Lithuanian Out Loud

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!                                                                                                          she makes me happy ji daro mane laimingą                                                                                                         she does that well   ji tai daro gerai                                                                                                                                                             Raminta does everything   Raminta daro viską                                                                                                         she doesn’t make you happy   ji nedaro tavęs laimingo                                                                                                         she doesn’t do that well   ji nedaro tai gerai              

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 have to do the homework aš neturiu daryti namų darbų                                                                                                                        I don’t have to do the housework aš neturiu daryti namų ruošos darbų                                                                                                                         she cannot do that ji negali to daryti                                                                                                                        I do that in the mornings aš tai darau ryto metu                                                                                                           

Hi there, I’m Jack and I’m Romas and welcome back to Lithuanian Out Loud where we offer the world the Lithuanian language.   If you’d like to visit a former soviet nuclear missile silo, just go to Lithuania.  According to the website, Phantasmagoria, inside Žemaitija National Park you can visit the Plokštinė missile base.  Inside the missile silos the soviets used to keep missiles tipped with thermonuclear weapons.  There are supposedly no regular tours but if you find a park official, they’re supposedly happy to take you into the missile base for a few dollars. This episode will give you some more practice with the accusative singular and plural and the genitive singular and plural.  If you need to review some of the vocabulary for this episode go back and review episode number 137.   (-as) a ticket bilietas   father has a ticket tėvas turi bilietą   father has two tickets tėvas turi du bilietus   father does not have a ticket tėvas neturi bilieto   father does not have tickets tėvas neturi

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!   to do  daryti   I do  aš darau   you do (tu)  tu darai   he does  jis daro   she does  ji daro   we do  mes darome   you do (jūs)  jūs darote   you all do  jūs darote   they do (jie)  jie daro   they do (jos)  jos daro   to not do  nedaryti   I do not  aš nedarau   you do not (tu)  tu nedarai   he does not  jis nedaro   she does not  ji nedaro   we do not  mes nedarome   you do not (jūs)  jūs nedarote   you all do not  jūs nedarote   they do not (jie)  jie nedaro   they do not (jos)  jos nedaro   homework/schoolwork   namų darbai   housework  namų ruošos darbai   I have to do homework   aš turiu daryti namų darbus   I have to do housework   aš turiu daryti namų ruošos darbus    she can do that  ji gali tai daryti   Wow, thanks a lot  Vau, ačiū labai

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!   214 tables    du šimtai keturiolika stalų   215 songs    du šimtai penkiolika dainų   216 women    du šimtai šešiolika moterų   217 museums      du šimtai septyniolika muziejų   218 bowls         du šimtai aštuoniolika dubenų   219 people    du šimtai devyniolika žmonių   311 people   trys šimtai vienuolika asmenų   312 pizzas    trys šimtai dvylika picų   313 songs    trys šimtai trylika dainų   314 chairs      trys šimtai keturiolika fotelių   315 horses           trys šimtai penkiolika arklių   316 televisions     trys šimtai šešiolika televizorių   317 days     trys šimtai septyniolika dienų   318 glasses    trys šimtai aštuoniolika taurių   319 countries      trys šimtai devyniolika šalių   Wow, thanks a lot   Vau, labai ačiū  

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!   11 sisters   vienuolika seserų   12 daughters   dvylika dukterų   13 uncles   trylika dėdžių   14 horses   keturiolika arklių   15 televisions   penkiolika televizorių   16 days   šešiolika dienų   17 glasses   septyniolika taurių   18 countries   aštuoniolika šalių   19 tables   devyniolika stalų   111 pizzas   šimtas vienuolika picų   112 women    šimtas dvylika moterų   113 museums   šimtas trylika muziejų   114 bowls    šimtas keturiolika dubenų   115 people    šimtas penkiolika žmonių   116 people    šimtas šešiolika asmenų   117 hotels    šimtas septyniolika viešbučių   118 letters    šimtas aštuoniolika laiškų   119 birds    šimtas devyniolika paukščių   211 bicycles   du šimtai vienuolika dviračių   212 trees    du šimtai dvylika medžių   213 pigeons    du šimtai

Titanikas The Titanic   Hi there, I’m Jack and I’m Gintarė and welcome back to Lithuanian Out Loud where we offer the world the Lithuanian language.   Where are you from, Gintare?  I am from Lithuania.  What part?  From Kaunas.  From Kaunas, okay, and you're just visiting in the United States?  No, I am working and now I am dancing.     Dancing!  So, we can finish this up so you can go dancing.  Thank you.   Gintarė and Vytautas, her partner Vytautas are great dancers and I'll add Youtube links to the end of this episode so you can see their dancing.  Oh, my gosh!   Is it okay if I record you for this podcast, Lithuanian Out Loud?  Okay.  It's okay? Good!   On today’s episode we’ll do something a little different.  We’ll take something from the Vikipedija homepage and we’ll read it for you.  How much can you understand without reading the text?  We’ll read this for you three times.  Sėkmės!    Titanikas – transatlantinis keleivinis laivas. Šis laivas buvo pastatytas Belfaste, Airijoje ir priklausė

