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Did you know Lithuania once had a dictator?  At the end of World War One Lithuania was occupied by German soldiers.  Lithuania declared its independence in 1918 and they left.  In 1926 Antanas Smetona was one of the leaders of a military coup d'état.  Lithuanian soldiers removed the democratically elected government, put the most conservative Lithuanian party in power, placed Antanas Smetona in the president’s chair and he ruled Lithuania until it was invaded by the Soviet Union in 1940.

The dictatorship lasted for 14 years and all other political parties were outlawed.  When the Soviet Union invaded in 1940 at the beginning of World War II they claimed they were doing Lithuanians a favor by defeating fascism.

pradėkime, let’s get started

Back in episode 0047 we learned two commands.  Kiss me! Pabučiuok mane!  Hug me!  Apkabink mane!

Today we’ll go over the imperative.  We use the imperative to tell people or animals to do something.  Such as, Look!  Sit down!  Come here!

This stuff isn’t super difficult.  Start with the infinitive of the verb, chop off the “t” – “i" or the “-ti” at the end of the verb and add “-k” or the Lithuanian letter “k.”

the verb dirbti, to work, changes to dirbk!
the verb šokti, to dance, changes to šok!
the verb žiūrėti, to look, changes to žiūrėk!

work!             dirbk!
dance!            šok!
look!              žiūrėk!

dirbk!  šok!  žiūrėk! are all examples of how to command an individual using the “tu” form.  We’d use this with a child, a close friend or an animal.  To command a group of people or to give a command in a more polite way, we use jūs, we add –kite instead of just –k.

work!             dirbkite!
dance!            šokite!
look!              žiūrėkite!

lastly, to give a command to a group that we’re a part of, as in “us” or “we,” we add “–kime .”

let’s work!       dirbkime!
let’s dance!      šokime!
let’s look!        žiūrėkime!

Now, let’s practice with some examples.  First, let’s do the familiar or “tu” form.  We’ll say the verb in English, then the infinitive in Lithuanian.  Then we’ll give the command in English and you try to guess the command in Lithuanian.  Good luck!  Sėkmės!

to work               dirbti  
work!                  dirbk!
to dance              šokti  
dance!                 šok!
to jump                šokinėti  
jump!                  šokinėk!
to look                 žiūrėti  
look!                   žiūrėk!
to run                  bėgti  
run!                     bėk!
to do                   daryti  
do it!                   daryk!
to go                    eiti  
go!                      eik!
to come               ateiti  
come!                  ateik!
to take                  imti  
take it!                 imk!
to remain, to stay  likti  
stay healthy!         lik sveikas!
to wait                  palaukti  
wait!                    palauk!
to hurry                skubėti  
hurry!                  skubėk!
to shout                šaukti  
shout!                   šauk!
to bring                 atnėšti  
bring it!                atnėšk!
to sit                     atsisesti  
sit!                       atsisesk!

Now let’s give the same commands to a person using the “jūs” form which is also the form we’d use giving a command to a group of people.

work!                   dirbkite!
dance!                  šokite!
jump!                   šokinėkite!
look!                    žiūrėkite!

and of course, in normal conversation we can drop the tail end -e

look!                    žiūrėkit!
run!                      bėkit!
do it!                    darykit!
go!                       eikit!
come!                   ateikit!
take it!                  imkit!
stay healthy!         likit sveikas!
wait!                    palaukit!
hurry!                  skubėkit!
shout!                  šaukit!
bring it!                atnėškit!
sit down!              atsisėskit!

Great!  Now let’s give a command to a group of people to which we belong.  These commands would be equivalent to, Let’s work! Let’s dance!  Let’s run!

let’s work!            dirbkime!
let’s dance!           šokime!
let’s jump!            šokinėme!
let’s look!             žiūrėkime!
let’s look!             žiūrėkim!
let’s run!               bėkim!
let’s do it!             darykim!
let’s go!                eikim!
let’s take it!           imkim!
let’s wait!              palaukim!
let’s hurry!            skubėkim!
let’s shout!            šaukim!
let’s sit down!        atsisėskim!

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