Hi there, I'm Jack.
Today's episode begins a long series of episodes that will
introduce a lot of new vocabulary related to food. When I
started digging into this I was surprised at how large the subject
of food is. You have your basic foods like apples, oranges,
chicken, beef, etcetera. Then you have all the ingredients
used in cooking such as flour, cloves, rosemary, and then you have
all the foods you can create or that you might order in a
restaurant, such as eggplant casserole with cheese, linguini pasta
with clam sauce or cinnamon rolls with cherry filling. This
is a huge topic.
Anyway, we have many, many,
many episodes scripted for this subject. We won't give them
all to you at once or one after the other. We'll intersperse
the series with exam episodes and episodes on other topics.
Evenutally, we'll get through dozens of food programs.
Just so you know what to expect, we just shoot through the
food types and we use phrases that you might use such as, I like
bananas, I don't like bananas, I want bananas, I don't want
bananas, and then we'll move onto another food. The episodes
won't by organized by types of food. We'll mix fruits with
meats and salads with bakery products. We hope it all comes
in handy. Now, on with today's episode that I recorded with
Vytautas, the ballroom dance competitor visiting the United States
from Kaunas, Lithuania. Enjoy!
Hi there, I’m Jack, I am
Vytautas and welcome back to Lithuanian Out Loud where we offer the
world the Lithuanian language.
so, where are you from
Vytautai?
I am from...
yes?
please...
I am from Kaunas
ah, okay, so, you speak
aukstaičiai?
uh, yes,
yeah?
yeah
that's the dialect of Lithuanian
they speak in Kaunas?
yes
yeah
yeah
okay
how do you say it?
aukstaičiai?
aukstaičiai
aukstaičiai
okay
it's the best Lithuanian,
or..?
yeah, I think the best
the best!
alright, uh...
According to the Wikipedia
article entitled, Kaunas Castle, in 1361 the Grand Master of the
Teutonic Knights sent spies to study the defenses of the castle.
The following year, 1362, the German knights attacked and the
siege lasted three weeks. The castle walls were 36 feet or 11
meters high but the Christian knights took the castle killing all
but 36 of the 400 Lithuanian defenders. The Germans then
commemorated the victory with a celebration on Easter Sunday 1362.
Later the Lithuanians attacked the castle and drove the Christians
away. In 1384 the Teutuonic Knights attacked and conquered
the castle again. That same year the Lithuanians floated
troops, cannons and trebuchets down the Neris River from Vilnius
and smashed the German army.
Just a short review before we
get to the meat of today’s episode.
If we’re talking about an
unspecified number of a COUNTABLE object we use the genitive
plural.
If we’re talking about an
unspecified amount of an UNCOUNTABLE object we use the genitive
singular.
Just keep this rule in mind.
Today we’re going to be going
over items you might want to order in a restaurant.
Using a countable noun we might
say something like this;
I would like
mushrooms
norėčiau grybų
Using an uncountable noun we
might say something like this;
I would like milk
norėčiau pieno
what you would
like?
ko pageidausite?
I don’t know
nežinau
would you like a caesar
salad?
ar norėtum cezario
salotų?
yes, I’d like a caesar
salad
taip, norėčiau cezario
salotų
okay, now let‘s ask for some
things you might find in a restaurant
a menu
valgiaraštis (valgyti +
raštas)
writing
raštas
a menu
meniu
meniu is a word borrowed from
English and does not decline
I'd like a menu
norėčiau
valgiaraščio
I’d like a menu,
please
norėčiau meniu,
prašom
soup
sriuba
I’d like soup
norėčiau sriubos
would you like
soup?
ar norėtum
sriubos?
I’d like a little
soup
norėčiau truputį
sriubos
I don’t want soup
nenoriu sriubos
a salad
salotos
a leaf
lapas
salad leaves
salotų lapai
caesar salad
cezario
salotos
iceberg lettuce
isbergo salotos
I’d like salad
norėčiau salotų
would you like a
salad?
ar norėtum salotų?
