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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.

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Vocabulary from "Ruduo"

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tėviškė- homeland of our forefathers/ancestors

šalna- frost

šalti- to freeze, get frostbitten (šąla, šalo)

šerkšnas- frost

gvazdikas- carnations, dimunitive: gvazdikėliai

jurginas- dahlia (type of flower) Click here for wikipedia's article.

petūnija- petunia (another flower) Wikipedia's article is here

spėti- to be able to do in time (spėja, spėjo)

vos spėjo- hardly able to in time

vos- hardly

prieš pat juos- right in front of themselves

prieš preposition in front of, requires the noun following to be in accusative, or ką

juos- accusative of jie, or them

pat shows reflexiveness; myself, yourself, himself, herself, themself, ourself, etc.

stebėtis- to marvel, to wonder (stebisi, stebėjosi)

gilė- acorn, dimunitive: giliukas

liuoksėti to jump, skip, hop, leap, scamper (liuoksi, liuoksėjo)

įlysti- to get into, usually by stealthy means (įlenda, įlindo)

įlindo savo drėvelėn- climb into one's own hollow

drėvė- hollow in a tree, dimunitive: drėvelė

drėvelėn- illative: old, archaic form meaning in to the hollow, replaced by the modern Lithuanian construction of į drėvelę.
For more info, click here.

toluma- the distance; related to toli, which means far

tolumoje- in the distance, locative of toluma

iš tolo- from far, at a distance

mirgėti- to twinkle, glimmer, sparkle, shimmer, glitter (mirgėja, mirgėjo)

Miškas mirgėja raudonomis ir geltonomis spalvomis- the forest sparkles with red and yellow colors

kankorėžis, šiška- pinecone

žvėris- wild animal, declined in the 3rd group, masculine noun. plural: žvėrys

iš šiaurės- from the north

iš- out of, from (an location INSIDE something); requires the noun to be in genitive, or ko

Pastaba: nuo and iš both mean out of or from. There is a difference in meaning that Debeselis has an excellent lesson on. Click here to go there.

į pietus- to the south (note: pietus is accusative plural, NOT nominative singular)

pietus in singular it means lunch; in plural (pietūs) it means "south"

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