Lithuanian Out Loud 0130 Beg - Miesteliuose In The Towns
Miesteliuose In The Towns
Hi there, I’m Jack and I’m Raminta and welcome back to Lithuanian Out Loud where we offer the world the Lithuanian language. In Latin novem is the word for nine. Today we’re in a new month! In the old Roman calender November was the ninth month. In Lithuanian this month is lapkritis – derived from lapas, the word for leaf and kristi, to fall. Lapkritis is leaf falling month.
Photograph: Birches in winter
Photographer: Olegivvit (Wikipedia)
According to Wikipedia, in Lithuania trees of special significance include oak (ąžuolas), birch (beržas), linden (liepa), and spruce (eglė). A veneration of oak trees comes from pre-Christian times, when they were of religious significance. An ancient oak tree in Stelmužė, thought to be at least 1,500 years old, is the best-known tree in the country.
So far you’ve been introduced to the accusative singular and plural and the genitive singular and plural. The locative singular for example,
I’m in Vilnius aš esu Vilniuje
Vilnius is in Lithuania Vilnius yra Lietuvoje
Berlin is in Germany Berlynas yra Vokietoje
Tokyo is in Japan Tokijas yra Japonijoje
Delhi is in India Delis yra Indijoje
Masculine nouns that end in –as change to –e in the locative singular. For example, the city – miestas, in the city – mieste.
In the plural locative the ending changes to –uose. In the city – mieste, in the cities – miestuose.
Here are the masculine endings for the plural locative:
-as changes to –uose
-is changes to –iuose
-ys changes to –iuose
-us changes to –uose
-ius changes to –iuose
vocabulary – žodynas
a park parkas
a bookstore knygynas
a bar baras
an auto automobilis
a town miestelis
a pastry pyragėlis
a basket krepšys
a train traukinys
a market turgus
a museum muziejus
a convoy konvojus
a television televizorius
a fruit vaisius
a stone akmuo
a bowl dubuo
prašom pakartoti,
(-as)
in the park parke in the parks parkuose
in the bookstore knygyne in the bookstores knygynuose
in the bar bare in the bars baruose
(-is)
in the auto automobilyje in the autos automobiliuose
in the town miestelyje in the towns miesteliuose
in the pastry pyragėlyje in the pastries pyragėliuose
(-ys)
in the basket krepšyje in the baskets krepšiuose
in the train traukinyje in the trains traukiniuose
(-us)
in the market turguje in the markets turguose
in the museum muziejuje in the museums muziejuose
in the convoy konvojuje in the convoys konvojuose
(-ius)
in the television televizoriuje in the televisions televizoriuose
in the fruit vaisiuje in the fruits vaisiuose
(-uo)
in the stone akmenyje in the stones akmenyse
in the bowl dubenyje in the bowls dubenyse
examples pavyzdžiai
birds are in the park paukščiai yra parke
birds are in the parks paukščiai yra parkuose
books are in the bookstore knygos yra knygyne
books are in the bookstores knygos yra knygynuose
we can dance in the bar galime šokti bare
we can dance in the bars galime šokti baruose
the key is in the car raktas automobilyje
the keys are in the cars raktai automobiliuose
pigeons in the town balandžiai miestelyje
pigeons in the towns balandžiai miesteliuose
a cherry is in the pastry vyšnia yra pyragėlyje
cherries are in the pastries vyšnios yra pyragėliuose
bread in the basket duona yra krepšyje
cherries in the baskets vyšnios yra krepšiuose
people in the train žmonės traukinyje
people in the trains žmonės traukiniuose
people in the market žmonės turguje
people in the markets žmonės turguose
a painting in the museum paveikslas muziejuje
paintings in the museums paveikslai muziejuose
ships in the convoy laivai konvojuje
ships in the convoys laivai konvojuose
dust in the television dulkės televizoriuje
dust in the televisions dulkės televizoriuose
worms in the fruit kirmėlės vaisiuje
worms in the fruits kirmėlės vaisiuose
a crack in the stone traškėjimas akmenyje
cracks in the stones traškėjimai akmenyse
water in the bowl vanduo dubenyje
water in the bowls vanduo dubenyse
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