Hi there, Iâm Jack and welcome back to Lithuanian Out Loud where we offer the world the Lithuanian language.  There are three things that we havenât been very happy with on our podcasts.  Number one is audio.  Whenever Raminta is on the road we record the episodes using Skype.  Itâs a great tool but the quality just isnât the best.  Just so you know, weâre working on this problem and we think weâve come up with an answer.  When Raminta is on a trip weâre going to use Skype but Iâll have a Zoom H2 recorder sitting in front of me and Raminta will have an H2 sitting in front of her.  After weâre done recording sheâll send me her audio file, Iâll slap both our files together and we should have some super audio.  Itâs exciting to me. Photograph:  House of PerkÅnas Photograph by:  Creative at lt.wikipedia The second thing we havenât been happy with is variety on the episodes.  We love doing the basics but weâd like to do more intermediate material.  Weâve 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 arenât happy with is the Lithuanian characters that can be viewed on ipods.  Thatâs a technical problem that I donât understand yet.  Hopefully soon, I will understand it. Well weâre up to 19 positive reviews on our iTunes page.  Our goal is 50.  So, thanks to everyone whoâs taken the time to leave us a review.  If you havenât left us a review yet, weâd 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 youâre listening to Lithuanian Out Loud with Raminta and Jack â enjoy! Hey Cami!  Thanks for the plug!  Youâre super!  We appreciate the time you took to contribute to the show.  Anyone else like to leave us a plug?  Weâre listening! And now, on with the show Raminta and I recorded about four weeks ago using Skype.  Enjoy! --- Okay, here we go, are you ready Baby?  Okay, now Iâm not tired, everything is going so good!  Okay, here we go. Hi there, Iâm Raminta.  Oh, no, Iâm Raminta.  Iâm sorry, I got confused.  Hi there Iâm Jack and Iâm Raminta â praÅom (as in please, go ahead) and welcome back to Lithuanian Out Loud where we offer the world the Lithuanian language.  Today weâre in the month of May which in Lithuanian is geguÅÄ. According to the Wikipedia page entitled, House of PerkÅnas or PerkÅno namas, the House of PerkÅnas 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. PerkÅno namas was sold in the 16th century to Jesuits. At the end of the 19th century it was renamed as the "House of PerkÅnas" when a figurine that resembled PerkÅnas was found in one of its walls. Today, PerkÅno namas is a museum. Aha, have you heard about this house, Dear?  PerkÅno â 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. aÅ turiu klausimÄ, aÅ truputÄ kalbu lietuviÅkai, o tu?I have a question, I speak a little Lithuanian, and you?aÅ kalbu lietuviÅkai gerai, bet Åinai kÄ, aÅ truputÄ kalbu angliÅkai.I speak Lithuanian well, but you know that I speak a little English.o rusiÅkai?and Russian?Åiek tiek rusiÅkai, ir Åiek tiek rusiÅkai, taip.a little Russian, a little Russian, yes.Åiek tiek?a little?o mano brolis kalba labai gerai rusiÅkai.but my brother speaks Russian wello tavo brolis, jis kalba angliÅkai arba truputÄ angliÅkai?and your brother, he speaks English or a little English?a, ar truputÄ angliÅkai ar labai gerai angliÅkai?ah, either a little English or very well English?mano brolis kalba truputÄ angliÅkaimy brother speaks a little EnglishtruputÄ, truputÄa little, a little mano brolis is calling!  thatâs funny!  Just a secâ okay, now we can start with pradÄkime.pradÄkime, letâs get started---Today weâll continue with the verbs suprasti â to understand and kalbÄti â to speak, but weâll mix them with some words that mean - a little.  Kaip pasakyti lietuviÅkai?  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 havenât enough practice. a little                                              truputÄa little                                              truputÄI speak a little                                  aÅ truputÄ kalbuI speak a little Lithuanian                  aÅ truputÄ kalbu lietuviÅkaiI speak a little Spanish                      aÅ truputÄ kalbu ispaniÅkaiI speak a little German                      aÅ truputÄ kalbu vokiÅkaiI speak a little Italian                         aÅ truputÄ kalbu italiÅkaiI speak a little Indonesian                  aÅ truputÄ kalbu indoneziÅkaiI speak a little Chinese                      aÅ truputÄ kalbu kiniÅkaihe speaks a little Russian                   jis truputÄ kalba rusiÅkaihe speaks a little Polish                     jis truputÄ kalba lenkiÅkaihe