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Lithuanian Out Loud is a podcast series designed for fans of the Lithuanian language. Come along with native Lithuanian author/lawyer Raminta and her North-American husband, Jack. They'll teach you Lithuanian along with tidbits about the history and culture of Raminta's homeland - Lietuva!
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May 25, 2008
Hey there! This is Jack and welcome back to Lithuanian Out Loud. First off, I need to apologize to anyone who’s sent us an email with a gmail address. Unfortunately, our spam blocker was working overtime again and blocked these emails and we never got them. We’re very sorry for the error. So, if you have a gmail address and you sent us an email and did not get a response, please send it again and we promise to reply this time. Sorry about that.
I’d like to thank Aldona of Los Angeles, California for coming on the show and helping us record this episode. Aldona teaches Lithuanian and she was kind enough to spend about an hour with us working on this episode. Thanks a million Aldona!
Just for clarification, this episode only covers regular nouns, we’ll cover some irregular nouns in upcoming episodes. Well, Raminta will be here in just three days! Woohoo! So, this episode should be the last one you listen to using Skype for quite some time. After today we’ll be providing much better audio. Also, as soon as Raminta gets here we’ll be working overtime to produce a few intermediate episodes along with our beginning episodes. A few weeks after that we’ll try to bring you something in the advanced category.
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Laba diena, ar čia Aldona?
Laba diena, laba diena, čia Aldona.
Kaip jums sekasi?
Man gerai sekasi, kaip tau?
Sveikas kaip ridikas, ačiū. (healthy as a raddish)
Hi there, I’m Jack and I’m Aldona and welcome back to Lithuanian Out Loud where we offer the world the Lithuanian language.
The next time you’re in Vilnius, go to Cathedral Square and look for the Stebuklas Tile. Stebuklas is the Lithuanian word for miracle. Now, it’s bad luck to mention where the tile is located exactly so people may not want to say where it is if you ask. Just look for a small crowd of people laughing and spinning on a tile. To make a wish, close your eyes and make three clockwise turns on the tile and your wish will come true.
Are you familiar with this tile?
No, it’s the first time I’ve heard of it, but next time I’ll look
for it.
Today we’ll learn how to create the plural of regular masculine nouns. That’s to say, three restaurants, seven automobiles, two museums, etcetera. Masculine nouns have to be matched to masculine numbers and feminine nouns have to be matched to feminine numbers. We’ll go over some irregular nouns later. To review numbers go back to episodes 0041 and 0044.
to create plural nouns:
masculine nouns that end in –as change to –ai
masculine nouns that end in –is change to –iai
masculine nouns that end in –ys change to –iai
masculine nouns that end in –us change to –ai
masculine nouns that end in –ius change to –iai
again, all the numbers and nouns in this episode are
masculine.
prašom pakartoti…
the
restaurant
restoranas
one
restaurant
vienas restoranas
two
restaurants
du restoranai
the
restroom
tualetas
one
restroom
vienas tualetas
two
restrooms
du tualetai
the male
friend
draugas
one male
friend
vienas draugas
two male
friends
du draugai
the
automobile
automobilis
one
automobile
vienas automobilis
two
automobiles
du automobiliai
the
brother
brolis
one
brother
vienas brolis
two
brothers
du broliai
the
armchair
fotelis
one
armchair
vienas fotelis
two
armchairs
du foteliai
the
train
traukinys
one
train
vienas traukinys
two
trains
du traukiniai
a
basket
krepšys
one
basket
vienas krepšys
two
baskets
du krepšiai
the
room
kambarys
one
room
vienas kambarys
two
rooms
du kambariai
(conversation)
a
museum
muziejus
one
museum
vienas muziejus
two
museums
du muziejai
the
television
televizorius
one
television
vienas televizorius
two
televisions
du televizoriai
the
fruit
vaisius
one
fruit
vienas vaisius
two
fruits
du vaisiai
the
actor
aktorius
one
actor
vienas aktorius
two
actors
du aktoriai
now let‘s add bigger numbers to these nouns. To review
numbers listen again to episode 0041.
again, these are all masculine numbers and masculine nouns
two
restaurants
du restoranai
three
restaurants
trys restoranai
three
restrooms
trys tualetai
four male
friends
keturi draugai
five
automobiles
penki automobiliai
six
brothers
šeši broliai
seven
armchairs
septyni foteliai
eight
trains
aštuoni traukiniai
nine
baskets
devyni krepšiai
three
rooms
trys kambariai
two
televisions
du televizoriai
five
fruits
penki vaisiai
four
actors
keturi aktoriai
three
restaurants
trys restoranai
eight
museums
aštuoni muziejai
two
bathrooms
du tualetai
six male
friends
šeši draugai
seven
automobiles
septyni automobiliai
eight
brothers
aštuoni broliai
nine
armchairs
devyni foteliai
two
trains
du traukiniai
four
baskets
keturi krepšiai
two
rooms
du kambariai
six
museums
šeši muziejai
four
televisions
keturi televizoriai
seven
fruits
septyni vaisiai
nine
actors
devyni aktoriai
four
restaurants
keturi restoranai
five
bathrooms
penki tualetai
two male
friends
du draugai
six
automobiles
šeši automobiliai
three
brothers
trys broliai
seven
trains
septyni traukiniai
two
baskets
du krepšiai
seven
rooms
septyni kambariai
five
televisions
penki televizoriai
three
fruits
trys vaisiai
six
actors
šeši aktoriai
four
museums
keturi muziejai
Thanks to Eglė Ribalkaitė of Klaipėda, Lithuania for reviewing this episode for errors.
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