Lithuanian Out Loud 0106 Beg - Skulpturu Parkas Sculpture Park
Hi there, I’m Jack and I’m Raminta and welcome back to Lithuanian Out Loud where we offer the world the Lithuanian language.
Today we’re in a new month! August was named in honor of Augustus Caesar in the year eight before the common era (8 BCE). In Lithuanian this month is rugpjūtis, named after the word for rye, rugiai and pjauti, to cut. It’s rye cutting month.
Here’s some food for thought. I remind people not to refer to Lithuania as a former part of the Soviet Union. Calling Lithuania a nation that was once part of the Soviet Union or as the former Soviet Republic Lithuania sounds like Lithuania and Russia went through an amical divorce. It’s like saying to a Frenchman or Dutchman, hey, aren’t you guys formerly part of the Nazi Empire? Nah, don’t do it, it won’t make you any new friends.
pradėkime, let’s get started
In past episodes we practiced a lot of possession using the genitive case or kilmininkas such as the wife’s name, žmonos vardas, or Eglė’s husband, Eglės vyras.
Today we’ll tackle the genitive in the plural such as the women’s restroom, or the restroom of many women, the countries‘ history, as in the history of many countries, the car factory, or the factory which has many cars. You’ll be happy to know it’s easily learned with little study. On this episode we’ll focus on feminine nouns.
feminine nouns end like this…
-a changes to –ų
-ė changes to –ių
-is changes to –ų
-uo changes to –erų
and
-ė (as in duktė) changes to -erų
The most important thing to remember here is that the plural genitive always ends in -ų
vocabulary - žodynas
factory
gamykla
production
gamyba
company
kompanija
hive
avilys
wax
vaškas
swarm
spiečius
equipment
įranga
workshop
dirbtuvė
association
asociacija
portrait
portretas
children
vaikai
catalog
katalogas
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 ending.
the car
mašina
the cars
mašinos
the car factory
mašinų gamykla
the car production
mašinų gamyba
the car company
mašinų kompanija
a sculpture
skulptūra
sculptures
skulptūros
the sculpture museum
skulptūrų muziejus
sculpture park
skulptūrų parkas
a bee
bitė
the bees
bitės
the bee’s hive or beehive
bičių avilys
bee’s wax
bičių vaškas
bee’s swarm
bičių spiečius
the store
parduotuvė
the stores
parduotuvės
the stores’ location
parduotuvių vieta
the stores’ catalog
parduotuvių katalogas
woman
moteris
women
moterys
women’s basketball
moterų krepšinis
women’s health
moterų sveikata
women’s restroom
moterų tualetas
a country
šalis
the countries
šalys
the countries‘ history
šalių istorija
the countries‘ culture
šalių kultūra
the countries‘ territory
šalių teritorija
a rowboat
valtis
boats
valtys
the boats’ equipment
valčių įranga
the boats’ workshop
valčių dirbtuvė
the boats’ color
valčių spalva
a daughter
duktė
daughters
dukterys
the daughters‘ family
dukterų šeima
the daughters‘ portrait
dukterų portretas
sister
sesuo
sisters
seserys
the sisters‘ children
seserų vaikai
the sisters‘ portrait
seserų portretas
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