In Lithuanian, veidas, means “face." Are you familiar with the popular Lithuanian magazine called Veidas? It’s amazingly similar to the U.S. magazines Time and Newsweek, bursting with full color photos, national and international news, charts, graphs, entertainment news, history, etc. My hubby discovered this gem when he visited the webpsite Balticshop.com looking for a gift for some close Lithuanian friends. One way to get a subscription to Veidas is to go to Balticshop.com. They have a wide se...
Nov 05, 2007•14 min•Ep 31•Transcript available on Metacast Click here to download the show notes for episodes 21-30 Lithuanian_Out_Loud_21-30_Notes.pdf
Nov 01, 2007•Transcript available on Metacast Just how similar are the Baltic States to one another? Not as much as one might think. The Baltic States are Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania. For starters all three speak different languages and they can’t understand each other. The Latvian and Lithuanian languages were the same language many hundreds of years ago, but not today. The Estonian language is completely different; it’s related to the language of Finland or Finnish. The Estonians and Latvians are mostly Protestant Christians but the Lit...
Oct 31, 2007•10 min•Ep 30•Transcript available on Metacast According to Wikipedia, in the ancient Lithuanian religion, Perkūnas is the Lithuanian God of thunder, the God of the sky, the Lord of rain, mountains, oak trees and storms. Quite a powerful god indeed. In songs about a “heavenly wedding" Saulė (the Sun) cheats on Perkūnas with Mėnulis (the Moon); Perkūnas splits Mėnulis in half with a sword. According to another, more popular, version, Mėnulis cheats on the Sun with Aušrinė (the morning star) just after the wedding, and Perkūnas punishes it. Ho...
Oct 31, 2007•9 min•Ep 29•Transcript available on Metacast Have you ever looked at the ten litas or dešimt litų bank note, seen the pilots and the airplane and wondered what it’s all about? The pilots are Lithuanian national heroes (Steponas Darius and Stasys Girenas). They were Lithuanian emigrants to the United States and on 15 July 1933 they flew across the Atlantic Ocean covering 6,411 kilometers without landing. A total of 37 hours, 11 minutes in the air. This was also the first ever transatlantic air mail consignment in history. The aircraft was p...
Oct 25, 2007•10 min•Ep 28•Transcript available on Metacast Hey Everybody! We'd love to have everyone join the party at Lithuanian Out Loud. Check out our newest comment on the blogpage. Now, don't be shy, we'd be thrilled to hear from you! Oho! Approximately every fifth lesson will be a quick response lesson. We’ll say the word or phrase in English and you say it in Lithuanian - Out Loud! Sorry, no more questions, the exam starts now! America Amerika England Anglija Lithuania Lietuva Poland Lenkija from iš I’m from aš iš genitive case kilmininkas I’m fr...
Oct 23, 2007•6 min•Ep 27•Transcript available on Metacast In 2003, in front of international reporters, a Lithuanian ex-President said that he was as calm as a Belgian. This caused quite a stir in Belgium. This is a common saying in Lithuania but Belgians had no idea another nation thought of them as being calm. What did they do to deserve this recognition for calmness? Nobody knows. By the way, the name Raminta also comes from the root word for “calm" in Lithuanian. The next time you want to say you’re as cool as a cucumber…just say, “Aš ramus, kaip B...
Oct 20, 2007•12 min•Ep 26•Transcript available on Metacast Our friend writes…”There are no words in Lithuanian for boyfriend or girlfriend. Lithuanians refer only to the words “draugas,” which means a male friend and “draugė,” which means female friend. But, of course, that doesn’t convey quite what we’re looking for here. A more appropriate term would be “partner,” “partneris” for a male and “partnerė” for a female. You could also refer to someone as “gyvenimo draugas” or “gyvenimo draugė.” If a man says, “čia – mano gyvenimo draugas” or “čia – mano pa...
Oct 20, 2007•11 min•Ep 25•Transcript available on Metacast In today’s episode Jack will mention Grūto Parkas near the Lithuanian city of Druskininkai. By mentioning this controversial park, Jack and I are not commenting on the right or wrong of the park’s existence. Some people like the park, some people hate it, some people don’t care. We’re simply saying the park is of interest for some tourists. Of course millions of people died savagely at the hands of monsters like Lenin and Stalin and no mass murderers should receive a place of honor in any nation...
