Chapter 1A1
Laba diena, močiute
Good Day, Grandma
Before you read
Gender agreement
Kavinė is feminine, so adjectives use maža, sena, gera, and atidaryta. Durys is plural and takes senos or atidarytos.
Addressing someone
Lithuanian uses a vocative form for direct address. Močiutė becomes močiute, and Eglė becomes Egle.
Objects change form
After an action, duona and kava become duoną and kavą: Ona valgo duoną, and Jonas geria kavą.
Eglė is now in Trakai.
Town Hall Square is here.
There is a café here.
The café is small and old.
The door is old.
Now Eglė opens the door.
There is a photograph here.
The photograph is old.
"Hello, Grandma," Eglė says.
The café is closed.
Eglė says, "I am here."
The bread is in the kitchen.
Mrs Ona is in the kitchen.
"Hello, Eglė," Mrs Ona says.
"Hello, Mrs Ona," Eglė says.
The bread is good.
Mrs Ona eats the bread.
Now Eglė eats the bread.
The coffee is here.
The coffee is good.
"Thank you," Eglė says.
Mrs Ona asks, "Good?"
"Good, thank you," Eglė says.
The photograph is here.
"Café," Eglė says.
Eglė opens the door now.
The door is open.
Now the café is open.
Mrs Ona asks, "For now?"
"Yes, for now," Eglė says.
Mrs Ona says, "Yes."
Eglė is here now.
And the café is open.
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