Lithuanian Out Loud 0190 Beg - Daug Many

Daug Many

photograph: Soldier of the Lithuanian National Defense Volunteer Forces during training, 22 May 2008
source: Ministry of National Defense, Republic of Lithuania

Hi there, I’m Jack and I’m Eglė and welcome back to Lithuanian Out Loud where we offer the world the Lithuanian language.

Egle, welcome to the show!  Hi!

Where, now, where are you from?

Okay, I am from Lithuania.

What part?  Klaipėda.  Vakarų Lietuva – western Lithuania.

So, you‘re from western Lithuania.  Yes.

And, what is your accent?  What style of accent..?

No accent!  Standard?

(Raminta in the background) Yes!

So, Egle…

Stelmužė is a village in Zarasai district, Lithuania. There is a wooden chapel built in 1650 not using saws or iron nails; it is the oldest wooden religious building in Lithuania. Stelmužė is also known for the Tower of Slaves or Vergų bokštas, a rectangular building constructed of stone and bricks, used for imprisonment of serfs.

Nasty.  Did you know this?  No!  Wow, we try to teach on every lesson a little bit about Lithuania.  That’s nice.  History, religion, the old religion, things like this.

pradėkime, let’s get started

On recent episodes we worked on numbering things such as three museums, trys muziejai or thirty seven dogs, trisdešimt septyni šunys.  That’s a lot!  Yes!

Today we’ll go over how to say, many dogs or a lot of people.  We’re talking about an indefinite number of things.  When you talk about indefinite numbers of things you use the plural genitive.  First, some vocabulary…

vocabulary – žodynas

a woman               

moteris

women               

moterys

a sort                 

rūšis

sorts                   

rūšys

a year                 

metai

hearts                 

širdys

an insect             

vabzdys

insects                

vabzdžiai

a fly                    

musė

flies                    

musės

a person              

žmogus

people                 

žmonės

water                   

vanduo

sad                     

liūdnas / liūdna

a minute              

minutė

minutes               

minutės

a religion             

religija

religions               

religijos

a face                   

veidas

faces                    

veidai

nitrate                   

nitratas

nitrates                 

nitratai

an elephant           

dramblys

elephants              

drambliai

a document            

dokumentas

documents             

dokumentai

a mosquito             

uodas

mosquitoes             

uodai

a question mark      

klaustukas

question marks       

klaustukai

a smoker                

rūkantysis

smokers                 

rūkantys

a location                

vieta

locations                 

vietos

a meadow               

pieva

meadows                

pievos

So, how long have you known Raminta?

Oh, I know Raminta for…12 years.

(Raminta in the background)  How many?

12, because for me…it’s 29…

About 12 years.

You’ve known her since you were 12 years-old or you have known her for 12 years?

No, I’ve known her for 12 years.  We met each other when we were 17 years-old.

Aha, kur? (where)

In high school.

Where, but, where was the high school?

The high school in Klaipėda.

And, you didn‘t like her at first.

Raminta? Yeah. No! I liked her. Why you say like that?

Joking, joking.

(Raminta in the background)  What did you think about me?

She was very funny; smiled a lot, and her laugh, we can hear…per visa koridoriu (through the entire corridor)

She was really nice…and she is.

She is, she is.  Okay, so,  the word for many, is daug.

many                  

daug

plenty of              

daug

a lot of                

daug

now let’s combine daug with some nouns…

many colors  

daug spalvų 

many locations  

daug vietų 

many cars  

daug mašinų 

many songs  

daug dainų 

many birds  

daug paukščių 

many children  

daug vaikų 

many women  

daug moterų 

many trees  

daug medžių 

many years  

daug metų 

there are a lot of people here  

čia yra daug žmonių 

are there many books in the library?  

ar daug knygų bibliotėkoje? 

there are a lot of sad faces  

yra daug liūdnų veidų 

there are many religions in the world  

yra daug religijų pasaulyje 

in China there are many people  

Kinijoje yra daug žmonių 

are there many people in the restaurant?  

ar daug žmonių restorane? 

are there many people in the coffee shop?  

ar daug žmonių kavinėje? 

