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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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Mar 15, 2010

Daug Many

 

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

 

Egle, welcome to the show!  Hi!

Where, now, where are you from?

Okay, I am from Lithuania.

What part?  Klaipėda.  Vakarų Lietuva – western Lithuania.

So, you‘re from western Lithuania.  Yes.

And, what is your accent?  What style of accent..?

No accent!  Standard?

(Raminta in the background) Yes!

So, Egle…

 

Stelmužė is a village in Zarasai district, Lithuania. There is a wooden chapel built in 1650 not using saws or iron nails; it is the oldest wooden religious building in Lithuania. Stelmužė is also known for the Tower of Slaves or Vergų bokštas, a rectangular building constructed of stone and bricks, used for imprisonment of serfs.

Nasty.  Did you know this?  No!  Wow, we try to teach on every lesson a little bit about Lithuania.  That’s nice.  History, religion, the old religion, things like this.

 

pradėkime, let’s get started

 

On recent episodes we worked on numbering things such as three museums, trys muziejai or thirty seven dogs, trisdešimt septyni šunys.  That’s a lot!  Yes!

 

Today we’ll go over how to say, many dogs or a lot of people.  We’re talking about an indefinite number of things.  When you talk about indefinite numbers of things you use the plural genitive.  First, some vocabulary…

 

vocabulary – žodynas

 

a woman               

moteris

 

women               

moterys

 

a sort                 

rūšis

 

sorts                   

rūšys

 

a year                 

metai

 

hearts                 

širdys

 

an insect             

vabzdys

 

insects                

vabzdžiai

 

a fly                    

musė

 

flies                    

musės

 

a person              

žmogus

 

people                 

žmonės

 

water                   

vanduo

 

sad                     

liūdnas / liūdna

 

a minute              

minutė

 

minutes               

minutės

 

a religion             

religija

 

religions               

religijos

 

a face                   

veidas

 

faces                    

veidai

 

nitrate                   

nitratas

 

nitrates                 

nitratai

 

an elephant           

dramblys

 

elephants              

drambliai

 

a document            

dokumentas

 

documents             

dokumentai

 

a mosquito             

uodas

 

mosquitoes             

uodai

 

a question mark      

klaustukas

 

question marks       

klaustukai

 

a smoker                

rūkantysis

 

smokers                 

rūkantys

 

a location                

vieta

 

locations                 

vietos

 

a meadow               

pieva

 

meadows                

pievos

 

So, how long have you known Raminta?

Oh, I know Raminta for…12 years.

(Raminta in the background)  How many?

12, because for me…it’s 29…

About 12 years.

You’ve known her since you were 12 years-old or you have known her for 12 years?

No, I’ve known her for 12 years.  We met each other when we were 17 years-old.

Aha, kur? (where)

In high school.

Where, but, where was the high school?

The high school in Klaipėda.

And, you didn‘t like her at first.

Raminta? Yeah. No! I liked her. Why you say like that?

Joking, joking.

(Raminta in the background)  What did you think about me?

She was very funny; smiled a lot, and her laugh, we can hear…per visa koridoriu (through the entire corridor)

She was really nice…and she is.

She is, she is.  Okay, so,  the word for many, is daug.

 

many                  

daug

 

plenty of              

daug

 

a lot of                

daug

 

now let’s combine daug with some nouns…

 

many colors  

daug spalvų 

 

many locations  

daug vietų 

 

many cars  

daug mašinų 

 

many songs  

daug dainų 

 

many birds  

daug paukščių 

 

many children  

daug vaikų 

 

many women  

daug moterų 

 

many trees  

daug medžių 

 

many years  

daug metų 

 

there are a lot of people here  

čia yra daug žmonių 

 

are there many books in the library?  

ar daug knygų bibliotėkoje? 

 

there are a lot of sad faces  

yra daug liūdnų veidų 

 

there are many religions in the world  

yra daug religijų pasaulyje 

 

in China there are many people  

Kinijoje yra daug žmonių 

 

are there many people in the restaurant?  

ar daug žmonių restorane? 

 

are there many people in the coffee shop?  

ar daug žmonių kavinėje? 

 

outside there are many flies  

lauke yra daug musių 

 

in the forest there are many mosquitoes 

miške yra daug uodų 

 

in the meadow there are many insects  

pievoje yra daug vabzdių 

 

in history there are many question marks 

istorijoje yra daug klaustukų 

 

in the water are a lot of nitrates  

vandenyje yra daug nitratų 

 

in Africa are many places where elephants live 

Afrikoje yra daug vietų kur gyvena drambliai 

 

there are many documents  

yra daug dokumentų 

 

are there a lot of smokers?  

ar daug yra rūkančių? 

