Lithuanian Out Loud 0052 - Man Tai Patinka I Like This

Ready Freddy, Man tai patinka! Okay!  Finally!  It's been so long, where have you been dear? Maybe you've been skiing? I've been skiing!!!  Like the wind!  From the mountains – down – fast! Hi there, I'm Jack and I'm Raminta and welcome back to Lithuanian Out Loud where we offer the world the Lithuanian language.  Here we are still in the month of February which in Lithuanian is…vasaris. One of our listeners named Autumn sent me an email alerting us to something interesting.  The prime minister of Lithuania is leading a commission that is considering a proposal to change Lithuania's name in English.  Of course, Lithuania's name wouldn't be affected in Chinese, German, French, Lithuanian, etcetera. The commission feels that English speakers not only confuse Lithuania and Latvia, they have trouble locating the Baltic nations on a map .  The Lithuanian government is very interested in promoting investments and tourism and they think a name change might just do the trick.  Thanks for the email and the interesting topic Autumn! Have you heard about this Raminta? No! It's kind of interesting. It sounds interesting, I should look. What do you think Lithuania should be called in English? Lietuva! Because of the conversation I had with Margarita in lesson 0051, maybe it's time to learn how to say, "I like" something.  For example, I like the coffee – man patinka kava.  The verb patikti means, "to please."  Here we're actually saying, "to me is pleasing the coffee." prašom pakartoti please repeat I like the city                               man patinka miestas I like the city                               man patinka miestas I like the university                       man patinka universitetas I like the university                      man patinka universitetas I like Lithuania                            man patinka Lietuva I like Lithuania                            man patinka Lietuva To get technical, the first word here – man – is an example of naudininkas or the dative case combined with the third person present of the verb patikti.  But, we're not going to study naudininkas much on this episode.  We'll save it for later. prašom pakartoti, please repeat… I like                                           man patinka I like                                           man patinka you like (familiar)                         tau patinka you like (familiar)                          tau patinka he likes                                        jam patinka he likes                                        jam patinka she likes                                        jai patinka she likes                                       jai patinka we like                                         mums patinka we like                                         mums patinka you like (formal)                            jums patinka you like (formal)                           jums patinka you all like                                    jums patinka you all like                                    jums patinka they like (male or male/female)       jiems patinka they like (male or male/female)       jiems patinka they like (all females)                     joms patinka they like (all females)                     joms patinka Now let's run through some examples… Do you like Madonna? (tu)            Ar tau patinka Madona? Do you like Madonna? (tu)            Ar tau patinka Madona? Yes, I like Madonna                      Taip, man patinka Madona Yes, I like Madonna                      Taip, man patinka Madona Do you like ABBA? (tu) ABBA – likes my father – for sure! Ar tau patinka ABBA? Do you like ABBA? (tu)                Ar tau patinka ABBA? Yes, I like ABBA                          Taip, man patinka ABBA Yes, I like ABBA                          Taip, man patinka ABBA Do you like Romas? (Jūs)              Ar jums patinka Romas? Do you like Romas? (Jūs)              Ar jums patinka Romas? Yes, I like him                              Taip, patinka Yes, I like him                              Taip, patinka Do you like Raminta (Jūs)              Ar jums patinka Raminta? Do you like Raminta (Jūs)              Ar jums patinka Raminta? I like her                                       Patinka I like her                                       Patinka Do you like England? (Jūs)            Ar jums patinka Anglija? Do you like England? (Jūs)            Ar jums patinka Anglija? I like England                               Man patinka Anglija I like England                               Man patinka Anglija The word "tai" translates as, this, that, these, or those Do you like this? (tu)                    Ar tau tai patinka? Do you like this? (tu)                    Ar tau tai patinka? I like this                                     Man tai patinka I like this                                     Man tai patinka Do you like those? (Jūs)               Ar jums tai patinka? Do you like those? (Jūs)                Ar jums tai patinka? I like them                                   Man tai patinka I like them                                   Man tai patinka Does he like that?                         Ar jam tai patinka? Does he like that?                          Ar jam tai patinka? He likes that                                 Jam tai patinka He likes that                                 Jam tai patinka Does she like these?                      Ar jai tai patinka? Does she like these?                      