Thu, 16 May 2013
. photograph: Palangos stinta, the Palanga Fish Festival, February 2013 photographer: Eglė Ribalkaitė . LL0279 – Egzaminas Exam This is a quick response episode! We’ll say the word or phrase in English and you say it in Lithuanian – Out Loud! Ready, set, go! Pasiruošti, dėmesio, marš! are you ready to order? ar jūs pasiruošę užsisakyti maistą? I don’t know, are there onions in the pizza aš nežinau, ar picoje nėra svogūnų? I hate onions aš nekenčiu svogūnų no, there are no onions in it ne, šioje picoje nėra svogūnų okay, I’ll try this pizza gerai, pabandysiu šią picą. are you ready to order? ar jūs pasiruošę užsisakyti? I don’t know aš nežinau are there onions in this dish? ar šiame patiekale yra svogūnų? I hate onions aš nekenčiu svogūnų yes, this dish comes with onions but we can remove them taip, šis patiekalas su svogūnais, bet mes galime juos nuimti okay, great, I’ll try it without onions, please oi, puiku, aš pabandysiu tai be svogūnų, prašau later vėliau excuse me, waitress? atsiprašau, padavėja? yes? taip? this food is cold šis maistas yra šaltas can you heat it up, please? ar galite pašildyti, prašom? oh yes, I’m sorry o taip, atsiprašau I will ask them to heat it up aš paprašysiu pašildyti šį maistą are you ready? (jūs) (m/f) ar jūs pasiruošę? are you ready? (tu) (to a male) ar tu pasiruošęs? are you ready? (tu) (to a female) ar tu pasiruošusi? I’m ready aš pasiruošęs to be ready pasiruošti
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Sat, 6 April 2013
photograph: Valstybinio choro "Vilnius" nariai (Vilnius National Choras) photographer: Choras Vilnius (Wikipedia) LL0278 – Egzaminas Exam This is a quick response episode! We’ll say the word or phrase in English and you say it in Lithuanian – Out Loud! Ready, set, go! Pasiruošti, dėmesio, marš! eye akis mouth burna nose nosis head galva ear ausis arm ranka leg koja hand ranka hair plaukai neck kaklas foot pėda heart širdis brain smegenys finger pirštas thumb nykštys wrist riešas tooth dantis teeth dantys skin oda elbow alkūnė knee kelis chest krūtinė lip lūpa lips lūpos face veidas body kūnas
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Fri, 5 April 2013
photograph: Tradicinis didkepsnis restorane STEAKHOUSE HAZIENDA (Vilnius) photographer: Egidijus Tutkus (Wikipedia) LL0277 – Egzaminas Exam This is a quick response episode! We’ll say the word or phrase in English and you say it in Lithuanian – Out Loud! Ready, set, go! Pasiruošti, dėmesio, marš! alligator aligatorius eel ungurys sea lion jūrų liūtas crab krabas dolphin delfinas fish žuvis jellyfish medūza bat šikšnosparnis fox lapė giraffe žirafa goat ožka hippopotamus begemotas sheep avis gorilla gorila scorpion skorpionas weasel žebenkštis leopard leopardas zebra zebras stork gandras cuckoo gegutė pigeon balandis lobster omaras octopus aštunkojis shark ryklys
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Thu, 4 April 2013
photograph: Viktorija Čmilytė (born on 6 August 1983 in Šiauliai) is a Lithuanian chess player with the titles of Woman Grandmaster (WGM) and Grandmaster (GM). She won the gold medal at the Women's European Individual Chess Championship in 2011 (Tbilisi). She is a former two-time national champion. photographer: Frank Hoppe (Wikipedia) LL0276 – Egzaminas Exam This is a quick response episode! We’ll say the word or phrase in English and you say it in Lithuanian – Out Loud! Ready, set, go! Pasiruošti, dėmesio, marš! maybe, perhaps gal you would want norėtumėte something to eat ko nors valgyti something to drink ko nors gerti something to drink (alcoholic beverage) ko nors išgerti maybe you’d like something to drink? gal norėtumėte ko nors išgerti? maybe you’d like something to eat? gal norėtumėte ko nors valgyti? just tiesiog just come in tiesiog užeik just drink it tiesiog išgerk just eat it tiesiog suvalgyk I will wait palauksiu an order - of food for example užsakymas I will wait for my order palauksiu savo užsakymo okay gerai when kai you will be - future tense of būti – formal būsite to get ready, to prepare ruošti to be ready pasiruošti to let, to allow, to permit leisti to know žinoti please, let me know prašau, leiskite man žinoti please, let me know when you are ready prašau, leiskite man žinoti kai būsite pasiruošęs thank you ačiū thank you - with emphasis – formal ačiū jums thank you - with emphasis – informal ačiū tau thank you, please sit down ačiū jums, prašom prisėsti
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Fri, 28 December 2012
