Lithuanian Out Loud 0212 – Tai Yra Fontanas That Is A Fountain

Hi there, this is Jack.     The reason we haven't published an episode for a few weeks is because my laptop crashed and I lost all the episode plans and all of the upcoming episode recordings; all gone, viskas.  To complicate the situation, Raminta is in Vilnius and won't be back for a couple of weeks.   I was stranded without a plan and without any recordings.   Thankfully, Romas and Daiva offered to help and we recorded a couple of episodes that we threw together at the last minute.  You'll hear Daiva in the background on this episode but you'll hear more of her on the next one.   In the recordings you might be able to tell I have a cold.  My voice is rougher than usual.   Also, a listener wrote me saying he has created a Facebook page for Lithuanian Out Loud.  So, if you're interested in Lithuanian Out Loud or Lithuania or the Lithuanian language you can join his group on Facebook.  Please be aware that this page wasn't created by Raminta nor myself, we don't moderate it and you cannot reach us there.  But, we think it's a great idea created by one of our fans.  Thanks!   Oh, and one other listener asked if we could leave a pause during regular episodes after the English, but before the Lithuanian is spoken.  She likes to guess on the pronunciation.  In the past we used to do this but then I started to feel like it made the episodes drag.  I hate to release boring episodes, but if it helps our listeners, we'll try to do it.  We'll do it in today's episode so everyone can try to guess at the pronunciation before the native speaker says it.   Alright, I think that's it for now.  On today's episode we discuss the Lithuanian words for this, that, these, those and that over there.  Enjoy the program.    Hi there, I'm Jack and I'm Romas and welcome back to Lithuanian Out Loud where we offer the world the Lithuanian language.   Samogitia is the latin name for the Lithuanian region of Žemaitija, literally - lowlands.  Žemaitija is one of the five ethnographic regions of Lithuania.   Žemaitija is located in western Lithuania.  The people of Žemaitija speak Žemaičių kalba, a dialect of Lithuanian and the people are called Žemaičiai.   The most popular tourist destinations in Žemaitija are Palanga, Kretinga and Žemaičių Kalvarija.   Palanga is famous for its beaches.     Kretinga hosts folk music festivals, theatricals, the Kretinga Festival, celebrations on Midsummer Night's Eve (Joninės), Mardi Gras (Užgavėnės), and a Manorial Feast.     Every July in the city of Žemaičių Kalvarija there is a festival called, The Big Žemaičių Kalvarija Church Festival . It attracts many tourists from all over Lithuania and abroad. It is one of the few "must visit" locations for Roman Catholics of Lithuania.    The coat of arms of Žemaitija depicts a black bear with silver claws and collar on a red shield topped with a crown.   Žemaitija http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samogitia   Today's episode became so long we decided to cut it up into two parts.  Here's part one...   Back in episode 51, Margarita said, "vadinasi "Double coffee." She was talking about a coffee shop and she said it's called, Double coffee.  The word vadinasi translates as, "is named," for example,   is named vadinasi…   consequently… vadinasi…   that is… vadinasi…   that means… vadinasi…   Be careful with vadinasi.  I had thought vadinasi could be used like this, what is this called?  It's called a dictionary.  What is that called?  It's called a bridge.  You can't use vadinasi this way.  Vadinasi is used when you're asking what is the name or title of a thing.  For example, what is the name of the city?  What is the title of the song?     the city is named Šiauliai miestas vadinasi Šiauliai   the song is named "Love" daina vadinasi „Meilė"   the country is named Lithuania šalis vadinasi Lietuva   Now, if you just want to know the name of an object or a thing, such as a pencil, a table, a chair, etcetera, just ask like this…   what is it? kas tai?   that is a lighthouse tai yra švyturys   what is it? kas tai yra?   that is a cemetery tai yra kapinės   what is it? kas tai yra?   that is a fire station tai yra gaisrinė   what is it? kas tai?   that is a fountain tai yra fontanas   it's more common in Lithuanian to say, kas tai yra instead of kas tas yra when asking a question   now let's go over some ways to say, this, that, these and those in their masculine and feminine forms   that (masculine singular) tas    those (masculine plural) tie   that (feminine singular) ta   those (feminine plural) tos   this (masculine singular) šitas   these (masculine plural) šitie   this (feminine singular) šita   these (feminine plural) šitos   a word that is synonymous with šitas or šita is šis or ši   this (masculine singular) šis   these (masculine plural) šie   this (feminine singular) ši   these (feminine plural) šios   now the word that describes something distant   that over there (masculine) anas   those over there (masculine) anie   that over there (feminine) ana   those over there (feminine) anos   anas ana anie   or anos – there is no such word, nah, nah   like, how would you say, "those islands?"   