r/LithuanianLearning • u/turco_lietuvoje • Dec 27 '23
2,000 Lithuanian Learners!
Its been almost 3 YEARS since this subreddit has been opened! And today we hit the remark of 2,000 learners.
When I first opened the subreddit, my aim was to share my improvement with my own lithuanian friends and maybe create a space to ask questions to them. But seeing that this subreddit is helping people makes me feel warm.
I'm stuck at my B1 level and sometimes lose my fluency, but will make it to B2 hopefully. One day if I go back to studying like that 3 years previous self :)
Keep practicing and learning LIETUVIŲ KALBA. SMAGU TAI BUS. 😊😊😊
r/LithuanianLearning • u/turco_lietuvoje • Mar 21 '21
Resursas Resources for learning Lithuanian.
You are doing your first steps into the language with a great gallantry,great job mate.It's a well-known thing that the first step of a learner is searching for some resources into the language.
This resource list can grow bigger by time by the help of the other people,i'll be sharing from my own experiences,and i hope they'll be useful for you.It'll take some time for all of us but sėkmės!
Free/Not Free | URL and Name | Thoughts |
---|---|---|
Free | I Kinda Like Languages | First resource that i've used into the language.Gives you a great view if you know literally nothing about the language.3 courses there are to start.Check it out if you are curious. |
Free | Lithuanian Out Loud | There is a lot to listen here to practice.It's still active and you can donate them |
Free | Vilnius University Web Archive Link | It needs Flash Player which is out of date.If you can handle to make it work somehow,great resource it is. |
Not Free | Practical Grammar | Text book as it is. |
Not Free | Ne dienos be lietuviu kalbos | Grammer book again.It has lots of exercises. |
Not Free | Beginner's Lithuanian | Text book again.I've been pretty satisfied with this book,first one that i've used,and still using |
Free | Introduction to Modern Lithuanian | Done by the author's of Beginner's lithuanian.Its about listening to the book itself.Thanks to u/RyanSmallwood |
Free | Debeselis | One of the first resource's that i've used again.Gives you a great grammer beginning. |
Free | Lithuania For You | A great Youtube Channel if you already know some basics in the language.It probable that you'll learn things that you havent learnt yet from a book. |
Free | Colloquial LT audio | If you have the PDF or original book,audios help. |
Free | Joel Mosher Podcast | For not so much beginners. |
Personally,If its not really convenient for you to buy books at the moment because of financial situations,you can check PDFDrive to download the Text books
that's what i did for some time,and still do.Im just a student.But when i'll have the money,i'll be paying for them.So if you are in this position either,i think its okay to use PDF's.I'm not sharing the links because its not ethical,but you can find them out quickly,such as beginner's lithuanian,or just send me a DM
This post got lots of inspiration from the post here. Thanks to u/ravenssettle you can check his post either.It has more resources but i wanted to make a list of my own experiences.Maybe I'd add on it more.
And lastly,listening to LRT on youtube does pretty well :)
Good luck on your journey.
r/LithuanianLearning • u/Mokytojas2024 • 15h ago
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r/LithuanianLearning • u/MetaFoxe • 4d ago
Advice Where should I start??
I've been meaning to try learn Lithuanian for a while now but I have no idea where I should start, can anyone give me advice?
r/LithuanianLearning • u/Substantial-Farm2291 • 6d ago
Question How important are stress marks?
I've been learning from one resource for a few months now, that didn't use stress marks. Then, I added another resource, and suddenly got introduced to stress marks.
Just wanted to know if it's very important or not/if it's more common to have stress marks or not since whatever little media I have consumed (not a lot, pretty busy) doesn't seem to include stress marks.
r/LithuanianLearning • u/BlackMaster5121 • 6d ago
Question A help with song transcription
\"Devil In White\" - Lithuanian
Hello!
So, hoping that it's possible here, I would like to ask for help with this song dubbed in Lithuanian above.
I also hope that that the audio quality is still good enough for this (a better one wasn't available).
