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Learning some basic Lithuanian
Where to start? You only need 500 words to get through any country's daily routine
Months of the Year
The months are linked to the seasonal changes: eg, November is when Autumn officially begins and leaves fall from trees, hence: lapkritis, (lapai = leaves, kristi = to fall)
| January | sausis |
| February | vasaris |
| March | kovas |
| April | balandis |
| May | gegužė |
| June | birželis |
| July | liepa |
| August | rugpjūtis |
| September | rugsėjis |
| October | spalis |
| November | lapkritis |
| December | gruodis |
| In May | gegužės mėnesį |
| In January | sausio mėnesį |
Basic words
For pronunciation, use the following: "a" = "ahh", "e" = "air", "i" = short i as in "bin", "o" = "or", "u" = oo as in book.
| Hello/Hi | Labas |
| Goodbye (formal) | Viso gero |
| Goodbye (informal) | Iki |
| Good morning | Labas rytas |
| Good afternoon | Laba diena |
| Good evening | Labas vakaras |
| Yes | Taip |
| No | Ne |
| Please | Prašau |
| Thanks | Ačiū |
Getting assistance
These phrases, although somewhat extensive, are helpful in getting through assistance
| My name is … | Mano vardas … |
| What is your name? | Koks tavo vardas? |
| How are you? | Kaip gyveni? |
| Fine and you? | Ačiū gerai. Kaip tu? |
| Pleased to meet you | Malonu susipažinti |
| How much is it? | Kiek tai kainuoja? |
| See you later | Iki pasimatymo |
| Excuse me | Atleiskite |
| Can you help me please? | Ar galėtumėte man padėti? |
| I am trying to learn Lithuanian | Aš bandau išmokti kalbėti lietuviškai |
Basic Cafe
The drinks menu
| A black coffee please | Norėčiau juodos kavos |
| A white coffee please | Norėčiau baltos kavos |
| Two white coffees please | Dvi baltas kavas |
| A tea with milk | arbata su pienu |
| A lemon tea | citrininė arbata |
| A lemonade please | Norėčiau limonado |
| A beer please | Norėčiau alaus |
| Two beers | Du alaus |
| A glass of red wine | Taurė raudono vyno |
| A glass of white wine | Taurė balto vyno |
Basic numbers
Lithuanian contains masculine and feminine words. Numbers point to their gender with a minor variation
| one (m) | vienas |
| one (f) | viena |
| two (m) | du |
| two (f) | dvi |
| three (m and f) | trys |
| four (m) | keturi |
| four (f) | keturios |
| five (m) | penki |
| five (f) | penkios |
| six (m) | šeši |
| six (f) | šešios |
| seven (m) | septyni |
| seven (f) | septynios |
| eight (m) | aštuoni |
| eight (f) | aštuonios |
| nine (m) | devyni |
| nine (f) | devynios |
| ten (m and f) | dešimt |
Numbers 11 to 20
Just add "lika" to the prime number to make it -teen and at 20, add "dešimt" (a ten)
| eleven | vienuolika |
| twelve | dvylika |
| thirteen | trylika |
| fourteen | keturiolika |
| fifteen | penkiolika |
| sixteen | šešiolika |
| seventeen | septyniolika |
| eighteen | aštuoniolika |
| nineteen | devyniolika |
| twenty | dvidešimt |
Big numbers (sort-of)
So multiple numbers are the single digit with "-dešimt" added, then 100s you add the "-šimtas" and repeat
| thirty | trisdešimt |
| forty | keturiasdešimt |
| fifty | penkiasdešimt |
| sixty | šešiasdešimt |
| seventy | septyniasdešimt |
| eighty | aštuoniasdešimt |
| ninety | devyniasdešimt |
| one hundred | šimtas |
| one thousand | tūkstantis |