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Hey there!  This is Jack and welcome back to Lithuanian Out Loud.  First off, I need to apologize to anyone who’s sent us an email with a gmail address.  Unfortunately, our spam blocker was working overtime again and blocked these emails and we never got them.  We’re very sorry for the error.  So, if you have a gmail address and you sent us an email and did not get a response, please send it again and we promise to reply this time.  Sorry about that.

I’d like to thank Aldona of Los Angeles, California for coming on the show and helping us record this episode.  Aldona teaches Lithuanian and she was kind enough to spend about an hour with us working on this episode.  Thanks a million Aldona!

Just for clarification, this episode only covers regular nouns, we’ll cover some irregular nouns in upcoming episodes.  Well, Raminta will be here in just three days!  Woohoo!  So, this episode should be the last one you listen to using Skype for quite some time.  After today we’ll be providing much better audio.  Also, as soon as Raminta gets here we’ll be working overtime to produce a few intermediate episodes along with our beginning episodes.  A few weeks after that we’ll try to bring you something in the advanced category.

Please don’t forget about us, if you have a moment please go to iTunes and give us a review.  Our goal is still 50 positive reviews.  Alright, on with the show, enjoy!

Laba diena, ar čia Aldona?
Laba diena, laba diena, čia Aldona.
Kaip jums sekasi?
Man gerai sekasi, kaip tau?
Sveikas kaip ridikas, ačiū.  (healthy as a raddish)

Hi there, I’m Jack and I’m Aldona and welcome back to Lithuanian Out Loud where we offer the world the Lithuanian language. 

The next time you’re in Vilnius, go to Cathedral Square and look for the Stebuklas Tile.  Stebuklas is the Lithuanian word for miracle.  Now, it’s bad luck to mention where the tile is located exactly so people may not want to say where it is if you ask.  Just look for a small crowd of people laughing and spinning on a tile.  To make a wish, close your eyes and make three clockwise turns on the tile and your wish will come true.

Are you familiar with this tile?
No, it’s the first time I’ve heard of it, but next time I’ll look for it.

Photograph:  The "STEBUKLAS" stone in Vilnius Cathedral Square, in the place where, according to an urban legend, the Baltic Way started

Today we’ll learn how to create the plural of regular masculine nouns.  That’s to say, three restaurants, seven automobiles, two museums, etcetera.  Masculine nouns have to be matched to masculine numbers and feminine nouns have to be matched to feminine numbers.  We’ll go over some irregular nouns later.  To review numbers go back to episodes 0041 and 0044.

to create plural nouns:
masculine nouns that end in –as change to –ai
masculine nouns that end in –is change to –iai
masculine nouns that end in –ys change to –iai
masculine nouns that end in –us change to –ai
masculine nouns that end in –ius change to –iai

again, all the numbers and nouns in this episode are masculine.
prašom pakartoti…

the restaurant                        restoranas
one restaurant                       vienas restoranas
two restaurants                     du restoranai
the restroom                         tualetas
one restroom                        vienas tualetas
two restrooms                      du tualetai
the male friend                     draugas
one male friend                    vienas draugas
two male friends                  du draugai
the automobile                     automobilis
one automobile                     vienas automobilis
two automobiles                   du automobiliai
the brother                          brolis
one brother                         vienas brolis
two brothers                        du broliai
the armchair                        fotelis
one armchair                        vienas fotelis
two armchairs                      du foteliai
the train                               traukinys
one train                              vienas traukinys
two trains                            du traukiniai
a basket                              krepšys
one basket                          vienas krepšys
two baskets                         du krepšiai
the room                             kambarys
one room                            vienas kambarys
two rooms                          du kambariai

(conversation)

a museum                              muziejus
one museum                          vienas muziejus
two museums                        du muziejai
the television                          televizorius
one television                         vienas televizorius
two televisions                       du televizoriai
the fruit                                 vaisius
one fruit                                vienas vaisius
two fruits                               du vaisiai
the actor                                aktorius
one actor                               vienas aktorius
two actors                             du aktoriai

now let‘s add bigger numbers to these nouns.  To review numbers listen again to episode 0041.
again, these are all masculine numbers and masculine nouns

