

you try (tu)

tu bandai

he tries

jis bando

she tries

ji bando

we try

mes bandome

you try (formal)

jūs bandote

you all try

jūs bandote

they try (mm/mf)

jie bando

they try (ff)

jos bando

to not try

nebandyti

I do not try

aš nebandau

you do not try (tu)

tu nebandai

he does not try

jis nebando

she does not try

ji nebando

we do not try

mes nebandome

you do not try (formal)

jūs nebandote

you all do not try

jūs nebandote

they do not try (mm/mf)

jie nebando

they do not try (ff)

jos nebando

infinitive

of course, it's better to attempt it

žinoma, geriau tai bandyti

I think it's better to try

galvoju geriau bandyti

it's better to try something else

geriau bandyti ką nors kita

it's better not to try!

geriau nebandyti!

the worst is to not try

blogiausia – nieko nebandyti

is it better to not attempt?

ar geriau nebandyti?

fatal

lemtingas / lemtinga

it can be fatal, so it's better not to attempt it at all

tai gali būti lemtingas, todėl geriau nebandyti visiškai

aš

I'm trying

aš bandau

I'm trying to remember

aš bandau prisiminti

I'm trying to speak with my father

aš bandau kalbėti su savo tėvu

I'm trying to speak Lithuanian

aš bandau kalbėti lietuviškai

always, continually, still

vis

I'm always trying to understand you

aš vis bandau tave suprasti

I'm trying to work at home

bandau dirbti namuose

I'm also trying

aš taip pat bandau

I'm trying to get thin

aš bandau plonėti

I'm not trying to thin down, I'm just not hungry

aš nebandau plonėti, aš tik nealkanas

I'm not trying to hide anything

aš nebandau ką nors slėpti

I don't try because I'm afraid

nebandau, nes bijau

tu

are you trying to help?

ar tu bandai padėti?

are you trying to help me?

ar tu bandai man padėti?

valuable

vertingas / vertinga

are you trying to say that dance music is worthless?

ar tu bandai pasakyti, kad šokių muzika nevertinga?

are you trying to kill us?

ar tu bandai mus užmušti?

to distract

išblaškyti

are you trying to distract me?

ar tu bandai mane išblaškyti?

jis

he is trying to call Vitalija by telephone

jis bando paskambinti Vitalijai telefonu

he's trying to sleep

jis bando miegoti

to win

laimėti

he's trying to win a trip

jis bando laimėti kelionę

to influence

paveikti

Andrius is trying to inluence his mother and father

Andrius bando paveikti motiną ir tėvą

to forget

užsimiršti

Antanas is trying to forget

Antanas bando užsimiršti

Voldemaras is not trying to do that

Voldemaras nebando to daryti

ji

she is trying different things, for example, not eating meat

ji bando įvairius dalykus, pavyzdžiui, nevalgyti mėsos

she is trying to understand

ji bando suprasti

what is she trying to tell me?

ką ji bando man pasakyti?

to create

kurti

Viktorija is trying to create songs

Viktorija bando kurti dainas

she is not trying to talk with mom

ji nebando pasikalbėti su mama

Lina is not trying to have children

Lina nebando turėti vaikų

mes

we are trying to create music

mes bandome kurti muziką

to find

rasti

happiness, luck, fortune

laimė

little by little

po truputį

little by little, we're trying to find happiness

po truputį, mes bandome rasti laimę

to circumvent, bypass, evade

apeiti

we're not trying to avoid problems

mes nebandome apeiti problemų

to change

pakeisti

the world

pasaulis

we're not trying to change the world

mes nebandome pakeisti pasaulio

jūs

to carry out, perform, do, execute, effect

atlikti

and what are you trying to do?

ir ką jūs bandote atlikti?

to find, discover, search out

surasti

are you trying to find something?

ar jūs bandote surasti ką nors?

justice, truth

teisybė

you are not trying to understand the truth

jūs nebandote suprasti teisybės

jie

to steal

pavogti

the till, the cash box, the cash register

kasa

they are trying to steal the church cash box

jie bando pavogti bažnyčios kasą

they try to be together

jie bando būti kartu

they are trying to find an answer to the question

jie bando ieškoti atsakymo į klausimą

they are not trying again

jie nebando dar kartą

jos

rarely, seldom

retai

to combat, fight, struggle, contend

kovoti

an obstacle

kliūtis

very rarely they try to deal with obstacles

labai retai jos bando kovoti su kliūtimis

a cave

urvas

Aldona and Giedrė see a witch in the cave and they try to run away

Aldona ir Giedrė mato urve ragana ir jos bando pabėgti

it can't be said that they didn't try

negalima sakyti, kad jos nebando

to observe, follow, watch, see, supervise

stebėti

to change

keisti

however

tačiau

the government and the Lithuanian bank are just monitoring the situation, however, they do not attempt to change it

vyriausybė ir Lietuvos bankas tik stebi situaciją, tačiau jos nebando keisti

here are the imperatives

try!

bandyk!

let's try!

bandykime!

try!

bandykite!

don't try!

nebandyk!

nebandyk to daryti! (don't try to do that!)

let's not try!

nebandykime!

don't try!

nebandykite!

try to eat!

bandyk valgyti

try to work!

bandyk dirbti!

don't try to change me

nebandyk pakeisti manęs

don't try to come back

nebandyk grįžti

Šaunu! You made it to the end of another episode! Fainai! Cool!