Jun 27, 2008
Septyni Akmenys Seven Stones
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Something you have to see in Vilnius are the, Gates of Dawn or Aušros Vartai. Between 1503 and 1522 the city was protected by a wall which included three towers and nine gates. This is the last of the nine gates to survive and it‘s beautiful.
dawn
aušra
gate,
gates
vartai
the gates of dawn or dawn’s
gates
aušros vartai
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pradėkime, let’s get started
Alrighty! Now let’s continue working on plural nouns but today the nouns are a little unusual. These verbs end in –uo. Remember masculine nouns have to be matched to masculine numbers and feminine nouns have to be matched to feminine numbers.
Akmuo is the Lithuanian word for stone. Most nouns that end in –uo are masculine and they have unusual endings in the plural.
Thanks to Eglė Ribalkaitė of Klaipėda, Lithuania for reviewing this episode for errors.
a stone
akmuo
a stone
akmuo
one stone
vienas akmuo
two stones
du akmenys
nine stones
devyni akmenys
five stones
penki akmenys
seven stones
septyni akmenys
dubuo is the word for bowl
the bowl
dubuo
one bowl
vienas dubuo
two bowls
du dubenys
four
bowls
keturi dubenys
six bowls
šeši dubenys
three bowls
trys dubenys
raumuo is the word for muscle
the muscle
raumuo
a muscle
raumuo
one muscle
vienas raumuo
two muscles
du raumenys
five muscles
penki raumenys
three muscles
trys raumenys
four muscles
keturi raumenys
ruduo is the word for autumn
autumn
ruduo
fall
ruduo
one autumn
vienas ruduo
two autumns
du rudenys
seven autumns
septyni rudenys
eight autumns
aštuoni rudenys
three
autumns
trys rudenys
asmuo is a word that means person
a person
asmuo
one person
vienas asmuo
two people
du asmenys
five people
penki asmenys
nine people
devyni asmenys
eight
people
aštuoni asmenys
šuo is the word for dog
the dog
šuo
a dog
šuo
one dog
vienas šuo
two dogs
du šunys
nine dogs
devyni šunys
four dogs
keturi šunys
five dogs
penki šunys
sesuo is unusual, it’s the word for sister and it’s the only feminine word that ends in –uo
a
sister
sesuo
one sister
viena sesuo
two sisters
dvi seserys
eight sisters
aštuonios seserys
five sisters
penkios seserys
Coming up we’ll continue with some more unusual nouns in the
plural.
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