Exam 27 Dvidešimt septintas 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!

to understand                             suprasti

I understand                              aš suprantu

you understand (familiar)                 tu supranti

he understands                            jis supranta

she understands                           ji supranta

we understand                             mes suprantame

you understand (formal)                   jūs suprantate

you all understand                        jūs suprantate

they understand (male / female group)    jie supranta

they understand (females only)                jos supranta

only                                                             tik

I understand English                                  aš suprantu angliškai

I don’t understand English                          aš nesuprantu angliškai

I understand Lithuanian                              aš suprantu lietuviškai

I don’t understand Lithuanian                      aš nesuprantu lietuviškai

I understand Lithuanian well                        aš labai gerai suprantu lietuviškai

I don’t understand Lithuanian well               aš nelabai gerai suprantu lietuviškai

I understand Chinese                                   aš suprantu kiniškai

I understand Indonesian                              aš suprantu indoneziškai

I don‘t understand Indonesian                    aš nesuprantu indoneziškai

I don‘t understand                                     aš nesuprantu

I understand only English                           aš suprantu tik angliškai

I only understand Lithuanian                      aš suprantu tik lietuviškai

he understands only Spanish                      jis supranta tik ispaniškai

he understands only German                      jis supranta tik vokiškai

he understands Chinese                             jis supranta kiniškai

he doesn‘t understand Chinese                   jis nesupranta kiniškai

he understands Chinese well                      jis labai gerai supranta kiniškai

do you understand Dutch?                         ar tu supranti olandiškai?

do you understand Indonesian?                  ar tu supranti indoneziškai?

no, I understand only Russian                    ne, aš suprantu tik rusiškai

do you understand Latvian?                        ar tu supranti latviškai?

yes, I understand Latvian                           taip, aš suprantu latviškai

does she understand Lithuanian?                ar ji supranta lietuviškai?

no, she understands only Spanish               ne, ji supranta tik ispaniškai

do you all understand Polish?                      ar jūs suprantate lenkiškai?

yes, we understand Polish                           taip, mes suprantame lenkiškai

no, we don’t understand Polish                    ne, mes nesuprantame lenkiškai

do you understand Chinese?                        ar jūs suprantate kiniškai?

do you understand Spanish?                        ar jūs suprantate ispaniškai?

no, we understand only Lithuanian              ne, mes suprantame tik lietuviškai

you understand German, right? (formal)      jūs suprantate vokiškai, ar ne?

yes, I understand German well                    taip, aš gerai suprantu vokiškai

do they understand French?                        ar jie supranta prancūziškai?

yes, they understand French well                 taip, jie gerai supranta prancūziškai

do they understand Italian?                         ar jie supranta itališkai?

yes, they understand Italian                        taip, jie supranta itališkai

no, they don’t understand Italian                 ne, jie nesupranta itališkai

do they understand Chinese? (females only)    ar jos supranta kiniškai?

do they understand Indonesian?                  ar jos supranta indoneziškai?

do they understand Swahili?                        ar jos supranta svahiliškai?

no, they understand only Arabic                  ne, jos supranta tik arabiškai

do they understand Portuguese?                 ar jos supranta portugališkai?

yes, they understand Portuguese                taip, jos supranta portugališkai

do you all understand Lithuanian?               ar jūs suprantat lietuviškai?

no, we understand only Croatian                 ne, mes suprantam tik kroatiškai

she’s from Brazil & she speaks Portuguese   ji yra iš Brazilijos ir ji kalba portugališkai

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 the Wikipedia page, List of Lithuanian Gods; Teliavelis was a powerful smith who made the sun and threw it into the sky. This myth survived in folk tales up to the beginning of 20th century.

In the last few episodes we learned how to use the accusative plural and genitive plural in conjunction with a transitive verb – valgyti – to eat.  But, we only did masculine nouns.

Today we’ll use some feminine nouns.  Feminine nouns are declined in the plural accusative like this:

words that end in –a change to –as words that end in –ė change to –es

now let’s go over some examples…

a carrot           morka

carrots                             morkos

I am eating a carrot           aš valgau morką

I eat the carrots                 aš valgau morkas

I am not eating a carrot       aš nevalgau morkos

I am not eating the carrots   aš nevalgau morkų

a sausage                                   dešra

sausages                                    dešros

you are eating a sausage (tu)         tu valgai dešrą

you eat the sausages                   valgai dešras

you are not eating a sausage        nevalgai dešros

you do not eat the sausages         nevalgai dešrų

a pizza                                       pica

pizzas                                        picos

they are eating a pizza                 jie valgo picą

they eat the pizzas                       jie valgo picas

they are not eating a pizza           jie nevalgo picos

they are not eating the pizzas        jie nevalgo picų

a potato                                      bulvė

potatoes                                     bulvės

he is eating a potato                     jis valgo bulvę

he is eating the potatoes               jis valgo bulves

he is not eating a potato               jis nevalgo bulvės

he is not eating the potatoes         jis nevalgo bulvių

a vegetable                                 daržovė

vegetables                                  daržovės

she is eating a vegetable               ji valgo daržovę

she eats vegetables                     ji valgo daržoves

she is not eating a vegetable         ji nevalgo daržovės

she is not eating the vegetables     ji nevalgo daržovių

(now a conversation on whether or not people should eat squirrels - voverės)

keep in mind when you say aš valgau, you’re saying I eat or I am eating, jis valgo, he eats or he is eating, mes valgome, we eat or we are eating.

