Dviddimt ketvirtoji pamoka

Lesson 24

KELIONt IS KAUNO I VILNIl,!

IS Kaiino i Vilnitj Petras if Gediminas vaziiivo traukiniu. Traukinys buvo ilgas: penkiolika keleivinit! v agill1l!. Kiekviename vagone buvo dvejos durys if daug langi!. Kiekvie name vagone taip pat buvo sesi skyreliai , arba kupe. Tame skyriHyje, kuriame sedejo Petras if Gediminas , buvo dar penki keleiviai: du seni vy­rai if tr5rs jaunos mergilites.

Traukinys suslojo Petrosiunuose, tik desimt kilometrtj nuo Kaiino. I traukin! cia ilipo penkiolika keleivitj: sesi vyrai, penkios m6terys if keturi vaikai.

Traukinys greitai vaziavo per zalius laukus J pro tamsius mis­kus, pro sen us , grazius kaimus. Viena is mergaici4 uzkalbino PetrI! :

- Ats iprasau , jus, tur but, is Amerikos? - Kaip jus tai giilite zinoti ? - paklause Petras.

- As maCiaii ant justj lagamino priklijllOt'l kort;;l\! "Chicago, Illinois". Be to, tai giilima matyti if is justj drabuzitj ...

- Taip, taip ... As esu is Cikiigos. As dar tik penkios di;;nos esu Lietuvoje. Bet as busiu Vilniuj e k;;turias savaites ...

- Mes visas trS's esame studefites if taip pat vaziuojame i Vilnitj. Mes studijuojame Vilniaus universilete. Bet sakykite, kui' jiis taip gerai iSmokote kalbeti lietuviskai?

- Amerikoje, Cikiigoje. Mes nami;; kalbame lik lietuviskai, t6kiu biidu mes gerai ismokome if angliskai if lietuviskai. AI' jiis n;;sate buvusios Amerikoje?

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- Ne, dar nesame ten buvusios ... As norlll nuvaziuoti i Amerik,! , kai baigsiu universitet". Cikiigoje gyvena mimo dede ...

- Kalp jo pavarde? - Jo pavarde yra Sifukus, Jonas Sifukus. - As jo nepaz!stu , bet gal ma no teval ii paz!sta. - Jis gyvena Cicero priemiestyje. - Mes gyvename prie ;;zero, gal dvidesimt mylil! nuo Cicero. Traukinys sustojo Triikl! stotyj e. Visi norejo pamatyti sj se­

n<.=! miestc! . Petras if Gediminas susipazino su siornis trimis stu~ denlemis if susitare susitikti kit,! dien,! Vilniuj e.

- Nors Vilniaus as dar nesu miil~s , bet jis m an jau labal pa­linka , - pasiike Petras Gediminui.

- Ai: as t ilU nesakiau? - atsiike jam Gediminas . - Vilnius yra labal senas if grazus miestas. Pamatysi!

- As tUQ tikiu ... Mergaites Vilniuje) at l'odo, taip pat gra­lios.

VOCABULARY

penki61 ika - fifteen keleivis -io (2) - passenger (noun) ke leivinis , -e (1) - paSf:enger (adj . l vagonas ( 2 ) - wagon, (raih':ayl car kiekviename - in each (see LeSSO:l

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dvejos - l\,'o (see LE"!5son 2·! 5 ) skyre lis -io - a little chapter ; (here I

compartment kupe - coupe; train compat·tment t ? me - in thnt (sec Lesson 8G) d'='r - ( h e r e ) more slIst6ti (Sll s tOjll, s ll stoja, s ll s t6jo. su­

stos) - to s top . to ha lt PetrMiunai lpi. 1st decl.) - Petro­

siGnai, a to\yn nca r Kaunas kilomihras ( 2) - itilometer nuiS (prep. wit h genitive) - from,

away from, down. etc. jlipti (ilipu, jlipa, ili po, jIips) - to

get in, to climb in , to climb up uzkalbinti (uzkalbinu, uzkalbina, uz­

kalbino, llzkalbins ) - t o start talk­ing to

atsiprasyti (atsipr asau, atsipriiSo, at­siprMe, atsipra.§9s) - to excuse oneself, to as\{ for forgivenes s

atsiprasau - pardon me, excuse me tur bOt - perhaps paklausti (pakhiusiu, paklausia, pa­

klause, pakl£'lis) - to ask (one a question)

