Phonetics And Grammar of the Lithuanian Language (For A1 Level)

The aim of the course is to introduce the students to the most important regularities of Lithuanian phonetics and grammar and teach them to apply them practically. The phonetics part discusses the most important differences between letters and sounds, long and short vowels, diphthongs and mixed diphtongs, voiced and voiceless and hard and soft consonants, the sign of softness and the usage and matching of these elements in cohesive language. Students perform interactive practical tasks using the platform tartis.vdu.lt. The grammar part discusses the inflectional paradigms of nouns, verbs and adjectives, cardinal and ordinal numerals, personal pronouns, place and time prepositions and the main rules of government and agreement. Students acquire grammar knowledge by doing practical exercises.

To introduce the most important regularities of Lithuanian phonetics and grammar and teach the students to apply them.

Finished or being enrolled in the course Lithuanian for Foreigners A1.

1. Introduction. Letter and sound. Long and short vowels. 2. Diphthongs. Mixed diphthongs. 3. Voiced and voiceless consonants. Hard and soft consonants. Sign of softness. 4. Vowels o, e in international words. 5. Grammatical categories of noun: gender, number, case. Inflectional paradigms. 6. Grammatical categories of verb: tense, person. Inflectional paradigms. Government. 7. Grammatical categories of adjective: gender, number, case. Agreement. 8. Place and time prepositions. Government. 9. Cardinal and ordinal numerals. Time expressions. 10. Personal pronouns.

Requirements for the minimal positive evaluation of the course: 1. Manages to describe the most relevant features of the usage of discussed elements (letters, sound, vowels, and consonants) in the cohesive language. 2. Correctly uses the main grammar categories of nouns: nominative, genitive, and accusative of the most common paradigms (-as, -is/-ys, -a). 3. Correctly uses the present tense of verbs and nominative case of adjectives. 4. Correctly uses five different time and place prepositions. 5. Correctly uses nominative of cardinal numerals. 6. Correctly uses nominative of personal pronouns.