Jun 8, 2008
Hi there, this is Jack and welcome back to
Lithuanian Out Loud. Just a quick note before we get started,
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Also, in episode 0080 I said I was as healthy as a raddish, “aš
sveikas kaip ridikas.” But, I blew it. I should have
said, “sveikas kaip ridikas.” And now, just so you don’t
learn from my poor Lithuanian, please repeat after Raminta:
sveikas kaip ridikas
sveikas kaip ridikas
Thank you dear!
Hi everybody, this is Ibrahim from Denmark and Iraq and you are listening to Lithuanian Out Loud with Raminta and Jack, enjoy!
Ibrahim, thanks a million for sending us the plug! Shukran, shukran barakalahufiq!
Hey! We’re in a new month! June is named after the Roman goddess Juno, wife of Jupiter. In Lithuanian this month is birželis. According to the Wikipedia page, Lithuanian Calendar, its name comes from the Birch tree which is opening its buds. The birch tree or beržas is a symbol of nature, youth, and fertility. Homes, farms and animals are decorated with birch tree branches.
And now, on with the show Raminta and I recorded about two weeks ago, enjoy!
Hi there, I’m Jack and I’m Raminta and welcome back to Lithuanian Out Loud where we offer the world the Lithuanian language, but not too loud, if it’s too loud, it’ll hurt your ears.
Vytautas the Great War Museum or Vytauto Didžiojo karo muziejus, is a museum in Kaunas, Lithuania. It was opened on 16 February 1936 and named after the Grand Duke of Lithuania, Vytautas. The museum displays a history of Lithuania and Kaunas from prehistoric times to the present day, as well as an immense collection of weapons through the ages and the tragic but complete wreckage of the plane Lituanica, on which Steponas Darius and Stasys Girėnas had crossed the Atlantic Ocean in 1933.
Now, here’s Raminta reading the third part of the letter, “Justina Amerikoje.”
Gaila, kad išvažiavus į Ameriką nutrūko Justinos studijos Lietuvos universitetuose. Pritrūko vienerių metų ir Justina būtų gavusi bakalauro diplomą Vilniaus Universitete. Taip pat nutrūko neakivaizdinės studijos Mykolo Romerio Universitete. Justina planavo studijuoti Amerikoje, bet vis nepavyksta suderinti darbo su mokslu.
Here it is again, slowly, with a translation.
Gaila, kad išvažiavus į Ameriką nutrūko Justinos studijos
Lietuvos universitetuose.
It is a pity that when she left to America Justina’s studies in the
Lithuanian universities ceased.
Pritrūko vienerių metų ir Justina būtų gavusi bakalauro diplomą
Vilniaus Universitete.
She lacked one more year and Justina would have gotten a bachelor’s
diploma in the Vilnius University.
Taip pat nutrūko neakivaizdinės studijos Mykolo Romerio
Universitete.
They also terminated her correspondence studies in the Mykolas
Romeris University.
Justina planavo studijuoti Amerikoje, bet vis nepavyksta
suderinti darbo su mokslu.
Justina was planning to study in America but always fails to
reconcile work with studies.
examples
pavyzdžiai
it is a pity
that
gaila kad
it’s a
pity
gaila
what a
pity!
kaip gaila!
it is a great
pity
labai gaila
to
leave
išvažiuoti
to
cease
nutrūkti
to not be enough, to
lack
pritrūkti
Sonata’s and my friendship
ended
nutrūko mano ir Sonatos draugystė
our communication
ceased
nutrūko mūsų bendravimas
the job
ended
darbas nutrūko
the trip
ended
kelionė nutrūko
to receive, to
get
gauti
to receive a
gift
gauti dovaną
she lacked two more
years
jai pritrūko dvejų metų
he lacked three more
years
jam pritrūko trejų metų
diploma
diplomas
bachelor’s
diploma
bakalauro diplomas
will
be
būtų
studies
studijos
university
universitetas
in the
university
universitete
in the Lithuanian
universities
Lietuvos universitetuose
in the Vilnius
university
Vilniaus universitete
universities
universitetai
in the
universities
universitetuose
in the Vilnius
universities
Vilniaus universitetuose
also
taip pat
correspondence
courses
neakivaizdiniai kursai
to
plan
planuoti
to
study
studijuoti
America
Amerika
in
America
Amerikoje
but
bet
always
vis / visada
to
fail
nepavykti
to coordinate, to
reconcile
suderinti
work
darbas
study
mokslas
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