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Su pienu, be cukraus

With and without, and saying you like it

In module 2 you met the instrumental after : , under the table. Its main job is with: , with, always takes it. , tea with milk · , bread with cheese. , without, takes the genitive, the form you know from and : , without sugar.

With: + the instrumental, singular

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Nominative	Instrumental	Meaning
-as → -u
· ·	· ·	with milk · with butter · with Jonas
with milk · with butter · with Jonas
-is → -iu
·	·	with cheese · with an egg
with cheese · with an egg
-us → -umi
·	·	with sugar · with Micius
with sugar · with Micius
-a → -a
· ·	· ·	with coffee · with bread · with Ona
with coffee · with bread · with Ona
-ė → -e
·	·	with a roll · with Elzė
with a roll · with Elzė
-is → -imi (feminine)
		with fish
with fish
-uo → -eniu
		with water
with water

Words in -a look the same as the basic form: , . Words in -ius work like -us: , .

With more than one, and with people

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Nominative	Instrumental	Meaning
Plural
		with eggs
with eggs
		with pancakes
with pancakes
		with apples
with apples
		with rolls
with rolls
People
·	·	with me · with you
with me · with you
·	·	with him · with her
with him · with her
·	·	with us · with you
with us · with you
·	·	with them · with them
with them · with them

Without: + the genitive

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Nominative	Genitive	Meaning
		without sugar
without sugar
·	·	without milk · without cake
without milk · without cake
·	·	without coffee · without bread
without coffee · without bread
		without water
without water

To say you like something, Lithuanian turns the sentence round. The thing you like is the subject, and the person who likes it goes into a new case, the dative: the to- and for-form. I like coffee; word for word, to me coffee is pleasing. The verb stays for one thing or many: I like pancakes.

Who likes it? The dative

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Person	Dative	With	Meaning
Singular
			I like it · I don't like it
I like it · I don't like it
			you like it · you don't like it
you like it · you don't like it
·	·	·	he, she likes it · doesn't like it
he, she likes it · doesn't like it
Plural
			we like it · we don't like it
we like it · we don't like it
			you like it · you don't like it
you like it · you don't like it
·	·	·	they like it · they don't like it
they like it · they don't like it

Names take the dative, too: → , → , → , → , → . You have heard it already: It's not for me, it's for Micius.

Arbatą su pienu, be cukraus.Tea with milk, without sugar.
Arbatą su pienu, be cukraus.Tea with milk, without sugar.
Duoną su sūriu, prašau.Bread with cheese, please.
Duoną su sūriu, prašau.Bread with cheese, please.
Be pyrago, ačiū.No cake, thanks.
Be pyrago, ačiū.No cake, thanks.
Ar jums patinka arbata su pienu?Do you like tea with milk?
Miciui patinka žuvis, o Elzei patinka blynai.Micius likes fish, and Elzė likes pancakes.

Practice 1/5 · Finding words

Find the words

Tap the word right after su (with) or be (without).

, .
Tea with milk, without sugar.
, .
Tea with milk, without sugar.
.
Two eggs, and bread with cheese.
.
Two eggs, and bread with cheese.
, .
No cake, thanks.
, .
No cake, thanks.
.
I want a pancake with butter.
.
Jonas drinks coffee without milk.
.
Ona drinks tea with Jonas and Elzė.
? ?
Coffee with water? Or without water?
!
Micius wants a pancake with fish!
, . .
Bread with an egg, please. No coffee.
, . .
Bread with an egg, please. No coffee.
, .
Tea with rolls, without bread.

Practice 2/5 · The right form

With or without?

Choose the right word for the gap.

Arbata su .
Tea with milk.
Kava be .
Coffee without sugar.
Duona su .
Bread with cheese.
Blynas su .
A pancake with butter.
Be , ačiū.
No cake, thanks.
Be , ačiū.
No cake, thanks.
Elzė eina į parduotuvę su .
Elzė goes to the shop with Micius.
Kava su .
Coffee with sugar.
Kavą su , prašau.
A coffee with water, please.
Pyragą be , prašau.
The cake without coffee, please.
Pyragą be , prašau.
The cake without coffee, please.
Kavą be , prašau.
A coffee without water, please.
Kavą be , prašau.
A coffee without water, please.