Oct 20, 2007•12 min•Ep 24•Transcript available on Metacast Botswana and Brazil come aboard for Lithuanian lessons! No lie? Today we go over some expressions a Lithuanian makes when she/he is surprised. Oho! Wow! Raminta is finally on her way back home and Jack is looking forward to getting a break from walking the dog. Cute dog, but tiring! If anyone would like to send us a plug or a promo, email it to us or call our voicemail. Enjoy the lesson! jo? really? rimtai? really? tikrai? really? oho! wow! miestas city kambarys room parkas park restoranas resta...
Oct 14, 2007•11 min•Ep 23•Transcript available on Metacast Akropolis Mall north of Vilnius is a must see attraction, but if you buy something, make sure it's what you want; it's very difficult to return gifts. Akropolis was Lithuania's first super-mall. It's a one of the fun sites to see if you visit Vilnius. Today you learn how to say "I'm from..." This is our first introduction to the genitive declension or kilmininkas. Kilmininkas is the most used declension after vardininkas or the naming case. Pilies gatvė Castle street Katedros aikštė Cathedral sq...
Oct 12, 2007•9 min•Ep 22•Transcript available on Metacast Oho! Approximately every fifth lesson will be a quick response lesson. We'll say the word or words in English, you respond in Lithuanian - Out Loud. We know you've been studying hard so this will be easy! Good luck and keep repeating until you perfect it. ~Raminta and Jack :) (greeting a man) health! sveikas! (greeting a woman) health! sveika! (cute greeting between women only) sveikutė! what's new? kas naujo? nothing nieko bye ate (greeting a group) health! sveiki! (greeting a group of females)...
Oct 12, 2007•3 min•Ep 21•Transcript available on Metacast These are the show notes for episodes 11-20 in a pdf. Now, what is a pdf? This is simply a file that allows you to see the Lithuanian text from the episodes in a down-loadable file. You can download this file by right clicking here: Lithuanian_Out_Loud_11-20_Notes.pdf Just right click on this line with your mouse and click on "save target as." Save the file on your computer and then open it whenever you feel like it. Or, you can just left click on this link and your computer will open the file n...
Oct 11, 2007•Transcript available on Metacast Raminta is in Moscow this week as a guest of the Lithuanian Embassy digging into the Russian archives for her new book. Too bad Jack is stuck at home painting the house. The one thing you need to take from this episode is that the nominative or naming case is called, "vardininkas" in Lithuanian. declension = case there are seven declensions in Lithuanian naming case = nominative case vardininkas is the basic, primary name of all words vardininkas is the case used in dictionaries examples of vard...
Oct 11, 2007•7 min•Ep 20•Transcript available on Metacast This week you learn where to party in Vilnius and how to ask for the restroom after drinking too heavily. On the blogpage you'll find a link for watching Lithuanian television. We’ll also go through the Lithuanian alphabet. You should learn it, but if you don’t want to, well, no worries. Enjoy! Vilnius hotspots recommended by Raminta: Club Pabo Latino, Trakų gatvė (gatvė = street) Club Absento Fėjos, Aušros Vartu gatvė Restaurant Žemaičiai, Vokiečių gatvė Recommended book: Trise Prieš Mafiją by ...
Oct 01, 2007•14 min•Ep 19•Transcript available on Metacast Hey! It's our first ever intermediate lesson! What's the name of the largest city on Lithuania's west coast? Do you pronounce it right? Raminta's in stitches interviewing Jonas about cars. Jonas likes the color red as much as he likes Soviet people. Hmmm, does that mean he likes or dislikes red? Raminta: Labas, pas tave...............ai, žodžiu neišeina. :) Raminta: Labas, planuoju pirkti automobilį, norėjau pasiteirauti ką pasiūlytum? Hi, I’m planning to buy an automobile, I wanted to inquire, ...
