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today we begin a series of episodes focused on pronouns and how they are declined
this is a very big topic, so we'll do one episode per pronoun
this episode will cover manęs, the next episode will cover tavęs, etcetera
we’ll start off with the most common declension, vardininkas or the nominative case, and what the pronouns look like
we’ve used these hundreds of times so it should be easy by now
aš, tu, jis, ji, mes, jūs, jie, jos
some quick examples;
the nominative case
vardininkas
I eat
aš valgau
you understand (tu)
tu supranti
he has
jis turi
she can
ji gali
you are (jūs)
jūs esate
we talk
mes kalbame
you all don’t understand (jūs)
jūs nesuprantate
they live (jie)
jie gyvena
they want (jos)
jos nori
by now, those should be easy
now, the genitive case or kilmininkas and the same pronouns
aš changes to manęs
tu changes to tavęs
jis changes to jo
ji changes to jos
jūs changes to jūsų
mes changes to mūsų
jūs changes to jūsų
jie changes to jų
jos changes to jų
before we get to our examples, here are some prepositions that require the genitive case or kilmininkas
keep in mind that some of these prepositions can have entirely different meanings with other cases,
of course, here we're only looking at the genitive case
without
be
from
iš
near, next to
prie
on, on top of
ant
between
tarp
behind, beyond
už
above, over
virš
near, close, close by
arti
by, near, next to
šalia
according to, in the words of
anot
according to
pasak
near, beside, by
greta
not far or close by
netoli
because of, on account of
dėl
to, until, as far as
iki
from, off
nuo
after
po
a preposition we've added to the bottom of this list is "po"
you'll remember we used po quite a bit with the instrumental case where it meant, "under"
in the genitive case, po translates as "after"
in the genitive case, or kilmininkas, the pronoun aš changes to manęs
laukti, like many other verbs, requires the genitive case
to wait for
laukti
are you waiting for me?
ar lauksi manęs?
wait for me! (formal)
palaukite manęs!
wait for me! (informal)
palauk manęs!
paradise is waiting for me
rojus manęs laukia
ieškoti, like many other verbs, requires the genitive case
to find
ieškoti
come find me!
eik manęs ieškoti!
I saw him, but he did not see me
aš jį mačiau, o jis manęs nematė
don’t yell at me!
neklausk manęs!
to hate (plus genitive)
nekęsti
she hates me
ji manęs nekenčia
don't wait for me!
nelauk manęs!
now, here are some examples of manęs combined with the prepositions we just listed
without
be
without me you can’t do it
be manęs negalite tai daryti
live with me or without me
gyvenk su manim ar be manęs
what would you do without me?
ką darytum be manęs?
go without me
eik be manęs
are you happy without me?
ar laiminga be manęs?
be happy without me
būk laiminga be manęs
from
iš
what do you want from me?
ko tu nori iš manęs?
what do you expect from me?
ko tu iš manęs tikiesi?
he stole from me
jis pavogė iš manęs
what do you need from me?
ko tau iš manęs reikia?
near, next to
prie
come next to me
ateik prie manęs
stop smoking near me!
nustok rūkyti prie manęs!
Gintarė ran next to me
Gintarė prie manęs pribėgo
some big guy came up next to me, totally drunk
prie manęs priėjo kažkoks didelis vaikinas, visiškai girtas
in English we can say, "he is angry at me," or "I am angry at her."
in Lithuanian we say, "he is angry on me," or "I am angry on her."
on, on top of
ant
angry
piktas / pikta
don't be angry with me
nepykite ant manęs
he is angry at me and I am angry at her
jis pyksta ant manęs ir esu piktas ant jos
What to do? My girlfriend got angry with me
Ką daryti? Draugė ant manęs supyko
between
tarp
between me and you
tarp manęs ir jūsų
between me and Viktorija
tarp manęs ir Viktorijos
a dialogue between me and him
dialogas tarp manęs ir jo
between me and you
tarp manęs ir tavęs
between me and brother there is a difference
tarp manęs ir brolio yra skirtumas
behind, beyond
už
is there somebody behind me?
ar kas nors yra už manęs?
