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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 United States. Longmont is a small town about 35 miles north of Denver.
After a 30-year career as an air traffic controller, I finally retired from the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA). An air traffic control company hired me and I was whisked off to Kansas City, Missouri, then Columbia, South Carolina, Chicago, Illinois, Istanbul, Turkey, Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan and finally Kabul, Afghanistan.
I controlled air traffic in Kabul for only three months before I had to leave. That was a really tough assignment and I didn’t like it very much at all.
Then I spent a month brushing up on my Spanish in Guadalajara, Mexico before arriving where I am now. I’ve finally settled down, hopefully for a few years, in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates. I love it here. I’ve finished training and just got back from a vacation in Cairo, Egypt and Beirut, Lebanon. I even spent a couple of days in the middle of the street riots near Tahrir Square. It was quite an experience.
Raminta and I have decided to separate. We’re still good friends, we get along great, we talk almost every day. The divorce is amicable, we’re just going in different directions with our lives. So, I’ll have to try to find another co-host some day. For now, I’ll just grab any native Lithuanian speaker I can find.
Fortunately, before we went off the air one year ago, I was able to record many episodes. I have about 40 on my computer. All I have to do is clean them up and post them. If I can’t find a Lithuanian to help me do future episodes, we should start to run into trouble after episode 300 or so. I wonder if there are any Lithuanians in Abu Dhabi.
So, that’s about it for now. My time is still very tight, but I’ll try to keep the episodes coming.
Thanks for tuning in and I hope you enjoy more lessons for some time to come.
Okay, here we go, enjoy.
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, National Coalition to Abolish the Death Penalty, Lithuania held its final execution in 1995 and capital punishment was abolished in Lithuania in 1998.
National Coalition to Abolish the Death Penalty
http://www.ncadp.org/todayInHistory.cfm
In previous episodes we went over the instrumental case or įnagininkas. Today we’ll go through a few examples of the plural instrumental.
This episode is large so we’ll break it up. This is the first part.
Here is how the different word endings are declined:
-as changes to -ais
-is changes to -iais
-ys changes to -iais
-us changes to -umis
-a changes to -omis
-ė changes to -ėmis
-uo as in šuo/sesuo/akmuo changes to –imis
-ė as in duktė changes to –imis
Here are some examples using the Lithuanian plural instrumental broken down by suffixes.
First, we'll give you the vocabulary and then we'll give you an example using the plural instrumental.
-as
a passenger
keleivis
passengers
keleiviai
an airplane
lėktuvas
airplanes
lėktuvai
to travel
keliauti
are you traveling using airplanes?
ar keliauji lėktuvais?
I travel from one country to another using airplanes
keliauju iš vienos šalies į kitą lėktuvais
a bridge
tiltas
bridges
tiltai
you can sleep under the bridges
gali miegoti po tiltais
a couple
pora
a young couple
jaunuolių pora
a motorcycle
motociklas
motorcycles
motociklai
to arrive
atvykti
a young couple arrived on two motorcycles
jaunuolių pora atvyko dviem motociklais
he and his friend arrived using motorcycles
jis su draugu atvyko motociklais
a male teenager
paauglys
male teenagers
paaugliai
the teenagers travel via motorcycles
paaugliai važiuoja motociklais
a girl
mergina
girls
merginos
a phone
telefonas
phones
telefonai
to communicate / to interact
bendrauti
the girls communicate using phones
merginos bendrauja telefonais
grass
žolė
a slope
šlaitas
a thicket
tankumynas
a swamp
pelkė
a path
takas
paths
takai