speaks a little French                    jis truputÄ kalba prancÅziÅkai he speaks a little Indonesian               jis truputÄ kalba indoneziÅkaihe speaks a little Dutch                     jis truputÄ kalba olandiÅkaihe speaks a little Chinese                   jis truputÄ kalba kiniÅkaiI understand a little Portuguese          aÅ truputÄ suprantu portugaliÅkaiI understand a little Croatian              aÅ truputÄ suprantu kroatiÅkai I understand a little Swahili                aÅ truputÄ suprantu svahiliÅkaiI understand a little Lithuanian           aÅ truputÄ suprantu lietuviÅkaiI understand a little Chinese               aÅ truputÄ suprantu kiniÅkaishe understands a little English           ji truputÄ supranta angliÅkaishe understands a little Dutch            ji truputÄ supranta olandiÅkaishe understands a little Japanese        ji truputÄ supranta japoniÅkaishe understands a little German          ji truputÄ supranta vokiÅkai Åiek tiek also means a little aÅ suprantu lietuviÅkai â Åiek tiek a little                                              Åiek tieka little                                              Åiek tiek I understand, a little                          aÅ suprantu â Åiek tiekI understand Lithuanian, a little          aÅ suprantu lietuviÅkai â Åiek tiekI speak Lithuanian, a little                 aÅ kalbu lietuviÅkai â Åiek tiekI speak a little Lithuanian                  aÅ Åiek tiek kalbu lietuviÅkaiI speak only a little Lithuanian           aÅ kalbu lietuviÅkai, tik Åiek tiekI speak German, a little                     aÅ kalbu vokiÅkai â Åiek tiekI speak Japanese, only a little            aÅ kalbu japoniÅkai, tik Åiek tiek I speak Russian, a little                     aÅ kalbu rusiÅkai â Åiek tiekhe speaks a little Dutch                     jis Åiek tiek kalba olandiÅkaihe speaks a little English                   jis Åiek tiek kalba angliÅkaihe speaks Lithuanian, a little              jis kalba lietuviÅkai â Åiek tiekhe speaks Swahili, a little                  jis kalba svahiliÅkai â Åiek tiekI understand German, a little             aÅ suprantu vokiÅkai â Åiek tiek I understand Spanish, a little             aÅ suprantu ispaniÅkai â Åiek tiekI understand Indonesian, a little         aÅ suprantu indoneziÅkai â Åiek tiekI understand Dutch, a little                aÅ Åiek tiek suprantu olandiÅkaiI understand a little French               aÅ Åiek tiek suprantu prancÅziÅkaiI understand a little Chinese              aÅ Åiek tiek suprantu kiniÅkaishe understands Polish, only a little    ji supranta lenkiÅkai, tik Åiek tiekshe understands Russian, a little         ji supranta rusiÅkai â Åiek tiekshe understands Italian, only a little     ji supranta italiÅkai, tik Åiek tiekshe understands only a little Croatian   ji tik Åiek tiek supranta kroatiÅkaiI understand a little Portuguese           aÅ Åiek tiek suprantu portugaliÅkai one of my favorite phrases to say, even if itâs not always true, is I understand almost everything           aÅ suprantu beveik viskÄalmost or nearly                                beveikeverything                                        viskasI understand almost everything           aÅ suprantu beveik viskÄ Åaunu!  Great!  You made it to the end of another episode!  Nuostabu!  Wonderful! Alright!  Thatâs 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 thatâs in the title of every show or call our Skype voicemail at Lithuanianoutloud â thatâs one word, and leave us a message there.If youâd like to see the Lithuanian spelling of any word in this series just go to WWW dot Lithuanian dot L I B S Y N dot com.  If youâd like to get these episodes every time a new one is available just go to iTunes and do a search for Lithuanian Out Loud and click subscribe.  Itâs completely free.  But, if you donât want to subscribe on iTunes, just send us an email asking us to alert you every time a new episode hits the internet.  And feel free to make copies of our episodes, put them on cds and pass them out to your friends.Thanks to CCMixter.org, Ditto Ditto and Vieux Farka Toure for the podcast music.Thanks for tuning in, tell your friends about us, weâll see you on the next episode of Lithuanian Out Loud.Iâm Jack and Iâve never met a Lithuanian I didnât like.  Viso gero!  Sudie! 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Hi there, Iâm Raminta â Oh, youâre not Raminta.  Hi there, Iâm Raminta and Iâm Jack and welcome back to Lithuanian Out Loud where we offer the world the Lithuanian language. Hey!  Weâre 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 âgood goddess.