Lithuanian Out Loud 0113 Beg - Mėgti To Like

Hi, this is Jack and welcome back to Lithuanian Out Loud.  This week we have two new verbs for you with lots of examples.  After the examples we go through a list of new words in vardininkas to help you understand all of the example sentences.  We've also got another super contribution done by Agnė iš Vilniaus.  Thanks again Agnė, you're awesome, please keep them coming.  I know everyone listening is really enjoying them.  Also, we're up to 32 positive reviews on our iTunes page.  If you'd like to help us get to our goal of 50 reviews, we'd really love to get some more from you.  So please, help us out if you can. Before we get started with today's Lithuanian, here is some input from Nicolas.  Thanks for the input and we'll try to keep the grammar coming for you.  Specifically, what are you looking for?  Please let us know. Hey Jack and Raminta, this is Nicolas, I'm calling from the Netherlands, but I'm originally from Colombia, I just wanted to tell you that your lessons have been very, very helpful.  I'm learning Lithuanian because I have a girlfriend from there…and I basically wanted to learn her language which is proving very difficult for now but your lessons have been very, very helpful.  I was wondering if maybe you could help with some of the grammar sheets, I'm only starting your lessons but it's probably one of the hardest things I've ever had to learn in Lithuanian.  So, if you could upload some of the basic grammar stuff, or more advanced grammar if you want to, that'd be great and of course you can use this feedback in your show.  Thank you very much and I hope we'll get to talk to you again, bye bye. Sveiki, aš Agnė. Today we will try to work a little bit on the pronunciation of Lithuanian "dvibalsiai" - diphthongs. I know a lot of students are struggling with this, so let's practice. There are nine dvibalsiai in Lithuanian: ai, au, ei, eu, ie, oi, ou, uo, ui, let's try to repeat each of them slowly: ai or ai - if the stress is on the letter a, it sounds like in mine,  - laimė, baimė, kailis, laiškas If the stress is on the letter i, it sounds like this: vaikas, baigti, Klaipėda, laikas (letter l has to be pronounced hard) Klaipėda, not Kleipėda, laikas, not leikas. the second diphthong… au or au - if the stress is on the letter a, it sounds like in house,  - aura, auksas, apgaulė, pasaulis  if the stress is on the letter u, it sounds like in own, - aukuras, paukštis, laukas, prausti   the third diphthong… ei - if the stress is on the letter e, it sounds like this - eibė, meilė, leisti, paveikslas, if the stress is on the letter i, it sounds like in game, - eiti, sveikas, keleivis, ateivis the next one… eu - I think we have no English example for this :) – but in Lithuanian it sounds like Europa, euras, eukaliptas, eutanazija ie - like in theater - pieva, vienas, miestas, Dievas oi - like in boy - oi, boikotas ou - like in home - klounas, šou uo - about the same as in watch... - uodas, duona, šuo, duoti ui - like in ruin - muilas, buivolas, luitas, muitas Congratulations, you went through all the nine diphthongs. So let's repeat all of them once more: ai or ai, au or au, ei or ei, eu, ie, oi, ou, uo, ui. Sometimes you can find three vowels in one place, starting with -i-: iai, iau, but it could be helpful for you to know, that "iai" is pronounced almost the same as "ei", and iau - as "eu": for example… gražiai, meiliai, gražiau, meiliau. That's it for today :)  Enjoy practicing :) Mėgti – to like Hi there, I'm Raminta and I'm Jack and welcome back to Lithuanian Out Loud where we offer the world the Lithuanian language. According to Wikipedia, Lithuania's special animals include the wolf (vilkas) and the bear (lokys). According to a popular legend, an iron wolf in Gediminas' dream encouraged the Grand Duke to establish Vilnius and make the city his capital. The Iron Wolf Mechanised Infantry Brigade (motorizuotoji pėstininkų brigada 'Geležinis vilkas') is now the core unit of the Lithuanian Army. The bear is an ancient symbol of Žemaitija, one of the regions of Lithuania, and appears in the coat of arms of Šiauliai district as well. An elk is shown in the Lazdijai district municipality coat of arms. Today we'll learn another way to say, for example, "I like Lithuania" using a different verb – mėgti.  I like Lithuania             man patinka Lietuva I like Lithuania             aš mėgstu Lietuvą So, you could say it either way?  Man patinka would be more common.  Aš mėgstu – kind of strange. Oh, then we need a different example.  Mėgstu Lietuvą, not a good idea.  What would you say is a good example?  Man patinka ir aš mėgstu for the same thing?  Aha, man patinka…kava?  Yeah, man patinka kava, aš mėgstu kavą.  Right, okay. Today we'll learn another way to say, for example, "I like coffee" using a different verb – mėgti.  I like coffee                 man patinka kava I like coffee                 aš mėgstu kavą The difference between the verbs patikti and mėgti is that patikti is not a strong liking of something.  Mėgti expresses a deeper emotion.  When you use mėgti you're saying you deeply like something.  Mėgti is a transitive verb so we decline the object of the sentence using the accusative case or galininkas.  