Photograph: Neman River Bank, Lithuania
Photographer: Rahnieda (Wikipedia)

I forgot to mention on the last episode that we now have free pdf files for every episode of Lithuanian Out Loud on our blogpage.  A pdf file is simply a downloadable print version of our programs.  You can go to the page and download them or get them automatically using iTunes.  If you donât have iTunes on your computer you should get it, itâs completely free.

One our listeners is Jim from Delaware.  Jim has created a chat room using Skype and itâs called "Learning to speak Lithuanian for English speakers.â  From what I understand this is a tool that beginner, intermediate and advanced speakers can use to practice Lithuanian.  Jim is inviting native speakers to join the chat room if they like.  Weâll post the web address of Jimâs chat room on the Lithuanian Out Loud blogpage.  Good luck with your project, Jim!

Today we have something special for our listeners.  Along with this episode Iâll include a downloadable electronic book that Andrius Repsys of Åiauliai, Lithuania is offering to everyone for free.  This is an awesome professional looking book that you can download to your computer, open and view.  Itâs got tons of interesting facts about Lithuania including pictures, graphics and text.  You have to download it and look at it, you wonât regret taking the time.  Andrius Repsys is an artist from www.qhoto.net and not only has he done a fantastic job with his book, he was kind enough to give Lithuanian Out Loud some free advertising by placing our name on each page of his book.  Labai aÄiÅ, Andriau!  That was a kind gesture.

Finally, we have some listeners who are traveling in Lithuania and some who live there.  Weâd like to invite all of you to post your experiences on the Lithuanian Out Loud blogpage.  Have you had any interesting experiences?  Good or bad, doesnât matter.  Have you learned any interesting words or phrases?  How are your travels?  As expected?  Better?  Worse?  Just post your comments on the blogpage.  Our community would love to read them. Alright, now hereâs AgnÄ iÅ Vilniaus with an unbelieveable contribution!  Take it away Agne!

Hello, I am AgnÄ.  Even if you donât know Lithuanian well, this song could be just the right thing for you to start singing Lithuanian.  Because this song has two voices and one of them is really, really, really simple.  It would be like thisâ

Tumba tumbararasa
Tumba tumbararasa
Tumba tumbararasa
Tumba tumbararasa

Actually, this tumbararasa doesnât mean anything.  Itâs just made to keep the rhythm.  Letâs repeat once moreâ

Tumba tumbararasa
Tumba tumbararasa
Tumba tumbararasa
Tumba tumbararasa

Now, you will continue like this and I will add another voice, okay, so you are continuing this fragment of tumbararasa and let Lithuanians do the rest.  Just totally relax, okay?  Letâs start!

Tumba tumbararasa
Tumba tumbararasa
Tumba tumbararasa
Tumba tumbararasa
Tumba tumbararasa
Tumba tumbararasa
Tumba tumbararasa
Tumba tumbararasa (etcetera)
 
Äjo senis lauko arti, pasiÄmÄs pypkÄ karÄiÄ
     An old man was going to sow a field, taking a bitter tobacco-pipe
Äjo senis lauko arti, pasiÄmÄs pypkÄ karÄiÄ
     An old man was going to sow a field, taking a bitter tobacco-pipe

and after this we need to learn the second part of this song which would be like thisâ

Oi lylia oi lylia, oi lylia oi lylia
Oi lylia oi lylia, dainuok linksmai

Oi lylia oi lylia, oi lylia oi lylia
Oi lylia oi lylia, dainuok linksmai

Ready to repeat?  Okay, letâs startâone, two, threeâ

Oi lylia oi lylia, oi lylia oi lylia
Oi lylia oi lylia, dainuok linksmai

Oi lylia oi lylia, oi lylia oi lylia
Oi lylia oi lylia, dainuok linksmai

Oi lylia also means nothing, no meaning, but dainuok linksmai, dainuoti â to sing and linksmai â cheerfully, joyfully.  So, dainuok linksmai would be, sing cheerfully.

So, now letâs put together all the song.  Just mixing first part, second part, first part, second part and see what happens.  Ready!  Letâs go!

Tumba tumbararasa
Tumba tumbararasa
Tumba tumbararasa
Tumba tumbararasa
Tumba tumbararasa
Tumba tumbararasa
Tumba tumbararasa
Tumba tumbararasa (etcetera)

Äjo senis lauko arti, pasiÄmÄs pypkÄ karÄiÄ
     An old man was going to sow a field, taking a bitter tobacco-pipe
Äjo senis lauko arti, pasiÄmÄs pypkÄ karÄiÄ
     An old man was going to sow a field, taking a bitter tobacco-pipe

Oi lylia oi lylia, oi lylia oi lylia
Oi lylia oi lylia, dainuok linksmai

Oi lylia oi lylia, oi lylia oi lylia
Oi lylia oi lylia, dainuok linksmai

Äjo boba tuo keleliu, rado pypkÄ ant kelmelio
     An old woman was going the same way and found a pipe on a stump (diminutive form)
Äjo boba tuo keleliu, rado pypkÄ ant kelmelio
     An old woman was going the same way and found a pipe on a stump (diminutive form)

Oi lylia oi lylia, oi lylia oi lylia
Oi lylia oi lylia, dainuok linksmai

Oi lylia oi lylia, oi lylia oi lylia
Oi lylia oi lylia, dainuok linksmai

Oi tu boba nekvailioki, man pypkutÄ atiduoki
     Oh, you, old woman, don't tomfool, give me back my tobacco-pipe (diminutive form)
Oi tu boba nekvailioki, man pypkutÄ atiduoki
     Oh, you, old woman, don't tomfool, give me back my tobacco-pipe (diminutive form)

Oi lylia oi lylia, oi lylia oi lylia
Oi lylia oi lylia, dainuok linksmai

Oi lylia oi lylia, oi lylia oi lylia
Oi lylia oi lylia, dainuok linksmai

That was super Agne!  What an awesome performance!  Thank you for taking the time to record this, transcribe it for us, send it to us and allow us to share it with the world.  Your contribution is priceless!  AÄiÅ milijonÄ kartÅ.  Thanks a million times.

