Lithuanian Out Loud 0270 - Dirbu Darbo Dienomis I Work On Weekdays

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LL0270 – plural instrumental inagininkas part three

Hi there, I’m Jack and I’m Gintarė and welcome back to Lithuanian Out Loud where we offer the world the Lithuanian language.

A bizarre story out of Lithuania concerns a man named Drąsius Kedys of Kaunas, Lithuania.

Mr. Kedys allegedly murdered Lithuanian District Court Judge Jonas Furmanavičius and a few hours later, the sister of his ex-girlfriend, Violeta Naruševičienė.

Police said that possible motives for the murders were either a bitter three-year-long custody fight or the claims by Drąsius Kedys that Judge Jonas Furmanavičius and other men raped his young daughter.

Drąsius Kedys had become a Lithuanian folk hero for taking the law into his own hands and murdering two people. Street demonstrations were held and mugs and t-shirts supporting Drąsius were sold all over Lithuania.

His body was found in a Kaunas reservoir in April 2010.

Killer of judge, woman in Kaunas remains at large

http://balticreports.com/?p=2444

Drąsius Kedys found dead in Kaunas

http://balticreports.com/?p=15414

In the last episode we went over the plural instrumental case or įnagininkas. Today, we'll go over some more examples using the plural instrumental case used in different ways.

Let’s start with the days of the week.

Just a quick review, here are the days of the week in vardininkas

Monday

pirmadienis

Tuesday

antradienis

Wednesday

trečiadienis

Thursday

ketvirtadienis

Friday

penktadienis

Saturday

šeštadienis

Sunday

sekmadienis

if you want to say something happens on a particular day of the week, you have to use the accusative singular

I work on Monday

aš dirbu pirmadienį

on Tuesday began a new strike

antradienį prasidėjo naujas streikas

on Wednesday lightning set fire to two buildings

Antradienį žaibai padegė du pastatus

live jazz this Thursday!

džiazas gyvai šį ketvirtadienį!

on Friday you can dance

penktadienį tu gali šokti

why do we celebrate on Sunday rather than Saturday?

kodėl mes švenčiame sekmadienį, o ne šeštadienį?

if you want to say something happens every Monday or every Tuesday, you use the instrumental plural

the lessons take place on Mondays

pamokos vyksta pirmadieniais

selections will take place on Tuesdays and Thursdays

atrankos vyks antradieniais ir ketvirtadieniais

in December we will work on Wednesdays

Gruodžio mėnesį dirbsime trečiadieniais

Salsa-mania happens on Fridays

Salsamanija vyksta penktadieniais

court is closed on Saturdays

teismas šeštadieniais nedirba

Julė works not only weekdays, but Sundays

Julė dirba ne tik darbo dienomis, bet ir sekmadieniais

if you’re talking about something that happens during a single day, you use the singular accusative

diena changes to dieną

during the day

dieną

I work all day

dirbu visą dieną

the judge sleeps all day

teisėjas visą dieną miega

in Kaunas it snowed all day

Kaune snigo visą dieną

what do you do every day?

ką darote kiekvieną dieną?

let’s say you want to describe something that happens during the day, every day

here we’d use the instrumental plural of the word for day

dienomis

by days

dienomis

during the days

dienomis

during holidays

švenčių dienomis

work time

darbo laikas

work days

darbo dienomis

I work on weekdays

dirbu darbo dienomis

I sleep on holidays

miegu švenčių dienomis

working time on holidays

darbo laikas švenčių dienomis

open hours on holidays

darbo laikas švenčių dienomis

on weekends and holidays I don't work

savaitgaliais ir švenčių dienomis nedirbu

evenings or weekends go to the theater

vakarais arba savaitgaliais eik i kiną

now let’s describe something that happens in the evening

evening

vakaras

evenings

vakarai

in the evening

vakare

this evening

šiandien vakare

tomorrow evening

rytoj vakare

Dear, maybe we can go tomorrow evening?

Brangioji, gal nueikime rytoj vakare?

I had a flight this evening to Frankfurt

aš turėjau skristi šiandien vakare į Frankfurtą

I’ll be back in the evening

aš sugrįšiu vakare

in the evening we will all be in Lithuania

vakare mes visi būsime Lietuvoje

I will leave tomorrow evening or Friday morning

aš išvyksiu rytoj vakare arba penktadienio rytą

in order to express something that happens in the evenings, we use the plural instrumental

in the evenings

vakarais

I can watch your children in the evenings

galiu prižiurėti jūsų vaikus vakarais

mosquitoes buzz in the evenings

uodai zyzia vakarais

what to do on long Autumn evenings?

ką veikti ilgais rudens vakarais?

the word for morning, as you already know, is rytas

morning

rytas

mornings

rytai

in the morning

rytą

in the mornings

rytais

what do you do in the mornings?

ką tu darai, rytais?

I need help in the mornings

man reikia pagalbos rytais

it’s very cold in the mornings

labai šalta rytais

I’m alone in the mornings

aš vienas rytais

we can also use the plural instrumental to describe things during the seasons of the year

summer

vasara

in summer

vasarą

in summers

vasaromis

he with his family lived in Kaunas in the summers

jis su šeima gyveno Kaune vasaromis

our summers often lack moisture

mūsų vasaromis dažnai trūksta drėgmės

spring

pavasaris

in spring

pavasarį

in the springs

pavasariais

to bloom

žydėti

our flowers bloom in the springs

mūsų gėlės žydi pavasariais

winter

žiema

in winter

žiemą

in the winters

žiemomis

why do bears sleep in the winters?

kodėl meškos žiemomis miega?

in the cold winters bees eat more honey

šaltomis žiemomis bitės daugiau suvalgo medaus

autumn

ruduo

in the autumn

rudenį

in the autumns

rudeniais

to pick up

rinkti

In the autumns I want to go pick mushrooms

Visais rydeniais aš noriu eiti rinkti grybų

on the next episode we'll continue using the instrumental in different ways

see you then!

Šaunu, you made it to the end of another episode! Turėtum jaustis kaip ant sparnų! You should feel like you're on wings!