â  Sheâs the goddess of fertility, virginity, and women. Bona Dea had festivals in this month.  In Lithuanian this month is called GeguÅÄ.  GeguÅÄ is derived from gegutÄ, the cuckoo bird. The call of the cuckoo tells everyone spring has arrived.  Woohoo!  Good news.  Iâm ready for spring. Photograph: The CuckooPhotographer: GabrielBuissart (Wikipedia) France and Lithuania are the two most nuclear power dependant nations in the world.  In 2004, 80% of Lithuaniaâs 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 atominÄ elektrinÄ.  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.  Thereâs a lively debate today in Lithuania as to when a new nuclear power plant should be built to replace the plant at Ignalina. pradÄkime, letâs get started.  labai gerai. Previously we studied the verb kalbÄti, to speak.  Today weâll learn to conjugate suprasti - to understand.  Kaip pasakyti lietuviÅkai?  How do you say it in Lithuanian? I understand                                         aÅ suprantuyou understand (familiar)                       tu suprantihe understands                                      jis suprantashe understands                                     ji suprantawe understand                                       mes suprantameyou understand (formal)                         jÅs suprantateyou all understand                                  jÅs suprantatethey understand (male / female group)     jie suprantathey understand (females only)               jos supranta Now, weâll go over some sentences but first weâll introduce the word, tik â only. only                                                          tikmerely                                                       tik I understand English                                    aÅ suprantu angliÅkaiI donât understand English                            aÅ nesuprantu angliÅkaiI understand Lithuanian                                aÅ suprantu lietuviÅkaiI donât understand Lithuanian                        aÅ nesuprantu lietuviÅkaiI understand Lithuanian well                         aÅ labai gerai suprantu lietuviÅkaiI donât understand Lithuanian well                 aÅ nelabai gerai suprantu lietuviÅkaiI understand Chinese                                    aÅ suprantu kiniÅkaiI understand Indonesian                               aÅ suprantu indoneziÅkaiI donât understand Indonesian                      aÅ nesuprantu indoneziÅkaiI donât understand                                       aÅ nesuprantuI understand only English                             aÅ suprantu tik angliÅkaiI only understand Lithuanian                        aÅ suprantu tik lietuviÅkaihe understands only Spanish and French       jis supranta tik ispaniÅkai ir prancÅziÅkaihe understands only Italian and German        jis supranta tik italiÅkai ir vokiÅkaihe understands Chinese                               jis supranta kiniÅkaihe doesnât understand Chinese                     jis nesupranta kiniÅkaihe understands Chinese well                        jis labai gerai supranta kiniÅkaihe doesnât understand Chinese well              jis nelabai gerai supranta kiniÅkaido you understand Dutch?                           ar tu supranti olandiÅkai?do you understand Indonesian?                    ar tu supranti indoneziÅkai?no, I understand only Russian and German   ne, aÅ suprantu tik rusiÅkai ir vokiÅkaido you understand Latvian?                         ar tu supranti latviÅkai?yes, I understand Latvian and Japanese         taip, aÅ suprantu latviÅkai ir japoniÅkaidoes she understand Lithuanian?                  ar ji supranta lietuviÅkai?no, she understands only Spanish                 ne, ji supranta tik ispaniÅkaido you all understand Polish?                      ar jÅs suprantate lenkiÅkai?yes, we understand Polish                           taip, mes suprantame lenkiÅkaino, we donât understand Polish                   ne, mes nesuprantame lenkiÅkaido you understand Chinese?                        ar jÅs suprantate kiniÅkai?do you understand Spanish?                        ar jÅs suprantate ispaniÅkai?no, we understand only Lithuanian               ne, mes suprantame tik lietuviÅkaiyou understand German, right? (formal)       jÅs suprantate vokiÅkai, ar ne?yes, I understand German well                    taip, aÅ gerai suprantu vokiÅkaido they understand French?                        ar jie supranta prancÅziÅkai?yes, they understand French well                 taip, jie gerai supranta prancÅziÅkaido they understand Italian?                          