Labas is hello, ačiū is thank you, prašau is please. Press the speaker next to a word to hear it, then read below which greeting to use with whom.
Labas is the everyday hello among friends, family and people your age. Sveiki is the polite one, and also the way to greet several people at once. Laba diena, good day, is what you say in a shop, an office or to a stranger during the day.
In the morning people say labas rytas, in the evening labas vakaras. Labanakt is good night, said when someone goes to bed rather than as a greeting.
Ačiū means thank you. Prašau does two jobs: it is please when you ask for something and you are welcome when someone thanks you, so ačiū is usually answered with prašau.
Atsiprašau is both sorry and excuse me: say it when you bump into someone and when you stop a stranger to ask the way.
Viso gero is the neutral goodbye, literally all the best. Among friends iki is enough: iki is the word for until, and iki rytojaus means see you tomorrow.
Taip is yes and ne is no. Ne also makes a verb negative when it is written onto its front: suprantu, I understand, becomes nesuprantu.
Translations and examples are written with the help of a language model; the pronunciation is synthesized speech.
Verba sends a short dictation every morning and brings the word back exactly when it starts to fade.