Sep 24, 2007•14 min•Ep 18•Transcript available on Metacast Did you know Lithuanians are HIV resistant? Wow! Lithuanians are also amongst the tallest people in the world, about half have blonde hair and most Lithuanians have blue eyes. Who knew? Listen to the show to discover more... labas vakarėlis good evening ką darai? what's up? nieko, o tu? nothing, and you? nieko nothing kaip sekasi? how are you? ką? what? kaip sekasi? how are you? neblogai, ačiū, kaip sekasi? not bad thanks, how are you? ypatingai gerai, ačiū especially good, thanks iki pasimatymo...
Sep 19, 2007•9 min•Ep 17•Transcript available on Metacast Are you familiar with the Lithuanian version of Wikipedia? It's called Vikipedija. You should take a look. Even if you're a novice learner of Lithuanian you'll find it interesting. Take a look at the photos and descriptions. Vikipedija's address is listed below. Enjoy! In today's lesson we learn some new greetings. Sveika! health! (to a female) Sveikas! health! (to a male) Kas naujo? what's new? Nieko nothing Ate! bye! Sveiki! health! (to a group) Sveikos! health! (to a female group) Sveikutė! h...
Sep 15, 2007•9 min•Ep 16•Transcript available on Metacast Okay everyone! Here we go! Every fifth lesson will be a quick response lesson. Say the Lithuanian Out Loud as fast as you can. Keep repeating the lesson over and over again until you perfect it. Good luck! hi! labas! how are you? (familiar) kaip gyveni? how are you? (formal) kaip jūs gyvenate? we mes I aš I'm doing good aš gyvenu gerai we're doing good mes gyvename gerai how are they doing? kaip jie gyvena? they're doing good jie gyvena gerai how are they doing? (females) kaip jos gyvena? they'r...
Sep 14, 2007•2 min•Ep 15•Transcript available on Metacast In Lithuania make sure you don't point with your index finger, it's considered by some to be rude. If you really need to point at something just put all your fingers together and motion gently with your hand towards what you want someone to see. Labas, aš Douglas (Dennis). Hi, I'm Douglas (Dennis). Labas, aš Raminta, malonu. Hi, I'm Raminta, my pleasure. Taip pat malonu, kaip gyveni? My pleasure too, how are you? (tu) Labai gerai, ačiū, o tu? Very good, thanks, and you? Aš taip pat labai gerai, ...
Sep 11, 2007•9 min•Ep 14•Transcript available on Metacast A train that crosses Lithuania but nobody gets on and nobody gets off? Sandwiched between Lithuania and Poland is the Russian territory known as Kaliningrad. Since it doesn't have a physical connection to Russia, Lithuania allows a train to cross Lithuanian territory but don't expect to be able to buy a ticket. It's shut tight! Today we continue working on the verb, gyventi. email Raminta and Jack at: lithuanianoutloud@earthlink.net Kaip jie gyvena? How are they doing? Jie gyvena gerai They're d...
Sep 10, 2007•6 min•Ep 13•Transcript available on Metacast Vilnius is the capital city of Lithuania but the countryside surrounding the city is still converting to the Lithuanian language. Long ago, Poland claimed Vilnius as a Polish city and they called it Vilno. In this episode we continue working on the verb, gyventi (to live)... email Raminta and Jack at: lithuanianoutloud@earthlink.net aš I aš gyvenu I live aš gyvenu gerai I live good aš gyvenu gerai I'm doing good mes we mes gyvename we live mes gyvename gerai we live good mes gyvename gerai we're...
Sep 07, 2007•8 min•Ep 12•Transcript available on Metacast In Lithuania your pet can talk, but cover your ears! The only thing they want to talk about on the one day they can form words is the how and when of your death! This lesson we learn how to say the word, you. Important stuff that. tu you (familiar) jūs you (formal) kaip gyveni? how are you? ("tu" is implied here) kaip tu gyveni? how are you? ("tu" used here for emphasis) kaip jūs gyvenate? how are you? kaip jūs gyvenat? how are you? Thanks to: CCMixter.org, ditto ditto, and Vieux Farka Touré for...