two restaurants                       du restoranai
three restaurants                     trys restoranai
three restrooms                       trys tualetai
four male friends                    keturi draugai
five automobiles                     penki automobiliai
six brothers                            šeši broliai
seven armchairs                     septyni foteliai
eight trains                            aštuoni traukiniai
nine baskets                          devyni krepšiai
three rooms                           trys kambariai
two televisions                      du televizoriai
five fruits                              penki vaisiai
four actors                            keturi aktoriai
three restaurants                    trys restoranai
eight museums                      aštuoni muziejai
two bathrooms                     du tualetai
six male friends                    šeši draugai
seven automobiles                septyni automobiliai
eight brothers                       aštuoni broliai
nine armchairs                      devyni foteliai
two trains                             du traukiniai
four baskets                         keturi krepšiai
two rooms                            du kambariai
six museums                         šeši muziejai
four televisions                     keturi televizoriai
seven fruits                          septyni vaisiai
nine actors                           devyni aktoriai
four restaurants                    keturi restoranai
five bathrooms                     penki tualetai
two male friends                  du draugai
six automobiles                    šeši automobiliai
three brothers                      trys broliai
seven trains                         septyni traukiniai
two baskets                        du krepšiai
seven rooms                       septyni kambariai
five televisions                    penki televizoriai
three fruits                          trys vaisiai
six actors                            šeši aktoriai
four museums                     keturi muziejai

Thanks to Eglė Ribalkaitė of Klaipėda, Lithuania for reviewing this episode for errors.
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Hi there, this is Jack and welcome back to Lithuanian Out Loud where we offer the world the Lithuanian language.  I’m recording this introduction about one hour prior to this week’s podcast release.  At the moment Raminta is on a train from New York City to Washington D.C. and next week she’ll be back home and I’m excited about that!

In a previous episode we featured LCC International University in Klaipėda, Lithuania.  Today we have a guest from a completely different university.  Today we’d like to welcome to the show Virginija Jurgaitytė from Klaipėda University – not to be confused with LCC.  Virginija was very gracious to take a half hour out of her schedule.  She tells us about the university and, of course, helps us with the vocabulary.  Thank you again Virginija for coming on the show.  It was very kind of you.

Just so you know, Virginija and I did speak a little in Lithuanian at the end of the episode but Raminta isn’t here right now to help me transcribe the conversation.  I’d hate to make some mistakes so you won’t find the conversation on this podcast episode.  I’ll add this conversation to an episode in two weeks.

As I mentioned in last week’s episode, the Skype audio quality isn’t great but I’ve listened to this episode a few times and I don’t think it’s terrible.  You should be able to understand it just fine.  Klaipėda University sounds great.  If you decide to go there and study, make sure you say hello to Virginija and mention us here on Lithuanian Out Loud.

As you go through this episode keep in mind nationalities are not capitalized – that’s something I forgot.  Thanks for correcting me Virginija.

Okay, thanks a million to everyone who gave us some new reviews on iTunes.  We’re up to 22 positive reviews and our goal is 50.  We’re almost halfway there.  If you have a moment, please consider giving us a review on our iTunes page.

Thanks also to our dear friend Danielle of Sydney, Australia for helping us with the, “where is Lithuania,” street interviews.  Danielle, you’re so awesome.

And finally, I’ve got a question for you.  Have you ever been able to use your Lithuanian with a native speaker?  Tell us about it on the Lithuanian Out Loud blogpage.  If you’ve never left us a comment on the blogpage this is how you do it.  Just go to our blogpage at www.lithuanian.libsyn.com and look at the most recent episode at the top of the page.  Just scroll down to the bottom of the most recent episode and you’ll see the word, “comments.”  Click on the comments with your mouse and you’ll see the latest episode again.  Scroll down to the bottom of this page and you’ll see a section where you can leave your comments.  After typing your comments just type in the two words displayed in the captcha box and click, “submit comment.”  It’s that easy.

Okay, that’s just about it.  Let’s get to today’s episode and next week we’ll have another guest host.  A native Lithuanian speaker who lives in and teaches in Los Angeles, California in the United States.

On with the show!  Enjoy!

