Lithuanian Out Loud

Hi there, I’m Jack and I’m Gintarė and welcome back to Lithuanian Out Loud where we offer the world the Lithuanian language.           The 500 litas or penki šimtai litų banknote protrays Vincas Kudirka who was the author of Tautiška Giesmė, the Lithuanian national anthem.  The reverse depicts the Bell of Freedom and the Nemunas Loops.  Inscribed are the words “o skambink per amžius vaikams Lietuva, kad laisvės nevertas, kas negina jos” or "Thou shall ring through the centuries to the children of Lithuania: he who does not defend freedom is not worthy of it".  The Bell of Freedom was a newspaper published by Lithuanian patriots during the Russian occupation.  The paper encouraged the Lithuanian people to fight for freedom.       pradėkime, let’s get started              you can exchange a singular noun with jis or ji depending on its gender this episode is a bit long so we’re splitting it into two separate programs first, some vocabulary             an armchair  fotelis jis         a shoe  batas j