Say Labas Show

Find us at www.saylabas.com for more awesome content. Well we finally made it after a very long and busy couple of weeks we have arrived in Lithuania, a bit of a rocky start to say the least couple of… lets call it “technical” problems caused a slight delay in getting this episode out, but here it is. This is episode number 22 our first ever podcast made entirely in Lithuania, in this episode we cover prepositions these are key to mastering any language and with enough practice you too will nail it. Where else can you Learn Lithuanian for free. :) We have a surprise recording this week from on board our Flight from London to Lithuania we hope you enjoy sound quitly isnt that great you can blame the eingine of a giant plane for that but its still lot of fun, we hear how the battle of The Battle of Orsha will be celebrated throughout this year in Lithuania thanks to Solveiga for this little bit of news. Why doesn't the rest of the world know of this battle? Here is this episodes&nb

Find us at our home page say labas... Hi everyone... summer is well and truly on its away and so are we... this is our very last podcast in out flat in London before we head of to the wilderness of Lithuania. This is episode number 21 and as Solveiga said in the show the podcast is all grown up... This weeks topic is all about the verb to go or in Lithuanian eiti. Do you see the collation the verb is "to go" and we are going to Lithuania... eh? eh?... sigh!! no not our best joke. So the verb to go.... we learn how to congregate this verb in to all its forms we also pick up a few common/ helpful phrases using this verb and we put what we have learned to practice in a few short dialogues, as we normally do in our episodes - All thanks to Solveiga and her trusty Lithuanian. Please note that she take thanks in the form of yes you guesses it... Ginger cookies.. As all of you might know here is script from today's lesson.... We hope that dialogues will help you: Example 1Labas. Kur eini?Labas. Aš

This is episode 20 of the say labas show and in this episode we've gone number crazy here! Its a good idea to know how to count right? at least a little bit... Yeah we thought so too. We only learn to count to ten but its a good start. Solveiga teaches us a few very useful sentences that we could use with our Lithuanian buddies, also number related because we love numbers! Tim shares his theory that you only need to count to three in any language and we continue our new segment now officially called "Cities and Towns of Lithuania", where showcase some of Lithuania's lesser know but very interesting cities or towns. This weeks town is the "electrifying" city of Elektrėnai. Do you know anyone from there? Have you ever visited this place? Let us know in the comments section below. Solveiga's news this week is dedicated to to a special Lithuanian beekeepers celebration that recently took place, it promises to "bee" very interesting. That was a terrible joke sorry! :) We hear how all the beekeepers of L

Jion us at www.saylabas.com Well its Tuesday!!! new week, new episode and the start of a very few busy weeks for us at Say Labas. For you regular listeners of the show you will know that in about 2 weeks time we will be heading off to Lithuania and will be podcasting and bringing you the best that Lithuania has to offer. Have a listen to episode 15 and episode 17 for more info. Ok, In this weeks show however we felt that we should cover feelings and how to tell your friendly Lithuanian friends how you are feeling... we don't want you going hungry in Lithuania although the chances of that are next to impossible lets be honest. Also in this episode is the start of an exciting and interesting new section called "Towns of Lithuania" there are approximately 103 towns in Lithuania the all knowing wikipeda and we think these little towns deserve some much needed love and a little time in the spotlight. So every week we will be choosing a town and telling you all something interesting about

Visit us at our home www.saylabas.com O boy!! This is episode 18 and its a big one. We cover a lot of topics in this episode its ranges from unicorns to surnames, names and then to tennis... yeah we like to think we covered all bases in this episode. One of the strangest things for most foreigners and visitors to Lithuania Tim included, is the difference between the male surnames and those of married and unmarried women in Lithuania. Even first names can be a little tricky at times, Solveiga kindly walks us through it all in this episode, step by step its actually quite fascinating when you get down to it. Tim takes us all on a magical journey and shares one of his many stories from his many visits to Lithuania... Yes unicorns are involved... Yes... Unicorns. :D Solveiga also gives us a run down on the Lithuanian Davis cup tennis team, yes Lithuania plays tennis and they are getting pretty good watch out world!! She also teaches us some really helpful words and phrases for addressing people. And finally

