Lithuanian Out Loud 0059 Beg - Gedimino Prospektas Gediminas Avenue

Hi There, this is Jack and welcome back to Lithuanian Out Loud.  Just a few notes before we get to the episode Raminta and I recorded a few weeks ago.  This is the last episode in this series for a while focusing on how kilmininkas and galininkas interact with the prepositions “iš” and “į.”  Just so you know, the next few episodes of Lithuanian Out Loud will be focused on the locative case or vietininkas, how to use the diminutive in Lithuanian and some new verbs including how to negate verbs.  We’ll roll them out as soon as they’re ready. 

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Labas vakaras, Dear.
Labas vakaras, Dear.
You’re being recorded again.
Oh, thank you darling, nice to hear that.
So, now you have Gedimino prospektas?
Gedimino prospektas!  The great prospekt in Vilnius!  Love it!

Hi there, I’m Jack and I’m Raminta and welcome back to Lithuanian Out Loud where we offer the world the Lithuanian language.  We’re not teachers, but we do the best we can.  Do you remember the word for the month of March in Lithuanian?  …kovas.

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Now for an important point. 

We’ve already established that if we want to say, for example, from the cathedral to the museum, katedra is declined using kilmininkas and changes to katedros and muziejus is declined using galininkas and changes to muziejų.  We end up with, iš katedros į muziejų. 

We’ve also established that if we want to say Cathedral Square, using the word katedra and the word aikštė, that we have to decline katedra with kilmininkas and we end up with Katedros aikštė.  The second word here, square, is unaffected and remains in vardininkas.  We’re saying, in effect, the cathedral’s square.  This is possession.  The square of the cathedral.

The cathedral’s square – Katedros aikštė.

Same goes for the Amber Museum.  Amber, or gintaras, and museum, or muziejus.  This is possession as well.  In effect, we’re saying the amber’s museum, the museum of the amber.  So, gintaras is declined using kilmininkas and we end up with gintaro.  The second word, museum or muziejus, is unaffected.  We end up with Gintaro muziejus, the amber’s museum.

Now we’ll say, from Cathedral Square.  If we say, from, we have to decline using kilmininkas.  Before we do that, we start with Katedros aikštė.  Prašom pakartoti…

Cathedral Square  Katedros aikštė

If we want to say, from Cathedral Square, we start with, iš.  So, we combine, iš, with Katedros aikštė, but as soon as we put the two together, we have to decline Katedros aikštė once again using kilmininkas and aikštė changes to…aikštės.  Prašom pakartoti…

Cathedral Square                         Katedros aikštė
from Cathedral Square                 iš Katedros aikštės
University Street                          Universiteto gatvė
from University Street                 iš Universiteto gatvės
Gediminas Avenue                      Gedimino prospektas
from Gediminas Avenue              iš Gedimino prospekto
Europe Park                               Europos parkas
from Europe Park                       iš Europos parko
The Art Museum                        Dailės muziejus
from The Art Museum                iš Dailės muziejaus

Something similar happens when we use a two-word example and we decline using galininkas.  Prašom pakartoti...

Tower Street                             Bokšto gatvė
to Tower Street                         į Bokšto gatvę
Constitution Avenue                  Konstitucijos prospektas
to Constitution Avenue              į Konstitucijos prospektą
Bend Park                                Vingio parkas
to Bend Park                            į Vingio parką
The Castle Museum                  Pilies muziejus
to The Castle Museum              į Pilies muziejų

Now let’s do this exercise using the examples from previous lessons.

from University Street to Tower Street  iš Universiteto gatvės į Bokšto gatvę
from Tower Street to University Street  iš Bokšto gatvės į Universiteto gatvę
from Castle Street to Bridge Street         iš Pilies gatvės į Tilto gatvę
from Bridge Street to Castle Street         iš Tilto gatvės į Pilies gatvę
from Vilnius Street to Townhall Square  iš Vilniaus gatvės į Rotušės aikštę
from Townhall Square to Vilnius Street  iš Rotušės aikštės į Vilniaus gatvę
from Cathedral Square to Vilnius Square  iš Katedros aikštės į Vilniaus aikštę
from Vilnius Square to Cathedral Square  iš Vilniaus aikštės į Katedros aikštę
from Europe Square to Gediminas Avenue  iš Europos aikštės į Gedimino prospektą
from Gediminas Avenue to Europe Square  iš Gedimino prospekto į Europos aikštę
from Constitution Avenue to Vytautas Avenue  iš Konstitucijos prospekto į Vytauto prospektą
from Vytautas Avenue to Constitution Avenue  iš Vytauto prospekto į Konstitucijos prospektą
from Freedom Avenue to Bend Park  iš Laisvės prospekto į Vingio parką
from Bend Park to Freedom Avenue  iš Vingio parko į Laisvės prospektą
from Europe Park to The Amber Museum  iš Europos parko į Gintaro muziejų
from The Amber Museum to Europe Park  iš Gintaro muziejaus į Europos parką
from The Castle Museum to The Art Museum  iš Pilies muziejaus į Dailės muziejų
from The Art Museum to The Castle Museum iš Dailės muziejaus į Pilies muziejų

Did that give you a headache?  Just go over it a few times and your headache will get worse. 
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