Lithuanian Out Loud

LL0280 – Egzaminas Exam This is a quick response episode!  We’ll say the word or phrase in English and you say it in Lithuanian – Out Loud!  Ready, set, go!  Pasiruošti, dėmesio, marš!   food maistas   I don’t know aš nežinau   an onion svogūnas   two onions du svogūnai   I’d like onions aš norėčiau svogūnų   I don’t want onions aš nenoriu svogūnų   to order užsisakyti   I want to order aš noriu užsisakyti   I hate aš nekenčiu   I hate flies aš nekenčiu musių   I hate carrots aš nekenčiu morkų   I will try aš pabandysiu   I will try to ski  aš pabandysiu slidinėti   I will try to play tennis aš pabandysiu žaisti tenisą   a dish (of food) patiekalas   in the dish (of food) patiekale   to remove nuimti   later vėliau   this food is cold šis maistas yra šaltas   this food is hot šis maistas yra karštas   this food is terrible šis maistas yra siaubingas   this food is great šis maistas yra puikus   to heat up pašildyti   can you heat this up? ar jūs galite tai pašildyti?

LL0279 – Egzaminas Exam   This is a quick response episode!  We’ll say the word or phrase in English and you say it in Lithuanian – Out Loud!  Ready, set, go!  Pasiruošti, dėmesio, marš!   are you ready to order? ar jūs pasiruošę užsisakyti maistą?   I don’t know, are there onions in the pizza  aš nežinau, ar picoje nėra svogūnų?    I hate onions aš nekenčiu svogūnų   no, there are no onions in it ne, šioje picoje nėra svogūnų   okay, I’ll try this pizza gerai, pabandysiu šią picą.   are you ready to order? ar jūs pasiruošę užsisakyti?   I don’t know  aš nežinau   are there onions in this dish?   ar šiame patiekale yra svogūnų?    I hate onions aš nekenčiu svogūnų   yes, this dish comes with onions but we can remove them taip, šis patiekalas su svogūnais, bet mes galime juos nuimti   okay, great, I’ll try it without onions, please oi, puiku, aš pabandysiu tai be svogūnų, prašau   later vėliau   excuse me, waitress? atsiprašau, padavėja?   yes? taip?   this food is cold šis maistas yra šaltas  

LL0278 – Egzaminas Exam   This is a quick response episode!  We’ll say the word or phrase in English and you say it in Lithuanian – Out Loud!  Ready, set, go!  Pasiruošti, dėmesio, marš!   eye akis   mouth burna   nose nosis   head galva   ear ausis   arm ranka   leg koja   hand ranka   hair plaukai   neck kaklas   foot pėda   heart širdis   brain smegenys   finger pirštas   thumb nykštys   wrist riešas   tooth dantis   teeth dantys   skin oda   elbow alkūnė   knee kelis   chest krūtinė   lip lūpa   lips lūpos   face veidas   body kūnas    

LL0277 – Egzaminas Exam   This is a quick response episode!  We’ll say the word or phrase in English and you say it in Lithuanian – Out Loud!  Ready, set, go!  Pasiruošti, dėmesio, marš!   alligator aligatorius   eel ungurys   sea lion jūrų liūtas   crab krabas   dolphin delfinas   fish žuvis   jellyfish medūza   bat šikšnosparnis   fox lapė   giraffe žirafa   goat ožka   hippopotamus begemotas   sheep avis   gorilla gorila   scorpion skorpionas   weasel žebenkštis   leopard leopardas   zebra zebras   stork gandras   cuckoo gegutė   pigeon balandis   lobster omaras   octopus aštunkojis   shark ryklys  

LL0276 – Egzaminas Exam   This is a quick response episode!  We’ll say the word or phrase in English and you say it in Lithuanian – Out Loud!  Ready, set, go!  Pasiruošti, dėmesio, marš!   maybe, perhaps gal   you would want norėtumėte   something to eat ko nors valgyti   something to drink ko nors gerti   something to drink (alcoholic beverage) ko nors išgerti   maybe you’d like something to drink? gal norėtumėte ko nors išgerti?   maybe you’d like something to eat? gal norėtumėte ko nors valgyti?   just tiesiog   just come in  tiesiog užeik   just drink it tiesiog išgerk   just eat it tiesiog suvalgyk    I will wait palauksiu   an order - of food for example užsakymas   I will wait for my order palauksiu savo užsakymo   okay gerai   when kai   you will be - future tense of būti – formal būsite   to get ready, to prepare ruošti   to be ready pasiruošti    to let, to allow, to permit leisti   to know žinoti   please, let me know prašau, leiskite man žinoti   please, let me know when you