outside there are many flies  

lauke yra daug musių 

in the forest there are many mosquitoes 

miške yra daug uodų 

in the meadow there are many insects  

pievoje yra daug vabzdių 

in history there are many question marks 

istorijoje yra daug klaustukų 

in the water are a lot of nitrates  

vandenyje yra daug nitratų 

in Africa are many places where elephants live 

Afrikoje yra daug vietų kur gyvena drambliai 

there are many documents  

yra daug dokumentų 

are there a lot of smokers?  

ar daug yra rūkančių? 

there are many sorts 

yra daug rūšių 

Here are some other ways to use daug. First some vocabulary. 

vocabulary žodynas

a lake                                     

ežeras

lakes                                       

ežerai

a leaf                                       

lapas

leaves                                      

lapai

a thing                                   

daiktas

things                                    

daiktai

a bird                                     

paukštis

birds                                      

paukščiai

a male cousin                       

pusbrolis

male cousins                          

pusbroliai

very many                              

labai daug

very many colors                    

labai daug spalvų

very many locations              

labai daug vietų

very many cars                      

labai daug mašinų

very many lakes                      

labai daug ežerų

very many leaves                   

labai daug lapų

a lot of things                       

labai daug daiktų

very many birds                     

labai daug paukščių

very many cousins                  

labai daug pusbrolių

very many automobiles        

labai daug automobilių

a window                               

langas

windows                                 

langai

a village                                  

kaimas

villages                                  

kaimai

a tooth                                   

dantis

teeth                                      

dantys

not many, not a lot                

nedaug

not many people, few people 

nedaug žmonių

not a lot of colors                    

nedaug spalvų

not many locations                  

nedaug vietų

not a lot of cars                       

nedaug mašinų

not many windows                  

nedaug langų

not many villages                    

nedaug kaimų

not many teeth                       

nedaug dantų

per daug translates as too much or too many

a war       

karas

wars        

karai

a trip      

kelionė

trips       

kelionės

a tree     

medis

trees      

medžiai

too many, too much                                      

per daug

there are too many people in the restaurant   

restorane yra per daug žmonių

there are too many people in the coffee shop 

kavinėje yra per daug žmonių

there are too many people in the nightclub    

klube yra per daug žmonių

too many colors                                             

per daug spalvų

too many cars                                               

per daug mašinų

too many trees                                              

per daug medžių

too many trips                                               

per daug kelionių

too many wars                                               

per daug karų

daugiau translates as more

a thief                         

vagis

thieves                            

vagys

a ship                             

laivas

ships                              

laivai

a suburb                         

priemiestis

suburbs                          

priemiesčiai

more                               

daugiau

more colors                   

daugiau spalvų   

more locations              

daugiau vietų

more cars                       

daugiau mašinų

more thieves                 

daugiau vagių

more students               

daugiau studentų

more suburbs                

daugiau priemiesčių

daug daugiau translates as many more

a passenger                  

keleivis

passengers                    

keleiviai

a poem                           

poema

poems                            

poemos

a fire                              

ugnis

fires                               

ugnys

a wall                             

siena

walls                              

sienos

a dictionary                   

žodynas

dictionaries                   

žodynai

a word                          

žodis

words                           

žodžiai

a bug                             

blakė

bugs                              

blakės

a pest                             

kenkėjas

pests                               

kenkėjai

many more                     

daug daugiau

many more passengers  

daug daugiau keleivių

many more poems          

daug daugiau poemų

many more fires             

daug daugiau ugnių

many more walls            

daug daugiau sienų

many more dictionaries 

daug daugiau žodynų

many more words         

daug daugiau žodžių

many more pests           

daug daugiau kenkėjų

many more bugs            

daug daugiau blakių

truputį daugiau translates as a little more

a little more flowers     

truputį daugiau gėlių

a little more people         

truputį daugiau žmonių

a little more women     

truputį daugiau moterų

So, what part of Klaipėda did you grow up in?

I grew up in the west...the west side of Klaipėda.  Yes!

Hmm, the west side, near the ocean.  Near the Baltic Sea.  Near the Baltic Sea.  Yes. 

Wow, cool.  Yeah.  Awesome.  

Thank you for doing this.  Thank you for you.

No, you did a good job!  Thank you!

Šaunuoliai!  Great!  You made it to the end of another episode!  Šaunuoliai!