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lagamin as (2) - suitca~f)

priklijuota ( fern. ace . sg. past pas­sive participle; see Lesson 26) -attached, (stuck to)

kortel e (2 ) - a little card. sticker be to - bes ides t el i galima matyti -- O:le can sec that ii' - (here) al so drabil.f:is -io (2) - (a piece of) cloth­

ing, clothes drabuziai (in plural) - clothes bafgti ( baigiit. baigia, baigc, baigs)

- to finish baigti universitet<t - to finish studies

at a unive rs ity; to be graduated from a university

pavarde (3b) - last name, family name

pazinti (pazlno, pazins) irreg. : pa­zistu, pazlsti, paz!s ta; paz!stame, pazls tate, pazIsta - to know (to be a cquainted )

e2eras (3b) -- lake mylia (2) - mile Ciceras (or Cicero ) - Cicero (a sub­

urb of Chicago ) statls -ies (fern.) (4) - station susipaflnti (susipazistu, susipaz!sta,

susipazino, susipazifts, see paiinti , a bove) - to get acquainted

siomis ( f em. ins t r . pl. ; see L esson 36) - these

susitarti (susltanu, susltnria, suslta· re, .sw;itnr s) - to agree

kit" dien., - (here) the next day; some other day

pamatysi! - you will see! susitikti (susitlko, susitlks ) irrcg.: sus itinkil , susitinkl , susitii'lka; su· sitifikamc, sllsitifikate, sus itii'tka -to meet (one another)

tikcti ( tikiu, tik i, til{/:!jo, tik~s) - 1.0 believe , to trust ( \\lith Ins tr .)

atrodo - it seems

GRAMMAR

24 .1 The Cardinal Numbers.

The cardin al numera ls a r e li sted be low (in the nom ina tive case if the num era l is decl ined ). If there is no difference be tween the masculine and feminine forms, only one form is listed :

o 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9

]0 I I 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 30 40 50 60 70 80

nulis (2 ) vienas du try's (4 1 ke turi penki sesl sept)' n; astuoni devyni desimt (desim tis ) (3") vienuolika ( I ) dV)' lika (1 )

tr)' l ika (1 ) keturi6lika (1) penki61 ika ( 1 )

sesi6lika (1 )

septyni6lika (1) astuoni6lika (1) devyni6lika (1)

dvidesi mt , (dvi desimtys) dvidesimt vienas dvidesimt du , e tc .

ferninine viena (3) dvi

keturios (3 b )

penkios (4 )

scsios (4) septynios (3 ) astuoni05(3) devy nios (3)

trisdesimt , (trys desimtys) ke turiasdesimt (keturios desimtys) penkiasdesimt, (penkios desimtys ) sesiasdesimt , (sesios desimtys) sep tyni asdesimt, (septynios desimtys) astuoniasdesimt , (astuonios desimtys )

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90 100 200 300 400 500

1,000 2,000 3,000

1,000,000 1,000,000,000

devyniasdesimt , (devynios desimtys) simtas (4) du simtai trYs simtai keturi simtai penki simtai, etc. tukstantis, -cio (1)

du tukstanCiai trys tukstanCiai milijonas (2), tukstantis tukstancilj milijardas (1 )

Other examples:

keturi simtai astuoniasdesimt keturi 484 5,673 penki tukstanCiai sesi simtai septyniasdesimt trYs

24.2 The number vienas (3) is declined like a regular first de­clension adjective and agrees in case , number and gender with the noun which it modifies , e.g. as tunit vienq mn1! - 'I have one son'.

24.3 The declensions of the numbers 2, 3, 4, 5, and 7 below: ( -- means that the form is the same in both genders)

Masc. Fern. Masc. Fern. N. du 'two' dvi trys (4) 'three G. dviejii trijij D. dviem trims A . du dvi tris I. dviem trimis L. dviejuose dviejose trijuose trijose

Masc . Fern . Masc. Fern . N. keturi (3b ) ' four ' keturios penki (4 ) 'five' penkios G. keturiij penkiij D. keturiems keturioms penkiems penki6ms A. keturis keturias penkis penkias I. keturiais keturiomis penkiais penkiomis L. keturiuose keturiose penkiuose penkio.e

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Masc. Fem. N. septyni (3) 'seven' septynios G. septynilj D . septyniems septynioms A. septynis septynias 1. septyniais septyniomis L. septyniuose septyniosc

In collcquiaI Lithuanian and sometimes even in its written form, the dative and instrumental cases are abbreviated by skip­ping -s in the dative and -is, in the instrumental, if it is preceded by -m. Thus: trims- trim ; tr1.mis- trim; keturiems- keturiem ; keturiomis-keturiom, etc.