Ar jai tai patinka? She likes these                              Jai tai patinka She likes these                              Jai tai patinka We can also use this with the infinitive of a verb. Do they like to dance? (all male)         Ar jiems patinka šokti? Do they like to dance? (all male)         Ar jiems patinka šokti? Yeah, they like to dance                     Taip, jiems patinka šokti Yeah, they like to dance                     Taip, jiems patinka šokti Do they like to do sports? (mixed m/f)  Ar jiems patinka sportuoti? Do they like to do sports? (mixed m/f)  Ar jiems patinka sportuoti? Yes, they like to do sports                   Taip, jiems patinka sportuoti Yeah, they like to do sports                 Taip, jiems patinka sportuoti Do they like to sing? (all female)          Ar joms patinka dainuoti? Do they like to sing? (all female)          Ar joms patinka dainuoti? They like to sing                                 Joms patinka dainuoti They like to sing                                 Joms patinka dainuoti Sometimes people really like to do something… Do they like to swim? (all girls)     Ar joms patinka plaukioti? Do they like to swim? (all girls)     Ar joms patinka plaukioti? They really like to swim               Joms labai patinka plaukioti They really like to swim               Joms labai patinka plaukioti Do you all like to play?                 Ar jums patinka žaisti? Do you all like to play?                 Ar jums patinka žaisti? Yes, we really like to play             Taip, mums labai patinka žaisti Yes, we really like to play             Taip, mums labai patinka žaisti Do all of you like the club?           Ar jums patinka klubas? Do all of you like the club?           Ar jums patinka klubas? Oh, we really like the club             O, mums labai patinka klubas Oh, we really like the club             O, mums labai patinka klubas Now, during my interview with Margarita from Vilnius, I asked her, ar jums patinka gerti kavą?  We'll go over this only because we touched on it on the last lesson.  Gerti is the verb, to drink.  Coffee, or kava, receives the direct action of the verb – you drink the coffee.  Sorry to get so technical with you.  So, kava is declined using galininkas. Do you like to drink coffee?               Ar jums patinka gerti kavą? Do you like to drink coffee?               Ar jums patinka gerti kavą? I like to drink coffee                          Man patinka gerti kavą I like to drink coffee                          Gerti kavą - patinka I like to drink coffee                          Gerti kavą - patinka Does he like to drink coffee?               Ar jam patinka gerti kavą? Does he like to drink coffee?               Ar jam patinka gerti kavą? He likes it                                          Jam patinka He likes it                                         Jam patinka Does she like to drink coffee?             Ar jai patinka gerti kavą? Does she like to drink coffee?            Ar jai patinka gerti kavą? She likes it                                        Jai patinka She likes it                                       Jai patinka Where does he like to drink coffee?    Kur jam patinka gerti kavą? Where does he like to drink coffee?    Kur jam patinka gerti kavą? Where does she like to drink coffee?   Kur jai patinka gerti kavą? Where does she like to drink coffee?   Kur jai patinka gerti kavą? Now, if we answer the last two questions we'll start to get into the locative case, or vietininkas.  That lesson is still about five episodes away, but we'll get there.  Also, you probably noticed we didn't go over how to say we don't like something.  Another lesson.  To wrap this up let's do some more simple examples. I like Klaipėda                                   Man patinka Klaipėda I like Klaipėda                                   Man patinka Klaipėda Do you like the color? (tu)                  Ar tau patinka spalva? Do you like the color? (tu)                   Ar tau patinka spalva? He likes the location                           Jam patinka vieta He likes the location                           Jam patinka vieta She likes the car                                 Jai patinka mašina She likes the car                                  Jai patinka mašina We like the country                             Mums patinka šalis We like the country                             Mums patinka šalis Do you like the restaurant? (Jūs)           Ar jums patinka restoranas? Do you like the restaurant? (Jūs)          Ar jums patinka restoranas? Do you all like the coffee shop?            Ar jums patinka kavinė? Do you all like the coffee shop?           Ar jums patinka kavinė? They like the flat (male/female group)   Jiems patinka butas They like the flat (male/female group)   Jiems patinka butas They like the bookstore (female group)   Joms patinka knygynas They like the bookstore (female group)   Joms patinka knygynas Nuostabu!  Wonderful!  You made it to the end of another lesson!  Nuostabu! On this lesson you were introduced to quit a few new verbs such as gerti – to drink, and šokti – to dance, to name a couple.  We plan to do a lesson in the future for every verb we go over.  So, eventually expect to see an episode focused just on gerti, a lesson focused just on šokti, etcetera. Alright, that's it for today, we'd like to thank you very much for listening, we appreciate it. To leave us comments call our voicemail number that's in the title of every show or call our Skype voicemail at Lithuanianoutloud – that's one word, and leave us a message there. 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