LL0275 – Moketi To Know How "Police sentinel in Vilnius" 1914, painting by Marianne von Werefkin Ready? Hi there, I’m Jack and I’m Gintarė and welcome back to Lithuanian Out Loud where we offer the world the Lithuanian language. In a previous episode we described the knygnešiai, the Lithuanian book smugglers. In 1905 Russian authorities recognized the book ban policy was a failure and repealed the anti-Lithuanian language laws. Shortly after, one of the book smugglers Juozas Masiulis opened his own bookstore in Panevėžys. The bookstore and a chain of these bookstores still operate in Lithuania under his name. In Kaunas there is a statue dedicated to “the unknown book smuggler.” Knygnešiai, or booksmuggler, Jurgis Bielinis was born 16 March 1846. This date is commemorated in Lithuania as the “Day of the Knygnešiai.” Today we’ll go over the Lithuanian verb mokėti – to know how, to be able. Here are mokėti and nemokėti conjugated in the present tense. to know how mokėti to be able mokėti I know how aš moku you know how (tu) tu moki he knows how jis moka she knows how ji moka we know how mes mokame you know how (formal) jūs mokate you all know how jūs mokate they know how (mm/mf) jie moka they know how (ff) jos moka to not know how, to not be able nemokėti I do not know how aš nemoku you do not know how (tu) tu nemoki he does not know how jis nemoka she does not know how ji nemoka we do not know how mes nemokame you do not know how (formal) jūs nemokate you all do not know how jūs nemokate they do not know how (mm/mf) jie nemoka they do not know how (ff) jos nemoka here are some examples; I need to know the Lithuanian language like you know it man reikia mokėti lietuvių kalbą taip kaip tu moki aš to ski slidinėti to kill užmušti I know how to ski aš moku slidinėti I know how to kill moku užmušti I know how to dance moku šokti I don’t know how to ski aš nemoku slidinėti I don’t know how to kill nemoku užmušti tu to pick mushrooms grybauti do you know how to pick mushrooms? ar moki grybauti? do you know how to speak Lithuanian? ar moki kalbėti lietuviškai? do you know how to read? ar moki skaityti? you don’t know how to pick mushrooms? nemoki grybauti? you don’t know how to speak Lithuanian? nemoki kalbėti lietuviškai? you don’t know how to read? nemoki skaityti? jis Algimantas knows how to write Lithuanian Algimantas moka rašyti lietuviškai Simonas knows how to draw Simonas moka piešti does Giedrius know English? ar Giedrius moka angliškai? Algimantas doesn’t know how to write Algimantas nemoka rašyti Simonas doesn’t know how to draw Simonas nemoka piešti does Giedrius not know English? ar Giedrius nemoka angliškai? ji does Birutė know Russian? ar Birutė moka rusiškai? does Diana know Arabic? ar Diana moka arabiškai? does Urtė know how to repair bicycles? ar Urtė moka taisyti dviračius? Birutė doesn’t know how to walk Birutė nemoka vaikščioti Diana doesn’t know how to talk Diana nemoka kalbėti Urtė doesn’t know how to repair bicycles Urtė nemoka taisyti dviračių mes we know Lithuanian mokame lietuviškai we know English mokame angliškai we know Russian mokame rusiškai we know how to sing and dance mokame dainuoti ir šokti father and I know how to prepare tea tėvas ir aš mokame paruošti arbatą we don't know Lithuanian nemokame lietuviškai we don't know English nemokame angliškai we don't know Russian nemokame rusiškai jūs I want to ask, do you know how to write well? noriu paklausti, ar jūs mokate gerai rašyti? do you know how to say, "no?" ar mokate pasakyti "ne"? do you know how to work with a computer? ar jūs mokate dirbti su kompiuteriu? do you know how to work with this program? ar jūs mokate dirbti šia programa? jūs guitar gitara do you all know how to play the violin? ar mokate groti smuiku? it seems to me you all know how to play guitar man atrodo kad jūs mokate groti gitara do you all know how to write in Lithuanian? ar mokate rašyti lietuviškai? do you all know how to brush your teeth? ar mokate valyti dantis? if you all don't know, look at this guide jei nemokate, pasižiurėkite į šį gidą jie they know how to be happy jie moka būti laimingi they know how to be cheerful jie moka būti linksmi they know how to be good jie moka būti geri they know how to feel happy jie moka jaustis laimingi to show parodyti that (conjunction) jog The Hungarians showed that they know how to farm Vengrai parodė, jog jie moka ūkininkauti they don’t know how to be happy jie nemoka būti laimingi they don’t know how to be polite jie nemoka būti mandagūs they don’t know how to be good jie nemoka būti geri jos I like that they know what they are doing man patinka, kad jos moka tai ką daro they know how to do the show jos moka padaryti šou they don't know French, but they understand a little jos nemoka prancūziškai, bet truputį supranta a soul siela souls sielos machines don't have souls, they don't know how to feel mašinos neturi sielų, jos nemoka jausti imperative tu mokėk mes mokėkime jūs mokėkite tu nemokėk mes nemokėkime jūs nemokėkite Šaunuoliai!! Great! You made it to the end of another episode! Puiku! Excellent!
