LITHUANIAN OUT LOUD

Sat, 18 July 2009

LL0166 – Exam 47
Keturiasdešimt septintas egzaminas. 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!

later strawberry,                 čiau braške,
see you in the shake            susitiksim kompote
to work                              dirbti
a male worker                    darbininkas
a female worker                 darbininkė
to farm                              ūkininkauti
a male farmer                     ūkininkas
a female farmer                  ūkininkė
to sing                               dainuoti
a male singer                      dainininkas
a female singer                   dainininkė
to cure                              gydyti
a male doctor                     gydytojas
a female doctor                  gydytoja
to drive                             vairuoti
a male driver                     vairuotojas
a female driver                  vairuotoja
to write                             rašyti
a male writer                     rašytojas
a female writer                 rašytoja
to help                              padėti
a male assistant                 padėjėjas
a female assistant               padėjėja
to give or to serve              paduoti
a male waiter                     padavėjas
a waitress                         padavėja
to sell                                parduoti
a salesman                         pardavėjas
a saleswoman                    pardavėja
to lead                               vadovauti
a male manager                   vadovas
a female manager                vadovė
to be a lawyer or barrister     advokatauti
a male lawyer or barrister     advokatas
a female lawyer/attorney      advokatė
to control                            kontroliuoti
a male controller                   kontrolierius
a female controller                kontrolierė
to direct                               direktoriauti
a male director                     direktorius
a female director                  direktorė
a attorney’s female assistant  advokato padėjėja
an attorney’s male assistant   advokato padėjėjas
a director’s female assistant   direktoriaus padėjėja
a director’s male assistant      direktoriaus padėjėjas

Direct download: LL0166.mp3
Category: Language Course -- posted at: 7:47 PM

Comments[10]

Thanks for keeping it up!

posted by: Steve Thorson on Sat, 7/18 11:01 PM EDT

its great!! thanks alot!;>

posted by: Sam on Mon, 7/20 10:10 PM EDT

Hey! You're welcome, we're trying to find time to put out more episodes. We need a 25-hour clock. :)

posted by: Jack on Mon, 7/20 11:38 PM EDT

Thanks a lot from an italian in Klaipeda

posted by: Karim Gorjux on Fri, 7/24 09:23 AM EDT

You're welcome Karim. Prego

posted by: Jack on Fri, 7/24 02:13 PM EDT

How often do they use the phrase, "Later strawberry, see you in the shake?"

Also, I've been trying to find the phrase that my grandfather used to say in Lithuanian whenever we sneezed. I know the response from us was, "dėkoju."
The phrased that he said seemed a lot longer than just a, "Bless you."

My recollection was something like, "Pamachecks Pima Pona Besy" That's my phonetic spelling. Does this give you any hint on what he was actually saying?

Thanks for your time,
Chris

posted by: Chris on Wed, 7/29 02:58 PM EDT

Hey Chris, "later strawberry" might be heard as often in Lithuanian as much as you might hear, "later alligator." I ran your phrase past Raminta and she didn't recognize it. I'll run it by some others and see. ~ Jack :)

posted by: Jack on Wed, 7/29 07:01 PM EDT

Thanks for your time, Jack.
It's funny... I've had three other relatives email me about what they thought he was saying:
"Bombachek aspee aspon aspessie"
"Pee-a-pawn-a-bessing"
"Pombajak spenoponobussy!"

We are probably getting it totally wrong. :)

posted by: Chris on Thu, 7/30 08:07 AM EDT

Hey Chris, here is a comment from a very knowledgeable Lithuanian. He says,
Hi Jack,
Your phonetic expressions did not make any sense for me. Lithuanians to
the sneezing person just say "Į sveikata!" The person who sneezes says
"Atsiprašau"

posted by: Jack on Sun, 8/2 07:13 PM EDT

Hi, I'm a cousin of Chris and fellow grandson.

Whenever our grandpa said this, he would get a big smile on his face, like possibly it was some sort of joke or humorous thing to say. So I'm not sure it's just a stock "bless you" but might be something a little more deluxe.

He also probably got this from his parents, so we are talking people who were born slightly before 1900. I'm wondering if this phrase is just very old or even archaic.

Thanks for the efforts to translate it though, I've been burning with curiosity about it for a long time!

Matt

posted by: Matt on Fri, 8/7 01:04 PM EDT

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