close the door behind me, I'm going
uždaryk už manęs duris, aš išeinu
I don't like it when she sits behind me
aš nemėgstu, kai ji sėdi už manęs
I feel that someone is behind me
jaučiu kad kažkas už manęs
above, over
virš
she lives above me
ji gyvena virš manęs
he sat close by and leaned over me
jis atsisėdo šalia ir pasilenkė virš manęs
the airplane flew over me
lėktuvas skrido virš manęs
I hear footsteps directly over me
girdžiu žingsnius tiesiai virš manęs
near, close, close by
arti
Richard stood very close to me
Ričardas stovėjo labai arti manęs
don't be so near me!
nebūk taip arti manęs!
when you're near me, I'm strong
kai tu arti manęs, aš esu stipri
Evaldas sat next to me
Evaldas sėdėjo arti manęs
suddenly, he was really close to me!
staiga, jis buvo taip arti manęs!
by, near, next to
šalia
sit down next to me
atsisėsk šalia manęs
she ate next to me
ji valgė šalia manęs
come near me!
eik šalia manęs!
can you sit next to me?
ar gali atsisėsti šalia manęs?
(Here Gintarė helps Jack with the word for “better” - gėriau. There is also a grandfather clock chiming in the background)
according to
anot
according to me, this is not true
anot manęs, šitas ne teisingas
according to me, that is the best
anot manęs, tai yra geriausia
according to me, that is the worst
anot manęs, tai yra blogiausia
according to
pasak
according to me, the novel is good
pasak manęs romanas yra geras
(Here Gintarė refers to her imminent departure back to Lithuania leaving Jack without a Lithuanian to record more episodes. Jack disagrees with her suggestion that he can teach Lithuanian without help)
this novel is too childish, according to me
šis romanas yra per daug vaikiškas, pasak manęs
according to me, this novel is about love
pasak manęs, šis romanas yra apie meilę
near, beside, by
greta
sit next to me
sėsk greta manęs
a car stopped beside me
automobilis sustoja greta manęs
today, next to me on the bus, sat two Polish girls
šiandien greta manęs autobuse sėdėjo dvi lenkaitės
not far or close by
netoli
they live not far from me
jos gyvena netoli manęs
he lives in a suburb close by me
jis gyvena priemiestyje netoli manęs
the shade
pavėsis
in the shade
pavėsyje
the police car stopped in the shade not far from me
policijos automobilis sustoja pavėsyje netoli manęs
because of
dėl
mind, understanding, reason
protas
that girl goes crazy for me
ta mergina eina iš proto dėl manęs
do your best for me!
pasistenk dėl manęs!
love me, just for me
mylėk mane tik dėl manęs
I can't imagine what I'd do without my parents, they're very helpful with what I'm going through
neįsivaizduoju, ką daryčiau be savo tėvų, jie labai padėda ir dėl manęs išgyvena
to, until
iki
an idea or thought
mintis
that's one good thought that came to me from the song
tai viena gera mintis, kuri iki manęs atkeliavo iš dainos
no one came up to me!
iki manęs niekas neatėjo!
he came up to me
jis atėjo iki manęs
from, since
nuo
leave me alone!
atstok nuo manęs!
leave me alone!
atsikabink nuo manęs!
why doesn't a man want a child from me?
kodėl vyras nenori nuo manęs vaiko?
happiness is so distant from me
laimė taip toli nuo manęs
let's say you're next to someone who's talking on the phone and you want to pass on a hello to whomever is on the other line
greetings from me
linkėjimai nuo manęs
greetings from me to them
linkėjimai jiems nuo manęs
best wishes and congratulations to all of you from me
linkėjimai ir sveikinimai Jums visiems nuo manęs
regards to all from me
linkėjimai visiems nuo manęs
regards to all from me
visiems linkejimai nuo manes
once again, greetings from me
dar kartą linkejimai nuo manes
big greetings from me
dideli linkėjimai nuo manęs
big, big greetings from me
dideli, dideli linkėjimai nuo manęs
lots of different ways to say greetings here
if you only take one of these away, then memorize, "linkėjimai nuo manęs," I use this almost every day
after
po
you were born after me
tu gimei po manęs
who will stay here after me?
kas liks čia po manęs?
jump after me
šok po manęs
he leaves after me
jis išeina po manęs
she sings after me
ji dainuoja nuo manęs
Tikras stebuklas! You made it to the end of another episode! nepaprasta!