Labas! Labas! As an American of Lithuanian descent...I was thrilled to see this video. I still haven't made it there yet, but I plan to go in a few years. Thank you (Ačiū) so much for this video! PS: I don't speak Lithuanian fluently, my Mom and Daddy did. But we were taught when saying goodbye it was...Su Dievu...Go with God. Kind of like Vaya con Dios in Spanish.
Aš esu amerikietis bet esu studijavęs lietuvių kalbos beveik 5 metus, Skrendau iš Sietlo į Vilnių ir reikia pasakyti kad tas miestas buvo gražus ir labai daug ką padaryti. Mano manymu lietuviai labai sąžiningi bet tylūs bet suprantu kodėl jie taip elgėsi. Siūlau visiems į Lietuvą keliauti. Buvau taip pat Kaune, tai truputį kitoks nei Vilnius.
Wow, this is amazing! There are some mistakes, like "skrendau" is not a form that exists, but its understandable, because its "as skrendu (i fly)" so its easy to make that mistake, some words have very different forms, some are simple. The correct one is "as skridau (i flew)" from the root "skristi", then you might ask why isnt it "as skrindu (i fly)" and idk the answer to that, it may be an outlier. Im not very good at explaining grammar. Its so fun to see foreigners learn our seldom spoken language, you are awesome!
Those comments are the reason, why you should consider stop learning the language. People will answer to you in English either way, so you should not bother too much, as it will be a waste of time and you won't be able to conversate in Lithuanian.
@@michail_zheleznov Tavo komentaras yra gana nuviliantis. Jei vaikinas nori mokytis lietuvių kalbos dėl kokios nors priežasties, kodėl neleidžiate jam būti laimingam? Aš jį palaikau. Turiu keletą draugų ten ir planuoju greitai apsilankyti. Apkabinimai lietuvių kolegoms nuo Argentinos! 🫂🇦🇷❤️🇱🇹
Never really heard Lithuanian until now. It sounds really nice. Well done Mark, you’ve made me interested in another language I totally didn’t think about before 😊
Lithuanian has always looked so fascinating to me. I understand it's the most conservative Ianguage of the Indo-European language family, so it's the closest to the language spoken 5 thousand years ago that many prominent languages (including English, Italian, Russian, Greek, Farsi, Hindi etc.) descend from. There's even a surprising amount of words that look very close to Ancient Sanskrit, which it isn't particularly closely related to, just because those words have changed that little. That doesn't mean it hasn't changed at all or is exactly the same by any means, but there's more interesting linguistic glances into the past to be found.
Was nice to see Klaipeda on the video. How i wish this video had been from a few years ago before we all came to visit my family. On a language note, I grew up during the change from Russian to Lithuanian in school. For most of the early 90s I tried to get by adding as is or os to the end of words and just hoping to be somewhat correct. I hope you made it to stora antis! Cant wait for the rest of your baltic journey!
"'ė" is actually a tricky one for English and Slavic speakers but it should be not a problem for Germans, it sounds exactly like "ä" in "später" or first "e" in German name Peter.
But in Tagalog (with the stress on the last sylable) it means "go away" 😃. Phillipinos living in Lithuania notice trhis immediately and used to make jokes about it.
04:25 five - penki, while “penkios” is also five, but in feminine gender. Numerals have two forms, which are used depending on gramatical gender of the word which follows: vienas (masculine) - viena (feminine) (vienas vyras - one man, viena moteris - one woman; the words that have no reference to actual gender nevetheless depend to a gramatical gender: viena knyga - one book, vienas obuolys - one apple), du - dvi, trys - trys (no difference), keturi - keturios, penki - penkios…
In Lithuanian you change the ending of a word to give it a different meaning. If you're just saying what it's called, you would say "kava", but if you're requesting/asking for coffee then you say "kavos"
Labas! Labas! As an American of Lithuanian descent...I was thrilled to see this video. I still haven't made it there yet, but I plan to go in a few years. Thank you (Ačiū) so much for this video!
PS: I don't speak Lithuanian fluently, my Mom and Daddy did. But we were taught when saying goodbye it was...Su Dievu...Go with God. Kind of like Vaya con Dios in Spanish.
I haven't heard much about Lithuania expect that it has become quite a popular place recently...I love these words, thanks for sharing
I really want to visit Lithuania one day😩😀
Aš esu amerikietis bet esu studijavęs lietuvių kalbos beveik 5 metus, Skrendau iš Sietlo į Vilnių ir reikia pasakyti kad tas miestas buvo gražus ir labai daug ką padaryti. Mano manymu lietuviai labai sąžiningi bet tylūs bet suprantu kodėl jie taip elgėsi. Siūlau visiems į Lietuvą keliauti. Buvau taip pat Kaune, tai truputį kitoks nei Vilnius.
Wow, this is amazing! There are some mistakes, like "skrendau" is not a form that exists, but its understandable, because its "as skrendu (i fly)" so its easy to make that mistake, some words have very different forms, some are simple. The correct one is "as skridau (i flew)" from the root "skristi", then you might ask why isnt it "as skrindu (i fly)" and idk the answer to that, it may be an outlier. Im not very good at explaining grammar. Its so fun to see foreigners learn our seldom spoken language, you are awesome!
How did you learn? I’ve been struggling because it’s very overwhelming for me.
