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photograph: Tiltas per Jūrą Tauragėje (wintertime)
photographer: Andrjusgeo (Wikipedia)
According to the online article, “Baltic unrest reaches Lithuania,”
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Police fired teargas and rubber bullets to keep demonstrators away from the Lithuanian parliament on the 16th of January 2009. Thousands of demonstrators protested the economic situation and the Lithuanian government’s response to the economic crisis sweeping the world today. 15 people were injured and more than 80 were arrested in the violent clashes.
today we’ll continue with our introduction to the instrumental case
the instrumental can also be used to describe a period of time in which something is happening
vocabulary
žodynas
a thing
daiktas
to do sports
sportuoti
at present
šiuo metu
at this time
šiuo metu
nowadays
šiuo metu
during
metu
in the time of
metu
at the moment I’m reading the book, “The Occupation Army in Lithuania”
šiuo metu aš skaitau knygą, „Okupacinė kariuomenė Lietuvoje”
where do you live nowadays?
kur šiuo metu gyveni?
at present I’m working
šiuo metu aš dirbu
which song are you listening to now?
kokią dainą klausote šiuo metu?
nowadays I exercise
šiuo metu aš sportuoju
at this time I’m living in London
šiuo metu aš gyvenu Londone
(on the phone) is Daiva there?
ar čia Daiva?
at the moment Daiva is not
Daivos šiuo metu nėra
in day time
dienos metu
to sleep
miegoti
to go, to take place
vykti
a seminar
seminaras
to do
veikti
I like to sleep during the day
dienos metu aš mėgstu miegoti
the festival takes place in daytime
festivalis vyksta dienos metu
the seminar takes place in daytime
seminaras vyksta dienos metu
what do you do in your free time?
ką veiki savo laisvalaiku?
summer
vasara
to be on vacation
atostogauti
to have a good time
pramogauti
to travel
keliauti
in summer
vasaros metu
in summertime
vasaros metu
in summertime many people vacation
vasaros metu daugelis žmonių atostogauja
in summertime Chicago’s Lithuanians like
Čikagos lietuviai vasaros metu mėgsta
to have a good time
pramogauti
we like to travel America in summer
mėgstame keliauti po Ameriką vasaros metu
winter
žiema
a film
filmas
to happen, to take place, to go
vykti
to sleep
miegoti
second
antras
episode
epizodas
to not swim
nesimaudyti
in wintertime
žiemos metu
don’t swim in wintertime
nesimaudyk žiemos metu
do they all sleep in wintertime?
ar visi jie miega žiemos metu?
the second episode occurs in wintertime
antrasis epizodas vyksta žiemos metu
spring
pavasaris
in springtime
pavasario metu
a conference
konferencija
I’m here in springtime
esu čia pavasario metu
the conference takes place in springtime
konferencija vyksta pavasario metu
the birds return in springtime
paukščiai grįžta pavasario metu
free
laisvas
time
laikas
to do
veikti
to have one’s dinner
papietauti
to visit
aplankyti
to go for a walk
pasivaikščioti
in free time
laisvu laiku
during free time one can take a stroll
laisvu laiku galima pasivaikščioti
what do you do during your free time?
ką veiki savo laisvu laiku?
during free time one can eat dinner
laisvu laiku galima papietauti
during free time one can visit museums
laisvu laiku galima aplankyti muziejus
in time
laiku
in due course
laiku
leisure time
laisvalaikis
in free time
laisvalaikiu
at leisure time
laisvalaikiu
during free time
laisvalaikiu
in free time
laisvu laiku
a garden
sodas
the zoo
zoologijos sodas
to knit
megzti
everything
viskas
will be (future tense of the verb būti)
bus
only
tik
still
dar
in leisure time you can visit the zoo
laisvu laiku galite aplankyti zoologijos sodą
what do you do in your free time?
ką veiki savo laisvu laiku?
during free time Birutė knits
laisvalaikiu Birutė mezga
with time everything will be okay
su laiku viskas bus gerai
with time they will only be better
su laiku jie bus tik dar geresni
ah, everything in due time!
na, viskas su laiku!
maybe with time everything will change
gal su laiku viskas pasikeis
a vacation
kelionė
at vacation time
kelionės metu
during vacation time
kelionės metu
the weather during vacation time was good
oras kelionės metu buvo geras
during vacation time they met many people
kelionės metu jie sutiko daugiau žmonių
the weather during vacation time was bad
oras kelionės metu buvo blogas
we can also use the instrumental for personal descriptions
bald
plikas
head
galva
waist
liemuo
tooth
dantis
leg
koja
chest
krūtinė
hairy
plaukuotas
a back
nugara
a nose
nosis
lip
lūpa
below the eyes
paakiai
a bald headed woman
moteris plika galva
a small waisted woman
moteris mažu liemeniu
a woman with one tooth
moteris su vienu dantimi
a man with a wooden leg
vyras su medine koja
a big chested man
vyras didele krūtine
a man with a hairy back
vyras su plaukuota nugara
a youngster with a flat nose
vaikiūkštis su plokščia nosim
a youngster with a fat lip
vaikiūkštis su stora lūpa
a youngster with a black eye
vaikiūkštis su juodu paakiu
In English after a fight we might refer to a guy’s black eye. In Lithuanian it’s referred to as a black eye socket.
But wait! There’s more! We also use the instrumental case when a sentence describes a change of status. In other words, when something “becomes” something else.
vocabulary:
president
prezidentas / prezidentė
to become
tapti
supervisor
vadovas / vadovė
mother
motina
grandmother
močiutė
tadpole
buožgalvis
frog
varlė
prince
princas
Violeta became president
Violeta tapo prezidente
Violeta became a supervisor
Violeta tapo vadove
Renata became a mother
Renata tapo motina
Renata became a grandmother
Renata tapo močiute
the tadpole changed into a frog
buožgalvis tapo varle
the frog changed into a prince
varlė tapo princu
So, there you have a not so brief explanation of some uses of the instrumental case or įnagininkas. On the next episode we’ll go through many more examples.