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The logging and manufacturing processes are ezpected to conform to the environmental regulations of the country of origin. Impression number Year 2014 2013 lOU lOtt 2010 Contents Meet the authors vii Only got a minute? viii Only got five minutes? XII Introduction XV 1 Koks jus4 vardas? What:S your name? 1 Greeting people • Meeting people • Saying thank you and responding when someone thanks you • Saying your name and asking someone theirs • Asking where someone is from and saying where you are from • Asking what languages someone speaks and saying what languages you speak • Apologizing and responding when someone apologizes to you 2 Kur susltlnkame? Where shall we meet? 19 Saying where you are going • Asking someone their telephone number and telling them yours ·Calling a Taxi· Saying goodbye· Starting a conversation· Asking for and giving directions ·Asking the time and saying what time it is 3 tla mano ~elma Here is my family 37 Family members and introductions 4 Afla, labal skanu! Thank you, it:S very tasty! 58 Asking for various items offood and drink ·Ordering a meal/a drink· Offering a meal/a drink ·Refusing a meal/a drink· Likes and dislikes ·Proposing a toast 5 Siandlen tu pulklal atrodal! You look great today! 83 Buying clothes, shoes and jewellery ·Compliments· Comparisons 6 Jauskls kalp namle! Make yourself at home! 106 Describing where you live and what the rooms look like • How to get a room • Polite requests • Conditions ·Inviting someone round to your place Contents v 7 Laimlngos kellones! Have a safe journey! 131 Ordering and buying a ticket· Asking for and giving information about travelling· More about time ·Naming the days and months of the year 8 KC\ veiksi savaitgalf? What are you doing at the weekend? 151 Making suggestions as to what to do and where to go· Hobbies and leisure pursuits ·Inviting someone to do something with you· Accepting and refusing invitations and offers 9 nTevl~ke mana, esl melyno Nemuno vlnglsu My country, you are the bend in the blue river Nemunas 171 Describing your country • Opinions • Expressing existence • Describing something using active participles • Expressing circumstances that arise from an action 10 Paprastal kelluosl ankstl/ usually get up early 189 Daily routines • Asking for daily services 11 Kalp jautlesl? How are you feeling? 212 Talking about health and illness • Wishing someone good health • Saying how old someone is 12 M dlrbu lr mokausl/ work and study 226 Talking about your job· Talking about your studies 13 Sveikinu! Congratulations! 244 Congratulating someone· Expressing good wishes ·Happy birthday· Wishing someone success ·Festivals and holidays Key to the exercises 261 Listening transcripts 271 Appendix: stress 281 Lithuanian-English vocabulary 290 English-Lithuanian vocabulary 315 Index 339 Meet the authors Meilute Ramoniene I am Associate Professor and Head of the Department of Lithuanian Studies at the University ofVilnius. My research interests include applied linguistics, the teaching of foreign languages, sociolinguistics and onomastics, on which I also lecture at the University ofVilnius. In the 1990s I became involved with issues oflanguage education and assessment. I have taught Lithuanian as a foreign language at the University of Helsinki and I am the author of several textbooks and teacher reference books for teaching Lithuanian as a second language including CD-ROM Po truputf, Practical grammar of Lithuanian, Threshold Level, Vantage Level and Waystage Level of Lithuanian. I have also published papers on applied linguistics, sociolinguistics and anthroponymics and have been engaged in several international research projects. Virginija Stumbriene I have been teaching Lithuanian to foreigners at the Department of Lithuanian Studies of Vilnius University since 1992. My field of interest is teaching and testing Lithuanian as a foreign language and I am one of the authors of a textbook for adults Ne dienos be lletuvi4 kalbos and textbooks for young learners La bas and Mano ir tavo !ails Lletuva. I was joint author of the book 365 Lithuanian verbs which is very popular among students. They call it 'the blue Bible' because the cover of the first edition was blue. I also took part in developing and writing Lithuanian language tests for native and foreign learners and wrote descriptions of Lithuanian for At Luzis, a series of books for language examiners and teachers. I am involved in the training of teachers and examiners. Only got a minute? Lithuania is a small country on the Baltic Sea, measuring 65,000 km2• Lithuania's population totals more than 3 million people, of which 84 per cent are ethnic Lithuanians. In Lithuania people still speak an ancient language that is similar to Latin and Sanskrit. Antoine Meillet, who was one of the most distinguished French linguists of the 20th century once said, that if you want to listen to how the ancient Indo-Europeans spoke, then you should go to a Lithuanian village and listen to the language of Lithuanian peasants. Lithuanian is indeed a very archaic language, especially its grammar and vocabulary. There are two main dialects of Lithuanian, which are Aukstaitian and Zemaitian, and numerous sub-dialects, which are still spoken. If an Aukstaitian from a rural area would speak with a .Zemaitian from a rural area, they would have difficulties in understanding one another unless they used standard Lithuanian. Though Lithuanian itself is ancient, standard Lithuanian was developed rather recently, a little more than 100 years ago. It is based on the Western Aukstaitian dialect. Though Lithuania's traditions of statehood stretch back to the 13th century, Lithuanian was not recognized as the state language until the 20th century. After the First World War with the establishment of the Republic of Lithuania, Lithuanian was recognized as the official state language for the first time in 1922. During the Soviet period, Lithuanian was pushed out of the public sphere, in areas such as transport, administration, industry, the police, etc. After the regaining of independence in 1990, Lithuanian returned to the public sphere, and is protected by the Constitution and the Law on the State language. The Lithuanian alphabet consists of 32 letters based on the Latin alphabet. Lithuanian doesn't have