Hi there, I’m Jack and welcome back to Lithuanian Out Loud.  Just a quick note before we get started, Agnė iš Vilniaus has honored us with another excellent contribution.  This is probably the best work she’s ever done on this podcast.  Thanks for all your hard work Agnė!

Also, I did the math and in 13 months we’ve done over nine episodes of Lithuanian Out Loud a month.  Most of the time I’m trying to put out three or four a week, but I rarely have that much time.  For the next few months we need to cut way back on our frequency.  It’s just that we both have many other projects that have been neglected and we need to put some time into them.

But, don’t worry, we’re still working on dozens of episodes on paper and we have about 15 recorded.  So, we aren’t quitting, we just need to free up some time for other things.  We’re not going to stop, we’re just going to slow down the pace a bit.  Once these other projects have been tended to, we’ll try to put out dozens of new episodes for you.  Alright, on with the show and here’s Agnė.  Take it away, Agnė!

Hi, I am Agnė, and welcome back for some more Lithuanian phrases. If you remember, the last few times I taught you some phrases for angry and awful things. So it is time to learn some nicer expressions :)

If you want to compliment someone for something which is beautiful or nice, you could say: gražus kaip reta... or graži kaip reta... literally; rare beauty.   You could use it either for a person or for a thing. Also, you can say graži kaip lėlė - as pretty as a doll, but be careful. If you use this in reference to, for example, a woman with too much make-up or a man who's dressed a little too fine, you'll sound sarcastic.

Let's learn some words:

retas rare (masculine)

reta rare (feminine)

graži nice, beautiful, pretty (feminine)

gražus nice, beautiful, handsome (masculine)

viršelis a cover

knyga a book

žiedas a ring, also - a blossom

auksas gold

gėlė a flower

dukra a daughter

dukrelė a daughter, using the diminutive

lėlė a doll

lėlytė a doll in the diminutive

Let's repeat one time slowly:

graži kaip lėlė as beautiful as a doll - referring to a feminine noun

gražus kaip lėlė as beautiful as a doll - referring to a masculine noun

graži kaip reta of a rare beauty, referring to a feminine noun

gražus kaip reta of a rare beuaty, referring to a masculine noun

Now let's go over some examples:

ta mergina graži kaip lėlė that lady is as beautiful as a doll

man nepatinka vaikinai gražūs kaip lėlės I don't like guys who are as pretty as dolls.  In English this would loosely translate as, I don't like pretty-boys.

These two examples could be used sarcastically, so be careful.

But, if you want to use a diminutive form, it could sound like a compliment.

For example:

tavo dukrelė graži kaip lėlytė your little daughter is as beautiful as a little doll

knygos viršelis gražus kaip reta the bookcover is of a rare beauty

šitas aukso žiedas gražus kaip reta this golden ring is of a rare beauty

diena graži kaip reta the day is of a rare beauty

ši gėlė graži kaip reta this flower is of a rare beauty

As the word order in the Lithuanian language is not important, you could also say it like this:

gražus kaip reta knygos viršelis gražus kaip reta aukso žiedas gražus kaip reta šitas aukso žiedas graži kaip reta diena graži kaip reta gėlė graži kaip reta ši gėlė

It just depends on what you want to emphasize more. It will also go together with your intonation, so you can play with it and enjoy :)

See you next time! Make your day of a rare beauty!

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

According to Wikipedia, the Lithuanian national plant is rue (rūta). A bride traditionally wears a little crown made of rue, which is a symbol of her life as an unmarried young woman. During the wedding the crown is burned, symbolizing the loss of careless childhood and entrance into the world of adulthood.

Today we’ll go over the Lithuanian verb žiūrėti – to look, to look at, to watch, to stare at, to gaze at.  Some related words are;

žiūronai                                      binoculars

spyglass, telescope                       žiūronas

spectator, onlooker                      žiūrovas, žiūrovė

spectators, onlookers                    žiūrovai

Here are žiūrėti and nežiūrėti conjugated in the present tense;

to look at                                    žiūrėti

I look at                                      aš žiūriu

you look at                                  tu žiūri

he looks at                                  jis žiūri

she looks at                                 ji žiūri

we look at                                    mes žiūrime

you look at (jūs)                           jūs žiūrite

you all look at (jūs)                       jūs žiūrite

they look at (mm/mf)                   jie žiūri

they look at (ff)                           jos žiūri

to not look at                               nežiūrėti

I don’t look at                               aš nežiūriu

you don’t look at                          tu nežiūri

he doesn’t look at                         jis nežiūri

she doesn’t look at                        ji nežiūri

we don’t look at                           mes nežiūrime

you don’t look at (jūs)                  jūs nežiūrite

you all don’t look at (jūs)              jūs nežiūrite

they don’t look at (mm/mf)           jie nežiūri

they don’t look at (ff)                   jos nežiūri

here are some examples using the infinitive of the verb

I wan’t to watch the film                aš noriu žiūrėti filmą  

he can watch this program              jis gali žiūrėti šią programą

can’t you look?                             ar gali nežiūrėti?

we cannot watch this film              negalime nežiūrėti šio filmo

we cannot watch this concert         negalime nežiūrėti šio koncerto

aš I’m watching the movie                  aš žiūriu filmą

I’m looking at the album                  aš žiūriu albumą

I’m looking at the mountains            aš žiūriu į kalnus

I’m not watching the film                aš nežiūriu filmo

I’m not looking at the album            aš nežiūriu albumo

I’m not looking at the mountains     aš nežiūriu į kalnus

tu

where are you looking?                    kur tu žiūri?

are you looking at the road?             ar tu žiūri į kelią?

are you looking at the photograph?   ar tu žiūri į nuotrauką?

are you looking at him?                    ar tu žiūri į jį?

are you looking at her?                    ar tu žiūri į ją?

you aren’t looking at the road          tu nežiūri į kelią

you aren’t looking at the photo         tu nežiūri į nuotrauką

you aren’t looking at him, right?       tu nežiūri į jį, taip?

jis

he is looking at the sea                    jis žiūri į jūrą

he is looking at the sky                     jis žiūri į dangų

he is looking at the auto                   jis žiūri į automobilį

he is not looking at the sea                jis nežiūri į jūrą

he is not looking at the sky              jis nežiūri į dangų

he is not looking at the auto              jis nežiūri į automobilį

ji

she is looking at the performance     ji žiūri spektaklį

she is looking at the watch                ji žiūri į laikrodį

she is looking at the man                 ji žiūri į vyrą

she’s not looking at the play            ji nežiūri spektaklio

she is not looking at the watch          ji nežiūri į laikrodį

she is not looking at the man            ji nežiūri į vyrą

mes

we’re looking and we don’t see       mes žiūrime ir nematome

we’re looking at the black sky         mes žiūrime į juodą dangų

we’re looking at the fox                  mes žiūrime į lapę

we’re not looking at the corpse        mes nežiūrime į lavoną

we’re not looking at the blood         mes nežiūrime į kraują

we’re not looking at the rats            mes nežiūrime į žiurkes

jūs

you are looking at the trees             jūs žiūrite į medžius

are you are looking at the photo?     ar jūs žiūrite į nuotrauką?

