Lithuanian Out Loud 0106 - Skulptūrų Parkas Sculpture Park

Aug 3, 2008

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

Today we’re in a new month!  August was named in honor of Augustus Caesar in the year eight before the common era (8 BCE).  In Lithuanian this month is rugpjūtis, named after the word for rye, rugiai and pjauti, to cut.  It’s rye cutting month.

Here’s some food for thought.  I remind people not to refer to Lithuania as a former part of the Soviet Union.  Calling Lithuania a nation that was once part of the Soviet Union or as the former Soviet Republic Lithuania sounds like Lithuania and Russia went through an amical divorce.  It’s like saying to a Frenchman or Dutchman, hey, aren’t you guys formerly part of the Nazi Empire?  Nah, don’t do it, it won’t make you any new friends.

pradėkime, let’s get started

In past episodes we practiced a lot of possession using the genitive case or kilmininkas such as the wife’s name, žmonos vardas, or Eglė’s husband, Eglės vyras.

Today we’ll tackle the genitive in the plural such as the women’s restroom, or the restroom of many women, the countries‘ history, as in the history of many countries, the car factory, or the factory which has many cars. You’ll be happy to know it’s easily learned with little study.  On this episode we’ll focus on feminine nouns.

feminine nouns end like this…

-a changes to –ų
-ė changes to –ių
-is changes to –ų
-uo changes to –erų

and

-ė (as in duktė) changes to -erų

The most important thing to remember here is that the plural genitive always ends in -ų

vocabulary - žodynas

factory                   
gamykla

production              
gamyba

company                 
kompanija

hive                        
avilys

wax                       
vaškas

swarm                   
spiečius

equipment              
įranga

workshop              
dirbtuvė

association             
asociacija

portrait                   
portretas

children                 
vaikai

catalog                    
katalogas

Keep in mind that ų nosinė and ū ilgoji sound the same; they both have the long -oo sound.  For plural genitive we use ų nosinė to be grammatically correct.

So, let’s go over some examples.  Don’t worry about learning every word.  We just want you to learn the genitive plural ending.

the car                           
mašina

the cars                          
mašinos

the car factory                
mašinų gamykla

the car production           
mašinų gamyba

the car company              
mašinų kompanija

a sculpture                      
skulptūra

sculptures                      
skulptūros

the sculpture museum      
skulptūrų muziejus

sculpture park                
skulptūrų parkas

a bee                              
bitė

the bees                         
bitės

the bee’s hive or beehive 
bičių avilys

bee’s wax                       
bičių vaškas

bee’s swarm                   
bičių spiečius

the store                        
parduotuvė

the stores                       
parduotuvės

the stores’ location          
parduotuvių vieta

the stores’ catalog           
parduotuvių katalogas

woman                          
moteris

women                          
moterys

women’s basketball        
moterų krepšinis

women’s health              
moterų sveikata

women’s restroom          
moterų tualetas

a country                       
šalis

the countries                  
šalys

the countries‘ history      
šalių istorija

the countries‘ culture      
šalių kultūra

the countries‘ territory     
šalių teritorija

a rowboat                       
valtis

boats                             
valtys

the boats’ equipment       
valčių įranga

the boats’ workshop        
valčių dirbtuvė

the boats’ color              
valčių spalva

a daughter                     
duktė

daughters                      
dukterys

the daughters‘ family     
dukterų šeima

the daughters‘ portrait    
dukterų portretas

sister                             
sesuo

sisters                            
seserys

the sisters‘ children         
seserų vaikai

the sisters‘ portrait           
seserų portretas

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