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 |
I hope you enjoyed this lesson about the nouns in Lithuanian. If you have any question about this lesson please contact me here. Now check the next lesson below.
| Lithuanian Plural |
Inspirational Quote: A coward gets scared and quits. A hero gets scared, but still goes on. |