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Mar 28, 2010
Kokia Bjauri Diena What A Nasty Day
Hi there, I’m Jack and I’m Raminta and welcome back to Lithuanian Out Loud where we offer the world the Lithuanian language.
The 200 litas or du šimtai litų banknote depicts Vydūnas, a famous Lithuanian writer, philosopher and playwright. The reverse side features the Klaipėda Lighthouse, or Klaipėdos švyturys which no longer exists.
pradėkime, let’s get started
In episode 0017 we learned the word ką? As in, what? Or, what did you say?
When you use koks or kokia you’re asking for the characteristics of something; you’re asking for a description of something. Kokia tavo profesija? What is your profession or what are the characteristics of your profession? Kokia tavo nuomonė? What is your opinion? What are the characteristics of your opinion?
As we saw previously, koks is used with masculine nouns and kokia is used with feminine nouns.
Koks or kokia can also be used not as a question word but more as an expression of surprise or exclamation. You can say things like;
what a nasty day!
kokia bjauri diena!
what an ugly storm!
kokia bjauri audra!
what an ugly car!
kokia bjauri mašina!
profession
profesija
what’s your profession?
kokia tavo profesija?
what type of profession do you have?
kokia jūsų profesija?
opinion
nuomonė
what’s your opinion? (tu)
kokia tavo nuomonė?
what’s your opinion? (jūs)
kokia jūsų nuomonė?
last name
pavardė
surname
pavardė
what’s your last name? (tu)
kokia tavo pavardė?
what sort of last name do you have? (jūs)
kokia jūsų pavardė?
vocabulary - žodynas
mother
motina
tea
arbata
life
gyvenimas
meaning
prasmė
soup
sriuba
a bun
bandelė
doughnut
spurga
photograph
nuotrauka
family
šeima
storm
audra
a cat
katė
a downpour
liūtis
a night
naktis
a fish
žuvis
a duck
antis
a dress
suknelė
a hat
skrybėlė
a diet
dieta
nature
gamta
an audience
publika
a statue
statula
a sculpture
skulptūra
a display
paroda
a bug
blakė
a boat
valtis
bread
duona
a slice
riekė
a slice of bread
duonos riekė
a doll
lėlė
a crowd
minia
a group
grupė
now let’s do some examples…
which color?
kokia spalva?
which color do you like? (jūs)
kokia spalva jums patinka?
which color do you like? (tu)
kokia spalva tau patinka?
of course, we can use koks or kokia to express surprise or exclamation
ugly
bjauri
what a nasty day!
kokia bjauri diena!
what an ugly storm!
kokia bjauri audra!
what an ugly car!
kokia bjauri mašina!
what an ugly cat!
kokia bjauri katė!
what an ugly color!
kokia bjauri spalva!
what an ugly downpour!
kokia bjauri liūtis!
what an ugly night!
kokia bjauri naktis!
what an ugly castle!
kokia bjauri pilis!
what an ugly fish!
kokia bjauri žuvis!
what an ugly duck!
kokia bjauri antis!
what an ugly dress!
kokia bjauri suknelė!
what an ugly hat!
kokia bjauri skrybėlė!
delicious
skani
whoa, what a tasty doughnut!
oi, kokia skani spurga!
what a tasty pizza!
kokia skani pica!
wow, what a tasty soup, sweetheart!
oi, kokia skani sriuba, brangioji!
what a tasty tea!
kokia skani arbata!
whoa, what a tasty bun!
oi, kokia skani bandelė!
what a tasty bread!
kokia skani duona!
whoa, what a tasty coffee!
oi, kokia skani kava!
what a tasty sausage!
kokia skani dešra!
what a tasty and healthy soup!
kokia skani ir sveika sriuba!
what a tasty and healthy bread!
kokia skani ir sveika duona!
what a tasty and healthy diet!
kokia skani ir sveika dieta!
beautiful
graži
how beautiful is nature!
kokia graži gamta!
how beautiful Aistė is!
kokia graži yra Aistė!
what a beautiful day!
kokia graži diena!
what a beautiful photograph!
kokia graži nuotrauka!
oh, how beautiful you are, sweetheart!
oi, kokia tu graži, mylimoji!
how beautiful you are, my love!
kokia tu graži, mano meile!
how beautiful you are today!
kokia tu šiandien graži!
how beautiful you are today, sweetheart!
kokia tu šiandien graži brangioji!
how beautiful you are today, mom!
kokia graži tu šiandien mama!
big
didelė
what a big cathedral!
kokia didelė katedra!
what a big pizza!
kokia didelė pica!
what a big car!
kokia didelė mašina!
what a big country!
kokia didelė šalis!
what a big audience!
kokia didelė publika!
what a big statue!
kokia didelė statula!
what a big family!
kokia didelė šeima!
what a big sculpture!
kokia didelė skulptūra!
what a big party! (political)
kokia didelė partija!
what a big party! (social)
kokia didelė kompanija!
what a big display!
kokia didelė paroda!
small
maža
what a small bug!
kokia maža blakė!
what a small boat!
kokia maža valtis!
what a small slice of bread!
kokia maža duonos riekė!
what a small cafe!
kokia maža kavinė!
what a small doll!
kokia maža lėlė!
what a small family!
kokia maža šeima!
what a small crowd!
kokia maža minia!
what a small group!
kokia maža grupė!
and now some miscellaneous examples…
what a shame!
kokia gėda!
what a fantasy!
kokia fantazija!
what a hot day!
kokia karšta diena!
what a color!
kokia spalva!
what an interesting girl!
kokia idomi mergaitė!
what a charming lady!
kokia žavinga moteris!
what a calm sea!
kokia rami jūra!
what an excellent day!
kokia puiki diena!
what a rainy day!
kokia lietinga diena!
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Banknotes of the Lithuanian Litas
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Banknotes_of_the_Lithuanian_litas