Also, if this all seems difficult, don’t worry, we plan to do hundreds or even thousands of examples using many, many verbs to make this easier for you.

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

List of Lithuanian Gods http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Lithuanian_gods   http://www.Lithuanian.Libsyn.com Skype voicemail:  Lithuanianoutloud email Raminta and Jack at: [email protected]  http://www.vieuxfarkatoure.com/ http://www.ccmixter.org/

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Hi there, this is Jack, and welcome back to Lithuanian Out Loud.  Before we get to today’s episode, here’s another fabulous installment of Agnė iš Vilniaus.  Take it away, Agne!

Sveiki, aš Agnė iš Vilniaus.  Hi, I’m Agnė from Vilnius.  Today I will share with you some interesting phrases you can use with your Lithuanian friends.  If you're hungry just tell your friend, aš alkanas kaip vilkas or aš alkanas kaip šuo.

alkanas or alkana mean hungry vilkas is a wolf and šuo is a dog

let's say it one time slowly   aš alkanas kaip vilkas aš alkanas kaip vilkas – I am as hungry as a wolf   aš alkanas kaip šuo aš alkanas kaip šuo - I'm as hungry as a dog

but only a male would say alkanas, let's say it at normal speed, repeat after me   aš alkanas kaip vilkas   aš alkanas kaip šuo   and a female would say,   aš alkana kaip vilkas   aš alkana kaip šuo aš alkana kaip vilkas aš alkanas kaip šuo   After you say that your Lithuanian friend will know it's time to get something to eat.   I hope you had fun today with these. I'm Agnė and I'll see you next week!  Iki!

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

According to the free encyclopedia Wikipedia, a pre-Christian Lithuanian tradition of the summer equinox was a time of great festivals.  The festivities included singing songs and dancing until sunset.  Old stories were told and at midnight Lithuanians would search the forests for the magic fern blossom.  People would jump over fires and in the morning the midsummer sun was greeted with a face washing ceremony using the morning dew.  Young girls would float flower wreaths on the water of a river or lake.

Rasa is the Lithuanian word for dew and this annual festival was known as Rasos – the Dew Festival.  After the arrival of Christianity the day was renamed Joninės.

Today’s episode will basically mirror the last episode covering valgyti but this will be nevalgyti – to not eat.  When you use a transitive verb the object of the sentence is declined using the accusative case or galininkas.  For example, I eat the banana.  Banana is the object that receives the action of the verb, to eat.  So, banana is declined using galininkas.  The object that receives the action of a negated verb is declined using kilmininkas or the genitive case. 

The genitive singular and genitive plural were covered in episodes 0022, 0030, 0031, 0033, 0037, 0039, and 0050. now let’s conjugate nevalgyti – to not eat

I do not eat                         aš nevalgau

you do not eat (tu)               tu nevalgai

he does not eat                    jis nevalgo

she does not eat                   ji nevalgo

we do not eat                       mes nevalgome

you do not eat (jūs)              jūs nevalgote

you all do not eat                  jūs nevalgote

they do not eat                      jie nevalgo

they do not eat (all females)    jos nevalgo

now let’s make some sentences using nevalgyti.

a banana                                 bananas

the bananas                             bananai

I’m eating a banana                aš valgau bananą

I’m eating the bananas             aš valgau bananus

I’m not eating a banana           aš nevalgau banano

I’m not eating the bananas        aš nevalgau bananų

the mushroom                            grybas

the mushrooms                           grybai

are you eating a mushroom?        ar tu valgai grybą?

are you eating mushrooms?         ar valgai grybus?

you are not eating a mushroom    nevalgai grybo

you are not eating mushrooms      nevalgai grybų

an egg                                         kiaušinis

the eggs                                       kiaušiniai

he is eating an egg                       jis valgo kiaušinį

he is eating eggs                           jis valgo kiaušinius

he is not eating an egg                  jis nevalgo kiaušinio

he is not eating eggs                     jis nevalgo kiaušinių

a sandwich or hamburger             sumuštinis

the sandwiches or hamburgers       sumuštiniai

she is eating a sandwich               ji valgo sumuštinį

she’s eating hamburgers               ji valgo sumuštinius

she is not eating a sandwich         ji nevalgo sumuštinio

she is not eating hamburgers        ji nevalgo sumuštinių

an apple                                     obuolys

the apples                                   obuoliai

we are eating an apple                  mes valgome obuolį

we are eating the apples                mes valgome obuolius

we are not eating an apple            mes nevalgome obuolio

we are not eating apples               mes nevalgome obuolių

a crab                                         krabas

crabs                                           krabai

are you eating a crab?                  ar jūs valgote krabą?

