pas + accusative

At or to Someone's Place

Level 3

Pas + accusative means at someone's place or to someone's place: Einu pas draugą. (I am going to my friend's.) Buvau pas gydytoją. (I was at the doctor's.)

How It Works

A person's place

English says at Tom's or to the dentist's. Lithuanian uses pas with the accusative. The accusative endings are the ones you already know: draugas → draugą, močiutė → močiutę, gydytojas → gydytoją, and the pronouns become mane, tave, jį, ją, mus, jus, juos, jas. See Accusative Direct Object and Personal Pronoun Case Forms.

  • Going there, with a verb of motion: Einu pas draugą. (I am going to my friend's.) Rytoj važiuosime pas močiutę. (Tomorrow we will go to Grandma's.)
  • Being there: Vakar buvau pas gydytoją. (Yesterday I was at the doctor's.) Vasarą gyvenau pas tetą. (In summer I stayed at my aunt's.)

Pas or į?

Use į + accusative for a place or a building, and pas for the person you go to see there: Einu į polikliniką (to the clinic), but Einu pas gydytoją (to see the doctor). The two can appear together: Važiuojame pas močiutę į kaimą. See Into and To With Į.

Not for having things

To express possession, standard Lithuanian uses turėti: Turiu dviratį. (I have a bike.) Neturiu laiko. (I have no time.) A sentence such as Pas mus buvo svečių (We had guests over) is correct, because it really means that people were at our place. See Having With Turėti.

Getting something from someone

When you borrow, take or receive something from a person, use iš + genitive, not pas: Pasiskolinau knygą iš draugo. (I borrowed a book from a friend.) See From With Iš.

Examples (6)

  1. Einu pas draugą.

    I am going to my friend's.

    Word by Word: (I) go at friend.

    draugas becomes draugą, the accusative, after pas.

  2. Vakar buvau pas gydytoją.

    Yesterday I was at the doctor's.

    Word by Word: Yesterday (I) was at doctor.

    With būti, pas means being at the person's place, here the doctor's office.

  3. Savaitgalį važiuosime pas močiutę į kaimą.

    At the weekend we will go to Grandma's in the countryside.

    Word by Word: At-weekend (we) will-go at grandma into village.

    pas names the person, and į names the place.

  4. Ateik pas mane vakare!

    Come over to my place this evening!

    Word by Word: Come at me in-evening!

    Pronouns take the accusative too: aš becomes mane.

  5. Pas mus šiandien svečiai.

    We have guests over today.

    Word by Word: At us today guests.

    This is correct because the guests are at our home. It is about a place, not about owning something.

  6. Kada eisi pas kirpėją?

    When will you go to the hairdresser's?

    Word by Word: When (you) will-go at hairdresser?

    kirpėjas becomes kirpėją.

Common Mistakes

  • Using pas to say that you own something.

    Pas mane yra dviratis.
    Turiu dviratį.

    For the intended meaning “I own a bike”, use turėti with an accusative object. Pas mane yra dviratis can instead describe a bike located at my place; that does not establish ownership.

  • Putting the noun after pas in the genitive.

    Eisiu pas draugų.
    Eisiu pas draugus.

    Pas always takes the accusative. Draugų is the genitive plural; the accusative plural is draugus.

  • Using pas for getting something from a person.

    Knygą pasiskolinau pas draugą.
    Knygą pasiskolinau iš draugo.

    To identify the person the book came from, use iš draugo. Pas draugą can describe where the borrowing happened, but does not itself name its source.

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pas + accusativeLevel 3At or to Someone's Place

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Pas selects an accusative person whose place is visited or occupied.

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