LL0275 – Mokėti To Know How    Ready? Hi there, I’m Jack and I’m Gintarė and welcome back to Lithuanian Out Loud where we offer the world the Lithuanian language.   In a previous episode we described the knygnešiai, the Lithuanian book smugglers.   In 1905 Russian authorities recognized the book ban policy was a failure and repealed the anti-Lithuanian language laws.  Shortly after, one of the book smugglers Juozas Masiulis opened his own bookstore in Panevėžys.   The bookstore and a chain of these bookstores still operate in Lithuania under his name. In Kaunas there is a statue dedicated to “the unknown book smuggler.”   Knygnešiai, or booksmuggler, Jurgis Bielinis was born 16 March 1846. This date is commemorated in Lithuania as the “Day of the Knygnešiai.”   Today we’ll go over the Lithuanian verb mokėti – to know how, to be able.  Here are mokėti and nemokėti conjugated in the present tense.   to know how  mokėti   to be able  mokėti   I know how  aš moku   you know how (tu)  tu moki  

Hi there, I’m Jack and I’m Gintarė and welcome back to Lithuanian Out Loud where we offer the world the Lithuanian language. - According to Wikipedia, the online free dictionary, The Holocaust in Nazi-occupied Lithuania resulted in the near total destruction of Lithuanian Jews living in the Nazi-controlled Lithuanian territories. Out of approximately 208,000 to 210,000 Jews, an estimated 195,000–196,000 were murdered before the end of World War II.  The Holocaust resulted in the largest ever loss of life in so short a space of time in the History of Lithuania.   The Holocaust in Lithuania http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Holocaust_in_Lithuania   today we begin a series of episodes focused on pronouns and how they are declined   this is a very big topic, so we'll do one episode per pronoun   this episode will cover manęs, the next episode will cover tavęs, etcetera   we’ll start off with the most common declension, vardininkas or the nominative case, and what the pronouns look like   we’ve used these h

Hi there, I’m Jack and I’m Gintarė and welcome back to Lithuanian Out Loud where we offer the world the Lithuanian language.   Every summer the port city of Klaipėda holds Jūros šventė - The Sea's Festival.  Šventė is the Lithuanian word for holiday, feast, or festival.  Jūra is the word for the sea.   According to the webpage Kadmusarts, the Sea Festival invites the locals and city guests to enjoy more than 100 events, in which over 600 singers and bands are involved.   Something I’ve found difficult to understand is the word namas and its relatives.   Today we’ll take a few minutes to go over namas, namo, namo, namai, namuose, namie, namų, namui, namams, namą, name!   namas is the word for a house here is namas in vardininkas, singular   I like this house very much šitas namas man labai patinka   our house is in Vilnius mūsų namas yra Vilniuje   here is my house čia yra mano namas   the house was big namas buvo didelis   the house is not old namas nėra senas   he is as big as a

Hi there, I’m Jack and I’m Gintarė and welcome back to Lithuanian Out Loud where we offer the world the Lithuanian language.   According to the website "Musical Instruments," the kanklės is an ancient, traditional stringed musical instrument of Lithuania.  The kanklės was carved from a single piece of wood and it was played during sacrifices to the gods or as protection from evil or to keep death away.  The best kanklės were made from old growth forests and the best time to cut wood for a new instrument was between a person's death and burial.   Lithuanian kanklės http://ausis.gf.vu.lt/eka/instrum/chordoph.html   Here is the second half of some more practice with the instrumental case.   Now that you’ve learned how to say, “mes su” we’re going to show you another option.  You can also say, I with the dog, aš su šuniu, but then you have to conjugate the verb to the first person.  Let’s use the verb to sleep, miegoti.   I sleep aš miegu   the dog and I sleep in the bed mes su šuniu miegame lovo

LL0271 – Mes Su Narimantu Narimantas And I   Hi there, I’m Jack and I’m Gintarė and welcome back to Lithuanian Out Loud where we offer the world the Lithuanian language.   According to the Wikipedia page, Užgavėnės, this is a traditional Lithuanian celebration that's held at the same time as Mardi Gras in New Orleans and Brazil's Carnival.  The celebration starts with the burning of Morė, an effigy of winter.  Participants wear costumes, folklore groups perform traditional plays, people dance and eat traditional foods.  Many of the costumes worn during the festival represent devils, witches, farm animals, the grim reaper, etcetera.     http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uzgavenes   photo: Užgavėnės 14 February 2010 photographer: Andrius Petrucenia (Wikipedia)   Today we’ll go over how to say things like Raminta and I, Narimantas and I, or the dog and I.   The way you can express this idea in Lithuanian is different from the way English speakers do it.  Lithuanians can say roughly, “we with Daiva” to

