Lithuanian Out Loud 0259 – Jie Atvyko Motociklais They Arrived On Motorcycles

LL0259 – Jie Atvyko Motociklais They Arrived On Motorcycles   Hi everybody! Jack is back. It's been so long since I last published an episode, you must have wondered if you were ever going to hear a new one.   2011 was an amazing year and I was so busy I couldn't even think of putting together any new episodes. In the past I think we did a pretty good job of not telling you where we were. Did you ever figure it out? I don't think we gave out many clues. We were recording in Longmont, Colorado in the United States. Longmont is a small town about 35 miles north of Denver.   After a 30-year career as an air traffic controller, I finally retired from the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA). An air traffic control company hired me and I was whisked off to Kansas City, Missouri, then Columbia, South Carolina, Chicago, Illinois, Istanbul, Turkey, Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan and finally Kabul, Afghanistan.   I controlled air traffic in Kabul for only three months before I had to leave. That was a really tough assignment and I didn't like it very much at all.   Then I spent a month brushing up on my Spanish in Guadalajara, Mexico before arriving where I am now. I've finally settled down, hopefully for a few years, in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates. I love it here. I've finished training and just got back from a vacation in Cairo, Egypt and Beirut, Lebanon. I even spent a couple of days in the middle of the street riots near Tahrir Square. It was quite an experience.   Raminta and I have decided to separate. We're still good friends, we get along great, we talk almost every  day. The divorce is amicable, we're just going in different directions with our lives. So, I'll have to try to find another co-host some day. For now, I'll just grab any native Lithuanian speaker I can find.   Fortunately, before we went off the air one year ago, I was able to record many episodes. I have about 40 on my computer. All I have to do is clean them up and post them. If I can't find a Lithuanian to help me do future episodes, we should start to run into trouble after episode 300 or so. I wonder if there are any Lithuanians in Abu Dhabi.   So, that's about it for now. My time is still very tight, but I'll try to keep the episodes coming.   Thanks for tuning in and I hope you enjoy more lessons for some time to come.   Okay, here we go, enjoy.     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 website, National Coalition to Abolish the Death Penalty, Lithuania held its final execution in 1995 and capital punishment was abolished in Lithuania in 1998.   National Coalition to Abolish the Death Penalty http://www.ncadp.org/todayInHistory.cfm   In previous episodes we went over the instrumental case or įnagininkas.  Today we'll go through a few examples of the plural instrumental.   This episode is large so we'll break it up.  This is the first part.   Here is how the different word endings are declined:   -as changes to -ais -is changes to -iais -ys changes to -iais -us changes to -umis -a changes to -omis -ė changes to -ėmis -uo as in šuo/sesuo/akmuo changes to –imis -ė as in duktė changes to –imis   Here are some examples using the Lithuanian plural instrumental broken down by suffixes.   First, we'll give you the vocabulary and then we'll give you an example using the plural instrumental.   -as a passenger  keleivis   passengers  keleiviai   an airplane  lėktuvas   airplanes  lėktuvai   to travel  keliauti   are you traveling using airplanes?  ar keliauji lėktuvais?   I travel from one country to another using airplanes  keliauju iš vienos šalies į kitą lėktuvais   a bridge  tiltas   bridges  tiltai   you can sleep under the bridges  gali miegoti po tiltais   a couple  pora   a young couple  jaunuolių pora   a motorcycle  motociklas   motorcycles  motociklai   to arrive  atvykti   a young couple arrived on two motorcycles  jaunuolių pora atvyko dviem motociklais   he and his friend arrived using motorcycles  jis su draugu atvyko motociklais   a male teenager        paauglys   male teenagers  paaugliai   the teenagers travel via motorcycles  paaugliai važiuoja motociklais   a girl  mergina   girls  merginos   a phone  telefonas   phones  telefonai   to communicate / to interact  bendrauti   the girls communicate using phones  merginos bendrauja