Lithuanian Nouns

Welcome to the third Lithuanian lesson about nouns. This time we will first learn about fruits and vegetables, followed by grammar rules, then food items, finally a conversation in Lithuanian to help you practice your daily phrases.

potatoes bulvės

tomatoes pomidorai

onions svogūnai

carrots morkos

fruits vaisiai

apples obuoliai

bananas bananai

oranges apelsinai

Nouns Grammar Rules

In general nouns refer to a person, an object, or abstract ideas. For example: a fast runner the noun is [runner] because it refers to a person. The examples below use nouns in different ways and places to demonstrate how they behave in a sentence.

Grammar + Rules - Lithuanian
do you have milk? [verb + noun] ar turite pieno?
I have milk and coffee [preposition + noun] aš turiu pieno ir kavos
he has three apples [number + plural noun] jis turi tris obuolius
she only has one apple [number + singular noun] ji turi tik vieną obuolį
we live in a small house [adjective + noun] mes gyvename mažame name
I like our breakfast [pronoun + noun] man patinka mūsų pusryčiai

The following are nouns of food items that you might be interested in learning and memorizing.

bread duona

milk pienas

butter sviestas

cheese sūris

coffee kava

sandwich sumuštinis

meat mėsa

chicken vištiena or viščiukas

fish žuvis

breakfast pusryčiai

lunch pietūs

dinner vakarienė

Conversation in Lithuanian

Now we finally reach the fun part, the practice of the daily conversations. These phrases are used to get to know new people, and break the ice.

English - Lithuanian
Do you speak (English/ Lithuanian)? ar jūs kalbate angliškai/ lietuviškai
Just a little tik truputį
I like Lithuanian man patinka lietuvių kalba
Can I practice with you? ar galite man padėti pasipraktikuoti?
How old are you? kiek jums metų?
I'm thirty three years old man 33 metai
It was nice talking to you buvo malonu su jumis pakalbėti

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