tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8240097.post7778898132461843698..comments2023-10-09T21:49:57.366+09:00Comments on Page F30: How difficult is it for speakers of English and other languages to learn Lithuanian?Mehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15083766178887686304noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8240097.post-27261796760485833822011-03-07T13:51:21.365+09:002011-03-07T13:51:21.365+09:00Pačiomis should be patiomis but it has that sound ...Pačiomis should be patiomis but it has that sound as well (it always transforms ti to č without exceptions).<br>Lithuanian is very phonetical (which is another easy thing about it) so that's why that change is also seen from the way it's written.<br><br>By the way, the word for a wife is žmona of which the plural instrumentive would be žmonomis (just like patiomis - the same ending, lyzazelhttp://www.ikindalikelanguages.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8240097.post-68838796471427652162011-03-07T13:51:20.640+09:002011-03-07T13:51:20.640+09:00Interesting course. I'm going over it myself s...Interesting course. I'm going over it myself so I'll have some more feedback after I'm done looking at it. Your method is good for a lot of people, those that (unlike me) don't enjoy sitting down with a good grammar book and memorizing declensions. I like to hear that to is the genitive of tas, but saying that ne and tai are enemies is another way to explain it of course. This is 데이빛 / Mithridateshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15083766178887686304noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8240097.post-48731629940285404102011-03-07T13:51:20.015+09:002011-03-07T13:51:20.015+09:00I had to split my comment in two because your site...I had to split my comment in two because your site wouldn't accept comments longer than 4,096 symbols:<br><br>First of all, I am Lithuanian. I've also been making a course of Lithuanian on my site so I got to think about how it is constructed a bit lately. That's why I think I can comment on this.<br><br>I don't think Lithuanian is anywhere as hard as Latin and it's way easierlyzazelhttp://www.ikindalikelanguages.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8240097.post-83004777559945964332011-03-07T13:51:19.734+09:002011-03-07T13:51:19.734+09:00Yes, there are 4 paradigms of stress (+ 3 pitches)...Yes, there are 4 paradigms of stress (+ 3 pitches). <br>In my book, there are indeed 5 verbal classes, but, at the present, classes I & II are identical: -a at the 3rd person. The IIIrd class ending is -ia (OK, it is i + a). <br>At the preterit, nevertheless, class I has -o at the 3rd person while class II has -ê...<br><br>(on the last page, it is indicated that the author of the book is a Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8240097.post-23589609123731136142011-03-07T13:51:19.461+09:002011-03-07T13:51:19.461+09:00About stress: I thought it was completely random f...About stress: I thought it was completely random for a while until I noticed this page.<br><br>http://www.debeselis.net/lesson101.php<br><br>So apparently even stress is governed according to rules, which is a relief.<br><br>Verbs: aren't there only three classes? I've only seen those that end in -a, -i, and -o in 3rd person singular.<br><br>http://www.debeselis.net/lesson25.php데이빛 / Mithridateshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15083766178887686304noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8240097.post-77828547667412681562009-09-11T03:49:36.506+09:002009-09-11T03:49:36.506+09:00Cool, Mithridates. I'm looking forward for the...Cool, Mithridates. I'm looking forward for the feedback.<br /><br />That's exactly what I want to do on my website: making language courses for non-linguists.<br /><br />I think I will have to explain that it's genitive in one way or another at some point in the course. Not sure if I'll be using the actual word genitive yet, though. But, perhaps. I do think it is possible to put lyzazelhttp://www.ikindalikelanguages.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8240097.post-43728550148177304502009-09-11T03:19:15.835+09:002009-09-11T03:19:15.835+09:00Interesting course. I'm going over it myself s...Interesting course. I'm going over it myself so I'll have some more feedback after I'm done looking at it. Your method is good for a lot of people, those that (unlike me) don't enjoy sitting down with a good grammar book and memorizing declensions. I like to hear that to is the genitive of tas, but saying that ne and tai are enemies is another way to explain it of course. This is Mehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15083766178887686304noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8240097.post-38298593532640870752009-09-10T22:56:23.321+09:002009-09-10T22:56:23.321+09:00Pačiomis should be patiomis but it has that sound ...Pačiomis should be patiomis but it has that sound as well (it always transforms ti to č without exceptions).<br />Lithuanian is very phonetical (which is another easy thing about it) so that's why that change is also seen from the way it's written.<br /><br />By the way, the word for a wife is žmona of which the plural instrumentive would be žmonomis (just like patiomis - the same ending,lyzazelhttp://www.ikindalikelanguages.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8240097.post-13939264733029375202009-09-10T22:53:30.914+09:002009-09-10T22:53:30.914+09:00I had to split my comment in two because your site...I had to split my comment in two because your site wouldn't accept comments longer than 4,096 symbols:<br /><br />First of all, I am Lithuanian. I've also been making a course of Lithuanian on my site so I got to think about how it is constructed a bit lately. That's why I think I can comment on this.<br /><br />I don't think Lithuanian is anywhere as hard as Latin and it's lyzazelhttp://www.ikindalikelanguages.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8240097.post-82358212140938911332009-09-10T22:17:06.425+09:002009-09-10T22:17:06.425+09:00Yes, there are 4 paradigms of stress (+ 3 pitches)...Yes, there are 4 paradigms of stress (+ 3 pitches). <br />In my book, there are indeed 5 verbal classes, but, at the present, classes I & II are identical: -a at the 3rd person. The IIIrd class ending is -ia (OK, it is i + a). <br />At the preterit, nevertheless, class I has -o at the 3rd person while class II has -ê...<br /><br />(on the last page, it is indicated that the author of the bookAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8240097.post-50812549876580667582009-09-10T20:37:46.028+09:002009-09-10T20:37:46.028+09:00About stress: I thought it was completely random f...About stress: I thought it was completely random for a while until I noticed this page.<br /><br />http://www.debeselis.net/lesson101.php<br /><br />So apparently even stress is governed according to rules, which is a relief.<br /><br />Verbs: aren't there only three classes? I've only seen those that end in -a, -i, and -o in 3rd person singular.<br /><br />http://www.debeselis.net/Mehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15083766178887686304noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8240097.post-29038839948818278112009-09-10T20:24:26.151+09:002009-09-10T20:24:26.151+09:00Sveikas !
Hmm, you can trust me, as I had bought ...Sveikas !<br /><br />Hmm, you can trust me, as I had bought many years ago a Lithuanian primer; it's indeed one of the most complicated languages I've ever seen ! <br />The endings of verbs and substantives are regular, I agree, but there are five classes of verbs and five model of declensions. You did rightly write that there are rules of agreement between the stem and the endings; so Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com