Note that the declension of penki and septyni differ from ke­tUTi only by virtue of the fact that they belong to different accent classes. SoSi is declined and accented like penki, and aStuoni and devyni like septyni.

24.3,1 The numerals from 2 - 9 agree with the word they modify in case and gender, e .g. Jis dave pinigii trims studeii tams. - He gave (some) money to three students.

24.4 desimtis· ' ten' is declined like a regular third declens ion noun (ef. Lesson 4 ) of accent class 3b ; vienuolika 'elcven' (and the following numbers up to and including devyni61ika ' nineteen') is declined like a regular second declension noun of the first accent class , except that the accusative is like the nominative : v ienuolika (no t: vienuolik~ I); simtas ' hundred' is declined like a regular first declension noun of the fourth accent class ; tukstantis ' thou­sand' is declined like a regular first declension noun of the first accent class; milijonas 'million' is declined like a regular first declension noun of the second class.

24.4,1 Those numbers the last digit of which is zero, i.e. 10, 20 , 30, etc. ; 100, 200 , 300, etc.; 1,000 , 2,000 , 3,000, etc.; 1,000,000, etc.; 1,000,000,000, etc. and those ending in -lika (11-19) require that the noun quantified be in the genitive plural. These forms are treated as nouns and are known as nominal numbers : Ex­amples :

,., deAimtis, etc. is rather rarely used; instead, use the indeclinable fonn -dUlmt, etc.

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1) disimt stalil - ten tables 2) simtas diem! - one hundred days 3 ) Jii! tUTi viemiolika vaik,!. - They have eleven children. 4) Milijonui knyg1! Teikia didd"s bibtiotekos. - For a million

books a big library is necessary. 5) MitijriTdq sudiiTO t(,kstantis mHijom!. - In a billion there are

a thousand millions. (Lit.: A thousand million makes a billion )

Note that in example (3) viemiolika is in the accusative case -because it is the direct object of the verb ttiTi; "aikii is in the genitive plural because it is governed in turn by vienuolika. In example (4 ) milijonui is in the dative singular with the meaning 'for a million' , but the word knygt! is in the genitive plural since it is governed by mitijomd.

24.4,2 If the numeral is not one of those mentioned in 24.4 ,1 then the entire number will agree in case and gender with the word modified. Examples:

1) Metai turi tris simtus sesiasdesimt penkias arbiI sestcls dienas. - A year has three hundred sixty-five or six days.

2 ) Visuose ttlOse penkitwse tvkstanCiuose dviejuose simtuose trisdesimt sesiuose m iestuose gyvena dattgiaii neg1t desim.t tt,kstancill gyventojtl. - In all those five thousand two hun­dred thirty six cities live more than ten thousand inhabitants .

3 ) To vta"isto keturiems tllkstanciams trims §imtams sesiasdesimt dvicm vaikams ne1tzleks. - That food will not be sufficient for the four thousand three hundred and sixty-two children.

24.5 Those numerals \:vhich are reserved for use with nouns which have a plural form but a singular meaning are as follows: (the masculine nom. plur. is listed first, then the feminine nom. plur.)

1. vieneri (3;' 1 vienerios 2. dveji (3') dvejos 3. treji (3") trejos 4. ketveri (3') ketverios 5. penkeri (4) pei'ikerios 6. seseri (4) seserios 7. septyneri (3 b ) septynerios 8. astuoneri (3b ) astuonerios 9. devyneri (3b ) devynerios

N.B. (There are no specia l forms for 10-20, 30, 40, etc.; 100, etc. I

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But: 21. dvidesimt vieneri, vienerios

22. dvidesimt dveji, dvejos, etc. 31. trisdesimt vieneri , vienerios 32. trisdesimt dveji , dvejos, etc., etc.

Masculine Feminine Masculine Feminine N. vieneri (3a ) vienerios dveji (4) dvejos G. vieneriii dvej\j D. vieneriems vieneri6ms dvejiems dvej6ms A. vienerius vienerias dvejus dvejas 1. vieneriais vieneriomis dvejais dvejomis L. vieneriuose vieneriose dvejuose dvejose

All the rest of these numerals are declined like vieneri ex­cept that in those of accent class 3" the root is stressed with the circumflex instead of the acute. Examples of the use:

1) As turiu tlk vienerius marskinius. - I have only one shirt.

2) Jau penkeri metai, kat jis mire. - It is already five years since he died.

