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Lesson 7 of 10

Meeting people in Lithuanian

How are you, what is your name, where are you from, I like it: the first five minutes. Play the ten Lithuanian words against the clock, with a note on how locals really use each one after every answer. All ten are written out below.

The Lithuanian Song Festival
Meeting people
10 words · 20 seconds each · 8 of 10 to pass
What it meansHow to say it
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All 10 Lithuanian phrases in this lesson

Kaip laikotės?KIGHP ligh-KOH-tehs
How are you?

Uses the formal Jūs form laikotės. Appropriate with strangers and elders.

Gerai, ačiūgeh-RIGH, AH-choo
I'm fine, thanks

The standard polite reply. You can add o jūs or o tu to ask it back.

O jūs?OH YOOS
And you?

Jūs is the polite form. Use o tu with friends. A simple way to return the question.

Koks jūsų vardas?kohks YOO-soo VAHR-dahs
What's your name?
Mano vardas...MAH-no VAHR-dahs
My name is...
Iš kur jūs esate?eesh KOOR yoos EH-sah-teh
Where are you from?
Aš esu iš...ahsh eh-SOO eesh
I'm from...
Man patinkamahn pah-TEEN-kah
I like it
Gražugrah-ZHOO
It's beautiful
Sveiki atvykęSVAY-kee aht-VEE-keh
Welcome

Where Lithuanian is spoken

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