 

there are many sorts 

yra daug rūšių 

 

Here are some other ways to use daug. First some vocabulary. 

 

vocabulary žodynas

 

a lake                                     

ežeras

 

lakes                                       

ežerai

 

a leaf                                       

lapas

 

leaves                                      

lapai

 

a thing                                   

daiktas

 

things                                    

daiktai

 

a bird                                     

paukštis

 

birds                                      

paukščiai

 

a male cousin                       

pusbrolis

 

male cousins                          

pusbroliai

 

very many                              

labai daug

 

very many colors                    

labai daug spalvų

 

very many locations              

labai daug vietų

 

very many cars                      

labai daug mašinų

 

very many lakes                      

labai daug ežerų

 

very many leaves                   

labai daug lapų

 

a lot of things                       

labai daug daiktų

 

very many birds                     

labai daug paukščių

 

very many cousins                  

labai daug pusbrolių

 

very many automobiles        

labai daug automobilių

 

a window                               

langas

 

windows                                 

langai

 

a village                                  

kaimas

 

villages                                  

kaimai

 

a tooth                                   

dantis

 

teeth                                      

dantys

 

not many, not a lot                

nedaug

 

not many people, few people 

nedaug žmonių

 

not a lot of colors                    

nedaug spalvų

 

not many locations                  

nedaug vietų

 

not a lot of cars                       

nedaug mašinų

 

not many windows                  

nedaug langų

 

not many villages                    

nedaug kaimų

 

not many teeth                       

nedaug dantų

 

per daug translates as too much or too many

 

a war       

karas

 

wars        

karai

 

a trip      

kelionė

 

trips       

kelionės

 

a tree     

medis

 

trees      

medžiai

 

too many, too much                                      

per daug

 

there are too many people in the restaurant   

restorane yra per daug žmonių

 

there are too many people in the coffee shop 

kavinėje yra per daug žmonių

 

there are too many people in the nightclub    

klube yra per daug žmonių

 

too many colors                                             

per daug spalvų

 

too many cars                                               

per daug mašinų

 

too many trees                                              

per daug medžių

 

too many trips                                               

per daug kelionių

 

too many wars                                               

per daug karų

 

daugiau translates as more

 

a thief                         

vagis

 

thieves                            

vagys

 

a ship                             

laivas

 

ships                              

laivai

 

a suburb                         

priemiestis

 

suburbs                          

priemiesčiai

 

more                               

daugiau

 

more colors                   

daugiau spalvų   

 

more locations              

daugiau vietų

 

more cars                       

daugiau mašinų

 

more thieves                 

daugiau vagių

 

more students               

daugiau studentų

 

more suburbs                

daugiau priemiesčių

 

daug daugiau translates as many more

 

a passenger                  

keleivis

 

passengers                    

keleiviai

 

a poem                           

poema

 

poems                            

poemos

 

a fire                              

ugnis

 

fires                               

ugnys

 

a wall                             

siena

 

walls                              

sienos

 

a dictionary                   

žodynas

 

dictionaries                   

žodynai

 

a word                          

žodis

 

words                           

žodžiai

 

a bug                             

blakė

 

bugs                              

blakės

 

a pest                             

kenkėjas

 

pests                               

kenkėjai

 

many more                     

daug daugiau

 

many more passengers  

daug daugiau keleivių


many more poems          

daug daugiau poemų

 

many more fires             

daug daugiau ugnių

 

many more walls            

daug daugiau sienų

 

many more dictionaries 

daug daugiau žodynų

 

many more words         

daug daugiau žodžių

 

many more pests           

daug daugiau kenkėjų

 

many more bugs            

daug daugiau blakių

 

truputį daugiau translates as a little more

 

a little more flowers     

truputį daugiau gėlių

 

a little more people         

truputį daugiau žmonių

 

a little more women     

truputį daugiau moterų

 

So, what part of Klaipėda did you grow up in?

I grew up in the west...the west side of Klaipėda.  Yes!

Hmm, the west side, near the ocean.  Near the Baltic Sea.  Near the Baltic Sea.  Yes. 

Wow, cool.  Yeah.  Awesome.  

 

Thank you for doing this.  Thank you for you.

No, you did a good job!  Thank you!

 

Šaunuoliai!  Great!  You made it to the end of another episode!  Šaunuoliai!