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Mon, 17 December 2012
photograph: Panevežys, Lithuania photogrpaher: Hugo.arg (Wikipedia) - Hi there, I’m Jack and I’m Gintarė and welcome back to Lithuanian Out Loud where we offer the world the Lithuanian language. - According to Wikipedia, the online free dictionary, The Holocaust in Nazi-occupied Lithuania resulted in the near total destruction of Lithuanian Jews living in the Nazi-controlled Lithuanian territories. Out of approximately 208,000 to 210,000 Jews, an estimated 195,000–196,000 were murdered before the end of World War II. The Holocaust resulted in the largest ever loss of life in so short a space of time in the History of Lithuania. The Holocaust in Lithuania http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Holocaust_in_Lithuania today we begin a series of episodes focused on pronouns and how they are declined this is a very big topic, so we'll do one episode per pronoun this episode will cover manęs, the next episode will cover tavęs, etcetera we’ll start off with the most common declension, vardininkas or the nominative case, and what the pronouns look like
we’ve used these hundreds of times so it should be easy by now aš, tu, jis, ji, mes, jūs, jie, jos some quick examples; the nominative case vardininkas I eat aš valgau you understand (tu) tu supranti he has jis turi she can ji gali you are (jūs) jūs esate we talk mes kalbame you all don’t understand (jūs) jūs nesuprantate they live (jie) jie gyvena they want (jos) jos nori by now, those should be easy now, the genitive case or kilmininkas and the same pronouns aš changes to manęs tu changes to tavęs jis changes to jo ji changes to jos jūs changes to jūsų mes changes to mūsų jūs changes to jūsų jie changes to jų jos changes to jų before we get to our examples, here are some prepositions that require the genitive case or kilmininkas keep in mind that some of these prepositions can have entirely different meanings with other cases, of course, here we're only looking at the genitive case without be from iš near, next to prie on, on top of ant between tarp behind, beyond už above, over virš near, close, close by arti by, near, next to šalia according to, in the words of anot according to pasak near, beside, by greta not far or close by netoli because of, on account of dėl to, until, as far as iki from, off nuo after po a preposition we've added to the bottom of this list is "po" you'll remember we used po quite a bit with the instrumental case where it meant, "under" in the genitive case, po translates as "after" in the genitive case, or kilmininkas, the pronoun aš changes to manęs laukti, like many other verbs, requires the genitive case to wait for laukti are you waiting for me? ar lauksi manęs? wait for me! (formal) palaukite manęs! wait for me! (informal) palauk manęs! paradise is waiting for me rojus manęs laukia ieškoti, like many other verbs, requires the genitive case to find ieškoti come find me! eik manęs ieškoti! I saw him, but he did not see me aš jį mačiau, o jis manęs nematė don’t yell at me! neklausk manęs! to hate (plus genitive) nekęsti she hates me ji manęs nekenčia don't wait for me! nelauk manęs! now, here are some examples of manęs combined with the prepositions we just listed without be without me you can’t do it be manęs negalite tai daryti live with me or without me gyvenk su manim ar be manęs what would you do without me? ką darytum be manęs? go without me eik be manęs are you happy without me? ar laiminga be manęs? be happy without me būk laiminga be manęs from iš what do you want from me? ko tu nori iš manęs? what do you expect from me? ko tu iš manęs tikiesi? he stole from me jis pavogė iš manęs what do you need from me? ko tau iš manęs reikia? near, next to prie come next to me ateik prie manęs stop smoking near me! nustok rūkyti prie manęs! Gintarė ran next to me Gintarė prie manęs pribėgo some big guy came up next to me, totally drunk prie manęs priėjo kažkoks didelis vaikinas, visiškai girtas in English we can say, "he is angry at me," or "I am angry at her." in Lithuanian we say, "he is angry on me," or "I am angry on her." on, on top of ant angry piktas / pikta don't be angry with me nepykite ant manęs he is angry at me and I am angry at her jis pyksta ant manęs ir esu piktas ant jos What to do? My girlfriend got angry with me Ką daryti? Draugė ant manęs supyko between tarp between me and you tarp manęs ir jūsų between me and Viktorija tarp manęs ir Viktorijos a dialogue between me and him dialogas tarp manęs ir jo between me and you tarp manęs ir tavęs between me and brother there is a difference tarp manęs ir brolio yra skirtumas behind, beyond už is there somebody behind me? ar kas nors yra už manęs? close the door behind me, I'm going uždaryk už manęs duris, aš išeinu I don't like it when she sits behind me aš nemėgstu, kai ji sėdi už manęs I feel that someone is behind me jaučiu kad kažkas už manęs above, over virš she lives above me ji gyvena virš manęs he sat close by and leaned over me jis atsisėdo šalia ir pasilenkė virš manęs the airplane flew over me lėktuvas skrido virš manęs I hear footsteps directly over me girdžiu žingsnius tiesiai virš manęs near, close, close by arti Richard stood very close to me Ričardas stovėjo labai arti manęs don't be so near me! nebūk taip arti manęs! when you're near me, I'm strong kai tu arti manęs, aš esu stipri Evaldas sat next to me Evaldas sėdėjo arti manęs suddenly, he was really close to me! staiga, jis buvo taip arti manęs! by, near, next to šalia sit down next to me atsisėsk šalia manęs she ate next to me ji valgė šalia manęs come near me! eik šalia manęs! can you sit next to me? ar gali atsisėsti šalia manęs? (Here Gintarė helps Jack with the word for “better” - gėriau. There is also a grandfather clock chiming in the background) according to anot according to me, this is not true anot manęs, šitas ne teisingas according to me, that is the best anot manęs, tai yra geriausia according