Lithuanian Language Lessons At Vilnius University: Was It Worth It?

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  • Опубликовано: 26 авг 2023
  • If you’ve been following my journey of learning the Lithuanian language then you’ll know this is the 5th video chronicling this seemingly unconquerable task. Well, I finally took a big leap and spent over 400 euros on some in-person, classroom-based lessons!
    Thank you to ‪@zodziumisraine‬ for making an appearance in this video! Check out her channel at: / @zodziumisraine
    Her Instagram is at: / zodziu_misraine
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Комментарии • 35

  • @Mendogology
    @Mendogology 11 месяцев назад +12

    As a Lithuanian, I want to thank you for taking your time to learn the language. 💐

  • @dominykasbudrys1011
    @dominykasbudrys1011 11 месяцев назад +28

    Very nice, keep learning Lithuanian language!!!

    • @dominykasbudrys1011
      @dominykasbudrys1011 11 месяцев назад

      Kur krv dingo?

    • @dominykasbudrys1011
      @dominykasbudrys1011 8 месяцев назад +1

      Atsiprasau uz negrazius zodzius, bet mane isvadino lenkiskai uz sita commenta "Very nice, keep learning Lithuanian language!!!".

  • @icetea5649
    @icetea5649 11 месяцев назад +13

    I've always admired your honest feedback of your experiences in Lithuania, it's such a breath of fresh air on RUclips. Keep it up 👍

  • @EsmereldaPea
    @EsmereldaPea 3 месяца назад +2

    Elvyra taught my class in 2003! I also got placed into the A2 class. I am headed back to the class this year, 21 years later. I loved Elvyra.

  • @RichieLarpa
    @RichieLarpa 11 месяцев назад +11

    3:35 This one is pretty straight-forward for Polish speakers (myself included), since the same concept exists even there (turiu mašinĄ vs. neturiu mašinOS & mam maszynĘ vs. nie mam maszynY).

  • @tonyjaz
    @tonyjaz 3 месяца назад +3

    I did this in 2018‼️🇱🇹I had the best of time‼️👍🏼🇱🇹🇺🇦🇵🇱🇺🇸🙏

  • @Laurynas_LTU
    @Laurynas_LTU 11 месяцев назад +4

    You have my greatest respect and full support for persisting with one of the hardest Indo-European languages!
    I think I knew your LT level would be higher since your LT pronunciation is so good.
    I understand it's hard for you to find time, but I'd love to see you trying more language courses and comparing them. We all could benefit from honest reviews about LT.

  • @mouhzanfarydeh
    @mouhzanfarydeh 11 месяцев назад +5

    Great to know! seems like i could consider spending all my 4 weeks of mandatory holidays by living in vilnius for a month and take this course, lol I already had a 2 week long crashcourse with elvyra in berlin which they're offering once a year and I learned a very lot.

  • @markpowell8712
    @markpowell8712 11 месяцев назад +4

    I'm right there with you! Struggling and learning!

  • @dead0404
    @dead0404 11 месяцев назад +2

    Just discovered your channel and I love it. So humble

  • @gingerjames7650
    @gingerjames7650 11 месяцев назад +4

    For what it's worth, I also didn't attend all the cultural lectures/trips/extras and I was doing it in my holiday! But I had already been living in Vilnius for 10 months or so by that point AND I'd been studying at VU for all of that time, so it didn't seem so interesting to go on a tour of the university for example. I imagine people who'd never been to Lithuania before were really the ones to benefit from everything - in fact, I think the longer you spent in Lithuania, the less you got out of the cultural lectures etc. 😅

  • @draugami
    @draugami 11 месяцев назад +4

    I have learned the hard way that a language course is like taking off in a plane. You have to keep investing time and constantly use what you learned.

  • @itsjustsam7405
    @itsjustsam7405 11 месяцев назад +1

    Ahh, it’s so fun too see familiar places in your videos, it’s my faculty xd

  • @ernisj.8087
    @ernisj.8087 11 месяцев назад +6

    Jamila accent sounds pure Lithuanian, less German.

  • @gedog77
    @gedog77 11 месяцев назад

    I’ve applied for the winter course, let’s hope that one is as good too. The genitive case for negatives is actually consistent, our lecturer from UK explained that it’s “the thing you don’t have” for example.

