Hi there, I’m Jack and I’m Gintarė and welcome back to Lithuanian Out Loud where we offer the world the Lithuanian language. - According to Wikipedia, the online free dictionary, The Holocaust in Nazi-occupied Lithuania resulted in the near total destruction of Lithuanian Jews living in the Nazi-controlled Lithuanian territories. Out of approximately 208,000 to 210,000 Jews, an estimated 195,000–196,000 were murdered before the end of World War II. The Holocaust resulted in the largest ever loss...
Dec 17, 2012•17 min•Transcript available on Metacast Hi there, I’m Jack and I’m Gintarė and welcome back to Lithuanian Out Loud where we offer the world the Lithuanian language. Every summer the port city of Klaipėda holds Jūros šventė - The Sea's Festival. Šventė is the Lithuanian word for holiday, feast, or festival. Jūra is the word for the sea. According to the webpage Kadmusarts, the Sea Festival invites the locals and city guests to enjoy more than 100 events, in which over 600 singers and bands are involved. Something I’ve found difficult t...
Jul 23, 2012•18 min•Transcript available on Metacast Hi there, I’m Jack and I’m Gintarė and welcome back to Lithuanian Out Loud where we offer the world the Lithuanian language. According to the website "Musical Instruments," the kanklės is an ancient, traditional stringed musical instrument of Lithuania. The kanklės was carved from a single piece of wood and it was played during sacrifices to the gods or as protection from evil or to keep death away. The best kanklės were made from old growth forests and the best time to cut wood for a new instru...
Jul 20, 2012•12 min•Transcript available on Metacast LL0271 – Mes Su Narimantu Narimantas And I Hi there, I’m Jack and I’m Gintarė and welcome back to Lithuanian Out Loud where we offer the world the Lithuanian language. According to the Wikipedia page, Užgavėnės, this is a traditional Lithuanian celebration that's held at the same time as Mardi Gras in New Orleans and Brazil's Carnival. The celebration starts with the burning of Morė, an effigy of winter. Participants wear costumes, folklore groups perform traditional plays, people dance and eat ...
May 05, 2012•11 min•Transcript available on Metacast LL0270 – plural instrumental inagininkas part three Hi there, I’m Jack and I’m Gintarė and welcome back to Lithuanian Out Loud where we offer the world the Lithuanian language. A bizarre story out of Lithuania concerns a man named Drąsius Kedys of Kaunas, Lithuania. Mr. Kedys allegedly murdered Lithuanian District Court Judge Jonas Furmanavičius and a few hours later, the sister of his ex-girlfriend, Violeta Naruševičienė. Police said that possible motives for the murders were either a bitter th...
Mar 13, 2012•11 min•Transcript available on Metacast LL0269 – Gerti To Drink Hi there, I’m Jack and I’m Gintarė and welcome back to Lithuanian Out Loud where we offer the world the Lithuanian language. According to Radio Vilnius: News and Current Affairs an Easter tradition in Lithuania centers around a swing. The swings are large enough for more than one person. Men would swing standing together. Women would swing sitting and whichever women would swing the highest would be named the best housekeepers. today we’ll work on the verb gerti Gerti is ...
Jan 22, 2012•10 min•Transcript available on Metacast LL0268 – Jurgis Su Seserimis Gyveno Vilniuje Jurgis Lived With His Sisters In Vilnius Hi there, I’m Jack and I’m Gintarė and welcome back to Lithuanian Out Loud where we offer the world the Lithuanian language. According to the 2010 online article, "From Lithuania, a View of Austerity’s Costs," the global recession has hit Lithuanians very hard. Pensioners have had their benefits cut and are swamping soup kitchens. Thousands have lost their jobs and Lithuania, which already had a high suicide ra...