I’d like a little
salad
norėčiau truputį
salotų
I don’t want salad
nenoriu salotų
I’d like a caesar
salad
norėčiau cezario
salotų
would you like a caesar
salad?
ar norėtum cezario
salotų?
a tomato
pomidoras
tomatoes
pomidorai
I’d like tomato
norėčiau pomidorų
would you like
tomato?
ar norėtum
pomidorų?
I’d like a little
tomato
norėčiau truputį
pomidorų
I don’t want
tomato
nenoriu pomidorų
a cucumber
agurkas
cucumbers
agurkai
I’d like cucumber
norėčiau agurkų
would you like
cucumber?
ar norėtum agurkų?
I’d like a little
cucumber
norėčiau truputį
agurkų
I don’t want
cucumber
nenoriu agurkų
an onion
svogūnas
onions
svogūnai
blue onions
mėlyni svogūnai
I’d like onion
norėčiau svogūnų
would you like
onion?
ar norėtum svogūnų?
I’d like a little
onion
norėčiau truputį
svogūnų
I don’t want onion
nenoriu svogūnų
an olive
alyvuogė
olives
alyvuogės
I’d like olives
norėčiau alyvuogių
would you like
olives?
ar norėtum
alyvuogių?
I’d like a little bit of
olives
norėčiau truputį
alyvuogių
I don’t want
olives
nenoriu alyvuogių
cheese
sūris
I’d like cheese
norėčiau sūrio
would you like
cheese?
ar norėtum sūrio?
I’d like a little
cheese
norėčiau truputį
sūrio
I don’t want
cheese
nenoriu sūrio
feta cheese
fetos sūris
I’d like feta
cheese
norėčiau fetos
sūrio
would you like feta
cheese?
ar norėtum fetos
sūrio?
I’d like a little feta
cheese
norėčiau truputį fetos
sūrio
salt
druska
I’d like salt
norėčiau druskos
would you like
salt?
ar norėtum druskos?
I’d like a little
salt
norėčiau truputį
druskos
I don’t want salt
nenoriu druskos
oil
aliejus
I’d like oil
norėčiau aliejaus
would you like
oil?
ar norėtum aliejaus?
what do you think of the
way...
have you been in restaurants
much?
in Lithuania?
here?
no
do you think people...how are
they different?
are they?
they're always
smiling
right, Lithuanians always say,
"why is everybody smiling so much?"
it seems strange,
huh?
yeah, in Lithuania the people
is very sad
yeah
it's different
always smiling -
Americans
yeah
wide smiling
but, you don't know what they
thinking about you
(many Lithuanians are surprised
by how much Americans smile - it seems suspicious to
them)
right
oh, where were we?
let's see,
I’d like a little
oil
norėčiau truputį
aliejaus
I don’t want oil
nenoriu aliejaus
bacon
šoninė
baked bacon
kepinta šoninė
I’d like bacon
norėčiau
šoninės
would you like
bacon?
ar norėtum šoninės?
I’d like a little
bacon
norėčiau truputį
šoninės
I don’t want bacon
nenoriu šoninės
parmesan cheese
parmezano sūris
I’d like parmesan
cheese
norėčiau parmezano
sūrio
would you like parmesan
cheese?
ar norėtum parmezano
sūrio?
I’d like a little parmesan
cheese
norėčiau truputį parmezano
sūrio
I don’t want
parmesan
nenoriu parmezano
sūrio
an anchovy
ančiuvis
anchovies
ančiuviai
I’d like anchovies
norėčiau ančiuvių
would you like
anchovies?
ar norėtum
ančiuvių?
I’d like a little bit of
anchovies
norėčiau truputį
ančiuvių
anchovies? No, I hate
anchovies!
ančiuvių? Ne, aš nekenčiu
ančiuvių!
Šaunuoliai! Great!
You made it to the end of another episode! Šaunuoliai!