you are looking at the future            jūs žiūrite į ateitį

you’re not looking at it                    jūs nežiūrite į tai

you’re not looking at it seriously      jūs nežiūrite į tai rimtai

you are not looking at the photo       jūs nežiūrite į nuotrauką

why don’t you look at me?             kodėl nežiūrite į mane?

jūs (plural as in you all)

you often look outside                    jūs dažnai žiūrite į lauką

(let’s go outside! – einame į lauką! - Raminta says this to her dog, the pug Antik and he goes crazy with excitement when he hears it)

you often look at the door               jūs dažnai žiūrite į duris

you often look at the window           jūs dažnai žiūrite į langą

you don’t watch television              jūs nežiūrite televizoriaus

you don’t look at me                      jūs nežiūrite į mane

you never look at me                      jūs niekada nežiūrite į mane

jie (m/m or m/f group)

they are looking at the stars             jie žiūri į žvaigždes

they are looking at the moon            jie žiūri į mėnulį

they are not looking at the stars        jie nežiūri į žvaigždes

they are not looking at the moon      jie nežiūri į mėnulį

they are looking at the tree              jie žiūri į medį

they are not looking at the tree        jie nežiūri į medį

jos

they are looking at the house            jos žiūri į namą

they are looking at the spider           jos žiūri į vorą

they are looking at the dog              jos žiūri į šunį

they are not looking at the house      jos nežiūri į namą

they are not looking at the spider     jos nežiūri į vorą

they are not looking at the dog         jos nežiūri į šunį

imperative

look what she’s doing!                      žiūrėk, ką ji daro!

look at the mountains!                      žiūrėkite į kalnus!

let’s look at what’s going to happen! žiūrėkime kas bus!

don’t look at the blood!                    nežiūrėk į kraują!

don’t look at this room!                     nežiūrėkite į tą kambarį!

let’s not look at this movie!               nežiūrėkime šio filmo!

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Trisdešimt pirmas egzaminas.  This is a quick response episode!  We’ll say the word or phrase in English and you say it in Lithuanian – Out Loud!  It’s too late for questions, the exam starts now.  Ready, set, go!  Pasiruošti, dėmesio, marš!

examples                                             pavyzdžiai

in front of / ago                                     prieš (+ accusative)

in front of the restaurant                       prieš restoraną

in front of the car                                 prieš automobilį

one year ago                                           prieš vienerius metus

two years ago                                         prieš dvejus metus

three years ago                                       prieš trejus metus

a year                                                     metai

to see off                                                išlydėti

my, our, your, his, her, its, their           savo

daughter                                                 dukra / duktė

her aim                                                  jos tikslas

aim, goal                                                tikslas

my goal is to speak Lithuanian well       mano tikslas yra puikiai kalbėti lietuviškai

my goal is to speak a little Lithuanian   mano tikslas yra šiek tiek kalbėti lietuviškai

was (past tense of būti, third person)     buvo

to become acquainted with                     pažinti / susipažinti

in Vilnius I was acquainted with Lithuanian culture  Vilniuje aš susipažinau su lietuviška kultūra

she got to know American traditions     ji pažino amerikiečių tradicijas

she got to know Lithuanian traditions   ji pažino lietuvių tradicijas

tradition                                                tradicija

a dream                                                svajonė

is called                                                vadinasi

the coffee shop is called – The Coffee Cup kavinė vadinasi – Kavos puodelis

the restaurant is called - Čili Pizza         restoranas vadinasi - Čili pizza

the capital is called Riga                       sostinė vadinasi Ryga

America                                                Amerika

The United States of America                 Jungtinės Amerikos Valstijos

USA                                                      JAV

I’m in the United States of America       esu Jungtinėse Amerikos Valstijose

I’m going to the United States of America važiuoju į Jungtines Amerikos Valstijas

to meet                                                susitikti

a person                                              žmogus

people                                                  žmonės

our daughter met a person                   mūsų dukra sutiko žmogų

our daughter met people                       mūsų dukra sutiko žmones

I’m from the United States of America   esu iš Jungtinių Amerikos Valstijų

she’s from United States of America      ji yra iš Jungtinių Amerikos Valstijų

he’s from United States of America       jis yra iš Jungtinių Amerikos Valstijų

a guy                                                    vaikinas

I met a guy                                            aš sutikau vaikiną

a girl, a young woman                           mergina

I met a girl                                             aš sutikau merginą

I met people                                          aš sutikau žmones

I met a guy in the street                       aš sutikau vaikiną gatvėje

I met a girl in the street                         aš sutikau merginą gatvėje

which                                                    kuris / kuri

they are in love                                       jie yra įsimylėję

they are married                                      jie yra vedę

he is married                                          jis yra vedęs

she is married                                        ji yra ištekėjusi

he is divorced                                          jis yra išsiskyręs

she is divorced                                       ji yra išsiskyrusi

to fall in love                                          pamilti / įsimylėti

Hi there, this is Jack, Raminta and I would like to welcome you back to another episode of Lithuanian Out Loud.

Today we’ll continue working on numbers combined with nouns.  This episode covers numbers that end in the number zero.  On the next episode we’ll take a break from numbers and explore the verb žiūrėti – to look at and nežiūrėti – to not look at.

Back in May of 2008, Ola Halvorsen, a listener from Oslo, Norway wrote us saying he loved to view the show notes for our episodes in iTunes.  But, after episode 42 or so, they disappeared.  Well, it took a few months to get it all done, but we tore down all the episodes that didn’t have show notes in the lyrics section, there were about 60 of them, added the show transcripts and put the mp3s back up.

So now, if you download the episodes using iTunes, you can right click on the episode, then click on “info” and you’ll see the episode’s show notes.  You can even modify them for your own needs if you like.    Now, here’s another awesome installment of Agnė iš Vilniaus, take it away Agne!

Sveiki, aš Agnė.  Today we'll learn how to say you don't like something or you want to say, that something is disgusting. If your Lithuanian friend asks you, "what do you think about the weather?” And you don't like it for any reason, you could say, "baisus kaip gyvenimas..." - literally - as awful as life.   Let's translate the words  

baisus, baisi               terrible, awful

kaip                              like

gyvenimas                    life

ką manai apie...?            what do you think about...

oras                              weather

namas                          house

reklama                         advertisement

suknelė                         dress   Now let's say it one time slowly   baisus kaip gyvenimas   as awful as life

Now let's see some examples:   What do you think about the weather? Ką manai apie orą? - Baisus kaip gyvenimas

What do you think about this house?     Ką manai apie šį namą? - Baisus kaip gyvenimas

If the object you are asking about is feminine, you will say not baisus, but baisi:

What do you think about this advertising? Ką manai apie šią reklamą? - Baisi kaip gyvenimas

What about the dress in this old photo?        Ką manai apie suknelę šioje senoje nuotraukoje? - Baisi kaip gyvenimas

Try this expression out on your Lithuanian friends and see, how it works. I'm Agnė and I'll see you next week when we'll do some more Lithuanian from Vilnius.  Ate!

keturiasdešimt arklių - forty horses

Hi there, I’m Raminta and I’m Jack and welcome back to Lithuanian Out Loud where we offer the world the Lithuanian language.  Today we’re in the month of September which in Lithuanian is  -  rugsėjis.

