Lithuanian Out Loud 0138 - Gyvenimas Puikus Life Is Excellent

Hi there, this is Jack and welcome back to Lithuanian Out Loud.  Today we're in a new month!  In Latin Decem means ten.  December was the tenth month in the old Roman calendar.  Later, when January and February were added it became the 12th month but retained its old name.  In Lithuanian this month is gruodis from the word gruodas which roughly translates as "frozen mud clod."  In this month the mud choked dirt roads are made passable again as the ground freezes. According to a Baltic Times article entitled, "City of Women," there are 20% more women in Vilnius, Lithuania than men.  This is due to suicides, alcoholism, and men going to other countries to find work.  The article also states Lithuania has the highest number of road fatalities of all European countries. labą dieną good day labą dieną good day norėtumėm staliuką dviems prašau we would like a table for two, please trys žmonės? three persons? ne, tik du no, just two bet reikės penkiolika minučių palaukti but it's necessary for fifteen minutes to wait gerai, palauksim okay, we'll wait koks Jūsų vardas? what is your name? Kšanytė Kšanytė Kšanytė, gerai mes pakviesim jus kai staliukas bus paruoštas Kšanytė…okay, we'll call you when your table will be ready       o gal turite vietos prie baro? oh, maybe you have room at the bar? žinoma, Jūs galite atsisėsti prie baro ir jums nereikės laukti sure, you can sit at the bar and you won't have to wait puiku, mes taip ir padarysime ir išgersime taurę vyno great, we'll do that and drink a glass of wine puiku, prašom excellent, please ačiū thanks City of Women – Baltic Times http://www.alfa.lt/straipsnis/c80708 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. 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]  http://www.vieuxfarkatoure.com/ http://www.ccmixter.org/