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Hi there, Iâm Jack and Iâm Raminta and welcome back to Lithuanian Out Loud where we offer the world the Lithuanian language.  Today weâre in the month of July which in Lithuanian is liepa.

Okay, I think we all agree that Lithuania is not one of the largest nations in the world.  But, the next time youâre tempted to say Lithuania is a small country, think about this.  Lithuania is larger than Denmark.  Itâs bigger than Taiwan, Netherlands, and Belgium.  So, whenever I hear anyone mention Lithuania is small, I just tell them itâs not that small.  Itâs bigger than Switzerland.

Today weâll learn a new declensionâ

PradÄkime, letâs get started!

Oh!  Good idea, we should get started first!

Today weâll learn a new declension.  Itâs called the vocative or Åauksmininkas.  Åaukti is the verb, to shout.  Åauksmininkas is the declension we use when weâre shouting at someone, when weâre speaking to someone, when weâre addressing someone or when we just want to get their attention.

Åauksmininkas is not difficult.  The declensions are simple, except for words that end in âas.  So, weâll start with the words that end in âas and the rest will be easy.

Romas!                                            Romai!
Dominykas!                                      Dominykai!
Mindaugas, come here!                      Mindaugai, ateik Äia!
Vladas, stay healthy!                          Vladai, bÅk sveikas!

Vladas, Vladas, I like this word Vladas.  Pretty name!  But, I donât think itâs Lithuanian.  Vladas - Vladimir, it seems â Russian.

If a personâs first or last name ends in âas, then âas changes to âai.

Jonas, look there!                              Jonai, ÅiÅrÄkite ten!
Vytautas, stop buzzing!                      Vytautai, nustok zysti!  (stop bothering)
Good morning Algirdas!                     Labas rytas Algirdai!
Good evening ÄÅuolas!                      Labas vakaras ÄÅuolai!

If a noun, which is not somebodyâs name ends in âas, it changes to âe.  For example, the word for sir or mister is ponas. 

mister                                               ponas
sir                                                     ponas

Letâs get his attention.

mister!                                              pone!
thank you, sir!                                   aÄiÅ, pone!

The word for father is tÄvas.

father                                                tÄvas
Happy birthday, Father!                      Su gimimo diena, TÄve!
Sweet dreams, Father!                        SaldÅiÅ sapnÅ, TÄve!
Father!  I love you!  TÄve!                  AÅ tave myliu!

Technically, you could talk to a mountain if you like.

Good morning, Mountain! Labas rytas, Kalne!

Previously we went over professions such as padÄjÄjas - assistant or gydytojas â doctor.  If a noun ends with a suffix such as âtojas or âÄjas then this suffix changes to âtojau and âÄjau.

Doctor, I feel bad                              Gydytojau, aÅ jauÄiuosi blogai
Doctor, look here                              Gydytojau, ÅiÅrÄkite Äia
Driver, where is the restaurant?           Vairuotojau, kur restoranas?
Driver, are you from Vilnius?              Vairuotojau, ar jÅs esate iÅ Vilniaus?

If a word ends in a diminutive such as âukas or âiukas as in the diminutive names Justukas or Petriukas, just drop the âas.

Justukas!                                           Justuk!
Petriukas!                                          Petriuk!

So, there are the words that end in âas.  Big job!  All the rest are simple.

Here are the rest of the masculine wordsâ

If a word ends in âis the suffix changes to -i!
If a word ends in âys the suffix changes to -y!
If a word ends in âus the suffix changes to -au!
If a word ends in âuo the suffix changes to -enie!

Jurgis!                                              Jurgi!
Karolis!                                            Karoli!
Åaltys!                                              Åalty!
Andrius!                                            Andriau!
Antonijus!                                         Antonijau!

There arenât many words that end in âuo but here are threeâ

Person! âas in asmuo                         Asmenie!
Stone! âas in akmuo                          Akmenie!
Dog! âas in Åuo                                 Åunie!

The feminine nouns are extremely easy.

If a word ends in âa the suffix changes to -a!
If a word ends in âÄ the suffix changes to -e!
If a word ends in âis the suffix changes to -ie!
If a word ends in âuo the suffix changes to -erie!
Sesuo is the only feminine word which ends in -uo

Mrs. MalinauskienÄ!                          Ponia Malinauskiene!
Good morning, madame                     Labas rytas, ponia
Raminta, Iâm hungry                          Raminta, aÅ alkanas
AgnÄ, thanks for the help                    Agne, aÄiÅ uÅ pagalbÄ
DovilÄ, Iâm cold                                 Dovile, man Åalta

ÅÄsis is the word for goose.  Antis is the word for a duck.  Weâll use these two words here since theyâre unusual.  They end in the letter âsâ but they are feminine words.

