You know the accusative, the object form, for one thing: I have a key. For more than one, the accusative has its own plural endings. You need them all the time to describe people: Jonas has brown eyes and black hair.
The accusative plural
| Singular | Plural | Accusative plural | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| -ai → -us | |||
| a key | |||
| a key | |||
| -iai → -ius | |||
| a brother | |||
| a brother | |||
| -os → -as | |||
| a photo | |||
| a photo | |||
| -ės → -es | |||
| a chair | |||
| a chair | |||
| -ys → -is | |||
| an eye | |||
| an eye | |||
| -ūs → -us | |||
| a son | |||
| a son | |||
Adjectives take the same case: masculine -us or -ius, feminine -as or -es.
Describing hair and eyes
| Adjective | Meaning | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| black | |||
| black | |||
| brown | |||
| brown | |||
| – | long | ||
| long | |||
| – | curly | ||
| curly | |||
| – | green | ||
| green | |||
| beautiful | |||
| beautiful | |||
| – | big | ||
| big | |||
, hair, is masculine; , eyes, is feminine.
Jonas turi rudas akis ir juodus garbanotus plaukus.Jonas has brown eyes and curly black hair.
Jonas turi rudas akis ir juodus garbanotus plaukus.Jonas has brown eyes and curly black hair.
Elzė turi ilgus plaukus.Elzė has long hair.
Ponia Ona turi akinius.Mrs Ona has glasses.
Micius turi žalias akis ir visus raktus.Micius has green eyes and all the keys.
Practice 1/5 · Finding words
Find the words
Tap the nouns in the accusative plural.
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Jonas has brown eyes and black hair.
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Jonas has brown eyes and black hair.
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Elzė has long hair.
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Mrs Ona has glasses.
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Micius takes all the keys!
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I'm eating eggs and apples.
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I'm eating eggs and apples.
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The neighbour has two brothers and two sisters.
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Ona has old photos.
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Rūta has beautiful chairs.
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The neighbour has three sons.
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Micius has big green eyes.
Practice 2/5 · The right form
The noun
Choose the right word for the gap.
Jonas turi juodus .
Jonas has black hair.
Micius turi žalias .
Micius has green eyes.
Ponia Ona turi .
Mrs Ona has glasses.
Micius paima visus .
Micius takes all the keys.
Elzė valgo .
Elzė is eating apples.
Mes turime naujas .
We have new chairs.
Kaimynas turi du .
The neighbour has two brothers.
Ona turi senas .
Ona has old photos.
Kaimynė turi tris .
The neighbour has three sons.
Ant stalo yra du .
There are two keys on the table.
The describing word
Choose the right word for the gap.
Jonas turi akis.
Jonas has brown eyes.
Jonas turi garbanotus plaukus.
Jonas has curly black hair.
Elzė turi plaukus.
Elzė has long hair.
Micius turi akis.
Micius has green eyes.
Rūta turi kėdes.
Rūta has beautiful chairs.
Mano brolis turi plaukus.
My brother has brown hair.
Mano brolis turi plaukus.
My brother has brown hair.
Jonas turi juodus plaukus.
Jonas has curly black hair.
Elzė turi plaukus.
Elzė has beautiful hair.
Micius turi akis.
Micius has big eyes.
Mano sesuo turi akis.
My sister has black eyes.
Mano sesuo turi akis.
My sister has black eyes.
Who has, and what?
Who has it is in the nominative; what they have, in the accusative.
Mano turi juodus plaukus.
My brother has black hair.
Mano turi juodus plaukus.
My brother has black hair.
Kaimyno gyvena Hamburge.
The neighbour's brothers live in Hamburg.
Ant stalo yra .
There are photos on the table.
Virtuvėje yra dvi .
There are two chairs in the kitchen.
Micius turi žalias akis. Jo didelės.
Micius has green eyes. His eyes are big.
Kaimynė turi tris sūnus. Jos labai aukšti.
The neighbour has three sons. Her sons are very tall.
Stalas labai .
The table is very long.
Jonas aukštas ir .
Jonas is tall and curly-haired.
Mano miestas mažas, bet .
My town is small but pretty.
Mano miestas mažas, bet .
My town is small but pretty.
Micius labai .
Micius is very big.
Practice 3/5 · Fill the gaps
Who is who?
Fill the gaps with the words from the box.
Jonas aukštas. Jis turi akis ir plaukus.
Jonas is tall. He has brown eyes and black hair.
Elzė maža. Ji turi ilgus .
Elzė is small. She has long hair.
Micius didelis. Jis turi žalias ir dešimt raktų.
Micius is big. He has green eyes and ten keys.
Čia vienas , o čia du . Micius turi visus raktus.
Here's one key, and here are two keys. Micius has all the keys.
Čia kaimyno . Jis turi du .
These are the neighbour's brothers. He has two brothers.
Ant stalo yra viena , o ant lovos – dvi .
There's one photo on the table, and two photos on the bed.
Virtuvėje yra viena , o kavinėje – dvi .
There's one chair in the kitchen, and two chairs in the café.
Micius . Jis turi žalias akis.
Micius is big. He has big green eyes.
Practice 4/5 · Building sentences
Put the words in order
Put the words in order.
Jonas has brown eyes.
Elzė has long hair.
Mrs Ona has glasses.
Micius has green eyes.
Elzė's eyes are big and beautiful.
My sister has black eyes.
My sister has black eyes.
My brother has brown hair.
My brother has brown hair.
The neighbour's sons are very tall.
The table is big and long.
Jonas is tall, curly-haired and handsome.
Practice 5/5 · In situations
The right words
Choose the right words for the situation.
Anna asks what Jonas looks like. Tell her he's tall, with curly black hair.
You say:
After turi the hair is the object: juodus garbanotus plaukus.
Anna asks what Jonas looks like. Tell her he's tall, with curly black hair.
You say:
After turi the hair is the object: juodus garbanotus plaukus.
Describe Mrs Ona to Anna. She's small and old, and she has glasses.
You say:
Describe Mrs Ona to Anna. She's small and old, and she has glasses.
You say:
Tell Anna that Micius has green eyes.
You say:
Tell Anna that Micius has green eyes.
You say:
Tell Anna that Elzė has beautiful long hair.
You say:
plaukai is masculine: gražius ilgus plaukus.
Tell Anna that Elzė has beautiful long hair.
You say:
plaukai is masculine: gražius ilgus plaukus.
Tell Anna that Ona has beautiful old photos.
You say:
nuotrauka is feminine: gražias senas nuotraukas.
Tell Anna that Ona has beautiful old photos.
You say:
nuotrauka is feminine: gražias senas nuotraukas.
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