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Koks What Sort Of Hi there, I’m Raminta and I’m Jack and welcome back to Lithuanian Out Loud where we offer the world the Lithuanian language.   Continuing with our description of Lithuanian banknotes, the fifty litas or penkiasdešimt litų banknote is decorated with the portrait of the national hero and signatory of Lithuania's Declaration of Independence of February 16, 1918, Dr. Jonas Basanavičius who lived from 1851 to 1927. On the reverse of the bill is Vilnius Cathedral, Gediminas Castle, the Hill of Three Crosses, and the Monument to Grand Duke Gediminas.   pradėkime, let’s get started   Koks or kokia mean, what?  As in, what sort of…?  As in, what is your name or what sort of name do you have?  What is your job, or what sort of job do you have?  What is your phone number or what sort of phone number do you have?   When you use koks or kokia you’re asking for the characteristics of something; you’re asking for a description of something.  Koks tavo hobis?  What is your hobby or what are the characteris

Exam 55 Penkiasdešimt penktas 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 eat                                                           aš valgau   you eat (tu)                                                 tu valgai   he eats                                                        jis valgo   she eats                                                      ji valgo   we eat                                                        mes valgome   you eat (jūs)                                               jūs valgote   you all eat                                                  jūs valgote   they eat (masculine)                                    jie valgo   they eat (feminine)                                      jos valgo   a banana                                                     bananas   bananas                              

Exam 54 Penkiasdešimt ketvirtas 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 new car                                    naujas automobilis   a new flat                                    naujas butas   a new house                                naujas namas   a new restaurant                            naujas restoranas   a new coffee shop                        nauja kavinė   a new book                                  nauja knyga   a new song                                  nauja daina   a new day                                    nauja diena   to come back flying                       parskristi   I flew back like the wind                parskridau kaip vėjas   I can’t wait                                   negaliu sulaukti   I can’t wait for tomorrow               negaliu sulaukti rytojaus   tomorrow                       

Plonas Vyras A Thin Man Today we’ll do a quick introduction to many new adjectives.  In this episode we’ll pick an adjective and then we’ll combine the adjective with a masculine singular noun, a feminine singular noun, a plural masculine noun, a plural feminine noun and finally the neuter adjective, if there is one.    fat                                   storas   a fat bull                       storas bulius   a fat cow                        stora karvė   fat bulls                          stori buliai   fat cows                          storos karvės   neuter form                   stora   how fat                          kaip stora   thin                                 plonas   a thin man                      plonas vyras   a thin woman                  plona moteris   thin men                         ploni vyrai   thin women                     plonos moterys   neuter form                     plona   how thin                          kaip plona   striped                           dryžuotas   a strip

Exam 53   Penkiasdešimt trečias 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!   my day was long                            mano diena buvo ilga   my day was short                           mano diena buvo trumpa   to go (by means of transportation)  važiuoti   I went to Klaipėda by bus               važiavau į Klaipėdą autobusu   I went to Klaipėda by car                važiavau į Klaipėdą mašina   I went to Klaipėda by train              važiavau į Klaipėdą traukiniu   I went to Klaipėda by bicycle        važiavau į Klaipėdą dviračiu   (risky business)   I went to Vilnius by bus                  važiavau į Vilnių autobusu   I went to Vilnius by car                   važiavau į Vilnių mašina   a stay, as in a visit                          viešnagė   to call on, to visit                           

Lithuanian Out Loud 0175 - Exam 52   Penkiasdešimt antras 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!   city  miestas   cities  miestai   town  miestelis   towns  miesteliai   village  kaimas   villages  kaimai   to live  gyventi   life  gyvenimas   settlement  gyvenviet   settlements  gyvenviets   where are you from? (jus)  iš kur jus esate?   where are you from? (tu)  iš kur tu esi?   where is he from?  iš kur jis yra?   where is she from?  iš kur ji yra?   where are you all from?  iš kur jus esate?   where are they from? (masculine)  iš kur jie yra?   where are they from? (feminine)  iš kur jos yra?   I’m from Šiauliai  aš iš Šiauliu   I’m from Trakai  aš iš Traku   I’m from Druskininkai  aš iš Druskininku   I’m from Mažeikiai  aš iš Mažeikiu   where is he from?  iš kur jis yra?   he’s from Kdainiai  jis yra iš Kdainiu   where is she

Pilkas Vilkas A Gray Wolf   Today we’ll do a quick introduction to many new adjectives.  In this episode we’ll pick an adjective and then we’ll combine the adjective with a masculine singular noun, a feminine singular noun, a plural masculine noun, a plural feminine noun and finally the neuter adjective, if there is one.    yellow                            geltonas   a yellow banana              geltonas bananas   a yellow dress                 geltona suknelė   yellow bananas               geltoni bananai   yellow dresses                 geltonos suknelės   neuter form                     geltona   how yellow!                    kaip geltona!   brown                            rudas   a brown sack                  rudas maišas   a brown dress                 ruda suknelė   brown sacks                   rudi maišai   brown dresses                 rudos suknelės   neuter form                     ruda   how brown!                    kaip ruda!   orange            