Kaip Vadinasi Tas Filmas What Is That Film Called Hi there, I'm Jack.  In the last episode, episode 212, we went over tas, ta, tie, tos, etcetera.   In today's episode, that we'll get to in a moment, Romas and Daiva emphasized that even though in Lithuanian they have these words, you would never ask, kas tas? or kas ta? kas šitas? kas šita?, etcetera, when you don't know what something is.    In Lithuanian it's very simple.  You would say,    what is this?  kas tai?   what is that?  kas tai?   what are these? kas tai?   what are those? kas tai?   You could say, kas tai yra?  Or you could even say, kas čia, as in, what is this here? Or, kas ten, what is that there?   what is this here? kas čia?   what is that? kas ten?   what are these here? kas čia?   what are those there? kas ten?   Got it?  It's very simple.  If you don't know what something is, just ask,   kas tai? kas čia? kas ten?   But, hey, don't learn from my accented Lithuanian.  In a moment you'll hear Daiva and

Hi there, this is Jack.     The reason we haven't published an episode for a few weeks is because my laptop crashed and I lost all the episode plans and all of the upcoming episode recordings; all gone, viskas.  To complicate the situation, Raminta is in Vilnius and won't be back for a couple of weeks.   I was stranded without a plan and without any recordings.   Thankfully, Romas and Daiva offered to help and we recorded a couple of episodes that we threw together at the last minute.  You'll hear Daiva in the background on this episode but you'll hear more of her on the next one.   In the recordings you might be able to tell I have a cold.  My voice is rougher than usual.   Also, a listener wrote me saying he has created a Facebook page for Lithuanian Out Loud.  So, if you're interested in Lithuanian Out Loud or Lithuania or the Lithuanian language you can join his group on Facebook.  Please be aware that this page wasn't created by Raminta nor myself, we don't moderate it and you cannot reach us the

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! 102 pizzas šimtas dvi picos   123 countries šimtas dvidešimt trys šalys   135 tables šimtas trisdešimt penki stalai   146 songs šimtas keturiasdešimt šešios dainos   157 women šimtas penkiasdešimt septynios moterys   168 rooms šimtas šešiasdešimt aštuoni kambariai   179 bowls šimtas sepyniasdešimt devyni dubenys   184 people šimtas aštuoniasdešimt keturi žmonės   192 baskets šimtas devyniasdešimt du krepšiai   203 hotels du šimtai trys viešbučiai   227 things du šimtai dvidešimt septyni daiktai   1,007 letters tūkstantis septyni laiškai   3,439 pigeons trys tūkstančiai keturi šimtai trisdešimt devyni balandžiai   5,237 birds penki tūkstančiai du šimtai trisdešimt septyni paukščiai   6,883 bicycles šeši tūkstančiai aštuoni šimtai aštuoniasdešimt trys dviračia

LL0210 - Pelyte Little Mouse Hi there, this is Jack and I’m Romas and welcome back to Lithuanian Out Loud where we offer the world the Lithuanian Language.   You might notice that we’re not recording in our normal studios today, a lot of echo here, but we’ll just have to deal with it.   According to Wikipedia, Antanas Mockus, of Bogota, Colombia, is the former mayor of that city and he is the son of Lithuanian immigrants.  His full name is Aurelijus Rutenis Antanas Mockus Šivickas and as of 2010, he’s running for president of Colombia.  He’s the frontrunner in recent polls and has a very good chance of becoming the next president of this South American country.   Today’s episode was inspired by listeners James of Kansas City and Ebed-Melech who both posted references to this nursery rhyme which is similar to the English, “this little piggy.”  Thanks for the posts on the Lithuanian Out Loud blogpage, guys!   First, I want to mention we just went over half a million downloads of Lithuanian Out Loud ep

Turiu Pakankamai I Have Enough  Hi there, I’m Jack and welcome back to Lithuanian Out Loud where we offer the world the Lithuanian language.   On today’s intermediate episode we have a conversation between Raminta, Eglė and myself.  I ask them to discuss different phrases without a script.  They have no idea what I‘m going to ask them before I ask it.  Enjoy the conversation.   ---   What I want here is, are you sure?  Ar tu tikra?  Ar tu tikra?  Ar tu tikra. ar tu tikra kad nori važiuoti į Disneilendą?  (Disneilendas = Disneyland) taip, aš tikra!   ---   ar tu tikra kad tu nori vairuoti į Kalifornią? (are you sure you want to drive to California?) taip, aš esu tikra (yes, I am sure) kodėl?  it’s labai toli…(laughter – Raminta accidently mixes English and Lithuanian) aš atsiprašau… (I’m sorry) it’s labai toli (labai toli – very distant) sorry, see what happens when you are in America kodėl?…tai labai ilgas kelias… (why?...that’s a very long drive/road…) no, no, no, that’s okay, I want just

