Lithuanian Out Loud 0143 Beg - Galeti To Be Able
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Photograph: Yotvingian Forest
Photographer: Przemyslaw 'Blueshade' Idzkiewicz
According to the free Wikipedia page Romuva; The Quendlinburg Chronicle mentions a missionary Bruno of Querfort, who was killed along with 18 men by Yotvingians because of entering The Holy Forest. This was the first time the name of Lithuania was mentioned in written sources. Lithuanians came to history as very conservative believers of an ancient European pre-Christian faith, they preserved this religion until the 14th and 15th centuries. They happened to be the last non-nomadic people in Europe practicing pristine Indo-European polytheism.
In the 13th century Pope Gregory IX declared crusades against the Baltic peoples. This led to the destruction of the Baltic faith. Grand Duke Mindaugas was Christianized with his family and warriors in 1251 to get recognition from Christian Europe. But, Mindaugas still worshipped pagan deities as the Hyperian Chronicle mentions. He sacrificed to the Supreme God Andajus or Dievas, Perkūnas, Teliavelis, the god of blacksmiths, and Žvorūna, goddess of forests and hunters.
Today we‘ll go over the Lithuanian verb galėti – to be able. Here are galėti and negalėti conjugated in the present tense.
to be able (can) galėti
I can aš galiu
you can tu gali
he can jis gali
she can ji gali
we can mes galime
you can jūs galite
you all can jūs galite
they can (mm/mf) jie gali
they can (ff) jos gali
to not be able (cannot) negalėti
I cannot aš negaliu
you cannot tu negali
he cannot jis negali
she cannot ji negali
we cannot mes negalime
you cannot jūs negalite
you all cannot jūs negalite
they cannot (mm/mf) jie negali
they cannot (ff) jos negali
vocabulary žodynas
I would like norėčiau
also irgi
to read skaityti
to write rašyti
to work dirbti
if jei, jeigu
to leave išeiti
to enter įeiti
to sing dainuoti
to cook virti
to dance šokti
to do daryti, padaryti
to start pradėti
slow lėtas
to hear girdėti
to finish baigti
to eat valgyti
to win laimėti
to change pakeisti
life gyvenimas
to say, to tell pasakyti
when? kada?
why? kodėl?
to read skaityti
a sentence sakinys
polite mandagus
to trust pasitikėti
pleasant, nice malonus
outside laukas
to relax atsipalaiduoti
all visas
to rest pailsėti
dessert desertas
to smoke rūkyti
to sit sėdėti
to write rašyti
nor nei
anywhere bet kur
to study mokytis
wonderful puikus
pork kiauliena
aš
I can read aš galiu skaityti
I can write aš galiu rašyti
I can work aš galiu dirbti
if I can, you can too jei aš galiu, gali ir tu
I can’t shut up negaliu tylėti
I can’t read negaliu skaityti
I can’t write negaliu rašyti
I can’t work negaliu dirbti
tu
can you? ar gali?
can you speak English? ar gali kalbėti angliškai?
can you understand French? ar gali suprasti prancūziškai?
I know that you can do it aš žinau kad tu tai gali
can you? ar gali?
yes, I can! taip, aš galiu
I can’t shut up negaliu tylėti
yes, I can! taip, galiu!
you cannot leave negali išeiti
you cannot enter negali įeiti
you cannot sing negali dainuoti
jis
he can cook jis gali virti
he can dance jis gali šokti
he can do it jis gali tai padaryti
he cannot do it jis negali to padaryti
he cannot cook jis negali virti
he cannot dance jis negali šokti
ji
she can start ji gali pradėti
she can eat very slowly ji gali valgyti labai lėtai
she can hear ji gali girdėti
she cannot swim ji negali plaukti
she cannot eat slowly ji negali valgyti lėtai
mes
we can do it mes galime tai padaryti
we can win galime laimėti
yes we can taip mes galime
we can’t do it mes negalime to padaryti
we can’t win negalime laimėti
no we can’t ne, mes negalime
jūs
you can change your life jūs galite pakeisti savo gyvenimą
can you say when? ar galite pasakyti kada?
can you say why? ar galite pasakyti kodėl?
now you can start dabar galite pradėti
can you read this sentence? ar jūs galite perskaityti šį sakinį?
why can’t you be polite? kodėl jūs negalite būti mandagus?
why can’t you trust me? kodėl jūs negalite manimi pasitikėti?
why can’t you be nice? kodėl jūs negalite būti malonus?
jūs
you all can play outside jūs visi galite žaisti lauke
you can all relax jūs visi galite atsipalaiduoti
you can all rest jūs visi galite pailsėti
you all cannot eat dessert negalite valgyti deserto
you all cannot smoke here negalite čia rūkyti
you all cannot sit here negalite čia sėdėti
jie
they can read and write jie gali skaityti ir rašyti
they can sit in the coffee shop jie gali sėdėti kavinėje
they can speak Lithuanian jie gali kalbėti lietuviškai
they can understand a little English jie gali truputį suprasti angliškai
they can’t read nor write jie negali nei skaityti, nei rašyti
they can’t live well in London jie negali gerai gyventi Londone
they can’t speak Lithuanian jie negali kalbėti lietuviškai
jos
they can live anywhere jos gali gyventi bet kur
they can dance well jos gali puikiai šokti
they can study in the library jos gali mokytis bibliotekoje
they can sit outside jos gali sėdėti lauke
they cannot live here jos negali gyventi čia
they cannot dance well jos negali gerai šokti
they cannot eat pork jos negali valgyti kiaulienos
and here is galėti in the imperative
you can! (tu) galėk!
we can! galėkime!
you can! (jūs) galėkite!
you cannot! (tu) negalėk!
we cannot! negalėkime!
you cannot! (jūs) negalėkite!
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