Those comments are the reason, why you should consider stop learning the language. People will answer to you in English either way, so you should not bother too much, as it will be a waste of time and you won't be able to conversate in Lithuanian.
@@michail_zheleznov Tavo komentaras yra gana nuviliantis. Jei vaikinas nori mokytis lietuvių kalbos dėl kokios nors priežasties, kodėl neleidžiate jam būti laimingam? Aš jį palaikau. Turiu keletą draugų ten ir planuoju greitai apsilankyti. Apkabinimai lietuvių kolegoms nuo Argentinos! 🫂🇦🇷❤️🇱🇹
Nėra už ką* ☺️ Great video! Glad to see you visiting Lithuanian again!
as someone planning to visit the Baltics, this video came out at a great time.
Never really heard Lithuanian until now. It sounds really nice. Well done Mark, you’ve made me interested in another language I totally didn’t think about before 😊
Iš one of the oldest languages.
Very educational, thanks :D
Lithuanian has always looked so fascinating to me. I understand it's the most conservative Ianguage of the Indo-European language family, so it's the closest to the language spoken 5 thousand years ago that many prominent languages (including English, Italian, Russian, Greek, Farsi, Hindi etc.) descend from. There's even a surprising amount of words that look very close to Ancient Sanskrit, which it isn't particularly closely related to, just because those words have changed that little.
That doesn't mean it hasn't changed at all or is exactly the same by any means, but there's more interesting linguistic glances into the past to be found.
Thank you!
I'll be there in January!
Was nice to see Klaipeda on the video. How i wish this video had been from a few years ago before we all came to visit my family.
On a language note, I grew up during the change from Russian to Lithuanian in school. For most of the early 90s I tried to get by adding as is or os to the end of words and just hoping to be somewhat correct.
I hope you made it to stora antis! Cant wait for the rest of your baltic journey!
Can't ignore the small differences with Latvian I'm learning right now in my spare time.
Thanks! Going to Lithuania tomorrow for the first time. Knew some words, but good with a refresher.
Don't forget to make the distinction between the nasal "e" soond and ė which is just a "normal" e sound.
"'ė" is actually a tricky one for English and Slavic speakers but it should be not a problem for Germans, it sounds exactly like "ä" in "später" or first "e" in German name Peter.
Off to Klaipeda in a couple of days :)
I'm going to Lithuania this month 😮
Can't wait to try their foods 🎉❤
Thanks, very useful.
Labas.....i like this. It's kind of cute and just rolls off you're tongue. Anyway Labas to all.
But in Tagalog (with the stress on the last sylable) it means "go away" 😃. Phillipinos living in Lithuania notice trhis immediately and used to make jokes about it.
@@fidenemini111 Thanks for commenting, yes, words are always different in other countries
Awesome video
Nice, great 👍
Friends from Lithuania. If we will be one powerfull country as previously it will be easier for all! Orzel&Pogon together.
WOW ' GOOD JOB SIR, KEEP IT UP, RESPECT 🙏 U, GREAT VEDIOE'S 👍, FROM SURANGA ( SRILANKA )
03:01 Old Town - senamiestis (accent: senámiestis), not “senamiestas”.
04:25 five - penki, while “penkios” is also five, but in feminine gender. Numerals have two forms, which are used depending on gramatical gender of the word which follows: vienas (masculine) - viena (feminine) (vienas vyras - one man, viena moteris - one woman; the words that have no reference to actual gender nevetheless depend to a gramatical gender: viena knyga - one book, vienas obuolys - one apple), du - dvi, trys - trys (no difference), keturi - keturios, penki - penkios…
This was neat!
Excelente
I guess there are different dialects because my grandma used to say kavos for coffee
Lithuanian language has 4 dialects
@@Bottegadgfh wow I did not know that
True different dialects are there, but kavOS has a different ending to kavA, because it has a different meaning - a request/wish for a coffee.
In Lithuanian you change the ending of a word to give it a different meaning. If you're just saying what it's called, you would say "kava", but if you're requesting/asking for coffee then you say "kavos"
😃😃😃
if someone gives you something or compliments you, just sneeze to show your gratitude 🤧 _AČIU_ !!
Well, it’s ačiū
Prasom! 🙂
I would definitely love to visit Lithuania, I hope it’s not difficult getting a Visa permit from Nigeria 😢
kiek kojona not just kiek kainuoja :) im proud of this person :) very nice job :) soooooooo bad in Lietuva ? that you left ?
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any chance for a Latvian video?
Kas is what or who.
How to travel in Lithuania now I am ni Minsk which doucment need
Accent sounds a bit Italian?
Not sure about that, but I always got asked if I was Spanish when speaking Lithuanian in public.
Good, but your pronunciation is not like lithuanian's
very interesting, I was expecting Cyrillic alphabet
Why?
@@krunoslavkovacec1842 soviet union
@@krunoslavkovacec1842 i know lithuania is lithuania but people outside often don’t know
@@piotr1997 Well, most popular smuggled item inside via border was Lithuanian books so it makes sense why it's not cyrillic. xD
I am a 35 year old Moroccan guy looking for a Lithuanian girl for marriage
How many wives do you have right now?
hope russ gives it to you good ukerlovers
I think you're being a bit too xenophobic.