are you eating crabs?                   ar jūs valgote krabus?

you are not eating a crab              jūs nevalgote krabo

you are not eating crabs               jūs nevalgote krabų

eel                                              ungurys

the eels                                       unguriai

are you all eating an eel?               ar jūs valgote ungurį?

are you all eating eels?                  ar jūs valgote ungurius?

you all are not eating an eel           jūs nevalgote ungurio

you all are not eating eels               jūs nevalgote ungurių

a perch (a species of fish)              ešerys

the perch (plural)                         ešeriai

are they eating a perch?                ar jos valgo ešerį?

are they are eating perch?             ar jos valgo ešerius?

they are not eating a perch             jos nevalgo ešerio

they are not eating perch               jos nevalgo ešerių

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! Joninės http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jonines http://www.Lithuanian.Libsyn.com Skype voicemail:  Lithuanianoutloud email Raminta and Jack at: [email protected]  http://www.vieuxfarkatoure.com/ http://www.ccmixter.org/

Hi there, this is Jack and welcome back to Lithuanian Out Loud, a lot of flavor, zero calories.  Before we start today’s episode, just wanted to mention a couple of things.  As of this recording the Lithuanian basketball team has won four games at the Beijing Olympics and lost none.  Could this be the Olympic Games where they win the gold medal?  I’m rooting for Lithuania!  Valio, valio, valio! 

Now, here’s another Agnė iš Vilniaus contribution.  Agnė says every Lithuanian aged three and older knows this song by heart.  I looked for this song on Youtube and added links on the Lithuanian Out Loud blogpage so you can see the song with a video.  Click on the links, I think you’ll enjoy them.  Of course, if you want to see the lyrics to the song, you can read them on the show notes on the blogpage or you can get them off the episode pdf.     Labai ačiū, Agne!  You’ve created another fantastic contribution!  You’re super!   Du gaideliai  (two little roosters)   Du gaideliai, du gaideliai, Baltus žirnius kūlė. Dvi vištelės, dvi vištelės Į malūną vežė. Dvi vištelės, dvi vištelės Į malūną vežė.   Ožys malė, ožys malė, Ožka pikliavojo, O ši trečia ožkytėlė Miltus nusijojo. O ši trečia ožkytėlė Miltus nusijojo.   Musė maišė, musė maišė, Uodas vandens nešė. Saulė virė, saulė virė, Mėnesėlis kepė. Saulė virė, saulė virė, Mėnesėlis kepė.   translation: Two little roosters, two little roosters Thrashing white peas Two little chickens, two little chickens, Carried them (peas) to the mill.   A goat (male) was grinding, a goat was grinding A goat (female) was rumpling (very old Lithuanian word) And the third (of them) - a little goat Sifted the flower   A fly was mixing, a fly was mixing, Mosquito carried water, Sun was cooking, Sun was cooking, The Moon (cute form) was baking.   Du gaideliai tramvajuje http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=918LSzMrZ5o   Du gaideliai (in Iceland) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jnYk0qbVCsw   Du Gaideliai by 'Merkuijus' http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hm7MBwgEA_4

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 August which in Lithuanian is rugpjūtis.   Lietuvos zoologijos sodas is the only zoo in Lithuania.  It’s located in Kaunas and it has over 2,000 animals and 270 species.    doughnut           spurga   bear                   lokys   According to Radio Vilnius & Current Affairs of February 2008, a woman who was in charge of the animal cages was attacked by a bear that had escaped.  Her screams attracted the attention of a man who was in the parking lot and he scared the 70 kilo or 154 pound bear off.  The woman was hospitalized.   In early February a zookeeper was gored by a musk ox.  The man’s life couldn’t be saved.    According to the Associated Press back in May of 2007 three university students climbed into a giraffe’s pen at night.  The giraffe defended itself and stomped on 22 year-old Ruta Greičiutė, breaking her nose and collarbone.   ---   Back in episode 0059 we introduced the accusative case or galininkas.  Today we’ll start in on the plural accusative or accusative plural.   To do this let’s introduce a new verb – valgyti – to eat.  When you use a transitive verb the object of the sentence is declined using the accusative case or galininkas.  For example, I eat the banana.  Banana is a singular object that receives the action of the verb, to eat.  So, banana is declined using galininkas.  You know the verb is transitive when you see the object receives the action of the verb.  I open the window – the object, window is receiving the action of the verb, to open.  Sonata drives the car.  The object – the car is receiving the action of the verb, to drive.   now let’s conjugate valgyti – to eat   I eat                            aš valgau   you eat (tu)                  tu valgai   he eats                         jis valgo

