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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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Oct 20, 2007

Our friend writes…”There are no words in Lithuanian for boyfriend or girlfriend.  Lithuanians refer only to the words “draugas,” which means a male friend and “draugė,” which means female friend.  But, of course, that doesn’t convey quite what we’re looking for here.

A more appropriate term would be “partner,” “partneris” for a male and “partnerė” for a female.  You could also refer to someone as “gyvenimo draugas” or “gyvenimo draugė.”

If a man says, “čia – mano gyvenimo draugas” or “čia – mano partneris” you would understand that he is gay.

Let’s go over some terms…

same sex partner translates as “tos pačios lyties partneris” for men and “tos pačios lyties partnerė” for women.

“tos pačios” is derived from “tas pats” which means “same”

tos pačios                       
same

“lyties” is derived from the word, “lytis” or “sex” and “partneris” or “partner.”

same sex partner             
tos pačios lyties partneris (male)

same sex partner             
tos pačios lyties partnerė (female)

the word for friend is draugas or draugė.  These are very common words in Lithuanian.

draugas                         
a male friend

draugė                           
a female friend

the word for partner is partneris or partnerė

partneris                        
a male partner

partnerė                        
a female partner

gyvenimas                     
life

gyvenimo draugas          
life friend

gyvenimo draugė           
life-time friend

čia – mano draugas        
here’s my friend (male)

čia – mano draugė          
here’s my friend (female)

čia – mano partneris      
here’s my partner (male)

čia – mano partnerė      
here’s my partner (female)

čia – mano gyvenimo    
draugas here’s my life friend (male)

čia – mano gyvenimo    
draugė here’s my life friend (female)