{"channel":"llm","content":"I asked << gpt-oss:20b >> to do some basic Lithuanian translations. Its attempts to do so (or to << think >> its way out) were flawed ...\r\n\r\n<<< Translate the sentence \"He drinks wine\" and the sentence \"She buys fish\" to Lithuanian.\r\n\r\nThinking...\r\nWe need to translate two sentences: \"He drinks wine\" and \"She buys fish\" into \r\nLithuanian. Provide Lithuanian translations.\r\n\r\nIn Lithuanian:\r\n\r\n\"He drinks wine.\" Lithuanian: \"Jis g\u0117ri vyn\u0105.\" Wait check grammar: \"drink\" as \r\npresent simple: \"g\u0117ri\" (he drinks). Wine: \"vynas\" (noun). Accusative: \"vyn\u0105\". So \r\n\"Jis g\u0117ri vyn\u0105.\" \r\n\r\n\"She buys fish.\" \"She\" is \"Ji\". \"Buys\" as present: \"parduoda\"? Wait that's sells. \r\n\"Buy\" is \"pirkti\", present \"pirkia\". So \"Ji pirkia \u017euv\u012f.\" But \"fish\" could be \"\u017euv\u0117\" \r\nor \"\u017euvys\"? Usually \"\u017euv\u0117\" is fish. The noun \"\u017euv\u0117\" in Lithuanian: \"\u017euv\u0117\" plural \r\n\"\u017euvys\" maybe. But the phrase \"pirkia \u017euv\u012f\" is correct: \"She buys fish.\" Also we can \r\nuse \"Ji pirkia \u017euv\u012f.\" Use accusative singular \"\u017euv\u012f\".\r\n\r\nCheck accent: \"\u017duv\u012f\" with diacritic \"\u017e\" and \"\u012f\".\r\n\r\nAlternatively, we might choose \"Ji \u012fsigyda \u017euv\u012f\" but \"pirkia\" is fine.\r\n\r\nThus translations:\r\n\r\n\"He drinks wine.\" / \"Jis g\u0117ri vyn\u0105.\"\r\n\r\n\"She buys fish.\" / \"Ji pirkia \u017euv\u012f.\" \r\n\r\nWe might also mention that Lithuanian uses \"g\u0117ri\" for he drinks; \"vyn\u0105\" accusative; \r\n\"pirkia\" for she buys; \"\u017euv\u012f\" accusative.\r\n\r\nAlso maybe \"vyn\u0105\" accent \"a\" no diacritic.\r\n\r\nWe can answer.\r\n\r\nAlso we might mention that \"He drinks wine.\" can also be \"Jis g\u0117ri vyn\u0105.\" \"She buys \r\nfish.\" / \"Ji pirkia \u017euv\u012f.\" Provide explanation. Provide both sentences with \r\npunctuation.\r\n\r\nThe user just asked: \"Translate the sentence 'He drinks wine' and the sentence 'She \r\nbuys fish' to Lithuanian.\" So answer with translations. Might also provide \r\ntranslation of each in brackets or separate lines. Provide Lithuanian. Maybe include \r\nboth sentences in Lithuanian.\r\n\r\nLet's do it.\r\n...done thinking.\r\n\r\n- *He drinks wine.* \u2013 *Jis g\u0117ri vyn\u0105.* ( should be << Jis geria vyn\u0105 >> )\r\n- *She buys fish.* \u2013 *Ji pirkia \u017euv\u012f.* ( should be << Ji perka \u017euv\u012f >> ) >>>\r\n\r\nThe first question was a struggle, and it got both translations wrong. Clearly, the << gpt-oss:20b >> model is not good for Lithuanian-language tasks.\r\n\r\nThe second question was, somehow, worse.\r\n\r\n--MORE--\r\n\r\n<<< Now do \"She eats shrimp\".\r\nThinking...\r\nWe need to translate \"She eats shrimp\" into Lithuanian. Lithuanian: She = ji. eats = \r\nvalgo. shrimp = kriau\u0161\u0117? Wait shrimp in Lithuanian: \"maldaitis\" is shrimp? Let\u2019s \r\nrecall: Lithuanian for shrimp is \"maldaitis\" (crustacean). But \"kriau\u0161\u0117\" is pear. \r\nActually \"Kriau\u0161\u0117\" is pear. The shrimp is \"maldaitis\" (singular). Another term: \r\n\"maldai\" is plural \"shrimp\" or \"prawn\". For singular: \"maldaitis\". So \"She eats \r\nshrimp\" would be \"Ji valgo malda\u010dius\"?? Wait malda\u010di\u0173 is genitive plural? Let's \r\nthink: The noun \"maldaitis\" plural is \"maldai\" or \"maldaitai\"? Actually \"maldaitis\" \r\nis singular, \"maldai\" is plural? Actually \"maldai\" is plural of \"maldaitis\". But the \r\nplural of \"maldaitis\" is \"maldai\" (maldaitis - singular, malda\u010di\u0173 - genitive \r\nplural). But \"she eats shrimp\" is more natural: \"Ji valgo malda\u010dius\" (plural) or \"Ji \r\nvalgo mard\u0105\" maybe. Wait the word \"maldaitis\" as a crustacean, the plural \"maldai\" \r\nor \"maldaitai\". Let's confirm: In Lithuanian, \"maldaitis\" singular, plural \"maldai\". \r\nBut \"maldaitas\" is also singular. Let's check: I recall \"maldaitis\" as a noun for \r\nshrimp. The plural is \"maldai\". So \"She eats shrimp\" = \"Ji valgo malda\u010dius\" \r\n(maldaitis in accusative plural). Actually \"maldaitis\" nominative singular, \r\n\"maldait\u0173\" genitive, \"maldaitis\" nominative? For plural, nominative \"maldai\". The \r\naccusative plural is the