According to Wikipedia, Russia and Belarus have what are called Special Purpose Police Squads or OMON (Russian: Отряд милиции особого назначения; Otryad Militsii Osobogo Naznacheniya).  Their motto is "We know no mercy and do not ask for any."  In May 1991 the Soviet Union still hadn’t recognized Lithuania’s independence and the OMON assaulted the Krakūnai border post.  Approximately 30 Lithuanian officers were attacked and wounded including Gintaras Žagunis who was killed.  Two months later the OMON unit stationed in Riga attacked the Medininkai border crossing near the Vilnius-Minsk highway on 31 July.  Seven Lithuanian officers, Mindaugas Balavakas, Algimantas Juozakas, Juozas Janonis, Algirdas Kazlauskas, Antanas Musteikis, Stanislovas Orlavičius and Ričardas Rabavičius were shot and killed.  These men were unarmed and they were all shot in the head execution style.  Customs officer Tomas Šernas barely survived and today is disabled.

The men responsible for these cold-blooded murders are now in Russia.  The Russian government refuses to hand them over to Lithuanian authorities.

pradėkime, let’s get started

Today we’ll continue combining numbers with nouns.  In this episode we’ll focius on numbers that end in zero.  If a number ends in zero, such as ten, twenty, 140 or 1,000, we use the plural genitive.

prašom pakartoti…please repeat…

an armchair     fotelis

the armchair        fotelis

armchairs           foteliai

the armchairs       foteliai

a horse               arklys

the horse            arklys

horses                arkliai

the horses          arkliai

Now let’s combine some nouns with some numbers

10 sisters            dešimt seserų

20 daughters        dvidešimt dukterų

30 uncles            trisdešimt dėdžių

40 horses            keturiasdešimt arklių

50 televisions       penkiasdešimt televizorių

60 days               šešiasdešimt dienų

70 glasses            septyniasdešimt taurių

80 countries        aštuoniasdešimt šalių

90 tables             devyniasdešimt stalų

100 songs           šimtas dainų

110 women          šimtas dešimt moterų

120 armchairs       šimtas dvidešimt fotelių

150 museums      šimtas penkiasdešimt muziejų

200 bowls            du šimtai dubenių

220 people          du šimtai dvidešimt asmenų

250 people          du šimtai penkiasdešimt žmonių

300 hotels           trys šimtai viešbučių

330 letters           trys šimtai trisdešimt laiškų

350 birds              trys šimtai penkiasdešimt paukščių

370 objects          trys šimtai septyniasdešimt dalykų

400 bicycles         keturi šimtai dviračių

440 trees             keturi šimtai keturiasdešimt medžių

450 pigeons         keturi šimtai penkiasdešimt balandžių

500 songs            penki šimtai dainų

550 pizzas           penki šimtai penkiasdešimt picų

560 things           penki šimtai šešiasdešimt daiktų

600 armchairs      šeši šimtai fotelių

650 televisions     šeši šimtai penkiasdešimt televizorių

660 horses           šeši šimtai šešiasdešimt arklių

700 days             septyni šimtai dienų

750 glasses           septyni šimtai penkiasdešimt taurių

770 countries         septyni šimtai septyniasdešimt šalių

800 tables            aštuoni šimtai stalų

850 songs            aštuoni šimtai penkiasdešimt dainų

880 women          aštuoni šimtai aštuoniasdešimt moterų

900 museums       devyni šimtai muziejų

950 bowls            devyni šimtai penkiasdešimt dubenų

990 people           devyni šimtai devyniasdešimt žmonių

1,000 people        vienas tūkstantis žmonių

1,010 hotels         vienas tūkstantis dešimt viešbučių

1,050 letters         vienas tūkstantis penkiasdešimt laiškų

1,150 birds           vienas tūkstantis vienas šimtas penkiasdešimt paukščių

2,000 bicycles       du tūkstančiai dviračių

2,760 pizzas         du tūkstančiai septyni šimtai šešiasdešimt picų

2,340 trees           du tūkstančiai trys šimtai keturiasdešimt medžių

3,550 pigeons       trys tūkstančiai penki šimtai penkiasdešimt balandžių

4,000 armchairs    keturi tūkstančiai fotelių

5,240 songs          penki tūkstančiai du šimtai keturiasdešimt dainų

6,000 things         šeši tūkstančiai daiktų

Puiku!  Excellent!  You made it to the end of another episode!  Puiku!

Alright!  That’s it for today!  Thanks for the download!  If you got anything out of this lesson please leave us a review on our iTunes page. To leave us comments call our voicemail number that’s in the title of every show or call our Skype voicemail at Lithuanianoutloud – that’s one word, and leave us a message there. If you’d like to see the Lithuanian spelling of any word in this series just go to WWW dot Lithuanian dot L I B S Y N dot com.  If you’d like to get these episodes every time a new one is available just go to iTunes and do a search for Lithuanian Out Loud and click subscribe.  It’s completely free.  But, if you don’t want to subscribe on iTunes, just send us an email asking us to alert you every time a new episode hits the internet.  And feel free to make copies of our episodes, put them on cds and pass them out to your friends. Thanks to CCMixter.org, Ditto Ditto and Vieux Farka Toure for the podcast music. Thanks for tuning in, tell your friends about us, we’ll see you on the next episode of Lithuanian Out Loud. I’m Jack and I’ve never met a Lithuanian I didn’t like.  Viso gero!  Sudie!

Soviet OMON assaults on Lithuanian border posts http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soviet_OMON_assaults_on_Lithuanian_border_posts

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Exam 30

Trisdešimtas egzaminas.  This is a quick response episode!  We’ll say the word or phrase in English and you say it in Lithuanian – Out Loud!  It’s too late for questions, the exam starts now.  Ready, set, go!  Pasiruošti, dėmesio, marš!