ar jie supranta italiÅkai?yes, they well understand Italian                   taip, jie gerai supranta italiÅkaino, they donât understand Italian well           ne, jie nelabai gerai supranta italiÅkaido they understand Chinese? (females only)  ar jos supranta kiniÅkai?do they understand Indonesian?                    ar jos supranta indoneziÅkai?do they understand Swahili?                         ar jos supranta svahiliÅkai?no, they understand only Arabic & Turkish   ne, jos supranta tik arabiÅkai ir turkiÅkaido they understand Portuguese?                   ar jos supranta portugaliÅkai?yes, they well understand only Portuguese     taip, jos gerai supranta tik portugaliÅkaido you all understand Lithuanian?                 ar jÅs suprantat lietuviÅkai?no, we understand only Croatian & Russian   ne, mes suprantam tik kroatiÅkai ir rusiÅkaisheâs from Brazil & she speaks Portuguese    ji yra iÅ Brazilijos ir ji kalba portugaliÅkai Åaunu!  Great!  You made it to the end of another episode!  Nuostabu!  Wonderful! Alright!  Thatâs 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 thatâs in the title of every show or call our Skype voicemail at Lithuanianoutloud â thatâs one word, and leave us a message there.If youâd like to see the Lithuanian spelling of any word in this series just go to WWW dot Lithuanian dot L I B S Y N dot com.  If youâd like to get these episodes every time a new one is available just go to iTunes and do a search for Lithuanian Out Loud and click subscribe.  Itâs completely free.  But, if you donât want to subscribe on iTunes, just send us an email asking us to alert you every time a new episode hits the internet.  And feel free to make copies of our episodes, put them on cds and pass them out to your friends.Thanks to CCMixter.org, Ditto Ditto and Vieux Farka Toure for the podcast music.Thanks for tuning in, tell your friends about us, weâll see you on the next episode of Lithuanian Out Loud.Iâm Jack and Iâve never met a Lithuanian I didnât like.  Viso gero!  Sudie! 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Vienas, vienas, vienas!  Crazy guys, with you again!  Okay,Hi there, Iâm Raminta and Iâm Jack and welcome back to Lithuanian Out Loud where we offer the world the Lithuanian language.  European Route 67 is a highway that runs through Lithuania on its way between Prague and Helsinki.  Itâs known as the Via Baltica and the section between Tallinn, Estonia and Helsinki is covered by ferries that depart 20 times daily.  Oh, so nice, you speak so well.  Oh, thank you.  To improve the Via Baltica, Poland plans to build the Augustow bypass through the Rospuda Valley Wetlands just south of the Lithuanian border.  The European Union filed an injunction against this work because of the damage it would cause to the protected wetlands.  Poland faces fines if it continues with the project. Map: Europe Highway E67Created by:  Macia11 (wikipedia) --- Hey there!  Before Raminta and I get to the episode we recorded about six weeks ago, I wanted to go over some notes. A listener wrote in with a good question asking about some terms of endearment we went over in previous episodes; meile, mylimoji, mylimasis, brangioji, and brangusis.  The question is, can you use these terms with children as well or only with adult couples?  Meile, mylimasis and mylimoji should be used between couples.  Brangioji and brangusis can be used between adults or with children.  Thanks for the interesting question! Another listener wrote in to correct us on something.  LietuviÅkai, angliÅkai, ispaniÅkai etc. are in fact adverbs, not adjectives as we described them previously. Thanks to David in Boston for catching the mistake, we appreciate the great editing job! Thanks to everyone who answered our call for more iTunes reviews, today we have 18 reviews and we really appreciate your efforts.  If you have an iTunes account and if you enjoy Lithuanian Out Loud, our goal is to have 50 positive reviews and weâd really appreciate you writing one for us.  If you donât have an iTunes account, just ask someone who has one to leave your review for you.  Thanks and weâll be anxiously watching for those reviews.  Alright!  On with the program. - kaip jÅs kalbate?(how/what do you speak?)aÅ kalbu ispaniÅkai, angliÅkai, ir tik truputÄ lietuviÅkai.(I speak Spanish, English and only a little Lithuanian)mmm, an interesting guy!o jÅs?(and you?)aÅ kalbu lietuviÅkai, angliÅkai ir rusiÅkai â Åiek tiek lenkiÅkai.(I speak Lithuanian, English and Russian â a little Polish)ah, tikrai?(ah, really?)Åiek tiek ispaniÅkai(â a little Spanish)kaip idomu!