Lithuanian Out Loud 0076 Beg - Atleiskite Pardon Me
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European Route 67 is a highway that runs through Lithuania on its way between Prague and Helsinki. It’s known as the Via Baltica and the section between Tallinn, Estonia and Helsinki is covered by ferries that depart 20 times daily. Oh, so nice, you speak so well. Oh, thank you. To improve the Via Baltica, Poland plans to build the Augustow bypass through the Rospuda Valley Wetlands just south of the Lithuanian border. The European Union filed an injunction against this work because of the damage it would cause to the protected wetlands. Poland faces fines if it continues with the project.
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Hey there! Before Raminta and I get to the episode we recorded about six weeks ago, I wanted to go over some notes.
A listener wrote in with a good question asking about some terms of endearment we went over in previous episodes; meile, mylimoji, mylimasis, brangioji, and brangusis. The question is, can you use these terms with children as well or only with adult couples? Meile, mylimasis and mylimoji should be used between couples. Brangioji and brangusis can be used between adults or with children. Thanks for the interesting question!
Another listener wrote in to correct us on something. Lietuviškai, angliškai, ispaniškai etc. are in fact adverbs, not adjectives as we described them previously. Thanks to David in Boston for catching the mistake, we appreciate the great editing job!
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kaip jūs kalbate?
(how/what do you speak?)
aš kalbu ispaniškai, angliškai, ir tik truputį lietuviškai.
(I speak Spanish, English and only a little Lithuanian)
mmm, an interesting guy!
o jūs?
(and you?)
aš kalbu lietuviškai, angliškai ir rusiškai – šiek tiek lenkiškai.
(I speak Lithuanian, English and Russian – a little Polish)
ah, tikrai?
(ah, really?)
šiek tiek ispaniškai
(– a little Spanish)
kaip idomu!
(how interesting!)
To add negation to a sentence it’s easy. Just add ne- to the beginning of the verb. He speaks Lithuanian - Jis kalba lietuviškai. He doesn’t speak Lithuanian – Jis nekalba lietuviškai.
Prašom pakartoti, please repeat…
I don’t speak aš nekalbu
you don’t speak (familiar) tu nekalbi
he doesn’t speak jis nekalba
she does not speak ji nekalba
we don’t speak mes nekalbame
you don’t speak jūs nekalbate
you do not speak jūs nekalbate
you all don’t speak jūs nekalbat
all of you don’t speak jūs nekalbate
they don’t speak (all males or male/female group) jie nekalba
they don’t speak (all males or male/female group) jie nekalba
they don’t speak (all females) jos nekalba
Now let’s do some complete sentences – Good luck! Sėkmės!
I don’t speak English aš nekalbu angliškai
I don‘t speak Chinese aš nekalbu kiniškai
I don’t speak Indonesian aš nekalbu indoneziškai
I speak Spanish aš kalbu ispaniškai
I speak Spanish well aš gerai kalbu ispaniškai
what does she speak? kaip ji kalba?
she speaks Italian and Latvian ji kalba itališkai ir latviškai
I don’t speak Italian very well aš kalbu itališkai nelabai gerai
what does she speak? kaip ji kalba?
she speaks Swahili ji kalba svahiliškai
she doesn’t speak Swahili ji nekalba svahiliškai
what do we speak? kaip mes kalbame?
we speak Croatian mes kalbame kroatiškai
we speak Croatian well mes gerai kalbame kroatiškai
we don’t speak Croatian mes nekalbame kroatiškai
does he speak Malaysian? ar jis kalba malaiziškai?
what do we speak? kaip mes kalbame?
we speak Portuguese mes kalbam portugališkai
we speak Portuguese well mes gerai kalbame portugališkai
we don’t speak Portuguese mes nekalbam portugališkai
atleiskite is a word that is basically means the same as atsiprašau
pardon me atleiskite
excuse me atleiskit
I’m sorry atsiprašau
do you speak Arabic? ar jūs kalbate arabiškai?
I’m sorry, I don’t speak Arabic very well atleiskite, aš kalbu arabiškai nelabai gerai
do you speak Turkish? ar jūs kalbat turkiškai?
what do you all of you speak? kaip jūs kalbate?
do all of you speak Lithuanian? ar jūs kalbat lietuviškai?
excuse me, I speak very little Lithuanian atleiskite, aš labai mažai kalbu lietuviškai
what do all of you speak? kaip jūs kalbate?
do you all speak English? ar jūs kalbat angliškai?
do you speak Indonesian? ar jūs kalbate indoneziškai?
pardon me, no, I don’t speak Indonesian atleiskite, ne, aš nekalbu indoneziškai
what do they speak? kaip jie kalba?
they speak Spanish jie kalba ispaniškai
they don’t speak Spanish jie nekalba ispaniškai
what do they speak? kaip jos kalba?
they speak Chinese jos kalba kiniškai
they don‘t speak Chinese jos nekalba kiniškai
excuse me, I don‘t speak French atleiskite, aš nekalbu prancūziškai.
excuse me, I don‘t speak Russian atleiskite, aš nekalbu rusiškai.
excuse me, I don‘t speak Polish atleiskite, aš nekalbu lenkiškai.
excuse me, I don‘t speak English atleiskite, aš nekalbu angliškai.
do they speak French? ar jie kalba prancūziškai?
do they speak English? ar jos kalba angliškai?
yes, they speak English taip, jos kalba angliškai
do they speak Malaysian? ar jos kalba malaiziškai?
they speak Indonesian jos kalba indoneziškai
but they don’t speak French bet jos nekalba prancūziškai
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