Laba diena!  (good day)
Labą dieną!  (good day)
Kaip jums sekasi? (how are you?)
Labai gerai, kaip jums? (very good, how are you?)
Sveikas kaip morka, ačiū (healthy as a carrot, thanks)
Labai gerai
So, how is your day going today, Virginija?
Labai gerai, šiandien (very well, today)
So, can you tell me about Klaipėda University, please?
Oh, what exactly do you want to know?
Well, uh…
It’s a big school.
Why do you think students should study at Klaipėda University?
Well, I don’t know why they shouldn’t – if we would talk about summer language courses, then I could say why students should come and study Lithuanian language at Klaipėda University.  Klaipėda University, I guess is the youngest in Lithuania.  It was founded in – right after independence in 1991, so it’s almost as young as the independence of Lithuania.  And then we had three faculties, just three, now we have seven, we have grown.  And we are also the only university in western Lithuania.
You would say this is in the region of Samogitia?
Well, if you would look historically and then culturally – now, it’s mixed, lot’s of people coming from Žemaitija, or this latin name – Samogitia, are from Žemaitija but originally this region belonged to Curonians, another Baltic tribe and also Prussians, so really it’s called like the fifth region of Lithuania – the minor Lithuania and it has its own dialect, kind of, Aukštatija (spelling) dialect.
Yeah, I’ve been to Klaipėda many times – my wife is from Klaipėda and her family is there.  So, I’ve been to Klaipėda many times, it’s a charming city.
Yeah, it is really, but maybe not in winter, but in summer, yes, of course.
So, how many students study at Klaipėda University?
About 10,000 I guess.  More and more students coming to Klaipėda and about maybe 600 teachers among them, professors with all possible degrees.
And I understand that Klaipėda University is in a former Soviet Union army barracks?  Yes, exactly, but, yeah, the university got those buildings in 1993 and the Soviet army left the buildings and I guess if the soldiers, those who stayed here would come back they would never recognize them again.  It looks completely different, you know.  Interesting.  Now, many students I’m sure go to Vilnius to study, what do you think are the advantages of studying at Klaipėda University?
Well, for me it’s difficult to say because I can’t speak about all the possible programs at the university.  I can’t compare Vilnius and Klaipėda and Kaunas and so on.  But, again, if you talk about, let’s say, Baltic studies, Baltic Sea studies, well, then, of course Klaipėda is the only university where you can study marine programs, sea research or sea ecology, of course, no other university can suggest to you such a program.  And also, the university has its own boat now so you can do practice.  Then talking about Lithuanian language courses – summer courses – you can imagine being here in summer and to have the sea and all those beautiful seaside shores and nature around you and combined together with studies of course Klaipėda is the best place in summer.
I agree, so you have, do you have summer study programs for students who want to learn or want to study Lithuanian?
Yes, we have been arranging it for seven years now - summer language courses.  Three years of those we had also Erasmus students.  Students who are studying according to European Union – in European Union city universities and can travel in European Union.  And those who chose to come to Lithuania and to study here – some of subjects – in any possible Lithuanian university – not only in Klaipėda.  But, some universities were picked to organize the summer courses.  So, Klaipėda was one of them and we had Erasmus students for three years.
So, I need to stop working and come to Klaipėda to study Lithuanian then.
Yes, you’re very welcome.  And we have not only Erasmus students, we have other groups at the same time.  Once we had up to sixty people, one summer.  We had two groups of Erasmus students, young people and then, those from the United States and Canada and New Zealand and Australia, and from Colombia as well.  People are coming from different countries.

Hi there, I’m Jack, I’m Virginija Jurgaitytė, and welcome back to Lithuanian Out Loud where we offer the world the Lithuanian language.  Today we’re in the month of May which in Lithuanian is Gegužė.

In Lithuanian tradition trees are treated with respect.  According to a Lituanus.org article by Elena Bradūnas, long before Christianity arrived in Lithuania, Lithuanians believed the souls of the dead would transfer themselves into a nearby tree, such as a tree near the deceased’s home or in particular, a tree near the person’s grave.  Because of this, graveyard trees are sacred and a gardener wouldn’t dream of trimming one of these for fear of causing pain and suffering to the dead.

So, have you heard about this tradition Virginija?
About putting a tree near the person’s grave?
Yeah, and not cutting it?
Not cutting it, I’m not sure.
No?  Okay, just curious.

Today we’ll learn how to create the plural of regular feminine nouns.  That’s to say, two cars, three days, four schools, etcetera.  Masculine nouns have to be matched to masculine numbers and feminine nouns have to be matched to feminine numbers.  We’ll go over some irregular nouns later.  To review numbers go back to episodes 0041 and 0044.

