Lithuanian Out Loud 0183 Beg - Koks Didelis Pasaulis What A Big World

Koks Didelis Pasaulis What A Big World (with special guest-host Antanas)   Hi there, I'm Jack and I'm Antanas and welcome back to Lithuanian Out Loud where we offer the world the Lithuanian language.   Continuing with our description of Lithuanian banknotes, the 100 litas or šimtas litų banknote is decorated with the portrait of Simonas Daukantas who lived from 1793 to 1864.  Simonas wrote the first history of Lithuania in the Lithuanian language and he's credited with creating a sense of national awareness for the Lithuanian people.  The reverse of the bill features Vilnius Old Town.   Banknotes of the Lithuanian Litas http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Banknotes_of_the_Lithuanian_litas   Very well done.  This is easy.  Okay.  Have some beer! Today we continue with koks – not as a question word but more as an expression of surprise or exclamation you can use koks or kokia to say things like;   what a beautiful dog! what a tasty wine! what a big house!   Now for an important point.  If you are talking about something specific you can say things like what a beautiful dog, koks gražus šuo or what a tasty wine, koks skanus vynas.  But, if you're talking about something inspecific and you just want to say, how beautiful! or how tasty! then you wouldn't use koks or kokia.  You'd use kaip and add the neuter form of the adjective.     How beautiful, kaip gražu, how tasty, kaip skanu.   Think of it like this.  If you're going to use koks or kokia then you need to know the gender of the object.  Kaip is the word for how, like, as, than, as well as some others.  Kaip is genderless.     So, if you use koks or kokia which are concerned with gender, use them with masculine or feminine nouns.  Kaip doesn't care about gender, so use the neuter form of the adjective.   how beautiful                        kaip gražu   what a beautiful dog               koks gražus šuo   what a beautiful day                 kokia graži diena   how tasty                                kaip skanu   what a tasty sandwich              koks skanus sumuštinis   what a tasty pizza                    kokia skani pica   pradėkime, let's get started   1)  gražus or graži is an adjective that means beautiful 2)  bjaurus or bjauri is an adjective that means ugly or nasty 3)  didelis or didelė is an adjective that means big 4)  mažas or maža is an adjective that means small 5)  skanus or skani is an adjective that means tasty or delicious   Koks and kokia have the same meaning.  Koks is tied to masculine nouns.  Kokia is tied to feminine nouns.     The same goes for the adjectives gražus or graži, bjaurus or bjauri, didelis or didelė, skanus or skani, mažas or maža.     As you might have guessed, the adjective that ends in –s, is masculine.     So, if the noun is masculine we use the masculine adjective.   vocabulary - žodynas   weather                                   oras   sky or heaven                          dangus   sunset                                     saulėlydis   pimple                                    spuogas   a word                                    žodis   war                                         karas   thing                                       daiktas   rain                                         lietus   creature                                  padaras   pest                                        kenkėjas   insect                                      vabzdys   crab                                        krabas   eel                                          ungurys   world or universe                     pasaulis   spider                                      voras   elephant                                  dramblys   dictionary                                žodynas   puppy                                     šuniukas   garden                                    sodas   salary                                      atlyginimas   computer                                kompiuteris   baby                                       kūdikis   Oi is a word that expresses surprise, such as, oh! ah!  Oi, koks gražus šuo!  Oh, what a beautiful dog!   beautiful                                               gražus   what beautiful weather!                          koks gražus oras!   what a beautiful dog!                             koks gražus šuo!   what a beautiful morning!                       koks gražus rytas!   what a beautiful life!                              koks gražus gyvenimas!   what a beautiful evening!                        koks gražus vakaras!   whoa, what a beautiful sky!                    oi, koks gražus dangus!   how beautiful is Klaipėda's museum!      koks gražus yra Klaipėdos muziejus!   whoa, what a beautiful sunset!                oi, koks gražus saulėlydis!   whoa, what a beautiful car!                    oi, koks gražus automobilis!   whoa, what a beautiful watch!                oi, koks gražus laikrodis!   ugly                                                      bjaurus   what an ugly word!                                koks bjaurus žodis!   whoa, what an ugly pimple!                    oi, koks bjaurus spuogas!   what an ugly bird!                                 koks bjaurus paukštis!   what an nasty life!                                 koks bjaurus gyvenimas!   what an nasty war!                                koks bjaurus karas!   what an ugly thing!                                koks bjaurus daiktas!   what an ugly rain!                                  koks bjaurus lietus!   how ugly is today's weather!                  koks bjaurus šiandien oras!   what an ugly creature!                           koks bjaurus padaras!   what an ugly pest!                                 koks bjaurus kenkėjas!   what an ugly insect!                               koks bjaurus vabzdys!   delicious                                               skanus   what a tasty beer!                                  koks skanus alus!   wow, how tasty is the crab!                    oho, koks skanus yra krabas!   what tasty water!                                   koks skanus vanduo!   how tasty is Lithuanian food!                  koks skanus lietuviškas maistas!   how tasty is Italian food!                        koks skanus yra itališkas maistas!   whoa, how tasty is the Japanese food!     oi, koks skanus japoniškas maistas!   what a tasty pie!                                    koks skanus pyragas!   whoa, what a tasty eel!                          oi, koks skanus ungurys!   what tasty wine!                                    koks skanus vynas!   big                                                        didelis   what a big world!                                   koks didelis pasaulis!   what a big spider!                                   koks didelis voras!   what a big flat!                                       koks didelis butas!   what a big elephant!                                koks didelis dramblys!   whoa, what a big dog!                             oho, koks didelis šuo!   oh, what a big car!                                  oi, koks didelis automobilis!   oh, what a big house!                              oi, koks didelis namas!   oh, what a big room!                               oi, koks didelis kambarys!   what a big cepelinas!                               koks didelis cepelinas!   small                                                    mažas   what a small world!                               koks mažas pasaulis!   what a small dog!                                  koks mažas šuo!   what a small dictionary!                         koks mažas žodynas!   what a small puppy!                              koks mažas šuniukas!   what a small room!                                koks mažas kambarys!   what a small garden!                              koks mažas sodas!   what a small salary!                               koks mažas atlyginimas!   what a small computer!                          koks mažas kompiuteris!   what a small baby!                                 koks mažas kūdikis!   Šaunuoliai!  Excellent!  You made it to the end of another episode!  Puiku! Tai lengva! (That's easy!) Good job, Antanai!