LL0270 – plural instrumental inagininkas part three Hi there, I’m Jack and I’m Gintarė and welcome back to Lithuanian Out Loud where we offer the world the Lithuanian language. A bizarre story out of Lithuania concerns a man named Drąsius Kedys of Kaunas, Lithuania.     Mr. Kedys allegedly murdered Lithuanian District Court Judge Jonas Furmanavičius and a few hours later, the sister of his ex-girlfriend, Violeta Naruševičienė.   Police said that possible motives for the murders were either a bitter three-year-long custody fight or the claims by Drąsius Kedys that Judge Jonas Furmanavičius and other men raped his young daughter.   Drąsius Kedys had become a Lithuanian folk hero for taking the law into his own hands and murdering two people.  Street demonstrations were held and mugs and t-shirts supporting Drąsius were sold all over Lithuania.   His body was found in a Kaunas reservoir in April 2010.   Killer of judge, woman in Kaunas remains at large http://balticreports.com/?p=2444   Drąsius Ked

LL0269 – Gerti To Drink   Hi there, I’m Jack and I’m Gintarė and welcome back to Lithuanian Out Loud where we offer the world the Lithuanian language.   According to Radio Vilnius: News and Current Affairs an Easter tradition in Lithuania centers around a swing.  The swings are large enough for more than one person.  Men would swing standing together.  Women would swing sitting and whichever women would swing the highest would be named the best housekeepers.   today we’ll work on the verb gerti   Gerti is a transitive verb so it requires the accusative case or galininkas.  Of course, when we negate a transitive verb, such as negerti, we use kilmininkas or the genitive case.    In Lithuanian aš geriu kavą means I drink coffee or I’m drinking coffee.    here are the verbs gerti and negerti conjugated in the present tense.   to drink gerti   I drink aš geriu   you drink (tu) tu geri   he drinks jis geria   she drinks ji geria   you drink (formal) jūs geriate   we drink mes geria

LL0268 – Jurgis Su Seserimis Gyveno Vilniuje Jurgis Lived With His Sisters In Vilnius   Hi there, I’m Jack and I’m Gintarė and welcome back to Lithuanian Out Loud where we offer the world the Lithuanian language.   According to the 2010 online article, "From Lithuania, a View of Austerity’s Costs," the global recession has hit Lithuanians very hard.   Pensioners have had their benefits cut and are swamping soup kitchens. Thousands have lost their jobs and Lithuania, which already had a high suicide rate has seen a dramatic increase in the number of people taking their own lives.  In addition, the emigration rate of Lithuanians is at the highest percentage since Lithuania joined the European Union in 2004.   From Lithuania, a View of Austerity’s Costs http://www.nytimes.com/2010/04/02/business/global/02austerity.html?pagewanted=all   today we'll pick up again with the plural instrumental   here are some examples with some new vocabulary   -a   to return grįžti   a gift dovana   gifts

LL0267 Ledai Ice Cream   Hi there, I’m Jack and I’m Gintarė and welcome back to Lithuanian Out Loud where we offer the world the Lithuanian language.   This episode is part of a series of programs we'll give you focused on food and drink.  This is a big subject so we'll break it down into bite-sized bits.   This series will be short, fast and to the point.  Enjoy!   ice cream     ledai   I like ice cream     man patinka ledai   I don't like ice cream     man nepatinka ledai   I want ice cream     noriu ledų   I don't want ice cream     nenoriu ledų   pineapple     ananasas   pineapples     ananasai   I like pineapple     man patinka ananasai   I don't like pineapple     man nepatinka ananasai   I want pineapple     noriu ananaso   I don't want pineapple     nenoriu ananaso   pineapple juice     ananasų sultys   I like pineapple juice     man patinka ananasų sultys   I don't like pineapple juice     man nepatinka ananasų sultys   I want pineapple juice      no

LL0266 Vaisai Fruits   Hi there, I’m Jack and I’m Gintarė and welcome back to Lithuanian Out Loud where we offer the world the Lithuanian language.   This episode is part of a series of programs we'll give you focused on food and drink.  This is a big subject so we'll break it down into bite-sized bits.     This series will be short, fast and to the point.  Enjoy!   pork tenderloin               kiaulienos išpjova   I like pork tenderloin man patinka kiaulienos išpjova   I don't like pork tenderloin man nepatinka kiaulienos išpjova   I want pork tenderloin  noriu kiaulienos išpjovos   I don't want pork tenderloin nenoriu kiaulienos išpjovos   a roll or bun bandelė   I want a bun  noriu bandelės   I don't want a bun  nenoriu bandelės   an apple obuolys   apples obuoliai   I like apples man patinka obuoliai   I don't like apples man nepatinka obuoliai   I want an apple  noriu obuolio   I don't want an apple  nenoriu obuolio   apple juice   obuolių sultys   I