(how interesting!) To add negation to a sentence itâs easy.  Just add ne- to the beginning of the verb.  He speaks Lithuanian - Jis kalba lietuviÅkai.  He doesnât speak Lithuanian â Jis nekalba lietuviÅkai.PraÅom pakartoti, please repeatâ I donât speak                                                      aÅ nekalbuyou donât speak (familiar)                                    tu nekalbihe doesnât speak                                                 jis nekalbashe does not speak                                              ji nekalbawe donât speak                                                   mes nekalbameyou donât speak                                                  jÅs nekalbateyou do not speak                                                 jÅs nekalbateyou all donât speak                                              jÅs nekalbatall of you donât speak                                          jÅs nekalbatethey donât speak (all males or male/female group)  jie nekalbathey donât speak (all males or male/female group)  jie nekalbathey donât speak (all females)                               jos nekalba Now letâs do some complete sentences â Good luck!  SÄkmÄs! I donât speak English                aÅ nekalbu angliÅkaiI donât speak Chinese               aÅ nekalbu kiniÅkaiI donât speak Indonesian           aÅ nekalbu indoneziÅkaiI speak Spanish                        aÅ kalbu ispaniÅkaiI speak Spanish well                 aÅ gerai kalbu ispaniÅkaiwhat does she speak?               kaip ji kalba?she speaks Italian and Latvian   ji kalba italiÅkai ir latviÅkaiI donât speak Italian very well   aÅ kalbu italiÅkai nelabai geraiwhat does she speak?               kaip ji kalba?she speaks Swahili                   ji kalba svahiliÅkaishe doesnât speak Swahili         ji nekalba svahiliÅkaiwhat do we speak?                  kaip mes kalbame?we speak Croatian                   mes kalbame kroatiÅkaiwe speak Croatian well            mes gerai kalbame kroatiÅkaiwe donât speak Croatian          mes nekalbame kroatiÅkaidoes he speak Malaysian?        ar jis kalba malaiziÅkai?what do we speak?                 kaip mes kalbame?we speak Portuguese               mes kalbam portugaliÅkaiwe speak Portuguese well        mes gerai kalbame portugaliÅkaiwe donât speak Portuguese      mes nekalbam portugaliÅkai atleiskite is a word that is basically means the same as atsipraÅau pardon me                                     atleiskiteexcuse me                                     atleiskitIâm sorry                                       atsipraÅaudo you speak Arabic?                     ar jÅs kalbate arabiÅkai?Iâm sorry, I donât speak Arabic very well atleiskite, aÅ kalbu arabiÅkai nelabai geraido you speak Turkish?                   ar jÅs kalbat turkiÅkai?what do you all of you speak?         kaip jÅs kalbate?do all of you speak Lithuanian?       ar jÅs kalbat lietuviÅkai?excuse me, I speak very little Lithuanian atleiskite, aÅ labai maÅai kalbu lietuviÅkaiwhat do all of you speak?               kaip jÅs kalbate?do you all speak English?                ar jÅs kalbat angliÅkai?do you speak Indonesian?              ar jÅs kalbate indoneziÅkai?pardon me, no, I donât speak Indonesian atleiskite, ne, aÅ nekalbu indoneziÅkaiwhat do they speak?                       kaip jie kalba?they speak Spanish                         jie kalba ispaniÅkaithey donât speak Spanish                 jie nekalba ispaniÅkaiwhat do they speak?                       kaip jos kalba?they speak Chinese                         jos kalba kiniÅkaithey donât speak Chinese                jos nekalba kiniÅkaiexcuse me, I donât speak French     atleiskite, aÅ nekalbu prancÅziÅkai.excuse me, I donât speak Russian    atleiskite, aÅ nekalbu rusiÅkai.excuse me, I donât speak Polish      atleiskite, aÅ nekalbu lenkiÅkai.excuse me, I donât speak English     atleiskite, aÅ nekalbu angliÅkai.do they speak French?                    ar jie kalba prancÅziÅkai?do they speak English?                   ar jos kalba angliÅkai?yes, they speak English                   taip, jos kalba angliÅkaido they speak Malaysian?               ar jos kalba malaiziÅkai?they speak Indonesian                    jos kalba indoneziÅkaibut they donât speak French            bet jos nekalba prancÅziÅkai Gerai!  Åaunu!  Great!  You made it to the end of another episode!  Nuostabu!  Wonderful! Alright!  Thatâs 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 thatâs in the title of every show or call our Skype voicemail at Lithuanianoutloud â thatâs one word, and leave us a message there.If youâd like to see the Lithuanian spelling of any word in this series just go to WWW dot Lithuanian dot L I B S Y N dot com.  