Lithuanian Out Loud

Daug Laiko A Lot Of Time Hi there, I’m Jack and I’m Romas and welcome back to Lithuanian Out Loud where we offer the world the Lithuanian language.   According to the article named, “Take a trolleybus around Kaunas,” there was once a beautiful young woman named Milda who lived there.  She wasn’t interested in any men who were interested in her.  Finally, a young man named Daugerutis who had the voice of a nightingale won her heart.  But, her stepmother told the gods and Daugerutis was ordered to be burned alive.  The priest Auskaras hid them but unfortunately while they were hiding the Holy Eternal Fire went out and now both the lovers were ordered to die by flames.  The priest Auskaras hid them below the fire in a cave for years where they bore and raised a son named Kaunas who would later found a city.   Here are some nouns such as salt, amber, steel or water.  You don’t count water, you might count bottles of water or liters of water but you don’t count water itself.  Same goes for courage, concrete or gol

Keletas Several   Pradėkime   Hi there, I’m Jack and I’m Romas and welcome back to Lithuanian Out Loud where we offer the world the Lithuanian language.   pradėkime, let’s get started   On recent episodes we worked on the Lithuanian word, “daug” or many.    Today we’ll use the word, “keletas” or several.  We’re talking about an indefinite number of things.  When you talk about an indefinite numbers of things you use the plural genitive.    First, some vocabulary…     vocabulary – žodynas     a question                                                             klausimas   a photograph                                                      nuotrauka   a thing                                                                   daiktas   a piece                                                                   gabalas   persons                                                                  asmenys   persons                                                                  žmonės   a stone

Kokie Kokios What Sort Of   Hi there, I’m Jack and I’m Raminta and welcome back to Lithuanian Out Loud where we offer the world the Lithuanian language.   According to the online article, ‘CIA turned school into prison for terrorism suspects,' Lithuanian President Dalia Grybauskaitė said she, had “indirect suspicions” that the CIA had built a secret prison 15 miles from Vilnius in 2004.  The small prison was allegedly used to hold and interrogate prisoners from Afghanistan.  President Grybauskaitė said, "If this is true, Lithuania has to clean up, accept responsibility, apologise, and promise that it will never happen again.   http://www.independent.ie/world-news/cia-turned-school-into-prison-for-terrorism-suspects-1949517.html   In previous episodes we gave you many examples using koks and kokia.  The plural versions of these two words are kokie for plural masculine nouns and kokios for plural feminine nouns.  Let’s quickly go over some examples using plural nouns.   beautiful                    

Kokia Bjauri Diena What A Nasty Day   Hi there, I’m Jack and I’m Raminta and welcome back to Lithuanian Out Loud where we offer the world the Lithuanian language.   The 200 litas or du šimtai litų banknote depicts Vydūnas, a famous Lithuanian writer, philosopher and playwright.  The reverse side features the Klaipėda Lighthouse, or Klaipėdos švyturys which no longer exists.   pradėkime, let’s get started   In episode 0017 we learned the word ką?  As in, what?  Or, what did you say?   When you use koks or kokia you’re asking for the characteristics of something; you’re asking for a description of something.  Kokia tavo profesija?  What is your profession or what are the characteristics of your profession?  Kokia tavo nuomonė?  What is your opinion?  What are the characteristics of your opinion?   As we saw previously, koks is used with masculine nouns and kokia is used with feminine nouns.   Koks or kokia can also be used not as a question word but more as an expression of surprise or exclamatio

Exam 64   This is a quick response episode!  We’ll say the word or phrase in English and you say it in Lithuanian – Out Loud!  It’s too late for questions, the exam starts now.  Ready, set, go!  Pasiruošti, dėmesio, marš!   terrible, awful                                                     baisus, baisi   like me                                                                   kaip aš   life                                                                          gyvenimas    what do you think about…?              ką manai apie...?   weather                                                                   oras   a house                                                                  namas   advertisement                                                       reklama   dress                                                                        suknelė   as awful as life                                                      baisus kaip gyvenimas   what do you think about the weather?            ką manai apie

Exam 63   This is a quick response episode!  We’ll say the word or phrase in English and you say it in Lithuanian – Out Loud!  It’s too late for questions, the exam starts now.  Ready, set, go!  Pasiruošti, dėmesio, marš!   261 songs                                              du šimtai šešiasdešimt viena daina   351 tables                                             trys šimtai penkiasdešimt vienas stalas   361 days                                                trys šimtai šešiasdešimt viena diena   371 colors                                             trys šimtai septyniasdešimt viena spalva   431 pizzas                                             keturi šimtai trisdešimt viena pica   481 glasses                                            keturi šimtai aštuoniasdešimt viena taurė   491 televisions                                     keturi šimtai devyniasdešimt vienas televizorius   501 fruits                                               penki šimtai vienas vaisius   521 cou

