LL0259 – Jie Atvyko Motociklais They Arrived On Motorcycles

Hi everybody! Jack is back. It's been so long since I last published an episode, you must have wondered if you were ever going to hear a new one.

2011 was an amazing year and I was so busy I couldn't even think of putting together any new episodes. In the past I think we did a pretty good job of not telling you where we were. Did you ever figure it out? I don't think we gave out many clues. We were recording in Longmont, Colorado in the United States. Longmont is a small town about 35 miles north of Denver.

After a 30-year career as an air traffic controller, I finally retired from the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA). An air traffic control company hired me and I was whisked off to Kansas City, Missouri, then Columbia, South Carolina, Chicago, Illinois, Istanbul, Turkey, Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan and finally Kabul, Afghanistan.

I controlled air traffic in Kabul for only three months before I had to leave. That was a really tough assignment and I didn't like it very much at all.

Then I spent a month brushing up on my Spanish in Guadalajara, Mexico before arriving where I am now. I've finally settled down, hopefully for a few years, in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates. I love it here. I've finished training and just got back from a vacation in Cairo, Egypt and Beirut, Lebanon. I even spent a couple of days in the middle of the street riots near Tahrir Square. It was quite an experience.

Raminta and I have decided to separate. We're still good friends, we get along great, we talk almost every day. The divorce is amicable, we're just going in different directions with our lives. So, I'll have to try to find another co-host some day. For now, I'll just grab any native Lithuanian speaker I can find.

Fortunately, before we went off the air one year ago, I was able to record many episodes. I have about 40 on my computer. All I have to do is clean them up and post them. If I can't find a Lithuanian to help me do future episodes, we should start to run into trouble after episode 300 or so. I wonder if there are any Lithuanians in Abu Dhabi.

So, that's about it for now. My time is still very tight, but I'll try to keep the episodes coming.

Thanks for tuning in and I hope you enjoy more lessons for some time to come.

Okay, here we go, enjoy.

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

According to the website, National Coalition to Abolish the Death Penalty, Lithuania held its final execution in 1995 and capital punishment was abolished in Lithuania in 1998.

National Coalition to Abolish the Death Penalty

http://www.ncadp.org/todayInHistory.cfm

In previous episodes we went over the instrumental case or įnagininkas. Today we'll go through a few examples of the plural instrumental.

This episode is large so we'll break it up. This is the first part.

Here is how the different word endings are declined:

-as changes to -ais

-is changes to -iais

-ys changes to -iais

-us changes to -umis

-a changes to -omis

-ė changes to -ėmis

-uo as in šuo/sesuo/akmuo changes to –imis

-ė as in duktė changes to –imis

Here are some examples using the Lithuanian plural instrumental broken down by suffixes.

First, we'll give you the vocabulary and then we'll give you an example using the plural instrumental.

-as

a passenger

keleivis

passengers

keleiviai

an airplane

lėktuvas

airplanes

lėktuvai

to travel

keliauti

are you traveling using airplanes?

ar keliauji lėktuvais?

