Sun, 28 September 2008 Hi there, I’m Jack and welcome back to Lithuanian Out Loud. Just a quick note before we get started, Agnė iš Vilniaus has honored us with another excellent contribution. This is probably the best work she’s ever done on this podcast. Thanks for all your hard work Agnė! Also, I did the math and in 13 months we’ve done over nine episodes of Lithuanian Out Loud a month. Most of the time I’m trying to put out three or four a week, but I rarely have that much time. For the next few months we need to cut way back on our frequency. It’s just that we both have many other projects that have been neglected and we need to put some time into them. But, don’t worry, we’re still working on dozens of episodes on paper and we have about 15 recorded. So, we aren’t quitting, we just need to free up some time for other things. We’re not going to stop, we’re just going to slow down the pace a bit. Once these other projects have been tended to, we’ll try to put out dozens of new episodes for you. Alright, on with the show and here’s Agnė. Take it away, Agnė! Hi, I am Agnė, and welcome back for some more Lithuanian phrases. If you remember, the last few times I taught you some phrases for angry and awful things. So it is time to learn some nicer expressions :) If you want to compliment someone for something which is beautiful or nice, you could say: gražus kaip reta... or graži kaip reta... literally; rare beauty. Let's learn some words: Let's repeat one time slowly: Now let's go over some examples: Ta mergina graži kaip lėlė - That lady is as beautiful as a doll These two examples could be used sarcastically, so be careful. But, if you want to use a diminutive form, it could sound like a compliment. Tavo dukrelė graži kaip lėlytė - Your little daughter is as beautiful as a little doll Knygos viršelis gražus kaip reta - the bookcover is of a rare beauty As the word order in the Lithuanian language is not important, you could also say it like this: It just depends on what you want to emphasize more. It will also go together with your intonation, so you can play with it and enjoy :) See you next time! Make your day of a rare beauty! According to Wikipedia, the Lithuanian national plant is rue (rūta). A bride traditionally wears a little crown made of rue, which is a symbol of her life as an unmarried young woman. During the wedding the crown is burned, symbolizing the loss of careless childhood and entrance into the world of adulthood. Today we’ll go over the Lithuanian verb žiūrėti – to look, to look at, to watch, to stare at, to gaze at. Some related words are; žiūronai binoculars Here are žiūrėti and nežiūrėti conjugated in the present tense; to look at žiūrėti to not look at nežiūrėti here are some examples using the infinitive of the verb I wan’t to watch the film aš noriu žiūrėti filmą aš tu jis ji mes jūs jūs (plural as in you all) (let’s go outside! – einame į lauką! - Raminta says this to her dog, you often look at the door jūs dažnai žiūrite į duris jie (m/m or m/f group) jos imperative look what she’s doing! žiūrėk, ką ji daro! Šaunu! Great! You made it to the end of another episode! Puiku! Excellent! Alright! That’s it for today! Thanks for the download! If you got anything out of this lesson please leave us a review on our iTunes page. Symbols of Lithuania http://www.Lithuanian.Libsyn.com Comments[4] |
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Wed, 24 September 2008 Trisdešimt pirmas 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! examples pavyzdžiai Comments[4] |
Sun, 21 September 2008 Hi there, this is Jack, Raminta and I would like to welcome you back to another episode of Lithuanian Out Loud. Today we’ll continue working on numbers combined with nouns. This episode covers numbers that end in the number zero. On the next episode we’ll take a break from numbers and explore the verb žiūrėti – to look at and nežiūrėti – to not look at. Back in May of 2008, Ola Halvorsen, a listener from Oslo, Norway wrote us saying he loved to view the show notes for our episodes in iTunes. But, after episode 42 or so, they disappeared. Well, it took a few months to get it all done, but we tore down all the episodes that didn’t have show notes in the lyrics section, there were about 60 of them, added the show transcripts and put the mp3s back up. So now, if you download the episodes using iTunes, you can right click on the episode, then click on “info” and you’ll see the episode’s show notes. You can even modify them for your own needs if you like. Sveiki, aš Agnė. Today we'll learn how to say you don't like something or you want to say, that something is disgusting. If your Lithuanian friend asks you, "what do you think about the weather?” And you don't like it for any reason, you could say, "baisus kaip gyvenimas..." - literally - as awful as life. Now let's see some examples: If the object you are asking about is feminine, you will say not baisus, but