Lithuanian Out Loud 0039 - Paukščio Namas Birdhouse

When you greet a Lithuanian at his or her house, flat or say the front door of a restaurant, whatever you do, don't shake hands across the threshold of the doorway.  Yeah, that one surprised me too but I was brusquely corrected on it recently. Now, of course, you can greet each other as your guest opens the door but the physical shaking of hands must be done either inside or outside the threshold.  If you do it wrong – baaaad luck! Same goes for kissing on the cheek with close friends.  Either the person who is at home opening the door must step out through the door and past the threshold or the guest or guests have to come all the way inside before kisses can be shared.  Same as a handshake – if you do it wrong, it's bad luck.  Who makes this stuff up, anyway?  How do you kiss Raminta?  Do you kiss on the left cheek first or right cheek first?  Straight to the lips!  But, really, traditionally.  Really?  With your girlfriend?  With the girlfriend.  Tradition – to the lips…oho…okay, something I didn't notice…bad luck…like with the kissing…but if I didn't see her for a little bit so on the right, on the left and then to the lips!  I see, oh, cool, okay. --- On this lesson we're going to stick with genitive declensions – had enough yet?  No, you haven't! - but this will be a relatively simple episode.  A new word we'll use today, amongst others, is the word for "price," as in the newspaper's price.  please repeat prašom pakartoti kaina                           price kaina                           a price kaina                           the price If a word ends in –tis or –dis then it has a slightly unusual declension in the genitive case or kilmininkas.  To do this lesson we'll have to learn some new vocabulary. First, let's start with a word we learned back in episode 25. Amerikietis                     an American male In the genitive a word that ends in –tis or "t-i-s" as this word does, changes to "-čio." So, Amerikietis would change to Amerkiečio. the American man's name         Amerikiečio vardas the American man's house        Amerikiečio namas the American man's wife           Amerikiečio žmona A man from Chicago might be called a Chicagoan.  A male from New York City might be called a "New Yorker."  A male who's from Vilnius -  "Vilnietis" the Vilnius man                    Vilnietis the man from Vilnius            Vilnietis So, the "Vilnius man's dog" would be… Vilniečio šuo the Vilnius man's car           Vilniečio mašina the Vilnius man's name        Vilniečio vardas Vytis is a man's name           Vytis Vytis' daughter                      Vyčio duktė Vytis' house                         Vyčio namas The word for hotel is viešbutis viešbutis                       hotel viešbutis                       hotel viešbutis                       hotel the hotel restaurant         viešbučio restoranas the hotel room                viešbučio kambarys the hotel restroom           viešbučio tualetas the word for newspaper is laikraštis laikraštis                         newspaper laikraštis                         the newspaper laikraštis                          a newspaper the newspaper's price       laikraščio kaina the newspaper's quality    laikraščio kokybė the word for "bird" is paukštis paukštis                        bird paukštis                        a bird paukštis                        the bird the bird's color              paukščio spalva the bird's name             paukščio vardas the bird's house             paukščio namas the word for bicycle is dviratis dviratis                        bicycle dviratis                        a bicycle dviratis                        the bicycle the bicycle's color         dviračio spalva the bicycle's location     dviračio vieta the bicycle's quality       dviračio kokybė Now let's go over some words that end in –dis or "d – i – s." The word for tree is medis medis                           tree medis                           a tree medis                           the tree the tree's color               medžio spalva the tree's location           medžio vieta the tree's name              medžio vardas If we could…let's talk about how you would name your aspen right in the front yard! The word for pigeon or the month of April is balandis. balandis                        pigeon balandis                        the pigeon balandis                        April the pigeon's color           balandžio spalva the pigeon's location       balandžio vieta …on the roof, in the balcony… an April day                   balandžio diena the word for December is gruodis gruodis                         December gruodis                         December gruodis                         December a December day             Gruodžio diena a December morning      Gruodžio rytas a December afternoon    Gruodžio vakaras the word for watch or clock is laikrodis laikrodis                       a watch laikrodis                       a clock laikrodis                       the wristwatch the watch's color            laikrodžio spalva the watch's quality          laikrodžio kokybė the watch's price            laikrodžio kaina …might be bad…