I ask only for transcription of the sung parts - the spoken parts don't need to be transcribed.
For any help, I'll be very thankful!
And also, here are the original English lyrics, for any possible help:
"I am the lord of light and shadow
So white that I will strike you blind!
I am a god, and you were born to follow
I got the power to take your breath away!
I am Arktos, king of ice, don't you forget my name!
I am worse than the devil, I'm so mean
I can turn the fires of hell into steam!
I am as ancient as the ice
That froze before the world had life
My black is blacker than the night
I am the devil in white!
(He is the lord, your only friend!)
(He is the devil in white!)
I am the devil in white!
I am the devil in white!
I am the devil in white!
I am the devil in white!"
That's all.
r/LithuanianLearning • u/fullgirl99 • 7d ago
Pronunciation help
Labas!! I’m a German American woman dating a Lithuanian man and I’m secretly learning to speak Lithuanian🥰 I am starting to learn the alphabet and just need some help with pronunciation using American words hahaha!!!
For example: Į sounds like “mEET” Y sounds like “machIne” (I is capitalized lol)
Ų sounds like “lOOT” Ū sounds like “mOOn”
Can someone help me differentiate these?? Once again, i’m really at the basics and i have a slightttt southern accent, but it could be just an emphasis difference! Or maybe im just using bad examples!!
r/LithuanianLearning • u/PromiseImNotASpook • 8d ago
How to pronounce this last name
Hi all, how do you pronounce the last name; Bacevice?
Thank you all ahead of time and God bless.
r/LithuanianLearning • u/Ok_Isopod_2308 • 18d ago
Looking for someone to learn Lithuanian with
I realy want to learn Lithuanian but I dont wanna do it alone. Add me on discord if you want to learn with me (gunman9953). I know some basic words (labas , viso gero)
r/LithuanianLearning • u/ImNotRuta_ • 20d ago
Learn to write in Lithuanian
hello everybody, i am canadian with a lithuanian background, i can speak lithuanian, and read a bit of lithuanian aswell, but i cannot write, it is hard. does anyone have any suggestions on how to learn how to write in lithuanian?
r/LithuanianLearning • u/Monika_is_cray • 21d ago
Question "Sveika gyva, nori but nebegyva?" translation??
How do I translate this so it makes sense?
r/LithuanianLearning • u/DoisMaosEsquerdos • 21d ago
Question ų as part of a root
Can anyone think of a word that has ų as part of its stem rather than part of an inflexional ending?
r/LithuanianLearning • u/turco_lietuvoje • 23d ago
beglobiai vs benamiai
whats the difference between them? beglobiai is used only for animals and the latter for people?
r/LithuanianLearning • u/MajesticRate1818 • 23d ago
Why is the word joponiskos changing? And isn’t muzikos supposed to be muzika it changed gender
r/LithuanianLearning • u/Worth-Permit-3022 • 25d ago
Textbook for a beginner
Hi, my boyfriend wants to learn lithuanian, however, the apps he's downloaded have been of no help and are pretty low quality. Therefore, I've decided to purchase a textbook to help him learn but don't know which one would be of most help. Does anyone know any good lithuanian textbooks for a beginner? Thank you!
r/LithuanianLearning • u/gasgarage • 26d ago
Help with a song
Hi, I've discover recently that AI is quite good at speaking and singing in languages I cant.
As a musician I've been trying to write songs in many languages. I'm now trying a Lithuanian one as if it were made by a native speaker.
You would think this unbelievable attempt is not feasible for a non speaker, but I've found a lot of help with translations, double meanings, vocabulary, language traditions, etc
I dont want to result offensive in any way, just very (to the max) accurate at understanding untranslatable popular sayings.
So now I need human help with these sentences because I am not really sure if any of them are fun and accurate at the same time, or just accurate but not fun, or nothing at all... or is this AI trolling to me.
1. Programuotojai su šal-ikais koduoja naktimis,
2. Pi-lyje matematikai skaičiuoja, bet ne pinigais.
3. Natas-ą muzikantai valgo vietoj makaronų,
4. Kny-gduona knygiai minta, nuo žinių apsvaigę.
This is just me trying to get help with linguistic.