to me, that is the worst anot manęs, tai yra blogiausia according to pasak according to me, the novel is good pasak manęs romanas yra geras (Here Gintarė refers to her imminent departure back to Lithuania leaving Jack without a Lithuanian to record more episodes. Jack disagrees with her suggestion that he can teach Lithuanian without help) this novel is too childish, according to me šis romanas yra per daug vaikiškas, pasak manęs according to me, this novel is about love pasak manęs, šis romanas yra apie meilę near, beside, by greta sit next to me sėsk greta manęs a car stopped beside me automobilis sustoja greta manęs today, next to me on the bus, sat two Polish girls šiandien greta manęs autobuse sėdėjo dvi lenkaitės not far or close by netoli they live not far from me jos gyvena netoli manęs he lives in a suburb close by me jis gyvena priemiestyje netoli manęs the shade pavėsis in the shade pavėsyje the police car stopped in the shade not far from me policijos automobilis sustoja pavėsyje netoli manęs because of dėl mind, understanding, reason protas that girl goes crazy for me ta mergina eina iš proto dėl manęs do your best for me! pasistenk dėl manęs! love me, just for me mylėk mane tik dėl manęs I can't imagine what I'd do without my parents, they're very helpful with what I'm going through neįsivaizduoju, ką daryčiau be savo tėvų, jie labai padėda ir dėl manęs išgyvena to, until iki an idea or thought mintis that's one good thought that came to me from the song tai viena gera mintis, kuri iki manęs atkeliavo iš dainos no one came up to me! iki manęs niekas neatėjo! he came up to me jis atėjo iki manęs from, since nuo leave me alone! atstok nuo manęs! leave me alone! atsikabink nuo manęs! why doesn't a man want a child from me? kodėl vyras nenori nuo manęs vaiko? happiness is so distant from me laimė taip toli nuo manęs let's say you're next to someone who's talking on the phone and you want to pass on a hello to whomever is on the other line greetings from me linkėjimai nuo manęs greetings from me to them linkėjimai jiems nuo manęs best wishes and congratulations to all of you from me linkėjimai ir sveikinimai Jums visiems nuo manęs regards to all from me linkėjimai visiems nuo manęs regards to all from me visiems linkejimai nuo manes once again, greetings from me dar kartą linkejimai nuo manes big greetings from me dideli linkėjimai nuo manęs big, big greetings from me dideli, dideli linkėjimai nuo manęs lots of different ways to say greetings here if you only take one of these away, then memorize, "linkėjimai nuo manęs," I use this almost every day after po you were born after me tu gimei po manęs who will stay here after me? kas liks čia po manęs? jump after me šok po manęs he leaves after me jis išeina po manęs she sings after me ji dainuoja nuo manęs Tikras stebuklas! You made it to the end of another episode! nepaprasta!
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Mon, 23 July 2012
photograph by Zuikis Puikis, 19 July 2008 (Wikipedia) English: Native home of Lithuanian poet Maironis, then at Bernaty, Rossienski Uyezd, Kovno Governorate, Russia; now in Bernotai, Raseiniai Rayon, Kaunas Region, Lithuania. Lietuvių: Maironio tėviškė. Dabar Bernotai, Raseinių rajonas, Kauno apskritis, Lietuva. Hi there, I’m Jack and I’m Gintarė and welcome back to Lithuanian Out Loud where we offer the world the Lithuanian language. Every summer the port city of Klaipėda holds Jūros šventė - The Sea's Festival. Šventė is the Lithuanian word for holiday, feast, or festival. Jūra is the word for the sea. According to the webpage Kadmusarts, the Sea Festival invites the locals and city guests to enjoy more than 100 events, in which over 600 singers and bands are involved. Something I’ve found difficult to understand is the word namas and its relatives. Today we’ll take a few minutes to go over namas, namo, namo, namai, namuose, namie, namų, namui, namams, namą, name! namas is the word for a house here is namas in vardininkas, singular I like this house very much šitas namas man labai patinka our house is in Vilnius mūsų namas yra Vilniuje here is my house čia yra mano namas the house was big namas buvo didelis the house is not old namas nėra senas he is as big as a house jis yra didelis kaip namas she is as big as a house ji yra didelė kaip namas a children's home vaikų namas namai is namas declined in vardininkas, plural namai can translate as either houses or home namai – houses namai – home first, let's use namai as in houses riverside paupys houses on the riverside namai prie paupio the yellow houses geltoni namai the houses are expensive namai yra brangūs now, let's use namai meaning home my home is in Vilnius mano namai yra Vilniuje your home is cozy tavo namai yra jaukūs I like your home man patinka jūsų namai context is important here some of these sentences could mean either home or houses namo is the word that expresses “to home or homewards“ and expresses movement to accompany lydėti to return sugrįžti to come back grįžti to go on foot eiti pėsčiomis I go home einu namo I will go home eisiu namo I will accompany you home aš lydžiu tave namo I go home at night einu naktį namo I said, I'm returning home sakau, aš namo sugrįžau I'm going back home (I came home) aš grįžau namo I'm going home from work einu namo iš darbo I went home on foot grįžau pėsčiomis namo who is going home? kas eina namo? now go home and talk to your husband dabar eik namo ir pakalbėk su savo vyru I want to go home! noriu namo! (note: at the time of this recording, Gintarė was planning a trip home to Lithuania and she was very excited to get going) Nežinau kodėl...ah, your family...it will be a party every day I think...um hum...yeah, it’s gonna be great! namo is the singular genitive of namas and it expresses possession...sweet! the house's location namo vieta the house's color namo spalva the house's price namo kaina the house's size namo dydis the house's appearance namo pasirodymas the house's garage namo garažas