a miracle                 stebuklas

the restaurant           restoranas

one restaurant          vienas restoranas

two restaurants         du restoranai

the restroom            tualetas

one restroom           vienas tualetas

two restrooms          du tualetai

the male friend         draugas

one male friend         vienas draugas

two male friends       du draugai

the automobile          automobilis

one automobile         vienas automobilis

two automobiles        du automobiliai

the brother               brolis

one brother              vienas brolis

two brothers             du broliai

the armchair             fotelis

one armchair            vienas fotelis

two armchairs           du foteliai

the train                   traukinys

one train                  vienas traukinys

two trains                 du traukiniai

a basket                    krepšys

one basket               vienas krepšys

two baskets             du krepšiai

the room                  kambarys

one room                vienas kambarys

two rooms              du kambariai

a museum                muziejus

one museum            vienas muziejus

two museums          du muziejai

the television           televizorius

one television           vienas televizorius

two televisions          du televizoriai

the fruit                    vaisius

one fruit                  vienas vaisius

two fruits                du vaisiai

the actor                  aktorius

one actor                 vienas aktorius

two actors               du aktoriai

two restaurants         du restoranai

three restaurants       trys restoranai

three restrooms        trys tualetai

four male friends       keturi draugai

five automobiles       penki automobiliai

six brothers              šeši broliai

seven armchairs        septyni foteliai

eight trains                aštuoni traukiniai

nine baskets             devyni krepšiai

three rooms             trys kambariai

two televisions         du televizoriai

five fruits                 penki vaisiai

four actors               keturi aktoriai

three restaurants       trys restoranai

eight museums          aštuoni muziejai

two bathrooms         du tualetai

six male friends         šeši draugai

seven automobiles     septyni automobiliai

eight brothers            aštuoni broliai

nine armchairs          devyni foteliai

two trains                 du traukiniai

four baskets              keturi krepšiai

two rooms                du kambariai

six museums              šeši muziejai

four televisions          keturi televizoriai

seven fruits               septyni vaisiai

nine actors                devyni aktoriai

four restaurants         keturi restoranai

five bathrooms          penki tualetai

two male friends        du draugai

six automobiles          šeši automobiliai

three brothers            trys broliai

seven trains              septyni traukiniai

two baskets              du krepšiai

seven rooms              septyni kambariai

five televisions          penki televizoriai

three fruits                trys vaisiai

six actors                  šeši aktoriai

four museums           keturi muziejai

Hi there, I’m Jack and welcome back to Lithuanian Out Loud.  Today we’ll start the show off with a very nice email, then on to another awesome installment of Agnė iš Vilniaus.  Thank you Agnė for taking the time to record this for us.  Starting with today’s episode we’re going to do a series of programs on numbers.  It may not be the most exciting stuff we can offer, but we have to go over it sometime, so we’ll do it now.  Also, we’re up to 33 positive reviews on the Lithuanian Out Loud iTunes page, thanks to everyone for helping us with these.  Remember, our goal is 50 so we only need 17 more.  Can you help us out?  Thanks!  Enjoy the program and here is an email from Lithuania…

Dear Jack and Raminta: I thought you might like to know that our Lithuanian professor, Radvyda Vasvilaitė, sent us your link when she sent us her class schedule.  LCC International University has a large number of new North American professors every year who try to learn as much Lithuanian as they can.  Your entertaining podcasts keep my mind busy while I do housework and other boring jobs.

Thank you!

Geri Henderson, PhD Chair, English Department LCC International University Klaipėda, Lithuania

Thanks Geri for the nice words and we’ll try to keep the episodes coming.  Okay, Agnė, your turn, take it away!!!

Hi, I am Agnė, and welcome back for some more Lithuanian phrases. If you see any angry Lithuanian, you could ask him: kodėl tu toks piktas kaip širšė? - Why are you as angry as a wasp? Lithuanians have a lot of expressions with the word angry - piktas.

But let's start from the very beginning. Here is a vocabulary for "angry expressions"

kodėl? why?

toks such, so

toks... kaip... as... as...

piktas, pikta angry

širšė wasp

ragana witch

velnias devil

nebūti to not be

nebūk don't be

and here are the expressions:

piktas kaip širšė pikta kaip širšė piktas kaip velnias pikta kaip ragana                       

Let's say them one time slowly:

piktas kaip širšė as angry as a wasp if you are addressing a male

pikta kaip širšė as angry as a wasp if you are addressing a female

piktas kaip velnias as angry as the devil commonly is used for a male, but it is not a mistake to say pikta kaip velnias, addressing a female

pikta kaip ragana as angry as a witch commonly is used for a female, but it is not a mistake if you wold use it for a male, saying piktas kaip ragana

Let's go over some examples:

kodėl jis toks piktas? why is he so angry?

kodėl jis toks piktas kaip širšė? why is he as angry as a wasp?

kodėl ji tokia pikta? why is she so angry?

kodėl ji tokia pikta kaip ragana? why is she as angry as a witch?

tavo tėtis piktas kaip širšė your dad is as angry as a wasp

vairuotojas piktas kaip velnias the driver is as angry as the devil

tavo draugė pikta kaip ragana your girlfriend is as angry as a witch

nebūk piktas (or pikta) kaip ragana don't be as angry as a witch

That's it for today, see you next time! Enjoy it and don't be angry :)

Hi there, I’m Jack and I’m Raminta and welcome back to Lithuanian Out Loud where we offer the world the Lithuanian language.  Today we’re in the month of September which in Lithuanian is rugsėjis.

In the navy a submarine tender is a ship that supplies and supports submarines.  In 1961 when Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania were still forceably part of the Soviet Union, Captain Jonas Pleškys sailed his submarine tender out of Klaipėda and into the Baltic Sea.  Soviet authorities had ordered the ship to travel to Tallinn, Estonia but Jonas sailed to Gotland, Sweden and defected to the west.  The Soviet Union convicted Ponas Jonas in absentia and his sentence was death by firing squad.  Jonas died in California in 1993 of old age.

His story is believed to be the basis for Tom Clancy’s book The Hunt for Red October.  In the book and in the movie submarine captain Marko Ramius is known as, “The Lithuanian.”  The submarine captain sails his ship to the west and defects.

Just an interesting bit of trivia; in the beginning of the book Captain Marko Ramius kills his KGB political officer.  The Soviet officer’s name?  Ivan Putin.  That’s funny. 

pradėkime, let’s get started

Now we’re going to study something I didn’t understand for a very long time.  Numbers that end in the number one.  For example, 21, 31, 41, 51, 61, 71, 81, 91, 101, 11,391, 635,271, excluding 11.  Eleven is the only number that doesn’t follow this pattern.

Before we get to the meat of this episode, here are some nouns for you;

How do you say it in Lithuanian?  Kaip pasakyti lietuviškai?

a shoe           batas

the shoe        batas

a table           stalas

the table        stalas

a glass           taurė

the glass        taurė

a chair           kėdė

the chair        kėdė

a song           daina

the song        daina

a pizza           pica

the pizza        pica

The interesting thing about 21, 31, 41, etcetera, when paired with a noun, for example, 21 days, 31 cities, or 41 books, the noun has a singular form.

prašom pakartoti…

21 days           dvidešimt viena diena

31 colors        trisdešimt viena spalva

41 glasses     keturiasdešimt viena taurė

51 televisions penkiasdešimt vienas televizorius

61 fruits         šešiasdešimt vienas vaisius

Do you see what we’re getting at here?  If the number ends in a one, then the noun is singular.  The only  exception is eleven or vienuolika.  Eleven does not follow this rule. 

