5th Lesson

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5th Lesson

• By Christos N. Hadjichristidis

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MEA CULPA

• Todays 1st quote is from the Romans here is the
  Greek one ? ???µ?? ???? (who dares, wins)
• Revision of the courses objectives
• No more grammatical jargon!
• Focus on speaking listening activities
• Places to visit shopping suggestions
• Emphasis on the most commonly used phrases
• Get you to speak Greek ASAP
• Grammar will be incorporated within the
  activities

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The different ways of asking How are you doing?
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Countries Nationalities
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Introducing yourselves

• Youll be given a card stating your name,
  nationality and purpose of visit. Introduce
  yourself to the class as follows
• ?e ???e (Mark/Clare) Me lene
• I am called (Mark/Clare)
• ??µa? (??????/?????da) ime Anglos/AngliTHa
• I am (English man, English woman)
• ??µa? ed? ??a d?a??p??/d???e?a ime eTHo gia
  Thiakopes/THoulia
• I am here for (holidays/work)

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Revision of Greek numbers 1-12
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Dice-cards Activity

• The objective of this activity is to revise the
  pronunciation of Greek numbers 0 12
• Youll be given a set of cards or dice and you
  have to try to pronounce each cards number or
  the numbers of the two dice thrown and the sum
• Making bets is not recommended, however should
  you wish to bet remember that there will be a
  tiny 25 fee for the house (for educational
  purposes of course)!
• Perhaps we should repeat the International song
  competition Activity since it brought such good
  luck to Greece well well listen to the song
  instead!

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Lottery Activity

• Select six lottery numbers between 1 and 49 and
  tell the person next to you which numbers you
  have chosen. Your partner notes them down in
  figures. You then change roles. Finally the two
  lists are compared and any discrepancies sorted.
  When ready pass the numbers to me guess two
  of my lucky numbers correctly and win two
  Colloquial Greek cds (Do not forget to write
  down your name!)

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Introducing your Family Activity

• Asking a Greek about his/her particular place
  of origin introducing your family
• Needs
• Greek numbers 0-100
• Asking questions like (How many children do you
  have? How old are you/they) politely
• The verb to be
• The verb to have
• Brief notes on articles nouns

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How old are you? (and more)

• Be aware! Greeks ask all kinds of personal
  questions!!
• ??s? ?????? e?sa?/e?saste (poso hronon
  ise/isaste?)
• How old are you?
• ??ste/e?saste pa?t?eµ???? (man) /pa?t?eµ???
  (woman) (iste pandremenos? (for a man)
  pandremeni? ( for a woman)
• Are you married?
• ??sa pa?d?? ??ete - (posa paiTHia exete)
• How many children do you have?
• These are just cultural differences and the
  questions are not intended to make you feel
  uncomfortable

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Differences between Greek- English

• While in English the personal pronoun is always
  used together with the verb in order to
  distinguish the person that it is referring to,
  in Greek this is not necessary.
• The ending of the verb itself differs from the
  first person to the second and so on, and this
  indicates whether the speaker is referring to
  himself or herself, or to another person or
  persons

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A very useful verb (I have)

• First-conjugation verbs are those that, in their
  active present tense, have the stress on the last
  syllable of the stem (i.e. ???f? I write,
  d?aß??? I read)

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Activity Dialogue

• ??? sa?/se ???e
• Whats your name (lit how do they call you?)
  (sing/pl)
• ?e ???e ???e??
• Im called Angelos
• ??s? ?????? e?sa?/e?saste (poso chronon
  ise/isaste?)
• How old are you?
• ??µa? 42 (??????)
• ??e??/??ete pa?d??
• Do you have any children?
• ?a? ??? ??a a???? ?a? ??a ????ts? (ne echo ena
  agori ke ena koritsi)
• Yes, I have a (one) boy and a (one) girl
• ??s? ?????? e??a?
• How old are they?
• ? ?????? e??a? 15 ?a? ? Fa?? (e??a?) 11 ??????
• Mark is fifteen and Fanny is eleven years old

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Where are you from?

