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Pamokos 11 ir 12
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mįslės/riddles Lithuanian-English translation
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Notes
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Member Spotlight: Gintarė Jautakaitė
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Class Notes January 16th
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Class Notes January 9, 2010
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Happy New Year and a Message from President Grybauskaitė
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
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
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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
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Class Notes: 12/5
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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Class Notes: 12/5
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
Lithuanian Straw Christmas Ornaments
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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
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 tense… Continue
Added by Autumn Weber on November 15, 2009 at 9:30pm — No Comments
Lapkricio m. 7 d. Mokykla
We read the story "Ruduo" in the third grade reader and in the 5th grade grammar we corrected the homework from Chapter 1 and did the grammar of Chapter 2. Honework is Chapter 2, Namų Darbas on pages 12 and 13.
Vocabulary from "Ruduo"
tėviškė- homeland of our forefathers/ancestors šalna- frost šalti- to freeze, get frostbitten (šąla, šalo) šerkšnas- frost gvazdikas- carnations, dimunitive: gvazdikėliai… Continue
Added by Autumn Weber on November 9, 2009 at 2:00pm — No Comments
Gintarė Jautakaitė - "Laiškas Mylimajam"
Added by Gintarė Jautakaitė on November 3, 2009 at 2:42pm — 2 Comments
Saturday October 31st, 2009
We went over the 5th grade grammar book, Chapter 1 homework and read the story, Draugai, in the 3rd grade reader. There is no homework for the advanced class, we'll start the Chapter 2 grammar next week.
VOCABULARY
uola- cliff, rock ola- cave, burrow virti (verda, virė) to cook virėjas, virėja- a cook Kodėl ugnis yra reikalinga? Why is fire neccessary? žmonės gali gyventi šaltame klimate People are able to live in a cold c… Continue
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2009-07-06 Dainų Šventės Dainų diena. Gintarė Jautakaitė ir choras.
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October 23, 2009 Lithuanian Class
We went over verbs and the 5th grade grammar book. Our homework was the Chapter 1 Namų darbas. Class will start at 10 am on October 31st!
Namų darbas homework
VERBS
Verbs requiring the genitive case:
bijoti (bijo, bijojo) to fear Bijai vilko, neik į mišką If you are scared of wolves, don't go to the forest (Idiom!!!) gailėti (gaili, gailėjo) to feel sorry for Ji gaili jaunų merginų She f… Continue
Added by Autumn Weber on October 23, 2009 at 3:00pm — No Comments
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