If youâd like to get these episodes every time a new one is available just go to iTunes and do a search for Lithuanian Out Loud and click subscribe.  Itâs completely free.  But, if you donât want to subscribe on iTunes, just send us an email asking us to alert you every time a new episode hits the internet.  And feel free to make copies of our episodes, put them on cds and pass them out to your friends.Thanks to CCMixter.org, Ditto Ditto and Vieux Farka Toure for the podcast music.Thanks for tuning in, tell your friends about us, weâll see you on the next episode of Lithuanian Out Loud.Iâm Jack and Iâve never met a Lithuanian I didnât like.  Viso gero!  Sudie! 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Hi there, Iâm Jack and Iâm Raminta and welcome back to Lithuanian Out Loud where we offer the world the Lithuanian language. According to the free encyclopedia, Wikipedia, Åiauliai is the home to the Hill of Crosses or KryÅiÅ kalnas.  Beginning around 1831 people started leaving crosses on the hill.  During the Soviet Occupation of Lithuania between 1944 and 1990 the Russians bulldozed the hill three times but the crosses, crucifixes, carvings of national heros, effigies and rosaries were rebuilt.  There are no official rules regarding the hill so anyone who wishes can leave an object of their choosing. photograph:  The Hill of Crosses near Åiauliai, Lithuaniaphotographer:  Wojsyl (Wikipedia) Oh, did you know, that we, I think it was 19â1985 when my grandmother, my father and me drove to the Hill Cross of Åiauliai and left a cross and my father was digging and my grandmaâand I was playing there and we were kind ofâfast, fast, fast, that nobody would see.  Why?  Oh, you had to go fast because of the Soviets.  Right somebody can, you know, you can get into trouble.  Ah, so it was at night or during the day?  At day, at day, people - it was there, like you know, it was destroyed but then again people would do that.  And they really didnât want that somebody would see and then it would be really bad with their job and everything, you know so you wanted to be fast.  Oh, thatâs a cool story, I didnât know.  Thank you. In Lithuania, the first day of the week is Monday or pirmadienis.  Lithuanians and the English have very different methods of naming the days of the week.  In English the days of the week are capitalized, in Lithuanian you donât generally do that unless the day of the week is the first word in a sentence.  Just to demonstrate how different the names of the days of the week are in these two cultures, letâs run through the English systemâ Sunday comes from the Germanic Sun-nan-dag â a day to worship the Sun God.Monday comes from the Germanic Moh-nan-dag â a day to worship the Moon God.Tuesday comes from the Germanic Tee-wes-dag a day to worship Tyr, the god of combat and heroic glory.Wednesday is named for wohd-nes-dag or wohd-nes-dye, the day of the Germanic god Woden or Odin.Thursday is named for thoon-res-dag, the day to worship the thundergod Thor.Friday is named for free-ye-dag, the day of Frige, the Germanic goddess of beauty,Saturday is named for the Roman god of Saturn. In Lithuanian, basically, we say first-day, second-day, third-day, etcetera.  Letâs learn how to say, first, second, third â all days of the week are masculine. first                          pirmassecond                     antrasthird                         treÄiasfourth                       ketvirtasfifth                         penktassixth                         ÅeÅtasseventh                     septintaseighth                       aÅtuntasninth                        devintastenth                        deÅimtas The Lithuanian word for day is, diena, which is feminine.  Of course, weâve used this in the phrase, laba diena.  Now, letâs go over the days of the week.  Monday                  pirmadienis (sunki diena - hard day)Tuesday                 antradienisWednesday             treÄiadienisThursday                ketvirtadienisFriday                    penktadienisSaturday                 ÅeÅtadienis So, Raminta, before we do the last day, Sunday, if it follows this pattern, this day must be called septintadienis, right?  Oh well, what are you going to do?  Okay, so Sunday diverts from this system just a little. Sunday                  sekmadienis Åaunu!  Great!  You made it to the end of another episode!  Åaunu!Alright!  