Jan 22, 2012•9 min•Transcript available on Metacast LL0267 Ledai Ice Cream Hi there, I’m Jack and I’m Gintarė and welcome back to Lithuanian Out Loud where we offer the world the Lithuanian language. This episode is part of a series of programs we'll give you focused on food and drink. This is a big subject so we'll break it down into bite-sized bits. This series will be short, fast and to the point. Enjoy! ice cream ledai I like ice cream man patinka ledai I don't like ice cream man nepatinka ledai I want ice cream noriu ledų I don't want ice cr...
Jan 22, 2012•6 min•Transcript available on Metacast LL0266 Vaisai Fruits Hi there, I’m Jack and I’m Gintarė and welcome back to Lithuanian Out Loud where we offer the world the Lithuanian language. This episode is part of a series of programs we'll give you focused on food and drink. This is a big subject so we'll break it down into bite-sized bits. This series will be short, fast and to the point. Enjoy! pork tenderloin kiaulienos išpjova I like pork tenderloin man patinka kiaulienos išpjova I don't like pork tenderloin man nepatinka kiaulienos ...
Jan 22, 2012•5 min•Transcript available on Metacast LL0265 Pievagrybiai Mushrooms Hi there, I’m Jack and I’m Gintarė and welcome back to Lithuanian Out Loud where we offer the world the Lithuanian language. This episode is part of a series of programs we'll give you focused on food and drink. Today we'll simply give you vocabulary of some ingredients and utensils you might use while cooking. Enjoy! meadow mushrooms pievagrybiai So, this means, like the mushrooms you find in the forest, or something? No, the forest - grybai - mushroom. Pievagrybia...
Jan 22, 2012•7 min•Transcript available on Metacast LL0264 Hi there, I’m Gintarė and I’m Jack and welcome back to Lithuanian Out Loud where we offer the world the Lithuanian language. This episode is part of a series of programs we'll give you focused on food and drink. This is a big subject so we'll break it down into bite-sized bits. This series will be short, fast and to the point. Enjoy! a peach persikas peaches persikai I like peaches man patinka persikai I don't like peaches man nepatinka persikai I want a peach noriu persiko I don't want a...
Jan 19, 2012•6 min•Transcript available on Metacast LL0263 Hi there, I’m Jack and I’m Gintarė and welcome back to Lithuanian Out Loud where we offer the world the Lithuanian language. This episode is part of a series of programs we'll give you focused on food and drink. This is a big subject so we'll break it down into bite-sized bits. This series will be short, fast and to the point. Enjoy! black bread juoda duona I like black bread man patinka juoda duona I don't like black bread man nepatinka juoda duona I want black bread noriu juodos duonos ...
Jan 19, 2012•5 min•Transcript available on Metacast LL0262 Hi there, I’m Jack and I’m Gintarė and welcome back to Lithuanian Out Loud where we offer the world the Lithuanian language. This episode is part of a series of programs we'll give you focused on food and drink. This is a big subject so we'll break it down into bite-sized bits. This series will be short, fast and to the point. Enjoy! potato bulvė potatoes bulvės I like potatoes man patinka bulvės I don't like potatoes man nepatinka bulvės I want potatoes noriu bulvių I don't want potatoes...
Jan 19, 2012•5 min•Transcript available on Metacast LL0261 Hi there, I’m Jack and I’m Gintarė and welcome back to Lithuanian Out Loud where we offer the world the Lithuanian language. This episode is part of a series of programs we'll give you focused on food and drink. This series will be short, fast and to the point. Enjoy! a raisin razina raisins razinos I like raisins man patinka razinos I don't like raisins man nepatinka razinos I want raisins noriu razinos I don't want raisins nenoriu razinos eggplant baklažanas I like eggplant man patinka ...
Jan 18, 2012•8 min•Transcript available on Metacast LL0260 – Apkepas Pudding note: In the following episode we have two words for sausage. Gintarė told me dešra is the sausage you might slice up for pizza or chop up for a stew. Dešrelė is more like what Americans would call a hotdog. It’s tubular and you can put one in a hotdog bun in order to eat it. Hi there, I’m Jack and I’m Gintarė and welcome back to Lithuanian Out Loud where we offer the world the Lithuanian language. This episode is part of a series of programs we'll give you focused on fo...