Go away goose!                                 Eik Åalin ÅÄsie!
Duck!  Eat a little bread!                     Antie! Valgyk truputÄ duonos!
Sister, does he speak Lithuanian?         Seserie, ar jis kalba lietuviÅkai?
Sister, where is Karolis?                      Seserie kur yra Karolis?

Puiku!  Excellent!  You made it to the end of another episode!  Puiku!

Alright!  Thatâs it for today!  Thanks for the download!  If you got anything out of this lesson please leave us a review on our iTunes page.
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first                                                      pirmas
second                                                  antras
third                                                     treÄias
fourth                                                   ketvirtas
fifth                                                      penktas
sixth                                                     ÅeÅtas
seventh                                                 septintas
eighth                                                   aÅtuntas
ninth                                                     devintas
tenth                                                     deÅimtas
Monday                                                pirmadienis
slang for Monday â the hard day             sunki diena
Tuesday                                                antradienis
Wednesday                                            treÄiadienis
Thursday                                               ketvirtadienis
Friday                                                    penktadienis
Saturday                                                ÅeÅtadienis
Sunday                                                  sekmadienis
to not speak                                            nekalbÄti
I donât speak                                          aÅ nekalbu
you donât speak (familiar)                        tu nekalbi
he doesnât speak                                     jis nekalba
she does not speak                                  ji nekalba
we donât speak                                       mes nekalbame
you donât speak                                     jÅs nekalbate
all of you donât speak                             jÅs nekalbate
they donât speak (mm/mf)                      jie nekalba
they donât speak (ff)                              jos nekalba
Good luck!                                            sÄkmÄs!
I donât speak English                              aÅ nekalbu angliÅkai
I donât speak Chinese                             aÅ nekalbu kiniÅkai
I donât speak Indonesian                         aÅ nekalbu indoneziÅkai
I speak Spanish                                      aÅ kalbu ispaniÅkai
I speak Spanish well                               aÅ gerai kalbu ispaniÅkai
what does she speak?                             kaip ji kalba?
she speaks Italian                                   ji kalba italiÅkai
I donât speak Italian very well                 aÅ kalbu italiÅkai nelabai gerai
she speaks Swahili                                 ji kalba svahiliÅkai
she doesnât speak Swahili                       ji nekalba svahiliÅkai
we speak Croatian                                 mes kalbame kroatiÅkai
we speak Croatian well                          mes gerai kalbame kroatiÅkai
we donât speak Croatian                        mes nekalbame kroatiÅkai
does he speak Malaysian?                       ar jis kalba malaiziÅkai?
what do we speak?                                 kaip mes kalbame?
we speak Portuguese                              mes kalbam portugaliÅkai
we speak Portuguese well                       mes gerai kalbame portugaliÅkai
we donât speak Portuguese                     mes nekalbam portugaliÅkai
pardon me                                             atleiskite
excuse me                                             atleiskit
Iâm sorry                                               atsipraÅau
do you speak Arabic?                              ar jÅs kalbate arabiÅkai?
Iâm sorry, I donât speak Arabic very well  atleiskite, aÅ kalbu arabiÅkai nelabai gerai
do you speak Turkish?                           ar jÅs kalbat turkiÅkai?
what do you all of you speak?                 kaip jÅs kalbate?
do all of you speak Lithuanian?               ar jÅs kalbat lietuviÅkai?
excuse me, I speak very little Lithuanian  atleiskite, aÅ labai maÅai kalbu lietuviÅkai
do you all speak English?                        ar jÅs kalbat angliÅkai?
do you speak Indonesian?                       ar jÅs kalbate indoneziÅkai?
pardon me, no, I donât speak Indonesian  atleiskite, ne, aÅ nekalbu indoneziÅkai
they speak Spanish                                 jie kalba ispaniÅkai
they donât speak Spanish                        jie nekalba ispaniÅkai
they speak Chinese                                 jos kalba kiniÅkai
they donât speak Chinese                        jos nekalba kiniÅkai
excuse me, I donât speak French             atleiskite, aÅ nekalbu prancÅziÅkai
excuse me, I donât speak Russian            atleiskite, aÅ nekalbu rusiÅkai
excuse me, I donât speak Polish               atleiskite, aÅ nekalbu lenkiÅkai
excuse me, I donât speak English             atleiskite, aÅ nekalbu angliÅkai
do they speak French?                           ar jie kalba prancÅziÅkai?
do they speak English?                           ar jos kalba angliÅkai?
yes, they speak English                          taip, jos kalba angliÅkai
do they speak Malaysian?                       ar jos kalba malaiziÅkai?
they speak Indonesian                            jos kalba indoneziÅkai
but they donât speak French                   bet jos nekalba prancÅziÅkai

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Photograph: Liepa tree and leaves
Photographer: Alvesgaspar (Wikipedia)

If youâd like to see the internet articles on Lithuanian Out Loud you can see the links on this episodeâs notes on our blogpage.  A big thanks to DeimantÄ DoksaitÄ for interviewing Raminta and me and for writing the story.  Labai aÄiÅ, Deimante!