Per Daug Pipiru Too Much Pepper   Hi there, I’m Jack and I’m Eglė and welcome back to Lithuanian Out Loud where we offer the world the Lithuanian language.   A Lithuanian diplomat, Vytautas Pociūnas supposedly fell from a hotel room window in the city of Brest, Belarus in 2006.  Belarus claimed the Lithuanian security officer was drunk and he fell from his ninth-floor hotel room by accident.  Lithuanian politicians and journalists accused Belarussian and Russian secret services of killing the Lithuanian security officer.   You heard about this.  I heard, this…byla (case)…was very popular in Lithuania, and every, I don’t know, maybe, few months, every day in the newspapers was discussion about this, Vytautas Pociūnas, because there was a lot of talk about this.   Lithuanians cautious on Belarus claim that dead diplomat was drunk http://bhtimes.blogspot.com/2006_08_29_archive.html --- Some nouns do not have a singular form.  For example, you don’t have one scissor, one pant or one sunglass.  You ha

Exam 71 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!   two sisters                           dvi seserys   three daughters                   trys dukterys   four armchairs                   keturi foteliai   five horses                           penki arkliai   six televisions                     šeši televizoriai   seven days                           septynios dienos   eight glasses                        aštuonios taurės   nine countries                     devynios šalys   22 songs                              dvidešimt dvi dainos   23 women                             dvidešimt trys moterys   24 museums                         dvidešimt keturi muziejai   25 bowls                              dvidešimt penki dubenys   26 people                             dvidešimt šeši asmenys   27 people                             dvidešimt septyni žmonės

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! are you are looking at the photo?        ar jūs žiūrite į nuotrauką?   you are looking at the future                jūs žiūrite į ateitį   you’re not looking at it                         jūs nežiūrite į tai   you are not looking at the photo         jūs nežiūrite į nuotrauką   why don’t you look at me?                   kodėl nežiūrite į mane?   you often look outside                         jūs dažnai žiūrite į lauką   you often look at the door                     jūs dažnai žiūrite į duris   you often look at the window               jūs dažnai žiūrite į langą   you don’t watch television                   jūs nežiūrite televizoriaus   you don’t look at me                             jūs nežiūrite į mane   you never look at me                             jūs niekada nežiūrite į mane   they are loo

Exam 69 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’m watching the movie                     aš žiūriu filmą   I’m looking at the album                   aš žiūriu albumą   I’m looking at the mountains           aš žiūriu į kalnus   I’m not watching the film                 aš nežiūriu filmo   I’m not looking at the album            aš nežiūriu albumo   I’m not looking at the mountains    aš nežiūriu į kalnus   where are you looking?                     kur tu žiūri?   are you looking at the road?            ar tu žiūri į kelią?   are you looking at the photograph? ar tu žiūri į nuotrauką?   are you looking at him?                     ar tu žiūri į jį?   are you looking at her?                      ar tu žiūri į ją?   you aren’t looking at the road          tu nežiūri į kelią   you aren’t looking at the photo       tu nežiūri į nuotrauką  

LL0204 – Exam 68 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!   binoculars                              žiūronai   to look at                               žiūrėti   I look at                                         aš žiūriu   you look at (tu)                           tu žiūri   he looks at                                    jis žiūri   she looks at                                ji žiūri   we look at                                 mes žiūrime   you look at (jūs)                        jūs žiūrite   you all look at (jūs)                    jūs žiūrite   they look at (mm/mf)               jie žiūri   they look at (ff)                          jos žiūri   to not look at                               nežiūrėti   I don’t look at                            aš nežiūriu   you don’t look at                         tu nežiūri   he doesn’t look at     

Exam 67 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! rare (masculine)                                                                retas   rare (feminine)                                                                    reta   nice, beautiful, pretty (feminine)                                    graži   nice, beautiful, handsome (masc.)                                  gražus   a cover                                                                                 viršelis   a book                                                                                  knyga   a ring, also - a blossom                                                      žiedas   gold                                                                                      auksas   a flower                                                                               gėl

LL0202 – Exam 66 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!   800 tables                             aštuoni šimtai stalų   850 songs                              aštuoni šimtai penkiasdešimt dainų   880 women                          aštuoni šimtai aštuoniasdešimt moterų   900 museums                       devyni šimtai muziejų   950 bowls                              devyni šimtai penkiasdešimt dubenų   990 people                           devyni šimtai devyniasdešimt žmonių   1,000 people                        tūkstantis žmonių   1,010 hotels                         tūkstantis dešimt viešbučių   1,050 letters                         tūkstantis penkiasdešimt laiškų   1,150 birds                           tūkstantis šimtas penkiasdešimt paukščių   2,000 bicycles                     du tūkstančiai dviračių   2,760 pizzas                      

Exam 65 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!   200 bowls                             du šimtai dubenių   220 people                           du šimtai dvidešimt asmenų   250 people                           du šimtai penkiasdešimt žmonių   300 hotels                            trys šimtai viešbučių   330 letters                            trys šimtai trisdešimt laiškų   350 birds                              trys šimtai penkiasdešimt paukščių   370 objects                          trys šimtai septyniasdešimt dalykų   400 bicycles                        keturi šimtai dviračių   440 trees                               keturi šimtai keturiasdešimt medžių   450 pigeons                         keturi šimtai penkiasdešimt balandžių   500 songs                             penki šimtai dainų   550 pizzas                           penki šimtai p