baisi: What do you think about this advertising? Ką manai apie šią reklamą? - Baisi kaip gyvenimas Try this expression out on your Lithuanian friends and see, how it works. I'm Agnė and I'll see you next week when we'll do some more Lithuanian from Vilnius. Ate! keturiasdešimt arklių Hi there, I’m Raminta and I’m Jack and welcome back to Lithuanian Out Loud where we offer the world the Lithuanian language. Today we’re in the month of September which in Lithuanian is - rugsėjis. According to Wikipedia, Russia and Belarus have what are called Special Purpose Police Squads or OMON (Russian: Отряд милиции особого назначения; Otryad Militsii Osobogo Naznacheniya). Their motto is "We know no mercy and do not ask for any." In May 1991 the Soviet Union still hadn’t recognized Lithuania’s independence and the OMON assaulted the Krakūnai border post. Approximately 30 Lithuanian officers were attacked and wounded including Gintaras Žagunis who was killed. Two months later the OMON unit stationed in Riga attacked the Medininkai border crossing near the Vilnius-Minsk highway on 31 July. Seven Lithuanian officers, Mindaugas Balavakas, Algimantas Juozakas, Juozas Janonis, Algirdas Kazlauskas, Antanas Musteikis, Stanislovas Orlavičius and Ričardas Rabavičius were shot and killed. These men were unarmed and they were all shot in the head execution style. Customs officer Tomas Šernas barely survived and today is disabled. The men responsible for these cold-blooded murders are now in Russia. The Russian government refuses to hand them over to Lithuanian authorities. pradėkime, let’s get started Today we’ll continue combining numbers with nouns. In this episode we’ll focius on numbers that end in zero. If a number ends in zero, such as ten, twenty, 140 or 1,000, we use the plural genitive. prašom pakartoti…please repeat… an armchair fotelis Now let’s combine some nouns with some numbers 10 sisters dešimt seserų Puiku! Excellent! You made it to the end of another episode! Puiku! Alright! That’s it for today! Thanks for the download! If you got anything out of this lesson please leave us a review on our iTunes page. Soviet OMON assaults on Lithuanian border posts http://www.Lithuanian.Libsyn.com Comments[4] |
Thu, 18 September 2008 Exam 30 a miracle stebuklas Comments[0] |
Sun, 14 September 2008 Hi there, I’m Jack and welcome back to Lithuanian Out Loud. Today we’ll start the show off with a very nice email, then on to another awesome installment of Agnė iš Vilniaus. Thank you Agnė for taking the time to record this for us. Starting with today’s episode we’re going to do a series of programs on numbers. It may not be the most exciting stuff we can offer, but we have to go over it sometime, so we’ll do it now. Also, we’re up to 33 positive reviews on the Lithuanian Out Loud iTunes page, thanks to everyone for helping us with these. Remember, our goal is 50 so we only need 17 more. Can you help us out? Thanks! Enjoy the program and here is an email from Lithuania… Dear Jack and Raminta: Thank you! Geri Henderson, PhD Thanks Geri for the nice words and we’ll try to keep the episodes coming. Okay, Agnė, your turn, take it away!!! Hi, I am Agnė, and welcome back for some more Lithuanian phrases. If you see any angry Lithuanian, you could ask him: kodėl tu toks piktas kaip širšė? - Why are you as angry as a wasp? But let's start from the very beginning. kodėl? - why? and here are the expressions: Piktas kaip širšė Let's say them one time slowly: Piktas kaip širšė - As angry as a wasp - if you are addressing a male Let's go over some examples: Kodėl jis toks piktas? - Why is he so angry? Tavo tėtis piktas kaip širšė - Your dad is as angry as a wasp That's it for today, see you next time! Enjoy it and don't be angry :) Hi there, I’m Jack and I’m Raminta and welcome back to Lithuanian Out Loud where we offer the world the Lithuanian language. Today we’re in the month of September which in Lithuanian is rugsėjis. In the navy a submarine tender is a ship that supplies and supports submarines. In 1961 when Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania were still forceably part of the Soviet Union, Captain Jonas Pleškys sailed his submarine tender out of Klaipėda and into the Baltic Sea. Soviet authorities had ordered the ship to travel to Tallinn, Estonia but Jonas sailed to Gotland, Sweden and defected to the west. The Soviet Union convicted Ponas Jonas in absentia and his sentence was death by firing squad. Jonas died in California in 1993 of old age. His story is believed to be the basis for Tom Clancy’s book The Hunt for Red October. In the book and in the movie submarine captain Marko Ramius is known as, “The Lithuanian.” The submarine captain sails his ship to the west and defects. Just an interesting bit of trivia; in the beginning of the book Captain Marko Ramius kills his KGB political officer. The Soviet officer’s name? Ivan Putin. That’s funny. pradėkime, let’s get started Now we’re