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Lietuviams.com
http://www.lietuviams.com/index.php?user_sub_id=44&itemID=5290

Alfa.lt
http://www.alfa.lt/straipsnis/c79617

Delfi
http://www.delfi.lt/news/daily/emigrants/article.php?id=17653118

Anglija.lt
http://www.anglija.lt/straipsniai/naujienos/lietuviai_pasaulyje/nesu_
sutikes_lietuvio_kuris_man_butu_nepatikes.html

Remember the plug Bayram of Turkey gave us recently?  Well, he just sent me an email.  He was in Vilnius today in a coffee shop working on his computer and he heard a familiar voice.  He went up to the woman and asked her some questions and then gave her a big hug.  Raminta was really surprised someone had recognized her voice while she was chatting with a friend in a Vilnius coffee shop.  What a coincidence!  Thanks for the email Bayram!

Today we have a special guest on the show.  Someone who might be contributing something to Lithuanian Out Loud on a regular basis for a long time to come â I hope.  So, here is AgnÄ from Vilnius or AgnÄ iÅ Vilniaus and her first contribution to the show.

"Äiau braÅke, susitiksim kompote"

AgnÄ says this phrase is used by a lot by children in Lithuania to say goodbye.  The literal translation isnât really important, itâs better to learn this as a whole phrase, but for those of you who are curious it means, "goodbye, strawberry, see you in kompotas."  Kompotas is a Lithuanian stewed fruit drink â very yummy.

Here is it again, slowlyâ

Äiau braÅke, susitiksim kompote

Äiau braÅke, susitiksim kompote

Äiau braÅke, susitiksim kompote

Äiau braÅke, susitiksim kompote

Again, AgnÄ says children use this a lot but adults use it as a joke or in order to sound funny.  Try it on your Lithuanian friends.

AgnÄ has a few hundred ideas on future contributions to the show and we love having her enthusiasm in our community.  Thanks a million, Agne and welcome to the program!  Itâs super having you here with us.

Okay, enough notes, letâs get on with todayâs episode, enjoy!

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Hi there, Iâm Raminta and Iâm Jack and welcome back to Lithuanian Out Loud where we offer the world the Lithuanian language. 

Today weâre in a new month!  July was named for Julius Caesar or Julijus Cezaris who was born in this month.  In Lithuanian this month is liepa, the linden tree, which flowers during this month.  The flowers scent the air, are used to make herbal teas and attract honeybees.  Pretty tree!

According to Wikipedia, AustÄja is the ancient Lithuanian household goddess of bees. AustÄja is a goddess of fertility, brides, and growing families. AustÄja is the wife of Bubilas.

Bubilas is the household god of bees.  People may have sacrificed honey to Bubilas.  They believed that doing so would make bees swarm better.

pradÄkime, letâs get started

Today letâs talk about work.  Hereâs a Lithuanian proverb:

Kas skaito ir raÅo, tas duonos nepraÅo.  He who learns to read and write will not beg for bread.

Most of the time a personâs job has the suffix âtojas or âtoja, âÄjas or âÄja, and âininkas or âininkÄ.

Here weâll list some infinitive verbs and then weâll list the job title that follows it.

to work                      dirbti
a male worker             darbininkas
a female worker          darbininkÄ
to farm                       Åkininkauti
a male farmer             Åkininkas
a female farmer          ÅkininkÄ
to sing                        dainuoti
a male singer               dainininkas
a female singer            dainininkÄ
to cure                       gydyti
a male doctor              gydytojas
a female doctor           gydytoja
to drive                       vairuoti
a male driver               vairuotojas
a female driver            vairuotoja
to write                       raÅyti
a male writer               raÅytojas
a female writer            raÅytoja
to help                        padÄti
a male assistant            padÄjÄjas
a female assistant         padÄjÄja
to give or to serve        paduoti
a male waiter               padavÄjas
a female waiter             padavÄja
to sell                          parduoti
a salesman                   pardavÄjas
a saleswoman               pardavÄja

The last three professions we purposely put together because they look and sound so similar.  Itâs  worth the effort to memorize these.

padÄjÄjas
padavÄjas
pardavÄjas

padÄjÄja
padavÄja
pardavÄja

Now some job titles that donât follow these rulesâ

to lead                              vadovauti
a male manager                 vadovas
a female manager              vadovÄ
to be a lawyer or barrister   advokatauti
a male lawyer or barrister   advokatas
a female lawyer/attorney     advokatÄ
to control                           kontroliuoti
a male controller                 kontrolierius
a female controller              kontrolierÄ
to direct                             direktoriauti
a male director                   direktorius
a female director                direktorÄ

Now, just before we finish, letâs combine some of these.  To do this we have to use kilmininkas.

a lawyerâs female assistant    advokato padÄjÄja
an attorneyâs male assistant   advokato padÄjÄjas
a directorâs female assistant   direktoriaus padÄjÄja
a directorâs male assistant      direktoriaus padÄjÄjas

Puiku!  Excellent!  You made it to the end of another episode!  Puiku!

Alright!  Thatâs it for today!  Thanks for the download!  If you got anything out of this lesson please leave us a review on our iTunes page.
To leave us comments call our voicemail number thatâs in the title of every show or call our Skype voicemail at Lithuanianoutloud â thatâs one word, and leave us a message there.
If youâd like to see the Lithuanian spelling of any word in this series just go to WWW dot Lithuanian dot L I B S Y N dot com.  If youâd like to get these episodes every time a new one is available just go to iTunes and do a search for Lithuanian Out Loud and click subscribe.  Itâs completely free.  But, if you donât want to subscribe on iTunes, just send us an email asking us to alert you every time a new episode hits the internet.  And feel free to make copies of our episodes, put them on cds and pass them out to your friends.
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Thanks for tuning in, tell your friends about us, weâll see you on the next episode of Lithuanian Out Loud.
Iâm Jack and Iâve never met a Lithuanian I didnât like.  Viso gero!  Sudie!

