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One fascinating location in Vilnius, Lithuania is the Green Bridge or Žaliasis tiltas not far from Pilies gatvė in the old town or senamiestis.  There are four old Soviet statues on the bridge, two on the north end, two on the south end.  Each statue has a unique theme, peace, youth, agriculture and industry.  It’s a great place for a photo.

pradėkime, let’s get started

Today we do unusual plural nouns.  Remember masculine nouns have to be matched to masculine numbers and feminine nouns have to be matched to feminine numbers.

sūnus is the Lithuanian word for son and it’s a masculine noun

a son               sūnus
one son            vienas sūnus
two sons          du sūnūs
three sons        trys sūnūs
five sons          penki sūnūs
eight sons         aštuoni sūnūs

žmogus is the Lithuanian word for person and it’s a masculine noun

a person           žmogus
one person       vienas žmogus
two people       du žmonės
three people     trys žmonės
six people        šeši žmonės
nine people      devyni žmonės

The word for uncle is unusual – dėdė.  This word looks feminine because it has a feminine ending but it’s masculine.

an uncle          dėdė
one uncle        vienas dėdė
two uncles      du dėdės
six uncles        šeši dėdės
four uncles      keturi dėdės
three uncles     trys dėdės

stotis is the word for station, as in bus station or train station.  This noun is unusual because it ends in the letter –s which makes it look masculine but it’s feminine.

the station        stotis
one station       viena stotis
two stations      dvi stotys
three stations    trys stotys
nine stations     devynios stotys
four stations     keturios stotys

moteris is the Lithuanian word for woman, it‘s unusual because it ends in the letter –s and it‘s feminine

the woman      moteris
one woman     viena moteris
two women     dvi moterys
five women     penkios moterys
six women       šešios moterys
four women    keturios moterys

duktė is the word for daughter

a daughter         duktė
one daughter     viena duktė
two daughters    dvi dukterys
three daughters  trys dukterys
six daughters     šešios dukterys
four daughters   keturios dukterys

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