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Meropi Kyriacou Honored as TNH Educator of the Year
NEW YORK – Meropi Kyriacou, the new Principal of The Cathedral School in Manhattan, was honored as The National Herald’s Educator of the Year.
Με αγαπάς; Do you love me?
I love you is Σε αγαπάω or Σε αγαπώ.
WHOM DO YOU LOVE?Ποιοναγαπάς;
ΑγαπάωτονΚώστα. I love Kostas.
Αγαπάω την Ελένη. IloveEleni.
Αγαπάω τη μαμά μου. I love my mom.
Αγαπάω τον μπαμπά μου. I love my dad.
Αγαπάω τον άντρα μου. Ilovemyhusband.
Αγαπάω τη γυναίκα μου. I love my wife.
Τhe articles το (ν) and τη (ν) refer to the accusative case of the person’s name. Τον is for men and την for women. Note that the masculine names in the accusative case omit the final -ς. We don’t say τονΚώστας, but τονΚώστα.
DΟES HE/SHE LOVE ME? Μεαγαπάει;
Αγαπάει is the third person singular present tense of the verb αγαπάω. Με isme, μου ismy.
Ο άντρας μου με αγαπάει. Myhusbandlovesme.
Η γυναίκα μου με αγαπάει. My wife loves me.
WHO LOVES WHOM?Ποιον αγαπάει;
Η Μαρία αγαπάει τον Πέτρο. MarialovesPetros.
Η Ελένη αγαπάει τον Κώστα. Eleni loves Kostas.
IS HE/SHE IN LOVE? Είναι ερωτευμένη;Είναιερωτευμένος;
Ερωτευμένος is the male person who is in love and ερωτευμένη is the female person, who is in love. With is με and always goes with the accusative case of the person.
Είμαι ερωτευμένη με τον άντρα μου. I am in love with my husband.
Ο άντρας μου είναι ερωτευμένος με εμένα. My husband is in love with me.
Είμαι ερωτευμένος με τη γυναίκα μου. I am in love with my wife.
Η γυναίκα μου είναι ερωτευμένη με εμένα. My wife is in love with me.
WHOM DO THE KIDS LOVE?
Εμείς αγαπάμετηγιαγιά. EMEES ayaPAme TEE yiayiA. We love grandma.
Εσείς αγαπάτετηγιαγιά; eSEESayaPAte TEE yiayiA? Doyoulovegrandma?
Τα παιδιά αγαπάνε τον παππού. TA pediAayaPAne TON paPOO. Kidslovegrandpa.
Τα παιδιά αγαπάνε τη γιαγιά. TA pediAayaPAne TEE yiayiA. Kids love grandma.
BASIC GRAMMAR: ΑΓΑΠΑΩ
This is how the verb αγαπάω, I love, is conjugated
Greek word Pronunciation Meaning
Εγώ αγαπάω/αγαπώ eYOayaPAo, ayaPO I love
Εσύ αγαπάς eSEEayaPAS you love
Η Μαρία αγαπάει/ αγαπά EE maREEaagaPAi, ayaPA Maria loves
Εμείς αγαπάμε eMEESayaPAme we love
Εσείς αγαπάτε eSEESayaPAte you love
Τα παιδιά αγαπάνε/αγαπούν TA pediAayaPAne/ayaPOON Kids love
VOCABULARY
Greek word Pronunciation Meaning
Είμαι ερωτευμένος. EEmeerotevMEnos. I am in love. (male)
Είμαι ερωτευμένη. EEmeerotevMEni. I am in love. (female)
Είσαι ερωτευμένος; EEseerotevMEnos? Are you in love? (male)
Είσαι ερωτευμένη; EEseerotevMeni? Are you in love? (female)
Είναι ερωτευμένος. EEneerotevMEnos. He is in love.
Είναι ερωτευμένη. EEneerotevMEni. She is in love. (female)
Με ποιον; ME piyON? With whom?
Μαμά maMA mom
Μπαμπάς baBAS dad
Παππούς paPOOS grandpa
Γιαγιά yiayiA grandma
Άνδρας Andras husband
Γυναίκα yiNEka wife
Ταπαιδιά TA pediA kids
Μου MOO my
Με ME me, with
Τον TON the (acc. masculine)
Την TEEN the (acc. feminine)
Εμένα eMEna me
EXERCISE
WHOM DOES SHE LOVE? Ποιον αγαπάει; Form your answer like in the given example.
Ποιον αγαπάει η Δήμητρα; (Γιώργος)
Η Δήμητρα αγαπάει το Γιώργο.
Ποιον αγαπάει ο Πέτρος; (Μαρία)
Ποιον αγαπάει η Μαρία; (Πέτρος)
Ποιον αγαπάει η Ελένη; (Κώστα)
Ποιον αγαπάει ο Κώστας; (Ελένη)
WHO IS IN LOVE? Answer the below questions like in the given example.
Με ποιον είναι ερωτευμένη η Μαρία; (Νίκος)
Η Μαρία είναι ερωτευμένη με τον Νίκο.
Με ποιον είσαι ερωτευμένη; (Γιώργο)
Είμαι ερωτευμένη με τον Γιώργο.
Με ποιον είναι ερωτευμένη η Ελένη; (Κώστα)
Με ποιον είναι ερωτευμένος ο Κώστας; (Ελένη)
PRONUNCIATION KEY
i (ill), ee (beer), e (ever), o (organ), oo (boot), y (yes), h (helium), th (theory), d (the). The capitalized syllables are accented.
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