Hi there, I’m Jack and I’m Romas and welcome back to Lithuanian Out Loud where we offer the world the Lithuanian language. If you’d like to visit a former soviet nuclear missile silo, just go to Lithuania. According to the website, Phantasmagoria, inside Žemaitija National Park you can visit the Plokštinė missile base. Inside the missile silos the soviets used to keep missiles tipped with thermonuclear weapons. There are supposedly no regular tours but if you find a park official, they’re suppos...
Jul 23, 2010•14 min•Transcript available on Metacast 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 do daryti I do aš darau you do (tu) tu darai he does jis daro she does ji daro we do mes darome you do (jūs) jūs darote you all do jūs darote they do (jie) jie daro they do (jos) jos daro to not do nedaryti I do not aš nedarau you do not (tu) tu nedarai he does not jis nedaro she does not...
Jul 13, 2010•4 min•Transcript available on Metacast 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! 214 tables du šimtai keturiolika stalų 215 songs du šimtai penkiolika dainų 216 women du šimtai šešiolika moterų 217 museums du šimtai septyniolika muziejų 218 bowls du šimtai aštuoniolika dubenų 219 people du šimtai devyniolika žmonių 311 people trys šimtai vienuolika asmenų 312 pizzas trys...
Jul 12, 2010•3 min•Transcript available on Metacast 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! 11 sisters vienuolika seserų 12 daughters dvylika dukterų 13 uncles trylika dėdžių 14 horses keturiolika arklių 15 televisions penkiolika televizorių 16 days šešiolika dienų 17 glasses septyniolika taurių 18 countries aštuoniolika šalių 19 tables devyniolika stalų 111 pizzas šimtas vienuolik...
Jul 11, 2010•3 min•Transcript available on Metacast Titanikas The Titanic Hi there, I’m Jack and I’m Gintarė and welcome back to Lithuanian Out Loud where we offer the world the Lithuanian language. Where are you from, Gintare? I am from Lithuania. What part? From Kaunas. From Kaunas, okay, and you're just visiting in the United States? No, I am working and now I am dancing. Dancing! So, we can finish this up so you can go dancing. Thank you. Gintarė and Vytautas, her partner Vytautas are great dancers and I'll add Youtube links to the end of thi...
Jul 06, 2010•9 min•Transcript available on Metacast Kaip Vadinasi Tas Filmas What Is That Film Called Hi there, I'm Jack. In the last episode, episode 212, we went over tas, ta, tie, tos, etcetera. In today's episode, that we'll get to in a moment, Romas and Daiva emphasized that even though in Lithuanian they have these words, you would never ask, kas tas? or kas ta? kas šitas? kas šita?, etcetera, when you don't know what something is. In Lithuanian it's very simple. You would say, what is this? kas tai? what is that? kas tai? what are these? k...
Jun 25, 2010•19 min•Transcript available on Metacast Hi there, this is Jack. The reason we haven't published an episode for a few weeks is because my laptop crashed and I lost all the episode plans and all of the upcoming episode recordings; all gone, viskas. To complicate the situation, Raminta is in Vilnius and won't be back for a couple of weeks. I was stranded without a plan and without any recordings. Thankfully, Romas and Daiva offered to help and we recorded a couple of episodes that we threw together at the last minute. You'll hear Daiva i...
Jun 13, 2010•19 min•Transcript available on Metacast 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! 102 pizzas šimtas dvi picos 123 countries šimtas dvidešimt trys šalys 135 tables šimtas trisdešimt penki stalai 146 songs šimtas keturiasdešimt šešios dainos 157 women šimtas penkiasdešimt septynios moterys 168 rooms šimtas šešiasdešimt aštuoni kambariai 179 bowls šimtas sepyniasdešimt devyn...
May 30, 2010•5 min•Transcript available on Metacast Click below to download the show notes for episodes 201-210
May 18, 2010•Transcript available on Metacast LL0210 - Pelyte Little Mouse Hi there, this is Jack and I’m Romas and welcome back to Lithuanian Out Loud where we offer the world the Lithuanian Language. You might notice that we’re not recording in our normal studios today, a lot of echo here, but we’ll just have to deal with it. According to Wikipedia, Antanas Mockus, of Bogota, Colombia, is the former mayor of that city and he is the son of Lithuanian immigrants. His full name is Aurelijus Rutenis Antanas Mockus Šivickas and as of 2010, he’...
