Lithuanian Out Loud 0270 Beg - Dirbu Darbo Dienomis I Work On Weekdays
LL0270 – plural instrumental inagininkas part three
photograph: The port of Klaipėda, Lithuania
photographer: Žiedas (Wikipedia)
Hi there, I’m Jack and I’m Gintarė and welcome back to Lithuanian Out Loud where we offer the world the Lithuanian language.
A bizarre story out of Lithuania concerns a man named Drąsius Kedys of Kaunas, Lithuania.
Mr. Kedys allegedly murdered Lithuanian District Court Judge Jonas Furmanavičius and a few hours later, the sister of his ex-girlfriend, Violeta Naruševičienė.
Police said that possible motives for the murders were either a bitter three-year-long custody fight or the claims by Drąsius Kedys that Judge Jonas Furmanavičius and other men raped his young daughter.
Drąsius Kedys had become a Lithuanian folk hero for taking the law into his own hands and murdering two people. Street demonstrations were held and mugs and t-shirts supporting Drąsius were sold all over Lithuania.
His body was found in a Kaunas reservoir in April 2010.
Killer of judge, woman in Kaunas remains at large
http://balticreports.com/?p=2444
Drąsius Kedys found dead in Kaunas
http://balticreports.com/?p=15414
In the last episode we went over the plural instrumental case or įnagininkas. Today, we'll go over some more examples using the plural instrumental case used in different ways.
Let’s start with the days of the week.
Just a quick review, here are the days of the week in vardininkas
Monday
pirmadienis
Tuesday
antradienis
Wednesday
trečiadienis
Thursday
ketvirtadienis
Friday
penktadienis
Saturday
šeštadienis
Sunday
sekmadienis
if you want to say something happens on a particular day of the week, you have to use the accusative singular
I work on Monday
aš dirbu pirmadienį
on Tuesday began a new strike
antradienį prasidėjo naujas streikas
on Wednesday lightning set fire to two buildings
Antradienį žaibai padegė du pastatus
live jazz this Thursday!
džiazas gyvai šį ketvirtadienį!
on Friday you can dance
penktadienį tu gali šokti
why do we celebrate on Sunday rather than Saturday?
kodėl mes švenčiame sekmadienį, o ne šeštadienį?
if you want to say something happens every Monday or every Tuesday, you use the instrumental plural
the lessons take place on Mondays
pamokos vyksta pirmadieniais
selections will take place on Tuesdays and Thursdays
atrankos vyks antradieniais ir ketvirtadieniais
in December we will work on Wednesdays
Gruodžio mėnesį dirbsime trečiadieniais
Salsa-mania happens on Fridays
Salsamanija vyksta penktadieniais
court is closed on Saturdays
teismas šeštadieniais nedirba
Julė works not only weekdays, but Sundays
Julė dirba ne tik darbo dienomis, bet ir sekmadieniais
if you’re talking about something that happens during a single day, you use the singular accusative
diena changes to dieną
during the day
dieną
I work all day
dirbu visą dieną
the judge sleeps all day
teisėjas visą dieną miega
in Kaunas it snowed all day
Kaune snigo visą dieną
what do you do every day?
ką darote kiekvieną dieną?
let’s say you want to describe something that happens during the day, every day
here we’d use the instrumental plural of the word for day
dienomis
by days
dienomis
during the days
dienomis
during holidays
švenčių dienomis
work time
darbo laikas
work days
darbo dienomis
I work on weekdays
dirbu darbo dienomis
I sleep on holidays
miegu švenčių dienomis
working time on holidays
darbo laikas švenčių dienomis
open hours on holidays
darbo laikas švenčių dienomis
on weekends and holidays I don't work
savaitgaliais ir švenčių dienomis nedirbu
evenings or weekends go to the theater
vakarais arba savaitgaliais eik i kiną
now let’s describe something that happens in the evening
evening
vakaras
evenings
vakarai
in the evening
vakare
this evening
šiandien vakare
tomorrow evening
rytoj vakare
Dear, maybe we can go tomorrow evening?
Brangioji, gal nueikime rytoj vakare?
I had a flight this evening to Frankfurt
aš turėjau skristi šiandien vakare į Frankfurtą
I’ll be back in the evening
aš sugrįšiu vakare
in the evening we will all be in Lithuania
vakare mes visi būsime Lietuvoje
I will leave tomorrow evening or Friday morning
aš išvyksiu rytoj vakare arba penktadienio rytą
in order to express something that happens in the evenings, we use the plural instrumental
in the evenings
vakarais
I can watch your children in the evenings
galiu prižiurėti jūsų vaikus vakarais
mosquitoes buzz in the evenings
uodai zyzia vakarais
what to do on long Autumn evenings?
ką veikti ilgais rudens vakarais?
the word for morning, as you already know, is rytas
morning
rytas
mornings
rytai
in the morning
rytą
in the mornings
rytais
what do you do in the mornings?
ką tu darai, rytais?
I need help in the mornings
man reikia pagalbos rytais
it’s very cold in the mornings
labai šalta rytais
I’m alone in the mornings
aš vienas rytais
we can also use the plural instrumental to describe things during the seasons of the year
summer
vasara
in summer
vasarą
in summers
vasaromis
he with his family lived in Kaunas in the summers
jis su šeima gyveno Kaune vasaromis
our summers often lack moisture
mūsų vasaromis dažnai trūksta drėgmės
spring
pavasaris
in spring
pavasarį
in the springs
pavasariais
to bloom
žydėti
our flowers bloom in the springs
mūsų gėlės žydi pavasariais
winter
žiema
in winter
žiemą
in the winters
žiemomis
why do bears sleep in the winters?
kodėl meškos žiemomis miega?
in the cold winters bees eat more honey
šaltomis žiemomis bitės daugiau suvalgo medaus
autumn
ruduo
in the autumn
rudenį
in the autumns
rudeniais
to pick up
rinkti
In the autumns I want to go pick mushrooms
Visais rydeniais aš noriu eiti rinkti grybų
on the next episode we'll continue using the instrumental in different ways
see you then!
Šaunu, you made it to the end of another episode! Turėtum jaustis kaip ant sparnų! You should feel like you're on wings!