I travel from one country to another using airplanes

keliauju iš vienos šalies į kitą lėktuvais

a bridge

tiltas

bridges

tiltai

you can sleep under the bridges

gali miegoti po tiltais

a couple

pora

a young couple

jaunuolių pora

a motorcycle

motociklas

motorcycles

motociklai

to arrive

atvykti

a young couple arrived on two motorcycles

jaunuolių pora atvyko dviem motociklais

he and his friend arrived using motorcycles

jis su draugu atvyko motociklais

a male teenager

paauglys

male teenagers

paaugliai

the teenagers travel via motorcycles

paaugliai važiuoja motociklais

a girl

mergina

girls

merginos

a phone

telefonas

phones

telefonai

to communicate / to interact

bendrauti

the girls communicate using phones

merginos bendrauja telefonais

grass

žolė

a slope

šlaitas

a thicket

tankumynas

a swamp

pelkė

a path

takas

paths

takai

today we are walking trails through swamps, thickets, and grassy slopes

šiandien mes einame takais, pelkėmis, tankumynais, ir žolės šlaitais

a building

pastatas

buildings

pastatai

a cellar

rūsys

cellars

rūsiai

under the buildings are cellars

po pastatais yra rūsiai

a leaf

lapas

leaves

lapai

to stand

stovėti

to cool, to chill

aušinti

we stood under the leaves

mes stovėjome po lapais

it's cooler under the leaves

tai aušintuvas po lapais

to order / to tell

liepti

to hide

slėptis

a table

stalas

tables

stalai

Simas told everyone to hide under the tables

Simas liepė visiems slėptis po stalais

a puppy

šuniukas

puppies

šuniukai

to play

žaisti

the puppies are playing under the tables

šuniukai žaidžia po stalais

spaghetti

spageti / spagečiai

a tomato

pomidoras

tomatoes

pomidorai

a chicken

višta

chicken meat

vištiena

an onion

svogūnas

onions

svogūnai

sweet

saldus / saldi

a pepper

pipiras

peppers

pipirai

spaghetti with tomatoes

spagečiai su pomidorais

chicken with tomatoes

vištiena su pomidorais

an omelette with onions and sweet peppers

omletas su svogūnais ir saldžiaisiais pipirais

-is

a sidewalk

šaligatvis

if you want to stroll, walk via the sidewalks

jei norite pasivaikščioti, eikite šaligatviais

a car

automobilis

cars

automobiliai

winter

žiema

this winter, we want to drive to Munich using cars

šią žiemą norime važinėti automobiliais į Miuncheną

an egg

kiaušinis

eggs

kiaušiniai

lettuce or salad

salota

a green salad with eggs

žaliosios salotos su kiaušiniais

hot sandwiches with eggs and tomatoes

karšti sumuštiniai su kiaušiniais ir pomidorais

keep in mind, the unstrumental case also describes something changing into another thing

a homeless male

benamis

a homeless female

benamė

to become

tapti

as we know, people are becoming homeless

kaip žinome, žmonės tampa benamiais

a valley

slėnis

valleys

slėniai

a mountain

kalnas

mountains

kalnai

we're traveling via mountain valleys

mes važiuojame kalnų slėniais

a bicycle

dviratis

bicycles

dviračiai

we want to cycle to work

norime važiuoti į darbą dviračiais

a camel

kupranugaris

camels

kupranugariai

also

taip pat

to view

pažiūrėti

only

tik

territory

teritorija

also, you can view the territory using only camels

taip pat, galima pažiūrėti teritoriją tik su kupranugariais

-ys

an elephant

dramblys

elephants

drambliai

a lion

liūtas

lions

liūtai

to ride

pajodinėti

to swim

paplaukioti

here you will be able to take a walk with lions, ride or swim with elephants

čia galėsite pasivaikščioti su liūtais, pajodinėti ar paplaukioti su drambliais

to like

mėgti

to travel

keliauti

a train

traukinys

trains

traukiniai

do you like to travel using trains?

ar patinka keliauti traukiniais?

in Europe many travel via trains

Europoje daugelis keliauja traukiniais

Renata and her friend Liudas travel via trains through Europe

Renata su draugu Liudu keliavo traukiniais po Europą

a teenager (male)

paauglys

a teenager (female)

paauglė

teenagers

paaugliai

the best

geriausia

everything

viskas

it's best to talk with teenagers about everything

geriausia kalbėtis su paaugliais apie viską

a basket

krepšys

baskets

krepšiai

to pick berries

uogauti

to pick mushrooms

grybauti

with baskets he went to pick berries and mushrooms

su krepšiais jis eidavo uogauti ir grybauti

soldier

karys

soldiers, troops

kariai

government

vyriausybė

to support

remti

to grapple, to skirmish

susiremti

Afghanistan

Afganistanas

in Afghanistan

Afganistane

NATO forces in Afghanistan clashed with government troops

NATO pajėgos Afganistane susirėmė su vyriausybės kariais

NATO

NATO

fisherman

žvejys

with fishermen

su žvejais

constantly

pastoviai

I work constantly with fishermen

aš dirbu pastoviai su žvejais

-us

sugar

cukrus

this morning

šį rytą

to make

gaminti

white

baltas / balta

brown

rudas / ruda

this morning I make coffee with white and brown sugars

šį rytą gaminu kavą su baltu ir rudu cukrumis

Šaunu, you made it to the end of another episode!

Turėtum jaustis kaip ant sparnų! You should feel like you're on wings!