Aug 18, 2008
Hi there, this is Jack and welcome back to Lithuanian Out Loud, a lot of flavor, zero calories. Before we start today’s episode, just wanted to mention a couple of things. As of this recording the Lithuanian basketball team has won four games at the Beijing Olympics and lost none. Could this be the Olympic Games where they win the gold medal? I’m rooting for Lithuania! Valio, valio, valio!
Now, here’s another Agnė iš Vilniaus contribution. Agnė
says every Lithuanian aged three and older knows this song by
heart. I looked for this song on Youtube and added links on
the Lithuanian Out Loud blogpage so you can see the song with a
video. Click on the links, I think you’ll enjoy them.
Of course, if you want to see the lyrics to the song, you can read
them on the show notes on the blogpage or you can get them off the
episode pdf.
Labai ačiū, Agne! You’ve created another fantastic
contribution! You’re super!
Du gaideliai (two little roosters)
Du gaideliai, du gaideliai,
Baltus žirnius kūlė.
Dvi vištelės, dvi vištelės
Į malūną vežė.
Dvi vištelės, dvi vištelės
Į malūną vežė.
Ožys malė, ožys malė,
Ožka pikliavojo,
O ši trečia ožkytėlė
Miltus nusijojo.
O ši trečia ožkytėlė
Miltus nusijojo.
Musė maišė, musė maišė,
Uodas vandens nešė.
Saulė virė, saulė virė,
Mėnesėlis kepė.
Saulė virė, saulė virė,
Mėnesėlis kepė.
translation:
Two little roosters, two little roosters
Thrashing white peas
Two little chickens, two little chickens,
Carried them (peas) to the mill.
A goat (male) was grinding, a goat was grinding
A goat (female) was rumpling (very old Lithuanian word)
And the third (of them) - a little goat
Sifted the flower
A fly was mixing, a fly was mixing,
Mosquito carried water,
Sun was cooking, Sun was cooking,
The Moon (cute form) was baking.
Du gaideliai tramvajuje
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=918LSzMrZ5o
Du gaideliai (in Iceland)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jnYk0qbVCsw
Du Gaideliai by 'Merkuijus'
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hm7MBwgEA_4
Hi there, I’m Raminta and I’m Jack and welcome back to
Lithuanian Out Loud where we offer the world the Lithuanian
language. Today we’re in the month of August which in
Lithuanian is rugpjūtis.
Lietuvos zoologijos sodas is the only zoo in Lithuania. It’s
located in Kaunas and it has over 2,000 animals and 270
species.
doughnut
spurga
bear
lokys
According to Radio Vilnius & Current Affairs of February 2008, a
woman who was in charge of the animal cages was attacked by a bear
that had escaped. Her screams attracted the attention of a
man who was in the parking lot and he scared the 70 kilo or 154
pound bear off. The woman was hospitalized.
In early February a zookeeper was gored by a musk ox. The
man’s life couldn’t be saved.
According to the Associated Press back in May of 2007 three
university students climbed into a giraffe’s pen at night.
The giraffe defended itself and stomped on 22 year-old Ruta
Greičiutė, breaking her nose and collarbone.
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Back in episode 0059 we introduced the accusative case or
galininkas. Today we’ll start in on the plural accusative or
accusative plural.
To do this let’s introduce a new verb – valgyti – to eat.
When you use a transitive verb the object of the sentence is
declined using the accusative case or galininkas. For
example, I eat the banana. Banana is a singular object that
receives the action of the verb, to eat. So, banana is
declined using galininkas. You know the verb is transitive
when you see the object receives the action of the verb. I
open the window – the object, window is receiving the action of the
verb, to open. Sonata drives the car. The object – the
car is receiving the action of the verb, to drive.
now let’s conjugate valgyti – to eat
I
eat
aš valgau
you eat
(tu)
tu valgai
he
eats
jis valgo
she
eats
ji valgo
we
eat
mes valgome
you eat
(jūs)
jūs valgote
you all
eat
jūs valgote
they
eat (jie)
jie valgo
they
eat (jos
jos valgo
We’ve already gone over the accusative singular in previous
episodes. I’m eating an egg is the accusative singular.
I’m eating a single egg. I’m eating one egg. The egg is
the object that receives the action of the verb – to eat.
I’m eating the eggs or I’m eating two eggs is the accusative
plural. The plural object – eggs – are receiving the action
of the verb – to eat.
In this episode we’ll focus on the accusative plural such as, I’m
eating eggs or he’s eating mushrooms. Here are some of the
plural accusative endings. Today we’re going to do only
masculine nouns. Words that end in…
-as change to –us
-is changes to –ius
-ys changes to –ius
-us changes to –us
-ius changes to –ius
-uo changes to –enis
Now let’s make some sentences using valgyti. Keep in mind
that in Lithuanian to say aš valgau can mean I eat or I am eating,
tu eini, you walk or you are walking.
a
banana
bananas
bananas
bananai
the
bananas
bananai
I’m eating a
banana
aš valgau bananą
I’m eating the
bananas
aš valgau bananus
Some say Lithuanian is hard. Hmmm. Don’t worry if this episode seems difficult. Assuming we keep these podcasts coming for thousands of episodes, we plan to do a single episode for every new verb we introduce. Of course, there are thousands of verbs to cover so you’ll get tons of practice just like here with the verb valgyti.
a
mushroom
grybas
the
mushrooms
grybai
are you eating a
mushroom?
ar tu valgai grybą?
are you eating
mushrooms?
ar valgai grybus?
Attention! Dėmesio! Something else to keep in mind when
conjugating any verb. You don’t need to say “aš valgau” since
valgau makes - aš - obvious. You can just say, valgau.
The word aš is not necessary unless you want to use it for
emphasis. Same goes for tu valgai, “tu” isn’t necessary – you
can simply say, “valgai,” tu is understood. Valgome is the
same, you don’t need to say mes. Valgote is also the same,
you don’t need to say jūs. In these examples the pronoun is
unnecessary.
an
egg
kiaušinis
the
eggs
kiaušiniai
he is eating an
egg
jis valgo kiaušinį
he is eating
eggs
jis valgo kiaušinius
a sandwich or
hamburger
sumuštinis
the sandwiches or hamburgers
sumuštiniai
she is eating a
sandwich
ji valgo sumuštinį
she’s eating
hamburgers
ji valgo sumuštinius
an
apple
obuolys
the
apples
obuoliai
we are eating an
apple
mes valgome obuolį
we are eating the
apples
mes valgome obuolius
a
crab
krabas
crabs
krabai
are you eating a
crab?
ar jūs valgote krabą?
are you eating
crabs?
ar jūs valgote krabus?
an
eel
ungurys
the
eels
unguriai
are you all eating an
eel?
ar jūs valgote ungurį?
are you all eating
eels?
ar jūs valgote ungurius?
a
perch
ešerys
the perch
(plural)
ešeriai
are they eating a
perch?
ar jos valgo ešerį?
are they are eating perch? (plural)
ar jos valgo ešerius?
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