Episode description
Hi there, I’m Gintarė and I’m Jack, and welcome back to Lithuanian Out Loud where we offer the world the Lithuanian language.
In August of 2010, the chief of the Vilnius Mounted Police was arrested in Belarus after illegal drugs were found in his car. Chief of Police, Laimonas Bankauskas, claims the drugs were planted by the KGB in order to recruit him as a spy. Lithuanian President Dalia Grybauskaitė has asked leaders in Belarus for a prompt and impartial investigation into the case.
KGB Releases Lithuanian Police Officer
http://democraticbelarus.eu/node/9600
today we’ll go over the Lithuanian verb bandyti – to try, to try to do something
bandyti requires the accusative case or galininkas
nebandyti requires the genitive case
here are bandyti and nebandyti conjugated in the present tense
to try
bandyti
I try
aš bandau
you try (tu)
tu bandai
he tries
jis bando
she tries
ji bando
we try
mes bandome
you try (formal)
jūs bandote
you all try
jūs bandote
they try (mm/mf)
jie bando
they try (ff)
jos bando
to not try
nebandyti
I do not try
aš nebandau
you do not try (tu)
tu nebandai
he does not try
jis nebando
she does not try
ji nebando
we do not try
mes nebandome
you do not try (formal)
jūs nebandote
you all do not try
jūs nebandote
they do not try (mm/mf)
jie nebando
they do not try (ff)
jos nebando
infinitive
of course, it's better to attempt it
žinoma, geriau tai bandyti
I think it's better to try
galvoju geriau bandyti
it's better to try something else
geriau bandyti ką nors kita
it's better not to try!
geriau nebandyti!
the worst is to not try
blogiausia – nieko nebandyti
is it better to not attempt?
ar geriau nebandyti?
fatal
lemtingas / lemtinga
it can be fatal, so it's better not to attempt it at all
tai gali būti lemtingas, todėl geriau nebandyti visiškai
aš
I’m trying
aš bandau
I’m trying to remember
aš bandau prisiminti
I’m trying to speak with my father
aš bandau kalbėti su savo tėvu
I’m trying to speak Lithuanian
aš bandau kalbėti lietuviškai
always, continually, still
vis
I'm always trying to understand you
aš vis bandau tave suprasti
I'm trying to work at home
bandau dirbti namuose
I'm also trying
aš taip pat bandau
I'm trying to get thin
aš bandau plonėti
I'm not trying to thin down, I'm just not hungry
aš nebandau plonėti, aš tik nealkanas
I'm not trying to hide anything
aš nebandau ką nors slėpti
I don't try because I'm afraid
nebandau, nes bijau
tu
are you trying to help?
ar tu bandai padėti?
are you trying to help me?
ar tu bandai man padėti?
valuable
vertingas / vertinga
are you trying to say that dance music is worthless?
ar tu bandai pasakyti, kad šokių muzika nevertinga?
are you trying to kill us?
ar tu bandai mus užmušti?
to distract
išblaškyti
are you trying to distract me?
ar tu bandai mane išblaškyti?
jis
he is trying to call Vitalija by telephone
jis bando paskambinti Vitalijai telefonu
he's trying to sleep
jis bando miegoti
to win
laimėti
he's trying to win a trip
jis bando laimėti kelionę
to influence
paveikti
Andrius is trying to inluence his mother and father
Andrius bando paveikti motiną ir tėvą
to forget
užsimiršti
Antanas is trying to forget
Antanas bando užsimiršti
Voldemaras is not trying to do that
Voldemaras nebando to daryti
ji
she is trying different things, for example, not eating meat
ji bando įvairius dalykus, pavyzdžiui, nevalgyti mėsos
she is trying to understand
ji bando suprasti
what is she trying to tell me?
ką ji bando man pasakyti?
to create
kurti
Viktorija is trying to create songs
Viktorija bando kurti dainas
she is not trying to talk with mom
ji nebando pasikalbėti su mama
Lina is not trying to have children
Lina nebando turėti vaikų
mes
we are trying to create music
mes bandome kurti muziką
to find
rasti
happiness, luck, fortune
laimė
little by little
po truputį
little by little, we're trying to find happiness
po truputį, mes bandome rasti laimę
to circumvent, bypass, evade
apeiti
we're not trying to avoid problems
mes nebandome apeiti problemų
to change
pakeisti
the world
pasaulis
we're not trying to change the world
mes nebandome pakeisti pasaulio
jūs
to carry out, perform, do, execute, effect
atlikti
and what are you trying to do?
ir ką jūs bandote atlikti?
to find, discover, search out
surasti
are you trying to find something?
ar jūs bandote surasti ką nors?
justice, truth
teisybė
you are not trying to understand the truth
jūs nebandote suprasti teisybės
jie
to steal
pavogti
the till, the cash box, the cash register
kasa
they are trying to steal the church cash box
jie bando pavogti bažnyčios kasą
they try to be together
jie bando būti kartu
they are trying to find an answer to the question
jie bando ieškoti atsakymo į klausimą
they are not trying again
jie nebando dar kartą
jos
rarely, seldom
retai
to combat, fight, struggle, contend
kovoti
an obstacle
kliūtis
very rarely they try to deal with obstacles
labai retai jos bando kovoti su kliūtimis
a cave
urvas
Aldona and Giedrė see a witch in the cave and they try to run away
Aldona ir Giedrė mato urve ragana ir jos bando pabėgti
it can't be said that they didn't try
negalima sakyti, kad jos nebando
to observe, follow, watch, see, supervise
stebėti
to change
keisti
however
tačiau
the government and the Lithuanian bank are just monitoring the situation, however, they do not attempt to change it
vyriausybė ir Lietuvos bankas tik stebi situaciją, tačiau jos nebando keisti
here are the imperatives
try!
bandyk!
let's try!
bandykime!
try!
bandykite!
don't try!
nebandyk!
nebandyk to daryti! (don't try to do that!)
let's not try!
nebandykime!
don't try!
nebandykite!
try to eat!
bandyk valgyti
try to work!
bandyk dirbti!
don't try to change me
nebandyk pakeisti manęs
don't try to come back
nebandyk grįžti
Šaunu! You made it to the end of another episode! Fainai! Cool!