Lithuanian Out Loud 0105 Beg - Autobusu Stotis The Bus Station
Hi there, this is Jack and welcome back to Lithuanian Out Loud. Before we get on with today’s episode it’s time again for Agnė iš Vilniaus!
Agnė says the idea today is to repeat a sentence that has many similar hard to pronounce sounds as quickly as you can. In English these are called tongue-twisters.
Thanks for sending us this contribution Agne! It means a lot to us that you’re helping us out. Take it away, Agne!
How quickly could you say that?
Geri vyrai geroj girioj gerą girą gėrė gerdami gyrė
The good men in a big good forest were drinking delicious kvass (Lithuanian national drink)
Geri vyrai geroj girioj gerą girą gėrė gerdami gyrė
It’s easy, isn’t it? But, what about that?
Šešios žąsys su šešiais žąsyčiais
Six (female) geese with six goslings
Don’t worry if you don’t succeed the first time because most Lithuanians will say it like that…
It’s okay, you need just some more practice and soon you will be able to say it like this:
Šešios žąsys su šešiais žąsyčiais
Good luck!
Prašom, Mylimoji! Hi there, I’m Raminta and I’m Raminta’s husband, Jack and welcome back to Lithuanian Out Loud where we offer the world the Lithuanian language. Today we’re in the month of July which in Lithuanian is Liepa.
An old Lithuanian tradition says if you light anything with a candle, a sailor dies. Why? Long ago in winter months sailors didn’t have much of an income and some sold matches to make ends meet. So, if you light something with a candle, you’re cheating a poor sailor out of his paycheck.
Have you ever heard of this, Dear?
pradėkime, let’s get started
In past episodes we practiced a lot of possession using the genitive case or kilmininkas such as the man’s name, vyro vardas or the dog’s water, šuns vanduo.
Today we’ll tackle the genitive in the plural such as the children’s dog, or a dog which belongs to many children, a children’s doctor, or a doctor who treats many children, a children’s book, the men’s restroom, the women’s team, women’s health.
You’ll be happy to know it’s easily learned with little study. On this episode we’ll focus on masculine nouns, feminine nouns on a later episode.
Masculine nouns end like this…
-as changes to –ų
-is changes to –ių
-ys changes to –ių
-us changes to –ų
-ius changes to –ių
and
-uo changes to –enų
The most important thing to remember here is that the plural genitive always ends in -ų
Before we get started, here’s some new vocabulary.
prašom pakartoti…
vocabulary – žodynas
when doing žodynas – once slow, once normal speed
(here Raminta accidently reads episode notes not meant for the audience)
basketball
krepšinis
basketball
krepšinis
health
sveikata
health
sveikata
music
muzika
the music
muzika
tradition
tradicija
tradition
tradicija
a male doctor
gydytojas
the male doctor
gydytojas
a culture
kultūra
the culture
kultūra
hospital
ligoninė
hospital
ligoninė
a territory
teritorija
the territory
teritorija
a history
istorija
the history
istorija
a system
sistema
a system
sistema
pie
pyragas
a pie
pyragas
juice
sultys
juice
sultys
group
grupė
group
grupė
a school
mokykla
school
mokykla
director
direktorius
director
direktorius
association
asociacija
association
asociacija
exhibition
paroda
exhibition
paroda
food
maistas
food
maistas
booth
kasa
booth
kasa
sanctuary
šventovė
sanctuary
šventovė
the flu
gripas
the flu
gripas
Keep in mind that ų nosinė and ū ilgoji sound the same; they both have the long -oo sound. For plural genitive we use ų nosinė to be grammatically correct.
So, let’s go over some examples. Don’t worry about learning every word. We just want you to learn the genitive plural.
man
vyras
men
vyrai
a men’s restroom
vyrų tualetas
men’s basketball
vyrų krepšinis
men’s health
vyrų sveikata
a child
vaikas
children
vaikai
the children’s dog
vaikų šuo
a children’s doctor
vaikų gydytojas
a children’s book
vaikų knyga
a children’s hospital
vaikų ligoninė
an American male
amerikietis
the American males
amerikiečiai
the American’s auto
amerikiečių automobilis
the American’s music
amerikiečių muzika
the American’s history
amerikiečių istorija
a Lithuanian male
lietuvis
the Lithuanians
lietuviai
Lithuanian‘s history
lietuvių istorija
Lithuanian‘s culture
lietuvių kultūra
Lithuanian tradition
lietuvių tradicija
train
traukinys
trains
traukiniai
trains’ station or the train station
traukinių stotis
train system
traukinių sistema
So, we think you get the idea. Here are some more examples.
an apple
obuolys
apples
obuoliai
apple pie
obuolių pyragas
apple juice
obuolių sultys
an actor
aktorius
actors
aktoriai
the actors‘ group
aktorių grupė
the actors‘ school
aktorių mokykla
a museum
muziejus
museums
muziejai
the museums’ director
muziejų direktorius
the museums’ association
muziejų asociacija
a stone
akmuo
the stones
akmenys
the stones’ location
akmenų vieta
the stones’ color
akmenų spalva
the dog
šuo
the dogs
šunys
the dog exhibition
šunų paroda
the dog park
šunų aikštelė
automobile
automobilis
automobiles
automobiliai
the car club
automobilų klubas
the car museum
automobilų muziejus
the ticket
bilietas
tickets
bilietai
ticket booth
bilietų kasa
ticket collector
bilietų kontrolierius
ticket price
bilietų kaina
bus
autobusas
buses
autobusai
the bus station
autobusų stotis
a bird
paukštis
birds
paukščiai
bird sanctuary
paukščių šventovė
bird flu
paukščių gripas
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