• ?p? p?? e?saste/e?ste (apo pu isaste/iste?)
• Where are you from? (plural, polite plural)
• ?p? p?? e?sa? (apo pu ise?)
• Where are you from? (singular, informal)
• Or if you want to be more specific
• ???a e??a? ? ?d?a?te?? pat??da sa? (pia ine i
  iTHieteri patriTHa sas?)
• Which is your (particular) homeland? Or
• Which is your (particular) place of origin?
• Particular in Greek has dual meaning
  (special, private)

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I am from

• ??µa? ap?

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... or (Athens) is my (particular) homeland

• e??a? ? ?d?a?te??
  pat??da µ??

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Some useful observations

• In Greek a noun (i.e. the word Canadian in the
  phrase I am Canadian) has to be written
  differently when it denotes different gender
• ??µa? ?a?ad?? I am Canadian (man)
  
• ??µa? ?a?ad??a I am Canadian (woman)
• That means that Greek nouns are inflected for
  gender
• In Greek a noun has to be written also
  differently when is being used as an object than
  as a subject
• ??µa? ap? t?? ?a?ad? I am from Canada
• ? ?a?ad?? e??a? ? pat??da µ?? Canada is my
  homeland
• That means that Greek nouns are inflected for
  case also
• In Greek a noun is almost always preceded by an
  article (the). The noun and the preceding
  article have to agree in gender, case and number.

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Some forms of the definite article
Has a ? ending when the word immediately
following begins with a vowel or with any of the
following consonants/consonant combinations ?,
p, t ,??, µp, ?t, ?, ?
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How on Earth we can guess the gender of a given
Greek noun?

• Some tips
• All masculine nouns (nominative/singular) ends in
  ?
• Almost all feminine nouns end in either a or ?
• Most neuter nouns end in ?, ?, or µa
• Of course, there are exceptions, and there are
  those words ending in ??, which can be any
  gender.

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Ordering in a cafeteria

• ?? ?a p??ete/p??e?? pa?a?a?? (ti tha
  parete/paris parakalo)
• What will you have (take)?
• ?? ?a ???ate pa?a?a?? (ti tha thelate parakalo)
• What would you like?
• ??ete e??p??et??e?? (ehete exipiretithi)
• Have you been served/helped?
• Or if it happens to deal with a not very
  talkative waiter
• ?a?a?a?? Yes?
• Or even ???ste Yes?

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Some of the most commonly used Greek verbs
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• Ta ??e?a ??a.......
• Ta ??e?a ??a(?) ?af?
• I would like a coffee

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• Ta ??e?a µ?a sa??ta
• I would like a salad
• Ta ??e?a ??a pa??t?
• I would like an ice-cream

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Essential vocabulary for the Cafeteria Activity
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The Greek coffee

• The Greek coffee is traditionally served in small
  cups with the sugar already added before the
  coffee is served. So you are mainly left with the
  following choices

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Ordering Activity

• One person starts by saying Ill have and
  adding an item of his choice as if s/he were
  ordering something in a café, e.g.
• Ta p??? ??a? ?af?
• The person on his/her left continues by repeating
  the original order and adding an item of his/her
  own choice, e.g.
• Ta p??? ??a? ?af? ?a? µ?a p??t??a??da
• The activity continues clockwise around the
  group, each learner adding another item to the
  order for as long as the learners are able to
  sustain the orders.

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Accepting or Refusing a drink

• A Ta p??ete/p??e?? ??a ????
• Will you have an ouzo?
• ? ?a? e??a??st?/ ??? e??a??st?
• Yes thanks
• A ??? e??a??st?, ?a p??? µ?a µp??a
• No thanks, Ill have a beer
• ?? St?? ??e?? sa?/s??
• Cheers! To your health! (formal/informal)

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How much ?

• ??s? ???e? a?t? (poso kani afto?)
• How much is it?
• ???e? 6 e??? (kani exi evro)
• Its 6 euros
• ??s? ??????e a?t? (poso kanune afta?)
• How much are they?
• ??????e 8 e??? ?a? 50 ?ept? (kanune ochto evro ke
  peninda lepta)
• They are 8 euros and 50.

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Some forms of the definite article
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Essential vocabulary for the Price Activity
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Essential vocabulary for the Price Activity
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Shopping Activity