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to speak                                            kalbÄti
I speak                                              aÅ kalbu
you speak (familiar)                            tu kalbi
he speaks                                           jis kalba 
she speaks                                          ji kalba
we speak                                            mes kalbame
you speak                                           jÅs kalbate
you all speak                                       jÅs kalbat
all of you speak                                   jÅs kalbate
they speak (all males / male/fem group) jie kalba
they speak (all females)                        jos kalba
Lithuanian                                           lietuviÅkai
English                                                angliÅkai
Spanish                                               ispaniÅkai
Malaysian                                            malaiziÅkai
French                                                 prancÅziÅkai
Chinese                                               kiniÅkai
Russian                                               rusiÅkai
German                                               vokiÅkai
Polish                                                  lenkiÅkai
Japanese                                              japoniÅkai
Dutch                                                  olandiÅkai
Italian                                                  italiÅkai
Latvian                                                latviÅkai
Swahili                                                 svahiliÅkai
Croatian                                               kroatiÅkai
Portuguese                                           portugaliÅkai
Arabic                                                  arabiÅkai
Turkish                                                turkiÅkai
Indonesian                                            indoneziÅkai
I speak Lithuanian                                 aÅ kalbu lietuviÅkai
repeat please                                         praÅom pakartoti
I speak English                                      aÅ kalbu angliÅkai
I speak Chinese                                     aÅ kalbu kiniÅkai
I speak Malaysian                                  aÅ kalbu malaiziÅkai
I speak English and Lithuanian                aÅ kalbu angliÅkai ir lietuviÅkai
I speak Spanish and Lithuanian               aÅ kalbu ispaniÅkai ir lietuviÅkai
I speak French and Russian                    aÅ kalbu prancÅziÅkai ir rusiÅkai
I speak Indonesian                                 aÅ kalbu indoneziÅkai
do you speak German?                           ar tu kalbi vokiÅkai?
do you speak Polish?                              ar tu kalbi lenkiÅkai?
do you speak Chinese?                           ar tu kalbi kiniÅkai?
does he speak Japanese?                         ar jis kalba japoniÅkai?
does he speak Dutch?                             ar jis kalba olandiÅkai?
does he speak Indonesian?                      ar jis kalba indoneziÅkai?
does she speak Malaysian?                     ar ji kalba malaiziÅkai?
come here!                                            ateik Äia!
Iâm gonna kill you!                                 aÅ tave uÅmuÅiu!

Lithuanian_Out_Loud_101-102_Notes.pdf

Photograph:  Labunavos tvenkinys (pond)
Photographer:  Hugo.arg (Vikipedija)

So, wonder why we do it all for free?  Two major reasons, one, we started the series as a tool for me to learn Lithuanian â and I still need to learn it.  The second reason is our community of listeners and all of your comments, plugs, emails, and new listeners joining the community every day.  Weâve had over 120,000 total downloads and we are breaking 1,500 downloads a day.  What can we say?  You guys are super.  You are one of the major reasons why we continue.  Without you, Lithuanian Out Loud wouldnât exist.  We know you depend on us and so we feel a responsibility to keep the episodes coming.  How could we possibly leave you hanging?  Thanks for being there for us.

So, Iâd like to thank all of you for listening and for spending time with us.  Above all, I want to thank the most perfect, the most intelligent, the most beautiful, engaging, interesting, the greatest woman Iâve ever met in my life, my wife Raminta.  Thank you honey, you leave me breathless.

Now, hereâs another street recording asking passers-by about Lithuania.  My apologies for the way this one was recorded.  When I found out both guys here were from Spanish speaking countries I couldnât help myself and I started to speak Spanish.  Later, I regretted doing that since most of our community probably doesnât speak Spanish.  But, if you listen closely youâll be able to make out these guys know the answers to all three questions.  Where is Lithuania?  What language do they speak there? What is the capital city?

Great! Now, on with episode number 100 which Raminta and I recorded a few weeks ago.  This episode covers the verbs gyventi and negyventi and it will be the pattern weâll follow for future verb introductions.  From here on out weâll introduce a new verb, weâll conjugate the verb, do many examples of the verb in sentences and weâll negate this verb with examples.  Then at the end weâll go over the imperative that we introduced in episode 99.  Now, letâs get started on the next 100 episodes and please, if you can, leave us a review on our iTunes page, we still donât have 50 yet!  Enjoy!

Hi there, Iâm Jack and Iâm Raminta and welcome back to Lithuanian Out Loud where we offer the world the Lithuanian language.