she eats                       ji valgo

we eat                         mes valgome

you eat (jūs)                jūs valgote

you all eat                   jūs valgote

they eat (jie)                jie valgo

they eat (jos                 jos valgo   We’ve already gone over the accusative singular in previous episodes.  I’m eating an egg is the accusative singular.  I’m eating a single egg.  I’m eating one egg.  The egg is the object that receives the action of the verb – to eat.   I’m eating the eggs or I’m eating two eggs is the accusative plural.  The plural object – eggs – are receiving the action of the verb – to eat.   In this episode we’ll focus on the accusative plural such as, I’m eating eggs or he’s eating mushrooms.  Here are some of the plural accusative endings.  Today we’re going to do only masculine nouns.  Words that end in…   -as change to –us -is changes to –ius -ys changes to –ius -us changes to –us -ius changes to –ius -uo changes to –enis   Now let’s make some sentences using valgyti.  Keep in mind that in Lithuanian to say aš valgau can mean I eat or I am eating, tu eini, you walk or you are walking.   a banana                                     bananas

bananas                                      bananai

the bananas                                 bananai

I’m eating a banana                      aš valgau bananą

I’m eating the bananas                  aš valgau bananus

Some say Lithuanian is hard.  Hmmm.  Don’t worry if this episode seems difficult.  Assuming we keep these podcasts coming for thousands of episodes, we plan to do a single episode for every new verb we introduce.  Of course, there are thousands of verbs to cover so you’ll get tons of practice just like here with the verb valgyti.

a mushroom                                  grybas

the mushrooms                              grybai

are you eating a mushroom?           ar tu valgai grybą?

are you eating mushrooms?            ar valgai grybus?   Attention!  Dėmesio!  Something else to keep in mind when conjugating any verb.  You don’t need to say “aš valgau” since valgau makes - aš - obvious.  You can just say, valgau.  The word aš is not necessary unless you want to use it for emphasis.  Same goes for tu valgai, “tu” isn’t necessary – you can simply say, “valgai,” tu is understood.  Valgome is the same, you don’t need to say mes.  Valgote is also the same, you don’t need to say jūs.  In these examples the pronoun is unnecessary.   an egg                                          kiaušinis

the eggs                                        kiaušiniai

he is eating an egg                          jis valgo kiaušinį

he is eating eggs                             jis valgo kiaušinius   a sandwich or hamburger                sumuštinis

the sandwiches or hamburgers         sumuštiniai

she is eating a sandwich                  ji valgo sumuštinį

she’s eating hamburgers                  ji valgo sumuštinius   an apple                                        obuolys

the apples                                      obuoliai

we are eating an apple                    mes valgome obuolį

we are eating the apples                  mes valgome obuolius   a crab                                           krabas

crabs                                            krabai

are you eating a crab?                    ar jūs valgote krabą?

are you eating crabs?                      ar jūs valgote krabus?   an eel                                           ungurys

the eels                                         unguriai

are you all eating an eel?                 ar jūs valgote ungurį?

are you all eating eels?                    ar jūs valgote ungurius?   a perch                                         ešerys

the perch (plural)                           ešeriai

are they eating a perch?                  ar jos valgo ešerį?

are they are eating perch? (plural)    ar jos valgo ešerius?   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! Kaunas Zoo http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kaunas_Zoo http://www.Lithuanian.Libsyn.com Skype voicemail:  Lithuanianoutloud email Raminta and Jack at: [email protected]  http://www.vieuxfarkatoure.com/ http://www.ccmixter.org/

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 August which in Lithuanian is - rugpjūtis.

The Stelmužė Oak or in Lithuanian; Stelmužės ąžuolas is an oak tree which is growing in the former Stelmužė Manor Park. The oak reaches 23 meters in height and only side branches remain alive. It is believed to be at least 1,500 years old, possibly, as many as 2,000 years old; this makes it the oldest oak in Lithuania and one of the oldest in Europe. However, exact measurements of age are difficult as the inner part of the trunk has been removed. The oak is a nature heritage object in Lithuania and is the best known tree in the country.

pradėkime, let’s get started

This episode is based on a phone conversation Raminta and I had months ago but we’re only now getting around to putting it together.  First, here is the audio from the phone call…

O mano diena buvo ilga, važiavau į Klaipėdą autobusu, ahhh...., turėjau viešnagę Klaipėdoje, aplankiau brolius, registravau mašiną ir grįžau su mašina į Vilnių, pasiėmiau iš draugės šunį, ir grįžau visa pavargus namo.

O, aš tokia laiminga, aš turiu naują automobilį. Aš laiminga, aš džiaugiuosi, parskridau kaip vėjas iš Klaipėdos į Vilnių.