tos salos   no, you never say anos   you never, you've never…   anos salos   okay   ah - anos salos – you could, but we never use it   anos salos   yeah, you could use anos salos   okay, you always have to add for explanation, not this one but that one   if you want to do that then it will be way, way easier   yes, well, we're saying, now the word that describes something like distance   but they don't usually use it by itself   you usually don't use this word by itself – anas   you usually say this – ne šitas bet anas (not this, but that over there)   you usually say, ne tie, bet anie (not those, but those over there)   you say, ne šita bet ana (not this, but that over there)   but if you use only one word you use, tas - ta, you know…   ne tos, bet anos - then it would be fine (not those, but those over there)   ne tos, bet anos   okay, let's do it   not this one, but that one over there (masculine)   ne šitas, bet anas    not these ones, but those over there (masculine)   ne šitie, bet anie   not this one, but that one over there (feminine)   ne šita, bet ana   not these ones, but those over there (feminine)   ne šitos, bet anos   it's good? yeah   okay, alright…   yeah, it's hardly ever used but that's okay   but in that case, in this sentence - combination, it is used   but, you almost never use anos, it's like a word…well, it's used a different way, anos   (merga - girl)   anos mergos, ne tos mergos, bet anos   ne šitos merginos, bet anos merginos   not these ladies, but those ladies   oh, good   okay, or,    ne šitos mergaitės, bet anos mergaitės (girls)   mmm, okay, got it   ne šios mergaitės, bet anos   okay, so, you generally don't use anas, anie, ana, anos, unless you're doing a comparison   correct   okay, alright...   examples pavyzdžiai   that (masculine) tas   that bicycle tas dviratis   that motorcycle       tas motociklas   that helicopter tas sraigtasparnis   I've never heard that word pronounced before - say it again   sraigtasparnis   tas changes to tie when describing plural masculine nouns   those bicycles tie dviračiai   those motorcycles tie motociklai   those helicopters tie sraigtasparniai   that (feminine) ta   that day ta diena   that idea ta idėja   that book ta knyga   ta changes to tos when describing plural feminine nouns   those days tos dienos   those ideas tos idėjos   those books tos knygos   this (masculine) šitas   this truck šitas sunkvežimis   sunkvežimis   and what is this here?   senis   senis   old man   oh, okay, yeah   oh, sniego senis   right, okay   sniego senis besmegenis   what is that?   that means the snowman, no brain   no brain snowman   that's a common saying?     yeah   sniego senis besmegenis   when would you use that?   sometimes you don't say sniego senis   what are you doing outside?   we say, "I'm building besmegenis"   but sometimes besmegenis is used for teasing somebody, you know, did something, stupid, like…   besmegenis - brainless   ah, okay, alright   this snowman šitas sniego senis   this moped šitas mopedas   šitas changes to šitie when describing plural masculine nouns   these trucks šitie sunkvežimiai   these snowmen šitie sniego seniai   these mopeds šitie mopedai   this (feminine) šita   this fence šita tvora   this parrot šita papūga   this fork šita šakutė   these (feminine) šitos   these fences šitos tvoros   these parrots šitos papūgos   these forks šitos šakutės   this (masculine) šis   this truck šis sunkvežimis   this snowman šis sniego senis   this moped šis mopedas   these (masculine) šie   these trucks šie sunkvežimiai   these snowmen šie sniego seniai   these mopeds šie mopedai   this (feminine) ši   this fence ši tvora   this parrot ši papūga   this fork ši šakutė   these (feminine) šios   these fences šios tvoros   these parrots šios papūgos   these forks šios šakutės   that over there (masculine) anas   not this but that over there (masculine) ne šis, bet anas   not this mountain, but that mountain ne šis kalnas, bet anas kalnas   not this forest, but that forest ne šis miškas, bet anas miškas   not this, but that cloud ne šis, bet anas debesis   those over there (masculine) anie   not these, but those over there (masculine) ne šitie, bet anie   not these mountains, those mountains over there ne šie kalnai, bet anie kalnai   not these forests, but those forests over there ne šie miškai, bet anie miškai   not these clouds, those clouds ne šie debesys, bet anie debesys   that one over there (feminine) ana   not this one, that one over there (feminine) ne ši, bet ana   not this hill, but that hill ne ši kalva, bet ana kalva   not this island, but that island ne ši sala, bet ana sala    not this storm, that storm ne ši audra, bet ana audra   because there are two different storms, okay   this happened today, actually, this happened today   yeah, tornadoes   kaip pasakyti, tornado, lietuviškai?   tornadas   those over there (feminine) anos   not these, but those over there (feminine) ne šitos, bet anos   not these hills, those hills ne šitos, bet anos kalvos   not these islands, but those islands ne šitos, bet anos salos   not these storms, but those storms ne šitos, bet anos audros   Alright, that's the end of part one of this topic.  On the next episode we'll pick up here.  Thanks, Romai.  Ačiū tau.