telefonais   grass                 žolė   a slope  šlaitas   a thicket  tankumynas   a swamp  pelkė   a path  takas   paths  takai   today we are walking trails through swamps, thickets, and grassy slopes   šiandien mes einame takais, pelkėmis, tankumynais, ir žolės šlaitais   a building  pastatas   buildings  pastatai   a cellar  rūsys   cellars  rūsiai   under the buildings are cellars  po pastatais yra rūsiai   a leaf          lapas   leaves  lapai   to stand  stovėti   to cool, to chill  aušinti   we stood under the leaves  mes stovėjome po lapais   it's cooler under the leaves  tai aušintuvas po lapais   to order / to tell  liepti   to hide  slėptis   a table  stalas   tables  stalai   Simas told everyone to hide under the tables  Simas liepė visiems slėptis po stalais   a puppy  šuniukas   puppies  šuniukai   to play  žaisti   the puppies are playing under the tables  šuniukai žaidžia po stalais   spaghetti               spageti / spagečiai   a tomato  pomidoras   tomatoes  pomidorai   a chicken  višta   chicken meat  vištiena   an onion  svogūnas   onions  svogūnai   sweet  saldus / saldi   a pepper  pipiras   peppers  pipirai   spaghetti with tomatoes  spagečiai su pomidorais   chicken with tomatoes  vištiena su pomidorais   an omelette with onions and sweet peppers  omletas su svogūnais ir saldžiaisiais pipirais   -is   a sidewalk  šaligatvis   if you want to stroll, walk via the sidewalks  jei norite pasivaikščioti, eikite šaligatviais   a car  automobilis   cars  automobiliai   winter  žiema   this winter, we want to drive to Munich using cars  šią žiemą norime važinėti automobiliais į Miuncheną   an egg  kiaušinis   eggs  kiaušiniai   lettuce or salad  salota   a green salad with eggs  žaliosios salotos su kiaušiniais   hot sandwiches with eggs and tomatoes   karšti sumuštiniai su kiaušiniais ir pomidorais   keep in mind, the unstrumental case also describes something changing into another thing   a homeless male                  benamis   a homeless female  benamė   to become  tapti   as we know, people are becoming homeless  kaip žinome, žmonės tampa benamiais   a valley  slėnis   valleys  slėniai   a mountain  kalnas   mountains  kalnai   we're traveling via mountain valleys  mes važiuojame kalnų slėniais   a bicycle  dviratis   bicycles  dviračiai   we want to cycle to work  norime važiuoti į darbą dviračiais   a camel  kupranugaris   camels  kupranugariai   also  taip pat   to view  pažiūrėti   only  tik   territory  teritorija   also, you can view the territory using only camels  taip pat, galima pažiūrėti teritoriją tik su kupranugariais   -ys   an elephant  dramblys   elephants  drambliai   a lion  liūtas   lions  liūtai   to ride  pajodinėti   to swim  paplaukioti   here you will be able to take a walk with lions, ride or swim with elephants  čia galėsite pasivaikščioti su liūtais, pajodinėti ar paplaukioti su drambliais   to like  mėgti   to travel  keliauti   a train  traukinys   trains  traukiniai   do you like to travel using trains?  ar patinka keliauti traukiniais?   in Europe many travel via trains  Europoje daugelis keliauja traukiniais   Renata and her friend Liudas travel via trains through Europe  Renata su draugu Liudu keliavo traukiniais po Europą   a teenager (male)  paauglys    a teenager (female)  paauglė   teenagers  paaugliai   the best  geriausia   everything  viskas   it's best to talk with teenagers about everything  geriausia kalbėtis su paaugliais apie viską   a basket  krepšys   baskets  krepšiai   to pick berries  uogauti   to pick mushrooms  grybauti   with baskets he went to pick berries and mushrooms  su krepšiais jis eidavo uogauti ir grybauti   soldier  karys   soldiers, troops  kariai   government  vyriausybė   to support  remti   to grapple, to skirmish  susiremti   Afghanistan  Afganistanas   in Afghanistan  Afganistane   NATO forces in Afghanistan clashed with government troops  NATO pajėgos Afganistane susirėmė su vyriausybės kariais   NATO  NATO   fisherman  žvejys   with fishermen  su žvejais   constantly  pastoviai   I work constantly with fishermen  aš dirbu pastoviai su žvejais   -us   sugar  cukrus   this morning  šį rytą   to make  gaminti    white  baltas / balta   brown  rudas / ruda   this morning I make coffee with white and brown sugars  šį rytą gaminu kavą su baltu ir rudu cukrumis   Šaunu, you made it to the end of another episode!    Turėtum jaustis kaip ant sparnų! You should feel like you're on wings!