Exam 27 Dvidešimt septintas egzaminas. This is a quick response episode! We’ll say the word or phrase in English and you say it in Lithuanian – Out Loud! It’s too late for questions, the exam starts now. Ready, set, go! Pasiruošti, dėmesio, marš! to understand suprasti I understand aš suprantu you understand (familiar) tu supranti he understands jis supranta she understands ji supranta we understand mes suprantame you understand (formal) jūs suprantate you all understand jūs suprantate they unde...
Aug 27, 2008•7 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. According to the Wikipedia page, List of Lithuanian Gods; Teliavelis was a powerful smith who made the sun and threw it into the sky. This myth survived in folk tales up to the beginning of 20th century. In the last few episodes we learned how to use the accusative plural and genitive plural in conjunction with a transitive verb – valgyti – to eat. But, we only did masculi...
Aug 26, 2008•8 min•Transcript available on Metacast Click below to download the pdf show notes for episodes 0101-0110
Aug 25, 2008•Transcript available on Metacast Click below to download the pdf show notes for episode 0100
Aug 25, 2008•Transcript available on Metacast Hi there, this is Jack, and welcome back to Lithuanian Out Loud. Before we get to today’s episode, here’s another fabulous installment of Agnė iš Vilniaus. Take it away, Agne! Sveiki, aš Agnė iš Vilniaus. Hi, I’m Agnė from Vilnius. Today I will share with you some interesting phrases you can use with your Lithuanian friends. If you're hungry just tell your friend, aš alkanas kaip vilkas or aš alkanas kaip šuo. alkanas or alkana mean hungry vilkas is a wolf and šuo is a dog let's say it one time ...
Aug 24, 2008•11 min•Transcript available on Metacast Hi there, this is Jack and welcome back to Lithuanian Out Loud, a lot of flavor, zero calories. Before we start today’s episode, just wanted to mention a couple of things. As of this recording the Lithuanian basketball team has won four games at the Beijing Olympics and lost none. Could this be the Olympic Games where they win the gold medal? I’m rooting for Lithuania! Valio, valio, valio! Now, here’s another Agnė iš Vilniaus contribution. Agnė says every Lithuanian aged three and older knows th...
Aug 18, 2008•14 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. Today we’re in the month of August which in Lithuanian is - rugpjūtis. The Stelmužė Oak or in Lithuanian; Stelmužės ąžuolas is an oak tree which is growing in the former Stelmužė Manor Park. The oak reaches 23 meters in height and only side branches remain alive. It is believed to be at least 1,500 years old, possibly, as many as 2,000 years old; this makes it the oldest o...
Aug 10, 2008•14 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. Today we’re in the month of August which in Lithuanian is - rugpjūtis. According to the free encyclopedia Wikipedia page, List of Cities in Lithuania, Lithuania has 103 cities. The term city is defined by the Parliament of Lithuania as compact areas populated by more than 3,000 people of whom at least two thirds work in the industry or service sector. Those settlements whi...
Aug 10, 2008•12 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. Today we’re in a new month! August was named in honor of Augustus Caesar in the year eight before the common era (8 BCE). In Lithuanian this month is rugpjūtis, named after the word for rye, rugiai and pjauti, to cut. It’s rye cutting month. Here’s some food for thought. I remind people not to refer to Lithuania as a former part of the Soviet Union. Calling Lithuania a nat...
Aug 03, 2008•13 min•Transcript available on Metacast Hi there, this is Jack and welcome back to Lithuanian Out Loud. Before we get on with today’s episode it’s time again for Agnė iš Vilniaus! Agnė says the idea today is to repeat a sentence that has many similar hard to pronounce sounds as quickly as you can. In English these are called tongue-twisters. Thanks for sending us this contribution Agne! It means a lot to us that you’re helping us out. Take it away, Agne! How quickly could you say that? Geri vyrai geroj girioj gerą girą gėrė gerdami gy...
Jul 27, 2008•14 min•Transcript available on Metacast Hey, hey, hey! This is Jack and welcome back to Lithuanian Out Loud! We’ve got some great stuff for you today including an awesome installment of Agnė iš Vilniaus. But before we get to it… I forgot to mention on the last episode that we now have free pdf files for every episode of Lithuanian Out Loud on our blogpage. A pdf file is simply a downloadable print version of our programs. You can go to the page and download them or get them automatically using iTunes. If you don’t have iTunes on your ...
Jul 21, 2008•17 min•Transcript available on Metacast Exam 26 Dvidešimt šeštas egzaminas. This is a quick response episode! We’ll say the word or phrase in English and you say it in Lithuanian – Out Loud! It’s too late for questions, the exam starts now. Ready, set, go! Pasiruošti, dėmesio, marš! first pirmas second antras third trečias fourth ketvirtas fifth penktas sixth šeštas seventh septintas eighth aštuntas ninth devintas tenth dešimtas Monday pirmadienis slang for Monday – the hard day sunki diena Tuesday antradienis Wednesday trečiadienis T...