the house's doors namo durys namų is the plural genitive of namas and it expresses possession many houses daug namų several houses keletas namų the houses' location or the location of more than one house namų vieta the houses' color or the color of more than one house namų spalva in the following examples we're staying with the plural genitive, namų, but keep in mind that the plural vardininkas of namas is namai namai can mean houses or it can mean home so, if we decline namai, home, in the genitive, we get namų house arrest namų areštas home page namų puslapis a housekeeper namų šeiminkinkė I'm calling from a home telephone aš skambinu iš namų telefono he often ran from home labai dažnai bėgdavo iš namų This week is house-keeping week. In Lietuva? No, in America! Because in the hotel we celebrate house-keeping week and I win prize, one day “I don’t have to go to work - for me - paid. Congratulations! That’s nice! Yeah! That’s a good prize. Wow. Prašom... namie - at home; means the same as namuose namie is the locative case are they at home? ar jie namie? are they at home? ar jos namie? are you at home? ar tu namie? no, I don’t eat at home ne, namie nevalgau stay at home until I return with Eglė būkite namie kol grįšiu su Egle on weekends he sits at home savaitgaliais sėdi namie is she at home? ar ji namie? she is not jos nėra is he at home? ar jis namie? he is not jo nėra is Raminta in? ar Raminta namie? Raminta is not Ramintos nėra is Mindaugas at home? ar Mindaugas namie? Mindaugas is not Mindaugo nėra is Austėja in? ar Austėja namie? Austėja is not Austėjos nėra is Justinas at home? ar Justinas namie? Justinas is not Justino nėra Rimantas works at home Rimantas dirba namie Audronė works at home Audronė dirba namie Valentina works at home Valentina dirba namie Justas works at home Justas dirba namie do you keep your dog at home? ar laikote namie šunį? if you’re at home we can talk jei esate namie galime pakalbėti at home we have a family member namie turime šeimos narį namuose - at home; means the same as namie do you have a computer at home? turite kompiuterį namuose? Lina has one dog at home, called Filas Lina namuose turi vieną šunį, vardu Filas make yourself at home! jauskis kaip namuose! nowadays Antanas lives at home šiuo metu Antanas gyvena namuose you can make yourself at home galite laikyti namuose are there animals at home? ar gyvūnai namuose? name in the house / in a house he lives in her house jis gyvena jos name Eglė lives in this house Eglė gyvena šiame name nobody lives in the house niekas negyvena name it's immediately clear who lives in this house iš karto aišku, kas šiame name gyvena the Brazilian lives in the red house Brazilas gyvena raudoname name the Lithuanians work in the house Lietuviai dirba name namą is the accusative singular of namas namą go to your house eik į savo namą the driver went to the house vairuotojas nuėjo į namą I want to sell my house noriu pirkti savo namą I'm planning to buy a house planuoju pirkti namą I'm planning to paint my house planuoju dažyti savo namą let's go to the new house važuokime į naują namą I love the house aš myliu namą I love the yellow house aš myliu geltoną namą I love the blue house aš myliu mėlyną namą I love the red house aš myliu raudoną namą I love the white house aš myliu baltą namą the nominative singular of house is namas, the nominative plural is namai so, if the word for home, namai is declined in the accusative, it changes to namus namus go to your home! eik į savo namus! go home, okay? eik į namus, gerai? I'll go home aš eisiu į namus time to go! kelkis ir eik! get up and go! kelkis ir eik! time for you to go home kelkis ir eik į savo namus I'll go home with you eisiu pas tave į namus I'll go straight home eisiu tiesiai į namus home flower delivery in Vilnius gėlių pristatymas į namus Vilniuje nothing is better than home nieko nėra geriau už namus namu is the singular instrumental of namas under the house is a large basement (cellar) po namu yra didelis rūsys under the house is a huge garage po namu yra didžiulis garažas I have not only a garage under the house, but parking on the street turiu ne tik garažą po namu, bet ir parkingą gatvėje namais is the plural instrumental of namas Lietuva has become my second home, here I feel very well Lietuva tapo mano antraisiais namais, čia jaučiuosi labai gerai a fan (as in a football fan) aistruolis / aistruolė The Vilnius Town Hall Square has become the home for football fans Vilniaus Rotušės aikštė tampa futbolo aistruolių namais here is Vitalija’a photo with her house čia Vitalijos nuotrauka su jos namais here is the dative case or naudininkas singular and plural singular - namui a roof stogas the house needs a new roof namui reikia naujo stogo to heat / to warm šildyti how much energy does a house need to be heated? kiek energijos reikia namui šildyti? material medžiaga to insulate apšiltinti how much material does a house need to be insulated? kiek medžiagos reikia namui apšiltinti plural - namams everything for your home! viskas jūsų namams a piece of furniture baldas furniture (plural) baldai an office biuras furniture and chairs for the home or office baldai ir kėdės namams arba biurams a boiler katilas a heater šildytuvas a radiator radiatorius biolers, heaters, and radiators for your home katilai, šildytuvai, ir radiatoriai jūsų namams a small house or a cottage would be called namelis a cabin, a cottage namelis a house on wheels namelis ant ratų a tree house namelis medyje in the city center stands an old cottage miestelio centre stovi senas namelis the cottage is built from oak namelis pastatytas iš ąžuolo in the small house namelyje who lives in the small house? kas namelyje gyvena? I live in a small house in the suburbs aš gyvenu namelyje priemiestyje and finally, some miscellaneous examples a stay-at-home namisėda members of the household namiškis / namiškė / namiškai a house or home naminis a cabana namukas homemade namų darbo homespun namie austas a domestic animal naminis gyvulys a lodge, cabin, or cottage namelis Šaunuoliai! Great! You made it to the end of another episode! Puiku! Excellent! Jūros šventė