today we are walking trails through swamps, thickets, and grassy slopes
šiandien mes einame takais, pelkėmis, tankumynais, ir žolės šlaitais
a building
pastatas
buildings
pastatai
a cellar
rūsys
cellars
rūsiai
under the buildings are cellars
po pastatais yra rūsiai
a leaf
lapas
leaves
lapai
to stand
stovėti
to cool, to chill
aušinti
we stood under the leaves
mes stovėjome po lapais
it's cooler under the leaves
tai aušintuvas po lapais
to order / to tell
liepti
to hide
slėptis
a table
stalas
tables
stalai
Simas told everyone to hide under the tables
Simas liepė visiems slėptis po stalais
a puppy
šuniukas
puppies
šuniukai
to play
žaisti
the puppies are playing under the tables
šuniukai žaidžia po stalais
spaghetti
spageti / spagečiai
a tomato
pomidoras
tomatoes
pomidorai
a chicken
višta
chicken meat
vištiena
an onion
svogūnas
onions
svogūnai
sweet
saldus / saldi
a pepper
pipiras
peppers
pipirai
spaghetti with tomatoes
spagečiai su pomidorais
chicken with tomatoes
vištiena su pomidorais
an omelette with onions and sweet peppers
omletas su svogūnais ir saldžiaisiais pipirais
-is
a sidewalk
šaligatvis
if you want to stroll, walk via the sidewalks
jei norite pasivaikščioti, eikite šaligatviais
a car
automobilis
cars
automobiliai
winter
žiema
this winter, we want to drive to Munich using cars
šią žiemą norime važinėti automobiliais į Miuncheną
an egg
kiaušinis
eggs
kiaušiniai
lettuce or salad
salota
a green salad with eggs
žaliosios salotos su kiaušiniais
hot sandwiches with eggs and tomatoes
karšti sumuštiniai su kiaušiniais ir pomidorais
keep in mind, the unstrumental case also describes something changing into another thing
a homeless male
benamis
a homeless female
benamė
to become
tapti
as we know, people are becoming homeless
kaip žinome, žmonės tampa benamiais
a valley
slėnis
valleys
slėniai
a mountain
kalnas
mountains
kalnai
we're traveling via mountain valleys
mes važiuojame kalnų slėniais
a bicycle
dviratis
bicycles
dviračiai
we want to cycle to work
norime važiuoti į darbą dviračiais
a camel
kupranugaris
camels
kupranugariai
also
taip pat
to view
pažiūrėti
only
tik
territory
teritorija
also, you can view the territory using only camels
taip pat, galima pažiūrėti teritoriją tik su kupranugariais
-ys
an elephant
dramblys
elephants
drambliai
a lion
liūtas
lions
liūtai
to ride
pajodinėti
to swim
paplaukioti
here you will be able to take a walk with lions, ride or swim with elephants
čia galėsite pasivaikščioti su liūtais, pajodinėti ar paplaukioti su drambliais
to like
mėgti
to travel
keliauti
a train
traukinys
trains
traukiniai
do you like to travel using trains?
ar patinka keliauti traukiniais?
in Europe many travel via trains
Europoje daugelis keliauja traukiniais
Renata and her friend Liudas travel via trains through Europe
Renata su draugu Liudu keliavo traukiniais po Europą
a teenager (male)
paauglys
a teenager (female)
paauglė
teenagers
paaugliai
the best
geriausia
everything
viskas
it's best to talk with teenagers about everything
geriausia kalbėtis su paaugliais apie viską
a basket
krepšys
baskets
krepšiai
to pick berries
uogauti
to pick mushrooms
grybauti
with baskets he went to pick berries and mushrooms
su krepšiais jis eidavo uogauti ir grybauti
soldier
karys
soldiers, troops
kariai
government
vyriausybė
to support
remti
to grapple, to skirmish
susiremti
Afghanistan
Afganistanas
in Afghanistan
Afganistane
NATO forces in Afghanistan clashed with government troops
NATO pajėgos Afganistane susirėmė su vyriausybės kariais
NATO
NATO
fisherman
žvejys
with fishermen
su žvejais
constantly
pastoviai
I work constantly with fishermen
aš dirbu pastoviai su žvejais
-us
sugar
cukrus
this morning
šį rytą
to make
gaminti
white
baltas / balta
brown
rudas / ruda
this morning I make coffee with white and brown sugars
šį rytą gaminu kavą su baltu ir rudu cukrumis
Šaunu, you made it to the end of another episode!
Turėtum jaustis kaip ant sparnų! You should feel like you're on wings!