Nemėgti declines using the genitive case or kilmininkas. The verb mėgti is always used with accusative aš mėgstu kriaušę I like the pear If we don't like something we use genitive aš nemėgstu kriaušės I don't like the pear prašom pakartoti, please repeat… to like  mėgti I like                                      aš mėgstu  you like                                  tu mėgsti  he likes                                   jis mėgsta  she likes                                  ji mėgsta  you like                                  jūs mėgstate  you all like                              jūs mėgstate  we like                                   mes mėgstame  they like                                 jie mėgsta  they like                                  jos mėgsta  to not like                              nemėgti I do not like                           aš nemėgstu you do not like                       tu nemėgsti he does not like                      jis nemėgta she does not like                   ji nemėgsta you do not like                       jūs nemėgstate you all don't like                    jūs nemėgstate we do not like                        mes nemėgstame they do not like                      jie nemėgsta they do not like                      jos nemėgsta aš I like to dance                        aš mėgstu šokti I really like music                   labai mėgstu muziką I like only Lithuanian bread   mėgstu tik lietuvišką duoną I like the cold                         mėgstu šaltą I don't like music                   nemėgstu muzikos I don't like Lithuanian bread nemėgstu lietuviškos duonos I don't like the cold                nemėgstu šalčio tu do you like pizza?                  ar tu mėgsti picą? you like the crabs, don't you? mėgsti krabus, ar ne? I know what you like              aš žinau ką tu mėgsti do you like the sandwich?     ar tu mėgsti sumuštinį? do you not like the pizza?       ar nemėgsti picos? you don't like the crabs?       ar nemėgsti krabų? you don't like the sandwich   nemėgsti sumuštinio jis he likes the food                     jis mėgsta maistą he likes the perch                   jis mėgsta ešerį he likes the woman               jis mėgsta moterį he doesn't like the food         jis nemėgsta maisto he doesn't like the perch       jis nemėgsta ešerio he doesn't like the woman     jis nemėgsta moters ji she likes the sister                 ji mėgsta seserį she likes the daughter           ji mėgsta dukterį she likes the village               ji mėgsta miestelį she doesn't like the sister       ji nemėgsta sesers she doesn't like the daughter ji nemėgsta dukters she doesn't like the village     ji nemėgsta miestelio mes we like the hotel                    mes mėgstame viešbutį we like the restaurant             mėgstame restoraną we like the beach                   mėgstame paplūdimį we don't like the hotel            mes nemėgstame viešbučio we don't like the restaurant   nemėgstame restorano we don't like the beach          nemėgstame paplūdimio jūs do you like the women?         ar jūs mėgstate moteris? do you like the sisters?         ar jūs mėgstate seseris? do you like the daughters?     ar jūs mėgstate dukteris? you don't like the women     jūs nemėgstate moterų you don't like the sisters       jūs nemėgstate seserų you don't like the daughters   jūs nemėgstate dukterų jūs do you all like the beer?         ar jūs mėgstate alų? do you all like the wine?         ar mėgstate vyną? do you all like the festival?     ar mėgstate festivalį? you all don't like the beer       jūs nemėgstate alaus you all don't like the wine     nemėgstate vyno you all don't like the festival   nemėgstate festivalio jie they like Brussels                   jie mėgsta Briuselį they like Prague                     jie mėgsta Prahą they like Paris                       jie mėgsta Paryžių they don't like Brussels         jie nemėgsta Briuselio they don't like Prague           jie nemėgsta Prahos they don't like Paris               jie nemėgsta Paryžiaus jos they like Athens                     jos mėgsta Atėnus they like Šiauliai                      jos mėgsta Šiaulius they like Trakai                       jos mėgsta Trakus they don't like Athens           jos nemėgsta Atėnų they don't like Šiauliai           jos nemėgsta Šiaulių they don't like Trakai             jos nemėgsta Trakų imperative – so, these might sound a little bit odd as imperatives or as commands but here they are: tu                                           mėk! mes                                        mėkime! jūs                                         mėkite! tu                                           nemėk! mes                                        nemėkime! jūs                                         nemėkite! and now, here are some miscellaneous examples... I like to disappoint                     aš mėgstu nuvilti I like challenges                             aš mėgstu iššūkius I like a challenge                            aš mėgstu iššūkį I like the Earth's smell                   aš mėgstu žemės kvapą I really like to sing                         aš labai mėgstu dainuoti I really like to dance                       aš labai mėgstu šokti I don't like people                         nemėgstu žmonių I don't like telephones                   nemėgstu telefonų I don't like to look at the news     nemėgstu žiūrėti žinių I don't like ice cream                     nemėgstu ledų I don't like to have new neighbors nemėgstu turėti naujų kaimynų vocabulary žodynas (vardininkas) a fish                žuvis the music         muzika bread                duona cold                 šaltas pizza                pica a crab                krabas a sandwich        sumuštinis food                 maistas a perch             ešerys a woman           moteris a sister             sesuo a daughter        duktė a village            miestelis a hotel              viešbutis a restaurant     restoranas a beach            paplūdimys beer                 alus wine                vynas festival            festivalis Brussels           Briuselis Prague            Praha Paris               Paryžius Athens            Atėnai Šiauliai            Šiauliai Trakai            Trakai to disappoint   nuvilti a challenge      iššūkis earth              žemė smell, odor      kvapas only                tik new                naujas, nauja a book            knyga a person          žmogus people            žmonės a telephone     telefonas telephones      telefonai to look at        žiūrėti ice                  ledas ice cream        ledai a neighbor       kaimynas neighbors        kaimynai Šaunu!  Great!  You made it to the end of another episode!  Puiku!  Excellent! 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