Jul 20, 2008•7 min•Transcript available on Metacast Hi there! This is Jack and welcome back to Lithuanian Out Loud! Well, a lot has been happening since our last show. Before today’s episode I want to get you caught up with the latest news. At least four news portals picked up a news article on Lithuanian Out Loud and we have many new listeners to our podcast. Also, it looks like some magazines might be doing some stories as well. Super! Welcome to all our new listeners! If you’d like to see the internet articles on Lithuanian Out Loud you can se...
Jul 12, 2008•11 min•Transcript available on Metacast Exam 25. Dvidešimt penktas egzaminas. This is a quick response episode! We’ll say the word or phrase in English - you say it in Lithuanian – Out Loud! It’s too late for questions, the exam starts now. Ready, set, go! Pasiruošti, dėmesio, marš! to speak kalbėti I speak aš kalbu you speak (familiar) tu kalbi he speaks jis kalba she speaks ji kalba we speak mes kalbame you speak jūs kalbate you all speak jūs kalbat all of you speak jūs kalbate they speak (all males / male/fem group) jie kalba they ...
Jul 11, 2008•4 min•Transcript available on Metacast Hi there, this is Jack and welcome back to Lithuanian Out Loud. Well, we made it, here we are at episode 100! Did you ever think it would happen? We certainly had our doubts. It’s been so difficult for us to keep these programs coming that many times during the series we almost stopped. As a matter of fact, twice, I’d decided it was too much and I thought we were finished. It’s just such a big job, creating episodes on paper, writing them out, typing them up, rewriting them, retyping them, then ...
Jul 02, 2008•28 min•Transcript available on Metacast Click here to download the show notes for episodes 91-99 Lithuanian_Out_Loud_91-99_Notes.pdf
Jul 01, 2008•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. Did you know Lithuania once had a dictator? At the end of World War One Lithuania was occupied by German soldiers. Lithuania declared its independence in 1918 and they left. In 1926 Antanas Smetona was one of the leaders of a military coup d'état. Lithuanian soldiers removed the democratically elected government, put the most conservative Lithuanian party in power, placed ...
Jun 30, 2008•11 min•Transcript available on Metacast Exam 24 Dvidešimt ketvirtas egzaminas. This is a quick response episode! We’ll say the word or phrase in English and you say it in Lithuanian – Out Loud! It’s too late for questions, the exam starts now. Ready, set, go! Pasiruošti, dėmesio, marš! a duke kunigaikštis a young god dievaitis dream svajonė the Lithuanian Goddess of Bees Austėja machine or car mašina typewriter mašinėlė a small loaf of bread banda a roll or a bun bandelė eagle erelis a gift dovana a small gift dovanėlė a chain grandin...
Jun 30, 2008•6 min•Transcript available on Metacast Exam 23 Dvidešimt trečias egzaminas. This is a quick response episode! We’ll say the word or phrase in English and you say it in Lithuanian – Out Loud! It’s too late for questions, the exam starts now. Ready, set, go! Pasiruošti, dėmesio, marš! to go on foot eiti thunderstorm perkūnija thunder perkūninis lightning rod perkūnsargis hello on the phone klausau hey, baby, where are you? labas, mylimoji, kur esi? I’m downtown, where are you? aš miesto centre, kur tu esi? I’m in the hotel, I’m walking...
Jun 30, 2008•7 min•Transcript available on Metacast Hi there, I’m Raminta and I’m Jack and welcome back to Lithuanian Out Loud. One fascinating location in Vilnius, Lithuania is the Green Bridge or Žaliasis tiltas not far from Pilies gatvė in the old town or senamiestis. There are four old Soviet statues on the bridge, two on the north end, two on the south end. Each statue has a unique theme, peace, youth, agriculture and industry. It’s a great place for a photo. pradėkime, let’s get started Today we do unusual plural nouns. Remember masculine n...
Jun 30, 2008•8 min•Transcript available on Metacast Exam 22 Dvidešimt antras egzaminas. This is a quick response episode! We’ll say the word or phrase in English and you say it in Lithuanian – Out Loud! It’s too late for questions, the exam starts now. Ready, set, go! Pasiruošti, dėmesio, marš! Hello on the phone klausau hey, baby, where are you? labas, mylimoji, kur esi? I’m in the restaurant, where are you? aš restorane, kur tu esi? I’m in the car, I’m going to the restaurant aš automobilyje, važiuoju į restoraną I’m in the restaurant aš restor...
