Lithuanian Out Loud 0071 - Tu Nesi Supermenas You Are Not Superman

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Hi there, I’m Jack and I’m Raminta and welcome back to Lithuanian Out Loud where we offer the world the Lithuanian language.  Today we’re in the month of April which in Lithuanian is balandis.

The Lithuanian name for a good friend or a special friend is bičiulis.  This word comes from the special place the honeybee has in Lithuanian culture.

A bee is - bitė.  Bičius is a beekeeper.  Fellow beekeepers called each other bičiulis, the diminutive for bičius.  Some words that follow this theme are:

male friend                                 bičiulis

male friend                                 bičiulis

female friend                               bičiulė

do you call any of your friends bičiulė?  You know, not so much but it’s a good idea to use that word it’s so cute – word.  It’s very cute.  What do you think Gintarė will say, or Dovilė, if you say Dovile – Bičiule!  What do you think?  I think they will – I will try – actually I will try – I will tell how they were acting, I have no idea – but I would use that if there is a lot of my friends sitting in the room and I’m coming and introducing a new person to them and I’m saying to this new person, I’m saying, this is my bičiuliai.

O, kaip pasakyti lietuviškai?         (how do you say it in Lithuanian?)

Čia mano bičiuliai.                       (here are my good friends)

friendship                                   bičiuliavimasis or bičiulystė

Are these common words or not – probably not.  Oh, that’s common – that’s common bičiuliavimasis – I am saying – it’s a common word, but not so common.  But, around friends, sure… O – bičiulystė?  O, bičiulystė – bičiulystė – not so common.

to be friends                                bičiuliautis

friendly                                       bičiuliškas

So, is this common? No, not really common but it sounds cute, I would need to use that more.  Let’s see, what’s more common – draugiškas?  Draugiškas – sure.  (draugiškas – friendly)

Okay, in episode 0017 we learned neblogai means, not bad, and in episode 0046 we learned negalima translates as, one cannot.  Today we’ll have a short introduction to negating a verb.  It’s simple.  Just add ne- to the beginning of the verb. 

The verb būti, to be, is irregular.  Just add ne- to būti and you have the verb nebūti, to not be.

I am             aš esu            

I am not             aš nesu

you are          tu esi             

you are not          tu nesi

he is             jis yra            

he is not             jis nėra

So, dear, can you say, let’s say, for example, two children talking and then one child says, “your father is bad,” and the other child can say, “Jis nėra!” Taip, galima, “Jis nėra blogas.” (blogas - bad) So, the child can just say – just simply – Jis nėra! Gali – yeah, you can.  Okay, cool.

she is                ji yra            

she is not             ji nėra

we are              mes esame     

we are not            mes nesame

you are             jūs esate         

you are not           jūs nesate

you all are         jūs esate        

you all are not        jūs nesate

they are            jie yra            

they are not           jie nėra

they are (fem)   jos yra           

they are not           jos nėra

In the following examples you’ll see some things we haven’t covered in any episode yet, but we will soon.  Don’t worry about learning everything here, we just want you to become familiar with negating a verb.

prašom pakartoti…

I’m not a specialist                   Aš nesu specialistas

I’m not an expert                     Aš nesu ekspertas

I’m not a teacher                      Aš nesu mokytojas

You are not Raminta                 Tu nesi Raminta

You are not Superman              Tu nesi Supermenas

He’s not God                           Jis nėra Dievas

He’s not tall                            Jis nėra aukštas

She’s not Lithuanian                Ji nėra lietuvė

She’s not healthy                     Ji nėra sveika

We are not children                  Mes nesame vaikai

We’re not friends                     Mes nesame draugai

Are you not a man?                  Jūs nesate vyras?

You’re not a member               Jūs nesate narys

Aha, so they could say this to you maybe when you go to the gym?  Yeah, I wanted to say – yeah, to the gym you need to have a card.

They’re not sweet                  Jie nėra saldūs

I’m sorry, what were you going to say?  Like corns, popcorns – can be.  You can say, “jie nėra saldūs.”  Right, right.  You took the popcorns! Popcorn or corn?  Popcorn – you know, what you are taking, popcorn.  We’re saying popkornai this - when you’re going to the movie.  Right – sweet.  So, you wouldn’t want your popcorn to be sweet – really?  No, you want – well maybe with caramel, huh?  But, normally you have it salty – all I want is sugar!  Oh no!!! No, I prefer it with salt.  Yes, popcorn is better salty.  Yeah.  Yum yum.

Are they not in Lithuania?      Ar jie nėra Lietuvoje?

They’re not men!                  Jos nėra vyrai!

They are not popular            Jos nėra populiarios

The bottom line is, to negate a verb just add ne-

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