May 17, 2010•10 min•Transcript available on Metacast Turiu Pakankamai I Have Enough Hi there, I’m Jack and welcome back to Lithuanian Out Loud where we offer the world the Lithuanian language. On today’s intermediate episode we have a conversation between Raminta, Eglė and myself. I ask them to discuss different phrases without a script. They have no idea what I‘m going to ask them before I ask it. Enjoy the conversation. --- What I want here is, are you sure? Ar tu tikra? Ar tu tikra? Ar tu tikra. ar tu tikra kad nori važiuoti į Disneilendą? (Dis...
Apr 26, 2010•11 min•Transcript available on Metacast Per Daug Pipiru Too Much Pepper Hi there, I’m Jack and I’m Eglė and welcome back to Lithuanian Out Loud where we offer the world the Lithuanian language. A Lithuanian diplomat, Vytautas Pociūnas supposedly fell from a hotel room window in the city of Brest, Belarus in 2006. Belarus claimed the Lithuanian security officer was drunk and he fell from his ninth-floor hotel room by accident. Lithuanian politicians and journalists accused Belarussian and Russian secret services of killing the Lithuani...
Apr 23, 2010•10 min•Transcript available on Metacast Exam 71 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! two sisters dvi seserys three daughters trys dukterys four armchairs keturi foteliai five horses penki arkliai six televisions šeši televizoriai seven days septynios dienos eight glasses aštuonios taurės nine countries devynios šalys 22 songs dvidešimt dvi dainos 23 women dvidešimt t...
Apr 17, 2010•5 min•Transcript available on Metacast 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! are you are looking at the photo? ar jūs žiūrite į nuotrauką? you are looking at the future jūs žiūrite į ateitį you’re not looking at it jūs nežiūrite į tai you are not looking at the photo jūs nežiūrite į nuotrauką why don’t you look at me? kodėl nežiūrite į mane? you often look outside jū...
Apr 17, 2010•5 min•Transcript available on Metacast Exam 69 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 watching the movie aš žiūriu filmą I’m looking at the album aš žiūriu albumą I’m looking at the mountains aš žiūriu į kalnus I’m not watching the film aš nežiūriu filmo I’m not looking at the album aš nežiūriu albumo I’m not looking at the mountains aš nežiūriu į kalnus where are...
Apr 16, 2010•6 min•Transcript available on Metacast LL0204 – Exam 68 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! binoculars žiūronai to look at žiūrėti I look at aš žiūriu you look at (tu) tu žiūri he looks at jis žiūri she looks at ji žiūri we look at mes žiūrime you look at (jūs) jūs žiūrite you all look at (jūs) jūs žiūrite they look at (mm/mf) jie žiūri they look at (ff) jos žiūri ...
Apr 14, 2010•4 min•Transcript available on Metacast Exam 6 7 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! rare (masculine) retas rare (feminine) reta nice, beautiful, pretty (feminine) graži nice, beautiful, handsome (masc.) gražus a cover viršelis a book knyga a ring, also - a blossom žiedas gold auksas a flower gėlė a daughter dukra a daughter (diminutive) dukrelė a doll lėlė a doll (...
Apr 11, 2010•4 min•Transcript available on Metacast LL0202 – Exam 66 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! 800 tables aštuoni šimtai stalų 850 songs aštuoni šimtai penkiasdešimt dainų 880 women aštuoni šimtai aštuoniasdešimt moterų 900 museums devyni šimtai muziejų 950 bowls devyni šimtai penkiasdešimt dubenų 990 people devyni šimtai devyniasdešimt žmonių 1,000 people tūkstantis ...
Apr 10, 2010•4 min•Transcript available on Metacast Exam 65 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! 200 bowls du šimtai dubenių 220 people du šimtai dvidešimt asmenų 250 people du šimtai penkiasdešimt žmonių 300 hotels trys šimtai viešbučių 330 letters trys šimtai trisdešimt laiškų 350 birds trys šimtai penkiasdešimt paukščių 370 objects trys šimtai septyniasdešimt dalykų 400 bicyc...