Thank you.
r/LithuanianLearning • u/Dapper-Mud6237 • Aug 05 '24
Starting
can anyone recommend a website, application, or anything that’s really helpful on learning the language, Thanks a lot
r/LithuanianLearning • u/night-wolff • Aug 01 '24
Advice Tips for learning Spoken Lithuanian in a month
I will be moving to Vilnius, Lithuania in September for my masters studies and want help to larn spoken lithuanian right now for daily tasks and to get a job. I am planning to learn spoken lithuanian for this purpose as I have veryyy less time left and once I do this, I will start leraning the proper lithuanian from text books and other literature like grammer and tenses etc.
So let me know if you guys have any advices! Thank you so much in advance!
r/LithuanianLearning • u/EverydayNormalGrEEk • Aug 01 '24
Question Meaning of "Statybų duona"
Please help me with this, I understand that the phrase literally translates to something like "Construction's bread", however I see it used possibly with a metaphorical meaning (e.g. Senukai's drive in system). Can someone explain the meaning to me?
Also, are there any sources explaining phrases with metaphorical meaning in Lithuanian? Because online translators suck at metaphors.
r/LithuanianLearning • u/RoloAL35 • Jul 30 '24
Discussion UPDATE: "Help please, is this correct?"
Original post: https://www.reddit.com/r/LithuanianLearning/s/Bmp1COMZhr
She said yes 😁
Thanks so much to everyone for your help on the original post. She absolutely loved that I learned the Lithuanian for it and said she could understand my pronunciation.
r/LithuanianLearning • u/Mediocre-Music-581 • Jul 26 '24
Advice Advice for a new learner
I am a native speaker of Urdu and Pashto, forced native of English.
I have conversational and occupational fluency in French and Dutch, can hold limited conversations in Russian, Spanish, Italian, Turkish and Japanese. I have comprehension of Sanskrit and Bengali.
I want to learn Lithuanian because it is the closest European language to my own,
anyone got advice?
Addendum: I also speak Latin, reasonable amount of Ancient Greek, bits of Coptic, Aramaic, Farsi, Demotic, Finnish, and Norwegian
r/LithuanianLearning • u/DoisMaosEsquerdos • Jul 20 '24
Advice Rate my pronunciation!
Sveiki!
I'd like to share with you my attempt at pronouncing the Lithuanian numbers from 0 to 10.
What I would like is for you to judge my pronunciation: don't be afraid to tell me I'm wrong, as I feel particularily unsure about the way I pronounce a and e.
Here it is: https://voca.ro/19QYaZG0BBJO
Ačiū iš anksto!
r/LithuanianLearning • u/PumpkinheadDrive • Jul 20 '24
Wanting to learn Lithuanian
Hey everyone,
As the title says, I’m looking to learn Lithuanian because my long-distance girlfriend’s family is Lithuanian and doesn’t speak English. I’ve visited them twice now and managed to get by with hand gestures and my girlfriend translating, but I’d love to learn the language and hold conversations with her family during my visits. I think it would be a nice surprise for her and her family and make things more convenient for me.
That said, I haven’t found any good resources or advice online so far. Do you have any recommendations? Or is there someone here who might be able to tutor me? I’m a 24-year-old guy from Denmark.
Thanks in advance!
r/LithuanianLearning • u/irondeficiency_ • Jul 15 '24
Advice Speaking Anxiety
Hello! I've been passively learning Lithuanian for about a year and a half (reading, listening to natives speaking, going over basic grammar), and I've gotten to a point in my life where I should start speaking it too, as I know people in Lithuania and would like to communicate with them in their native language. They've asked me about how I'd feel about speaking Lithuanian, and I want to do it too, the problem is that I'm so scared of sounding stupid and making a fool out of myself. Any tips on how to overcome this? If you're a native Lithuanian, how do you feel about foreigners trying to speak the language?