Lithuanian Out Loud 0105 - Autobusų Stotis The Bus Station

Hi there, this is Jack and welcome back to Lithuanian Out Loud.  Before we get on with today's episode it's time again for Agnė iš Vilniaus! Agnė says the idea today is to repeat a sentence that has many similar hard to pronounce sounds as quickly as you can.  In English these are called tongue-twisters. Thanks for sending us this contribution Agne!  It means a lot to us that you're helping us out.  Take it away, Agne! How quickly could you say that? Geri vyrai geroj girioj gerą girą gėrė gerdami gyrė The good men in a big good forest were drinking delicious kvass (Lithuanian national drink) Geri vyrai geroj girioj gerą girą gėrė gerdami gyrė It's easy, isn't it?  But, what about that? Šešios žąsys su šešiais žąsyčiais Six (female) geese with six goslings Don't worry if you don't succeed the first time because most Lithuanians will say it like that… It's okay, you need just some more practice and soon you will be able to say it like this: Šešios žąsys su šešiais žąsyčiais Good luck! Prašom, Mylimoji!  Hi there, I'm Raminta and I'm Raminta's husband, Jack and welcome back to Lithuanian Out Loud where we offer the world the Lithuanian language.  Today we're in the month of July which in Lithuanian is Liepa. An old Lithuanian tradition says if you light anything with a candle, a sailor dies.   Why?  Long ago in winter months sailors didn't have much of an income and some sold matches to make ends meet.  So, if you light something with a candle, you're cheating a poor sailor out of his paycheck. Have you ever heard of this, Dear? pradėkime, let's get started In past episodes we practiced a lot of possession using the genitive case or kilmininkas such as the man's name, vyro vardas or the dog's water, šuns vanduo. Today we'll tackle the genitive in the plural such as the children's dog, or a dog which belongs to many children, a children's doctor, or a doctor who treats many children, a children's book, the men's restroom, the women's team, women's health. You'll be happy to know it's easily learned with little study.  On this episode we'll focus on masculine nouns, feminine nouns on a later episode. Masculine nouns end like this… -as changes to –ų -is changes to –ių -ys changes to –ių -us changes to –ų -ius changes to –ių and -uo changes to –enų The most important thing to remember here is that the plural genitive always ends in -ų Before we get started, here's some new vocabulary.  prašom pakartoti… vocabulary žodynas when doing žodynas – once slow, once normal speed (here Raminta accidently reads episode notes not meant for the audience) basketball krepšinis basketball                    krepšinis health                          sveikata health                          sveikata music                          muzika the music                    muzika tradition                      tradicija tradition                      tradicija a male doctor              gydytojas the male doctor           gydytojas a culture                     kultūra the culture                  kultūra hospital                      ligoninė hospital                      ligoninė a territory                   teritorija the territory                teritorija a history                    istorija the history                 istorija a system                    sistema a system                    sistema pie                            pyragas a pie                          pyragas juice                         sultys juice                         sultys group                        grupė group                        grupė a school                    mokykla school                       mokykla director                     direktorius director                     direktorius association                 asociacija association                 asociacija exhibition                   paroda exhibition                   paroda food                          maistas food                          maistas booth                         kasa booth                         kasa sanctuary                   šventovė sanctuary                   šventovė the flu                        gripas the flu                        gripas Keep in mind that ų nosinė and ū ilgoji sound the same; they both have the long -oo sound.  For plural genitive we use ų nosinė to be grammatically correct. So, let's go over some examples.  Don't worry about learning every word.  We just want you to learn the genitive plural. man                           vyras men                           vyrai a men's restroom         vyrų tualetas men's basketball          vyrų krepšinis men's health               vyrų sveikata a child                        vaikas children                      vaikai the children's dog         vaikų šuo a children's doctor        vaikų gydytojas a children's book          vaikų knyga a children's hospital      vaikų ligoninė an American male        amerikietis the American males     amerikiečiai the American's auto     amerikiečių automobilis the American's music   amerikiečių muzika the American's history  amerikiečių istorija a Lithuanian male        lietuvis the Lithuanians            lietuviai Lithuanian's history      lietuvių istorija Lithuanian's culture      lietuvių kultūra Lithuanian tradition     lietuvių tradicija train                           traukinys trains                          traukiniai trains' station or the train station          traukinių stotis train system               traukinių sistema So, we think you get the idea.  Here are some more examples. an apple                     obuolys apples                         obuoliai apple pie                     obuolių pyragas apple juice                  obuolių sultys an actor                      aktorius actors                         aktoriai the actors' group         aktorių grupė the actors' school        aktorių mokykla a museum                   muziejus museums                     muziejai the museums' director  muziejų direktorius the museums' association   muziejų asociacija a stone                          akmuo the stones                      akmenys the stones' location        akmenų vieta the stones' color            akmenų spalva the dog                         šuo the dogs                        šunys the dog exhibition          šunų paroda the dog park                 šunų aikštelė automobile                    automobilis automobiles                  automobiliai the car club                   automobilų klubas the car museum             automobilų muziejus the ticket                       bilietas tickets                           bilietai ticket booth                   bilietų kasa ticket collector               bilietų kontrolierius ticket price                    bilietų kaina bus                               autobusas buses                            autobusai the bus station               autobusų stotis a bird                            paukštis birds                             paukščiai bird sanctuary                paukščių šventovė bird flu                          paukščių gripas Šaunu!  Great!  You made it to the end of another episode!  Nuostabu!  Wonderful! Puiku!  Excellent!  You made it to the end of another episode!  Puiku! Alright!  That's it for today!  Thanks for the download!  If you got anything out of this lesson please leave us a review on our iTunes page. 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 episodes 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 episodes, put them on cds and pass them out to your friends. 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