To create plural nouns in vardininkas;
if a feminine noun ends in –a it changes to –os.
if a feminine noun ends in –ė it changes to –ės.
again, all the numbers and nouns in this episode are feminine.
Kaip pasakyti lietuviškai?  How do you say it in Lithuanian?

the day                          diena
one day                          viena diena
two days                        dvi dienos
the color                         spalva
one color                        viena spalva
two colors                      dvi spalvos

And Virginija, if you notice any mistakes in this lesson, please feel free to tell me.
No mistakes so far, everything is labai gerai.

the school                       mokykla
one school                      viena mokykla
two schools                    dvi mokyklos
the car                           mašina
one car                          viena mašina
two cars                        dvi mašinos
the wife                         žmona
one wife                        viena žmona
two wives                       dvi žmonos
the book                         knyga
one book                        viena knyga
two books                      dvi knygos
the female friend             draugė
one female friend            viena draugė
two female friends          dvi draugės
the Lithuanian female      lietuvė
one Lithuanian female     viena lietuvė
two Lithuanian females    dvi lietuvės
the street                        gatvė
one street                       viena gatvė
two streets                     dvi gatvės
the glass

just the glass and it’s the glass for, say, champagne or wine – then it’s taurė

the glass                          taurė
one glass                         viena taurė
two glasses                     dvi taurės
the cat                            katė
one cat                           viena katė
two cats                         dvi katės
the grape                        vynuogė
one grape                       viena vynuogė
two grapes                     dvi vynuogės

now let’s add some numbers that we learned in episode 0041
again, these are all feminine numbers and feminine nouns

two days                       dvi dienos
three colors                   trys spalvos
four schools                   keturios mokyklos

And Virginija, can I ask you, do you think that you have an accent from a region of Lithuania?
Me, personally?
Yes.
Now, when I’m speaking with you or reading those phrases – not, let’s say, the State Lithuanian language, but otherwise I have Žemaičių dialektas – I’m from  Žemaitija. 
Aha, okay, so your accent would be a little different from an accent in Vilnius for example?
Oh, yes, it would be really different.  Not a bit, but really different.
Really different.  So somebody, yeah, they would know right away that you are from maybe the Klaipėda area or something.
No, I’m not from Klaipėda.  I’m like, let’s say 80 kilometers from Klaipėda, Šilalė, a small town called Šilalė.  So, the phrases would sound like, not dvi dienos but dvi dienos and not trys spalvos but trys spalvos.
Wow, interesting.
And not keturios mokyklos but keturios mokyklos.
Okay, this makes sense then.  So, how would you – kaip pasakyti lietuviškai – kas naujo?
You mean, how would I say it in my dialect?
Yes.
Kas naujo.
Aha, so, would somebody from Vilnius say, kas naujo?
Yeah, they would say kas naujo and I say kas naujo.
Now I understand.  Sometimes – I’m trying to learn, I guess, Vilnius dialect and sometimes I say to my wife, kas naujo?  But, she says to me, kas naujo?  I was very confused.
Okay, so, interesting, so I will continue then.

five cars                          penkios mašinos
six wives                         šešios žmonos
seven books                    septynios knygos
eight female friends          aštuonios draugės
nine Lithuanian females    devynios lietuvės
two glasses                     dvi taurės
three streets                    trys gatvės
four cats                         keturios katės
seven grapes                   septynios vynuogės
six days                          šešios dienos
eight colors                     aštuonios spalvos
three schools                  trys mokyklos
two cars                        dvi mašinos
nine wives                     devynios žmonos
four books                     keturios knygos
seven female friends        septynios draugės
five Lithuanian females   penkios lietuvės
two glasses                    dvi taurės
nine streets                    devynios gatvės
seven cats                     septynios katės
three grapes                   trys vynuogės
eight days                      aštuonios dienos
six colors                       šešios spalvos
two schools                   dvi mokyklos
four cars                       keturios mašinos
two wives                     dvi žmonos
nine books                    devynios knygos
two female friends         dvi draugės
three glasses                 trys taurės
seven streets                 septynios gatvės
eight cats                     aštuonios katės
six grapes                     šešios vynuogės

Soon we’ll go over masculine nouns.  Thanks to Eglė Ribalkaitė (of Klaipėda, Lithuania) for reviewing this episode for errors.

Puiku!  Excellent!  You made it to the end of another episode!  Puiku!