  • @dziugaslapienis3752
    @dziugaslapienis3752 11 месяцев назад

    It is for some reason very surreal to see a RUclipsr I watch attending classes in the same Auditorium where I myself have classes and choir rehearsals :DD (btw, I'm talking about the same choir that performed for the crowd next to the presidential palace leading up to Biden's speech - you filmed us a tiny bit in your video :DD)
    Be proud of yourself - you are absolutely moving in the right direction! Learning Lithuanian will only be easier from here - in the sense that it will become more and more unavoidable in your life, as you start raising a child here. My guess is that Lithuania Explained Jr. will learn Lithuanian quite quickly, as children do, and Lithuanian will gradually become the main language of communication in your household.
    Or at least that is what I wish for your family!
    Good luck, keep practicing, ask your wife and Lithuanian friends to have Lithuanian-only days with you (a VERY effective method of language learning), start reading very basic children books (there's even books that have Lithuanian on the left page and English on the right one, so you can constantly check what it is that you're reading. They're called "Pasaulio pasakos lietuviškai ir angliškai", here's a photo I found online on how the inside of such a book looks like: bit.ly/45sGcuC ) and watch LRT whenever you can :DD
    I can't wait to see more updates and perhaps even a Lithuanian-only video.
    Didžiausios sėkmės!

  • @seanshepard2000
    @seanshepard2000 11 месяцев назад +1

    3:31 - welcome to my nightmare! :) I STILL can't get anyone to explain that to me in a way I understand, so, I kinda gave up trying to figure it out. I take a wild guess in situations like that, and, well, I'm right 50% of the time, lol. 10:23 - Virginia representing! :) Fellow Virginian from the RVA (real virginians will get that one, lol) - keep up the good work!

  • @Armadeus
    @Armadeus 10 месяцев назад

    interesting video. i'm gonna be doing student exchange at vilnius uni next semester. does the course require absolute in-person attendance? as i plan to travel around europe relatively often during my exchange

  • @robinrussell7965
    @robinrussell7965 11 месяцев назад

    My brother took that course. It was a lot more if you include room, board and transportation from the States.

  • @user-debesssaule
    @user-debesssaule 11 месяцев назад +3

    Buvo čia šią vasarą. Man labai patiko kursas. Buvo įdomu, smagu ir naudinga.

    • @manometras
      @manometras 11 месяцев назад

      BuvAU. Tu buvAI, Jūs buvOTE, o ne kažkas kitas buvO.

  • @spuffyfet5732
    @spuffyfet5732 11 месяцев назад +2

    Labai gerai! 👍

  • @jamesfirkins5149
    @jamesfirkins5149 11 месяцев назад

    So do the lecturers/teachers all speak english? I am interested in taking a course as I have been finding it difficult to learn by myself. I think it would be a nice way to meet other internationals too

    • @LithuaniaExplained
      @LithuaniaExplained  11 месяцев назад

      Yes the instructional language is English. Whether or not you make good connections with other internationals will entirely depend on who else registers and their openness to connecting with others.
      For example, the young Americans tended to stick together, as did some Ukrainians who registered together.

  • @dominykasbudrys1011
    @dominykasbudrys1011 11 месяцев назад +2

    First time I'm one of the first

  • @manometras
    @manometras 11 месяцев назад

    Aš turiu telefoną = I have a phone. I have an entire phone. Aš neturiu telefono = I no-have of a phone. I have nothing of a phone. I have no part of a phone.

  • @tnickknight
    @tnickknight 11 месяцев назад

    Honestly, the Kaunas program is Much better, they really homout of their way

  • @ElekhtroLT
    @ElekhtroLT 11 месяцев назад +1

    Worry not, being a native Lithuanian myself neither am I able to explain the "turiu telefoną / telefono neturiu" phenomena 😀

    • @LithuaniaExplained
      @LithuaniaExplained  11 месяцев назад

      😆

    • @manometras
      @manometras 11 месяцев назад +1

      It could be a phenomen from the Finnougric languages even. Turiu telefoną is I have a phone, I have a whole thing. Subject (who?) Verb (what do I do, what is going on) Object (what is the thing the subject and the verb have direct effect on in its entirety?). I have the whole phone. Aš neturiu telefono is the structure of the Subject the negated verb and the partitive (the Part of the Object). When you say I do not have any phone it means I have not even a smallest part of a phone in my hands. It"s another case. 😅