Colloquial Lithuanian

Meilut? Ramonien? is Associate Professor and Head of the Department of Lithuanian Studies, Vilnius University. Ian Press was Professor in Slavonic and Comparative Linguistics at the University of London (1990-5) and Established Professor in Russian, with the extra specialism of Comparative Linguistics, at St Andrews University (1995-2008). He took early retirement in 2008 and is now Emeritus Professor in Russian at St Andrews. Meilut? Ramonien? and Ian Press Vilnius and St Andrews, February 1996 and Vilnius and London, January 2010.

Preface, Abbreviations, Introduction, A guide to the alphabet and pronunciation, 1 Naujas draugas - A new friend, 2 Ar tu kalbi lietuviškai? - Do you speak Lithuanian?, 3 Atsiprašau, kaip nueiti ? . . . ? - Excuse me, how do I get to . . . ?, 4 Kvietimas ? sve?ius - Inviting someone to come on a visit, 5 Sve?iuose - On a visit, 6 Pasivaikš?iojimas po Vilni? - A walk around Vilnius, 7 Pakeliaukime po Lietuv? - Let's travel around Lithuania, 8 Teatre - At the theatre, 9 Skanaus! - Bon appétit!, 10 Koks oras Lietuvoje? - What's the weather like in Lithuania?, 11 Geros sveikatos! - The best of health!, 12 Reikia pasipuošti - Got to get smartly dressed, 13 Piet?s restorane - Dinner in a restaurant, 14 Važiuojame ? paj?r? - We go to the seaside, 15 Kaime - In the countryside, 16 Gamta, sportas, televizija - Nature, sport, and television, Reference section, Key to the exercises, Lithuanian–English glossary, English–Lithuanian glossary, Index