Exam 51   Penkiasdešimt pirmas 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!   factory                                 gamykla   production                           gamyba   company                              kompanija   hive                                      avilys   wax                                       vaškas   swarm                                   spiečius   equipment                         įranga   workshop                              dirbtuvė   association                         asociacija   portrait                              portretas   children                             vaikai   catalog                                  katalogas   the car                               mašina   the cars                              mašinos   the car factory                    m

Exam 50   Penkiasdešimtas 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!   an apple                             obuolys   apples                                obuoliai   apple pie                                  obuolių pyragas   apple juice                          obuolių sultys   an actor                              aktorius   actors                                 aktoriai   the actors‘ group                 aktorių grupė   the actors‘ school                aktorių mokykla   a museum                           muziejus   museums                            muziejai   the museums’ director          muziejų direktorius   the museums’ association     muziejų asociacija   a stone                               akmuo   the stones                           akmenys   the stones’ location     

Hi, this is Jack and welcome back to Lithuanian Out Loud where we offer the world the Lithuanian language.   We’ve already explained the Lithuanian concept of White Crows.  Just as a reminder, a White Crow is a person who is different.  Crows are normally black, so a white crow would stand out in a crowd.  This would be maybe an outsider; someone who doesn’t fit into a group of average people.   Alright!  Now, here is the fourth and final episode of our series with Ingrida.  We’ll play the interview question and then break it all down.  Then we’ll play it again and after that we’ll play the entire interview with Ingrida without any breaks.  If you’ve been studying this series, you should be able to understand quite a bit.  Here we go…   ----   Kaip galėtum apibūdinti posakį „Baltos varnos“?   „Baltos varnos“, turi omeny... „Baltos varnos“ kada sako moterys apie vyrus, ar vyrai apie moteris, ar..?   O gali bet kaip, su kuo Tau asociuojasi, Tau pačiai – „Baltos varnos“?   Paprasčiausiai tos „Balt

Hi there, I’m Jack and welcome back to Lithuanian Out Loud where we offer the world the Lithuanian language.   Today we’ll continue with the interviews Raminta made at a Lithuanian party with Ingrida.  This will be part three.  The last episode with Ingrida, part IV, will probably be our next podcast.  In the background you can hear lots of frogs in a nearby pond, music and people talking.  In this interview Raminta is asking Ingrida another question.  Keep in mind Ingrida has no idea what Raminta is going to ask her.    As I record this introduction, Raminta is in Istanbul, Turkey.  Raminta and I recorded this episode quickly just before she left.  Now, on with Ingrida’s thoughts.  Enjoy!   ---   Kokie tau yra trys svarbiausi kriterijai vyre, kurie turėtų būti? Ar charakterio savybės, ar... Na pirmiausia tai vėlgi aš pasakyčiau yra protas. Protas? Protas, protas ir dar kartą protas.  Ir viskas tame pasakyta.  Vyras turi būti protingas.  Jis bus protingas, jis bus mielas, jis bus išradingas, ji

Exam 49   Keturiasdešimt devintas 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!   basketball                   krepšinis   health                             sveikata   the music                        muzika   tradition                            tradicija   the male doctor              gydytojas   the culture                       kultūra   hospital                           ligoninė   the territory                     teritorija   the history                       istorija   a system                         sistema   a pie                                 pyragas   juice                                 sultys   group                               grupė   school                               mokykla   director                             direktorius   association                     

Keturiasdešimt aštuntas 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!   Romas!                                  Romai!   Dominykas!                             Dominykai!   Mindaugas, come here!         Mindaugai, ateik čia!   Vladas, stay healthy!              Vladai, būk sveikas!   Jonas, look there!                    Jonai, žiūrėkite ten!   Vytautas, stop buzzing!         Vytautai, nustok zysti!   (stop bothering)   Good morning Algirdas!         Labas rytas Algirdai!   Good evening Ąžuolas!         Labas vakaras Ąžuolai!   mister                                     ponas   sir                                           ponas   mister!                                    pone!   thank you, sir!                               ačiū, pone!   father                                           tėvas

Naujas Kamuolys A New Ball   Hi there, this is Jack and welcome back to Lithuanian Out Loud.  Before we get to today’s episode I wanted to mention a couple of things.  As of today we have over 340,000 downloads of Lithuanian Out Loud episodes.  Awesome.  We’re over a third of the way to one million downloads.  Also, we’ve stopped using our voicemail, so don’t leave messages there anymore, we won’t get them.  Please send us comments at our email address lithuanianoutloud@earthlink.net.   Listener Marina Farrell sent us an email telling us about a website called, “I Love Lithuania.”  You can go there, build your own page, upload photos, movies and music.  The intention of the site is for Lithuanian-Americans and Lithuanians to share.   We’ll post her web page address on Lithuanian Out Loud. http://www.ilovelithuania.com/   Okay, on with the program, enjoy!   singular  singular  plural  plural  neuter -as         -a          -i        -os      -a -us         -i           -ūs     -ios     -u -is     

