Lithuanian Out Loud 0208 - Per Daug Pipiru Too Much Pepper

Per Daug Pipiru Too Much Pepper   Hi there, I'm Jack and I'm Eglė and welcome back to Lithuanian Out Loud where we offer the world the Lithuanian language.   A Lithuanian diplomat, Vytautas Pociūnas supposedly fell from a hotel room window in the city of Brest, Belarus in 2006.  Belarus claimed the Lithuanian security officer was drunk and he fell from his ninth-floor hotel room by accident.  Lithuanian politicians and journalists accused Belarussian and Russian secret services of killing the Lithuanian security officer.   You heard about this.  I heard, this…byla (case)…was very popular in Lithuania, and every, I don't know, maybe, few months, every day in the newspapers was discussion about this, Vytautas Pociūnas, because there was a lot of talk about this.   Lithuanians cautious on Belarus claim that dead diplomat was drunk http://bhtimes.blogspot.com/2006_08_29_archive.html --- Some nouns do not have a singular form.  For example, you don't have one scissor, one pant or one sunglass.  You have scissors, pants and sunglasses.  These don't have a singular form.  Here's a list of just some Lithuanian nouns that are always plural and never singular.   Since these words are already plural they can use the plural genitive.  On a previous episode we stressed no plural form – no plural genitive.   On this episode we're focused on nouns used in the plural only.  These nouns are already in the plural so it's easy to use the plural genitive when we're talking about an unspecific number.   First we'll say the word in vardininkas, then we'll give an example using per daug - too much or too many.   too much, too many         per daug   pepper                                   pipirai   too much pepper                per daug pipirų   pasta                                     makaronai   too much pasta                   per daug makaronų   glue                                       klijai   too much glue                      per daug klijų   paint                                      dažai   too much paint                    per daug dažų   gas                                          dujos   too much gas                       per daug dujų   yeast                                       mielės   too much yeast                     per daug mielių   ash                                         pelenai   too much ash                       per daug pelenų   lard                                        taukai   too much lard                      per daug taukų   a funeral                               laidotuvės   too many funerals               per daug laidotuvių   a wedding                            vestuvės   too many weddings            per daug vestuvių   a battle                                  kautynės   too many battles                 per daug kautynių   a divorce                                skyrybos   too many divorces              per daug skyrybų   glasses, spectacles               akiniai   too many glasses                  per daug akinių   a ladder                                 kopėčios   too many ladders               per daug kopėčių   scissors                                 žirklės   too many scissors               per daug žirklių   a shirt                                    marškiniai   too many shirts                   per daug marškinių   trousers, pants                     kelnės   too many trousers               per daug kelnių   a door                                    durys   too many doors                   per daug durų   another way to express an unknown amount of something is to simply decline a noun using the genitive case, like we just did.   pepper                                    pipirai   some pepper                          pipirų   pasta                                       makaronai   some pasta                             makaronų   glue                                       klijai   some glue                             klijų   paint                                      dažai   some paint                           dažų   gas                                         dujos   some gas                                dujų   glue                                       klijai   some glue                             klijų   yeast                                      mielės   some yeast                            mielių   ash                                        pelenai   some ash                                pelenų   lard                                         taukai   some lard                               taukų   funeral                                   laidotuvės   some funerals                       laidotuvių   wedding                                vestuvės   some weddings                    vestuvių   battle                                     kautynės   some battles                         kautynių   divorce                                  skyrybos   some divorces                      skyrybų   glasses, spectacles              akiniai   some glasses                         akinių   ladder                                    kopėčios   some ladders                        kopėčių   scissors                                 žirklės   some scissors                       žirklių   shirt                                       marškiniai   some shirts                           marškinių   trousers, pants                       kelnės   some trousers                       kelnių   door                                       durys   some doors                           durų   here are some more plural only nouns…   lunch                                     pusryčiai   dinner                                    pietūs   ice cream                               ledai (not to be confused with ledas – ice)   a massacre                             pjautynės   a riot                                      riaušės   an election                            rinkimai   a scale                                   svarstyklės   a fur coat                               kailiniai   a gate                                    vartai   a vacation                             atostogos   a floor                                    grindys   a ceiling                                lubos   imti is the verb which means, to take.  Imk is a command – Imk! – Take!   and finally, here are some miscellaneous sentences for you…   do you want some pepper?      ar nori pipirų?   do you want some pasta?                   ar nori makaronų?   take some pasta                                    imk makaronų   take some paint                                   imk dažų   do you want some glue?                    ar nori klijų?   take some yeast                                    imk mielių   take some lard                                     imk taukų   today there are a lot of funerals       šiandien daug laidotuvių   today there are a lot of weddings     šiandien daug vestuvių   in the store are many eyeglasses       parduotuvėje daug akinių   Šaunuoliai!  Great!  You made it to the end of another episode!  Šaunuoliai!