Jun 30, 2008•4 min•Transcript available on Metacast Exam 21 Dvidešimt pirmas egzaminas. This is a quick response episode! We’ll say the word or phrase in English and you say it in Lithuanian – Out Loud! It’s too late for questions, the exam starts now. Ready, set, go! Pasiruošti, dėmesio, marš! I’m planning to buy an auto aš planuoju pirkti automobilį I’m planning to buy a house aš planuoju pirkti namą I’m planning to buy a flat aš planuoju pirkti butą there are a lot of cars, which would you like? yra daug mašinų, kokios tu norėtum? I’d like a s...
Jun 30, 2008•4 min•Transcript available on Metacast Septyni Akmenys Seven Stones Hi there, I’m Raminta and I’m Jack and welcome back to Lithuanian Out Loud where we offer the world the Lithuanian language. Something you have to see in Vilnius are the, Gates of Dawn or Aušros Vartai. Between 1503 and 1522 the city was protected by a wall which included three towers and nine gates. This is the last of the nine gates to survive and it‘s beautiful. dawn aušra gate, gates vartai the gates of dawn or dawn’s gates aušros vartai --- pradėkime, let’s get ...
Jun 27, 2008•10 min•Transcript available on Metacast Exam 20 Dvidešimtas egzaminas. This is a quick response episode! We’ll say the word or phrase in English and you say it in Lithuanian – Out Loud! It’s too late for questions, the exam starts now. Ready, set, go! Pasiruošti, dėmesio, marš! to Riga we went by bus į Rygą vykome autobusu to Tallinn we went by bus į Taliną vykome autobusu to Klaipėda we went by bus į Klaipėdą vykome autobusu to Warsaw we went by bus į Varšuvą vykome autobusu to Moscow we went by train į Maskvą vykome traukiniu to Vil...
Jun 27, 2008•5 min•Transcript available on Metacast Exam 19 Devynioliktas egzaminas. This is a quick response episode! We’ll say the word or phrase in English and you say it in Lithuanian – Out Loud! It’s too late for questions, the exam starts now. Ready, set, go! Pasiruošti, dėmesio, marš! the constitution is in the museum konstutucija muziejuje the bookstore is in Vilnius knygynas Vilniuje the museum is in Vilnius muziejus Vilniuje the bookstore is in Sidney knygynas Sidnėjuje the cathedral is in Sidney katedra Sidnėjuje where is the young wom...
Jun 27, 2008•5 min•Transcript available on Metacast Click here to download the show notes for episodes 81-90 Lithuanian_Out_Loud_81-90_Notes.pdf
Jun 26, 2008•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. Today we’re in the month of June which in Lithuanian is birželis. Labai ačiū. O, prašom labai – with all my heart! A Danish company distributes a popular beer in Lithuania known as Kalnapilis. Do you like this beer? A lot! No! No, I don’t like beers. I’m not a beer person. Me either. But, I heard that it’s a good beer. Better is Švyturys. Švyturys? Švyturys. Kas yra? (what...
Jun 25, 2008•12 min•Transcript available on Metacast Exam 18 Aštuonioliktas Egzaminas. This is a quick response episode! We’ll say the word or phrase in English and you say it in Lithuanian – Out Loud! It’s too late for questions, the exam starts now. Pasiruošti, dėmesio, marš! Ready, set, go! what is this? kas tai yra? what is that? kas tai yra? who‘s here? kas čia yra? who‘s here? kas čia? who is he? kas jis yra? kas yra jis? who is he? kas jis? what is that? kas tai? who is she? kas ji yra? who are they? kas jie yra? who are they? kas jie? who ...
Jun 25, 2008•5 min•Transcript available on Metacast Exam 17 Septynioliktas egzaminas. This is a quick response episode! We’ll say the word or phrase in English and you say it in Lithuanian – Out Loud! It’s too late for questions, the exam starts now. Ready, set, go! Pasiruošti, dėmesio, marš from University Street to Tower Street iš Universiteto gatvės į Bokšto gatvę from Tower Street to University Street iš Bokšto gatvės į Universiteto gatvę from Castle Street to Bridge Street iš Pilies gatvės į Tilto gatvę from Bridge Street to Castle Street iš...
Jun 25, 2008•5 min•Transcript available on Metacast Hey there! I’m Jack and you’re listening listening to Lithuanian Out Loud. Just some notes before today’s episode. Raminta and I just finished some marathon recording sessions in the last three weeks and we recorded 62 episodes – 22 of them are exam episodes. About two weeks ago at a party some Lithuanian friends of ours did some interviews with Raminta. In the interviews Raminta asked them about four questions. - who is happier in life, men or women? - it’s difficult for couples to get along we...
Jun 23, 2008•15 min•Transcript available on Metacast 