Sep 06, 2007•4 min•Ep 11•Transcript available on Metacast Hey there! One of our listeners mentioned in an iTunes review that we could use a pdf supplement. That listener is correct! What a great idea! So, here is a listener suggestion come to life. These are the show notes for episodes 1-10. Now, what is a pdf? This is simply a file that allows you to see the Lithuanian from the episodes in a down-loadable file. You can download this file by right clicking on the line at the bottom of this entry. Lithuanian_Out_Loud_1-10_Notes.pdf Just right click on t...
Sep 06, 2007•Transcript available on Metacast Okay everyone! Here we go! Every fifth lesson will be a quick response lesson. Say the Lithuanian Out Loud as fast as you can. Keep repeating the lesson over and over again until you perfect it. Good luck! atsiprašau I'm sorry nieko tokio don't mention it lietuviškai Lithuanian (lietuviškai is not capitalized) skanaus bon apetit or buen provecho ačiū, skanaus thanks, bon apetit ar skanu? is it tasty? taip skanu, ačiū yes tasty, thanks kaip how labas, kaip gyveni? hi, how ya doing? gerai, ačiū go...
Sep 06, 2007•3 min•Ep 10•Transcript available on Metacast Did you know even Egyptian Pharoahs wore Baltic amber? It's been all the rage for thousands of years. It's a cornerstone of Lithuanian culture. In fact the "Amber Road" was an important trade route between Lithuania and Rome in ancient Europe. Here are some words and phrases featured in today's lesson... gintaras amber gyventi verb meaning "to live" Kaip gyveni? How are you living? ("tu") Kaip gyveni? How are you doing? Kaip gyvena Andrius? How's Andrius doing? Kaip gyvena Sandra How's Sandra do...
Sep 04, 2007•7 min•Ep 9•Transcript available on Metacast In 2002 thousands of skeletons were found at a construction site in a Vilnius suburb. Who killed so many people and buried them in mass graves? Listen in and find out. Today we'll touch on the differences between formal and familiar speech. Labas, kaip gyveni? How are you doing? Gerai, ačiū good, thanks Thanks to: CCMixter.org, ditto ditto, and Vieux Farka Touré for allowing us to use the music for this podcast. http://www.vieuxfarkatoure.com/ http://www.ccmixter.org/...
Sep 01, 2007•5 min•Ep 8•Transcript available on Metacast Have you ever sat down to have a nice meal of some airships? No? We'll explain it in today's lesson. Not surprisingly, Lithuanians eat in the continental style. In other words, knife in the right hand, fork in the left. This episode we go over Lithuanian used during a meal. skanaus bon apetit gero apetito bon apetit ar skanu? is it tasty? taip, skanu, ačiū yes, it's tasty, thanks. "ar" indicates a question which has a yes or no answer. Thanks to: CCMixter.org, ditto ditto, and Vieux Farka Touré ...
Sep 01, 2007•6 min•Ep 7•Transcript available on Metacast Did you know some famous NFL players are Lithuanian? How about Dick Butkus of the Chicago Bears? Or Joe Jurevicius? How about Johnny Unitas of the Baltimore Colts? Some more basic words we can use in every day conversation are; Lithuanian lietuviškai (lietuviškai is not capitalized) I’m sorry atsiprašau don't mention it nieko tokio Thanks to: CCMixter.org, ditto ditto, and Vieux Farka Touré for allowing us to use the music for this podcast. http://www.vieuxfarkatoure.com/ http://www.ccmixter.org...
Aug 30, 2007•4 min•Ep 6•Transcript available on Metacast Every fifth episode will be a quick response lesson. We'll say the word or phrase in English and you say the Lithuanian Out Loud as fast as you can. Keep repeating the lesson until you ace it all. Good luck! good morning labas rytas cute hello labuka or labukas goodbye viso gero good day laba diena good evening labas vakaras good to meet you malonu good to meet you too taip pat malonu good afternoon laba diena yes taip no ne thank you ačiū you're welcome prašom Thanks to: CCMixter.org, ditto dit...
Aug 29, 2007•1 min•Ep 5•Transcript available on Metacast 