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Fri, 20 July 2012
nuotrauka: autorius Simonas Gutautas - Folkroko grupė Atalya 2009 m. pavasarį prie Karmazinų piliakalnio. photograph: author Simonas Gutautas - Folk-rock group Atalya spring 2009 on Karmazinų piliakalnio. Hi there, I’m Jack and I’m Gintarė and welcome back to Lithuanian Out Loud where we offer the world the Lithuanian language. According to the website "Musical Instruments," the kanklės is an ancient, traditional stringed musical instrument of Lithuania. The kanklės was carved from a single piece of wood and it was played during sacrifices to the gods or as protection from evil or to keep death away. The best kanklės were made from old growth forests and the best time to cut wood for a new instrument was between a person's death and burial. Lithuanian kanklės http://ausis.gf.vu.lt/eka/instrum/chordoph.html Here is the second half of some more practice with the instrumental case. Now that you’ve learned how to say, “mes su” we’re going to show you another option. You can also say, I with the dog, aš su šuniu, but then you have to conjugate the verb to the first person. Let’s use the verb to sleep, miegoti. I sleep aš miegu the dog and I sleep in the bed mes su šuniu miegame lovoje the dog and I sleep in the bed aš su šuniu miegu lovoje the dogs and I sleep in the bed mes su šunimis miegame lovoje the dogs and I sleep in the bed aš su šunimis miegu lovoje So, you see you can say, for example, mes su Raminta miegame, Raminta and I sleep. If you use this form – mes – then you have to conjugate the verb miegoti for mes. If you want to say, aš, then you have to conjugate the verb miegoti for aš. Aš su Raminta miegu - Raminta and I sleep. (–a) to keep in touch bendrauti a disco, as in a nightclub diskoteka a saleswoman pardavėja a waitress padavėja a young woman mergina the wife and I met in a disco mes su žmona susitikome diskotekoje I return in April grįžtu balandžio mėnesį Ana and I return in April mes su Ana grįžtame balandžio mėnesį Rūta and I keep in touch with the Internet mes su Rūta bendraujame internetu Rūta and I keep in touch aš su Rūta bendrauju I don’t want to work today nenoriu šiandien dirbti Viktorija and I don’t want to work today mes su Viktorija nenorime šiandien dirbti the young woman speaks Italian mergina kalba itališkai the young woman and I speak Italian mes su mergina kalbame itališkai the young woman and I speak Italian aš su mergina kalbu itališkai the young women and I speak Italian mes su merginomis kalbame itališkai the saleswoman is chatting with him pardavėja su juo šnekučiuojasi the saleswoman and I are chatting aš su pardavėja šnekučiuojuosi the saleswoman and I are chatting mes su pardavėja šnekučiuojamės the saleswomen and I are chatting mes su pardavėjomis šnekučiuojamės the waitress is cleaning the table padavėja valo stalą the waitress and I are cleaning the tables mes su padavėja valome stalus the waitress and I are cleaning the tables aš su padavėja valau stalus the waitresses and I are cleaning the tables mes su padavėjomis valome stalus (-ė) the moon mėnulis a television televizorius a star žvaigždė stars žvaigždės a female student studentė a female teenager paauglė a female friend draugė I am looking at the moon žiuriu į mėnulį Kamilė and I are looking at the moon mes su Kamile žiurime į mėnulį Kamilė and I are looking at the moon aš su Kamile žiuriu į mėnulį I am watching television žiuriu televizorių Rožė and I are watching television mes su Rože žiūrime televizorių Rožė and I are watching television aš su Rože žiūriu televizorių I am looking at the stars žiūriu į žvaigždes Svajonė and I are looking at the stars mes su Svajone žiurime į žvaigždes Svajonė and I are looking at the stars aš su Svajone žiuriu į žvaigždes my friend has a husband mano draugė turi vyrą my friend and I have husbands mes su drauge turime vyrus my friend and I have husbands aš su drauge turiu vyrus my friends and I have husbands mes su draugėmis turime vyrus the baby is sleeping kūdikis miega the baby and I are sleeping mes su kūdikiu miegame the babies and I are sleeping mes su kūdikiais miegame the student cannot sleep studentė negali miegoti the student and I cannot sleep mes su studente negalime miegoti the student and I cannot sleep aš su studente negaliu miegoti the students and I cannot sleep mes su studentėmis negalime miegoti sister is having coffee sesuo geria kavą sister and I are having coffee mes su seseria geriame kavą sister and I are having coffee aš su seseria geriu kavą the sisters and I are having coffee mes su seserimis geriame kavą sister is working in Kaunas sesuo dirba Kaune sister and I are working in Kaunas mes su seseria dirbame Kaune mes su seseria dirbam Kaune sister and I are working in Kaunas aš su seseria dirbu Kaune the sisters and I are working in Kaunas mes su seserimis dirbam Kaune I work with the authors dirbu su autoriais sister and I work with the authors mes su seseria dirbam su autoriais the sisters and I work with the authors mes su seserimis dirbam su autoriais she lives at home ji gyvena namuose she lives at home with her sister ji gyvena namuose su seseria she lives at home with her sisters ji gyvena namuose su seserimis daughter is eating duktė valgo daughter and I are eating aš su dukteria valgau daughters and I are eating mes su dukterimis valgome daughter and I are singing mes su dukteria dainuojam daughter and I are singing aš su dukteria dainuoju daughters and I are singing mes su dukterimis dainuojame daughter and I are eating mes su dukterimi valgom daughter and I are eating aš su dukterimi valgau daughters and I are eating mes su dukterimis valgom daughter and I are singing mes su dukterimi dainuojame daughters and I are singing mes su dukterimis dainuojame daughters and I work in Vilnius mes su dukterimis dirbame Vilniuje the daughters and I like to play mes su dukterimis mėgstame žaisti Šaunuoliai! Great! You made it to the end of another episode! Puiku! Excellent! Užgavėnės "http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uzgavenes" http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uzgavenes