LL0265 Pievagrybiai Mushrooms   Hi there, I’m Jack and I’m Gintarė and welcome back to Lithuanian Out Loud where we offer the world the Lithuanian language.   This episode is part of a series of programs we'll give you focused on food and drink.   Today we'll simply give you vocabulary of some ingredients and utensils you might use while cooking. Enjoy!   meadow mushrooms   pievagrybiai   So, this means, like the mushrooms you find in the forest, or something?   No, the forest - grybai - mushroom. Pievagrybiai is...I don’t know where it’s found - in the shop; on pizza... pievagrybiai...   ...and they’re different from the mushrooms you find in the forest. Hmm, okay.   Lithuanians are experts on grybai, yeah, Americans, we don’t know anything about grybai.   white pepper   baltieji pipirai   black pepper   juodieji pipirai   flour   miltai   wheat flour   kvietiniai miltai   meat    mėsa   spices / seasoning   prieskoniai   a wrap for making a wrap sandwich   lavašas  

LL0264   Hi there, I’m Gintarė and I’m Jack and welcome back to Lithuanian Out Loud where we offer the world the Lithuanian language.   This episode is part of a series of programs we'll give you focused on food and drink.  This is a big subject so we'll break it down into bite-sized bits.     This series will be short, fast and to the point.  Enjoy!   a peach persikas   peaches persikai   I like peaches man patinka persikai   I don't like peaches  man nepatinka persikai   I want a peach  noriu persiko   I don't want a peach nenoriu persiko   butter sviestas   I like butter man patinka sviestas   I don't like butter man nepatinka sviestas   I want butter  noriu sviesto   I don't want butter nenoriu sviesto   a carrot morka   carrots morkos   I like carrots man patinka morkos   I don't like carrots man nepatinka morkos   I want carrots  noriu morkų   I don't want carrots nenoriu morkų   ham kumpis   I like ham man patinka kumpis   I don't like ham man nepatinka kumpis   I want

LL0263   Hi there, I’m Jack and I’m Gintarė and welcome back to Lithuanian Out Loud where we offer the world the Lithuanian language.   This episode is part of a series of programs we'll give you focused on food and drink.  This is a big subject so we'll break it down into bite-sized bits.     This series will be short, fast and to the point.  Enjoy!   black bread                 juoda duona   I like black bread    man patinka juoda duona   I don't like black bread    man nepatinka juoda duona   I want black bread     noriu juodos duonos   I don't want black bread    nenoriu juodos duonos   rum    romas   I like rum    man patinka romas   I don't like rum    man nepatinka romas   I want rum     noriu romo   I don't want rum    nenoriu romo   cinnamon    cinamonas   I like cinnamon    man patinka cinamonas   I don't like cinnamon    man nepatinka cinamonas   I want cinnamon     noriu cinamono   I don't want cinnamon    nenoriu cinamono   sour cream    grietinė   I like sour cream    m

LL0262   Hi there, I’m Jack and I’m Gintarė and welcome back to Lithuanian Out Loud where we offer the world the Lithuanian language.   This episode is part of a series of programs we'll give you focused on food and drink.  This is a big subject so we'll break it down into bite-sized bits.     This series will be short, fast and to the point.  Enjoy!   potato                   bulvė   potatoes         bulvės   I like potatoes         man patinka bulvės   I don't like potatoes         man nepatinka bulvės   I want potatoes         noriu bulvių   I don't want potatoes         nenoriu bulvių   ketchup         kečupas   I like ketchup         man patinka kečupas   I don't like ketchup         man nepatinka kečupas   I want ketchup         noriu kečupo   I don't want ketchup         nenoriu kečupo   honey         medus   I like honey         man patinka medus   I don't like honey         man nepatinka medus   I want honey         noriu medaus   I don't want hon

LL0261   Hi there, I’m Jack and I’m Gintarė and welcome back to Lithuanian Out Loud where we offer the world the Lithuanian language.   This episode is part of a series of programs we'll give you focused on food and drink.     This series will be short, fast and to the point.  Enjoy!   a raisin                      razina   raisins razinos   I like raisins man patinka razinos   I don't like raisins man nepatinka razinos   I want raisins  noriu razinos   I don't want raisins nenoriu razinos   eggplant baklažanas   I like eggplant man patinka baklažanas   I don't like eggplant man nepatinka baklažanas   I want eggplant  noriu baklažano   I don't want eggplant nenoriu baklažano   a nut       riešutas   nuts riešutai   I like nuts man patinka riešutai   I don't like nuts man nepatinka riešutai   I want nuts  noriu riešutų   I don't want nuts nenoriu riešutų   animal meat often carries the suffix -iena   many of the following meats you would probably ne