Lithuanian Out Loud 0018 - Spalva Color

Hey!  It's our first ever intermediate lesson!  What's the name of the largest city on Lithuania's west coast?  Do you pronounce it right?  Raminta's in stitches interviewing Jonas about cars.  Jonas likes the color red as much as he likes Soviet people.  Hmmm, does that mean he likes or dislikes red?  Raminta: Labas, pas tave...............ai, žodžiu neišeina.  :) Raminta:Labas, planuoju pirkti automobilį, norėjau pasiteirauti ką pasiūlytum? Hi, I'm planning to buy an automobile, I wanted to inquire, what do you advise? planuoti                                                         to plan pirkti                                                             to buy norėti                                                            to want pasiteirauti                                                     to inquire, to ask pasiūlyti                                                         to advise Jonas: Nu tai mašinų daug yra, daug yra visokių kaip sakant, visokių rūšių, o kokios tu norėtum? Well, there are a lot of cars, there are many types, like so to say, various grades, so what would you like? nu – well... what... (a used to fill time while forming a thought) visoks                                                           sorts, types kaip sakant… taip sakant…                             "so to say..." pirma rūšis, pirmos rūšies                                first rate Raminta: Norėčiau sportinio automobilio. I would like a sports car. Jonas: Nu sportiniai, aišku, geros mašinos, bet ką aš apie jas galvoju, nu mano amžiui tai jos perkietos yra, bet jaunimui važinėti gal ir yra smagu.  O kokios markės tu norėtum pirkt? Oh well sport cars, clearly, good cars, but what I think about them, well for my age they are too hard, but for youngsters to ride, maybe it's cool.  So which brands would you like to buy? aišku                                                      clearly galvoti                                                    to think of, to think about kietas                                                      hard jaunimas                                                 youth, young people važinėti                                                   to drive around, to ride about smagus                                                    pleasant, pleasing Raminta: Porsche automobilio, Porsche Carrera. A Porsche automobile, Porsche Carrera. Jonas: Porsche labai brangios yra. Porsche is very expensive. brangus                                                        dear, expensive, costly Raminta: Brangios, o kokios sportinės mašinos yra pigios? Expensive, so what sport cars are cheap? pigus                                                             cheap, low-priced Jonas: Nu yra, gal amerikietiškos yra, o pontiakai mačiau yra, yra mazdos, yra tojotos, jos neamerikietiškos, jos japoniškos yra, bet gal jų kokybė kiek geresnė. Oh well, maybe American (cars) are, Pontiacs I saw are, Mazdas are, Toyotas are, they are not American, they are Japanese, but maybe their quality is better. matyti                                                           to see kokybė                                                         quality geresnis                                                        better Raminta: Nežinau, ir dar galvoju apie spalvą, man patinka balta ir smėlio spalva, bet nežinau.  Kokios spalvos tau patinka? I don't know, and I'm also thinking about color, I like white and sand color, but I don't know.  What colors do you like? nežinoti                                                       to not know spalva                                                         color patikti                                                          to be pleased, to like baltas                                                          white smėlis, smėlys                                              sand Jonas: Man tai kaip tarybiniam žmogui patinka raudona spalva. As much as a soviet person I like the color red. tarybinis                                                       soviet raudonas                                                      red raudona spalva                                             red color žmogus                                                        person Raminta: Raudona spalva, oi, o man raudona nepatinka, nes visą vaikystę turėjau raudonus automobilius. Red color, oh, I don't like red color, because my entire childhood I had red automobiles. nepatikti                                                    to not be pleased, to not like vaikystė                                                     childhood Jonas: Nu tai reikia pirkt kokia patinka. So then you need to buy what you like. Raminta: Gerai, ačiū už konsultaciją. Okay, thanks for the consultation. konsultacija                                               consultation Jonas: Nėra už ką.                                          It's nothing. Notes - phone conversation between Raminta and Jack Planuoju pirkti namą                             I'm planning to buy a house Aš planuoju pirkti butą                          I'm planning to buy a flat Aš planuoju važiuoti į Dominikos Respubliką     I'm planning to travel to the Dominican Republic Planuoju vakarėlį                                 I'm planning an evening party Planuoju eiti į mokyklą                         I'm planning to go to school Planuoju važiuoti į Maskvą                   I'm planning to go to Moscow Aš planuoju studijuoti Lietuvoje            I'm planning to study in Lithuania Aš planuoju dirbti Kaune                      I'm planning to work in Kaunas Aš planuoju gyventi Klaipėdoje            I'm planning to live in Klaipėda Man patinka balta...                            I like white... Man patinka žalia ir geltona spalva       I like green and yellow color Man patinka mėlyna ir ruda spalva       I like blue and brown color Ačiū už pagalbą                                  Thanks for the help Ačiū už viską                                       Thanks for everything To see Raminta's book, go here: http://www.versus.lt/Pub/default.aspx?Page=BookDetails&ID=364 Thanks to:  CCMixter.org, ditto ditto, and Vieux Farka Touré for allowing us to use the music for this podcast. http://www.vieuxfarkatoure.com/ http://www.ccmixter.org/ [email protected]