Lithuanian Location and Motion

Vocabulary flashcards derived from Lithuanian lecture notes covering location vs destination cases and sentence patterns.

Locative Case

The grammatical case that normally answers 'where?' to express location (e.g., Esu name, gyvenu Vilniuje).

• Accusative

The structure used to express motion into or destination to a place.

Esu name

Lithuanian phrase meaning 'I am at home' or 'I am in the house'.

Ein u nam

Lithuanian phrase meaning 'I am going into the house'.

Gyvenu Vilniuje

Lithuanian phrase meaning 'I live in Vilnius'.

Vaiuoju Vilni

Lithuanian phrase meaning 'I am going to Vilnius'.

Esu mokykloje

Lithuanian phrase meaning 'I am at school'.

Ein u mokykl

Lithuanian phrase meaning 'I am going to school'.

Esu darbe

Lithuanian phrase meaning 'I am at work'.

Ein u darb

Lithuanian phrase meaning 'I am going to work'.

Esu kambaryje

Lithuanian phrase meaning 'I am in the room'.

Ein u kambar

Lithuanian phrase meaning 'I am going into the room'.

name

Location form of namas, meaning 'in/at the house'.

nam

Destination form of namas after '', meaning 'into/to the house'.

mokykloje

Location form of mokykla, indicating being at school.

mokykl

Destination form of mokykla after '', indicating going to school.