same as nominative plural: \"maldai\". Wait the morphological \r\npattern: For masculine animate nouns, accusative plural equals genitive plural? \r\nActually for masculine animate nouns: nominative plural ends in -ai, accusative \r\nplural ends in -us? Let's recall: For masculine nouns of first declension: \r\nnominative singular \"as\", genitive singular \"a\", nominative plural \"ai\", genitive \r\nplural \"\u0173\", accusative plural \"us\". Example: \"\u017emogus\" (man) nominative singular, \r\naccusative singular \"\u017emog\u0173\" (genitive). But plural: nominative plural \"\u017emon\u0117s\", \r\ngenitive plural \"\u017emoni\u0173\", accusative plural \"\u017emones\"? Let's recall: In Lithuanian, \r\nmasculine animate nouns: accusative plural is identical to genitive plural, I think. \r\nActually \"\u017emogus\" (person) accusative singular \"\u017emog\u0173\" (genitive). But for plural: \r\n\"\u017emon\u0117s\" (nom plural), \"\u017emoni\u0173\" (genitive plural). The accusative plural: \"\u017emones\"? \r\nWait no, it's \"\u017emones\"? I need to recall. Let's check: The pattern: Masculine \r\nanimate nouns: Nominative singular ends -as, genitive singular ends -o, nominative \r\nplural ends -ai, genitive plural ends -\u0173. Accusative singular: same as genitive \r\nsingular: -o. Accusative plural: same as genitive plural: -\u0173. So for \"\u017emogus\" plural \r\nnominative \"\u017emon\u0117s\", genitive plural \"\u017emoni\u0173\", accusative plural \"\u017emones\"? Wait \r\n\"\u017emon\u0117s\" ends with -\u0117s? Wait confusion.\r\n\r\nLet's get the morphological patterns:\r\n\r\nLithuanian nouns have declension patterns:\r\n\r\n1st declension (masc): Nominative singular ends -as. Genitive singular -o. \r\nNominative plural -ai. Genitive plural -\u0173. Accusative singular -\u0105. Accusative plural \r\n-us? Wait no, that's 2nd declension?\r\n\r\nActually the 1st declension: Masculine nouns: endings: singular nominative -as, \r\ngenitive -o; plural nominative -ai, genitive -\u0173; accusative singular -\u0105? Wait no, \r\nthat's second declension.\r\n\r\nLet's recall: Lithuanian has two major declension types: 1st declension for \r\nmasculine nouns ending in -as (e.g., \"\u017emogus\" is not -as; \"\u017emogus\" ends in -us, it's \r\n2nd declension). The noun \"\u017emogus\" is irregular. Let's instead use \"maldaitis\" ends \r\nin -is, that's 3rd declension? Actually Lithuanian has 5 declensions: 1st (masc. \r\n-as), 2nd (masc. -us, fem. -a), 3rd (masc. -is, fem. -\u0117). \"Maldaitis\" ends in -is, \r\nso it's third declension masculine animate. The pattern for third declension \r\nmasculine: singular nominative -is, genitive -io, nominative plural -iai, genitive \r\nplural -i\u0173, accusative singular -\u012f, accusative plural -ius. Wait check: For noun \r\n\"\u017emonis\" (person), singular nominative \"\u017emonis\", genitive \"\u017emonio\", nominative \r\nplural \"\u017emon\u0117s\", genitive plural \"\u017emoni\u0173\", accusative singular \"\u017emon\u012f\", accusative \r\nplural \"\u017emonius\". So \"\u017emonis\" pattern: nominative singular -is, genitive -io, \r\nnominative plural -\u0117s? Wait \"\u017emonis\" ends in -is, but plural nominative is \"\u017emon\u0117s\" \r\nends in -\u0117s (different). So the pattern: nominative plural of -is nouns ends -\u0117s. \r\nAccusative plural is -ius. For \"\u017emonis\" nominative plural \"\u017emon\u0117s\". Genitive plural \r\n\"\u017emoni\u0173\". Accusative plural \"\u017emonius\". So for \"maldaitis\": nominative singular \r\n\"maldaitis\", genitive singular \"maldaito\", nominative plural \"maldai\" or \r\n\"maldaitai\"? Wait plural of -is nouns maybe -ai or -iai? For \"\u017emonis\" plural \r\nnominative \"\u017emon\u0117s\", not -ai. So for \"maldaitis\", plural nominative likely \"maldai\" \r\nor \"maldaitai\"? Actually \"maldaitis\" plural maybe \"maldai\" because the root \r\n\"maldait-\"? Let's check: The word \"maldaitis\" has plural \"maldai\" or \"maldaitai\"? I \r\nthink it's \"maldai\" >>>\r\n\r\nI cut it off there. Clearly, it has lost the plot. The question: \"what is the word for << shrimp >> in Lithuanian\". Somehow, it is (failing to) remember what the Lithuanian declensions are.","created_at":"2025-08-30T16:14:20.579462","id":666,"llm_annotations":{},"parent_id":null,"processed_content":"

