Lithuanian Out Loud 0181-0190 Notes
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LITHUANIAN OUT LOUD
Lithuanian Out Loud is a podcast series designed for students of the Lithuanian language. Come along with native Lithuanian speaker and author Raminta and her North-American husband Jack. They'll teach you Lithuanian in beginner, intermediate and advanced lessons along with tidbits about the history and culture of Raminta's homeland - Lietuva!
Episodes
Lithuanian Out Loud 0190 - Daug Many
Daug Many Hi there, I’m Jack and I’m Eglė and welcome back to Lithuanian Out Loud where we offer the world the Lithuanian language. Egle, welcome to the show! Hi! Where, now, where are you from? Okay, I am from Lithuania. What part? Klaipėda. Vakarų Lietuva – western Lithuania. So, you‘re from western Lithuania. Yes. And, what is your accent? What style of accent..? No accent! Standard? (Raminta in the background) Yes! So, Egle… Stelmužė is a village in Zarasai district, Lithuania. There is a wo...
Lithuanian Out Loud 0189 - Exam 58
LL0189 – Exam 58 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 like Lithuania man patinka Lietuva I like coffee man patinka kava I like coffee aš mėgstu kavą I like the pear aš mėgstu kriaušę I don’t like the pear aš nemėgstu kriaušės to like mėgti I like aš mėgstu you like (tu) tu mėgsti he likes jis mėgsta she likes ji mėgsta you li...
Lithuanian Out Loud 0188 - Antikas Namuose Antik At Home
Hey, there, I‘m Raminta, and I‘m Jack, and welcome back to Lithuanian Out Loud where we offer the world the Lithuanian language. Today we‘ve got a fun episode for you. Raminta is home today but over the last few years she‘s been spending time in Lithuania following her career. At times we had to record episodes of Lithuanian Out Loud on Skype and she always had her dog Antik with her. Sometimes while we were recording she‘d talk to her dog and I saved all those short sentences and commands that ...
Lithuanian Out Loud 0187 - Antinas Kalba Su Antimi Antinas Talks With The Duck
Hi there, I’m Jack and welcome back to Lithuanian Out Loud where we offer the world the Lithuanian language. Here’s a quick note before we get to today’s episode continuing the instrumental case, Dave MacLeod from PageF30.com has created something to help him memorize Lithuanian declensions. He creates English sentences and replaces select words with Lithuanian words. You can take a look at his work and let him know what you think. I’ll post his link on the Lithuanian Out Loud webpage. http://ww...
Lithuanian Out Loud 0186 - Gyvate Gyvena Po Tiltu The Snake Lives Under The Bridge
Hi there, I’m Raminta and I’m Jack and welcome back to Lithuanian Out Loud where we offer the world the Lithuanian language. According to the online article, “Purse or Curse: Lithuania Turns To Witch To Pursue Deadbeats,” the Lithuanian collection firm, Skolų Išieškojimo Biuras has employed a witch doctor to persuade debtors to pay their debts. No word yet if this is convincing anyone to pay up. Today we’ll continue with examples of the instrumental case or įnagininkas. At the beginning of each ...
Lithuanian Out Loud 0185 - Inagininkas Instrumental Case II
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 online article, “Baltic unrest reaches Lithuania,” (this article recently removed from source – no link available) Police fired teargas and rubber bullets to keep demonstrators away from the Lithuanian parliament on the 16th of January 2009. Thousands of demonstrators protested the economic situation and the Lithuanian government’s response to the economic...
Lithuanian Out Loud 0184 - Inagininkas Instrumental Case
Inagininkas Instrumental Case Hi there, I’m Raminta and I’m Jack and welcome back to Lithuanian Out Loud where we offer the world the Lithuanian language. According to the article, “June 14, 1940. Why the Russians should apologize.” On the 14th of June 1940, massive deportations of Lithuanians were started by the Soviet Union. In one week 17,730 people were deported from Lithuania to Russian gulags. The unfortunate Lithuanians selected for transport were intellectuals and academics, political ac...
Lithuanian Out Loud 0183 Beg - Koks Didelis Pasaulis What A Big World
Koks Didelis Pasaulis What A Big World (with special guest-host Antanas) Hi there, I’m Jack and I’m Antanas and welcome back to Lithuanian Out Loud where we offer the world the Lithuanian language. Continuing with our description of Lithuanian banknotes, the 100 litas or šimtas litų banknote is decorated with the portrait of Simonas Daukantas who lived from 1793 to 1864. Simonas wrote the first history of Lithuania in the Lithuanian language and he’s credited with creating a sense of national aw...