going to study something I didn’t understand for a very long time. Numbers that end in the number one. For example, 21, 31, 41, 51, 61, 71, 81, 91, 101, 11,391, 635,271, excluding 11. Eleven is the only number that doesn’t follow this pattern. Before we get to the meat of this episode, here are some nouns for you; a shoe batas The interesting thing about 21, 31, 41, etcetera, when paired with a noun, for example, 21 days, 31 cities, or 41 books, the noun has a singular form. prašom pakartoti… 21 days dvidešimt viena diena Do you see what we’re getting at here? If the number ends in a one, then the noun is singular. The only exception is eleven or vienuolika. Eleven does not follow this rule. Prašom pakartoti…please repeat… 71 countries septyniasdešimt viena šalis Alright! That’s it for today! Thanks for the download! If you got anything out of this lesson please leave us a review on our iTunes page. Captain Jonas Pleškys http://www.Lithuanian.Libsyn.com Comments[0] |
Thu, 11 September 2008 Exam 29 Dvidešimt devyntas 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! good day! laba diena! Comments[0] |
Sat, 6 September 2008 Hi there! This is Jack and welcome back to Lithuanian Out Loud! Before we start today’s episode, Agnė iš Vilniaus has something special for us. Agnė reminded me that in Lithuanian Out Loud episode 51 a song jumped from the lips of Margarita. This song is "Lietuva", and the music was writen by Galina Savinienė. The words were written by Justinas Marcinkevičius a well-known Lithuanian poet. Agnė says this song is usually sung in Lithuanian Song Festivals. Thanks Agnė for this fabulous recording! Spectacular! How about a round of applause for Agnė? Woohoo! One last thing before we get going. A listener named Jim is inviting listeners to join his Lithuanian practice chat room on Skype at captainjim04. We’ll post his Skype name on this episode’s blog page entry. Now, on with today’s episode! Take it away, Agnė! Tai gražiai, gražiai mane augino So beautifully, beautifully I was raised by Tai gražiai, gražiai lingavo girios, So beautifully, beautifully forests were swinging Tai gražiai, gražiai skambėjo žodžiai: So beautifully the words sounded: Hi there, I’m Jack and I’m Raminta and welcome back to Lithuanian Out Loud where we offer the world the Lithuanian language – and we’re excited about it too! Today we’re in a new month! In Latin September means seven and septimus means seventh. In Lithuanian this month is rugsėjis. In this month we add the prefix sėti – to sow. This time of year the grain is sown, germinates and overwinters in the field. Acording to Wikipedia, the white stork (gandras) is usually felt to be the national bird of Lithuania. Lithuanians believe that storks bring harmony to the families on whose property they nest; they have also kept up the tradition of telling their children that storks bring babies. Were you told that? Yeah Stork Day is celebrated on March 25 with various archaic rituals: gifts for children, attributed to the storks, such as fruits, chocolates, pencils, and dyed eggs, are hung on tree branches and fences; snakes are caught, killed and buried under the doorstep; straw fires are lit. Lithuania is a beneficial and important habitat for these birds: it has the highest known nesting density in the world. Stork Day, do you celebrate Stork Day, Dear? No, I don’t. The primary focus of this episode is to cover some unusual nouns that don’t follow the normal rules when they are declined. This episode will focus on just three words. All three are feminine. vocabulary – žodynas woman moteris let’s begin by using these three words in the nominative case or vardininkas the woman lives in Lithuania moteris gyvena Lietuvoje and now the plural nominative the women live in Vilnius moterys gyvena Vilniuje the singular genitive the woman’s name is Sonata moters vardas yra Sonata the plural genitive the womens’ family is here moterų šeima yra čia in the accusative singular we decline these words like this moteris changes to moterį Valdas has a woman Valdas turi moterį in the accusative plural we decline these words like this women changes to moteris I look at the women žiūriu į moteris we’ll go over the verb žiūrėti – to look at, soon. I have a daughter aš turiu dukterį here are some miscellaneous examples: the auto killed the woman automobilis užmušė moterį Šaunu! Great! You made it to the end of another episode! Puiku! Excellent! Symbols of Lithuania Jim invites any who would like to practice spoken Lithuanian to join his Skype chat room here: captainjim04 Alright! That’s it for today! Thanks for the download! If you got anything out of this lesson please leave us a review on our iTunes page. http://www.Lithuanian.Libsyn.com Comments[0] |
Thu, 4 September 2008 Dvidešimt aštuntas 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! I have a question aš turiu klausimą Comments[0] |
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