Aš labai laiminga turėdama automobilį, negaliu sulaukti rytojaus kada galėsiu vairuoti į parką pasivaikščioti su šuneliu. O rytoj važiuosiu į Trakus su Antiku ir Dovile.

Lietuviai turi tokią tradiciją, nusipirkę naują automobilį atidaryti šampano butelį ir aplaistyti automobilį šampanu.

Now Raminta will repeat her words slowly with a translation.

O mano diena buvo ilga, važiavau į Klaipėdą autobusu, Oh my day was long, I went to Klaipėda by bus,

turėjau viešnagę Klaipėdoje, aplankiau brolius, registravau mašiną ir grįžau su mašina į Vilnių, I had a stay in Kaipėda, visited my brothers, registered the car and returned with the car to Vilnius,

pasiėmiau iš draugės šunį, ir grįžau visa pavargus namo. took the dog from a girlfriend and returned home all tired.

O, aš tokia laiminga, aš turiu naują automobilį. Oh, I am so happy to have a new car.

Aš laiminga, aš džiaugiuosi, parskridau kaip vėjas iš Klaipėdos į Vilnių. I am happy, I rejoice, from Klaipėda to Vilnius flew like the wind.

Aš labai laiminga turėdama automobilį, negaliu sulaukti rytojaus kada galėsiu vairuoti į parką pasivaikščioti su šuneliu. I am very happy to have a car, can’t wait for tomorrow when I can drive to the park with the dog for a walk.

O rytoj važiuosiu į Trakus su Antiku ir Dovile. And tomorrow I will go to Trakai with Antik and Dovile.

Lietuviai turi tokią tradiciją, Lithuanians have such a tradition,

nusipirkę naują automobilį atidaryti šampano butelį ir aplaistyti automobilį šampanu. after buying a new car they open a bottle of champagne and wet the car with the champagne.

my day was long                           mano diena buvo ilga

my day was short                           mano diena buvo trumpa

to go (by means of transportation)   važiuoti

I went to Klaipėda by bus              važiavau į Klaipėdą autobusu

I went to Klaipėda by car               važiavau į Klaipėdą mašina

I went to Klaipėda by train             važiavau į Klaipėdą traukiniu

I went to Klaipėda by bicycle          važiavau į Klaipėdą dviračiu

I went to Vilnius by bus                 važiavau į Vilnių autobusu

I went to Vilnius by car                  važiavau į Vilnių mašina

a stay, as in a visit                         viešnagė

to call on, to visit                            aplankyti

I called on my brother                    aplankiau savo brolį

I called on my brothers                    aplankiau savo brolius

I called on my mother                    aplankiau savo mamą

I called on my father                      aplankiau savo tėvą

I visited my parents                        aplankiau savo tėvus

I visited my sister                          aplankiau savo seserį

I visited my sisters                         aplankiau savo seseris

I returned with my car to Vilnius     grįžau su mašina į Vilnių

to take, to get                                 pasiimti

I took from a friend the dog            pasiėmiau iš draugės šunį

to register                                     registruoti

I registered the car                          registravau mašiną

to return, to come back                   grįžti

I’ll be back                                   sugrįšiu

I’ll be right back                            tuoj sugrįšiu, tuoj grįšiu

to return home                              grįžti namo

I returned home                            grįžau namo

I returned to Vilnius                       grįžau į Vilnių

I returned to Klaipėda                     grįžau į Klaipėdą

I returned to Kaunas                      grįžau į Kauną

I returned home all tired                aš grįžau visa pavargus namo

happy                                           laimingas, laiminga

I’m happy (male)                           aš laimingas

I’m happy (female)                       aš laiminga

so, such                                       toks, tokia

I’m so happy (male)                      aš toks laimingas

I’m so happy (female)                    aš tokia laiminga

that is such a pleasure!                  tai toks malonumas!

joy, happiness                               džiaugsmas

I’m joyful (female)                        aš džiaugiuosi

I’m joyful (male)                          aš džiaugiuosi

a new car                                     naujas automobilis

a new flat                                     naujas butas

a new house                                  naujas namas

a new restaurant                           naujas restoranas

a new coffee shop                         nauja kavinė

a new book                                   nauja knyga

a new song                                   nauja daina

a new day                                    nauja diena

to come back flying                       parskristi

I flew back like the wind                parskridau kaip vėjas

I flew back home like the wind       parskridau kaip vėjas namo

I can’t wait                                   negaliu sulaukti

I can’t wait for tomorrow              negaliu sulaukti rytojaus

tomorrow                                     rytoj

tomorrow I will drive to the park    rytoj aš važiuosiu į parką

tomorrow I will drive to the city      rytoj aš važiuosiu į miestą

tomorrow I will drive to work         rytoj aš važiuosiu į darbą

tomorrow I will drive to Vilnius        rytoj aš važiuosiu į Vilnių

tomorrow I will drive to Klaipėda    rytoj aš važiuosiu į Klaipėdą

to go for a walk, to go for a stroll    pasivaikščioti

I want to go for a stroll                  aš noriu pasivaikščioti

do you want to go for a stroll?        ar nori pasivaikščioti?