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Sat, 5 May 2012
LL0271 – Mes Su Narimantu Narimantas And I Hi there, I’m Jack and I’m Gintarė and welcome back to Lithuanian Out Loud where we offer the world the Lithuanian language. According to the Wikipedia page, Užgavėnės, this is a traditional Lithuanian celebration that's held at the same time as Mardi Gras in New Orleans and Brazil's Carnival. The celebration starts with the burning of Morė, an effigy of winter. Participants wear costumes, folklore groups perform traditional plays, people dance and eat traditional foods. Many of the costumes worn during the festival represent devils, witches, farm animals, the grim reaper, etcetera. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uzgavenes photo: Užgavėnės 14 February 2010 photographer: Andrius Petrucenia (Wikipedia) Today we’ll go over how to say things like Raminta and I, Narimantas and I, or the dog and I. The way you can express this idea in Lithuanian is different from the way English speakers do it. Lithuanians can say roughly, “we with Daiva” to express, “Daiva and I” or “we with Romas” to express, “Romas and I.” prašom pakartoti, please repeat… we mes with su Evaldas is eating a pizza Evaldas valgo picą Evaldas and I are eating a pizza Mes su Evaldu valgome picą Raminta is sleeping in the bed Raminta miega lovoje Raminta and I are sleeping in the bed mes su Raminta miegame lovoje when you see the word “su” you know it’s time to use the instrumental. What we’ll do here is say something in English using vardininkas, then we’ll change the sentence using įnagininkas. (-as) to leave išėiti a policeman policininkas a client klientas Narimantas is drinking wine Narimantas geria vyną Narimantas and I are drinking wine mes su Narimantu geriame vyną Antanas has to leave Antanas turi išeiti Antanas and I have to leave mes su Antanu turime išeiti Romas is eating Romas valgo Romas and I are eating mes su Romu valgome my husband has a flat mano vyras turi butą my husband and I have a flat mes su mano vyru turime butą the policemen are talking policininkai kalba the policemen and I are talking mes su policininkais kalbame the clients understand Lithuanian klientai supranta lietuviškai the clients and I understand Lithuanian mes su klientais suprantame lietuviškai (–is) a youngster vaikiūštis a baby kūdikis a ticket bilietas a doughnut spurga a toy žaislas to play žaisti Kęstutis has a ticket Kęstutis turi bilietą Kęstutis and I have tickets mes su Kęstučiu turime bilietus Valdis has a doughnut Valdis turi spurgą Valdis and I have doughnuts mes su Valdžiu turime spurgas grandfather is eating lunch senelis valgo pietus grandfather and I are eating lunch mes su seneliu valgome pietus grandfathers and I are eating lunch mes su seneliais valgome pietus Emanuelis lives in Kaunas Emanualis gyvena Kaune Emanuelis and I live in Kaunas mes su Emanualiu gyvename Kaune Jurgis works in Amsterdam Jurgis dirba Amsterdame Jurgis and I work in Amsterdam mes su Jurgiu dirbame Amsterdame the youngster wants a toy vaikiūštis nori žaislo the youngster and I want toys mes su vaikiūkščiu norime žaislų the youngsters and I want toys mes su vaikiūkščiais norime žaislų the baby is playing kūdikis žaidžia the baby and I are playing mes su kūdikiu žaidžiame the babies and I are playing mes su kūdikiais žaidžiame (–ys) a teenager paauglys a town miestelis a schoolboy mokinys the schoolboy is reading mokinys skaito the schoolboy and I are reading mes su mokiniu skaitome the schoolboys and I are reading mes su mokiniais skaitome Stasys is going to Vilnius Stasys važiuoja į Vilnių Stasys and I are going to Vilnius mes su Stasiu važiuojame į Vilnių the teenager is studying paauglys studijuoja the teenager and I study together mes su paaugliu studijuojame kartu the teenagers and I study together mes su paaugliais studijuojame kartu the schoolboy is writing mokinys rašo the schoolboy and I are writing mes su mokiniu rašome the schoolboys and I are writing mes su mokiniais rašome (–us) an engineer inžinierius a conductor (of a train or bus) konduktorius a sculptor skulptorius a girlfriend mergina the engineer is at the airport inžinierius yra oro uoste the engineer and I are at the airport mes su inžinieriumi esame oro uoste the engineers and I are at the airport mes su inžinieriais esame oro uoste Giedrius has an idea Giedrius turi sumanymą Giedrius and I have an idea mes su Giedriumi turime sumanymą Andrius has a girlfriend Andrius turi merginą Andrius and I have girlfriends mes su Andriumi turime merginas Paulius is in the club Paulius yra klube Paulius and I are in the club mes su Pauliumi esame klube the conductor is on the train konduktorius yra traukinyje the conductor and I are on the train mes su konduktoriumi esame traukinyje the conductors and I are on the train mes su konduktoriais esame traukinyje the sculptor is working skulptorius dirba the sculptor and I are working mes su skulptoriumi dirbame the sculptors and I are working mes su skulptoriais dirbame (–uo) a dog šuo the dog loves to run šuo mėgsta bėgioti the dog and I love to run mes su šuniu mėgstame bėgioti the dogs and I love to run mes su šunimis mėgstame bėgioti the dog and I are sailing in the boat mes su šuniu plaukiame valtimi the dogs and I are sailing in the boat mes su šunimis plaukiame valtimi the dog and I are going to the lake mes su šunimi einame prie ežero the dogs and I are going to the lake mes su šunimis einame prie ežero the dog is hungry šuo yra alkanas the dog and I are hungry mes su šunimi esame alkani the dogs and I are hungry mes su šunimis esame alkani Šaunuoliai! Great! You made it to the end of another episode! Puiku! Excellent!