Thatâs 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 thatâs in the title of every show or call our Skype voicemail at Lithuanianoutloud â thatâs one word, and leave us a message there.If youâd like to see the Lithuanian spelling of any word in this series just go to WWW dot Lithuanian dot L I B S Y N dot com.  If youâd like to get these episodes every time a new one is available just go to iTunes and do a search for Lithuanian Out Loud and click subscribe.  Itâs completely free.  But, if you donât want to subscribe on iTunes, just send us an email asking us to alert you every time a new episode hits the internet.  And feel free to make copies of our episodes, put them on cds and pass them out to your friends.Thanks to CCMixter.org, Ditto Ditto and Vieux Farka Toure for the podcast music.Thanks for tuning in, tell your friends about us, weâll see you on the next episode of Lithuanian Out Loud.Iâm Jack and Iâve never met a Lithuanian I didnât like.  Viso gero!  Sudie! 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Keturioliktas Egzaminas.  This is a quick response episode!  Weâll say the word or phrase in English and you say it in Lithuanian â Out Loud!  Itâs too late for questions, the exam starts now.  Ready, set, go! this, that                                                      taiI like the city                                               man patinka miestasI like England                                              man patinka AnglijaI like this                                                     man tai patinkaI like that                                                     man tai patinkaI like the university                                       man patinka universitetasI like Lithuania                                             man patinka LietuvaI like it                                                         man tai patinkado you like Kaunas? (tu)                               ar tau patinka Kaunas?do you like the color? (tu)                             ar tau patinka spalva?do you like KlaipÄda? (tu)                             ar tau patinka KlaipÄda?do you like the coffee? (tu)                           ar tau patinka kava?do you like Romas? (JÅs)                              ar jums patinka Romas?yes, I like him                                              taip, patinkado you like Raminta? (JÅs)                            ar jums patinka Raminta?I like her                                                      patinkado you like England? (JÅs)                             ar jums patinka Anglija?does he like that?                                          ar jam tai patinka?he likes that                                                 jam tai patinkadoes she like that?                                        ar jai tai patinka?she likes that                                               jai tai patinkado they like to dance? (all male group)           ar jiems patinka Åokti?yeah, they like to dance                                taip, jiems patinka Åoktido they like to do sports? (mixed m/f group)   ar jiems patinka sportuoti?yes, they like to do sports                            taip, jiems patinka sportuotiVilnius is in Lithuania                                   Vilnius yra LietuvojeLithuania is in Europe                                  Lietuva yra Europoje    Egypt is in Africa                                        Egiptas yra AfrikojeSidney is in Australia                                   SidnÄjus yra AustralijojeChicago is in America                                 Äikaga yra AmerikojeMoscow is in Russia                                   Maskva yra RusijojeDublin is in Ireland                                     Dublinas yra AirijojeAsia                                                           AzijaChina is in Asia                                          Kinija yra AzijojeIndonesia is in Asia                                     Indonezija yra Azijojea sack                                                        maiÅassmall sack                                                  maiÅelisbird                                                           paukÅtisa nestling or a chick                                    paukÅtelisa manâs suit                                               kostiumasa womanâs suit                                           kostiumÄlisa pie                                                          pyragasa pastry                                                     pyragÄlisaÄiÅ dearpraÅom (youâre welcome)

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