3) Jis pifko dvejas Zirkles. - He bought two pairs of scissors.

24.6 The collective numbers (all belonging to accent class one and declined like regular first declension nouns) are as follows:

2. dvejetas 6. sesetas 3. trejetas 7. septynetas 4. ketvertas 8. astuonetas 5. peiiketas 9. devynetas

These show that the objects in consideration are to be taken as a group. Examples:

1) Jis va.ziuoja trejetu arklilj,. - He is driving (a team of) three horses.

2) Jis turi seset'! viiit,.. - He has (a flock of) six hens.

Note that the noun quantified by these collective numbers is always in the genitive plural.

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24.7 The fractions are as follows:

puse trecdalis ketvirtis , ketvirtadalis penktadalis sestadalis septintadalis astuntadalis devintiidalis desimtiidalis

half one third one fourth one fifth one sixth one seventh one eighth one ninth one tenth

NB. All these words (o ne third- one tenth ) are masculine nouns, declined like peiZis.

In mathematical terminology we find such forms as viena antroji 'one-half', viena treCi6ji 'one-third', dvi peilktosios 'two­fifths' , etc. The numerator is the cardinal number and the de­

. nominator is the feminine form of the ordinal number (originally to agree with dalis 'part', although the word dalis does not appear in any fraction l. The cases are determined according to the syn­tactic rules of 24.4,1 and 24.4 ,2. For forms such as antroji, etc., see Lessons 28 and 29. Examples :

1) is vienos treci6sios - from one-third 2) su dviem penktosiomis - with two-fifths 3) sdio/ikoje dvideSimt penktij,jlj. - in sixteen twenty-fifths 4 ) Duok jam PUSf dolerio. - Give him half a dollar. 5 ) Tai atsitiko pries ketvii'tj valandos. - That happened a quar­

ter of an hour ago.

In example (1) the entire expression is in the feminine geni­tive singular because it is the object of the preposition is 'from' which requires the genitive case, d. Lesson 37. In example (2 ) both dviem and penktosiomis are in the instrumental case as the object of the preposition su 'with'. In example (3) the word iie­siolikoje is in the locative case, dviddimt is indeclinable, but penk­tij,jl! is in the genitive plural since it is quantified by sdiolikoje (one of the numbers which requires the quantified noun and, of course, the modifying adjective , be in the genitive plural ). In ex­amples (4) and (5) the genitive case is used with the words puse 'half' and ketvirtis 'a quarter'.

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24.7,1 A group of whole numbers plus the fraction one-half which are found only in the genitive case are listed below, masculine first, feminine second and plural last :

1 Y2 pusantro, pusantros, pusantrli 2 V2 pustrecio, pustrecios, pustrecili 3 Y2 pusketvirto, pusketvirtos, pusketvirtlj 4 Y" puspenkto, puspenktos , puspenktlj 5 ~~ pusses to, pusses t6s, pussestli 6~S pusseptiiito, pusseptintos, pusseptinti! 7 V:! pusastufito, pusastuntos, pusastunti! 8 V:! pusdevinto , pusdevintos , pusdevintC" etc.

Examples:

1) Mano dra,igas man dave pusaiitro dOlerio. - My friend gave me a dollar and a half.

2) Jis ten gyveno pustreciff met,.. - He lived there two and a half years.

3) As busiu Cia pusant,·os dienos. - I will be here a day and a half.

Note that the genitive case of the noun is used with the frac­tions listed in this paragraph.

The concept l Ye etc. may be rendered also by Lith . :

a) vienas iT puse - lit. lone and one half' b) vienas su puse - lit. 'one with a half'

2Y" : a) du (dvi) if puse - lit. 'two and a half' b) dl< (dvi) Sl< puse - lit. 'two with a half ', etc.

24.S Expressing One's Age.

In expressing age the name of the individual is put in the dative case and the age is put in the nominative case. Examples:

1) Man yra penki6lika met,!. - I am fifteen years old. (Lit.: To me are fifteen years)

2) Pernai man bl<vo keturi6lika met,.. - Last year I was four­teen years old.

3) Uz trejff met,. man bus a.stuoni6lika met,.. - In three years I will be 18 years old.

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4) Mano broliui jau pefikiasdesimt viene1'i metai. * - My brother is already 51 years old.

5 ) Profesoriui Jonui Valiui jau pefikiasdesimt aStuoner' metai.· - Professor Jonas Valys is already 58 years old.

NB. There is another way of expressing age: with the nominative case of the person, with the genitive of the age :

1) As esit penkiolikos metl! (cimziaus) . - Lit.: I am of fifteen years (of age).