For more awesome content visit us at www.saylabas.com In this episode we tackle the beast that is the Past which allows us to not only complete the set of past, present and future but also to use this really epic picture taken in Amsterdam at the Heineken brewery. Doesn't Tim just suit this olden day look? The answer is of coarse yes! We dive into the lesson and tackle some really useful words and phrases to talk about the past, we also give a couple shout outs to our new found friends in Florida thanks for the kind message on Facebook Jurate! :) Quick thing to mention here are you involved with Helping keep Lithuanian Heritage alive in your country? Get in touch with us we would really love to hear your story, and possibly interview you on the show. Back to this weeks show, ever heard of Memel? Well... that would be Klaipėda back in the day, hear a bite sized version of How Memel became Klaipėda in Tim's section entitled Facts and History! We should also mention

More awesome content can be found at www.saylabas.com Helloooo Internet!!! Happy sweet 16th Birthday to us.... Today is Thursday and that means only one thing, we have another episode of everyone's favourite podcast Say Labas, where you can find not only FREE Lithuanian language lessons but interesting facts, news and history all about Lithuania. We also like to think we have some fun along the way too. This week we open your eyes to a whole new world the Future! :) Flying cars,  Alien species and Robots....  No we wish, actually we will be doing some words to use, as well as some example sentences when you are talking about the Future or future events. Solveiga fools us all and finds news unrelated to a celebration or a festival??? (what?!) she tells us all about an interesting Exhibition in Vilnius (oho) and as we have all come to expect Tim has a few very surprising stories to tell, this time about how Second World War bombs make great photo opportunities

Visit us at www.saylabas.com for this shows transcript The present, No not a present THE present :D. In this weeks episode we tackle all the words that you can use for the present and some example sentences too. Tim decides to take matters in to his own hands and writes the practise dialogues for this weeks show - Listen to past episodes to hear why this has been a "problem". :) Did he do a good job? Remember that you can get involved with, the "Time to talk" segment of the show and practise speaking Lithuanian with Solveiga, she would love for you to help her. She's super friendly and always interested in meeting new people who love her language. (Leave a comment below if you would like to get involved or get in touch using one of these methods) In the last episode we dropped the ball a little and forgot to mention what "help" was in Lithuanian... Yeah epic fail... So Solveiga makes up for it this week. We forgive you Solveiga!!! She also tells us all about 

More awesome content can be found over at www.saylabas.com. Oh boy! Here we go its Thursday and that means another new edition of everyone's favourite Lithuanian podcast Say Labas, in this weeks show we cover some useful phrases that you could use in case of an emergency, these things happen right? and always when we least expect it. So we here at Say Labas figured you should know how to ask for help. FYI (Help in Lithuanian is.... pagalba we failed to mention this in the show... epic fail we blame Solveiga!) Demand apologies in the comments section below... :) We also get to hear how Lithuania celebrates the first day of the new school year... Its crazy! How does your country celebrate this day? It seems to be a pretty big thing in Lithuania... To hear more... have a listen to News of the week to find out more. Here is the script for today's show These are the dialogues from the shows segment called talk time we hope this helps you to follow along: Example 1 Labas Timai.Labas Solveiga.Ar tau viskas ger

Visit www.saylabas.com for all details about his weeks episode. So one third of the Lithuania is covered in forest? Yeah... we're not kidding that's a lot of forest, which is why this weeks episode is dedicated to the beautiful Lithuanian countryside we learn all about what one might find in the countryside as well as we go over some useful phrases. Lithuania is definitely famous for its nature, and we highly recommend that any visitors to Lithuania should spend a little bit of time in the countryside, We find out in this episode how a certain bunch of Lithuanian in the Dzūkija region spend their summer... Hint mushrooms!! Here is this weeks transcript for lesson 13 Dialogues from this Show are right here: Example 1 Ar tu gyveni prie jūros?Ne, aš gyvenu prie ežero.Ar prie tavo namų yra miškas?Ne prie mano namų nėra miško, bet yra keletas medžių... Example 2 Ar tau patinka Lietuvos gamta?Taip man labai patinka Lietuvos miškai, laukai ir maži miesteliai

