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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!

Music: Vieux Farka Toure - Ana {Pocket Remix} by pocketproductions (c) copyright 2007 Licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution Noncommercial license. http://dig.ccmixter.org/files/pocketproductions/8916 Ft: Pocket (Richard Jankovich)

 

Feb 28, 2008

Hi there, I’m Jack and welcome back to Lithuanian Out Loud.  Today I’m cleaning out my computer.  I found an episode that Raminta and I recorded months ago but never got around to putting it out on the internet.  It’s not a significant lesson – it’s just for fun but I thought I’d put it out there just as a bonus lesson for you.  Now, I apologize, the audio quality isn’t perfect, it’s got a little bit of a hiss in the background but you should be able to understand it just fine.  Enjoy!

Hi everybody, this is Jack, and I’m Raminta and you’re listening to Lithuanian Out Loud!  The world’s only, the world’s first…the first, the only one…Lithuanian language lessons in a podcast series! 

One day a few years ago, my wife Raminta and I were visiting a family in Klaipėda.  Klaipėda is a port city on the west coast of Lithuania.  At one point Raminta was playing with some children and I heard her say the phrase, tuoj pat a couple of times.  So I asked her, hey honey, what does tuoj pat mean?  She brushed me off and said, wait a minute.  I figured, okay, no problem, she’s just busy.  So, I waited about five or ten minutes and I was getting tired of waiting so I asked her again, what does tuoj pat mean?  She gave me a funny look and said a little more sternly, wait a minute.  Hm!  Now I wasn’t happy!  Why the heck is she putting me off and ignoring me???  But, we were with friends and I didn’t want to show I was irritated so I just said to myself, okay, and decided to wait a bit longer.  Half an hour later I was finally tired of waiting and being ignored.  So, I gently took her hand, and made her look at me so I could get her complete attention.  I said, Raminta, please tell me, I really want to know, what does tuoj pat mean???  She gave me a confused look and said, Jack, tuoj pat means, wait a minute.

Hey guess what?  We’re going drinking with some buddies again!  Woohoo!  We seem to do a lot of these episodes, funny that, but it’s perfectly appropriate because we’re sitting here having a nice glass of what?   Wine, wine. Cabernet Sauvignon, we’re having a good time…so, let’s start off with the phrase…

Hey!  Let’s drink!                      
Ai! išgerkim!

Hey!  Let’s drink!                       
Ai! išgerkim!

Hey!  Let’s drink!                       
Ai! išgerkim!

So, when the drinks arrive, everybody’s got one in their hand, and somebody says…

Glasses up!                               
Pakelkime taures!

okay, let’s say that a little bit slower

Glasses up!                               
Pakelkime taures!

Glasses up!                               
Pakelkime taures!

Glasses up, let’s drink!               
Pakelkime taures!

and the infinitive verb would be…

to lift                                       
pakelti

to lift                                       
pakelti

to lift                                       
pakelti

okay, so that’s one way to get people to start drinking.  So, let’s say in the middle of things you want to make a toast, you would say…

noriu pasakyti tostą

I want to make a toast              
noriu pasakyti tostą

hey, I want to make a toast      
noriu pasakyti tostą

I want to make a toast              
noriu pasakyti tostą

now, after somebody makes a toast, you might say,

so for that, glasses up!              
už tai ir pakelkime taures

so for that, we raise our glasses 
už tai ir pakelkime taures

so for that, we raise our glasses 
už tai ir pakelkime taures

okay, now we haven’t had enough to drink,

let’s drink some more                
išgerkime daugiau

let’s drink some more               
išgerkime daugiau

let’s drink some more               
išgerkime daugiau

okay, now let’s say we’ve overdone it, we’ve had a little bit too much to drink, I’m very drunk

a woman would say,

I’m very drunk                          
aš labai girta

I’m very drunk                         
aš labai girta

I’m very drunk                         
aš labai girta

a man would say,

I’m very drunk                        
aš labai girtas

I’m very drunk                        
aš labai girtas

I’m very drunk                        
aš labai girtas

okay, now you’ve had too much to drink, so you need to get to the restroom

either a man or a woman would say, man bloga

I’m sick                                 
man bloga

I’m sick                                 
man bloga

I feel bad                               
man bloga

and now something that we learned in an earlier lesson, a woman would say,

where’s the lady’s room?        
kur damo kambarys?

where’s the lady’s room?         
kur damo kambarys?

where’s the girl’s room?          
kur damo kambarys?

a man would probably just stick with,

where’s the restroom?            
kur tualetas?

where’s the restroom?            
kur tualetas?

where’s the restroom?            
kur tualetas?

where’s the restroom?            
kur tualetas?

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