2) Pemai as buvau keturi6likos met1J,. 3) U z trejii met1J, as bUsiu aStuoniolikos met1J,. 4 ) Mano brolis jau pefikiasdeSimt vieneriii met,.. 5) Profesorius Jonas Valys jau pefikiasdesimt astuoneriii met,..

The first way is used more frequently, however the second way can also be used.

24.9 Addition, Subtraction, Multiplication, Division. (sudetis , atimtis, dau91/ba, dalyba)

In everyday use 2+2~4 Du if du yra keturi 5+7~12 Penki if septyni yra

dvylika

In mathematics, statistics, etc . Du plius du yra keturi Penki plius septyni yra dvylika

7-3~4 Septyni be triji! yra Septyni minus trys yra keturi keturi

18-9~9 Astuoni6lika be de- Astuoni6lika minus devyni yra vynii! yra devyni. devyni

9 x 3~27 Devyni padauginti is triii! yra dvidesimt septyni 5 X 7 ~35 Penki padauginti is septynii! yra trisdesimt penki

33:3~11 Trisdesimt trys padalinti is triN yra vienuolika 35: 7 ~5 Trisdesimt penki padalinti is septynii! yra penki

24.10 Writing Differences.

a ) In Lithuanian numbers are written as in other countries of continental Europe: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, ~, 8, 9, 10, 11, etc .

• metal is used with the meaning year, (years) only in plural. Thus special numerals must be used with it. Ct. 23.4 and 24.5.

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NB. Lithuania ns living in the English-speaking countries tend to use th e local system: 1, 7, etc.

b) Wherever we use a comma, Lithuanians use a period and vice-versa :

English 1.5

15.75 5,000 ,000

Lithuanian 1,5 -IV2 15,75 - 15"/,00 5.000.000 - 5 million or: 5 000000 , etc .

NB. However, in Lithuan ian newspapers and books published in the U.S.A ., England, and the other English-speaking coun­tries, the local (i.e. the English ) way is used .

24.11 The Use of the Locative Case.

a) The locative case is used primarily to indicate location, and answers the question kUT, kame 'where'. Examples:

J is gyviina dideZiame mieste. - He lives in a large city.

Lietuva yra Europoje. - Lithuania is in Europe.

b) It is also used in certain expressions of time:

vakare -- in the evening 3

senoveje -- in ancient tin1es darbymety( je) - durin g harvest (time ); durin g busy season vidudieny(je) - in the middle of the day; at noon vidurnakty(je) - at midnight vidurvasary( je) - in the middle of the summer pavakarfi(je! - in the early evening; toward evening dabartyje - in the present (time) praeityje - in the past ateityje - in the future jaunfisteje - in (one 's ) youth senatveje - in old age saiisio m enesyje - in (the month of ) J anuary or: sausyje -- in January

For the usage with rytais , vakarais (i nstrumental plural ) 'in the mornings, in the evenings', see 23 .3,3 and Lesson 32 .

• But accusative of definite time : Ai va.kar~ 'this evening, tonight'; an~ va~ kar., 'that evening', etc. Also vasar"l. pavasarj 'in the summ er, in the spring', etc. Cf. 22 .3b and Lesson 32.

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EXERCISES

A. Questions. 1. Ku6 vaziavo Petras ii' Gediminas j Vilnitj? 2. Kiek bilvo skyrelitj (kupe ) kiekviename vagone ? 3. Kiek bilvo keleivilj tame traukinio skyrelyje, kuriame sedejo Petras if Ge­diminas? 4. Kiek keleivilj jlipo j traukinj Petrositi.nuose? 5. Kui' gyvena Gediminas ? 6. Kui' gyvena Petras? 7. Ai' jus esate bilv~s Vilniuje? 8. Kas yra bilv~s Lietuvoje? 9. Kur yra Lietuva? 10. Kui' yra Vilnius?

B. Combine: a ) From one to 101 with: grazus namas, jauna stu­dente, senas profesorius , gera knyga.

b) He is one year old: Two ways: Jam vieneri metai Jis yra vieneri4 metlj (amziaus )

From one (vieneri ) to 100 (simtas).

