Lithuanian Out Loud 0019 - Tualetas Restroom

This week you learn where to party in Vilnius and how to ask for the restroom after drinking too heavily.  On the blogpage you'll find a link for watching Lithuanian television.  We'll also go through the Lithuanian alphabet.  You should learn it, but if you don't want to, well, no worries.  Enjoy! Vilnius hotspots recommended by Raminta: Club Pabo Latino, Trakų gatvė (gatvė = street) Club Absento Fėjos, Aušros Vartu gatvė Restaurant Žemaičiai, Vokiečių gatvė Recommended book:  Trise Prieš Mafiją by Daiva Vaitkevičiutė kudakuoja ir kudakuoja                  cackle and cackle zyzia ir zyzia                                 buzz and buzz trenkti laižiaką, feee!                      french kissing, ick! Here's the alphabet.  In parenthesis is the pronunciation. A a  (ah) Ą ą  (ą nosinė) B b  (bė) C c  (cė) "tsė" Č č  (čė) "chė" D d  (dė) E e  (e plačioji) Ę ę  (ę nosinė) Ė ė  (ė siauroji) F f  (ėf) G g  (gė) H h  (ha) I i  (i trumpoji) Į j  (į nosinė) Y y  (y ilgoji) J j  (jot) K k  (ka) L l  (ėl) M m  (ėm) N n  (ėn) O o  (oh) P p  (pee) R r  (ėr) S s  (ės) Š š  (ėš) T t  (tė) U u  (u trumpoji) Ų ų  (ų nosinė) Ū ū  (ū ilgoji) V v  (vė) Z z  (zė) Ž ž  (žė) Kur?                                                       Where? Tualetas                                                  Toilet Kur yra...?                                              Where is...? Kur yra tualetas?                                     Where is the restroom? Kur yra tualetas?                                     Where is the toilet? Atsiprašau, kur yra tualetas?  O, ačiu!       Excuse me, where is the toilet?  Oh, thank you! In Lithuanian we often drop the verb, "to be."  So, here we can drop "yra." You can be understood if you just say, "tualetas?" Tualetas is the Lithuanian word for a single toilet or restroom. Kur tualetas?                                           Where's the toilet? Kur restoranas?                                       Where's the restaurant? Kur baras?                                              Where is the bar? To view Lithuanian television:  http://www.tv.lt/mconsole.asp 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/