I asked gpt-oss:20b to do some basic Lithuanian translations. Its attempts to do so (or to think its way out) were flawed ...\r

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Translate the sentence \"He drinks wine\" and the sentence \"She buys fish\" to Lithuanian.\r

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Thinking...\r

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We need to translate two sentences: \"He drinks wine\" and \"She buys fish\" into \r

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Lithuanian. Provide Lithuanian translations.\r

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In Lithuanian:\r

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\"He drinks wine.\" Lithuanian: \"Jis g\u0117ri vyn\u0105.\" Wait check grammar: \"drink\" as \r

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present simple: \"g\u0117ri\" (he drinks). Wine: \"vynas\" (noun). Accusative: \"vyn\u0105\". So \r

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\"Jis g\u0117ri vyn\u0105.\" \r

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\"She buys fish.\" \"She\" is \"Ji\". \"Buys\" as present: \"parduoda\"? Wait that's sells. \r

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\"Buy\" is \"pirkti\", present \"pirkia\". So \"Ji pirkia \u017euv\u012f.\" But \"fish\" could be \"\u017euv\u0117\" \r

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or \"\u017euvys\"? Usually \"\u017euv\u0117\" is fish. The noun \"\u017euv\u0117\" in Lithuanian: \"\u017euv\u0117\" plural \r

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\"\u017euvys\" maybe. But the phrase \"pirkia \u017euv\u012f\" is correct: \"She buys fish.\" Also we can \r

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use \"Ji pirkia \u017euv\u012f.\" Use accusative singular \"\u017euv\u012f\".\r

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Check accent: \"\u017duv\u012f\" with diacritic \"\u017e\" and \"\u012f\".\r

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Alternatively, we might choose \"Ji \u012fsigyda \u017euv\u012f\" but \"pirkia\" is fine.\r