Prašom pakartoti…please repeat…

71 countries        septyniasdešimt viena šalis

81 cities              aštuoniasdešimt vienas miestas

91 shoes             devyniasdešimt vienas batas

101 tables           šimtas vienas stalas

121 chairs           šimtas dvidešimt viena kėdė

131 objects         šimtas trisdešimt vienas dalykas

141 pizzas           šimtas keturiasdešimt viena pica

151 colors            šimtas penkiasdešimt viena spalva

161 glasses          šimtas šešiasdešimt viena taurė

171 televisions     šimtas septyniasdešimt vienas televizorius

181 songs            šimtas aštuoniasdešimt viena daina

191 countries       šimtas devyniasdešimt viena šalis

201 cities            du šimtai vienas miestas

221 shoes             du šimtai dvidešimt vienas batas

231 objects          du šimtai trisdešimt vienas dalykas

241 chairs           du šimtai keturiasdešimt viena kėdė

261 songs           du šimtai šešiasdešimt viena daina

351 tables           trys šimtai penkiasdešimt vienas stalas

361 days              trys šimtai šešiasdešimt viena diena

371 colors            trys šimtai septyniasdešimt viena spalva

431 pizzas           keturi šimtai trisdešimt viena pica

481 glasses         keturi šimtai aštuoniasdešimt viena taurė

491 televisions     keturi šimtai devyniasdešimt vienas televizorius

501 fruits            penki šimtai vienas vaisius

521 countries      penki šimtai dvidešimt viena šalis

631 cities            šeši šimtai trisdešimt vienas miestas

641 shoes           šeši šimtai keturiasdešimt vienas batas

751 days            septyni šimtai penkiasdešimt viena diena

761 colors          septyni šimtai šešiasdešimt viena spalva

871 glasses         aštuoni šimtai septyniasdešimt viena taurė

981 televisions    devyni šimtai aštuoniasdešimt vienas televizorius

1,001 fruits         vienas tūkstantis vienas vaisius

1,221 shoes         vienas tūkstantis du šimtai vienas batas

2,001 colors         du tūkstančiai viena spalva

10,031 objects    dešimt tūkstančių trisdešimt vienas dalykas

10,031 things      dešimt tūkstančių trisdešimt vienas daiktas

Šaunu!  Great!  You made it to the end of another episode!  Šaunu!

Alright!  That’s it for today!  Thanks for the download!  If you got anything out of this lesson please leave us a review on our iTunes page. To leave us comments call our voicemail number that’s in the title of every show or call our Skype voicemail at Lithuanianoutloud – that’s one word, and leave us a message there. If you’d like to see the Lithuanian spelling of any word in this series just go to WWW dot Lithuanian dot L I B S Y N dot com.  If you’d like to get these episodes every time a new one is available just go to iTunes and do a search for Lithuanian Out Loud and click subscribe.  It’s completely free.  But, if you don’t want to subscribe on iTunes, just send us an email asking us to alert you every time a new episode hits the internet.  And feel free to make copies of our episodes, put them on cds and pass them out to your friends. Thanks to CCMixter.org, Ditto Ditto and Vieux Farka Toure for the podcast music. Thanks for tuning in, tell your friends about us, we’ll see you on the next episode of Lithuanian Out Loud. I’m Jack and I’ve never met a Lithuanian I didn’t like.  Viso gero!  Sudie!

Captain Jonas Pleškys http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jonas_Ple%C5%A1kys

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Exam 29

Dvidešimt devyntas egzaminas.  This is a quick response episode!  We’ll say the word or phrase in English and you say it in Lithuanian – Out Loud!  It’s too late for questions, the exam starts now.  Ready, set, go!  Pasiruošti, dėmesio, marš!

good day!                                     laba diena!

good day!                                     labą dieną!

how are you?                                formal kaip jums sekasi?

very well, how are you?                 labai gerai, kaip jums?

healthy as a carrot, thanks  sveikas kaip morka, ačiū

how do you say it in Lithuanian?    kaip pasakyti lietuviškai?

the day                                          diena

one day                                       viena diena

two days                                       dvi dienos

the color                                       spalva

one color                                      viena spalva

two colors                                    dvi spalvos

the school                                     mokykla

one school                                    viena mokykla

two schools                                   dvi mokyklos

the car                                          mašina

one car                                         viena mašina

two cars                                        dvi mašinos

the wife                                        žmona

one wife                                       viena žmona

two wives                                     dvi žmonos

the book                                       knyga

one book                                      viena knyga

two books                                    dvi knygos

the female friend                            draugė

one female friend                           viena draugė

two female friends                          dvi draugės

the Lithuanian female                      lietuvė

one Lithuanian female                     viena lietuvė

two Lithuanian females                   dvi lietuvės

the street                                       gatvė

one street                                       viena gatvė

two streets                                    dvi gatvės

the glass for champagne or wine   taurė

one glass                                       viena taurė

two glasses                                    dvi taurės

a female cat                                  katė

one cat                                         viena katė

two cats                                       dvi katės

the grape                                      vynuogė

one grape                                     viena vynuogė

two grapes                                    dvi vynuogės

two days                                       dvi dienos

three colors                                    trys spalvos

four schools                                   keturios mokyklos

five cars                                        penkios mašinos

six wives                                        šešios žmonos

seven books                                    septynios knygos

eight female friends                       aštuonios draugės

nine Lithuanian females                 devynios lietuvės

two glasses                                    dvi taurės

three streets                                    trys gatvės

four cats                                       keturios katės

seven grapes                                  septynios vynuogės

six days                                        šešios dienos

eight colors                                    aštuonios spalvos

three schools                                  trys mokyklos

nine wives                                    devynios žmonos

four books                                    keturios knygos

seven female friends                      septynios draugės

five Lithuanian females                   penkios lietuvės

seven glasses                                  septynios taurės

nine streets                                    devynios gatvės

seven cats                                    septynios katės

three grapes                                   trys vynuogės

eight days                                     aštuonios dienos

six colors                                       šešios spalvos

two schools                                    dvi mokyklos

four cars                                       keturios mašinos

two wives                                    dvi žmonos

nine books                                    devynios knygos

two female friends                        dvi draugės

three glasses                                   trys taurės

seven streets                                   septynios gatvės

eight cats                                       aštuonios katės

six grapes                                      šešios vynuogės

nine cars                                       devynios mašinos

Hi there!  This is Jack and welcome back to Lithuanian Out Loud!  Before we start today’s episode, Agnė iš Vilniaus has something special for us.

Agnė reminded me that in Lithuanian Out Loud episode 51 a song jumped from the lips of Margarita.  This song is "Lietuva", and the music was writen by Galina Savinienė.  The words were written by Justinas Marcinkevičius a well-known Lithuanian poet.  Agnė says this song is usually sung in Lithuanian Song Festivals.

Thanks Agnė for this fabulous recording!  Spectacular!  How about a round of applause for Agnė?  Woohoo!  One last thing before we get going.  A listener named Jim is inviting listeners to join his Lithuanian practice chat room on Skype at captainjim04.  We’ll post his Skype name on this episode’s blog page entry.  Now, on with today’s episode!  Take it away, Agnė!

