Merry Christmas

Merry Christmas everyone! Su šv. Kalėdomis,

I would like to wish you all the best during the holiday season.

Tegul būna pilni Jūsų namai skalsos ir santarvės, laimės ir pakantumo, o Jūsų širdys - meilės, džiaugsmo ir vilties. Su Šv. Kalėdom!

Kristina

Facebook Group

Hello everyone, Sveiki


I have created a Facebook group named "Learn Lithuanian". You can click "Like" button to have it on your Facebook.
You can write any requests or questions there as well.

Kristina

Greetings

The most common greeting is Labas - hello.

Labas is informal and is mostly used among friends. In Lithuanian it is important to know polite and informal expressions. Formal or polite language would be used when addressing:

people you do not know / met for the first time
older people then you
people of a higher social status (teacher, lecturer...)

Formal/ polite greetings:
Good morning - Labas rytas
Good afternoon - Laba diena
Good evening - Labas vakaras
Good night - Labos nakties or labanakt (only before going to sleep)

There are many other greeting in colloquial language.

Words derived from labas:
labukas, laba, labutis

words derived from sveikas:
sveika, sveikute, sveiki

Slang:
privet (rus)

I am Kristina - to be

It is always important to know how to introduce yourself. So today you will learn how to do this.

The sentence consists only of 3 words (just like in English).
I am Kristina. - Aš esu Kristina.

Have a look at both sentences. Can you guess what each word means?

Aš is a subject of the sentence. Aš - I
Esu is the verb of the sentence. Esu - am
Kristina is the object.

To introduce other people you have to know how to conjugate the verb to be - būti. In English it is pretty easy. Only I and she/he/it differ from the rest. There is a certain pattern in Lithuanian as well:

I am -            aš esu
you are -       tu esi
he/she/it is-   jis/ji yra

we are -       mes esame
you are -      jūs esate
they are -     jie/jos yra


Listen:





Can you introduce her?
She is Virginija. - Ji yra Virginija.
We are John and Anne. Mes esame John ir Anne.

One more word you need to know is and - ir. 




Congratulations!!! Now you can introduce yourself and other people.

hi everyone

Sorry that i am not updating this blog, but i will try to get better and more organised. At least i will try :) I do not like how this blog looks like, so probably need to think of some new designs or something else.
In the meantime if you want to follow my tutorials just check my youtube page.

Kristina

Basic phrases

Vocabulary

Face

Vocabulary

face - veidas