would you like to go for a stroll?     ar norėtum pasivaikščioti?

let’s go for a walk with the dog       pasivaikščiokim su šuneliu

tomorrow I will travel to Klaipėda   rytoj važiuosiu į Klaipėdą

tomorrow I will travel to Vilnius       rytoj važiuosiu į Vilnių

tomorrow I will travel to Trakai      rytoj važiuosiu į Trakus

tomorrow I will travel to Šiauliai     rytoj važiuosiu į Šiaulius

tradition                                         tradicija

Lithuanians have such a tradtion     Lietuviai turi tokią tradiciją

to buy                                          pirkti, nusipirkti

to open                                         atidaryti

champagne                                   šampanas

a champagne bottle                         šampano butelis

to open a champagne bottle             atidaryti šampano butelį

to water, to wet something in celebration         aplaistyti

to wet an automobile in celebration  aplaistyti automobilį

to wet an automobile in celebration with champagne                             aplaistyti automobiliį šampanu

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

Stelmužė From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stelmu%C5%BE%C4%97

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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 August which in Lithuanian is - rugpjūtis.

According to the free encyclopedia Wikipedia page, List of Cities in Lithuania, Lithuania has 103 cities.

The term city is defined by the Parliament of Lithuania as compact areas populated by more than 3,000 people of whom at least two thirds work in the industry or service sector.  Those settlements which have a population of less than 3,000 but historically had city status are still considered as towns.  Even smaller settlements or villages are called kaimas.  Often the official status is not clear and people refer to both towns and villages as gyvenvietė which in essence means, settlement.  Here are some words on this theme…

vocabulary - žodynas

city                   miestas

cities                 miestai

town                 miestelis

towns                miesteliai

village               kaimas

villages              kaimai

to live                gyventi

life                   gyvenimas

settlement         gyvenvietė

settlements         gyvenvietės

pradėkime, let’s get started

Long ago we learned how to use the genitive case or kilmininkas in order to express where we’re from.  I’m from Vilnius, aš iš Vilniaus, she’s from Klaipėda, ji yra iš Klaipėdos.  Now we know how to use the genitive plural.  The fourth largest city in Lithuania is Šiauliai.  Šiauliai, like many cities in Lithuania has a plural name.  Here are some examples…

Šiauliai Trakai Druskininkai Mažeikiai Kėdainiai Biržai Raseiniai Anykščiai Prienai Zarasai Molėtai Švenčionėliai Šakiai Šalčininkai

iš kur, translates as “from where.”

where are you from?        iš kur jūs esate?

where are you from?        iš kur tu esi?

where is he from?             iš kur jis yra?

where is she from?           iš kur ji yra?

where are you all from?    iš kur jūs esate?

where are they from?       iš kur jie yra?

where are they from?        iš kur jos yra?

Now let’s go over some examples of people saying, I’m from Šiauliai, I’m from Druskininkai, or they’re from Trakai, etcetera.

Where are you from?                         iš kur tu esi?

I’m from Šiauliai                                aš iš Šiaulių

Where are you from?                         iš kur tu esi?

I’m from Trakai                                 aš iš Trakų

Where are you from?                         aš kur jūs esate?

I’m from Druskininkai                       aš iš Druskininkų

Where are you from?                        iš kur jūs esate?

I’m from Mažeikiai                           aš iš Mažeikių

Where is he from?                              iš kur jis yra?

He’s from Kėdainiai                           jis yra iš Kėdainių

Where is she from?                            iš kur ji yra?

She’s from Biržai                               ji yra iš Biržų

Where are you all from?                     iš kur jūs esate?

Sorry, where are we from?                atleiskite, iš kur mes esame?

Yes, where are you all from, please?   taip, iš kur jūs esate, prašom?

Oh, we’re from Raseiniai                   o, mes esame iš Raseinių

Where are they from?                        iš kur jie yra?

They’re from Anykščiai                     jie yra iš Anykščių

Where are they from?                        iš kur jos yra?

They’re from Prienai                         jie yra iš Prienų

Where are you from?                        iš kur jūs esate?

I’m from Zarasai                             aš iš Zarasų

Where are you from?                        iš kur jūs esate?

I’m from Molėtai                             aš iš Molėtų

Where are you from?                        iš kur jūs esate?

I’m from Švenčionėliai                     aš iš Švenčionėlių

Where are you from?                        iš kur jūs esate?

I’m from Šakiai                               aš iš Šakių

Where are you from?                       iš kur jūs esate?

