By Linas
Do you still remember the word for Lithuania?
What about: Lithuanianly (that is, in Lithuanian)?
Lithuanian for he teaches is jis moko.
Think of teaching a monk. Try:
It’s an o word so what do you think to teach would be?
If you want to say he learns you simply direct the action (jis moko) to the person by adding si.
So, if you add si to moko, you get he teaches directed to himself, or, he teaches himself - and that means, of course, he learns.
How would you say:
How would you say:
If to teach is mokyti, what is to learn (don’t forget that the last i of si drops in to words because they don’t drop ONLY in singular forms (I, informal you, he). Say:
Remember that this i drops in we as well. Try:
You could have a conversation now where somebody would ask (just by raising intonation):
You can also go to the past. First, go to the past with he teaches which is jis moko. Attention to how it ends in o.
And now simply add that magic si:
You also know mokyti (and mokytis) so you can also go to the future.
You say mokys (and not mokysi) because you drop that last i. However, if you add si to the end (or s in this case), that i goes back. So, how would you say:
Yeah, I know it’s a bit silly. You have sisi in this word but i drops so you get sis. Anyway, talking about that question we have asked, how do you answer:
Finally, say:
You can now talk about how you learn Lithuanian now which is kind of nice.