Complete Lithuanian Beginner to Intermediate Course

Learn to read, write, speak and understand a new language with Teach Yourself

Meilute Ramoniene, Meilute Ramoniene, Virginija Stumbriene, Virginija Stumbriene

• Publisher: Teach Yourself
• Year: 2012
• Print ISBN:
  9781444106039
• eBook ISBN:
  9781444134797
• Topic: Languages & Linguistics
• Subtopic: Languages
• Index: Languages & Linguistics

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1

Koks jūsų vardas?
What’s your name?

In this unit you will learn

• How to greet people

• How to meet people

• How to say thank you and respond when someone thanks you

• How to say your name and ask someone theirs

• How to ask where someone is from and say where you are from

• How to ask what languages someone speaks and say what
languages you speak

• How to apologize and respond when someone apologizes to you

Lietuva Lithuania drawing by Irmina Dūdėnienė.

This vocabulary box contains the vocabulary you will need to understand the following dialogues. Further words can be found underneath each specific dialogue.

QUICK VOCAB

ponas Mr

ponia Mrs

vardas name

pavardė surname

taip yes

ne no

ir and

būti, yra, buvo to be

kalbėti, kalba, kalbėjo to speak

suprasti, supranta, suprato ką? to understand

ačiū thank you

nėra už ką responding to ačiū

atsiprašau sorry

nieko tokio no problem, it doesn’t matter

labas rytas good morning

laba diena good day

labas vakaras good evening

labas hello

sveikas hello (addressing a man)

sveika hello (addressing a woman)

labai malonu nice to meet you

CD1, TR 3

Dialogue 1

Džonas	Labas rytas.
Rūta	Labas rytas.
Džonas	Mano vardas Džonas. Koks jūsų vardas?
Rūta	Labai malonu. Mano vardas Rūta.
Džonas	Ar jūs esate iš Lietuvos?
Rūta	Taip, aš esu iš Lietuvos, iš Vilniaus.

QV

jūsų your (addressing politely)

Dialogue 2

CD1, TR 4

Paulius	Laba diena.
Rita	Laba diena.
Paulius	Mano vardas Paulius.
Rita	Labai malonu. Mano vardas Rita.
Paulius	Aš tik truputį kalbu lietuviškai. Ar jūs kalbate angliškai?
Rita	Taip.
Paulius	Kalbame angliškai?
Rita	Gerai.

QV

truputį a little

gerai OK

Dialogue 3

CD1, TR 5

Lina Karaliūtė	Labas vakaras.
Aris Nieminenas	Labas vakaras. Atsiprašau, ar jūs esate ponia Nijolė Katinienė iš Vilniaus?
Lina Karaliūtė	Ne.
Aris Nieminenas	Oi, labai atsiprašau.
Lina Karaliūtė	Nieko tokio. Ponia Katinienė ten.
Aris Nieminenas	Labai ačiū.
Lina Karaliūtė	Nėra už ką.
Aris Nieminenas	Labas vakaras. Atsiprašau, ar jūs esate ponia Nijolė Katinienė?
Nijolė Katinienė	Taip. O jūs esate ponas Aris Nieminenas? Profesorius iš Helsinkio?
Aris Nieminenas	Taip.
Nijolė Katinienė	Labai malonu.
Aris Nieminenas	Labai malonu.

QV

ten there

Dialogue 4

CD1, TR 6

Valentina Pičini	Labas rytas.
Administratorė	Labas rytas. Kokia jūsų pavardė?
Valentina Pičini	Pičini.
Administratorė	Koks jūsų vardas?
Valentina Pičini	Valentina.
Administratorė	Jūs esate iš Italijos? Iš Romos?
Valentina Pičini	Taip.

Reading and listening

1 Read the dialogue and finish the sentences

CD1, TR 7

Milda Gabrėnaitė	Labas, Kristina. Čia mano kolega iš 1 [Vilnius] – profesorius Giedrius Miškinis.
Kristina Bokoš	Laba diena. Labai malonu. Mano vardas Kristina, o pavardė Bokoš. Aš esu iš 2 [Budapest].
Giedrius Miškinis	Laba diena. Man taip pat labai malonu.
Milda Gabrėnaitė	Profesorius kalba 3 [Hungarian].
Kri...

Table of contents

• Cover
• Title Page
• Contents
• Meet the authors
• Only got a minute?
• Only got five minutes?
• Introduction
• 1 Koks jūsų vardas? What’s your name?
• 2 Kur susitinkame? Where shall we meet?
• 3 Čia mano šeima Here is my family
• 4 Ačiū, labai skanu! Thank you, it’s very tasty!
• 5 Šiandien tu puikiai atrodai! You look great today!
• 6 Jauskis kaip namie! Make yourself at home!
• 7 Laimingos kelionės! Have a safe journey!
• 8 Ką veiksi savaitgalį? What are you doing at the weekend?
• 9 „Tėviške mano, esi mėlyno Nemuno vingis“ My country, you are the bend in the blue river Nemunas
• 10 Paprastai keliuosi anksti I usually get up early
• 11 Kaip jautiesi? How are you feeling?
• 12 Aš dirbu ir mokausi I work and study
• 13 Sveikinu! Congratulations!
• Key to the exercises
• Listening transcripts
• Appendix: stress
• Lithuanian–English vocabulary
• English–Lithuanian vocabulary
• Credits
• Copyright