Objects & Destinations
Use target endings for what you act on and where you go.
A target is the thing your action points toward.
Lithuanian bends objects and destinations into a 'target' shape. This is why words like 'book' or 'park' change endings when you read them or go to them.
Use it for direct objects: the thing being read, bought, called, or chosen.
Use it after movement toward a destination.
Expect adjectives near the target to bend with it.
Some borrowed words do not visibly change, but their role is still target-like.
Direct object
What gets acted on
Look for the word that answers what after the verb.
Destination
Where movement is headed
Movement into or toward a place often uses the same target idea.
Whole phrase bends
Adjective plus noun
If a noun bends as a target, its describing word usually bends too.
I am reading a book.
The book is the thing being read, so it takes the target role.
We are going to the park.
The park is the destination, so it behaves like a target.
I want to get to Vilnius.
The city is where the motion is headed.
I want to buy a new dress.
The dress is the target, and the describing word bends with it.
Can you call a taxi?
The taxi is the object, even though this borrowed word does not visibly change.
I am reading a book.
Why does this sentence use a target idea?
We are going to the park.
What role is the park playing?
I want to buy a new dress.
Why do the describing word and the noun both bend?