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Hi there, I’m Jack and welcome back to Lithuanian Out Loud where we offer the world the Lithuanian language.  There are three things that we haven’t been very happy with on our podcasts.  Number one is audio.  Whenever Raminta is on the road we record the episodes using Skype.  It’s a great tool but the quality just isn’t the best.  Just so you know, we’re working on this problem and we think we’ve come up with an answer.  When Raminta is on a trip we’re going to use Skype but I’ll have a Zoom H2 recorder sitting in front of me and Raminta will have an H2 sitting in front of her.  After we’re done recording she’ll send me her audio file, I’ll slap both our files together and we should have some super audio.  It’s exciting to me.

The second thing we haven’t been happy with is variety on the episodes.  We love doing the basics but we’d like to do more intermediate material.  We’ve got some interesting stuff planned and you should start to see more intermediate episodes by the end of May or early June.

The third thing we aren’t happy with is the Lithuanian characters that can be viewed on ipods.  That’s a technical problem that I don’t understand yet.  Hopefully soon, I will understand it.

Well we’re up to 19 positive reviews on our iTunes page.  Our goal is 50.  So, thanks to everyone who’s taken the time to leave us a review.  If you haven’t left us a review yet, we’d love to have one from you.

Also, we have about 50 episodes drawn up and ready to go.  As soon as Raminta gets back from her current trip in Chicago, New York City and Washington DC, we plan to record dozens of episodes.  So, expect to see many more episodes in about three weeks.  Until then, we have about four episodes already recorded so we can continue to bring you at least one episode a week.  These next four episodes will include two episodes with native Lithuanian speaking guest hosts.  We hope you enjoy them.

Hey, this is Cami from Atlanta and you’re listening to Lithuanian Out Loud with Raminta and Jack – enjoy!

Hey Cami!  Thanks for the plug!  You’re super!  We appreciate the time you took to contribute to the show.  Anyone else like to leave us a plug?  We’re listening!

And now, on with the show Raminta and I recorded about four weeks ago using Skype.  Enjoy!

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Okay, here we go, are you ready Baby?  Okay, now I’m not tired, everything is going so good!  Okay, here we go.

Hi there, I’m Raminta.  Oh, no, I’m Raminta.  I’m sorry, I got confused.  Hi there I’m Jack and I’m Raminta – prašom (as in please, go ahead) and welcome back to Lithuanian Out Loud where we offer the world the Lithuanian language.  Today we’re in the month of May which in Lithuanian is gegužė.

According to the Wikipedia page entitled, House of Perkūnas or Perkūno namas, the House of Perkūnas in Kaunas is one of the most original Gothic buildings in Lithuania. It was built by the Hanseatic League in the late 1400s.  The Hanseatic League was an alliance of trading guilds that had a trade monopoly over the Baltic Sea between the 13th and 17th centuries.

Perkūno namas was sold in the 16th century to Jesuits. At the end of the 19th century it was renamed as the "House of Perkūnas" when a figurine that resembled Perkūnas was found in one of its walls. Today, Perkūno namas is a museum.

Aha, have you heard about this house, Dear?  Perkūno – yeah, I heard about that but what a shame I never have been there.  I want you to take me please.  Okay, I will take you and myself.

aš turiu klausimą, aš truputį kalbu lietuviškai, o tu?
I have a question, I speak a little Lithuanian, and you?
aš kalbu lietuviškai gerai, bet žinai ką, aš truputį kalbu angliškai.
I speak Lithuanian well, but you know that I speak a little English.
o rusiškai?
and Russian?
šiek tiek rusiškai, ir šiek tiek rusiškai, taip.
a little Russian, a little Russian, yes.
šiek tiek?
a little?
o mano brolis kalba labai gerai rusiškai.
but my brother speaks Russian well
o tavo brolis, jis kalba angliškai arba truputį angliškai?
and your brother, he speaks English or a little English?
a, ar truputį angliškai ar labai gerai angliškai?
ah, either a little English or very well English?
mano brolis kalba truputį angliškai
my brother speaks a little English
truputį, truputį
a little, a little

mano brolis is calling! 
that’s funny!  Just a sec…

okay, now we can start with pradėkime.
pradėkime, let’s get started
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Today we’ll continue with the verbs suprasti – to understand and kalbėti – to speak, but we’ll mix them with some words that mean - a little.  Kaip pasakyti lietuviškai?  How do you say it in Lithuanian?

