LL0284 – Žinoti To Know

 

Hi there, I’m Jack and I’m Gintarė and welcome back to Lithuanian Out Loud where we offer the world the Lithuanian language.

 

Before we get started with today’s episode, Linas of interlinear books asked me to let you know he has some Lithuanian books available online that have English translations. His site is not free and I cannot personally comment on the site’s quality. I’m just passing along the information so you know the resource is there if you’re curious. You can find more information on the books at the bottom of our show notes on this episode of Lithuanian Out Loud. Alright, let’s get started with today’s episode!

 

Today we’ll go over the Lithuanian verb žinoti – to know.  Here are žinoti and nežinoti conjugated in the present tense.

 

to know

žinoti

 

I know

aš žinau

 

you know

tu žinai

 

he knows

jis žino

 

she knows

ji žino

 

we know

mes žinome

 

you know (jūs)

jūs žinote

 

you all know

jūs žinote

 

they know (mm/mf)

jie žino

 

they know (ff)

jos žino

 

to not know

nežinoti

 

I don’t know

aš nežinau

 

you don’t know

tu nežinai

 

he doesn’t know

jis nežino

 

she doesn’t know

ji nežino

 

we don’t know

mes nežinome

 

you don’t know (jūs)

jūs nežinote

 

you all don’t know

jūs nežinote

 

they don’t know (mm/mf)

jie nežino

 

kas yra? (what’s up?)

juokinga (it’s funny)

 

they don’t know (ff)

jos nežino

 

would you say that? 

kas yra? (what is it?)

kas yra (what’s up?)

kas yra (what’s with you?)

kas yra 

juokinga man labai (it’s very funny to me)

 

(Gintarė was laughing because we were going over such simple and basic information)

 

 

So, here are the infinitives

 

infinitive

it’s always better to know than not know

visada geriau žinoti, nei nežinoti

 

I like this, I want to know everything, everything

 

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