Lithuanian Out Loud 0269 – Gerti To Drink

LL0269 – Gerti To Drink   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 Radio Vilnius: News and Current Affairs an Easter tradition in Lithuania centers around a swing.  The swings are large enough for more than one person.  Men would swing standing together.  Women would swing sitting and whichever women would swing the highest would be named the best housekeepers.   today we'll work on the verb gerti   Gerti is a transitive verb so it requires the accusative case or galininkas.  Of course, when we negate a transitive verb, such as negerti, we use kilmininkas or the genitive case.    In Lithuanian aš geriu kavą means I drink coffee or I'm drinking coffee.    here are the verbs gerti and negerti conjugated in the present tense.   to drink gerti   I drink aš geriu   you drink (tu) tu geri   he drinks jis geria   she drinks ji geria   you drink (formal) jūs geriate   we drink mes geriame   they drink (m/m m/f) jie geria   they drink (ff) jos geria   to not drink negerti   I don't drink aš negeriu   you don't drink tu negeri   he doesn't drink jis negeria   she doesn't drink ji negeria   you don't drink (formal) jūs negeriate   we don't drink mes negeriame   they don't drink (m/m or m/f) jie negeria   they don't drink (females only) jos negeria   now let's use these conjugations in some examples.   infinitive   he wants to drink beer jis nori gerti alų   I cannot drink coffee negaliu gerti kavos   do you like to drink vodka? ar tau patinka gerti degtinę?   I really like to drink vodka aš labai mėgstu gerti degintę   to drink or not to drink, what do you think? gerti ar negerti, ką tu manai?   why not drink? kodėl negerti?   why not drink something? kodėl negeriate ko nors?   aš   I always drink coffee at work visada geriu kavą darbe   morning without coffee is very hard rytas be kavos labai sunkus   I drink only tea geriu tik arbatą   I'm not drinking beer aš negeriu alaus   I don't drink coffee, it's not tasty negeriu kavos, neskanu   I don't drink champagne aš negeriu šampano   I don't drink coffee kavos negeriu   I don't drink a lot of coffee negeriu daug kavos   I don't drink beer, I drink vodka aš negeriu alaus, aš geriu dėgtinę   tu   wine vynas   are you drinking wine? ar tu geri vyną?   are you drinking tea? ar geri arbatą?   do you drink green tea? ar geri žalią arbatą?   do you drink black tea? ar geri juodą arbatą?   do you drink only black coffee? ar tu geri tik juodą kavą?   you drink only wine, right? tu geri tik vyną, ar ne?   true, I drink only wine tiesa, geriu aš tik vyną   why are you not drinking wine? kodėl tu negeri vyno?   we know you don't drink often mes žinome, kad tu negeri dažnai   milk pienas   a bottle butelis   he's drinking milk jis geria pieną   he's drinking from the bottle jis geria iš butelio   he's drinking white wine jis geria baltą vyną   he drinks only beer – me too jis geria tik alų – aš irgi   he's not drinking milk jis negeria pieno   previously   anksčiau   Juozas doesn't drink like before  Juozas negeria kaip anksčiau   he doesn't drink carbonated water jis negeria gazuoto vandens   she is drinking water ji geria vandenį   Jolanta is drinking green tea Jolanta geria žalią arbatą   what is she drinking?   ką ji geria?   my wife drinks too much mano žmona geria per daug   chips           traškučiai   carbonated gazuotas   Edita doesn't eat chips and doesn't drink carbonated drinks Edita nevalgo traškučių ir negeria gazuotų gėrimų   she doesn't drink, doesn't smoke and is a very good girl ji negeria, nerūko ir yra labai gera mergaitė   Jolanta doesn't drink black tea Jolanta negeria juodos arbatos   jūs (singular)   why aren't you drinking? kodėl negeriate?   why don't you drink coffee in the morning? kodėl negeriate kavos ryte?   which tea do you drink? kokią arbatą jūs geriate?   do you not drink too much? ar jūs geriate ne per daug?   what happens when you drink? kas vyksta, kai jūs geriate?   how often do you drink mineral water? kaip dažnai jūs geriate mineralinį vandenį?   is it true that you don't drink tea? ar tiesa, kad negeriate arbatos?   is it true that you don't drink beer? ar tiesa, kad negeriate alaus?   is it true that you don't drink wine? ar tiesa, kad negeriate vyno?   if you don't drink beer, I also will not drink jei jūs negeriate alaus, aš taip pat negersiu   jūs (plural)   what are you all drinking? ką jūs geriate?   the tap       čiaupas   do you all drink water from the tap? ar jūs geriate vandenį iš čiaupo?   you all don't drink enough water jūs negeriate pakankamai vandens   why don't you drink? Drink more! Kodėl jūs negeriate? Gerkite daugiau!   mes   alcohol alkoholis   we're drinking alcohol mes geriame alkoholį   we're drinking milk mes geriame pieną   we drink strong, black coffee without sugar geriame stiprią, juodą kavą be cukraus   we're not drinking alcohol mes negeriame alkoholio   we don't drink a lot of alcohol mes negeriame daug alkoholio   thanks, but we don't drink wine ačiū, bet mes negeriame vyno   they're drinking apple juice jie geria obuolių sultis   they're drinking orange juice jie geria apelsinų sultis   they're drinking grape juice jie geria vynuogių sultis   they're not drinking apple juice jie negeria obuolių sulčių   they're not drinking orange juice jie negeria apelsinų sulčių   they're not drinking grape juice jie negeria vynuogių sulčių   jos   carbonated water gazuotas vanduo   what are they drinking? ką jos geria?   they drink carbonated water jos geria gazuotą vandenį   they are drinking coffee jos geria kavą   they drink cold, black coffee with ice jos geria šaltą juodą kavą su ledais   they don't drink carbonated water jos negeria gazuoto vandens   they don't drink coffee jos negeria kavos   they don't drink cold coffee jos negeria šaltos kavos   and now, some examples using the imperatives   drink more water! gerk daugiau vandens!   drink more beer!         gerkite daugiau alaus!   let's drink vodka!       gerkime dėgtinę!   don't drink from the fountain!  negerk iš fontano!   a cup           puodelis   a glass stiklinė   don't drink from the glass or the cup! negerk iš stiklinės ar puodelio!   poison                   nuodai   don't drink poison! negerk nuodų!   let's don't drink anything! nieko negerkime!   Šaunuoliai!