Remember to visit www.saylabas.com for all of this weeks shows content.   Hey welcome back! In episode 6 we covered the verb "to want" so in this weeks episode we decided to cover another verb... yip the verb "to have". This episode follows the same sort of structure as episode 6, we will congregate the verb as well as negate the verb all interesting stuff but we hope you are starting to notice a bit of a pattern here...? Solveiga tells us an interesting story of how a Lithuanian fireman Aidas Ardzijauskas spent his summer, and Tim tells us all about storks and why Lithuanians love them, Solveiga chips in with some interesting stork facts of her own... Have a listen, are all Lithuanian's this clued up when it comes to storks? Stork in Lithuanian is... Gandras :) just so you know!!! : ) So here's today's transcript for the lesson For those who want to follow along with the show's dialogue from talk time, you can find it at www.saylabas.com As you know the show includes

For more awesome content visit us at www.saylabas.com Well as you know last weeks topic was all about food, so this week we figured we would do drinks. This is a huge topic so we will definitely be covering both food and drinks in later episodes but its a start right? So... drinks, this week we go over a few common words for different types of drinks in Lithuanian, the Baltic way saga continues as Solveiga gives us a follow up on how Lithuania celebrated its 25th anniversary. Tim continues his "Lithuanian Superstitions and Traditions" but this week he's very confused its pretty funny... have a listen to find out why! We also give a shout out to Andries from South Africa and Adriana from Uruguay its really great knowing you guys are enjoying the show thanks for all the support. Are you Learning Lithuanian?  Do you have Lithuanian heritage? Going to Lithuania for a visit? We would love to share your story with our listeners get in touch using the comments section below or follow the st

For more awesome content visit us at www.saylabas.com Food food food... Man who doesn't like food? Visit Lithuania and I promise you, you will be leaving with a few notches added to your belt. Food plays big part in Lithuanian culture and its traditions there are all types of signature Lithuanian dishes out there and every special occasion always has a number of different dishes. If you have ever visited Lithuania there no doubt you have tasted some traditional Lithuanian food, if not we will guide you trough some of them in this episode! This show is very special not only is it our 10th show (woohoo) but the first appearance of Solveiga's Mom she lovingly agreed to be on the Show! She was very nervous but all and all we think she sounded awesome - have a listen. What did she have to say? How did it go? it's time to turn on the Show! Go! Transcript of this weeks lesson can be found at www.saylabas.com Show includes our usual segments: Lesson Talk time Lithuanian News of th

Remember to visit us at www.saylabas.com for more great content. What is your favourite Lithuanian town? Do you have a favourite place in Lithuania? Let us know!!! In this weeks show we take a stroll in a Lithuanian town and point out all the important places. We figure after this episode with a bit of luck you wont get lost. Solveiga continues her lucky streak, not only in poker but also with her happy news of the week, get up to date with which Lithuanian's are making the headlines. Tim carry's on with his series in titled "Lithuanian superstitions and traditions" It's a goodie this week! - Listen and be surprised!. Do you have an interesting story from Lithuania that you would like to share with us? please get in touch we would love to share your story with the world. This weeks transcript of todays lesson can be found here. As always Show also includes the following parts: Lesson Talk time Lithuanian News of the week (Always happy news!!) Fun Lithuanian Facts Remember we have a