Jan 13, 2012•6 min•Transcript available on Metacast LL0259 – Jie Atvyko Motociklais They Arrived On Motorcycles Hi everybody! Jack is back. It’s been so long since I last published an episode, you must have wondered if you were ever going to hear a new one. 2011 was an amazing year and I was so busy I couldn’t even think of putting together any new episodes. In the past I think we did a pretty good job of not telling you where we were. Did you ever figure it out? I don’t think we gave out many clues. We were recording in Longmont, Colorado in the...
Jan 11, 2012•17 min•Transcript available on Metacast Hi there, I’m Jack and I’m Gintarė and welcome back to Lithuanian Out Loud where we offer the world the Lithuanian language. This episode is part of a series of programs we'll give you focused on food and drink. This is a big subject so we'll break it down into bite-sized bits. This series will be short, fast and to the point. Enjoy! salt druska I like salt man patinka druska I don't like salt man nepatinka druska I want salt noriu druskos I don't want salt nenoriu druskos greens / veggies žalum...
Jan 07, 2011•7 min•Transcript available on Metacast Hi there, I’m Jack and I’m Gintarė and welcome back to Lithuanian Out Loud where we offer the world the Lithuanian language. Today we'll do another episode based on an article from Vikipedija. How much can you understand without looking at the translation? We'll read the article for you three times at the beginning of the episode and three times at the ending. Enjoy! Senovės Armėnija - senovinis kultūrinis-istorinis regionas ir civilizacija, egzistavusi Armėnijos kalnyne, teritorijose, kurios ši...
Nov 24, 2010•14 min•Transcript available on Metacast LL0256 – Egzaminas Exam This is a quick response episode! We’ll say the word or phrase in English and you say it in Lithuanian – Out Loud! Ready, set, go! Pasiruošti, dėmesio, marš! I would like to order food to go norėčiau užsisakyti maisto išsinešimui what you would like? ko pageidausite? do you have a menu? ar jūs turite valgiaraštį? sure, here you go žinoma, štai – paimkite maybe you’d like something to drink? gal norėtumėte ko nors išgerti? no, I will just wait for my order ne, tiesiog pala...
Nov 06, 2010•3 min•Transcript available on Metacast Hi there, I’m Jack and I’m Gintarė and welcome back to Lithuanian Out Loud where we offer the world the Lithuanian language. This episode is part of a series of programs we'll give you focused on food and drink. This is a big subject so we'll break it down into bite-sized bits. This series will be short, fast and to the point. Enjoy! breakfast pusryčiai I like breakfast man patinka pusryčiai I don't like breakfast man nepatinka pusryčiai I want breakfast noriu pusryčių I don't want breakfast nen...
Nov 01, 2010•6 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! Ready, set, go! Pasiruošti, dėmesio, marš! yes or no taip arba ne England or Lithuania Anglija arba Lietuva either us or your friends arba mes arba tavo draugai a film or a book filmas arba knyga good or bad geras arba blogas black or white juodas arba baltas big or small didelis arba mažas pretty or ugly gražus arba bjaurus hot or cold karštas arba šaltas young or old jaunas arba s...
Oct 25, 2010•3 min•Transcript available on Metacast LL0253 – Mylėti To Love Hi there, I’m Jack and I’m Gintarė and welcome back to Lithuanian Out Loud where we offer the world the Lithuanian language. Radio Vilnius: News and Current Affairs The Lithuanian government is passing laws in order to gradually do away with the conscription system. By 2013 the government plans to have no conscripts in the Lithuanian army. There are approximately 2,000 conscripts in the Lithuanian armed forces. today we’ll go over the Lithuanian verb mylėti – to love you ...
