Lithuanian Out Loud 0128 Beg - Mano Tavo Jo Jos Mine Your His Her

Published: Oct. 31, 2008, 12:41 p.m.

Mano Tavo Jo Jos - Hi there, I’m Jack and I’m Raminta and welcome back to Lithuanian Out Loud where we offer the world the Lithuanian language.

The Lithuanian national flag is the tricolor of yellow, green and red.  The yellow represents the golden fields of Lithuanian grain, the green represents the green countryside of Lithuania and red represents the blood that has been shed on Lithuanian soil.

Photograph: The Lithuanian flag, atop the Gediminas Tower, Vilnius.
Photographer: Beny Shlevich (Wikipedia)

pradėkime, let’s get started

You already know the personal pronouns well;  aš, tu, jis, ji, mes, jūs, jie, jos.

Today we’ll use the personal pronouns with possession.  These are;

my                           mano
your (tu)                 tavo
his                           jo
her                         jos
our                         mūsų
your (jūs)               jūsų
your (you plural)     jūsų
their (m/f or m/m)
their (f/f)                

In previous episodes we worked on possession using kilmininkas or the genitive case.  Let’s review some simple examples.

Vita’s car                       Vitos mašina
Evaldas’ flat                     Evaldo butas
The Lithuanian language lietuvių kalba
The children’s dog         vaikų šuo

vocabulary – žodynas

wallet              piniginė
wallet              piniginė
passport          pasas
passport         pasas
whose?           kieno?
whose?           kieno?
photograph     nuotrauka
photograph     nuotrauka
friends           draugai
friends           draugai
male doctor    gydytojas
male doctor    gydytojas
a song            daina
a song            daina

now we’ll work on possession using pronouns such as, my car, your flat, his photograph, etcetera.
prašom pakartoti, please repeat…

my car is in Klaipėda                               mano automobilis yra Klaipėdoje
whose car?                                            kieno automobilis?
my car!                                                  mano automobilis!

he has my passport                                   jis turi mano pasą
whose passport?                                      kieno pasas?
my passport!                                          mano pasas!

is your flat in Vilnius?                               ar tavo butas Vilniuje?
whose flat?                                           kieno butas?
your flat                                                  tavo butas

your wallet is in his car                             tavo piniginė yra jo automobilyje
whose wallet?                                           kieno piniginė?
your wallet                                               tavo piniginė

where is his photograph?                            kur yra jo nuotrauka?
whose photograph?                                   kieno nuotrauka?
his photograph                                          jo nuotrauka

his daughter lives in London                      jo duktė gyvena Londone
whose daughter?                                      kieno duktė?
his daughter                                              jo duktė

her car is in the city                                    jos mašina yra mieste
whose car?                                               kieno mašina?
her car                                                      jos mašina

her dogs are over there                          jos šunys yra ten
whose dogs?                                             kieno šunys?
her dogs                                                   jos šunys

our taxi is here                                        mūsų taksi yra čia
whose taxi?                                               kieno taksi?
our taxi                                                 mūsų taksi

they like our friends                                   jiems patinka mūsų draugai
whose friends?                                          kieno draugai?
our friends                                                mūsų draugai

is your wife Lithuanian?                             ar jūsų žmona lietuvė?
whose wife?                                              kieno žmona?
your wife                                                  jūsų žmona

your doctor has a question                   jūsų gydytojas turi klausimą
whose doctor?                                           kieno gydytojas?
your doctor                                               jūsų gydytojas

we like your song (to a group)              mums patinka jūsų daina
whose song?                                            kieno daina?
your song                                                jūsų daina

your bus is leaving (to a group)              jūsų autobusas išvažiuoja
whose bus?                                             kieno autobusas?
your bus                                                 jūsų autobusas

their daughter speaks Lithuanian (m/f m/m) jų duktė kalba lietuviškai
whose daughter?                                     kieno duktė?
their daughter                                        jų duktė

their teacher is American (m/f m/m)     jų mokytoja yra amerikietė
whose teacher?                                       kieno mokyotoja?
their teacher                                           jų mokytoja

their mother doesn’t understand Dutch (f/f) jų motina nesupranta olandiškai
whose mother?                                       kieno motina?
their mother                                           jų motina

their flat has three bathrooms (f/f)    jų butas turi tris tualetus
whose flat?                                              kieno butas?
their flat                                                  jų butas

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