Lithuanian Out Loud 0061 - Vietininkas Locative Case

Somebody’s knockin’ on the door, somebody’s ringin’ the bell. Okay!  Vietininkas? Vietininkas! Gerai, hi there!  I’m Jack and I’m Raminta and welcome back to Lithuanian Out Loud where the lessons are free and you’ve got a money back guarantee. Do you remember the word for the month of March in Lithuanian? …kovas.

According to the Wikipedia page entitled, Vilnius Cathedral or Vilniaus Šv. Stanislovo ir Šv. Vladislovo arkikatedra bazilika, Vilnius Cathedral is located at the heart of the old town of Vilnius.  Perkūnas, the Lithuanian Thundergod was most likely worshipped at the site where the Cathedral now stands.  In 1251 when King Mindaugas allowed himself to be baptized into the Catholic Church, he ordered the original cathedral to be built.  After his assassination in 1268 it was again a place of worship for the traditional Lithuanian religion.  Over the centuries the Cathedral has seen many fires, renovations, wars, and massive public demonstrations.  It’s one of the must sees on any Vilnius vacation.

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Today we’ll begin working on how to say where something is located.  Here’s just a quick review of the word kur, prašom pakartoti…

where is the restroom?                 kur yra tualetas?

of course, in Lithuanian we can often drop the verb būti, to be.

where is the restroom?                 kur tualetas?

where is the restaurant?                kur restoranas?

where is Raminta?                       kur Raminta?

where is the glass?                       kur taurė?

where is the coffee shop?             kur kavinė?

here are some words we’ll use in this episode…

a tree                                         medis

a train                                        traukinys

the basement                              rūsys

a young woman                          mergina

Kaip Raminta, ne? (like Raminta, no?) Oh, I’m getting older.  No, to me forever you will be the girl I met at my sister’s house. Oh, so sweet of you. Forever. I was really young then.  Huh? You are really young now! Oh, thank you, you know I’m starting to feel old, what is that? Forget that. Yeah, oh well.  Forget that.

a bicycle                                     dviratis

Today we’ll go over the locative case or vietininkas.  This is a relatively easy declension.  Every declension here ends in the letter –e.  A prefix is something that is added to the beginning of a word.  A suffix is something added to the end of a word.  Here are the suffixes in vietininkas, prašom pakartoti, please repeat…

a word that ends in -as changes to –e -is changes to –yje -ys changes to –yje -us changes to –uje -a changes to –oje -ė changes to –ėje

again, we’re only talking about where something is located.  We’re not talking about going to someplace.  The restaurant is in the city, is the locative.  I’m going to the restaurant, is not the locative.  I’m in the restaurant, is the locative.  The locative declension or vietininkas is only used when talking about where something is located.

let’s go over each suffix from the above list so you can see how it works…

the park                                      parkas

in the park                                  parke

the bookstore                              knygynas

in the bookstore                           knygyne

the hotel                                     viešbutis

in the hotel                                 viešbutyje

the automobile                            automobilis

in the automobile                        automobilyje

the train                                      traukinys

in the train                                 traukinyje

the room                                    kambarys

in the room                                kambaryje

the museum                               muziejus

in the museum                           muziejuje

Sidney                                       Sidnėjus

in Sidney                                    Sidnėjuje

the cathedral                              katedra

in the cathedral                           katedroje

the coffee shop                          kavinė

in the coffee shop                        kavinėje

the city square                            aikštė

in the city square                         aikštėje

Okay, now let’s ask a question and then answer it.  Good luck!  Sekmės!

where is the tree?                       kur yra medis?

the tree is in the city                   medis yra mieste

the tree is in Kaunas                   medis yra Kaune

of course, we can easily drop the verb būti, to be.

where is the tree?                          kur medis?

the tree is in the park                      medis parke

where is Raminta?                         kur Raminta?

Raminta is in the park                    Raminta parke

Raminta is in Akropolis                  Raminta Akropolyje

the store is in Akropolis                  parduotuvė Akropolyje

Raminta is in the hotel                    Raminta viešbutyje

the coffee shop is in the hotel         kavinė viešbutyje

Raminta is in the automobile           Raminta automobilyje

the dog is in the automobile            šuo automobilyje

where is the toilet?                          kur tualetas?

the toilet is in the room                   tualetas kambaryje

the book is in the room                   knyga kambaryje

the toilet is in the train                     tualetas traukinyje

the Englishwoman is in the train       anglė traukinyje

the newspaper is in the basement     laikraštis rūsyje

the bird is in the basement               paukštis rūsyje

where is the bookstore?                  kur knygynas?

the bookstore is in the museum        knygynas muziejuje

the constitution is in the museum      konstitucija muziejuje

the bookstore is in Vilnius               knygynas Vilniuje

the museum is in Vilnius                 muziejus Vilniuje

the bookstore is in Sidney               knygynas Sidnėjuje

the cathedral is in Sidney                katedra Sidnėjuje

where is the young woman?           kur mergina?

the young woman is in the school   mergina mokykloje

the bicycle is in the school              dviratis mokykloje

the pigeon is in the park                 balandis parke

the young woman is in the library   mergina bibliotekoje

the bicycle is in the library             dviratis bibliotekoje

a young woman is in the cathedral  mergina katedroje

Raminta is in the cathedral             Raminta katedroje

where is Raminta?                         kur Raminta?

Raminta is in the street                  Raminta gatvėje

the bicycle is in the street               dviratis gatvėje

Raminta is in the coffee shop           Raminta kavinėje

the newspaper is in the coffee shop   laikraštis kavinėje

the newspaper is in the lounge          laikraštis svetainėje

the young woman is in the lounge     mergina svetainėje

the dog is in Cathedral Square         šuo Katedros aikštėje

Raminta is in Vilnius University       Raminta Vilniaus Universitete

Thank you dear, you know, I think maybe it’s enough your brain is probably getting tired.  Maybe you should go to bed.

Oh, a little bit, I need to wash with my hands some clothes. Thank you very much for doing the recordings dear.  You’re super.  You are the best podcaster I know. Oh, thank you.  That’s kind of funny, I am a podcaster

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