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Maryte Gureckas President Dalia Grybauskaitė gave this State of the Nation Address to the Lithuanian Parliament on 8 June 2010.

I am here to fulfil my constitutional duty to make an annual review of the situation in the country.I watch, analyse and react to the developments in all areas of Lithuania’s life without waiting for special annual occasions. That is how I understand my mission and the objectives of the president’s office.

Therefore, as I was preparing for this report, I ruled out the traditional approach of overviewing each and every sector in consecutive order.


Neither will I present… Continue

Added by Maryte Gureckas on June 9, 2010 at 12:13pm — No Comments

Administrator Why Lithuanian Suicide Rates are the Highest in Europe (still)

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You can view this article from its original source at: http://www.cafebabel.co.uk/article/33620/why-lithuania-suicide-highest-rate-europe-stalin.html

Stalin, rock music and bad weather: story behind suicides in Lithuania

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Added by Administrator on May 22, 2010 at 9:30am — No Comments

Autumn Weber Pamokos 13 ir 14

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Added by Autumn Weber on March 12, 2010 at 8:06pm — No Comments

Autumn Weber Pamokos 11 ir 12

Pamoka 11.pdf

Pamoka 12.pdf
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Added by Autumn Weber on March 5, 2010 at 7:52pm — No Comments

Maryte Gureckas mįslės/riddles Lithuanian-English translation

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Added by Maryte Gureckas on March 4, 2010 at 12:51pm — No Comments

Autumn Weber Notes

Here are some notes from the last couple of classes.

Velines Maldos.pdf

Pamokas 8-10.pdf

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Added by Autumn Weber on March 2, 2010 at 7:06pm — No Comments

Administrator Member Spotlight: Gintarė Jautakaitė

Gintarė Jautakaitė's music career began at an early age in native Lithuania, rising in fame to the point of being described as Lithuania's first teen superstar. Performing around the world in her on-going career, she has released several CDs and continues to write and record.

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Added by Administrator on March 2, 2010 at 7:11am — No Comments

Autumn Weber Class Notes January 16th

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Added by Autumn Weber on January 31, 2010 at 9:16pm — No Comments

Autumn Weber Class Notes January 9, 2010

Here is the document for class. I wasn't there so thanks Dave for giving me the information! Class Notes Jan 9, 2010.pdf I also typed this document up: spalvos[1].pdf Continue

Added by Autumn Weber on January 11, 2010 at 11:50am — No Comments

Autumn Weber Update

I am not pleased with how the formatting is turning out so I decided to type up the class notes in Word and then post them on her in the blog. Dec 5 Class.pdf Dec 12 Notes.pdf Continue

Added by Autumn Weber on January 2, 2010 at 10:19pm — 1 Comment

Marina Happy New Year and a Message from President Grybauskaitė

Laimingų Naujųjų Metų! Watch my tribute video to Vilnius '09 here.
New Year Greetings from President Dalia Grybauskaitė Dear Fellow People of Lithuania, As we celebrate the New Year with joy and excitement, I wish to extend my greetings to you all. This past year was difficult, bu… Continue

Added by Marina on January 1, 2010 at 10:00pm — No Comments

Autumn Weber Class Notes: 12/19



Vocabulary

verti (veria, vėrė) to thread, pierce, run through verti siūlą į adatą thread a needle siūlas thread, coton adata needle, prick, injection apverti to turn over, invert atverti to open atverti savo širdį open one's heart įverti to pass, put/run through įverti siūlą į adatą thread a needle išverti to thread out nuverti to turn over paverti to convert, reduce… Continue

Added by Autumn Weber on December 29, 2009 at 3:34pm — No Comments

Autumn Weber Class Notes: December 12th



The Beginner class went over Chapter 7 in Beginner's Lithuanian. Some of the vocabulary is:
anksti- adv. early anksčiau- earlier anksčiausias earliest per anksti too early vėlai adv. late vėliau later vėliausias the latest per vėlai too late
į upę into the river prie upės up til the river Ji priėjo prie upės She walked up til the river Jis maudosi upėjė He bathes/swims in the… Continue

Added by Autumn Weber on December 29, 2009 at 11:27am — No Comments

Autumn Weber Class Notes: 12/5

December 5, 2009 Class Notes
The beginner class went over 5th declension nouns. They are comprised of masculine and feminine nouns that end in uo and ė. There are only two nouns are feminine: sesuo (sister) and duktė daughter. Lithuanians also use the nouns sesa and dukra, which belong to the second group of nouns (feminine and end in a). The rest of the nouns in the fifth declension are all masculine and end in uo.
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Added by Autumn Weber on December 29, 2009 at 9:00am — No Comments

Autumn Weber Class Notes: 12/5

December 5, 2009 Class Notes
The beginner class went over 5th declension nouns. They are comprised of masculine and feminine nouns that end in uo and ė. There are only two nouns are feminine: sesuo (sister) and duktė daughter. Lithuanians also use the nouns sesa and dukra, which belong to the second group of nouns (feminine and end in a). The rest of the nouns in the fifth declension are all masculine and end in uo.
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Added by Autumn Weber on December 28, 2009 at 11:00pm — No Comments

Marina Lithuanian Straw Christmas Ornaments

Today I am celebrating the Lithuanian tradition of creating handmade ornaments made of straw. This handicraft is often taught in Lithuanian communities around the United States, and the practice is still passed down in families throughout Lithuania. On the Balzekas Museum of Lithuanian Culture website you must see their beautiful Christmas tree filled with these ornaments (located at O'Hare International Airport). The mus… Continue

Added by Marina on December 21, 2009 at 10:00pm — No Comments

Marina Kalėdų valgiai

I'm ordering Lithuanian Christmas foods today from Valgiai.com... first of course Šakotis the wonderful cake shaped like a Christmas tree, then poppy seed cookies, and other goodies. Check them out at www.valgiai.com. I've ordered some great foods from this Chicago-based site including my favorite Vilnius dark rye bre… Continue

Added by Marina on December 13, 2009 at 8:30pm — No Comments

Autumn Weber Lapkričio m. 14 d.


Class was taught by Feliksa as Aldona was in Chicago. We went over Chapter 2 homework and completed Chapter 3 in the Grammar book. In the reading book, we read Trys Pieštukai and Ąžuolas ir Baravykas. Homework is Chapter 3 Namų Darbas.
Notes and Vocabulary:
How does one say should? There is no tense in Lithuanian that directly translates as should. Lithuanians use the words turėti or privalėti conjugated in the subjunctive tenseContinue

Added by Autumn Weber on November 15, 2009 at 9:30pm — No Comments

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