Remeber visit us at www.saylabas.com for more awesome content O man, Just when you thought everything was going great we bust out another episode, this time round we will be talking about everybody's  favourite topic!!! We all know we love to hate to talk about weather. So this week we will be talking about weather baby!! There is no doubt you can always talk about weather... so here is this weeks transcript for you hungry Lithuanian learners out there. The show also includes our usual segemnts: The Lesson - Weather Talk time Lithuanian News of the week Fun Lithuanian Facts Solveiga continues her happy news streak, She has vowed only to do happy news :D Tim carries on with his "special" segment cleverly entitled "Lithuania's superstitions and traditions ". If you liked last weeks "fork - knife superstition" you definitely enjoy this this weeks! It really made Solveiga laugh. Remember you can find an accompanying memrise course if you follow this handy link right here As y

In this weeks show we talk Family! Everything to do with family we cover all the member of a Lithuanian Family and Solveiga gives us some example sentences to use when talking about family. We have a special guest this week Tim's Mom... Lets see what she has to say? Take a listen its a laugh. : ) Let's not forget about the lesson, here is the lesson transcript for those interested. Like always our Show includes: * Lesson* Talk time* Lithuanian News of the week* Fun Lithuanian Facts Remember you can find an accompanying memrise course. Check it out here If you want to find a Lithuanian Language partner follow these handy tips Solveiga is busy with a project that will allow our listeners to practise speaking with her, check back here for updates on that. Solveiga is super excited about it!!!!! Also this week Tim starts a new series called "Lithuania superstitions and traditions" Lithuania has some pretty strange ones stay tuned to hear them all. Remember if you would like to be pa

This weeks show we will go over "want" or Norėti in Lithuanian. We will go through all the diffrent ways to use this verb and then do some example sentences using want. Tim shares a very interesting legend from Lithuania that he heard from Solveiga's dad check it out just for the howling... its worth it. Here is a transcript of today's lesson for those listerns who like to see how things are spelt This week's Show also includes the usual segments: Lesson Talk time Lithuanian News of the week Fun Lithuanian Facts Remember you can find an accompanying memrise course. Check it out here. Solveiga keeps this up to date every week and its a great way to keep motivated and stay up to date with the show. Remember if yo have an interesting story about Lithuania or you know a fun fact or would like to say "labas" drop us a note or check out ways to contribute here We hope you enjoy this weeks show see you next time. Tim and Solveiga : ) Background music credit goes to Thatched Villagers | Kevin M

In this weeks show we will be going over some common helpful phrases that we think all learners would or should use regularly. Tim confirms that he can swim and so can Solveiga although Tim can not confirm or deny this... time will tell. We also hear all about an amazing festival that happens every year in Klaipeda. Listen to find out more The show also includes the following segments as normal: Lesson Talk time Lithuanian News of the week Fun Lithuanian Facts Here is a transcript of today's lesson for those interested: www.saylabas.com To read more about the Sea festiva that takes place in Klaipedal visit www.jurossvente.lt Remember you can find an accompanying memrise course right over here follow along there and get fluent fast! Background music credit goes to Thatched Villagers | Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)

In this week's show is a little long but we will be going over one of the key fundamentals in learning not only Lithuanian but any language - the verb to be. If you can get this right early you will be well on your way to success with Lithuanian. This weeks episode also includes the usual segments: Lesson Talk time Lithuanian News of the week Fun Lithuanian Facts Tim also reminisces about the first sentence he ever learnt in Lithuanian and how he tried to impress Solveiga's mom with his slick moves. Solveiga tells us some really interesting facts about Lithuania's president Dalia Grybauskaitė!   Shows transcript can be found at www.saylabas.com.   Remember to follow along on memrise see you next week.   Background music credit goes to   Thatched Villagers | Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)

You can't have conversation without asking people How are they doing... Can you? Well in this episode we try to help you out with a few way to ask "How ya doin", we also cover a few very simple responses. Have a listen to hear more.   As always we have our usual segments: Lesson Talk time Lithuanian News of the week Fun Lithuanian Facts Here is a transcript of todays lesson:   Kaip tau sekasi?          How are you? Kaip gyneni?                How are you living? Kaip einasi?                  How's going? Gerai                             Good Labai gerai                    Very good Puikiai                            Wonderful Blogai