Mar 3, 2008
Hi there, I’m Jack. Hi there I’m Raminta and welcome back to Lithuanian Out Loud where we offer the world the Lithuanian language. We’re not teachers, but we do the best we can.
What do you think about that? It’s good to try to do the best, I think!
Recently, we talked about Saulė, the Lithuanian sun goddess of life, nature and fertility. You might be surprised to know her most sacred animal is žaltys, a small harmless green grass snake. The Lithuanian word for green is žalias. So, žalias – green, žaltys – green grass snake.
The žaltys spirit lives by the stove but to ensure fertility and wealth for the family a living žaltys snake was kept in a special corner of the home and at times the entire family would not only recite prayers to it, they would invite the green grass snake to share a meal at the dinner table.
That would be a lot of fun!
Elena Bradūnas has written a wonderful story for the magazine Lituanus named, If You Kill A Snake – The Sun Will Cry. You can find a link to the article on the Lithuanian Out Loud blogpage. According to the article, written in 1975, Elena states, “to this day in Lithuania, the gabled roofs are occasionally topped with serpent-shaped carvings in order to protect the household from evil powers.”
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Since we touched on it in the last lesson, let‘s work some more on naming things. It‘s fairly simple and you‘ve already seen it. We just use kilmininkas or the genitive case. This is all simple stuff assuming you‘ve studied lessons 0022, 0030, 0031, 0033, 0037, and 0039 on kilmininkas.
Here‘s some new vocabulary for you. First, let’s go over the words in vardininkas or the naming case.
Kaip pasakyti lietuviškai?
How do you say it in Lithuanian?
an avenue
prospektas
the avenue
prospektas
a bridge
tiltas
the bridge
tiltas
the constitution
konstitucija
a constitution
konstitucija
freedom
laisvė
freedom
laisvė
Europe
Europa
Europe
Europa
the townhall
rotušė
a townhall
rotušė
art
dailė
fine art
dailė
the museum
muziejus
a museum
muziejus
Now we’ll name things using kilmininkas or the genitive case, for example, what’s the name of the street? It’s name is University Street. What’s the name of the park? It’s named Europe Park.
In the following examples we’ll give the streets, the squares, the avenues, the parks and the museums names. These are all real locations in Vilnius, Lithuania.
please repeat
prašom pakartoti
University
Street
Universiteto gatvė
University
Street
Universiteto gatvė
Tower
Street
Bokšto gatvė
Tower
Street
Bokšto gatvė
Castle
Street
Pilies gatvė
Castle
Street
Pilies gatvė
Bridge
Street
Tilto gatvė
Bridge
Street
Tilto gatvė
Vilnius
Street
Vilniaus gatvė
Vilnius
Street
Vilniaus gatvė
Townhall
Square
Rotušės aikštė
Townhall
Square
Rotušės aikštė
Cathedral
Square
Katedros aikštė
Cathedral
Square
Katedros aikštė
Vilnius
Square
Vilniaus aikštė
Vilnius
Square
Vilniaus aikštė
Europe
Square
Europos aikštė
Europe
Square
Europos aikštė
Gediminas
Avenue
Gedimino prospektas
Gediminas
Avenue
Gedimino prospektas
Constitution
Avenue
Konstitucijos prospektas
Constitution
Avenue
Konstitucijos prospektas
Vytautas
Avenue
Vytauto prospektas
Vytautas
Avenue
Vytauto prospektas
Freedom
Avenue
Laisvės prospektas
Freedom
Avenue
Laisvės prospektas
Bend
Park
Vingio parkas
Bend
Park
Vingio parkas
Europe
Park
Europos parkas
Europe
Park
Europos parkas
The Amber
Museum
Gintaro muziejus
Amber
Museum
Gintaro muziejus
The Castle
Museum
Pilies muziejus
Castle
Museum
Pilies muziejus
The Art
Museum
Dailės muziejus
Art
Museum
Dailės muziejus
Castle
Bridge
Pilies tiltas
Castle
Bridge
Pilies tiltas
So, we started with vardininkas, changed to kilmininkas in order to name things, and now let‘s change all these examples to galininkas or the accusative declension using į, or to, but first let‘s learn three more conjugations of the verb važiuoti.
we‘re
going
mes važiuojame
we‘re
going
mes važiuojame
they’re going (males only or male/female group)
jie važiuoja
they’re going (males only or male/female group)
jie važiuoja
they’re going (females
only)
jos važiuoja
they’re going (females
only)
jos važiuoja
Now for something challenging. We‘ll say a destination in English and we‘ll say, mes, jie or jos. You conjugate the verb and decline the destination and say the sentence in Lithuanian. For example, we‘ll say, “University Street – mes.“
Your response should be, “Mes važiuojame į Universiteto gatvę.“ We‘re going to University Street.
Just a reminder - when you use the verb važiuoti, you’re saying, to go, to drive, or to ride, using a car, a bus, a train, a bicycle, whatever. You’re not talking about walking.
sėkmės!
good luck!
University
Street (mes)
mes važiuojame į Universiteto gatvę
Tower Street
(mes)
mes važiuojame į Bokšto gatvę
Castle Street
(mes)
mes važiuojame į Pilies gatvę
Bridge Street
(mes)
mes važiuojame į Tilto gatvę
Vilnius Street
(mes)
mes važiuojame į Vilniaus gatvę
Townhall
Square (jie)
jie važiuoja į Rotušės aikštę
Cathedral
Square (jie)
jie važiuoja į Katedros aikštę
Vilnius Square
(jie)
jie važiuoja į Vilniaus aikštę
Europe Square
(jie)
jie važiuoja į Europos aikštę
Gediminas Avenue
(jie)
jie važiuoja į Gedimino prospektą
Constitution Avenue
(jos)
jos važiuoja į Konstitucijos prospektą
Vytautas Avenue
(jos)
jos važiuoja į Vytauto prospektą
Freedom Avenue
(jos)
jos važiuoja į Laisvės prospektą
Bend Park
(jos)
jos važiuoja į Vingio parką
Europe Park
(jos)
jos važiuoja į Europos parką
Amber Museum
(jos)
jos važiuoja į Gintaro muziejų
Amber Museum
(aš)
aš važiuoju į Gintaro muziejų
Castle Museum
(aš)
aš važiuoju į Pilies muziejų
Art Museum
(aš)
aš važiuoju į Dailės muziejų
Sveikinu laimėjus! Congratulations on making it through another episode! Sveikinu laimėjus!
If you kill a snake, the sun will cry
http://www.lituanus.org/1975/75_1_01.htm
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