According to Wikipedia, the Geographical Center of Europe monument is located in Lithuania.  After an estimation of the boundaries of the continent of Europe in 1989 the French National Geographic Institute determined that the Geographic Center of Europe is located 26 kilometers north of its capital city, Vilnius, near the village of PurnuÅkÄs. A monument, composed by the sculptor Gediminas JokÅbonis and consisting of a column of white granite surmounted by a crown of stars, was erected at the location in 2004. This location is the only one listed in the Guinness Book of World Records as the geographical center of Europe. 17 km away lies Europos Parkas, Open Air Museum of the Center of Europe, a sculpture park containing the world's largest sculpture made of TV sets, now partially collapsed.

pradÄkime, letâs get started

Today weâll go over the verb gyventi â to live.  In episodes 0008 through 0013 we went over some uses of gyventi.  Letâs dig into it some more, here are gyventi and negyventi conjugated in the present tense. 
praÅom pakartoti, please repeatâ

to live                             gyventi
I live                               aÅ gyvenu 
you live (familiar)            tu gyveni 
he lives                           jis gyvena 
she lives                          ji gyvena 
you live (formal)              jÅs gyvenate 
you all live                      jÅs gyvenate 
we live                            mes gyvename 
they live (mm/mf)            jie gyvena 
they live (females)             jos gyvena
 
to not live                         negyventi
I donât live                       aÅ negyvenu
you donât live (familiar)     tu negyveni
he doesnât live                  jis negyvena
she doesnât live                 ji negyvena
we donât live                    mes negyvename
you donât live (formal)      jÅs negyvenate
you all donât live               jÅs negyvenate
they donât live (mm/mf)    jie negyvena
they donât live (females)    jos negyvena

vocabulary                      Åodynas
Chicago                          Äikaga
life                                 gyvenimas
always                            visada
one time                         vienÄ kartÄ
old town                         senamiestis
the country                     uÅmiestis
a town                            miestelis
small                              maÅas / maÅa
why                               kodÄl
open air                          laukas
together                          kartu
anywhere                        bet kur
outskirts                         pakraÅtys
therefore, that is why       todÄl

So, somebody can say, kodÄl? â you can say, todÄl!
Yeah, if you want to be rude.

to pass, to spend             praleisti
almost all day                 beveik visÄ dienÄ
can                                gali
to be able                       galÄti
in the open air                 lauke
Great Britain                   DidÅioji Britanija
also                                irgi, taip pat
if                                   jei/jeigu
somewhere, anywhere     kur nors
maybe                            galbÅt
or                                  arba
separate                          atskiras
together                          kartu
peace                             ramybÄ
in peace                          ramybÄje
the world                        pasaulis
old                                 senas/sena
in the old                        sename
the forest                        miÅkas
inhabitant                       gyventojas (gyventoja)
city                                miestas
diminutive of city            miestelis

miestelis, itâs like a small town?  Yes, like PapilÄ.

dormitory (dorm)             bendrabutis

okay, now letâs use these verbs in some examples

examples - pavyzdÅiai

infinitive
I can live in Lithuania                      aÅ galiu gyventi Lietuvoje
I like living in Kaunas                      man patinka gyventi Kaune
I want to live in KlaipÄda                 aÅ noriu gyventi KlaipÄdoje
is there anywhere to live?                 ar yra kur gyventi?
why not live better?                         kodÄl negyventi geriau?
one can live or not live here             galima gyventi arba negyventi Äia
why not live your life in Lithuania?   kodÄl negyventi savo gyvenimo Lietuvoje?

aÅ
I live in Chicago               aÅ gyvenu Äikagoje
Iâm living in Lithuania       aÅ gyvenu Lietuvoje
I am living life                  aÅ gyvenu gyvenimÄ
I am living my life             aÅ gyvenu savo gyvenimÄ
I donât live in Vilnius         aÅ negyvenu Vilniuje
Iâm not living my life        negyvenu savo gyvenimo
Iâm not living in Chicago   negyvenu Äikagoje

tu
I live in Kaunas, do you also live in Kaunas? (tu) aÅ gyvenu Kaune, ar tu taip pat gyveni Kaune?
I see that you are living well as always! (tu)         matau kad gyveni, kaip visada gerai!
you only live one time (tu)                                 gyveni tik vienÄ kartÄ
where do you live now? (tu)                              kur tu gyveni dabar?
where do you live? (tu)                                      kur tu gyveni?
you donât live here                                            tu negyveni Äia
why donât you live in the old town?                    kodÄl negyveni senamiestyje?

jis
where is he living? Vilnius? KlaipÄda?        kur jis gyvena? Vilniuje? KlaipÄdoje?
heâs living in Europeâs center â Lithuania   jis gyvena Europos centre â Lietuvoje
Lithuania is Europeâs center                      Lietuva yra Europos centras
he lives outside of town                            jis gyvena uÅmiestyje
he lives in town                                        jis gyvena miestelyje
he lives in the small town                          jis gyvena maÅame miestelyje
he doesnât live well                                  jis negyvena gerai
he doesnât live in town                             jis negyvena miestelyje
he doesnât live in the small town               jis negyvena maÅame miestelyje

ji
she is living her life                                  ji gyvena savo gyvenimÄ
she lives in Vilniusâ outskirts therefore her dog
can spend almost all day in the open air
                                                             ji gyvena Vilniaus pakraÅtyje todÄl jos Åunys beveik visÄ dienÄ gali praleisti lauke
sheâs living excellent â so far                   ji gyvena puikiai - kol kas
she lives not far                                      ji gyvena netoli
she lives in Great Britain                         ji gyvena DidÅiojoje Britanijoje
she doesnât live bad                                ji negyvena blogai
Daiva doesnât live in Russia                     Daiva negyvena Rusijoje
Renata doesnât live here                          Renata negyvena Äia

jÅs (singular)
how are you doing?                                kaip gyvenat?
not bad, thanks, and you?                       neblogai gyvenu, aÄiÅ, o kaip jÅs?
thanks, Iâm also not bad                          aÄiÅ, aÅ irgi neblogai gyvenu
where do you live?                                  kur jÅs gyvenate?
do you live in Ireland?                             ar jÅs gyvenate Airijoje?
if you are living in China - speak Chinese  jei jÅs gyvenate Kinijoje â kalbÄkite kiniÅkai
why are you living in Canada?                 kodÄl jÅs gyvenate Kanadoje?
you donât live outside                             jÅs negyvenate lauke
why do you not live in Canada?               kodÄl jÅs negyvenate Kanadoje?

