Lithuanian Out Loud

Okay, so are you ready to do another lesson?  Let’s work with energy, with energy please!  Woohoo!  I’m excited too!   Hi there, I’m Jack and I’m Raminta and welcome back to Lithuanian Out Loud where we offer the world the Lithuanian language.  Today we’re in the month of April which in Lithuanian is balandis. The common word in Lithuanian for horse is arklys.  According to the Wikipedia page entitled, Ašvieniai, another word for horse is ašvienis.   Is that true?  You know I – first time hear that word.  Aha, interesting, the first time you heard this word, huh?  It’s like really old maybe or something – you’d never understand what it… In the old Lithuanian religion ašvieniai are twin spirits carved into the roof of some houses to protect the house from evil spirits.  Sometimes ašvieniai are presented as the twin horses who pull Saulė’s chariot through the sky. (note: in this episode we describe angliškai, lietuviškai, ispaniškai, itališkai, etcetera, as adjectives, when in fact, they are adverbs.  Thanks to