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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 5, 2010
Hi there, I’m Jack and welcome back to Lithuanian Out Loud where we offer the world the Lithuanian language. Here’s a quick note before we get to today’s episode continuing the instrumental case,
Dave MacLeod from PageF30.com has created something to help him memorize Lithuanian declensions. He creates English sentences and replaces select words with Lithuanian words. You can take a look at his work and let him know what you think. I’ll post his link on the Lithuanian Out Loud webpage.
http://www.pagef30.com/2010/01/easier-way-to-master-lithuanian.html
A listener named Viktorija left a post on our blogpage on an earlier episode concerning the use of labukas. Viktorija wants us to know, "labukas" is a quite intimate, soft and even flirting way of saying hi. So, a girl can say "labukas" to another girl or a guy she knows well, and a guy can say "labukas" to a girl. But if a guy says "labukas" to another guy, it sounds odd and effeminate. Viktorija says, she’s from Vilnius and she uses "labukas" with her friends.
Today we’ll continue where we left off with the instrumental case. Alright, let’s get started with today’s program, enjoy! Let’s go over some examples using feminine singular nouns…
tyliai. tyliai
tyliai? tyliai
tyliai? in silence, tyliai
oh, tyliai, tyliai
keep quiet
that’s cute, tyliai, tyliai
(-a)
a teacher
mokytoja
a saleswoman
pardavėja
a waitress
padavėja
a female doctor
gydytoja
a crosswalk
pėsčiųjų perėja
a car
mašina
a ball
kamuolys
the ball rolled under the car
kamuolys pasirito po mašina
Justinas walks via the crossing
Justinas eina pėsčiųjų perėja
she’s working as a waitress
ji dirba padavėja
she works as a doctor in Madrid
ji dirba gydytoja Madride
Justas travels by car
Justas keliauja mašina
Eglė became a saleswoman
Eglė tapo pardavėja
Birutė became a teacher
Birutė tapo mokytoja
(-ė)
a chair
kėdė
a spider
voras
a wedding
vestuvės
a tent
palapinė
a female builder
statybininkė
a female commentator
komentatorė
a female composer
kompozitorė
a female lawyer
advokatė
a female pilot
lakūnė
Violeta works as a builder
Violeta dirba statybininke
Aistė works as a commentator
Aistė dirba komentatore
Audronė became a lawyer
Audronė tapo advokate
Adelė works as a pilot
Adelė dirba lakūne
Valentina became a composer
Valentina tapo kompozitore
a spider is under the chair
voras yra po kėde
the wedding was under a big tent
vestuvės buvo po didele palapine
here are some sentence fragments using some feminine nouns that end in –s.
duck – antis changes to antimi
to bake
kepti
rice
ryžiai
duckling
ančiukas
stone, stony
mūrinis
the duckling is under the duck
ančiukas yra po antimi
the duckling became a duck
ančiukas tapo antimi
one can bake apples with a duck
obuolius galima kepti kartu su antimi
Antinas is talking with the duck
Antinas kalba su antimi
stove or furnace - krosnis changes to krosnimi
hearth / fireplace
židinys
to connect
sujungti
a cockroach
tarakonas
a little house / a hut
namelis
a big kitchen with a stove
didelė virtuvė su krosnimi
a house is heated with a furnace
namas šildomas krosnimi
a building with a furnace
pastatas su krosnimi
a stone house with a stove
mūrinis namas su krosnimi
a cockroach is under the furnace!
tarakonas po krosnimi!
fire - ugnis changes to ugnimi
to play
žaisti
children
vaikai
to cook
virti
to experiment
eksperimentuoti
don’t play with fire!
nežaisk su ugnimi!
the children are playing with fire
vaikai žaidžia su ugnimi
a dragon is spitting fire
drakonas spjaudo ugnimi
they are experimenting with fire
jie eksperimentuoja su ugnimi
rain – lietus changes to lietumi
hail
kruša
wind with rain
vėjas su lietumi
lightning with rain
perkūnija su lietumi
hail with rain
kruša su lietumi
the snow became rain
sniegas virto lietumi
woman – moteris changes to moterimi
the girl became a woman
mergina tapo moterimi
he came with a woman
jis atėjo su moterimi
Ričardas lives with a woman
Ričardas gyvena su moterimi
I work with a woman
aš dirbu su moterimi
a nose – nosis changes to nosimi
brown
rudas / ruda
a badger
barsukas
a hyena
hiena
black
juodas / juoda
iron, made of iron
geležinis
a hyena with a brown nose
hiena ruda nosimi
a black iron bird with a white nose
juodas geležinis paukštis balta nosimi
a badger with a long nose
barsukas su ilga nosimi
(-uo) sesuo (seseria or seserimi)
everywhere
visur
to sing
dainuoti
in the evening
vakare
to go, to take place
vykti
to find oneself, to get, to come
atsidurti
to walk about, to stroll about
vaikštinėti
to marry
susituokti
how did she come with sister to the city?
kaip ji su seseria atsidūrė mieste?
how did she come with sister to the city?
kaip ji su seserimi atsidūrė mieste?
she lived in Vilnius with her sister
ji gyveno Vilniuje su savo seseria
she lived in Vilnius with her sister
ji gyveno Vilniuje su savo seserimi
Audronė lives with her sister
Audronė gyvena su savo seserimi
Audronė lives with her sister
Audronė gyvena su savo seseria
Birutė with her sister Aistė live in Kaunas
Birutė su jos seserimi Aiste gyvena Kaune
Birutė with her sister Aistė live in Kaunas
Birutė su jos seseria Aiste gyvena Kaune
he always walked about with his sister
jis visur vaikštinėjo su savo seseria
he always walked about with his sister
jis visur vaikštinėjo su savo seserimi
Vytas married with Romas’ sister Eglė
Vytas susituokė su Romo seserimi Eglė
Vytas married with Romas’ sister Eglė
Vytas susituokė su Romo seseria Eglė
I work with sister
dirbu su seseria
I work with sister
dirbu su seserimi
Valdas sings with sister
Valdas dainuoja su seseria
Valdas sings with sister
Valdas dainuoja su seserimi
(-ė) duktė (dukteria or dukterimi)
a horse groomer
arklininkas
at home lives the horse groomer with his daughter
namelyje gyvena arklininkas su dukteria
at home lives the horse groomer with his daughter
namelyje gyvena arklininkas su dukterimi
Rožė together with her daughter are going to the city
Rožė kartu su dukteria važiuoja į miestą
Rožė together with her daughter are going to the city
Rožė kartu su dukterimi važiuoja į miestą
they came from Italy with their daughter
jie atvyko iš Italijos su savo dukteria
they came from Italy with their daughter
jie atvyko iš Italijos su savo dukterimi
Šaunuoliai!