Tai gražiai, gražiai mane augino So beautifully, beautifully I was raised by

laukas, pieva, kelias, upė,              a field, a meadow, a road, a river,

tai gražiai už rankos vedė             so beautifully I was lead by the hand of

vasaros diena ilga.                        a long summer's day.

tai gražiai už rankos vedė so beautifully I was lead by the hand of

vasaros diena ilga.                         a long summer's day.

Tai gražiai, gražiai lingavo girios, So beautifully, beautifully forests were swinging

uogų ir gegučių pilnos,                   full of berries and cuckoos,

tai gražiai, gražiai saulutė leidos, so beautifully the sun (dim. form) was going down

atilsėlį nešdama. carrying the rest (diminutive, poetic form)

tai gražiai, gražiai saulutė leidos, so beautifully the sun (dim. form) was going down

atilsėlį nešdama. carrying the rest (diminutive, poetic form)

Tai gražiai, gražiai skambėjo žodžiai: So beautifully the words sounded:

laukas, pieva, kelias, upė.             a field, a meadow, a way, a river,

tai gražiai, gražiai iš jų išaugo       so beautifully from them

vienas žodis: L i e t u v a.               one word grew: Lithuania

tai gražiai, gražiai iš jų išaugo       so beautifully from them

vienas žodis: L i e t u v a.             one word grew: Lithuania

Hi there, I’m Jack and I’m Raminta and welcome back to Lithuanian Out Loud where we offer the world the Lithuanian language – and we’re excited about it too!

Today we’re in a new month!  In Latin September means seven and septimus means seventh.  In Lithuanian this month is rugsėjis.  In this month we add the prefix sėti – to sow.  This time of year the grain is sown, germinates and overwinters in the field.

Acording to Wikipedia, the white stork (gandras) is usually felt to be the national bird of Lithuania. Lithuanians believe that storks bring harmony to the families on whose property they nest; they have also kept up the tradition of telling their children that storks bring babies.

Were you told that?  Yeah Did you believe it?  Yes…by the way, I saw in America, next to one house, it was a stork with babies, so I guess in America you have that tradition too. Yeah, tradition, yes, but we don’t actually tell our children this. Mhmm, but maybe some families do because it would not make sense to have a stork with babies in front of the house and not believe in that…I don’t know…

Stork Day is celebrated on March 25 with various archaic rituals: gifts for children, attributed to the storks, such as fruits, chocolates, pencils, and dyed eggs, are hung on tree branches and fences; snakes are caught, killed and buried under the doorstep; straw fires are lit. Lithuania is a beneficial and important habitat for these birds: it has the highest known nesting density in the world.

Stork Day, do you celebrate Stork Day, Dear?  No, I don’t.

The primary focus of this episode is to cover some unusual nouns that don’t follow the normal rules when they are declined.

This episode will focus on just three words.  All three are feminine.

vocabulary – žodynas

woman                       moteris

daughter                     duktė

sister                          sesuo

let’s begin by using these three words in the nominative case or vardininkas

the woman lives in Lithuania moteris gyvena Lietuvoje

the daughter lives in Lithuania       duktė gyvena Lietuvoje

the sister lives in Lithuania           sesuo gyvena Lietuvoje

and now the plural nominative

the women live in Vilnius               moterys gyvena Vilniuje

the daughters live in Vilnius           dukterys gyvena Vilniuje

the sisters live in Vilnius               seserys gyvena Vilniuje

the singular genitive

the woman’s name is Sonata         moters vardas yra Sonata

the daughter’s name is Sonata       dukters vardas yra Sonata

the sister’s name is Sonata           sesers vardas yra Sonata

the plural genitive

the womens’ family is here           moterų šeima yra čia

the daughters’ family is here         dukterų šeima yra čia

the sisters’ family is here               seserų šeima yra čia

in the accusative singular we decline these words like this

moteris changes to moterį duktė changes to dukterį sesuo changes to seserį

Valdas has a woman                     Valdas turi moterį

Valdas has a daughter                   Valdas turi dukterį

Valdas has a sister                         Valdas turi seserį

in the accusative plural we decline these words like this

women changes to moteris daughters changes to dukteris sisters changes to seseris

I look at the women                     žiūriu į moteris

I look at the daughters                 žiūriu į dukteris

I look at the sisters                       žiūriu į seseris

we’ll go over the verb žiūrėti – to look at, soon.

I have a daughter                         aš turiu dukterį

I have a sister                      aš turiu seserį

I have a woman                       aš turiu moterį

Romas has two daughters             Romas turi dvi dukteris

Romas has two sisters                     Romas turi dvi seseris

Romas has two women                   Romas turi dvi moteris

I have two daughters                      aš turiu dvi dukteris

I have two sisters aš turiu dvi seseris

I have two women                         aš turiu dvi moteris

Romas has a daughter                   Romas turi dukterį

Romas has a sister                Romas turi seserį

Romas has a woman               Romas turi moterį

here are some miscellaneous examples:

the auto killed the woman                           automobilis užmušė moterį

why is the man kissing the woman?             kodėl vyras bučiuoja moterį?

respect the woman!                                      gerbkite moterį!

he rescued the woman and the dog             jis išgelbėjo moterį ir šunį

Antanas rescued the daughter                     Antanas išgelbėjo dukterį

Naras rescued the sister                                Naras išgelbėjo seserį

Romualdas wants to have a beautiful woman Romualdas nori turėti gražią moterį

Andrius knows how to seduce a woman       Andrius žino kaip sugundyti moterį

Stanislovas understands the woman             Stanislovas supranta moterį

Šaunu!  Great!  You made it to the end of another episode!  Puiku!  Excellent!

Symbols of Lithuania From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Symbols_of_Lithuania

Jim invites any who would like to practice spoken Lithuanian to join his Skype chat room here:

captainjim04

Alright!  That’s it for today!  Thanks for the download!  If you got anything out of this lesson please leave us a review on our iTunes page. To leave us comments call our voicemail number that’s in the title of every show or call our Skype voicemail at Lithuanianoutloud – that’s one word, and leave us a message there. If you’d like to see the Lithuanian spelling of any word in this series just go to WWW dot Lithuanian dot L I B S Y N dot com.  If you’d like to get these episodes every time a new one is available just go to iTunes and do a search for Lithuanian Out Loud and click subscribe.  It’s completely free.  But, if you don’t want to subscribe on iTunes, just send us an email asking us to alert you every time a new episode hits the internet.  And feel free to make copies of our episodes, put them on cds and pass them out to your friends. Thanks to CCMixter.org, Ditto Ditto and Vieux Farka Toure for the podcast music. Thanks for tuning in, tell your friends about us, we’ll see you on the next episode of Lithuanian Out Loud. I’m Jack and I’ve never met a Lithuanian I didn’t like.  Viso gero!  Sudie!

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Dvidešimt aštuntas egzaminas.  This is a quick response episode!  We’ll say the word or phrase in English and you say it in Lithuanian – Out Loud!  It’s too late for questions, the exam starts now.  Ready, set, go!  Pasiruošti, dėmesio, marš!

I have a question                                        aš turiu klausimą

I speak a little Lithuanian, and you?             aš truputį kalbu lietuviškai, o tu?

