Lithuanian Out Loud 0056 Beg - Konstitucijos Prospektas Constitution Avenue
Hi there, I’m Jack. Hi there I’m Raminta and welcome back to Lithuanian Out Loud where we offer the world the Lithuanian language. We’re not teachers, but we do the best we can.
What do you think about that? It’s good to try to do the best, I think!
Recently, we talked about Saulė, the Lithuanian sun goddess of life, nature and fertility. You might be surprised to know her most sacred animal is žaltys, a small harmless green grass snake. The Lithuanian word for green is žalias. So, žalias – green, žaltys – green grass snake.
The žaltys spirit lives by the stove but to ensure fertility and wealth for the family a living žaltys snake was kept in a special corner of the home and at times the entire family would not only recite prayers to it, they would invite the green grass snake to share a meal at the dinner table.
That would be a lot of fun!
Elena Bradūnas has written a wonderful story for the magazine Lituanus named, If You Kill A Snake – The Sun Will Cry. You can find a link to the article on the Lithuanian Out Loud blogpage. According to the article, written in 1975, Elena states, “to this day in Lithuania, the gabled roofs are occasionally topped with serpent-shaped carvings in order to protect the household from evil powers.”
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Since we touched on it in the last lesson, let‘s work some more on naming things. It‘s fairly simple and you‘ve already seen it. We just use kilmininkas or the genitive case. This is all simple stuff assuming you‘ve studied lessons 0022, 0030, 0031, 0033, 0037, and 0039 on kilmininkas.
Here‘s some new vocabulary for you. First, let’s go over the words in vardininkas or the naming case.
Kaip pasakyti lietuviškai? How do you say it in Lithuanian?
an avenue prospektas
the avenue prospektas
a bridge tiltas
the bridge tiltas
the constitution konstitucija
a constitution konstitucija
freedom laisvė
freedom laisvė
Europe Europa
Europe Europa
the townhall rotušė
a townhall rotušė
art dailė
fine art dailė
the museum muziejus
a museum muziejus
Now we’ll name things using kilmininkas or the genitive case, for example, what’s the name of the street? It’s name is University Street. What’s the name of the park? It’s named Europe Park.
In the following examples we’ll give the streets, the squares, the avenues, the parks and the museums names. These are all real locations in Vilnius, Lithuania.
please repeat, prašom pakartoti…
University Street Universiteto gatvė
University Street Universiteto gatvė
Tower Street Bokšto gatvė
Tower Street Bokšto gatvė
Castle Street Pilies gatvė
Castle Street Pilies gatvė
Bridge Street Tilto gatvė
Bridge Street Tilto gatvė
Vilnius Street Vilniaus gatvė
Vilnius Street Vilniaus gatvė
Townhall Square Rotušės aikštė
Townhall Square Rotušės aikštė
Cathedral Square Katedros aikštė
Cathedral Square Katedros aikštė
Vilnius Square Vilniaus aikštė
Vilnius Square Vilniaus aikštė
Europe Square Europos aikštė
Europe Square Europos aikštė
Gediminas Avenue Gedimino prospektas
Gediminas Avenue Gedimino prospektas
Constitution Avenue Konstitucijos prospektas
Constitution Avenue Konstitucijos prospektas
Vytautas Avenue Vytauto prospektas
Vytautas Avenue Vytauto prospektas
Freedom Avenue Laisvės prospektas
Freedom Avenue Laisvės prospektas
Bend Park Vingio parkas
Bend Park Vingio parkas
Europe Park Europos parkas
Europe Park Europos parkas
The Amber Museum Gintaro muziejus
Amber Museum Gintaro muziejus
The Castle Museum Pilies muziejus
Castle Museum Pilies muziejus
The Art Museum Dailės muziejus
Art Museum Dailės muziejus
Castle Bridge Pilies tiltas
Castle Bridge Pilies tiltas
So, we started with vardininkas, changed to kilmininkas in order to name things, and now let‘s change all these examples to galininkas or the accusative declension using į, or to, but first let‘s learn three more conjugations of the verb važiuoti.
We‘re going mes važiuojame
We‘re going mes važiuojame
They’re going (males only or male/female group) jie važiuoja
They’re going (males only or male/female group) jie važiuoja
They’re going (females only) jos važiuoja
They’re going (females only) jos važiuoja
Now for something challenging. We‘ll say a destination in English and we‘ll say, mes, jie or jos. You conjugate the verb and decline the destination and say the sentence in Lithuanian. For example, we‘ll say, “University Street – mes.“
Your response should be, “Mes važiuojame į Universiteto gatvę.“ We‘re going to University Street.
Just a reminder - when you use the verb važiuoti, you’re saying, to go, to drive, or to ride, using a car, a bus, a train, a bicycle, whatever. You’re not talking about walking.
Sėkmės! Good luck!
University Street (mes) mes važiuojame į Universiteto gatvę
Tower Street (mes) mes važiuojame į Bokšto gatvę
Castle Street (mes) mes važiuojame į Pilies gatvę
Bridge Street (mes) mes važiuojame į Tilto gatvę
Vilnius Street (mes) mes važiuojame į Vilniaus gatvę
Townhall Square (jie) jie važiuoja į Rotušės aikštę
Cathedral Square (jie) jie važiuoja į Katedros aikštę
Vilnius Square (jie) jie važiuoja į Vilniaus aikštę
Europe Square (jie) jie važiuoja į Europos aikštę
Gediminas Avenue (jie) jie važiuoja į Gedimino prospektą
Constitution Avenue (jos) jos važiuoja į Konstitucijos prospektą
Vytautas Avenue (jos) jos važiuoja į Vytauto prospektą
Freedom Avenue (jos) jos važiuoja į Laisvės prospektą
Bend Park (jos) jos važiuoja į Vingio parką
Europe Park (jos) jos važiuoja į Europos parką
Amber Museum (jos) jos važiuoja į Gintaro muziejų
Amber Museum (aš) aš važiuoju į Gintaro muziejų
Castle Museum (aš) aš važiuoju į Pilies muziejų
Art Museum (aš) aš važiuoju į Dailės muziejų
Sveikinu laimėjus! Congratulations on making it through another episode! Sveikinu laimėjus!
If you kill a snake, the sun will cry
http://www.lituanus.org/1975/75_1_01.htm
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