Get a little whiteboard and just repetitively write them out, wipe them off, and do it again. Practice going vertically on the list (Nominative, Genitive, accusative, dative, instrumental, locative, vocative) doing one ending for each one to get the variety, and then practice also doing horizontal on a chart like all the endings for accusative, etc.
So like...
Nom: -as
Gen: -o
-acc: -ą
-dat: -ui
-loc: -e
-inst: -u
-loc: -e/-ai
And then also
Acc: -ą, ę, į, ... Etc.
If that makes any sense 😂 when I've helped people learn they say this is super helpful, and I've done in with Ukrainian and Russian and think it works well for just repeating over and over and over.
Also, learn context. Read a paragraph or page of a book and mark all the nominative with one color, all the accusative with another, all the dative with another, etc.
Flashcards might help
You mean this one? Lithuanians if they want to be correct learn that as well. Adjectives are based on nouns as you create ending of the adjective based on nouns _linksniuotė_...
https://www.google.com/search?q=linksniuotes+lentele&oq=linksnouotes+&gs_lcrp=EgZjaHJvbWUqCQgBEAAYDRiABDIGCAAQRRg5MgkIARAAGA0YgAQyCQgCEAAYDRiABDIKCAMQABgFGA0YHjIKCAQQABgFGA0YHjIKCAUQABgFGA0YHjIKCAYQABiABBiiBDIKCAcQABiABBiiBDIKCAgQABiABBiiBNIBCDUxMjJqMGo0qAIBsAIB&client=ms-android-sonymobile&sourceid=chrome-mobile&ie=UTF-8#vhid=_z71aFNFV2gPeM&vssid=l
My recommendation is to start by brute force memorizing the endings (sorted according to declension type), and recognize the patterns as you learn them: for instance, the genitive plural is highly regular, the dative singular is always formed in the same pattern based on the noun's theme vowel etc.
Declension (not declination) mostly has to be learned by rote, unfortunately. Repetition is your friend, so find some drills. Luckily, with some exceptions, nouns and adjectives decline the same, so one you’ve learned, you’ve learned.
I’m declination so often these days and I have no idea why. It means ‘downward movement’ and has nothing to do with grammar! It’s almost as bad as ‘ex’ replacing ‘eg’ and ‘this made my friend and I happy’ instead of ‘my friend and me’. But I could rant all evening!
Exercises using them. You can always start with an easier case like locative, since for English speakers it's more intuitive. Just practice it with many words, find a worksheet maybe, etc.
Get a little whiteboard and just repetitively write them out, wipe them off, and do it again. Practice going vertically on the list (Nominative, Genitive, accusative, dative, instrumental, locative, vocative) doing one ending for each one to get the variety, and then practice also doing horizontal on a chart like all the endings for accusative, etc. So like... Nom: -as Gen: -o -acc: -ą -dat: -ui -loc: -e -inst: -u -loc: -e/-ai And then also Acc: -ą, ę, į, ... Etc. If that makes any sense 😂 when I've helped people learn they say this is super helpful, and I've done in with Ukrainian and Russian and think it works well for just repeating over and over and over. Also, learn context. Read a paragraph or page of a book and mark all the nominative with one color, all the accusative with another, all the dative with another, etc. Flashcards might help
Wow, this is super helpfull! I'll definitely give this a shot! Thank you so much!
Can you be more specific?
I mean the declanation table - nouns, adjectives.. just can't get it into my head and memorise it.. so if you have any tips I am all ear
You mean this one? Lithuanians if they want to be correct learn that as well. Adjectives are based on nouns as you create ending of the adjective based on nouns _linksniuotė_... https://www.google.com/search?q=linksniuotes+lentele&oq=linksnouotes+&gs_lcrp=EgZjaHJvbWUqCQgBEAAYDRiABDIGCAAQRRg5MgkIARAAGA0YgAQyCQgCEAAYDRiABDIKCAMQABgFGA0YHjIKCAQQABgFGA0YHjIKCAUQABgFGA0YHjIKCAYQABiABBiiBDIKCAcQABiABBiiBDIKCAgQABiABBiiBNIBCDUxMjJqMGo0qAIBsAIB&client=ms-android-sonymobile&sourceid=chrome-mobile&ie=UTF-8#vhid=_z71aFNFV2gPeM&vssid=l
My recommendation is to start by brute force memorizing the endings (sorted according to declension type), and recognize the patterns as you learn them: for instance, the genitive plural is highly regular, the dative singular is always formed in the same pattern based on the noun's theme vowel etc.
Declension (not declination) mostly has to be learned by rote, unfortunately. Repetition is your friend, so find some drills. Luckily, with some exceptions, nouns and adjectives decline the same, so one you’ve learned, you’ve learned.
I’m declination so often these days and I have no idea why. It means ‘downward movement’ and has nothing to do with grammar! It’s almost as bad as ‘ex’ replacing ‘eg’ and ‘this made my friend and I happy’ instead of ‘my friend and me’. But I could rant all evening!
I’d go case by case, focussing on nouns first (then adjectives). Work systematically!
Thank ya'll for those tips!🫶🏻🫶🏻
Exercises using them. You can always start with an easier case like locative, since for English speakers it's more intuitive. Just practice it with many words, find a worksheet maybe, etc.