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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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Jun 27, 2008

Septyni Akmenys Seven Stones

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

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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