Lithuanian Out Loud 0243 – Neringa Gyvena Savo Bute Neringa Lives In Her Flat

Hi there, I'm Jack and I'm Gintarė and welcome back to Lithuanian Out Loud where we offer the world the Lithuanian language.   According to the Wikipedia page Knygnešiai, between 1866 and 1904 Russian authorities instituted a Lithuanian press ban in Lithuania.  The Russians attempted to replace the Lithuanian alphabet with the Russian or cyrillic alphabet.   The Lithuanian people responded with knygnešiai a combination of the word knyga – book and the verb nešti – to carry.   Knygnešiai – were people who smuggled printed materials from Lithuania minor and the United States into Lithuanian speaking areas of Imperial Russia.  The knygnešiai, or singular: knygnešys, became a symbol of the resistance of the Lithuanians against Russification.   When caught, knygnešiai were punished by fines, banishment, and exile, including deportation to Siberia.  Some were shot while crossing the border into Lithuania.   Knygnešiai http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Knygne%C5%A1iai   In previous episodes we learned how to use pronouns to express possession such as;   my mano   your tavo   his jo   her jos   our mūsų   your jūsų   their jų   prašom pakartoti, please repeat…   my ancestor mano prosenelis   your dog tavo šuo   their friends jų draugai   our nationality mūsų tautybė   into the list of pronouns we have to add "savo"     savo is a bit unusual   you use savo to express possession according to the subject of the sentence   back in episode 23 we learned how to say, "I really love my wife" – "aš labai myliu savo žmoną."   žmona is vardininkas for a wife or the wife why don't we say, aš myliu mano žmoną?   right, that would be wrong   I love my wife myliu savo žmoną – is correct myliu mano žmoną – is incorrect – why?   let's create a simple sentence - I see my wife   my wife can be translated as, mano žmona   I see, is translated as, aš matau   So, in order to say, I see my wife, you might be tempted to say, aš matau mano žmoną.  That's perfectly logical – but it's wrong.  The reason is that in Lithuanian, when we talk about possession, such as, my wife, his wife, your wife, etcetera, we have to be aware of the subject of the sentence.   I see my wife.   In this sentence, my wife, is the object which receives the action of the verb – to see.   My wife is being seen.   The subject is I.   I am the subject and my wife is the object, who is being seen.   I see my wife.   In this sentence "I" and "my" have a lot in common.  Both words refer to me.  In English, I see my wife sounds fine but in Lithuanian this is unnecessary repetiton.   Since we started the sentence with, I see – aš matau, we don't need to say, "mano žmoną."   Here we use the word savo in place of mano and the meaning is clear.   I see my wife aš matau savo žmoną   We don't want to repeat a reference to the subject of the sentence which in this case is "I."   Here are some more examples but first some new words:   a key raktas   a hat skrybėlė   to love mylėti   I see my book aš matau savo knygą   I see my books aš matau savo knygas   I see my dog aš matau savo šunį   I see my dogs aš matau savo šunis   I see my house aš matau savo namą   I see my houses aš matau savo namus   I love my son aš myliu savo sūnų   I love my sons aš myliu savo sūnus   I love my job  aš myliu savo darbą   I love my jobs  aš myliu savo darbus   I have my key aš turiu savo raktą   I have my keys aš turiu savo raktus   I have my hat aš turiu savo skrybėlę   I have my hats aš turiu savo skrybėles   I have my shoe aš turiu savo batą   I have my shoes aš turiu savo batus   so, for example, let's say, "we love our country"     here we're talking about "we love - mylime" - "our country – savo šalį"     both the subject – we, and the object – our country, agree   we love our country – mylime savo šalį   we would not say, "mylime mūsų šalį"     this would be unnecessary repetiton   we love our country – mylime savo šalį   here are some examples of sentences where the subject and the object of the sentence agree, but first, some new words:   vocabulary žodynas   a camera fotoaparatas   a coat paltas   a ticket bilietas   to visit aplankyti   do you have your key? ar turite savo raktą?   do you have your camera? ar turite savo fotoaparatą?   Algis with his family live here Algis su savo šeima gyvena čia   Valdemaras with his dog live here Valdemaras su savo šuniu gyvena čia   Neringa lives in her flat Neringa gyvena savo bute   Justina lives in her house Justina gyvena savo name   we love our country mylime savo šalį   we love our language mylime savo kalbą   Diana and Natalija visit their mother Diana ir Natalija aplanko savo motiną   Agnė and Edita visit their family Agnė ir Edita aplanko savo šeimą   she has her coat ji turi savo paltą   she has her ticket ji turi savo bilietą   Now here are some examples where the subject and the object don't agree.  In these examples we wouldn't use savo.  First, some vocabulary…   a magazine žurnalas   a party vakarėlis   I have your book aš turiu tavo knygą   I have her book aš turiu jos knygą   you have my book tu turi mano knygą   you have our book tu turi mūsų knygą   Agnė hugs my daughter Agnė apkabina mano dukrą   Andrius is calling your brother Andrius skambina tavo broliui   Andrius is calling her brother Andrius skambina jos broliui   are you reading his magazine? ar skaitote jo žurnalą?   are you reading my magazine? ar skaitote mano žurnalą?   I am going to your party važiuoju į tavo vakarėlį   I am going to their party važiuoju į jų vakarėlį   now let's mix them up   I'm living my life aš gyvenu savo gyvenimą   I'm drinking his beer aš geriu jo alų   she is living her own life ji gyvena savo gyvenimą   she is eating his pizza ji valgo jo picą   he is living his own life jis gyvena savo gyvenimą   he is eating her sandwich jis valgo jos sumuštinį   we are living in our flat gyvename savo bute   we are living in their flat gyvename jų bute   Šaunuoliai!!  Great!  You made it to the end of another episode!  Puiku!  Excellent!