Lithuanian Out Loud 0106 - Skulptūrų Parkas Sculpture Park

Hi there, I'm Jack and I'm Raminta and welcome back to Lithuanian Out Loud where we offer the world the Lithuanian language.  Today we're in a new month!  August was named in honor of Augustus Caesar in the year eight before the common era (8 BCE).  In Lithuanian this month is rugpjūtis, named after the word for rye, rugiai and pjauti, to cut.  It's rye cutting month. Here's some food for thought.  I remind people not to refer to Lithuania as a former part of the Soviet Union.  Calling Lithuania a nation that was once part of the Soviet Union or as the former Soviet Republic Lithuania sounds like Lithuania and Russia went through an amical divorce.  It's like saying to a Frenchman or Dutchman, hey, aren't you guys formerly part of the Nazi Empire?  Nah, don't do it, it won't make you any new friends. pradėkime, let's get started In past episodes we practiced a lot of possession using the genitive case or kilmininkas such as the wife's name, žmonos vardas, or Eglė's husband, Eglės vyras. Today we'll tackle the genitive in the plural such as the women's restroom, or the restroom of many women, the countries' history, as in the history of many countries, the car factory, or the factory which has many cars. You'll be happy to know it's easily learned with little study.  On this episode we'll focus on feminine nouns. feminine nouns end like this… -a changes to –ų -ė changes to –ių -is changes to –ų -uo changes to –erų and -ė (as in duktė) changes to -erų The most important thing to remember here is that the plural genitive always ends in -ų vocabulary - žodynas factory                    gamykla production               gamyba company                  kompanija hive                         avilys wax                        vaškas swarm                    spiečius equipment               įranga workshop               dirbtuvė association              asociacija portrait                    portretas children                  vaikai catalog                     katalogas 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 ending. the car                            mašina the cars                           mašinos the car factory                 mašinų gamykla the car production            mašinų gamyba the car company               mašinų kompanija a sculpture                       skulptūra sculptures                       skulptūros the sculpture museum       skulptūrų muziejus sculpture park                 skulptūrų parkas a bee                               bitė the bees                          bitės the bee's hive or beehive  bičių avilys bee's wax                        bičių vaškas bee's swarm                    bičių spiečius the store                         parduotuvė the stores                        parduotuvės the stores' location           parduotuvių vieta the stores' catalog            parduotuvių katalogas woman                           moteris women                           moterys women's basketball         moterų krepšinis women's health               moterų sveikata women's restroom           moterų tualetas a country                        šalis the countries                   šalys the countries' history       šalių istorija the countries' culture       šalių kultūra the countries' territory      šalių teritorija a rowboat                        valtis boats                              valtys the boats' equipment        valčių įranga the boats' workshop         valčių dirbtuvė the boats' color               valčių spalva a daughter                      duktė daughters                       dukterys the daughters' family      dukterų šeima the daughters' portrait     dukterų portretas sister                              sesuo sisters                             seserys the sisters' children          seserų vaikai the sisters' portrait            seserų portretas Šaunu!  Great!  You made it to the end of another episode!  Nuostabu!  Wonderful! 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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]  http://www.vieuxfarkatoure.com/ http://www.ccmixter.org/