Colloquial Lithuanian

Meilute Ramoniene 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. Meilute Ramoniene 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. At tu kalbi lietuviskai? Do you speak Lithuanian? 3. Atsiprasau, kaip nueiti i...? Excuse me, how do I get to...? 4 Kvietimas i svecius Inviting someone to come on a visit 5. Sveciuose On a visit 6. Pasivaiksciojimas po Vilniu A walk around Vilnius 7. Pakeliaukime po Lietuva Let's travel around Lithuania 8. Teatre At the theatre 9. Skanaus! Bon appetit! 10. Koks oras Lietuvoje? What's the weather like in Lithuania? 11. Geros sveikatos! The best of health! 12. Reikia pasipuosti Got to get smartly dressed 13. Pietus restorane Dinner in a restaurant 14. Vaziuojame i pajuri 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. Grammatical index.