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Introduction to Lithuanian: 24

We now have two categories of verbs: i-ending-verbs and a-ending-verbs (remember, you always look at the jis/ji form for the ending).

We know that how to derive aš, tu and jis/ji forms for i-ending-verbs. We simply add another u in the case of aš, or we leave the word as it is for tu and jis.

Then we know that for a-verbs we use the UltImAte rule.

Let’s learn a couple more a-verbs so that we can talk about more things. The easy one first.

Lithuanian for she studies is ji studijuoja.

You can apply the UltImAte rule to say:

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    You say questions as statements, except raising your intonation.
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    Remember the word "studijuoja" and work out its "tu" form through following the ultimate rule.
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    The order is as follows: "what you there study?"
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    The order is "what you have?"
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    "To have" is "turėti".
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    Remember that "ten" is usually in the middle.
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    The order in this sentence would be "what you there work?"
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    "And" is "ir", right?
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    "Where" is "kur", and you just ask "where bank?"
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    Simply "there". Not extremely polite, but good enough.
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    Literally this would be: "hi. where park? there?"
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    The word for "not" is "ne". While "ne" does join verbs (becoming "neturėti"), it does NOT join nouns, thus you will be saying literally "it not park".
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    The word order in this one is "from where you?"
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    Remember to change the ending of "Amerika".
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    Remember the words "dirba" and "studijuoja", and work out their "tu" form through following the ultimate rule. Also, no need to repeat the "tu".
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    You remember that "and" is "ir", right?
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    It's "daktaras" (some vowel change)!
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    Remember that "I have to" is "turiu".
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    Still remember the word "dirba"? Also remember that "ne" goes together with verbs.
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