Episode description
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 traditional foods. Many of the costumes worn during the festival represent devils, witches, farm animals, the grim reaper, etcetera.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uzgavenes
photo: Užgavėnės 14 February 2010
photographer: Andrius Petrucenia (Wikipedia)
Today we’ll go over how to say things like Raminta and I, Narimantas and I, or the dog and I.
The way you can express this idea in Lithuanian is different from the way English speakers do it. Lithuanians can say roughly, “we with Daiva” to express, “Daiva and I” or “we with Romas” to express, “Romas and I.”
prašom pakartoti, please repeat…
we
mes
with
su
Evaldas is eating a pizza
Evaldas valgo picą
Evaldas and I are eating a pizza
Mes su Evaldu valgome picą
Raminta is sleeping in the bed
Raminta miega lovoje
Raminta and I are sleeping in the bed
mes su Raminta miegame lovoje
when you see the word “su” you know it’s time to use the instrumental. What we’ll do here is say something in English using vardininkas, then we’ll change the sentence using įnagininkas.
(-as)
to leave
išėiti
a policeman
policininkas
a client
klientas
Narimantas is drinking wine
Narimantas geria vyną
Narimantas and I are drinking wine
mes su Narimantu geriame vyną
Antanas has to leave
Antanas turi išeiti
Antanas and I have to leave
mes su Antanu turime išeiti
Romas is eating
Romas valgo
Romas and I are eating
mes su Romu valgome
my husband has a flat
mano vyras turi butą
my husband and I have a flat
mes su mano vyru turime butą
the policemen are talking
policininkai kalba
the policemen and I are talking
mes su policininkais kalbame
the clients understand Lithuanian
klientai supranta lietuviškai
the clients and I understand Lithuanian
mes su klientais suprantame lietuviškai
(–is)
a youngster
vaikiūštis
a baby
kūdikis
a ticket
bilietas
a doughnut
spurga
a toy
žaislas
to play
žaisti
Kęstutis has a ticket
Kęstutis turi bilietą
Kęstutis and I have tickets
mes su Kęstučiu turime bilietus
Valdis has a doughnut
Valdis turi spurgą
Valdis and I have doughnuts
mes su Valdžiu turime spurgas
grandfather is eating lunch
senelis valgo pietus
grandfather and I are eating lunch
mes su seneliu valgome pietus
grandfathers and I are eating lunch
mes su seneliais valgome pietus
Emanuelis lives in Kaunas
Emanualis gyvena Kaune
Emanuelis and I live in Kaunas
mes su Emanualiu gyvename Kaune
Jurgis works in Amsterdam
Jurgis dirba Amsterdame
Jurgis and I work in Amsterdam
mes su Jurgiu dirbame Amsterdame
the youngster wants a toy
vaikiūštis nori žaislo
the youngster and I want toys
mes su vaikiūkščiu norime žaislų
the youngsters and I want toys
mes su vaikiūkščiais norime žaislų
the baby is playing
kūdikis žaidžia
the baby and I are playing
mes su kūdikiu žaidžiame
the babies and I are playing
mes su kūdikiais žaidžiame
(–ys)
a teenager
paauglys
a town
miestelis
a schoolboy
mokinys
the schoolboy is reading
mokinys skaito
the schoolboy and I are reading
mes su mokiniu skaitome
the schoolboys and I are reading
mes su mokiniais skaitome
Stasys is going to Vilnius
Stasys važiuoja į Vilnių
Stasys and I are going to Vilnius
mes su Stasiu važiuojame į Vilnių
the teenager is studying
paauglys studijuoja
the teenager and I study together
mes su paaugliu studijuojame kartu
the teenagers and I study together
mes su paaugliais studijuojame kartu
the schoolboy is writing
mokinys rašo
the schoolboy and I are writing
mes su mokiniu rašome
the schoolboys and I are writing
mes su mokiniais rašome
(–us)
an engineer
inžinierius
a conductor (of a train or bus)
konduktorius
a sculptor
skulptorius
a girlfriend
mergina
the engineer is at the airport
inžinierius yra oro uoste
the engineer and I are at the airport
mes su inžinieriumi esame oro uoste
the engineers and I are at the airport
mes su inžinieriais esame oro uoste
Giedrius has an idea
Giedrius turi sumanymą
Giedrius and I have an idea
mes su Giedriumi turime sumanymą
Andrius has a girlfriend
Andrius turi merginą
Andrius and I have girlfriends
mes su Andriumi turime merginas
Paulius is in the club
Paulius yra klube
Paulius and I are in the club
mes su Pauliumi esame klube
the conductor is on the train
konduktorius yra traukinyje
the conductor and I are on the train
mes su konduktoriumi esame traukinyje
the conductors and I are on the train
mes su konduktoriais esame traukinyje
the sculptor is working
skulptorius dirba
the sculptor and I are working
mes su skulptoriumi dirbame
the sculptors and I are working
mes su skulptoriais dirbame
(–uo)
a dog
šuo
the dog loves to run
šuo mėgsta bėgioti
the dog and I love to run
mes su šuniu mėgstame bėgioti
the dogs and I love to run
mes su šunimis mėgstame bėgioti
the dog and I are sailing in the boat
mes su šuniu plaukiame valtimi
the dogs and I are sailing in the boat
mes su šunimis plaukiame valtimi
the dog and I are going to the lake
mes su šunimi einame prie ežero
the dogs and I are going to the lake
mes su šunimis einame prie ežero
the dog is hungry
šuo yra alkanas
the dog and I are hungry
mes su šunimi esame alkani
the dogs and I are hungry
mes su šunimis esame alkani
Šaunuoliai! Great! You made it to the end of another episode! Puiku! Excellent!