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Thus translations:\r

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\"He drinks wine.\" / \"Jis g\u0117ri vyn\u0105.\"\r

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\"She buys fish.\" / \"Ji pirkia \u017euv\u012f.\" \r

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We might also mention that Lithuanian uses \"g\u0117ri\" for he drinks; \"vyn\u0105\" accusative; \r

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\"pirkia\" for she buys; \"\u017euv\u012f\" accusative.\r

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Also maybe \"vyn\u0105\" accent \"a\" no diacritic.\r

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We can answer.\r

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Also we might mention that \"He drinks wine.\" can also be \"Jis g\u0117ri vyn\u0105.\" \"She buys \r

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fish.\" / \"Ji pirkia \u017euv\u012f.\" Provide explanation. Provide both sentences with \r

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punctuation.\r

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The user just asked: \"Translate the sentence 'He drinks wine' and the sentence 'She \r

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buys fish' to Lithuanian.\" So answer with translations. Might also provide \r

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translation of each in brackets or separate lines. Provide Lithuanian. Maybe include \r

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both sentences in Lithuanian.\r

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Let's do it.\r

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...done thinking.\r

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- He drinks wine. \u2013 Jis g\u0117ri vyn\u0105. \u2699\ufe0f should be Jis geria vyn\u0105 \r

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- She buys fish. \u2013 Ji pirkia \u017euv\u012f. \u2699\ufe0f should be Ji perka \u017euv\u012f

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The first question was a struggle, and it got both translations wrong. Clearly, the gpt-oss:20b model is not good for Lithuanian-language tasks.\r

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The second question was, somehow, worse.\r

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Now do \"She eats shrimp\".\r

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Thinking...\r

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We need to translate \"She eats shrimp\" into Lithuanian. Lithuanian: She = ji. eats = \r

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valgo. shrimp = kriau\u0161\u0117? Wait shrimp in Lithuanian: \"maldaitis\" is shrimp? Let\u2019s \r

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recall: Lithuanian for shrimp is \"maldaitis\" (crustacean). But \"kriau\u0161\u0117\" is pear. \r

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Actually \"Kriau\u0161\u0117\" is pear. The shrimp is \"maldaitis\" (singular). Another term: \r

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\"maldai\" is plural \"shrimp\" or \"prawn\". For singular: \"maldaitis\". So \"She eats \r

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shrimp\" would be \"Ji valgo malda\u010dius\"?? Wait malda\u010di\u0173 is genitive plural? Let's \r

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think: The noun \"maldaitis\" plural is \"maldai\" or \"maldaitai\"? Actually \"maldaitis\" \r

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is singular, \"maldai\" is plural? Actually \"maldai\" is plural of \"maldaitis\". But the \r

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plural of \"maldaitis\" is \"maldai\" (maldaitis - singular, malda\u010di\u0173 - genitive \r
plural). But \"she eats shrimp\" is more natural: \"Ji valgo malda\u010dius\" (plural) or \"Ji \r

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valgo mard\u0105\" maybe. Wait the word \"maldaitis\" as a crustacean, the plural \"maldai\" \r

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or \"maldaitai\". Let's confirm: In Lithuanian, \"maldaitis\" singular, plural \"maldai\". \r

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But \"maldaitas\" is also singular. Let's check: I recall \"maldaitis\" as a noun for \r

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shrimp. The plural is \"maldai\". So \"She eats shrimp\" = \"Ji valgo malda\u010dius\" \r

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(maldaitis in accusative plural). Actually \"maldaitis\" nominative singular, \r

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\"maldait\u0173\" genitive, \"maldaitis\" nominative? For plural, nominative \"maldai\". The \r

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accusative plural is the same as nominative plural: \"maldai\". Wait the morphological \r

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pattern: For masculine animate nouns, accusative plural equals genitive plural? \r

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Actually for masculine animate nouns: nominative plural ends in -ai, accusative \r

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plural ends in -us? Let's recall: For masculine nouns of first declension: \r

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nominative singular \"as\", genitive singular \"a\", nominative plural \"ai\", genitive \r

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plural \"\u0173\", accusative plural \"us\". Example: \"\u017emogus\" (man) nominative singular, \r

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accusative singular \"\u017emog\u0173\" (genitive). But plural: nominative plural \"\u017emon\u0117s\", \r

