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Hey, hey, hey!\\xa0 Hey, hey, hey, what you say?\\xa0 How are you doin\\u2019 love?\\xa0 I\\u2019m doing good today.\\xa0 I\\u2019m glad to hear that.\\xa0 Yeah, today the weather is really bad.\\xa0

Hi there, I\\u2019m Jack and I\\u2019m Raminta and welcome back to Lithuanian Out Loud where the lessons are free and you\\u2019ve got a money back guarantee.

Today we\\u2019re in the month of April which in Lithuanian is balandis.

According to the Wikipedia page entitled, \\u201cCoat of arms of Lithuania,\\u201d the Vytis was the Lithuanian state emblem of the Republic of Lithuania until 1940, when the nation was invaded by the Soviet Union and all national symbols were outlawed.\\xa0 On 11 March 1990, Lithuania declared its independence again and restored its national symbols, including the Vytis.\\xa0 The name of the Vytis is related to the verb, vyti \\u2013 to chase.\\xa0 Today the Vytis is a rider on a white horse on a red background.

Remember back in episode 0034 when we told you about the Battle of the Sun of 1236?\\xa0 That was the battle where the Lithuanians all but wiped out the invading German Livonian Brothers of the Sword.\\xa0 Mindaugas and his wife Morta were crowned King and Queen of Lithuania during the summer of 1253, just seventeen years later.\\xa0 During the 1240s Grand Duke Mindaugas was consolidating his power in Lithuania but the German Knights were still a very real problem for him and the Lithuanian people.\\xa0 Mindaugas knew that if he could get the Pope in Rome to recognize him as the ruler of Lithuania, the German Crusaders would have to get off his back.\\xa0 Of course the price of recognition by Rome was that he and his people would have to accept Christianity.\\xa0 That was the price for peace, become a Christian or the Pope\\u2019s armies would continue to rape Lithuanian lands.

So, Mindaugas was baptized, the Pope was happy and there was peace.\\xa0 Ten years after Mindaugas was crowned king, he was assassinated and the people who never liked the idea of becoming Christians reverted back to their traditional gods.\\xa0 Today Mindaugas is a national hero in Lithuania.\\xa0 He is generally considered the founder of the Lithuanian state, and the first leader to unite the Balts.

We mention Vytis and Mindaugas because both are not only historical symbols, they\\u2019re popular names for Lithuanian males.

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Okay, this is our fourth episode focused on love talk.\\xa0 Today we continue with the diminutive that we started in episode 0067.\\xa0 We went over feminine diminutives, today we\\u2019ll focus on the masculine.

In these episodes we\\u2019re simply introducing you to the Lithuanian diminutive endings.\\xa0 Some endings that are possible, aren\\u2019t used very much.\\xa0 Lithuanians like to play with diminutive endings in many ways.\\xa0 After studying the feminine and masculine diminutives you should at least be able to recognize them when you see and hear them.\\xa0 The possible combinations are endless.

Masculine suffixes in the diminutive include\\u2026

\\u2013utis
\\u2013\\u0117lis
\\u2013elis
\\u2013ukas
\\u2013iukas
\\u2013ulis
\\u2013u\\u017eis
\\u2013ytis
\\u2013u\\u017e\\u0117lis

So nicely done, good job.\\xa0 Oh, thank you.\\xa0 Note that all these suffixes end in the letter \\u2013s.\\xa0 Labai gerai. Like\\u2026

Aras\\xa0 Aras is a man\\u2019s name.

Aras plus \\u2013utis \\u2192 Arutis
Aras plus \\u2013elis \\u2192 Arelis
Aras plus \\u2013ukas \\u2192 Arukas

Vytis\\xa0 Vytis is a man\\u2018s name.\\xa0 Vytis is the state symbol of Lithuania.

Vytis plus \\u2013utis \\u2192 Vytutis
Vytis plus \\u2013elis \\u2192 Vytelis
Vytis plus \\u2013ukas \\u2192 Vytukas

\\u0104\\u017euolas\\xa0 \\u0104\\u017euolas is a man\\u2018s name and it means oak.

Can you imagine in English parents would give the name for their boy \\u2013 oak?\\xa0 No way, but I think it\\u2018s really cute.\\xa0 I think it\\u2018s a good idea.\\xa0 Really?\\xa0 But to me in English it sounds kind of funny \\u2013 oak.\\xa0 Oak.\\xa0 Oak.\\xa0 Very strong guy.\\xa0 Yeah, I know.\\xa0 By the way, I have a Christmas tree in my apartment.\\xa0

(Raminta is referring to a visitor in her flat, a good friend named Egl\\u0117.\\xa0 Egl\\u0117 is the Lithuanian word for fir tree or Christmas tree.)

Still?\\xa0 Egl\\u0117!\\xa0 Oh, that\\u2018s right, Egl\\u0117!\\xa0 Egl\\u0117 should marry a guy named \\u0104\\u017euolas and they can be the mi\\u0161kas family.\\xa0 (mi\\u0161kas is the Lithuanian word for forest)\\xa0 Oh, you know there is the last name Mi\\u0161kas \\u2013 you know our old religion, it\\u2018s something...that\\u2018s funny...but you know I really like the name Liepa for the girl...and I\\u2018m not sure how it\\u2018s \\u2013 liepa \\u2013 in English.\\xa0 Fox.\\xa0 Fox?\\xa0 I think.\\xa0 Liepa?\\xa0 Fox?\\xa0 This little animal?\\xa0 No, no, lap\\u0117, lap\\u0117 is the fox.\\xa0 Oh, lap\\u0117!\\xa0 Right, lap\\u0117.\\xa0 But, Liepa is a tree, a tree, it\\u2018s a nice tree and it\\u2018s a nice name for a girl I don\\u2018t know in English, I will look maybe later on vocabulary what it is.\\xa0 Not aspen, huh?\\xa0 No, bir\\u017eelis \\u2013 aspen.\\xa0 Ah, bir\\u017eelis, right.

\\u0104\\u017euolas plus \\u2013utis \\u2192 \\u0104\\u017euolutis
\\u0104\\u017euolas plus \\u2013\\u0117lis \\u2192 \\u0104\\u017euol\\u0117lis
\\u0104\\u017euolas plus \\u2013iukas \\u2192 \\u0104\\u017euoliukas

Mindaugas Mindaugas is a man\\u2018s name.

Mindaugas plus \\u2013utis \\u2192 Mindaugutis
Mindaugas plus \\u2013\\u0117lis \\u2192 Mindaug\\u0117lis
Mindaugas plus \\u2013iukas \\u2192 Mindaugiukas

Again, not just names use the diminutive.\\xa0 There are thousands of examples.

mai\\u0161as is a sack
mai\\u0161elis is a small sack
pauk\\u0161tis is a bird
pauk\\u0161telis is a nestling or a chick
kostiumas is a man\\u2019s suit
kostium\\u0117lis is woman\\u2019s suit
pyragas is a pie
pyrag\\u0117lis is a pastry

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LITHUANIAN IN THE 21st CENTURY by Antanas Klimas
http://www.lituanus.org/2002/02_4_04.htm

Mindaugas
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mindaugas

Coat of arms of Lithuania
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vytis

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