Exam 62   This is a quick response episode!  We’ll say the word or phrase in English and you say it in Lithuanian – Out Loud!  It’s too late for questions, the exam starts now.  Ready, set, go!  Pasiruošti, dėmesio, marš!   21 days                                                  dvidešimt viena diena   31 colors                                                trisdešimt viena spalva   41 glasses                                              keturiasdešimt viena taurė   51 televisions                                       penkiasdešimt vienas televizorius   61 fruits                                                  šešiasdešimt vienas vaisius   71 countries                                          septyniasdešimt viena šalis   81 cities                                                 aštuoniasdešimt vienas miestas   91 shoes                                                 devyniasdešimt vienas batas   101 tables                                               šimtas vienas stalas   121 chairs            

Exam 61   This is a quick response episode!  We’ll say the word or phrase in English and you say it in Lithuanian – Out Loud!  It’s too late for questions, the exam starts now.  Ready, set, go!  Pasiruošti, dėmesio, marš!   angry                                                                     piktas, pikta   why?                                                                      kodėl?   such, so                                                                   toks   a wasp                                                                     širšė   why are you as angry as a wasp?                       kodėl tu toks piktas kaip širšė?   devil                                                                       velnias   witch                                                                      ragana   to not be                                                                nebūti   don’t be                                                                  nebūk   angry a

Exam 60   This is a quick response episode!  We’ll say the word or phrase in English and you say it in Lithuanian – Out Loud!  It’s too late for questions, the exam starts now.  Ready, set, go!  Pasiruošti, dėmesio, marš!   woman                                                                    moteris   daughter                                                                duktė   sister                                                                        sesuo   the woman lives in Lithuania                           moteris gyvena Lietuvoje   the daughter lives in Lithuania                        duktė gyvena Lietuvoje   the sister lives in Lithuania                               sesuo gyvena Lietuvoje   the women live in Vilnius                                 moterys gyvena Vilniuje   the daughters live in Vilnius                             dukterys gyvena Vilniuje   the sisters live in Vilnius                                     seserys gyvena Vilniuje   the woman’s n

Exam 59   This is a quick response episode!  We’ll say the word or phrase in English and you say it in Lithuanian – Out Loud!  It’s too late for questions, the exam starts now.  Ready, set, go!  Pasiruošti, dėmesio, marš!   a fish                                                      žuvis   the music                                              muzika   bread                                                  duona   cold                                                      šaltas   pizza                                                      pica   a crab                                                    krabas   a sandwich                                          sumuštinis   food                                                     maistas   a perch                                                  ešerys   a woman                                                moteris   a sister                                                 sesuo   a daughter                             

Daug Many   Hi there, I’m Jack and I’m Eglė and welcome back to Lithuanian Out Loud where we offer the world the Lithuanian language.   Egle, welcome to the show!  Hi! Where, now, where are you from? Okay, I am from Lithuania. What part?  Klaipėda.  Vakarų Lietuva – western Lithuania. So, you‘re from western Lithuania.  Yes. And, what is your accent?  What style of accent..? No accent!  Standard? (Raminta in the background) Yes! So, Egle…   Stelmužė is a village in Zarasai district, Lithuania. There is a wooden chapel built in 1650 not using saws or iron nails; it is the oldest wooden religious building in Lithuania. Stelmužė is also known for the Tower of Slaves or Vergų bokštas, a rectangular building constructed of stone and bricks, used for imprisonment of serfs. Nasty.  Did you know this?  No!  Wow, we try to teach on every lesson a little bit about Lithuania.  That’s nice.  History, religion, the old religion, things like this.   pradėkime, let’s get started   On recent episodes we worked on number

LL0189 – Exam 58   This is a quick response episode!  We’ll say the word or phrase in English and you say it in Lithuanian – Out Loud!  It’s too late for questions, the exam starts now.  Ready, set, go!  Pasiruošti, dėmesio, marš!   I like Lithuania                                   man patinka Lietuva   I like coffee                                          man patinka kava   I like coffee                                          aš mėgstu kavą   I like the pear                                       aš mėgstu kriaušę   I don’t like the pear                             aš nemėgstu kriaušės   to like                                                    mėgti   I like                                                       aš mėgstu   you like (tu)                                          tu mėgsti   he likes                                                  jis mėgsta   she likes                                              ji mėgsta   you like  (jūs)                              

Hey, there, I‘m Raminta, and I‘m Jack, and welcome back to Lithuanian Out Loud where we offer the world the Lithuanian language.   Today we‘ve got a fun episode for you.    Raminta is home today but over the last few years she‘s been spending time in Lithuania following her career.  At times we had to record episodes of Lithuanian Out Loud on Skype and she always had her dog Antik with her.  Sometimes while we were recording she‘d talk to her dog and I saved all those short sentences and commands that were accidently recorded.   During the first part of this episode I describe my dog using Lithuanian.  In the second part you‘ll hear all the short recordings Jack just mentioned.   While you listen to the short recordings of Raminta talking to her dog keep in mind this is all natural and unscripted.  Also, you‘re going to hear a wide range of emotions because these recordings were separated by weeks and sometimes months, so sometimes she‘s happy and sometimes she‘s a bit irritated.   Here we go, enjo

