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       Phrase Book: Lithuanian
       In Emergency                  When?    Kada?      Kaadaa?
       Help!    Gelbėkit!   Galbekit!  Why?   Kodėl?     Kodel?
       Stop!   Sustokit!   Soostokit!  Where?   Kur?     Koor?
       Look out!   Atsargiai!   Aatsaargyai!
       Call a doctor!   Kvieskit gydytoją!   Kvieskit geedeetoyaa!  Useful Phrases
       Call an    Kvieskit greitąją!   Kvieskit greitaayaa!   How are you?   Kaip sekasi?   Kaip sakaasi?
       ambulance!                    Very well, thank    Ačiū, labai gerai.   Aachyoo, laabai
       Call the police!   Kvieskit policiją!   Kvieskit politsiyaa!  you.        gerai.
       Call the fire    Kvieskit gaisrinę!   Kvieskit gīsrine!   Pleased to meet    Malonu susipažinti.   Maalonoo
       department!                   you.                 soosipaazhinti.
       Where is the    Kur yra artimiausias    Koor eeraa   See you soon!   Iki greito    Iki greito
       nearest     telefonas?    artimyowsyaas       pasimatymo!     paasimaateemo!
       telephone?          telefonaas?  Is there … here?   Ar čia yra ...?   Ar che eeraa ...?
       Where is the    Kur yra artimiausia    Koor eeraa   Where can    Kur galiu gauti ...?   Koor gaalyoo
       nearest hospital?    ligoninė?    artimyaausyaa   I get …?   gowti ...?
                           ligonine?  How do you    Kaip nuvykti iki ...?    Kaip nooveekti
                                     get to …?            iki ...?
       Communication Essentials      How far is …?   Koks atstumas iki ...?  Koks aatstoomaas
       Yes     Taip       Taip                            iki ...?
       No      Ne         Ne         Do you speak    Ar kalbate   Ar kaalbaate
       Please   Prašom    Praashom   English?    angliškai?    aanglishkai?
       Thank you   Ačiū   Aachyoo    I can’t speak   Aš nekalbu   Aash nekaalboo
       Excuse me   Atsiprašau   Aatsipraashoa  Lithuanian.     lietuviškai.    lietoovishkai.
       Hello   Sveiki     Sveiki     I don’t   Aš nesuprantu.   Aash nesoopraantoo.
       Goodbye   Viso gero   Viso gero  understand.
       Good night   Labanakt   Laabaanaakt  Can you   Ar galite man   Ar gaalite maan
       morning    rytas   reetaas    help me?    padėti?    paadeti?
       afternoon   popietė   popiete  Please speak    Prašau kalbėti   Praashoa kaalbeti
       evening   vakaras   vaakaraas  slowly.     lėčiau.    lechyoa.
       yesterday   vakar   vaakar    Sorry!   Apgailestauju!   Aapgīlestowyoo!
       today   šiandien   shyaandien
       tomorrow   rytoj   reetoy     Useful Words
       What?   Kas?       Kaas?      big      didelis    didelis
                                     small    mažas      maazhaas
                                     hot      karštas    karshtaas
        Guidelines for Prounciation  cold     šaltas     shaaltaas
                                     good     geras      geraas
        Lithuanian has a complicated wan dering accent   bad   blogas   blogaas
                                                         gaanaa
                                              gana
                                     enough
        that can change whenever a word changes its   well   gerai   gerai
        ending, as is seen with “mato matoe” (he/she/it/  open   atidarytas   aatidareetaas
        they see) and “matau matoe” (I see).  closed   uždarytas   oozhdareetaas
                                     left     kairė      kīre
        Diphthongs hold the sound longer than that of a   right   dešinė   dashine
                                                         tiesyai
                                              tiesiai
                                     straight
        simple vowel:                near     šalia      shaalyaa
        ai like “a” in “made” or “i” in “child”  far   toli   toli
        au like “ow” in “cow” or “o” in “note”  up   aukštyn   owkshteen
                                              žemyn
                                                         zhemeen
                                     down
        ei like “a” in “made”        early    anksti     aanksti
        ie like “ie” in “sienna”     late     vėlai      velai
        ui like “ooey” in “gooey”    entrance   įėjimas   eeyeyimaas
                                                         isheyimaas
                                              išėjimas
                                     exit
        uo like the word “woe”       toilet   tualetas   tuaaletaas
                                     free/unoccupied   laisva/neužimta   līsvaa/neoozhimtaa
        Vowels have only one sound:  free/no charge   nemokamai   nemokaamai
        a like “a” in “father”
        e like “e” in “bet”          Making a Telephone Call
        ę like “a” in “man”          Can I call abroad   Ar galiu iš čia    Ar gaalyoo ish che
        ė like “a” in “made”         from here?     paskambinti     paaskaambinti ee
                                                          oozhsienee?

                                               į užsienį?
        i like “i” in “bit” but before an “a”, “o”, or “u”, it is   I would like to    Aš norėčiau    Aash norechyoa
        sounds like the “y” in “canyon”  call collect.     paskambinti     paaskaambinti
        y like į                               abonentui    aabonentui
                                                          yo saaskītaa.
                                               jo sąskaita.
        o like “o” in “boat”         local call   vietinis pokalbis   vietinis pokaalbis
        u like “oo” in “wood”        I’ll ring back    Aš pats vėliau    Aash paats velyoa
        ą, į, ų, and ū just hold the sound of    later.    paskambinsiu.    paaskaambinsyoo.
                                                         Ar gaalyoo paalikti
                                              Ar galiu palikti
                                     Could I leave
        a, i, and u longer           a message?     žinutę?    zhinoote?
                                     Could you speak   Ar galite kalbėti šiek   Ar gaalite kaalbeti
        Any consonant before an “e”, “i”, or “y” is palatalized   up a little, please?   tiek garsiau?    shiek tiek garsyoa?
        or softened like “n” in “bunion”. Consonants that do
        not sound like their English counterparts include:  Shopping
        c like “ts” in “Betsy”       How much is this?  Kiek tai kainuoja?   Kiek tai kīnuoyaa?
        č like “ch” in “chunk”       I would like …   Aš norėčiau ...   Aash norechyoa …
                                                         Ar toorite ...?
                                     Do you have …?   Ar turite ...?
        j like “y” in “yellow”       I’m just looking   Aš tik žiūriu   Aash tik zhyooryoo
        š like “sh” in “shot”        Do you take    Ar priimate    Ar priimaate
        ž like “s” in “measure”      credit cards?    kreditines korteles?   kreditines korteles?
                                     What time do
                                                          Kaadaa
                                              Kada pradedate
        g is always hard like in “go”  you open?    darbą?   praadedaate
        r is trilled on the tip of the tongue.            darbaa?
                                     What time do    Kada baigiate   Kaadaa
                                     you close?     darbą?    baigyaate darbaa?
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