I speak Lithuanian well                               aš kalbu lietuviškai gerai

but you know that, I speak a little English bet žinai ką, aš truputį kalbu angliškai

a little Russian, a little Russian, yes, a little šiek tiek rusiškai, šiek tiek rusiškai, taip, šiek tiek

but my brother speaks Russian well            o mano brolis kalba labai gerai rusiškai.

does your brother speak English?               ar tavo brolis kalba angliškai?

my brother speaks a little English               mano brolis kalba truputį angliškai

a little, a little                                            truputį, truputį

let’s get started                                          pradėkime

a little                                                        truputį

I speak a little                                           aš truputį kalbu

I speak a little Lithuanian                           aš truputį kalbu lietuviškai

I speak a little Spanish                               aš truputį kalbu ispaniškai

I speak a little German                              aš truputį kalbu vokiškai

I speak a little Italian                                  aš truputį kalbu itališkai

I speak a little Indonesian                          aš truputį kalbu indoneziškai

I speak a little Chinese                              aš truputį kalbu kiniškai

he speaks a little Russian                           jis truputį kalba rusiškai

he speaks a little Polish                             jis truputį kalba lenkiškai

he speaks a little French                            jis truputį kalba prancūziškai

he speaks a little Indonesian                       jis truputį kalba indoneziškai

he speaks a little Dutch                             jis truputį kalba olandiškai

he speaks a little Chinese                            jis truputį kalba kiniškai

I understand a little Portuguese                  aš truputį suprantu portugališkai

I understand a little Croatian                       aš truputį suprantu kroatiškai

I understand a little Swahili                       aš truputį suprantu svahiliškai

I understand a little Lithuanian                   aš truputį suprantu lietuviškai

I understand a little Chinese                      aš truputį suprantu kiniškai

she understands a little English                    ji truputį supranta angliškai

she understands a little Dutch                    ji truputį supranta olandiškai

she understands a little Japanese                ji truputį supranta japoniškai

she understands a little German                 ji truputį supranta vokiškai

a little                                                     šiek tiek

I understand, a little                                 aš suprantu – šiek tiek

I understand Lithuanian, a little                 aš suprantu lietuviškai – šiek tiek

I speak Lithuanian, a little                        aš kalbu lietuviškai – šiek tiek

I speak a little Lithuanian                          aš šiek tiek kalbu lietuviškai

I speak only a little Lithuanian                  aš kalbu lietuviškai, tik šiek tiek

I speak German, a little                             aš kalbu vokiškai – šiek tiek

I speak Japanese, only a little                    aš kalbu japoniškai, tik šiek tiek

I speak Russian, a little                             aš kalbu rusiškai – šiek tiek

he speaks a little Dutch                             jis šiek tiek kalba olandiškai

he speaks a little English                            jis šiek tiek kalba angliškai

he speaks Lithuanian, a little                      jis kalba lietuviškai – šiek tiek

he speaks Swahili, a little                          jis kalba svahiliškai – šiek tiek

I understand German, a little                     aš suprantu vokiškai – šiek tiek

I understand Spanish, a little                     aš suprantu ispaniškai – šiek tiek

I understand Indonesian, a little                  aš suprantu indoneziškai – šiek tiek

I understand a little Dutch                         aš šiek tiek suprantu olandiškai

I understand a little French                        aš šiek tiek suprantu prancūziškai

I understand a little Chinese                       aš šiek tiek suprantu kiniškai

she understands Polish, only a little            ji supranta lenkiškai, tik šiek tiek

she understands Russian, a little                 ji supranta rusiškai – šiek tiek

she understands Italian, only a little            ji supranta itališkai, tik šiek tiek

she understands only a little Croatian          ji tik šiek tiek supranta kroatiškai

I understand a little Portuguese                  aš šiek tiek suprantu portugališkai

almost or nearly                                       beveik

everything                                               viskas

I understand almost everything                  aš suprantu beveik viską

Hi, this is Jack and welcome back to Lithuanian Out Loud.  This week we have two new verbs for you with lots of examples.  After the examples we go through a list of new words in vardininkas to help you understand all of the example sentences.  We’ve also got another super contribution done by Agnė iš Vilniaus.  Thanks again Agnė, you’re awesome, please keep them coming.  I know everyone listening is really enjoying them.  Also, we’re up to 32 positive reviews on our iTunes page.  If you’d like to help us get to our goal of 50 reviews, we’d really love to get some more from you.  So please, help us out if you can.

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Sveiki, aš Agnė. Today we will try to work a little bit on the pronunciation of Lithuanian "dvibalsiai" - diphthongs.

I know a lot of students are struggling with this, so let's practice.

There are nine dvibalsiai in Lithuanian: ai, au, ei, eu, ie, oi, ou, uo, ui,

let's try to repeat each of them slowly: ai or ai - if the stress is on the letter a, it sounds like in mine,  - laimė, baimė, kailis, laiškas

If the stress is on the letter i, it sounds like this: vaikas, baigti, Klaipėda, laikas (letter l has to be pronounced hard) Klaipėda, not Kleipėda, laikas, not leikas.

the second diphthong… au or au - if the stress is on the letter a, it sounds like in house,  - aura, auksas, apgaulė, pasaulis  if the stress is on the letter u, it sounds like in own, - aukuras, paukštis, laukas, prausti   the third diphthong… ei - if the stress is on the letter e, it sounds like this - eibė, meilė, leisti, paveikslas, if the stress is on the letter i, it sounds like in game, - eiti, sveikas, keleivis, ateivis

the next one… eu - I think we have no English example for this :) – but in Lithuanian it sounds like Europa, euras, eukaliptas, eutanazija

ie - like in theater - pieva, vienas, miestas, Dievas

oi - like in boy - oi, boikotas

ou - like in home - klounas, šou

uo - about the same as in watch... - uodas, duona, šuo, duoti

ui - like in ruin - muilas, buivolas, luitas, muitas

Congratulations, you went through all the nine diphthongs.

So let's repeat all of them once more: ai or ai, au or au, ei or ei, eu, ie, oi, ou, uo, ui.

Sometimes you can find three vowels in one place, starting with -i-: iai, iau, but it could be helpful for you to know, that "iai" is pronounced almost the same as "ei", and iau - as "eu":

for example… gražiai, meiliai, gražiau, meiliau.

That's it for today :)  Enjoy practicing :)

Mėgti – to like

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

According to Wikipedia, Lithuania's special animals include the wolf (vilkas) and the bear (lokys). According to a popular legend, an iron wolf in Gediminas' dream encouraged the Grand Duke to establish Vilnius and make the city his capital. The Iron Wolf Mechanised Infantry Brigade (motorizuotoji pėstininkų brigada 'Geležinis vilkas') is now the core unit of the Lithuanian Army. The bear is an ancient symbol of Žemaitija, one of the regions of Lithuania, and appears in the coat of arms of Šiauliai district as well. An elk is shown in the Lazdijai district municipality coat of arms.

