Sun, 28 December 2008  Hi there, I’m Raminta and I’m Jack and welcome back to Lithuanian Out Loud where we offer the world the Lithuanian language. Photograph: Yotvingian Forest According to the free Wikipedia page Romuva; The Quendlinburg Chronicle mentions a missionary Bruno of Querfort, who was killed along with 18 men by Yotvingians because of entering The Holy Forest. This was the first time the name of Lithuania was mentioned in written sources. Lithuanians came to history as very conservative believers of an ancient European pre-Christian faith, they preserved this religion until the 14th and 15th centuries. They happened to be the last non-nomadic people in Europe practicing pristine Indo-European polytheism. In the 13th century Pope Gregory IX declared crusades against the Baltic peoples. This led to the destruction of the Baltic faith. Grand Duke Mindaugas was Christianized with his family and warriors in 1251 to get recognition from Christian Europe. But, Mindaugas still worshipped pagan deities as the Hyperian Chronicle mentions. He sacrificed to the Supreme God Andajus or Dievas, Perkūnas, Teliavelis, the god of blacksmiths, and Žvorūna, goddess of forests and hunters. Today we‘ll go over the Lithuanian verb galėti – to be able. Here are galėti and negalėti conjugated in the present tense. to be able (can) galėti vocabulary žodynas I would like norėčiau aš tu jis ji mes jūs jūs jie jos and here is galėti in the imperative 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. To leave us comments call our voicemail number that’s in the title of every show or call our Skype voicemail at Lithuanianoutloud – that’s one word, and leave us a message there. http://www.Lithuanian.Libsyn.com
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Thu, 18 December 2008  Hi there, this is Jack and welcome back to Lithuanian Out Loud. This is a flashcard episode. To use this episode you have to download the accompanying pdf file and open it. Then just follow along with the audio. Photograph: Varlė (a frog) The pdf file has four pages. On the first two pages we give you the English and the Lithuanian text along with an image from the public domain clip art collection at WP Clipart. The third and fourth pages of our pdf file have English only. So, if you print the pdf file onto heavy paper or card stock you can cut them out and create hand-held flashcards. You can study by yourself or with a friend. Here we go, enjoy! dog Comments[5] |
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Tue, 16 December 2008  Hi there, I’m Raminta and I’m Jack and welcome back to Lithuanian Out Loud where we offer the world the Lithuanian language. Photograph: Ladakalnis hill, Aukštaitija National Park, Lithuania Prašom... According to the Wikipedia page entitled, Russians in Lithuania, most of the present-day Russians in Lithuania are migrants from the Soviet era and their descendants. In Lithuania, Russian emmigration was resisted. In Latvia and Estonia, less was done to stop it. By 1989 Russians made up 30% of the population in Estonia, while in Latvia, ethnic Latvians made up just 52% of the population. In contrast, in the last Soviet census in 1989, only 9 percent of Lithuania's population were ethnic Russians. Russians who reside in Lithuania live mainly in urban areas. In Vilnius they make up 13% of the population, and 20% in Klaipėda. Kaunas has just 4% ethnic Russians. The town of Visaginas was built for workers at the Ignalina nuclear power plant and therefore has an ethnic Russian majority of 55%. Alright, here is the first in a series of conversations Raminta recorded at a barbecue party. In the background of these recordings you can hear music from the party, insects, frogs, dogs and passing cars. These conversations are relaxed, spontaneous and unscripted. First, you’ll hear the conversation between Raminta and Ingrida and then we’ll break it down using some examples. Then at the end we’ll play the conversation again. Enjoy! Enjoy! Labas vakaras, Raminta! Pirmų pirmiausia paklausiu klausimą ar sutinkate būti įrašyta ir ar informacija gali būti panaudota internete? Gali …projekte “Lithuanian Out Loud” Prašau Ačiū, tai va, Ingrida, kaip manai, kas gyvenime yra laimingesni – vyrai ar moterys? Aš galvoju, kad laimingesnės vis tik moterys yra gyvenime. Moterys? Kodėl taip manot? Todėl, kad jos gali pasiekti daugiau negu vyrai kartais, jos yra išradingesnės, subtilesnės, jautresnės, įdomesnės daugumoje, aišku yra ir vyrų įdomių, na ir daug daugiau tų privalumų yra ištikrųjų, tik reikia būti moteriai protingai, protas nugali viską. Šaunu, ištikrųjų šaunu --- Raminta: Ingrida: Raminta: Ingrida: Raminta: Ingrida: Raminta: Ingrida: Raminta: Ingrida: Raminta: vocabulary žodynas all or everything viskas Viskas….Labas vakaras, Ingrida! Labas vakaras, Raminta! Pirmų pirmiausia paklausiu klausimą ar sutinkate būti įrašyta ir ar informacija gali būti panaudota internete? Gali …projekte “Lithuanian Out Loud” Prašau Ačiū, tai va, Ingrida, kaip manai, kas gyvenime yra laimingesni – vyrai ar moterys? Aš galvoju, kad laimingesnės vis tik moterys yra gyvenime. Moterys? Kodėl taip manot? Todėl, kad jos gali pasiekti daugiau negu vyrai kartais, jos yra išradingesnės, subtilesnės, jautresnės, įdomesnės daugumoje, aišku yra ir vyrų įdomių, na ir daug daugiau tų privalumų yra ištikrųjų, tik reikia būti moteriai protingai, protas nugali viską. Šaunu, ištikrųjų šaunu 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. To leave us comments call our voicemail number that’s in the title of every show or call our Skype voicemail at Lithuanianoutloud – that’s one word, and leave us a message there. Russians in Lithuania http://www.Lithuanian.Libsyn.com Comments[4] |
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Wed, 10 December 2008  Hi there, I’m Jack and welcome back to Lithuanian Out Loud where we offer the world the Lithuanian language. This is our second installment of Gyvenimas Puikus. First, we’ll let you hear the conversation and then we’ll go over the conversation slowly and break it down a little. After that we’ll let you hear the recordings that we had to cut out because Raminta and her friend Dovilė just couldn’t keep from laughing. And by the way, I’d like to sincerely thank Dovilė for taking the time to help us with the Gyvenimas Puikus series. Dovile, you have a beautiful voice. Alright, here we go, enjoy! Photograph: "Beržėnų dvaras" The Beržėnai Manorhouse, Beržėnai, Lithuania
Atsiprašau, bet pusryčių metas jau baigėsi O, tikrai? Gal galėtumėme papietauti? Maloniai prašome prisėsti Gerai, dėkoju Prašom --- hi (to a male) sveikas 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. To leave us comments call our voicemail number that’s in the title of every show or call our Skype voicemail at Lithuanianoutloud – that’s one word, and leave us a message there. http://www.Lithuanian.Libsyn.com Comments[2] |
Tue, 9 December 2008  Hi there, this is Jack and welcome back to Lithuanian Out Loud. On previous episodes Raminta and I went over the nationalities of some of our listeners. We named the countries, named nationalities and drank toasts to the countries. Since then we’ve added many listeners from many nations around the world. Today we want to catch up our listeners from these nations by doing the same for them. Just so you know, we recorded this a few weeks ago and since then some more listeners in other nations joined us. So, we pasted some more recordings into this episode. Because of that the audio might sound a little bit odd here and there but, hey, what are you gonna do? Enjoy! Photograph: Lithuanians in the Lithuanian Seimas (Parliament) 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 December which in Lithuanian is…gruodis. Why is 16 February Lithuanian Independence Day? The Act of Independence was signed by the Council of Lithuania 16 February 1918. It was during World War I and German troops were still in control of Lithuania. The German Empire prohibited the printing of the Act in Lithuanian newspapers. After Germany lost World War I, Lithuania established its independence for the first time in the 20th Century. Of course, after the Soviet Union invaded and occupied Lithuania in 1944, Lithuanians had to wait until 11 March 1990 to declare independence again. pradėkime, let’s get started If we leave off any nationalities you’d like to see here, just let us know. Here are the names of some countries in Lithuanian. China Kinija Now let’s say, for example, I’m from Kenya or I’m from Indonesia. I’m from China aš iš Kinijos Now we’ll describe our nationality such as I am Croatian or I am Portuguese, etcetera. I’m Chinese aš kinas Now let’s go over some of the languages spoken in these countries… Chinese kinų kalba Now let’s learn how to toast these nations over drinks… for China! už Kiniją! In this section while Raminta was recording her voice someone was trying to make her laugh. I decided to keep the laughter in. for Romania! už Rumuniją! 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. To leave us comments call our voicemail number that’s in the title of every show or call our Skype voicemail at Lithuanianoutloud – that’s one word, and leave us a message there. http://www.Lithuanian.Libsyn.com
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Tue, 2 December 2008  Hi there, this is Jack and welcome back to Lithuanian Out Loud. Today we’re in a new month! In Latin Decem means ten. December was the tenth month in the old Roman calendar. Later, when January and February were added it became the 12th month but retained its old name. In Lithuanian this month is gruodis from the word gruodas which roughly translates as “frozen mud clod.” In this month the mud choked dirt roads are made passable again as the ground freezes. Photograph title: Pusiaužiemio išdaiga (midwinter's joke)
According to a Baltic Times article entitled, “City of Women,” there are 20% more women in Vilnius, Lithuania than men. This is due to suicides, alcoholism, and men going to other countries to find work. The article also states Lithuania has the highest number of road fatalities of all European countries. labą dieną labą dieną norėtumėm staliuką dviems prašau trys žmonės? ne, tik du bet reikės penkiolika minučių palaukti gerai, palauksim koks Jūsų vardas? Kšanytė Kšanytė, gerai mes pakviesim jus kai staliukas bus paruoštas o gal turite vietos prie baro? žinoma, Jūs galite atsisėsti prie baro ir jums nereikės laukti puiku, mes taip ir padarysime ir išgersime taurę vyno puiku, prašom ačiū City of Women – Baltic Times 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. To leave us comments call our voicemail number that’s in the title of every show or call our Skype voicemail at Lithuanianoutloud – that’s one word, and leave us a message there. http://www.Lithuanian.Libsyn.com Comments[4] |
Mon, 1 December 2008  Hi there, this is Jack and welcome back to Lithuanian Out Loud. For this episode we’re going to do something a little bit different. This is a flashcard episode. To use this episode you have to download the accompanying pdf file and open it. Then just follow along with the audio. The pdf file has four pages. On the first two pages we give you the English and the Lithuanian text along with an image from the public domain clip art collection at WP Clipart. Thank you WP Clipart! The third and fourth pages of our pdf file have English only. So, if you print the pdf file onto heavy paper or card stock you can cut them out and create hand-held flashcards. You can study by yourself or with a friend. This is the first of many flashcard episodes we have planned. Here we go, enjoy! Photograph: "old man and old woman, traditional Lithuanian dance" grandfather Comments[2] |
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