LL0166 – Exam 47   Keturiasdešimt 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!   later strawberry, see you in the shake                čiau braške, susitiksim kompote   to work                                dirbti   a male worker                      darbininkas   a female worker                   darbininkė   to farm                                ūkininkauti   a male farmer                       ūkininkas   a female farmer                    ūkininkė   to sing                                   dainuoti   a male singer                        dainininkas   a female singer                     dainininkė   to cure                                gydyti   a male doctor                       gydytojas   a female doctor                    gydytoja   to drive                            

LL0165 – Exam 46   keturiasdešimt 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!   “out with it!” how are you doing?  papasakokit! kaip jūs  gyvenate?   maybe there is somewhere you can live in Kaunas or Vilnius  galbūt kur nors galite gyventi Kaune arba Vilniuje    why do you all live here, and I nowhere?   kodėl jūs čia gyvenate, o aš  niekur?   do you all live separately?                          ar jūs gyvenate atskirai?   are you all living together?                         ar jūs gyvenate kartu?   you don’t all live together                          jūs negyvenate kartu   why do you not live together?                    kodėl negyvenate kartu?   why do you not live separately?                 kodėl negyvenat atskirai?    …and that’s how we live                          …taip ir gyvenam   we

Varinis Pinigas A Copper Coin   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 Wikipedia, Lithuanians had traditionally thought Juozapinė Hill was the highest point in Lithuania.  In fact, it is only the third highest point.  The highest point is Aukštojas Hill in the Medininkai Highlands, approximately 24 kilometers (15 miles) southeast of the capital city of Vilnius.   Today we’ll do a quick introduction to many new adjectives.  In this episode we’ll pick an adjective and then we’ll combine the adjective with a masculine singular noun, a feminine singular noun, a plural masculine noun, a plural feminine noun and finally the neuter adjective, if there is one.    Some of the adjective endings you’ll see in this episode are –inis or –inė.  This can be used to describe something that is made of a type of metal, material, substance, etcetera.  For example, copper – varis, coppery or “of copper” – varinis.  A cop

Exam 45 
keturiasdešimt penktas 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! where is he living? Vilnius? Klaipėda?      kur jis gyvena? Vilniuje? Klaipėdoje? 
he’s living in Europe’s center – Lithuania   jis gyvena Europos centre – Lietuvoje
 Lithuania is Europe’s center                    Lietuva yra Europos centras
 he lives outside of town                          jis gyvena užmiestyje 
he lives in town                                           jis gyvena miestelyje 
he lives in the small town                          jis gyvena mažame miestelyje 
he doesn’t live well                                     jis negyvena gerai 
he doesn’t live in town                                 jis negyvena miestelyje 
he doesn’t live in the small town             jis negyvena mažame miestelyje 
she is living her life                        

Lediniai Tiltai Icy Bridges Hi there, I’m Jack and I’m Raminta and welcome back to Lithuanian Out Loud where we offer the world the Lithuanian language. On 15 July 1410 Lithuanian soldiers fought in the Battle of Grunwald. The German Teutonic Knights never could get on well with Lithuanians. The Pope in Rome had given the Teutonic Knights carte blanche to invade and conquer Lithuanian and Prussian lands. The Prussians were linguistic and cultural cousins of the Lithuanians. In 1385 Grand Duke Jogaila of Lithuania married Queen Jadwiga of Poland. A few years later in 1409 the Teutonic Knights were trying to control an uprising in a territory they controlled – Samogitia or Žemaitija. Lithuanian Grand Duke Jogaila, who was now by marriage the King of Poland declared that if the Teutonic Germans invaded Lithuania it would mean war. The Teutonic Knights said this was a provocation and declared war. Since Grand Duke Jogaila was now the King of Poland, he gave control of Lithuania to Vytautas the Great. On the 2nd o

Ingrida; Vyro Ir Moters Ingrida; A Man And Woman 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’ll continue with the interviews Raminta made at a Lithuanian party.  In the background you can hear lots of frogs in a nearby pond, music and people talking.  In this interview Raminta is asking Ingrida another question.  Enjoy! kaip galvojat ar sunku yra sutarti kartu ir kas yra svarbiausia santykiuose, žmonių?  turi omeny vyro ir moters? vyro ir moters, vyro ir moters svarbiausia tai aš sakyčiau yra supratimas vienas su kitu vienas kito vienas kito supratimas ir tas ryšys apie kurį mes ir anksčiau minėjau aš tau, kalbėjome tas yra pats svarbiausia, žmogaus ryšys su žmogum --- kaip galvojat ar sunku yra sutarti kartu ir kas yra svarbiausia santykiuose, žmonių?  what do you think, is it hard to get on well together and what is most essential in relationships for people? turi omeny vyro ir moters? you have in mind a man and woman?