Today we‘ll learn another way to say, for example, “I like Lithuania“ using a different verb – mėgti. 

I like Lithuania             man patinka Lietuva

I like Lithuania             aš mėgstu Lietuvą

So, you could say it either way?  Man patinka would be more common.  Aš mėgstu – kind of strange.

Oh, then we need a different example.  Mėgstu Lietuvą, not a good idea.  What would you say is a good example?  Man patinka ir aš mėgstu for the same thing?  Aha, man patinka…kava?  Yeah, man patinka kava, aš mėgstu kavą.  Right, okay.

Today we‘ll learn another way to say, for example, “I like coffee“ using a different verb – mėgti. 

I like coffee                 man patinka kava

I like coffee                 aš mėgstu kavą

The difference between the verbs patikti and mėgti is that patikti is not a strong liking of something.  Mėgti expresses a deeper emotion.  When you use mėgti you‘re saying you deeply like something.  Mėgti is a transitive verb so we decline the object of the sentence using the accusative case or galininkas.  Nemėgti declines using the genitive case or kilmininkas.

The verb mėgti is always used with accusative

aš mėgstu kriaušę I like the pear

If we don’t like something we use genitive

aš nemėgstu kriaušės I don’t like the pear

prašom pakartoti, please repeat…

to like  mėgti

I like                                      aš mėgstu 

you like                                  tu mėgsti 

he likes                                   jis mėgsta 

she likes                                  ji mėgsta 

you like                                  jūs mėgstate 

you all like                              jūs mėgstate 

we like                                   mes mėgstame 

they like                                 jie mėgsta 

they like                                  jos mėgsta 

to not like                              nemėgti

I do not like                           aš nemėgstu

you do not like                       tu nemėgsti

he does not like                      jis nemėgta

she does not like                   ji nemėgsta

you do not like                       jūs nemėgstate

you all don’t like                    jūs nemėgstate

we do not like                        mes nemėgstame

they do not like                      jie nemėgsta

they do not like                      jos nemėgsta

aš

I like to dance                        aš mėgstu šokti

I really like music                   labai mėgstu muziką

I like only Lithuanian bread   mėgstu tik lietuvišką duoną

I like the cold                         mėgstu šaltą

I don’t like music                   nemėgstu muzikos

I don’t like Lithuanian bread nemėgstu lietuviškos duonos

I don’t like the cold                nemėgstu šalčio

tu

do you like pizza?                  ar tu mėgsti picą?

you like the crabs, don’t you? mėgsti krabus, ar ne?

I know what you like              aš žinau ką tu mėgsti

do you like the sandwich?     ar tu mėgsti sumuštinį?

do you not like the pizza?       ar nemėgsti picos?

you don’t like the crabs?       ar nemėgsti krabų?

you don’t like the sandwich   nemėgsti sumuštinio

jis

he likes the food                     jis mėgsta maistą

he likes the perch                   jis mėgsta ešerį

he likes the woman               jis mėgsta moterį

he doesn’t like the food         jis nemėgsta maisto

he doesn’t like the perch       jis nemėgsta ešerio

he doesn’t like the woman     jis nemėgsta moters

ji

she likes the sister                 ji mėgsta seserį

she likes the daughter           ji mėgsta dukterį

she likes the village               ji mėgsta miestelį

she doesn’t like the sister       ji nemėgsta sesers

she doesn’t like the daughter ji nemėgsta dukters

she doesn’t like the village     ji nemėgsta miestelio

mes

we like the hotel                    mes mėgstame viešbutį

we like the restaurant             mėgstame restoraną

we like the beach                   mėgstame paplūdimį

we don’t like the hotel            mes nemėgstame viešbučio

we don’t like the restaurant   nemėgstame restorano

we don’t like the beach          nemėgstame paplūdimio

jūs

do you like the women?         ar jūs mėgstate moteris?

do you like the sisters?         ar jūs mėgstate seseris?

do you like the daughters?     ar jūs mėgstate dukteris?

you don’t like the women     jūs nemėgstate moterų

you don’t like the sisters       jūs nemėgstate seserų

you don’t like the daughters   jūs nemėgstate dukterų

jūs

do you all like the beer?         ar jūs mėgstate alų?

do you all like the wine?         ar mėgstate vyną?

do you all like the festival?     ar mėgstate festivalį?

you all don’t like the beer       jūs nemėgstate alaus

you all don’t like the wine     nemėgstate vyno

you all don’t like the festival   nemėgstate festivalio

jie

they like Brussels                   jie mėgsta Briuselį

they like Prague                     jie mėgsta Prahą

they like Paris                       jie mėgsta Paryžių

they don’t like Brussels         jie nemėgsta Briuselio

they don’t like Prague           jie nemėgsta Prahos

they don’t like Paris               jie nemėgsta Paryžiaus

jos

they like Athens                     jos mėgsta Atėnus

they like Šiauliai                      jos mėgsta Šiaulius

they like Trakai                       jos mėgsta Trakus

they don’t like Athens           jos nemėgsta Atėnų

they don’t like Šiauliai           jos nemėgsta Šiaulių

they don’t like Trakai             jos nemėgsta Trakų

imperative – so, these might sound a little bit odd as imperatives or as commands but here they are:

tu                                           mėk!

mes                                        mėkime!

jūs                                         mėkite!

tu                                           nemėk!

mes                                        nemėkime!

jūs                                         nemėkite!

and now, here are some miscellaneous examples...

I like to disappoint                     aš mėgstu nuvilti

I like challenges                             aš mėgstu iššūkius

I like a challenge                            aš mėgstu iššūkį

I like the Earth’s smell                   aš mėgstu žemės kvapą

I really like to sing                         aš labai mėgstu dainuoti

I really like to dance                       aš labai mėgstu šokti

I don’t like people                         nemėgstu žmonių

I don’t like telephones                   nemėgstu telefonų

I don’t like to look at the news     nemėgstu žiūrėti žinių

I don’t like ice cream                     nemėgstu ledų

I don’t like to have new neighbors nemėgstu turėti naujų kaimynų

vocabulary žodynas (vardininkas)

a fish                žuvis

the music         muzika

bread                duona

cold                 šaltas

pizza                pica

a crab                krabas

a sandwich        sumuštinis

food                 maistas

a perch             ešerys

a woman           moteris

a sister             sesuo

a daughter        duktė

a village            miestelis

a hotel              viešbutis

a restaurant     restoranas

a beach            paplūdimys

beer                 alus

wine                vynas

festival            festivalis

Brussels           Briuselis

Prague            Praha

Paris               Paryžius

Athens            Atėnai

Šiauliai            Šiauliai

Trakai            Trakai

to disappoint   nuvilti

a challenge      iššūkis

earth              žemė

smell, odor      kvapas

only                tik

new                naujas, nauja

a book            knyga

a person          žmogus

people            žmonės

a telephone     telefonas

telephones      telefonai

to look at        žiūrėti

ice                  ledas

ice cream        ledai

a neighbor       kaimynas

neighbors        kaimynai

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Symbols of Lithuania From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Symbols_of_Lithuania

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