I’m from Šalčininkai                         aš iš Šalčininkų

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

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!

List of Cities in Lithuania http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_cities_in_lithuania   http://www.Lithuanian.Libsyn.com Skype voicemail:  Lithuanianoutloud email Raminta and Jack at: [email protected]  http://www.vieuxfarkatoure.com/ http://www.ccmixter.org/

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 a new month!  August was named in honor of Augustus Caesar in the year eight before the common era (8 BCE).  In Lithuanian this month is rugpjūtis, named after the word for rye, rugiai and pjauti, to cut.  It’s rye cutting month.

Here’s some food for thought.  I remind people not to refer to Lithuania as a former part of the Soviet Union.  Calling Lithuania a nation that was once part of the Soviet Union or as the former Soviet Republic Lithuania sounds like Lithuania and Russia went through an amical divorce.  It’s like saying to a Frenchman or Dutchman, hey, aren’t you guys formerly part of the Nazi Empire?  Nah, don’t do it, it won’t make you any new friends.

pradėkime, let’s get started

In past episodes we practiced a lot of possession using the genitive case or kilmininkas such as the wife’s name, žmonos vardas, or Eglė’s husband, Eglės vyras.

Today we’ll tackle the genitive in the plural such as the women’s restroom, or the restroom of many women, the countries‘ history, as in the history of many countries, the car factory, or the factory which has many cars. You’ll be happy to know it’s easily learned with little study.  On this episode we’ll focus on feminine nouns.

feminine nouns end like this…

-a changes to –ų -ė changes to –ių -is changes to –ų -uo changes to –erų

and

-ė (as in duktė) changes to -erų

The most important thing to remember here is that the plural genitive always ends in -ų

vocabulary - žodynas

factory                    gamykla

production               gamyba

company                  kompanija

hive                         avilys

wax                        vaškas

swarm                    spiečius

equipment               įranga

workshop               dirbtuvė

association              asociacija

portrait                    portretas

children                  vaikai

catalog                     katalogas

Keep in mind that ų nosinė and ū ilgoji sound the same; they both have the long -oo sound.  For plural genitive we use ų nosinė to be grammatically correct.

So, let’s go over some examples.  Don’t worry about learning every word.  We just want you to learn the genitive plural ending.

the car                            mašina

the cars                           mašinos

the car factory                 mašinų gamykla

the car production            mašinų gamyba

the car company               mašinų kompanija

a sculpture                       skulptūra

sculptures                       skulptūros

the sculpture museum       skulptūrų muziejus

sculpture park                 skulptūrų parkas

a bee                               bitė

the bees                          bitės

the bee’s hive or beehive  bičių avilys

bee’s wax                        bičių vaškas

bee’s swarm                    bičių spiečius

the store                         parduotuvė

the stores                        parduotuvės

the stores’ location           parduotuvių vieta

the stores’ catalog            parduotuvių katalogas

woman                           moteris

women                           moterys

women’s basketball         moterų krepšinis

women’s health               moterų sveikata

women’s restroom           moterų tualetas

a country                        šalis

the countries                   šalys

the countries‘ history       šalių istorija

the countries‘ culture       šalių kultūra

the countries‘ territory      šalių teritorija

a rowboat                        valtis

boats                              valtys

the boats’ equipment        valčių įranga

the boats’ workshop         valčių dirbtuvė

the boats’ color               valčių spalva

a daughter                      duktė

daughters                       dukterys

the daughters‘ family      dukterų šeima

the daughters‘ portrait     dukterų portretas

sister                              sesuo

sisters                             seserys

the sisters‘ children          seserų vaikai

the sisters‘ portrait            seserų portretas

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

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! http://www.Lithuanian.Libsyn.com Skype voicemail:  Lithuanianoutloud email Raminta and Jack at: [email protected]  http://www.vieuxfarkatoure.com/ http://www.ccmixter.org/

Hi there, this is Jack and welcome back to Lithuanian Out Loud.  Before we get on with today’s episode it’s time again for Agnė iš Vilniaus!

Agnė says the idea today is to repeat a sentence that has many similar hard to pronounce sounds as quickly as you can.  In English these are called tongue-twisters.

Thanks for sending us this contribution Agne!  It means a lot to us that you’re helping us out.  Take it away, Agne!

How quickly could you say that?

Geri vyrai geroj girioj gerą girą gėrė gerdami gyrė The good men in a big good forest were drinking delicious kvass (Lithuanian national drink)

Geri vyrai geroj girioj gerą girą gėrė gerdami gyrė It’s easy, isn’t it?  But, what about that?

Šešios žąsys su šešiais žąsyčiais Six (female) geese with six goslings

Don’t worry if you don’t succeed the first time because most Lithuanians will say it like that…

It’s okay, you need just some more practice and soon you will be able to say it like this:

Šešios žąsys su šešiais žąsyčiais Good luck!