Apr 09, 2010•5 min•Transcript available on Metacast Click below to download the show notes for episodes 191-200
Apr 08, 2010•Transcript available on Metacast Daug Laiko A Lot Of Time Hi there, I’m Jack and I’m Romas and welcome back to Lithuanian Out Loud where we offer the world the Lithuanian language. According to the article named, “Take a trolleybus around Kaunas,” there was once a beautiful young woman named Milda who lived there. She wasn’t interested in any men who were interested in her. Finally, a young man named Daugerutis who had the voice of a nightingale won her heart. But, her stepmother told the gods and Daugerutis was ordered to be b...
Apr 08, 2010•13 min•Transcript available on Metacast Keletas Several Pradėkime Hi there, I’m Jack and I’m Romas and welcome back to Lithuanian Out Loud where we offer the world the Lithuanian language. pradėkime, let’s get started On recent episodes we worked on the Lithuanian word, “daug” or many. Today we’ll use the word, “keletas” or several. We’re talking about an indefinite number of things. When you talk about an indefinite numbers of things you use the plural genitive. First, some vocabulary… vocabulary – žodynas a question klausimas a phot...
Apr 07, 2010•15 min•Transcript available on Metacast Kokie Kokios What Sort Of 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, ‘CIA turned school into prison for terrorism suspects,' Lithuanian President Dalia Grybauskaitė said she, had “indirect suspicions” that the CIA had built a secret prison 15 miles from Vilnius in 2004. The small prison was allegedly used to hold and interrogate prisoners from Afghanistan. President Grybauskaitė sai...
Apr 01, 2010•6 min•Transcript available on Metacast Kokia Bjauri Diena What A Nasty Day Hi there, I’m Jack and I’m Raminta and welcome back to Lithuanian Out Loud where we offer the world the Lithuanian language. The 200 litas or du šimtai litų banknote depicts Vydūnas, a famous Lithuanian writer, philosopher and playwright. The reverse side features the Klaipėda Lighthouse, or Klaipėdos švyturys which no longer exists. pradėkime, let’s get started In episode 0017 we learned the word ką? As in, what? Or, what did you say? When you use koks or kok...
Mar 28, 2010•13 min•Transcript available on Metacast Exam 64 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! terrible, awful baisus, baisi like me kaip aš life gyvenimas what do you think about…? ką manai apie...? weather oras a house namas advertisement reklama dress suknelė as awful as life baisus kaip gyvenimas what do you think about the weather? ką manai apie orą? as awful as life bais...
Mar 27, 2010•5 min•Transcript available on Metacast Exam 63 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! 261 songs du šimtai šešiasdešimt viena daina 351 tables trys šimtai penkiasdešimt vienas stalas 361 days trys šimtai šešiasdešimt viena diena 371 colors trys šimtai septyniasdešimt viena spalva 431 pizzas keturi šimtai trisdešimt viena pica 481 glasses keturi šimtai aštuoniasdešimt v...
Mar 27, 2010•6 min•Transcript available on Metacast Exam 62 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! 21 days dvidešimt viena diena 31 colors trisdešimt viena spalva 41 glasses keturiasdešimt viena taurė 51 televisions penkiasdešimt vienas televizorius 61 fruits šešiasdešimt vienas vaisius 71 countries septyniasdešimt viena šalis 81 cities aštuoniasdešimt vienas miestas 91 shoes devy...
Mar 27, 2010•5 min•Transcript available on Metacast Exam 61 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! angry piktas, pikta why? kodėl? such, so toks a wasp širšė why are you as angry as a wasp? kodėl tu toks piktas kaip širšė? devil velnias witch ragana to not be nebūti don’t be nebūk angry as a wasp (masculine) piktas kaip širšė angry as a wasp (feminine) pikta kaip širšė angry as th...
Mar 26, 2010•4 min•Transcript available on Metacast Exam 60 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! woman moteris daughter duktė sister sesuo the woman lives in Lithuania moteris gyvena Lietuvoje the daughter lives in Lithuania duktė gyvena Lietuvoje the sister lives in Lithuania sesuo gyvena Lietuvoje the women live in Vilnius moterys gyvena Vilniuje the daughters live in Vilnius ...
Mar 26, 2010•6 min•Transcript available on Metacast Exam 59 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 fish žuvis the music muzika bread duona cold šaltas pizza pica a crab krabas a sandwich sumuštinis food maistas a perch ešerys a woman moteris a sister sesuo a daughter duktė a village miestelis a hotel viešbutis a restaurant restoranas a beach paplūdimys beer alus wine vynas festi...
Mar 25, 2010•5 min•Transcript available on Metacast 
