Lithuanian Out Loud 0056 - Konstitucijos Prospektas Constitution Avenue

Hi there, I'm Jack.  Hi there I'm  Raminta and welcome back to Lithuanian Out Loud where we offer the world the Lithuanian language.  We're not teachers, but we do the best we can. What do you think about that?  It's good to try to do the best, I think! Recently, we talked about Saulė, the Lithuanian sun goddess of life, nature and fertility.  You might be surprised to know her most sacred animal is žaltys, a small harmless green grass snake.  The Lithuanian word for green is žalias.  So, žalias – green, žaltys – green grass snake. The žaltys spirit lives by the stove but to ensure fertility and wealth for the family a living žaltys snake was kept in a special corner of the home and at times the entire family would not only recite prayers to it, they would invite the green grass snake to share a meal at the dinner table. That would be a lot of fun! Elena Bradūnas has written a wonderful story for the magazine Lituanus named, If You Kill A Snake – The Sun Will Cry.  You can find a link to the article on the Lithuanian Out Loud blogpage.  According to the article, written in 1975, Elena states, "to this day in Lithuania, the gabled roofs are occasionally topped with serpent-shaped carvings in order to protect the household from evil powers."  --- Since we touched on it in the last lesson, let's work some more on naming things.  It's fairly simple and you've already seen it.  We just use kilmininkas or the genitive case.  This is all simple stuff assuming you've studied lessons 0022, 0030, 0031, 0033, 0037, and 0039 on kilmininkas. Here's some new vocabulary for you. First, let's go over the words in vardininkas or the naming case.  Kaip pasakyti lietuviškai?  How do you say it in Lithuanian? an avenue                                    prospektas the avenue                                   prospektas a bridge                                       tiltas the bridge                                    tiltas the constitution                            konstitucija a constitution                               konstitucija freedom                                      laisvė freedom                                      laisvė Europe                                       Europa Europe                                       Europa the townhall                                rotušė a townhall                                   rotušė art                                              dailė fine art                                        dailė the museum                                muziejus a museum                                   muziejus Now we'll name things using kilmininkas or the genitive case, for example, what's the name of the street?  It's name is University Street.  What's the name of the park?  It's named Europe Park.  In the following examples we'll give the streets, the squares, the avenues, the parks and the museums names.  These are all real locations in Vilnius, Lithuania. please repeat prašom pakartoti University Street                        Universiteto gatvė University Street                        Universiteto gatvė Tower Street                              Bokšto gatvė Tower Street                              Bokšto gatvė Castle Street                               Pilies gatvė Castle Street                               Pilies gatvė Bridge Street                              Tilto gatvė Bridge Street                              Tilto gatvė Vilnius Street                              Vilniaus gatvė Vilnius Street                              Vilniaus gatvė Townhall Square                         Rotušės aikštė Townhall Square                         Rotušės aikštė Cathedral Square                        Katedros aikštė Cathedral Square                        Katedros aikštė Vilnius Square                            Vilniaus aikštė Vilnius Square                            Vilniaus aikštė Europe Square                            Europos aikštė Europe Square                            Europos aikštė Gediminas Avenue                      Gedimino prospektas Gediminas Avenue                      Gedimino prospektas Constitution Avenue                    Konstitucijos prospektas Constitution Avenue                     Konstitucijos prospektas Vytautas Avenue                         Vytauto prospektas Vytautas Avenue                         Vytauto prospektas Freedom Avenue                          Laisvės prospektas Freedom Avenue                         Laisvės prospektas Bend Park                                  Vingio parkas Bend Park                                  Vingio parkas Europe Park                               Europos parkas Europe Park                               Europos parkas The Amber Museum                   Gintaro muziejus Amber Museum                          Gintaro muziejus The Castle Museum                    Pilies muziejus Castle Museum                           Pilies muziejus The Art Museum                         Dailės muziejus Art Museum                                Dailės muziejus Castle Bridge                               Pilies tiltas Castle Bridge                               Pilies tiltas So, we started with vardininkas, changed to kilmininkas in order to name things, and now let's change all these examples to galininkas or the accusative declension using į, or to, but first let's learn three more conjugations of the verb važiuoti. we're going                                                        mes važiuojame we're going                                                       mes važiuojame they're going (males only or male/female group)  jie važiuoja they're going (males only or male/female group)  jie važiuoja they're going (females only)                                jos važiuoja they're going (females only)                              jos važiuoja Now for something challenging.  We'll say a destination in English and we'll say, mes, jie or jos.  You conjugate the verb and decline the destination and say the sentence in Lithuanian.  For example, we'll say, "University Street – mes." Your response should be, "Mes važiuojame į Universiteto gatvę."  We're going to University Street. Just a reminder - when you use the verb važiuoti, you're saying, to go, to drive, or to ride, using a car, a bus, a train, a bicycle, whatever. You're not talking about walking. sėkmės!  good luck! University Street (mes)                mes važiuojame į Universiteto gatvę Tower Street (mes)                      mes važiuojame į Bokšto gatvę Castle Street (mes)                      mes važiuojame į Pilies gatvę Bridge Street (mes)                      mes važiuojame į Tilto gatvę Vilnius Street (mes)                      mes važiuojame į Vilniaus gatvę Townhall Square (jie)                   jie važiuoja į Rotušės aikštę Cathedral Square (jie)                   jie važiuoja į Katedros aikštę Vilnius Square (jie)                      jie važiuoja į Vilniaus aikštę Europe Square (jie)                      jie važiuoja į Europos aikštę Gediminas Avenue (jie)                 jie važiuoja į Gedimino prospektą Constitution Avenue (jos)              jos važiuoja į Konstitucijos prospektą Vytautas Avenue (jos)                  jos važiuoja į Vytauto prospektą Freedom Avenue (jos)                  jos važiuoja į Laisvės prospektą Bend Park (jos)                            jos važiuoja į Vingio parką Europe Park (jos)                         jos važiuoja į Europos parką Amber Museum (jos)                    jos važiuoja į Gintaro muziejų Amber Museum (aš)                    aš važiuoju į Gintaro muziejų Castle Museum (aš)                    aš važiuoju į Pilies muziejų Art Museum (aš)                          aš važiuoju į Dailės muziejų Sveikinu laimėjus!  Congratulations on making it through another episode!  Sveikinu laimėjus! If you kill a snake, the sun will cry http://www.lituanus.org/1975/75_1_01.htm 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. If you'd 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 you'd like to get these lessons every time a new one is available just go to iTunes and do a search for Lithuanian Out Loud and click subscribe.  It's completely free.  But, if you don't 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 lessons, 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, we'll see you on the next episode of Lithuanian Out Loud. I'm Jack and I've never met a Lithuanian I didn't like.  Viso gero!  Sudie! http://www.Lithuanian.Libsyn.com Skype voicemail:  Lithuanianoutloud email Raminta and Jack at: [email protected] 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/