jÅs (plural)
âout with it!â how are you doing?            papasakokit!  kaip jÅs gyvenate?
maybe there is somewhere you can
live in Kaunas or Vilnius                          galbÅt kur nors galite gyventi Kaune arba Vilniuje
why do you all live here, and I nowhere?  kodÄl jÅs Äia gyvenate, o aÅ niekur?
do you all live separately?                       ar jÅs gyvenate atskirai?
are you all living together?                      ar jÅs gyvenate kartu?
you donât all live together                       jÅs negyvenate kartu
why do you not live together?                 kodÄl negyvenate kartu?
why do you not live separately?              kodÄl negyvenat atskirai?

mes
do we live only one time?                        gyvenam tik vienÄ kartÄ?
âand thatâs how we live                        âtaip ir gyvenam
we live in peace                                      gyvename ramybÄje
we live on earth â we live in the universe  mes gyvename pasaulyje
do you live separately?                            ar jÅs gyvenat atskirai?
yes, we live separately                            taip, gyvename atskirai
we donât live in Kaunas                          mes negyvename Kaune
we donât live together                             mes negyvename kartu
we donât live downtown                         negyvenam miesto centre

jie (m/m or m/f group)
they live in the old building                     jie gyvena sename pastate
they live in the old city                           jie gyvena sename mieste
they live in the old forest                        jie gyvena sename miÅke
they donât live in peace                          jie negyvena ramybÄje
in the city live about 50,000 inhabitants   mieste gyvena apie penkias deÅimt tukstanÄiÅ gyventojÅ
in the small town live 632 inhabitants      miestelyje gyvena ÅeÅias Åimtai trys deÅimt du gyventojai
they donât live in the forest                    jie negyvena miÅke
they donât live in the building                 jie negyvena pastate
they donât live in the city                       jie negyvena mieste
they donât live in peace                         jie negyvena ramybÄje

jos (female group only)
is it true they live well?                     ar tikrai jos gerai gyvena?
they live in the new building              jos gyvena naujame pastate
they live in the new house                 jos gyvena naujame name
they live in the new village                jos gyvena naujame kaime
they donât live anywhere                   jos negyvena bet kur
three students live in the room           kambaryje gyvena trys studentÄs
they donât live in a flat                       jos negyvena bute
they donât live in a house                   jos negyvena name
they donât live in a dormitory (dorm)  jos negyvena bendrabutyje

and finally here are gyventi and negyventi using the imperative:

live!                  gyvenk!
live!                  gyvenkite!
letâs live!           gyvenkime!
donât live!         negyvenk!
donât live!         negyvenkite!
letâs not live!     negyvenkime!

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So, here is a listener suggestion come to life.  These are the show notes for episode 100.  We'll create pdf files for our previous 99 episodes but give us some time.  Tell us, what do you think of this idea? 

Now, what is a pdf?  This is simply a file that allows you to see the Lithuanian from the episodes in a down-loadable file.  You can download this file by right clicking on the line at the bottom of this entry:
Lithuanian_Out_Loud_0100_Notes.pdf

Just right click on this line with your mouse and click on "save target as."

Save the file on your computer and then open it whenever you feel like it.

Or, you can just left click on this link and your computer will open the file now.  Of course, you will need Adobe Acrobat reader on your computer to read the file, but Adobe Acrobat is a free program.

Or, you can just download this file through iTunes.  If you have subscribed to Lithuanian Out Loud on iTunes, these files will come to you automatically.

Keep your suggestions coming.  We can't do all of them, but we'll try to do some.

Raminta and Jack :)

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Did you know Lithuania once had a dictator?  At the end of World War One Lithuania was occupied by German soldiers.  Lithuania declared its independence in 1918 and they left.  In 1926 Antanas Smetona was one of the leaders of a military coup d'Ãtat.  Lithuanian soldiers removed the democratically elected government, put the most conservative Lithuanian party in power, placed Antanas Smetona in the presidentâs chair and he ruled Lithuania until it was invaded by the Soviet Union in 1940.

Photograph:  Pond of the former BeÄiai manor watermill, Vepriai elderate, Lithuania
Photographer:  Julius (Vikipedija)

The dictatorship lasted for 14 years and all other political parties were outlawed.  When the Soviet Union invaded in 1940 at the beginning of World War II they claimed they were doing Lithuanians a favor by defeating fascism.

pradÄkime, letâs get started

Back in episode 0047 we learned two commands.  Kiss me! PabuÄiuok mane!  Hug me!  Apkabink mane!

Today weâll go over the imperative.  We use the imperative to tell people or animals to do something.  Such as, Look!  Sit down!  Come here!