Ah, labai gerai dear, you said that really, really nice.  Thank you, nicely done.  Nicely done, much more similar to a native speaker.  I know, but dear I haven’t enough practice.

a little                                              truputį
a little                                              truputį
I speak a little                                  aš truputį kalbu
I speak a little Lithuanian                  aš truputį kalbu lietuviškai
I speak a little Spanish                      aš truputį kalbu ispaniškai
I speak a little German                      aš truputį kalbu vokiškai
I speak a little Italian                         aš truputį kalbu itališkai
I speak a little Indonesian                  aš truputį kalbu indoneziškai
I speak a little Chinese                      aš truputį kalbu kiniškai
he speaks a little Russian                   jis truputį kalba rusiškai
he speaks a little Polish                     jis truputį kalba lenkiškai
he speaks a little French                    jis truputį kalba prancūziškai

he speaks a little Indonesian               jis truputį kalba indoneziškai
he speaks a little Dutch                     jis truputį kalba olandiškai
he speaks a little Chinese                   jis truputį kalba kiniškai
I understand a little Portuguese          aš truputį suprantu portugališkai
I understand a little Croatian              aš truputį suprantu kroatiškai

I understand a little Swahili                aš truputį suprantu svahiliškai
I understand a little Lithuanian           aš truputį suprantu lietuviškai
I understand a little Chinese               aš truputį suprantu kiniškai
she understands a little English           ji truputį supranta angliškai
she understands a little Dutch            ji truputį supranta olandiškai
she understands a little Japanese        ji truputį supranta japoniškai
she understands a little German          ji truputį supranta vokiškai

šiek tiek also means a little

aš suprantu lietuviškai – šiek tiek

a little                                              šiek tiek
a little                                              šiek tiek

I understand, a little                          aš suprantu – šiek tiek
I understand Lithuanian, a little          aš suprantu lietuviškai – šiek tiek
I speak Lithuanian, a little                 aš kalbu lietuviškai – šiek tiek
I speak a little Lithuanian                  aš šiek tiek kalbu lietuviškai
I speak only a little Lithuanian           aš kalbu lietuviškai, tik šiek tiek
I speak German, a little                     aš kalbu vokiškai – šiek tiek
I speak Japanese, only a little            aš kalbu japoniškai, tik šiek tiek

I speak Russian, a little                     aš kalbu rusiškai – šiek tiek
he speaks a little Dutch                     jis šiek tiek kalba olandiškai
he speaks a little English                   jis šiek tiek kalba angliškai
he speaks Lithuanian, a little              jis kalba lietuviškai – šiek tiek
he speaks Swahili, a little                  jis kalba svahiliškai – šiek tiek
I understand German, a little             aš suprantu vokiškai – šiek tiek

I understand Spanish, a little             aš suprantu ispaniškai – šiek tiek
I understand Indonesian, a little         aš suprantu indoneziškai – šiek tiek
I understand Dutch, a little                aš šiek tiek suprantu olandiškai
I understand a little French               aš šiek tiek suprantu prancūziškai
I understand a little Chinese              aš šiek tiek suprantu kiniškai
she understands Polish, only a little    ji supranta lenkiškai, tik šiek tiek
she understands Russian, a little         ji supranta rusiškai – šiek tiek
she understands Italian, only a little     ji supranta itališkai, tik šiek tiek
she understands only a little Croatian   ji tik šiek tiek supranta kroatiškai
I understand a little Portuguese           aš šiek tiek suprantu portugališkai

one of my favorite phrases to say, even if it‘s not always true, is

I understand almost everything           aš suprantu beveik viską
almost or nearly                                beveik
everything                                        viskas
I understand almost everything           aš suprantu beveik viską

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Hi there, I’m Raminta – Oh, you’re not Raminta.  Hi there, I’m Raminta and I’m Jack and welcome back to Lithuanian Out Loud where we offer the world the Lithuanian language.

Hey!  We’re in a new month.  In English this month is called May, after the Greek goddess Maia.  The Romans associated Maia with their own goddess Bona Dea, the “good goddess."  She’s the goddess of fertility, virginity, and women. Bona Dea had festivals in this month.  In Lithuanian this month is called Gegužė.  Gegužė is derived from gegutė, the cuckoo bird. The call of the cuckoo tells everyone spring has arrived.  Woohoo!  Good news.  I’m ready for spring.

France and Lithuania are the two most nuclear power dependant nations in the world.  In 2004, 80% of Lithuania’s electrical power came from nuclear power according to the Wikipedia page entitled, Ignalina Nuclear Power Plant.