Oct 10, 2010•12 min•Transcript available on Metacast LL0252 – Vilius Nėra Vilius Is Not Here Hi there, I’m Jack and I’m Gintarė and welcome back to Lithuanian Out Loud where we offer the world the Lithuanian language. According to the latest estimates there are about three and a half million people in Lithuania today. By 2025 the population is expected to decrease to three million three hundred thousand. By 2050 Lithuania is projected to have only two million seven hundred thousand. Wow. Sixty-seven percent of the population lives in cities. The e...
Oct 09, 2010•7 min•Transcript available on Metacast LL0251 – Pyragas Pie Hi there, I’m Jack and I’m Gintarė and welcome back to Lithuanian Out Loud where we offer the world the Lithuanian language. photograph: obuolių pyragas photographer:Len Rizzi (photographer) National Cancer Institute This episode is part of a series of programs we'll give you focused on food and drink. oatmeal or porridge košė I like oatmeal man patinka košė I don't like oatmeal man nepatinka košė I want oatmeal noriu košės I don't want oatmeal nenoriu košės a basket krepšys...
Oct 08, 2010•7 min•Transcript available on Metacast Click here to download the show notes for episodes 241-250 Lithuanian_Out_Loud_0241-0250_Notes.pdf
Oct 07, 2010•Transcript available on Metacast LL0250 – Valentina Neturi Sesers Valentina Does Not Have A Sister Hi there, I’m Jack and I’m Gintarė and welcome back to Lithuanian Out Loud where we offer the world the Lithuanian language. According to the BBC News article, “Lithuanian Ban on Soviet Symbols,” it is now against the law to display flags, emblems, badges or insignia with the swastika or hammer and sickle. The laws in Lithuania are more strict than recently passed laws in Estonia and Russia is unhappy with these laws. According to...
Oct 06, 2010•12 min•Transcript available on Metacast LL0249 – Egzaminas Exam This is a quick response episode! We’ll say the word or phrase in English and you say it in Lithuanian – Out Loud! Ready, set, go! Pasiruošti, dėmesio, marš! a building pastatas buildings pastatai castle pilis tower bokštas church bažnyčia farm ūkis fort fortas factory fabrikas city miestas house namas home namai apartment butas lighthouse švyturys firestation gaisrinė coal mine anglių kasykla statue statula bridge tiltas fountain fontanas village kaimas university univer...
Oct 05, 2010•2 min•Transcript available on Metacast LL0248 – Egzaminas Exam This is a quick response episode! We’ll say the word or phrase in English and you say it in Lithuanian – Out Loud! Ready, set, go! Pasiruošti, dėmesio, marš! hi, a table for two please sveiki, staliuką dviems prašau what table would you prefer? kokio staliuko norėtumėte? we will sit down by the table next to the window mes prisėsime prie stalelio esančio prie lango excellent, have a seat puiku, prisėskite immediatetly I will bring a menu tuoj atnešiu meniu a table for two...
Oct 04, 2010•4 min•Transcript available on Metacast LL0247 – Egzaminas Exam This is a quick response episode! We’ll say the word or phrase in English and you say it in Lithuanian – Out Loud! Ready, set, go! Pasiruošti, dėmesio, marš! let’s toast some nations… for China! už Kiniją! for Kenya! už Keniją! for Indonesia! už Indoneziją! for Nigeria! už Nigeriją! for Angola! už Angolą! for Portugal! už Portugaliją! for Croatia! už Kroatiją! for France! už Prancūziją! for Mexico! už Meksiką! for Spain! už Ispaniją! for Egypt! už Egiptą! for Belgium! už ...
Oct 03, 2010•3 min•Transcript available on Metacast LL0246 – Egzaminas Exam This is a quick response episode! We’ll say the word or phrase in English and you say it in Lithuanian – Out Loud! Ready, set, go! Pasiruošti, dėmesio, marš! language kalba languages kalbos the Lithuanian language lietuvių kalba the English language anglų kalba the Chinese language kinų kalba the Swahili language suahelių kalba the Indonesian language indonezų kalba the Portuguese language portugalų kalba the Spanish language ispanų kalba the Croatian language kroatų kalb...
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