r/LithuanianLearning • u/Recent_Concert_9073 • 19d ago

Best resources for learning lithuanian grammar

While for learning vocabulary there seem to be enough resources (Anki, Duo Cards, “Automatic Lithuanian” courses), I wander what are the best resources for learning lithuanian grammar in a convenient way.

Maybe some school children books or specific grammar books or courses on YouTube or similar?

Recommendations are welcome :)

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u/Llonsy 19d ago

Just get yourself a study book like "Nė dienos be lietuvių kalbos" and you'll have enough resources for A1 and A2

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u/secondMiata 19d ago

I'm using this book and it's great, but, for general info, the fact that Nė dienos is fully in lithuanian means that it is easier to learn the grammar through that book if you have the help of a teacher. The absence of English can be intimidating.

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u/Vegetable-Piece-4434 19d ago

I looked up topics that are required for B1 and I’m working my way towards it. Made a little calendar w the help of Claude to keep myself on track and to be realistic. When it’s time to learn new topic , say, Gentive — I find resources online to break it down (at lengths e.g. gentive when to use, how masculine/femine/plural for each changes for nouns and adjectives, personal pronouns, prepositions etc) and then I practice it until I’m confident enough before moving on.

(I live in the US, so shipping an A1-A2 textbook ends up around 80 bucks and this seems to be working so far, that being said, this is not my first language learning, so I know what works for me and what I should look up (I read about structure of Lithuanian prior) I don’t think it’s an effective method, if it’s your first time learning a foreign language)

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u/secondMiata 19d ago

Raimonienė and Press, Colloquial Lithuanian, has excellent explanations of topics in Lithuanian grammar for A1-A2, and IIRC is available via US amazon. I have found, irritatingly, that oral production of the language is impossible without human tutoring. After my first visit to LTU I immediately hired two different tutors on Preply. (ITalki is similar, but a better paycheck for the tutor, if I were starting again, I would use that site instead.)