Hi There, this is Jack and welcome back to Lithuanian Out Loud. Just a few notes before we get to the episode Raminta and I recorded a few weeks ago. This is the last episode in this series for a while focusing on how kilmininkas and galininkas interact with the prepositions “iš” and “į.” Just so you know, the next few episodes of Lithuanian Out Loud will be focused on the locative case or vietininkas, how to use the diminutive in Lithuanian and some new verbs including how to negate verbs. We’l...
Mar 17, 2008•16 min•Transcript available on Metacast Okay, well, we’ve got a lot to do so we should get started. Okay, no blah, blah, blah, blah. Hi there, I’m Jack and I’m Raminta and welcome back to Lithuanian Out Loud where we offer the world the Lithuanian language. We’re not teachers, but we do the best we can. Do remember the word for the month of March in Lithuanian? …kovas. How cute! Do you like this little bird kovas? Oh, I love kovas, I’m waiting for kovas so bad in Lithuania. According to the Wikipedia page entitled, The Hill of Witches...
Mar 12, 2008•11 min•Transcript available on Metacast Hi there, I’m Jack and welcome back to Lithuanian Out Loud. Just a quick note before we get to today’s show, so far we’ve had listeners from the nations of Lithuania, United Kingdom, Netherlands, France, Croatia, Ireland, Russia, Egypt, Botswana, Nigeria, Brazil, United States, Australia, Angola, and Indonesia. This week we got some messages from new listeners and we’d like to welcome Malaysia and Belgium! Welcome aboard guys! Also, thanks to the hundreds of you who’ve downloaded our shows, alre...
Mar 10, 2008•21 min•Transcript available on Metacast Hi there, I’m Jack. Hi there I’m Raminta and welcome back to Lithuanian Out Loud where we offer the world the Lithuanian language. We’re not teachers, but we do the best we can. What do you think about that? It’s good to try to do the best, I think! Recently, we talked about Saulė, the Lithuanian sun goddess of life, nature and fertility. You might be surprised to know her most sacred animal is žaltys, a small harmless green grass snake. The Lithuanian word for green is žalias. So, žalias – gree...
Mar 03, 2008•17 min•Transcript available on Metacast Hi there, I’m Jack and welcome back to Lithuanian Out Loud. Today I’m cleaning out my computer. I found an episode that Raminta and I recorded months ago but never got around to putting it out on the internet. It’s not a significant lesson – it’s just for fun but I thought I’d put it out there just as a bonus lesson for you. Now, I apologize, the audio quality isn’t perfect, it’s got a little bit of a hiss in the background but you should be able to understand it just fine. Enjoy! Hi everybody, ...
Feb 28, 2008•9 min•Transcript available on Metacast Do you have time for this short lesson now, on žinoma? Sure! Žinoma! Hi there, I’m Jack and I’m Raminta and welcome back to Lithuanian Out Loud where we offer the world the Lithuanian language. We’re not teachers, but we do the best we can. Don’t we dear? We do. We do… Dangus is the Lithuanian word for the sky or heaven. Dievas is the word for a god. According to the article, “Lithuanian Mythology” written by Gintaras Beresnevičius of the Lithuanian Institute of Culture and Arts, the Lithuanian ...
Feb 27, 2008•5 min•Transcript available on Metacast Hi there, I’m Jack and I’m Raminta and welcome back to Lithuanian Out Loud where we offer the world the Lithuanian language. Here we are still in the month of February which in Lithuanian is…vasaris. According to the Wikipedia pages entitled, Vilnius TV Tower, and the page, January Events, the tallest building in Lithuania is the Lithuanian Radio and Television Center or Lietuvos radijo ir televizijos centras. Sadly, it was also the location of the Vilnius Massacre during the events of January 1...
Feb 25, 2008•15 min•Transcript available on Metacast Ready Freddy, Man tai patinka! Okay! Finally! It’s been so long, where have you been dear? Maybe you’ve been skiing? I’ve been skiing!!! Like the wind! From the mountains – down – fast! Hi there, I’m Jack and I’m Raminta and welcome back to Lithuanian Out Loud where we offer the world the Lithuanian language. Here we are still in the month of February which in Lithuanian is…vasaris. One of our listeners named Autumn sent me an email alerting us to something interesting. The prime minister of Lit...
Feb 19, 2008•19 min•Transcript available on Metacast Hi there, I’m Jack. Just so you know, the staff here at Lithuanian Out Loud, also known simply as, Raminta, Jack and a computer, we’re always trying to bring you something better, something that improves the Lithuanian lessons. Right now we’re focused on trying to improve the audio quality. You’ll probably notice an improvement on this very episode, and we want to bring you more interesting shows including native speakers who might want to co-host a few shows and interject their own unique speec...
Feb 11, 2008•20 min•Transcript available on Metacast Click here to download the show notes for episodes 41-50 Lithuanian_Out_Loud_41-50_Notes.pdf
Feb 07, 2008•Transcript available on Metacast Hi there, I’m Jack and I’m Romas and welcome back to Lithuanian Out Loud. Here we are in a new month! In English this month is called February. In English we capitalize the first letter of the month, in Lithuanian you generally don’t. The word February comes from the ancient Roman culture and the fact that in this month they held a purification ceremony or a februa. The Lithuanian word for this month is vasaris, it comes from the word for summer or vasara. In the month of vasaris the weather is ...
Feb 05, 2008•18 min•Transcript available on Metacast Hi there, I’m Jack and welcome back to Lithuanian Out Loud and the month of January which in Lithuanian is…sausis. Today is the 63rd anniversary of the Battle of Memel. Lithuania’s only seaport is on the Baltic Coast. This city has had two names. Its German name was Memel and its Lithuanian name is Klaipėda. In 1938 the Nazi party won 26 of 29 seats in elections of the local assembly or Landtag. You see, for hundreds of years Klaipėda or Memel was populated mostly by Germans. They were the desce...
Jan 28, 2008•13 min•Transcript available on Metacast Hi there, I’m Jack and welcome back to Lithuanian Out Loud where the lessons are free and we offer a 100% money back guarantee. Of course, this is the month of January, or in Lithuanian it would be…sausis. On today’s episode we’ll be going over some new phrases for chatting in a conversation and just so you know, on the next lesson we’ll learn some fun ways to say goodbye. After that we’ll start to tackle the accusative case and after that, the locative case. We’re also working on bringing you s...
Jan 21, 2008•12 min•Transcript available on Metacast Hi there, this is Jack and welcome back to Lithuanian Out Loud where the month of January is sausis and the lessons are on the house! And now, here’s my beautiful wife Raminta and she’s going to share with us some more Lithuanian culture. Welcome back Raminta. Oh, thank you dear, I’m so happy to be back on Lithuanian Out Loud. By now, we’re familiar with Perkūnas, the Lithuanian Thundergod. One of his daughters was named Jūratė. Her name comes from the word jūra which translates as, the sea. Jūr...
Jan 14, 2008•12 min•Transcript available on Metacast Hi there! This is Jack and welcome back to another episode of Lithuanian Out Loud. So, what month is it? Do you remember? I’ll give you a moment…it’s Sausis or the dry month, also known as January. Before we get to the lesson that Raminta and I recorded a couple months ago, I wanted to get you caught up on some things. First off, Raminta and I recorded some episodes today and I think we’ve finally hit on a system that will really improve the audio quality of the shows. So, as soon as we get thro...
Jan 09, 2008•8 min•Ep 46•Transcript available on Metacast Happy New Year! Raminta and I hope that Sausis 2008 is starting off good for you. Sausis is the Lithuanian word for the first month of the year. In English we call this month January. January comes from the ancient Roman God Janus. Janus was the god of the doorway, so January is the door to the rest of the year. Since Lithuania was never conquered by Rome and Lithuanian isn’t a Latin based language it makes sense Lithuanians have an entirely different system for naming months. From now on, at th...
Jan 07, 2008•26 min•Ep 45•Transcript available on Metacast Hi there, I’m Jack, welcome back to Lithuanian Out Loud where I’m just learning the language but my wife, well, she’s 100% natural Lithuanian. Thanks so much to those of you who answered our request for reviews on iTunes. If you haven’t given us a review on iTunes and if you have a few extra minutes please consider writing one for us. We’d love to get some more. Today we’ll learn numbers greater than ten but first, here’s my brilliant wife Raminta via Skype, what do you have for us honey? Today ...
Dec 31, 2007•14 min•Ep 44•Transcript available on Metacast Hello there, welcome back to Lithuanian Out Loud, I’m Jack, who’s just learning the language but my wife Raminta is 100% Natural Lithuanian. Just so you know, as of today we’ve had a little over 6,500 downloads of Lithuanian Out Loud episodes and that number just gets bigger and grows faster all the time. We’re thrilled so many people are interested in the shows and we’re happy to give them to you for free. So, if you’re enjoying the lessons and you’d like to give something back, please go to ou...
Dec 24, 2007•10 min•Ep 43•Transcript available on Metacast Hello there, welcome back to Lithuanian Out Loud, I’m Jack, who’s just learning the language and my wife Raminta is 100% Natural Lithuanian. In 2005 Ukrainian President Viktor Yushchenko presented Lithuanian President Valdas Adamkus with three beehives and bees. Why? Because in Lithuanian culture the honeybee is a symbol of friendship. According to the Wikipedia page entitled, “Lithuanian Museum of Ancient Beekeeping," the museum was established in 1984 and it displays the history of beekeeping ...
Dec 22, 2007•9 min•Ep 42•Transcript available on Metacast Hey! Hey! Hey! This is Jack and welcome back to Lithuanian Out Loud where Raminta is the native speaker and I’m the beginner. Today we’ll learn numbers one through ten. On the episode after this we’ll learn some more ways of saying thank you for things and on the episode after that we’ll start working on numbers from eleven on up. But before we get to any of that, here’s a message from Eglė in the port city of Klaipėda, Lithuania. Hello everybody, this is Eglė from Klaipėda, you’re listening to ...
Dec 17, 2007•7 min•Ep 41•Transcript available on Metacast Click here to download the show notes for episodes 31-40 Lithuanian_Out_Loud_31-40_Notes.pdf
Dec 11, 2007•Transcript available on Metacast Labas everybody! This is Jack, and I’m Raminta, and you’re listening to Lithuanian Out Loud, the world’s first Lithuanian language lessons in a podcast series! So, what’s new in Lithuania today? According to the Wikipedia page “Lithuanian Nationality Law" in 1944 when the Soviet army pushed the Nazis out of Lithuania and Lithuania’s people were forced to become part of the Soviet Union, there was a great Lithuanian diaspora to the United States, Canada, Australia, Argentina and other parts of th...
Dec 10, 2007•6 min•Ep 40•Transcript available on Metacast When you greet a Lithuanian at his or her house, flat or say the front door of a restaurant, whatever you do, don’t shake hands across the threshold of the doorway. Yeah, that one surprised me too but I was brusquely corrected on it recently. Now, of course, you can greet each other as your guest opens the door but the physical shaking of hands must be done either inside or outside the threshold. If you do it wrong – baaaad luck! Same goes for kissing on the cheek with close friends. Either the ...
Dec 03, 2007•12 min•Ep 39•Transcript available on Metacast Hello everybody, this is Jack and welcome back to Lithuanian Out Loud where you learn Lithuanian along with me, the beginner, and where my wife Raminta keeps us all in line. Now, if you’ve been following the last few episodes you know that Raminta’s on the road right now and, honestly, when we started the Lithuanian Out Loud project we didn’t expect her to be traveling nearly as much as she is. Of course, with her being on the road so much, recording lessons is a serious challenge. Now, we’re wo...
Nov 28, 2007•9 min•Ep 38•Transcript available on Metacast Beginning at the age of 40, Grand Duke, or High King, Gediminas was ruler of Lithuania from 1316 to 1341. He became the monarch of the Lithuanians 80 years after the Battle of the Sun. Gediminas ruled for 25 years and he inherited lands that included what is now Lithuania as well as parts of Belarus. Gediminas was very loyal to his subjects, giving them the freedom to worship the traditional Lithuanian gods, Christianity or Judaism. He’s the true founder of the modern idea of a Lithuanian nation...
Nov 26, 2007•16 min•Ep 37•Transcript available on Metacast 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! This time we have so much to review, we’re breaking it up into two episodes. Sorry, no more questions, the exam starts now! Raminta’s book Ramintos knyga Austėja’s amber Austėjos gintaras the wife’s room žmonos kambarys Sandra’s restaurant Sandros restoranas Kristina’s sister Kristinos sesuo Raminta’s husband Ramintos vyras Austėja’s house Austėjos na...
Nov 25, 2007•6 min•Ep 36•Transcript available on Metacast 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! This time we have so much to review, we’re breaking it up into two episodes. Sorry, no more questions, the exam starts now! Egypt Egiptas Australia Australija Netherlands Nyderlandai Ireland Airija Botswana Botsvana Brazil Brazilija I’m from Egypt Aš iš Egipto I’m from Australia Aš iš Australijos I’m from The Netherlands Aš iš Nyderlandų I’m from Irel...
Nov 25, 2007•7 min•Ep 35•Transcript available on Metacast Who are the Samogitians? According to the Wikipedia page entitled, Samogitia, Samogitia or Žemaitija in Lithuanian, is one of five ethnographic regions in Lithuania. It’s primarily the western third of Lithuania. The Samogitians were a key factor during the Battle of the Sun. In 1236, the invading Livonian Brothers of the Sword, whose base of operations was Riga, in present day Latvia, rode south into present day Lithuania. The Livonian Brothers were Christian Crusaders from Holstein in present ...
Nov 19, 2007•9 min•Ep 34•Transcript available on Metacast In August of 2007, Denmark and Lithuania removed their combat troops from Iraq. The Lithuanians were withdrawn from the southern city of Basra where they’d been under Danish command. Over 750 Lithuanian soldiers served in Iraq and not one was killed. Nine Lithuanian soldiers are staying in Iraq to help train Iraqi troops. Congratulations to the Lithuanian nation on the safe return of their troops. Personally, I’m thrilled that not a single Lithuanian soldier died in the invasion and occupation o...
Nov 14, 2007•11 min•Ep 33•Transcript available on Metacast According to the Wikipedia page entitled, Forest Brothers , the Forest Brothers or Miško Broliai were Estonian, Latvian, and Lithuanian partisans who waged guerrilla warfare against the Soviet Occupation. The Red Army occupied Lithuania in 1940–1941 and, after the Nazi occupation, again in 1944 until Lithuanian independence in the 1990’s. As Stalinist repression intensified over the years, tens of thousands of Lithuanians hid in the country’s forests. Lithuanian resistance units varied in size f...
Nov 12, 2007•18 min•Ep 32•Transcript available on Metacast 