This stuff isnât super difficult.  Start with the infinitive of the verb, chop off the âtâ â âi" or the â-tiâ at the end of the verb and add â-kâ or the Lithuanian letter âk.â

the verb dirbti, to work, changes to dirbk!
the verb Åokti, to dance, changes to Åok!
the verb ÅiÅrÄti, to look, changes to ÅiÅrÄk!

work!             dirbk!
dance!            Åok!
look!              ÅiÅrÄk!

dirbk!  Åok!  ÅiÅrÄk! are all examples of how to command an individual using the âtuâ form.  Weâd use this with a child, a close friend or an animal.  To command a group of people or to give a command in a more polite way, we use jÅs, we add âkite instead of just âk.

work!             dirbkite!
dance!            Åokite!
look!              ÅiÅrÄkite!

lastly, to give a command to a group that weâre a part of, as in âusâ or âwe,â we add ââkime .â

letâs work!       dirbkime!
letâs dance!      Åokime!
letâs look!        ÅiÅrÄkime!

Now, letâs practice with some examples.  First, letâs do the familiar or âtuâ form.  Weâll say the verb in English, then the infinitive in Lithuanian.  Then weâll give the command in English and you try to guess the command in Lithuanian.  Good luck!  SÄkmÄs!

to work               dirbti  
work!                  dirbk!
to dance              Åokti  
dance!                 Åok!
to jump                ÅokinÄti  
jump!                  ÅokinÄk!
to look                 ÅiÅrÄti  
look!                   ÅiÅrÄk!
to run                  bÄgti  
run!                     bÄk!
to do                   daryti  
do it!                   daryk!
to go                    eiti  
go!                      eik!
to come               ateiti  
come!                  ateik!
to take                  imti  
take it!                 imk!
to remain, to stay  likti  
stay healthy!         lik sveikas!
to wait                  palaukti  
wait!                    palauk!
to hurry                skubÄti  
hurry!                  skubÄk!
to shout                Åaukti  
shout!                   Åauk!
to bring                 atnÄÅti  
bring it!                atnÄÅk!
to sit                     atsisesti  
sit!                       atsisesk!

Now letâs give the same commands to a person using the âjÅsâ form which is also the form weâd use giving a command to a group of people.

work!                   dirbkite!
dance!                  Åokite!
jump!                   ÅokinÄkite!
look!                    ÅiÅrÄkite!

and of course, in normal conversation we can drop the tail end -e

look!                    ÅiÅrÄkit!
run!                      bÄkit!
do it!                    darykit!
go!                       eikit!
come!                   ateikit!
take it!                  imkit!
stay healthy!         likit sveikas!
wait!                    palaukit!
hurry!                  skubÄkit!
shout!                  Åaukit!
bring it!                atnÄÅkit!
sit down!              atsisÄskit!

Great!  Now letâs give a command to a group of people to which we belong.  These commands would be equivalent to, Letâs work! Letâs dance!  Letâs run!

letâs work!            dirbkime!
letâs dance!           Åokime!
letâs jump!            ÅokinÄme!
letâs look!             ÅiÅrÄkime!
letâs look!             ÅiÅrÄkim!
letâs run!               bÄkim!
letâs do it!             darykim!
letâs go!                eikim!
letâs take it!           imkim!
letâs wait!              palaukim!
letâs hurry!            skubÄkim!
letâs shout!            Åaukim!
letâs sit down!        atsisÄskim!

Nuostabu!  Wonderful!  You made it to the end of another episode!  Nuostabu!

Alright!  Thatâs it for today!  Thanks for the download!  If you got anything out of this lesson please leave us a review on our iTunes page.
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Thanks for tuning in, tell your friends about us, weâll see you on the next episode of Lithuanian Out Loud.
Iâm Jack and Iâve never met a Lithuanian I didnât like.  Viso gero!  Sudie!

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a duke                                         kunigaikÅtis
a young god                                 dievaitis
dream                                          svajonÄ
the Lithuanian Goddess of Bees     AustÄja
machine or car                             maÅina
typewriter                                    maÅinÄlÄ
a small loaf of bread                     banda
a roll or a bun                              bandelÄ
eagle                                           arelis
a gift                                           dovana
a small gift                                   dovanÄlÄ
a chain                                        grandinÄ
a small chain                                grandinÄlÄ
the state symbol of Lithuania        Vytis
oak tree                                       ÄÅuolas
the only king of Lithuania              Mindaugas
a sack                                          maiÅas
a small sack                                  maiÅelis
dawn                                           auÅra
the Lithuanian Sun Goddess          SaulÄ
a bird                                           paukÅtis
a nestling or a chick                       paukÅtelis
a manâs suit                                  kostiumas
womanâs suit                                kostiumÄlis
a pie                                            pyragas
a pastry                                        pyragÄlis
a bee                                           bitÄ
a beekeeper                                 biÄius
a close male friend                        biÄiulis
a close female friend                     biÄiulÄ
here are my good friends               Äia mano biÄiuliai
I am                                            aÅ esu
you are                                        tu esi
he is                                            jis yra
she is                                           ji yra
we are                                         mes esame
you are                                        jÅs esate
you all are                                    jÅs esate
they are                                       jie yra
they are (fem)                              jos yra
I am not                                       aÅ nesu
you are not                                  tu nesi
his is not                                      jis nÄra
she is not                                     ji nÄra
we are not                                    mes nesame
you are not