With Jonas, with Elzė

Choose the right word for the gap.

Rūta geria kavą su .
Rūta drinks coffee with Jonas.
Elzė eina į parduotuvę su .
Elzė goes to the shop with Ona.
Micius eina į kavinę su .
Micius goes to the café with Elzė.
Kava su .
Coffee with a roll.
Pyragas su .
Cake with coffee.
Duona su .
Bread with fish.
Arbata su .
Tea with pancakes.
Aš noriu blynų su !
I want pancakes with apples!
Duona su .
Bread with eggs.
Kava su .
Coffee with rolls.

Who likes it?

Choose the right word for the gap.

patinka arbata su pienu.
I like tea with milk.
patinka arbata su pienu.
I like tea with milk.
Ar patinka?
Do you like it?
Elzei blynai.
Elzė likes pancakes.
patinka žuvis.
Micius likes fish.
Jonai, ar patinka kava?
Jonas, do you like the coffee?
Jonai, ar patinka kava?
Jonas, do you like the coffee?
Mums labai Rūtos kavinė.
We really like Rūta's café.
Jonui patinka .
Jonas likes eggs.
Onai patinka su sviestu.
Ona likes a roll with butter.
Man patinka .
I like butter.
Man patinka .
I like butter.
Elzei patinka su duona.
Elzė likes an egg with bread.

What do they like?

The thing you like stays in its basic form.

Man patinka .
I like milk.
Man patinka .
I like milk.
Jonui patinka .
Jonas likes cheese.
Miciui labai patinka .
Micius really likes fish.
Man patinka .
I like rolls.
Elzei patinka .
Elzė likes apples.
Ar jums patinka ?
Do you like the cake?
Man nepatinka .
I don't like sugar.
Man nepatinka .
I don't like sugar.
Rūtai patinka su sviestu.
Rūta likes bread and butter.
Miciui nepatinka .
Micius doesn't like water.
Man patinka su sviestu.
I like pancakes with butter.
Man patinka su sviestu.
I like pancakes with butter.

Practice 3/5 · Building sentences

Put the words in order

Put the words in order.

Tea with milk, without sugar.
Tea with milk, without sugar.
I really like bread with cheese.
I really like bread with cheese.
Do you like the coffee?
Micius really likes fish.
No cake, thanks.
No cake, thanks.
Elzė goes to the shop with Micius.
Jonas drinks coffee with sugar.
I want pancakes with apples.
Micius goes to the café with Ona.
Here's a roll with eggs.

Practice 4/5 · In situations

The right words

Choose the right words for the situation.

Order tea with milk, but no sugar.
You say:
Order tea with milk, but no sugar.
You say:
Rūta offers you cake. You don't want any.
You say:
Rūta offers you cake. You don't want any.
You say:
Tell Rūta you really like her café.
You say:
Tell Rūta you really like her café.
You say:
Ask Elzė, who is nine, if she likes pancakes.
You say:
Ask Elzė, who is nine, if she likes pancakes.
You say:
Rūta asks what you like on your bread. Cheese and butter.
You say:
Rūta asks what you like on your bread. Cheese and butter.
You say:
Order a coffee with a roll.
You say:
Order a coffee with a roll.
You say:
Ask Jonas if he likes pancakes with apples.
You say:
Ask Jonas if he likes pancakes with apples.
You say:
Rūta puts a saucer of water down for Micius. Elzė tells her he doesn't like water.
Elzė says:
Tell Rūta you don't like sugar, but you do like milk.
You say:
Tell Rūta you don't like sugar, but you do like milk.
You say:
Elzė orders tea with pancakes.
Elzė says: