Mon, 25 May 2009 ![]() Lediniai Tiltai Icy Bridges English: Battle of Grunwald by Jan Matejko On 15 July 1410 Lithuanian soldiers fought in the Battle of Grunwald. The German Teutonic Knights never could get on well with Lithuanians. The Pope in Rome had given the Teutonic Knights carte blanche to invade and conquer Lithuanian and Prussian lands. The Prussians were linguistic and cultural cousins of the Lithuanians. In 1385 Grand Duke Jogaila of Lithuania married Queen Jadwiga of Poland. A few years later in 1409 the Teutonic Knights were trying to control an uprising in a territory they controlled – Samogitia or Žemaitija. Lithuanian Grand Duke Jogaila, who was now by marriage the King of Poland declared that if the Teutonic Germans invaded Lithuania it would mean war. The Teutonic Knights said this was a provocation and declared war. Since Grand Duke Jogaila was now the King of Poland, he gave control of Lithuania to Vytautas the Great. On the 2nd of July 1410 Vytautas the Great of Lithuania and King Jogaila of Poland joined their armies and crossed into Teutonic territory headed for the German castle at Marienburg. The Germans were caught completely by surprise. The German and Lithuanian-Polish forces faced off and fought for many hours. The Germans were slaughtered and the Lithuanian-Polish armies were victorious. The battle was fought on the plains of Grunwald or in Lithuanian – Žalgiris. The battle is known in Lithuania as Žalgirio mūšis. Mūšis is the word for battle. Today Žalgiris is a symbol of resistance to foreign domination over Lithuania. The leading Lithuanian basketball and football teams are called BC Žalgiris and FK Žalgiris to commemorate the battle. --- Today’s episode will be a continuation of the last episode on adjectives. Today we’ll essentially take the singular adjectives from the last episode and make them plural. the plural of –as changes to –i, the plural of -a changes to –os the plural of –us changes to –ūs, the plural of -i changes to –ios the plural of –is changes to –iai, the plural of -ė changes to –ės small mažas / maža small dogs maži šunys small countries mažos šalys -soft minkštas / minkšta soft armchairs minkšti foteliai soft sofas minkštos sofos -hard kietas / kieta hard muffins kieti keksai hard sofas kietos sofos -clean švarus / švari clean beaches švarūs pliažai clean bathtubs švarios vonios -cheap pigus / pigi cheap bicycles pigūs dviračiai cheap dresses pigios suknelės -icy ledinis / ledinė icy pond s lediniai tvenkiniai icy rivers ledinės upės -silky šilkinis / šilkinė silky skirts šilkiniai sijonai silky dresses šilkinės suknelės -synthetic sintetinis / sintetinė synthetic chemicals sintetiniai chemikalai synthetic blouses sintetinės palaidinukės the adjective didelis is an oddball and it doesn’t follow the normal rules -big, heavy, large didelis / didelė big noises dideli triukšmai big structures didelės struktūros Šaunuoliai! Excellent! You made it to the end of another episode! Puiku!
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Mon, 11 May 2009 ![]() Ingrida; Vyro Ir Moters Ingrida; A Man And Woman Hi there, I’m Jack and I’m Raminta and welcome back to Lithuanian Out Loud where we offer the world the Lithuanian language. Photograph: A Kiss Today we’ll continue with the interviews Raminta made at a Lithuanian party. In the background you can hear lots of frogs in a nearby pond, music and people talking. In this interview Raminta is asking Ingrida another question. Enjoy! kaip galvojat ar sunku yra sutarti kartu ir kas yra svarbiausia santykiuose, žmonių? --- kaip galvojat ar sunku yra sutarti kartu ir kas yra svarbiausia santykiuose, žmonių? turi omeny vyro ir moters? vyro ir moters, vyro ir moters svarbiausia tai aš sakyčiau yra supratimas vienas su kitu vienas kito vienas kito supratimas ir tas ryšys apie kurį mes ir anksčiau minėjau aš tau, kalbėjome tas yra pats svarbiausia, žmogaus ryšys su žmogum alright, now let‘s break this down a bit and go over some examples to think galvoti Šaunuoliai! Excellent! You made it to the end of another episode! Puiku! Comments[4] |