Prašom, Mylimoji!  Hi there, I’m Raminta and I’m Raminta’s husband, Jack and welcome back to Lithuanian Out Loud where we offer the world the Lithuanian language.  Today we’re in the month of July which in Lithuanian is Liepa.

An old Lithuanian tradition says if you light anything with a candle, a sailor dies.   Why?  Long ago in winter months sailors didn’t have much of an income and some sold matches to make ends meet.  So, if you light something with a candle, you’re cheating a poor sailor out of his paycheck.

Have you ever heard of this, Dear?

pradėkime, let’s get started

In past episodes we practiced a lot of possession using the genitive case or kilmininkas such as the man’s name, vyro vardas or the dog’s water, šuns vanduo.

Today we’ll tackle the genitive in the plural such as the children’s dog, or a dog which belongs to many children, a children’s doctor, or a doctor who treats many children, a children’s book, the men’s restroom, the women’s team, women’s health.

You’ll be happy to know it’s easily learned with little study.  On this episode we’ll focus on masculine nouns, feminine nouns on a later episode.

Masculine nouns end like this… -as changes to –ų -is changes to –ių -ys changes to –ių -us changes to –ų -ius changes to –ių and -uo changes to –enų

The most important thing to remember here is that the plural genitive always ends in -ų

Before we get started, here’s some new vocabulary.  prašom pakartoti…

vocabulary žodynas

when doing žodynas – once slow, once normal speed (here Raminta accidently reads episode notes not meant for the audience)

basketball krepšinis

basketball                    krepšinis

health                          sveikata

health                          sveikata

music                          muzika

the music                    muzika

tradition                      tradicija

tradition                      tradicija

a male doctor              gydytojas

the male doctor           gydytojas

a culture                     kultūra

the culture                  kultūra

hospital                      ligoninė

hospital                      ligoninė

a territory                   teritorija

the territory                teritorija

a history                    istorija

the history                 istorija

a system                    sistema

a system                    sistema

pie                            pyragas

a pie                          pyragas

juice                         sultys

juice                         sultys

group                        grupė

group                        grupė

a school                    mokykla

school                       mokykla

director                     direktorius

director                     direktorius

association                 asociacija

association                 asociacija

exhibition                   paroda

exhibition                   paroda

food                          maistas

food                          maistas

booth                         kasa

booth                         kasa

sanctuary                   šventovė

sanctuary                   šventovė

the flu                        gripas

the flu                        gripas

Keep in mind that ų nosinė and ū ilgoji sound the same; they both have the long -oo sound.  For plural genitive we use ų nosinė to be grammatically correct.

So, let’s go over some examples.  Don’t worry about learning every word.  We just want you to learn the genitive plural.

man                           vyras

men                           vyrai

a men’s restroom         vyrų tualetas

men’s basketball          vyrų krepšinis

men’s health               vyrų sveikata

a child                        vaikas

children                      vaikai

the children’s dog         vaikų šuo

a children’s doctor        vaikų gydytojas

a children’s book          vaikų knyga

a children’s hospital      vaikų ligoninė

an American male        amerikietis

the American males     amerikiečiai

the American’s auto     amerikiečių automobilis

the American’s music   amerikiečių muzika

the American’s history  amerikiečių istorija

a Lithuanian male        lietuvis

the Lithuanians            lietuviai

Lithuanian‘s history      lietuvių istorija

Lithuanian‘s culture      lietuvių kultūra

Lithuanian tradition     lietuvių tradicija

train                           traukinys

trains                          traukiniai

trains’ station or the train station          traukinių stotis

train system               traukinių sistema

So, we think you get the idea.  Here are some more examples.

an apple                     obuolys

apples                         obuoliai

apple pie                     obuolių pyragas

apple juice                  obuolių sultys

an actor                      aktorius

actors                         aktoriai

the actors‘ group         aktorių grupė

the actors‘ school        aktorių mokykla

a museum                   muziejus

museums                     muziejai

the museums’ director  muziejų direktorius

the museums’ association   muziejų asociacija

a stone                          akmuo

the stones                      akmenys

the stones’ location        akmenų vieta

the stones’ color            akmenų spalva

the dog                         šuo

the dogs                        šunys

the dog exhibition          šunų paroda

the dog park                 šunų aikštelė

automobile                    automobilis

automobiles                  automobiliai

the car club                   automobilų klubas

the car museum             automobilų muziejus

the ticket                       bilietas

tickets                           bilietai

ticket booth                   bilietų kasa

ticket collector               bilietų kontrolierius

ticket price                    bilietų kaina

bus                               autobusas

buses                            autobusai

the bus station               autobusų stotis

a bird                            paukštis

birds                             paukščiai

bird sanctuary                paukščių šventovė

bird flu                          paukščių gripas

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

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