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Lithuanian Out Loud is a podcast series designed for fans of the Lithuanian language. Come along with native Lithuanian author/lawyer Raminta and her North-American husband, Jack. They'll teach you Lithuanian along with tidbits about the history and culture of Raminta's homeland - Lietuva!

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Apr 1, 2010

Kokie Kokios What Sort Of

 

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

 

According to the online article, ‘CIA turned school into prison for terrorism suspects,' Lithuanian President Dalia Grybauskaitė said she, had “indirect suspicions” that the CIA had built a secret prison 15 miles from Vilnius in 2004.  The small prison was allegedly used to hold and interrogate prisoners from Afghanistan.  President Grybauskaitė said, "If this is true, Lithuania has to clean up, accept responsibility, apologise, and promise that it will never happen again.

 

http://www.independent.ie/world-news/cia-turned-school-into-prison-for-terrorism-suspects-1949517.html

 

In previous episodes we gave you many examples using koks and kokia.  The plural versions of these two words are kokie for plural masculine nouns and kokios for plural feminine nouns.  Let’s quickly go over some examples using plural nouns.

 

beautiful                                          

gražus

 

what a beautiful dogs!                               

kokie gražūs šunys!

 

how beautiful is Klaipėda’s houses!       

kokie gražūs yra Klaipėdos namai!

 

whoa, what beautiful cars!                       

oi, kokie gražūs automobiliai!

 

whoa, what beautiful watches!            

oi, kokie gražūs laikrodžiai!

 

ugly                                                        

bjaurus

 

whoa, what ugly pimples!                       

oi, kokie bjaurūs spuogai!

 

what ugly birds!                                        

kokie bjaurūs paukščiai!

 

what ugly creatures!                                  

kokie bjaurūs padarai!

 

what ugly pests!                                       

kokie bjaurūs kenkėjai!

 

what ugly insects!                                      

kokie bjaurūs vabzdžiai!

 

big                                                               

didelis

 

what big spiders!                                       

kokie dideli vorai!

 

what big elephants!                                   

kokie dideli drambliai!

 

whoa, what big dogs!                                 

oho, kokie dideli šunys!

 

oh, what big houses!                                 

oi, kokie dideli namai!

 

oh, what big rooms!                                 

oi, kokie dideli kambariai!

 

small                                                            

mažas

 

what small dogs!                                        

kokie maži šunys!

 

what small puppies!                                    

kokie maži šiuniukai!

 

what small rooms!                                       

kokie maži kambariai!

 

here are some examples using the feminine plural of kokia

 

ugly                                                               

bjauri

 

what ugly colors!                                        

kokios bjaurios spalvos!

 

what ugly dresses!                                       

kokios bjaurios suknelės!

 

what ugly hats!                                           

kokios bjaurios skrybėlės!

 

delicious                                                      

skani

 

whoa, what tasty doughnuts!                    

oi, kokios skanios spurgos!

 

whoa, what tasty buns!                              

oi, kokios skanios bandelės!

 

what tasty sausages!                                 

kokios skanios dešros!

 

beautiful                                                      

graži

 

what beautiful days!                                  

kokios gražios dienos!

 

what beautiful photographs!                   

kokios gražios nuotraukos!

 

what beautiful young girls!                       

kokios gražios jaunos merginos!

 

big                                                              

dideli

 

what big pizzas!                                       

kokios didelės picos!

 

what big cars!                                             

kokios didelės mašinos!

 

what big bears!                                          

kokios didelės meškos!

 

small                                                            

maža

 

what small dolls!                                         

kokios mažios lėlės!

 

what small hands!                                       

kokios mažios rankos!

 

what small feet!                                           

kokios mažios pėdos!

 

and now some miscellaneous examples…

 

what fantasies!                                         

kokios fantazijos!

 

what hot days!                                            

kokios karštos dienos!

 

what interesting girls!                                

kokios įdomios mergaitės!

 

what charming ladies!                               

kokios žavingos moterys!

 

what excellent days!                                  

kokios puikios dienos!

 

Alright, that wraps up your introduction to koks, kokia, kokie ir kokios.  Šaunuoliai, you made it to the end of another episode, šaunu!