Lithuanian Out Loud 0253 Myleti To Love

Published: Oct. 10, 2010, 9:14 p.m.

LL0253 \u2013 Myl\u0117ti To Love

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today we\u2019ll go over the Lithuanian verb myl\u0117ti \u2013 to love

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you wouldn\u2019t use myl\u0117ti in the same way you\u2019d use \u201cto love\u201d in English

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in general, only use myl\u0117ti for animate objects

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you wouldn\u2019t say, I love my car, I love football, or I love this shirt

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sometimes, myl\u0117ti is used for inanimate objects, but only in a romantic or poetic way

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myl\u0117ti is a transitive verb so it requires the accusative case or galininkas

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nemyl\u0117ti requires the genitive case - kilmininkas

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here are myl\u0117ti and nemyl\u0117ti conjugated in the present tense

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to love

myl\u0117ti

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I love

a\u0161 myliu

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you love (tu)

tu myli

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he loves

jis myli

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she loves

ji myli

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we love

mes mylime

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you love (formal)

j\u016bs mylite

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you all love

j\u016bs mylite

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they love (mm/mf)

jie myli

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they love (ff)

jos myli

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to not love

nemyl\u0117ti

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I do not love

a\u0161 nemyliu

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you do not love (tu)

tu nemyli

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he does not love

jis nemyli

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she does not love

ji nemyli

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we do not love

mes nemylime

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you do not love (formal)

j\u016bs nemylite

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you all do not love

j\u016bs nemylite

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they do not love (mm/mf)

jie nemyli

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they do not love (ff)

jos nemyli

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here are some examples of myl\u0117ti in the infinitive

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I\u2019m trying to love Stasys\xa0

bandau myl\u0117ti Stas\u012f\xa0

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they know how to love

jie moka myl\u0117ti

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people can love\xa0

\u017emon\u0117s gali myl\u0117ti

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I can only say, to love is very hard

galiu tik pasakyti, kad myl\u0117ti labai sunku\xa0

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I\u2019m learning to love

a\u0161 i\u0161mokau myl\u0117ti

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together we're learning to love again

mes kartu i\u0161moktume myl\u0117ti\xa0

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a man has to love his wife

vyras turi myl\u0117ti savo \u017emon\u0105

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I try to love my family

bandau myl\u0117ti savo \u0161eim\u0105

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(a\u0161)

the sea

j\u016bra

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the sun

saul\u0117

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the stars

\u017evaig\u017ed\u0117s

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I love the sea (poetic only)

myliu j\u016br\u0105

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I love the sun (poetic only)

myliu saul\u0119

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I love the stars (poetic only)

a\u0161 myliu \u017evaig\u017edes

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(tu)

do you love Antanas?

ar myli Antan\u0105?

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do you love Egl\u0117?

ar myli Egl\u0119?

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do you love your dog?

ar myli savo \u0161un\u012f?

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do you love your dogs?

ar myli savo \u0161unis?

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do you love the girl?

ar myli mergait\u0119?

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do you love the girls?

ar myli mergaites?

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why don\u2019t you love your wife?

kod\u0117l nemyli savo \u017emonos?

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why don\u2019t you love your husband?

kod\u0117l nemyli savo vyro?

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why don\u2019t you love your dog?

kod\u0117l nemyli savo \u0161uns?

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why don\u2019t you love your dogs?

kod\u0117l nemyli savo \u0161un\u0173?

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why don\u2019t you love the girls?

kod\u0117l nemyli mergai\u010di\u0173?

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(jis)

Vilius loves the child

Vilius myli vaik\u0105

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he loves the children

jis myli vaikus

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he doesn\u2019t love the child

jis nemyli vaiko

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he doesn\u2019t love the children

jis nemyli vaik\u0173

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grandfather

senelis

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she loves her grandfather

ji myli savo senel\u012f

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she loves her grandfathers

ji myli savo senelius

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she doesn\u2019t love her grandfather

ji nemyli savo senelio

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she doesn\u2019t love her grandfathers

ji nemyli savo seneli\u0173

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grandmother

senel\u0117

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we love our child

mes mylime savo vaik\u0105

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we love our children

mes mylime savo vaikus

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we love Birut\u0117

mylime Birut\u0119

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we love our grandmother

mylime savo senel\u0119

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we love our grandmothers

mylime savo seneles

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we don\u2019t love our grandmother

nemylime savo senel\u0117s

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we don\u2019t love our grandmothers

nemylime savo seneli\u0173

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we don\u2019t love Birut\u0117

mes nemylime Birut\u0117s

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(j\u016bs)

why do you love the dog?

kod\u0117l j\u016bs mylite \u0161un\u012f?

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why don\u2019t you love the dog?

kod\u0117l nemylite \u0161uns?

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(jie)

they love Lithuania (poetic)

jie myli Lietuv\u0105

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(jos)

singer

dainininkas

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do the women love their husbands?

ar moterys myli savo vyrus?

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the girls love the singer

mergait\u0117s myli daininink\u0105

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the women don\u2019t love their husbands

moterys nemyli savo vyr\u0173

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the girls don\u2019t love the singer

mergait\u0117s nemyli dainininko

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imperatives

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love! (tu)

myl\u0117k!

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let's love! (mes)

myl\u0117kime!

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love! (j\u016bs)

myl\u0117kite!

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don't love! (tu)

nemyl\u0117k!

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let's not love! (mes)

nemyl\u0117kime!

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don't love! (j\u016bs)

nemyl\u0117kite!

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