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Tue, 13 March 2012
LL0270 – plural instrumental inagininkas part three photograph: The port of Klaipėda, Lithuania photographer: Žiedas (Wikipedia) Hi there, I’m Jack and I’m Gintarė and welcome back to Lithuanian Out Loud where we offer the world the Lithuanian language. A bizarre story out of Lithuania concerns a man named Drąsius Kedys of Kaunas, Lithuania. Mr. Kedys allegedly murdered Lithuanian District Court Judge Jonas Furmanavičius and a few hours later, the sister of his ex-girlfriend, Violeta Naruševičienė. Police said that possible motives for the murders were either a bitter three-year-long custody fight or the claims by Drąsius Kedys that Judge Jonas Furmanavičius and other men raped his young daughter. Drąsius Kedys had become a Lithuanian folk hero for taking the law into his own hands and murdering two people. Street demonstrations were held and mugs and t-shirts supporting Drąsius were sold all over Lithuania. His body was found in a Kaunas reservoir in April 2010. Killer of judge, woman in Kaunas remains at large http://balticreports.com/?p=2444 Drąsius Kedys found dead in Kaunas http://balticreports.com/?p=15414 In the last episode we went over the plural instrumental case or įnagininkas. Today, we'll go over some more examples using the plural instrumental case used in different ways. Let’s start with the days of the week. Just a quick review, here are the days of the week in vardininkas Monday pirmadienis Tuesday antradienis Wednesday trečiadienis Thursday ketvirtadienis Friday penktadienis Saturday šeštadienis Sunday sekmadienis if you want to say something happens on a particular day of the week, you have to use the accusative singular I work on Monday aš dirbu pirmadienį on Tuesday began a new strike antradienį prasidėjo naujas streikas on Wednesday lightning set fire to two buildings Antradienį žaibai padegė du pastatus live jazz this Thursday! džiazas gyvai šį ketvirtadienį! on Friday you can dance penktadienį tu gali šokti why do we celebrate on Sunday rather than Saturday? kodėl mes švenčiame sekmadienį, o ne šeštadienį? if you want to say something happens every Monday or every Tuesday, you use the instrumental plural the lessons take place on Mondays pamokos vyksta pirmadieniais selections will take place on Tuesdays and Thursdays atrankos vyks antradieniais ir ketvirtadieniais in December we will work on Wednesdays Gruodžio mėnesį dirbsime trečiadieniais Salsa-mania happens on Fridays Salsamanija vyksta penktadieniais court is closed on Saturdays teismas šeštadieniais nedirba Julė works not only weekdays, but Sundays Julė dirba ne tik darbo dienomis, bet ir sekmadieniais if you’re talking about something that happens during a single day, you use the singular accusative diena changes to dieną during the day dieną I work all day dirbu visą dieną the judge sleeps all day teisėjas visą dieną miega in Kaunas it snowed all day Kaune snigo visą dieną what do you do every day? ką darote kiekvieną dieną? let’s say you want to describe something that happens during the day, every day here we’d use the instrumental plural of the word for day dienomis by days dienomis during the days dienomis during holidays švenčių dienomis work time darbo laikas work days darbo dienomis I work on weekdays dirbu darbo dienomis I sleep on holidays miegu švenčių dienomis working time on holidays darbo laikas švenčių dienomis open hours on holidays darbo laikas švenčių dienomis on weekends and holidays I don't work savaitgaliais ir švenčių dienomis nedirbu evenings or weekends go to the theater vakarais arba savaitgaliais eik i kiną now let’s describe something that happens in the evening evening vakaras evenings vakarai in the evening vakare this evening šiandien vakare tomorrow evening rytoj vakare Dear, maybe we can go tomorrow evening? Brangioji, gal nueikime rytoj vakare? I had a flight this evening to Frankfurt aš turėjau skristi šiandien vakare į Frankfurtą I’ll be back in the evening aš sugrįšiu vakare in the evening we will all be in Lithuania vakare mes visi būsime Lietuvoje I will leave tomorrow evening or Friday morning aš išvyksiu rytoj vakare arba penktadienio rytą in order to express something that happens in the evenings, we use the plural instrumental in the evenings vakarais I can watch your children in the evenings galiu prižiurėti jūsų vaikus vakarais mosquitoes buzz in the evenings uodai zyzia vakarais what to do on long Autumn evenings? ką veikti ilgais rudens vakarais? the word for morning, as you already know, is rytas morning rytas mornings rytai in the morning rytą in the mornings rytais what do you do in the mornings? ką tu darai, rytais? I need help in the mornings man reikia pagalbos rytais it’s very cold in the mornings labai šalta rytais I’m alone in the mornings aš vienas rytais we can also use the plural instrumental to describe things during the seasons of the year summer vasara in summer vasarą in summers vasaromis he with his family lived in Kaunas in the summers jis su šeima gyveno Kaune vasaromis our summers often lack moisture mūsų vasaromis dažnai trūksta drėgmės spring pavasaris in spring pavasarį in the springs pavasariais to bloom žydėti our flowers bloom in the springs mūsų gėlės žydi pavasariais winter žiema in winter žiemą in the winters žiemomis why do bears sleep in the winters? kodėl meškos žiemomis miega? in the cold winters bees eat more honey šaltomis žiemomis bitės daugiau suvalgo medaus autumn ruduo in the autumn rudenį in the autumns rudeniais to pick up rinkti In the autumns I want to go pick mushrooms Visais rydeniais aš noriu eiti rinkti grybų on the next episode we'll continue using the instrumental in different ways see you then! Šaunu, you made it to the end of another episode! Turėtum jaustis kaip ant sparnų! You should feel like you're on wings!
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