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genitive plural \"\u017emoni\u0173\", accusative plural \"\u017emones\"? Let's recall: In Lithuanian, \r

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masculine animate nouns: accusative plural is identical to genitive plural, I think. \r

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Actually \"\u017emogus\" (person) accusative singular \"\u017emog\u0173\" (genitive). But for plural: \r

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\"\u017emon\u0117s\" (nom plural), \"\u017emoni\u0173\" (genitive plural). The accusative plural: \"\u017emones\"? \r

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Wait no, it's \"\u017emones\"? I need to recall. Let's check: The pattern: Masculine \r

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animate nouns: Nominative singular ends -as, genitive singular ends -o, nominative \r

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plural ends -ai, genitive plural ends -\u0173. Accusative singular: same as genitive \r

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singular: -o. Accusative plural: same as genitive plural: -\u0173. So for \"\u017emogus\" plural \r

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nominative \"\u017emon\u0117s\", genitive plural \"\u017emoni\u0173\", accusative plural \"\u017emones\"? Wait \r

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\"\u017emon\u0117s\" ends with -\u0117s? Wait confusion.\r

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Let's get the morphological patterns:\r

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Lithuanian nouns have declension patterns:\r

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1st declension (masc): Nominative singular ends -as. Genitive singular -o. \r

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Nominative plural -ai. Genitive plural -\u0173. Accusative singular -\u0105. Accusative plural \r

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-us? Wait no, that's 2nd declension?\r

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Actually the 1st declension: Masculine nouns: endings: singular nominative -as, \r

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genitive -o; plural nominative -ai, genitive -\u0173; accusative singular -\u0105? Wait no, \r

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that's second declension.\r

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Let's recall: Lithuanian has two major declension types: 1st declension for \r

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masculine nouns ending in -as (e.g., \"\u017emogus\" is not -as; \"\u017emogus\" ends in -us, it's \r
2nd declension). The noun \"\u017emogus\" is irregular. Let's instead use \"maldaitis\" ends \r

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in -is, that's 3rd declension? Actually Lithuanian has 5 declensions: 1st (masc. \r
-as), 2nd (masc. -us, fem. -a), 3rd (masc. -is, fem. -\u0117). \"Maldaitis\" ends in -is, \r

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so it's third declension masculine animate. The pattern for third declension \r

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masculine: singular nominative -is, genitive -io, nominative plural -iai, genitive \r

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plural -i\u0173, accusative singular -\u012f, accusative plural -ius. Wait check: For noun \r

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\"\u017emonis\" (person), singular nominative \"\u017emonis\", genitive \"\u017emonio\", nominative \r

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plural \"\u017emon\u0117s\", genitive plural \"\u017emoni\u0173\", accusative singular \"\u017emon\u012f\", accusative \r

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plural \"\u017emonius\". So \"\u017emonis\" pattern: nominative singular -is, genitive -io, \r

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nominative plural -\u0117s? Wait \"\u017emonis\" ends in -is, but plural nominative is \"\u017emon\u0117s\" \r

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ends in -\u0117s (different). So the pattern: nominative plural of -is nouns ends -\u0117s. \r

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Accusative plural is -ius. For \"\u017emonis\" nominative plural \"\u017emon\u0117s\". Genitive plural \r

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\"\u017emoni\u0173\". Accusative plural \"\u017emonius\". So for \"maldaitis\": nominative singular \r

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\"maldaitis\", genitive singular \"maldaito\", nominative plural \"maldai\" or \r

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\"maldaitai\"? Wait plural of -is nouns maybe -ai or -iai? For \"\u017emonis\" plural \r

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nominative \"\u017emon\u0117s\", not -ai. So for \"maldaitis\", plural nominative likely \"maldai\" \r

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or \"maldaitai\"? Actually \"maldaitis\" plural maybe \"maldai\" because the root \r

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\"maldait-\"? Let's check: The word \"maldaitis\" has plural \"maldai\" or \"maldaitai\"? I \r

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think it's \"maldai\"

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I cut it off there. Clearly, it has lost the plot. The question: \"what is the word for shrimp in Lithuanian\". Somehow, it is (failing to) remember what the Lithuanian declensions are.

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