As a condition of joining the European Union, Lithuania agreed to close Ignalinos atominė elektrinė.  Why is Lithuania required to close it down?  Safety.  Unfortunately, the nuclear power plant at Ignalina is of the same design as the Chernobyl reactor which exploded in 1986, spraying Europe with airborne radioactive waste.  Not only that, but the reactor is built on a tectonic fault and the United States Department of Energy has named Ignalina one of the most dangerous nuclear installations in the world.  There’s a lively debate today in Lithuania as to when a new nuclear power plant should be built to replace the plant at Ignalina.

pradėkime, let’s get started.  labai gerai.

Previously we studied the verb kalbėti, to speak.  Today we’ll learn to conjugate suprasti - to understand.  Kaip pasakyti lietuviškai?  How do you say it in Lithuanian?

I understand                                         aš suprantu
you understand (familiar)                       tu supranti
he understands                                      jis supranta
she understands                                     ji supranta
we understand                                       mes suprantame
you understand (formal)                         jūs suprantate
you all understand                                  jūs suprantate
they understand (male / female group)     jie supranta
they understand (females only)               jos supranta

Now, we’ll go over some sentences but first we’ll introduce the word, tik – only.

only                                                          tik
merely                                                       tik

I understand English                                    aš suprantu angliškai
I don’t understand English                            aš nesuprantu angliškai
I understand Lithuanian                                aš suprantu lietuviškai
I don’t understand Lithuanian                        aš nesuprantu lietuviškai
I understand Lithuanian well                         aš labai gerai suprantu lietuviškai
I don’t understand Lithuanian well                 aš nelabai gerai suprantu lietuviškai
I understand Chinese                                    aš suprantu kiniškai
I understand Indonesian                               aš suprantu indoneziškai
I don‘t understand Indonesian                      aš nesuprantu indoneziškai
I don‘t understand                                       aš nesuprantu
I understand only English                             aš suprantu tik angliškai
I only understand Lithuanian                        aš suprantu tik lietuviškai
he understands only Spanish and French       jis supranta tik ispaniškai ir prancūziškai
he understands only Italian and German        jis supranta tik itališkai ir vokiškai
he understands Chinese                               jis supranta kiniškai
he doesn‘t understand Chinese                     jis nesupranta kiniškai
he understands Chinese well                        jis labai gerai supranta kiniškai
he doesn‘t understand Chinese well              jis nelabai gerai supranta kiniškai
do you understand Dutch?                           ar tu supranti olandiškai?
do you understand Indonesian?                    ar tu supranti indoneziškai?
no, I understand only Russian and German   ne, aš suprantu tik rusiškai ir vokiškai
do you understand Latvian?                         ar tu supranti latviškai?
yes, I understand Latvian and Japanese         taip, aš suprantu latviškai ir japoniškai
does she understand Lithuanian?                  ar ji supranta lietuviškai?
no, she understands only Spanish                 ne, ji supranta tik ispaniškai
do you all understand Polish?                      ar jūs suprantate lenkiškai?
yes, we understand Polish                           taip, mes suprantame lenkiškai
no, we don’t understand Polish                   ne, mes nesuprantame lenkiškai
do you understand Chinese?                        ar jūs suprantate kiniškai?
do you understand Spanish?                        ar jūs suprantate ispaniškai?
no, we understand only Lithuanian               ne, mes suprantame tik lietuviškai
you understand German, right? (formal)       jūs suprantate vokiškai, ar ne?
yes, I understand German well                    taip, aš gerai suprantu vokiškai
do they understand French?                        ar jie supranta prancūziškai?
yes, they understand French well                 taip, jie gerai supranta prancūziškai
do they understand Italian?                          ar jie supranta itališkai?
yes, they well understand Italian                   taip, jie gerai supranta itališkai
no, they don’t understand Italian well           ne, jie nelabai gerai supranta itališkai
do they understand Chinese? (females only)  ar jos supranta kiniškai?
do they understand Indonesian?                    ar jos supranta indoneziškai?
do they understand Swahili?                         ar jos supranta svahiliškai?
no, they understand only Arabic & Turkish   ne, jos supranta tik arabiškai ir turkiškai
do they understand Portuguese?                   ar jos supranta portugališkai?
yes, they well understand only Portuguese     taip, jos gerai supranta tik portugališkai
do you all understand Lithuanian?                 ar jūs suprantat lietuviškai?
no, we understand only Croatian & Russian   ne, mes suprantam tik kroatiškai ir rusiškai
she’s from Brazil & she speaks Portuguese    ji yra iš Brazilijos ir ji kalba portugališkai

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