Lithuanian Out Loud 0182 - Exam 57
Exam 57 Penkiasdešimt 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! a carrot morka carrots morkos I am eating a carrot aš valgau morką I eat the carrots aš valgau morkas I am not eating a carrot aš nevalgau morkos I am not eating the carrots aš nevalgau morkų a sausage dešra sausages dešros you are eating a sausage ...
Lithuanian Out Loud 0181 - Exam 56
Exam 56 Penkiasdešimt 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! I do not eat aš nevalgau you do not eat (tu) tu nevalgai he does not eat jis nevalgo she does not eat ji nevalgo we do not eat mes nevalgome you do not eat (jūs) jūs nevalgote you all do not eat jūs nevalgote they do not eat jie nevalgo they do not eat ...
Lithuanian Out Loud 0171-0180 Notes
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Lithuanian Out Loud 0180 Beg - Koks What Sort Of
Koks What Sort Of Hi there, I’m Raminta and I’m Jack and welcome back to Lithuanian Out Loud where we offer the world the Lithuanian language. Continuing with our description of Lithuanian banknotes, the fifty litas or penkiasdešimt litų banknote is decorated with the portrait of the national hero and signatory of Lithuania's Declaration of Independence of February 16, 1918, Dr. Jonas Basanavičius who lived from 1851 to 1927. On the reverse of the bill is Vilnius Cathedral, Gediminas Castle, the...
Lithuanian Out Loud 0179 - Exam 55
Exam 55 Penkiasdešimt penktas 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 eat aš valgau you eat (tu) tu valgai he eats jis valgo she eats ji valgo we eat mes valgome you eat (jūs) jūs valgote you all eat jūs valgote they eat (masculine) jie valgo they eat (feminine) jos valgo a banana bananas bananas bananai the bananas b...
Lithuanian Out Loud 0178 - Exam 54
Exam 54 Penkiasdešimt 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 new car naujas automobilis a new flat naujas butas a new house naujas namas a new restaurant naujas restoranas a new coffee shop nauja kavinė a new book nauja knyga a new song nauja daina a new day nauja diena to come back flying parskristi I flew...
Lithuanian Out Loud 0177 Beg - Plonas Vyras A Thin Man
Plonas Vyras A Thin Man Today we’ll do a quick introduction to many new adjectives. In this episode we’ll pick an adjective and then we’ll combine the adjective with a masculine singular noun, a feminine singular noun, a plural masculine noun, a plural feminine noun and finally the neuter adjective, if there is one. fat storas a fat bull storas bulius a fat cow stora karvė fat bulls stori buliai fat cows storos karvės neuter form stora how fat kaip stora thin plonas a thin man plonas vyras a thi...
Lithuanian Out Loud 0176 - Exam 53
Exam 53 Penkiasdešimt 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! my day was long mano diena buvo ilga my day was short mano diena buvo trumpa to go (by means of transportation) važiuoti I went to Klaipėda by bus važiavau į Klaipėdą autobusu I went to Klaipėda by car važiavau į Klaipėdą mašina I went to Klaipėda by ...
Lithuanian Out Loud 0175 - Exam 52
Lithuanian Out Loud 0175 - Exam 52 Penkiasdešimt 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! city miestas cities miestai town miestelis towns miesteliai village kaimas villages kaimai to live gyventi life gyvenimas settlement gyvenviet settlements gyvenviets where are you from? (jus) iš kur jus esate? where are you f...
Lithuanian Out Loud 0174 Beg - Pilkas Vilkas A Gray Wolf
Pilkas Vilkas A Gray Wolf Today we’ll do a quick introduction to many new adjectives. In this episode we’ll pick an adjective and then we’ll combine the adjective with a masculine singular noun, a feminine singular noun, a plural masculine noun, a plural feminine noun and finally the neuter adjective, if there is one. yellow geltonas a yellow banana geltonas bananas a yellow dress geltona suknelė yellow bananas geltoni bananai yellow dresses geltonos suknelės neuter form geltona how yellow! kaip...
