Nov 14, 2007
In August of 2007, Denmark and Lithuania removed their combat
troops from Iraq. The Lithuanians were withdrawn from the
southern city of Basra where they’d been under Danish
command.
Over 750 Lithuanian soldiers served in Iraq and not one was
killed. Nine Lithuanian soldiers are staying in Iraq to help
train Iraqi troops.
Congratulations to the Lithuanian nation on the safe return of
their troops. Personally, I’m thrilled that not a single
Lithuanian soldier died in the invasion and occupation of Iraq, and
hopefully, none will be.
We already learned how to use the genitive case or kilmininkas
with feminine nouns.
-a changes to –os and –ė changes to –ės.
Now let’s go over masculine nouns. Most masculine nouns end
in –as, -is, -ys, and –us.
Before we do the genitive examples, here are some masculine nouns
in the nominative case or vardininkas.
Prašom pakartoti, please repeat…
Ignas
Ignas, a man’s name, short for Ignacas
Ignas
vyras
a man or a husband
anglas
the Englishman
brolis
a brother
šalis
the country
šalis
a country
lietuvis
the Lithuanian male
Vilnius
Vilnius, the capital of Lithuania
Bronius
Bronius, a man’s name
Bronius
Andrius
Andrius, a man’s name, short for Andrejus
Andrius
Andrejus
durys
the door
durys
a door
Kazys
a man’s name, it’s old fashioned but recently it’s become more
popular
Kazys
kambarys a room
kambarys the room
Budrys
Budrys, a man’s last name
Budrys
bankas the
bank
bankas
a bank
In the genitive case or kilmininkas, masculine nouns change like
this…
If they end in –as they change to –o if they end in –is or –ys they
change to –io and if they end in –us they change to –aus.
So, let’s do some examples, please repeat, prašom pakartoti…
Ignas’ book
Ignas changes to Igno
Igno knyga
Ignas’ house
Igno namas
The man’s brother
vyras changes to vyro
vyro brolis
The husband’s
name
vyro vardas
The Englishman’s country
anglas changes to anglo
anglo šalis
The Englishman’s sister
anglo sesuo
brother’s room
brolis changes to
brolio
brolio kambarys
brother’s
restaurant
brolio restoranas
brother’s
name
brolio vardas
the Lithuanian’s country
lietuvis changes to lietuvio
lietuvio šalis
the Lithuanian’s house
lietuvio namas
Vilnius’ bank
Vilnius changes to Vilniaus
Vilniaus bankas
Vilnius’
park
Vilniaus parkas
Bronius’ name
Bronius changes to Broniuas
Broniaus vardas
Bronius’
room
Broniaus kambarys
Andrius’ book
Andrius changes to Andriaus Andriaus
knyga
Andrius’
wife
Andriaus žmona
The room’s door
kambarys changes to kambario kambario durys
The house’s door
namas changes to
namo
namo durys
Kazys’ wife
Kazys changes to
Kazio
Kazio žmona
Kazys’
house
Kazio namas
Budrys’ book
Budrys changes to
Budrio
Budrio knyga
Budrys’
house
Budrio namas
Excellent! Now, I’d recommend you go over the genitive case lessons a few times until you’re familiar with each word’s ending. You’ll be seeing much more of the genitive in the future. As a matter of fact, the genitive is the most used declension in Lithuanian after the nominative declension.