C. Read aloud and write out in full : 11 , 13 , 27 , 35, 67, 131, 476, 800, 1116, 1222, 1492, 1776, 1914, 1918, 1964, 1984; 3", (trys ii' puse; or pusketvifto, or trys su puse ); 4 3/ 1 , 7 2/,jI 8 3/1:;' 10 ~!j' 11 2/ 3 ,

D. Use the locative case. 1. Mes gyvename (in a large city). 2. At the University of Vilnius ) studijuoja daiig studefitlj. 3 (In Lithu­ania) yra daiig pili4 griuvesilj. 4. Mana dedi! gyvena (in Chicago). 5. (In a new house ) malonu gyventi. 6. (In America) yra daiig dideli4 miestlj. 7. (In the big cities ) yra daiig miirinilj nam4. II. (In our school ) mes mokomes angllj kalb6s. g . (In America) gy­vena apie· vienas milijonas lietuvi4 .

E. Translate into Lithuanian: 1. My father is fifty five years old. 2. I have three sisters and five brothers. 3. In three years, my brother will be eighteen years old. 4. His grandfather was seventy years old three years ago (pries trejus metus). 5. I live fifteen kilometers (or: miles) from (nuo with gen.) Vilnius. 6. Two hun­dred twenty five students study the L ithuanian language at our university. 7. Five hundred seventy three students study English (the English language) at the University of Vilnius. 8. Thirteen and five is eighteen. 9. Twenty minus eleven is nine. 10. Fifty divided by five is ten .

• aplf: here means 'approximately',

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CONVERSATION

DRABUZITJ KRAUTUVEJE

Petras: 1.

Pardavejas: 2.

Petras: 3 .

Pardavejas: 4.

Petras: 5.

Pardavejas: 6.

Petras: 7. Pardavejas: 8.

Petras: 9.

Pardavejas: 10 .

As noreciau nusipifkti dvi vasannes eilutes: vie­n~ pi1k~ iF vien~ rud". Kiek kainuoja 5i ruda eilute? Si eilute kainuoja trisde5imt devynis dolerius iF devyniasdesimt astuonis centus. Kitaip sakant, keturiasde5imt doleril! . .. 0 kiek ka inuoja 5i pilka eilute su baltais taskeliais? 0 !itai cia yra kilina : keturiasde5imt devyni doleriai if devyniasdesimt astuoni centaL Dur neuzmirskite prideti miesto m6kescio: trys procefitai . . . Gerai. As paimsiu abi 5ias eilutes. Kiek tai bus viso labo? Tuojaii . .. Keturiasdesimt devyni iF devynias­desimt astuoni plius pusafitro dolerio miesto mo­kescio yra pefikiasdesimt vienas doleris iF ketu­riasdesimt astuoni centaL 0 cia trisdesimt devyni iF devyniasdesimt astuoni plius doleris dvidesimt yra keturiasdesimt vienas if astuoni6lika. Visa: devyniasdesimt du d6leriai if sesiasdesimt sesi centai. Gerai. As duosiu jums cekj ... Labai atsiprasaii , bet mes cekil! nepriimame. Vi­sas kainos - grynais pinigais. Jus cekil! nepriimate? As turiu tik dvidesimt pen­kis dolerius kiseneje... Tal per maza. As eisiu ten, kur priima cekius. ACiu. Prasau, prasaii. Matote, mes parduodame tik uz grynus pinigus.

IN A CLOTHES STORE

Petras: 1. I would like to buy two summer suits for myself: one gray one and one brown. How much is this brown suit?

Clerk: 2. This suit costs $39.98. Petras: 3. In other words, forty dollars ... And how much is

this gray suit with (little ) white dots. Oh, here is the price: $49.98.

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Do not forget to add the city tax: three percent. All right. I will take both these su its. How much will that be all together? Right away ... 49 .98 plus one doll ar and fifty cents tax makes 51.48. And here - 39.98 plus one dollar and twenty makes 41.18. All told : 92.66. All right. I will give you a check ... I am ver y sorry, but we do not accept checks. All prices-cash . .. You do not accept ch ecks? I ha ve only 25 dollars in my pocket ... That is not enough. I will go some­where where they accept checks. Thanks. You are welcome, I am sure. You see, we sell only for cash .

1. nusipii'kti - reflexive : 't o buy for oneself', 3. kitai p sa kant - lit.: 'saying it di fferctntly'. 5. a bl - 'both' (feminine ). 6. viso - genitive of visas 'ail, tolal, whole', 7. visa labo - Render into English 'altogether, all-told'. 8. grynais piniaais - Instrumental plural of g rynas plnigas 'pure money,

cash'. Instr. is used because it actually depends on the verb mokcHi 'to pay' which require~ the Instr.: MokHi gr,vnais pinig ais 'to pay cash',

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