Lithuanian Out Loud 0173 - Exam 51
Exam 51 Penkiasdešimt 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! factory gamykla production gamyba company kompanija hive avilys wax vaškas swarm spiečius equipment įranga workshop dirbtuvė association asociacija portrait portretas children vaikai catalog katalogas the car mašina the cars mašinos the car factory maš...
Lithuanian Out Loud 0172 - Exam 50
Exam 50 Penkiasdešimtas 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! an apple obuolys apples obuoliai apple pie obuolių pyragas apple juice obuolių sultys an actor aktorius actors aktoriai the actors‘ group aktorių grupė the actors‘ school aktorių mokykla a museum muziejus museums muziejai the museums’ director muziejų direk...
Lithuanian Out Loud 0171 - Ingrida; Baltos Varnos Ingrida; White Crows
Hi, this is Jack and welcome back to Lithuanian Out Loud where we offer the world the Lithuanian language. We’ve already explained the Lithuanian concept of White Crows. Just as a reminder, a White Crow is a person who is different. Crows are normally black, so a white crow would stand out in a crowd. This would be maybe an outsider; someone who doesn’t fit into a group of average people. Alright! Now, here is the fourth and final episode of our series with Ingrida. We’ll play the interview ques...
Lithuanian Out Loud 0161-0170 Notes
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Lithuanian Out Loud 0170 - Ingrida; Protas Protas Ingrida; Intellect Intellect
Hi there, I’m Jack and welcome back to Lithuanian Out Loud where we offer the world the Lithuanian language. Today we’ll continue with the interviews Raminta made at a Lithuanian party with Ingrida. This will be part three. The last episode with Ingrida, part IV, will probably be our next podcast. In the background you can hear lots of frogs in a nearby pond, music and people talking. In this interview Raminta is asking Ingrida another question. Keep in mind Ingrida has no idea what Raminta is g...
Lithuanian Out Loud 0169 - Exam 49
Exam 49 Keturiasdešimt devintas 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! basketball krepšinis health sveikata the music muzika tradition tradicija the male doctor gydytojas the culture kultūra hospital ligoninė the territory teritorija the history istorija a system sistema a pie pyragas juice sultys group grupė school mo...
Lithuanian Out Loud 0168 - Exam 48
Keturiasdešimt aštuntas 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! Romas! Romai! Dominykas! Dominykai! Mindaugas, come here! Mindaugai, ateik čia! Vladas, stay healthy! Vladai, būk sveikas! Jonas, look there! Jonai, žiūrėkite ten! Vytautas, stop buzzing! Vytautai, nustok zysti! (stop bothering) Good morning Algirdas! Labas...
Lithuanian Out Loud 0167 - Naujas Kamuolys A New Ball
Naujas Kamuolys A New Ball Hi there, this is Jack and welcome back to Lithuanian Out Loud. Before we get to today’s episode I wanted to mention a couple of things. As of today we have over 340,000 downloads of Lithuanian Out Loud episodes. Awesome. We’re over a third of the way to one million downloads. Also, we’ve stopped using our voicemail, so don’t leave messages there anymore, we won’t get them. Please send us comments at our email address lithuanianoutloud@earthlink.net . Listener Marina F...
Lithuanian Out Loud 0166 - Exam 47
LL0166 – Exam 47 Keturiasdešimt 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! later strawberry, see you in the shake čiau braške, susitiksim kompote to work dirbti a male worker darbininkas a female worker darbininkė to farm ūkininkauti a male farmer ūkininkas a female farmer ūkininkė to sing dainuoti a male singer ...
Lithuanian Out Loud 0165 - Exam 46
LL0165 – Exam 46 keturiasdešimt 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! “out with it!” how are you doing? papasakokit! kaip jūs gyvenate? maybe there is somewhere you can live in Kaunas or Vilnius galbūt kur nors galite gyventi Kaune arba Vilniuje why do you all live here, and I nowhere? kodėl jūs čia gyvenate, o...
Lithuanian Out Loud 0164 Beg - Varinis Pinigas A Copper Coin
Varinis Pinigas A Copper Coin Hi there, I’m Raminta and I’m Jack and welcome back to Lithuanian Out Loud where we offer the world the Lithuanian language. According to Wikipedia, Lithuanians had traditionally thought Juozapinė Hill was the highest point in Lithuania. In fact, it is only the third highest point. The highest point is Aukštojas Hill in the Medininkai Highlands, approximately 24 kilometers (15 miles) southeast of the capital city of Vilnius. Today we’ll do a quick introduction to ma...