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" w

Hi there, I’m Raminta and I’m Jack and welcome back to Lithuanian Out Loud where we offer the world the Lithuanian language.   According to the online article, “Purse or Curse: Lithuania Turns To Witch To Pursue Deadbeats,” the Lithuanian collection firm, Skolų Išieškojimo Biuras has employed a witch doctor to persuade debtors to pay their debts.  No word yet if this is convincing anyone to pay up.   Today we’ll continue with examples of the instrumental case or įnagininkas.  At the beginning of each group we’ll give you some vocabulary.   A preposition, “po” means “under” when used with the instrumental case.  “Po” can be used with other cases to mean other things.  But, today we’re focused on the instrumental case.   In this episode we’ll divide the examples into groups based on the noun suffixes.   (-as) a telephone                                                   telefonas   internet                                                        internetas   an airplane                                          

Hi there, I’m Jack and I’m Raminta and welcome back to Lithuanian Out Loud where we offer the world the Lithuanian language.   According to the online article, “Baltic unrest reaches Lithuania,” (this article recently removed from source – no link available)   Police fired teargas and rubber bullets to keep demonstrators away from the Lithuanian parliament on the 16th of January 2009.  Thousands of demonstrators protested the economic situation and the Lithuanian government’s response to the economic crisis sweeping the world today. 15 people were injured and more than 80 were arrested in the violent clashes.   today we’ll continue with our introduction to the instrumental case   the instrumental can also be used to describe a period of time in which something is happening   vocabulary                                            žodynas   a thing                                                   daiktas   to do sports                                            sportuoti   at present                            

Inagininkas  Instrumental Case   Hi there, I’m Raminta and I’m Jack and welcome back to Lithuanian Out Loud where we offer the world the Lithuanian language.   According to the article, “June 14, 1940. Why the Russians should apologize.” On the 14th of June 1940, massive deportations of Lithuanians were started by the Soviet Union.  In one week 17,730 people were deported from Lithuania to Russian gulags. The unfortunate Lithuanians selected for transport were intellectuals and academics, political activists, businessmen and successful farmers, medics, lawyers, military leaders, teachers, and religious leaders.   Families had one hour to collect 100 kilograms of belongings and were transported to any one of 57 train stations.  Common cattle cars awaited them for the long trip to Siberia. The Soviets had planned to deport as much as 50% of the Lithuanian population but the Nazi invasion stopped their plans.  Many Lithuanians viewed the Germans as saviors because the German invasion stopped the Russia

Koks Didelis Pasaulis What A Big World (with special guest-host Antanas)   Hi there, I’m Jack and I’m Antanas and welcome back to Lithuanian Out Loud where we offer the world the Lithuanian language.   Continuing with our description of Lithuanian banknotes, the 100 litas or šimtas litų banknote is decorated with the portrait of Simonas Daukantas who lived from 1793 to 1864.  Simonas wrote the first history of Lithuania in the Lithuanian language and he’s credited with creating a sense of national awareness for the Lithuanian people.  The reverse of the bill features Vilnius Old Town.   Banknotes of the Lithuanian Litas http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Banknotes_of_the_Lithuanian_litas   Very well done.  This is easy.  Okay.  Have some beer! Today we continue with koks – not as a question word but more as an expression of surprise or exclamation you can use koks or kokia to say things like;   what a beautiful dog! what a tasty wine! what a big house!   Now for an important point.  If you are tal

Exam 57 Penkiasdešimt septintas egzaminas.  This is a quick response episode!  We’ll say the word or phrase in English and you say it in Lithuanian – Out Loud!  It’s too late for questions, the exam starts now.  Ready, set, go!  Pasiruošti, dėmesio, marš!   a carrot                                    morka   carrots                                     morkos   I am eating a carrot                 aš valgau morką   I eat the carrots                        aš valgau morkas   I am not eating a carrot           aš nevalgau morkos   I am not eating the carrots      aš nevalgau morkų   a sausage                                 dešra   sausages                                  dešros   you are eating a sausage (tu)  tu valgai dešrą   you eat the sausages                valgai dešras   you are not eating a sausage   nevalgai dešros   you do not eat the sausages    nevalgai dešrų   a pizza                                     pica   pizzas                                      picos   they are eating a pizza           

Exam 56 Penkiasdešimt šeštas egzaminas This is a quick response episode!  We’ll say the word or phrase in English and you say it in Lithuanian – Out Loud!  It’s too late for questions, the exam starts now.  Ready, set, go!  Pasiruošti, dėmesio, marš!   I do not eat                                         aš nevalgau   you do not eat (tu)                                tu nevalgai   he does not eat                                    jis nevalgo   she does not eat                                   ji nevalgo   we do not eat                                       mes nevalgome   you do not eat (jūs)                              jūs nevalgote   you all do not eat                                 jūs nevalgote   they do not eat                                      jie nevalgo   they do not eat (all females)                jos nevalgo   a banana                                              bananas   the bananas                                            bananai   I’m eating a banana                               aš