LL0283 – Skaityti To Read 

 

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today we’ll go over the Lithuanian verb skaityti – to read

 

skaityti is a transitive verb so it requires the accusative case or galininkas

 

neskaityti requires the genitive case

 

here are skaityti and neskaityti conjugated in the present tense

 

to read

skaityti

 

I read

aš skaitau

 

you read (tu)

tu skaitai

 

he reads

jis skaito

 

she reads

ji skaito

 

we read

mes skaitome

 

you read (formal)

jūs skaitote

 

you all read

jūs skaitote

 

they read (mm/mf)

jie skaito

 

they read (ff)

jos skaito

 

to not read

neskaityti

 

I don't read

aš neskaitau

 

you don't read (tu)

tu neskaitai

 

he doesn't read

jis neskaito

 

she doesn't read

ji neskaito

 

we don't read

mes neskaitome

 

you don't read (formal)

jūs neskaitote

 

you all don't read

jūs neskaitote

 

they don't read (mm/mf)

jie neskaito

 

they don't read (ff)

jos neskaito

 

here are some examples of skaityti and neskaityti

 

infinitive

I like to read books

man patinka skaityti knygas

 

she can write and read the Lithuanian language

ji gali rašyti ir skaityti lietuvių kalba

 

do you want to read more?

ar nori skaityti daugiau?

 

books better unread

knygų geriau neskaityti

 

to read through, to peruse, to go over

perskaityti

 

I read through that, which I did not have to read

perskaičiau tai, ko turėjau neskaityti

 

aš

I rarely read

skaitau retai

 

magazine

žurnalas

 

I read the magazine People

aš skaitau žurnalą Žmonės

 

I read newspapers

aš skaitau laikraščius

 

I read every day

skaitau kiekvieną dieną

 

previously

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