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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.
WORD CLUSTERS
Greek word Pronunciation Meaning
Ο Έλληνας O Elinas Greek (singular)
Οι Έλληνες EE Elines Greeks (plural)
Η Ελλάδα EE eLAda Greece
Οελληνικός O eliniKOS Greek (male)
Ηελληνική EE eliniKEE Greek (female)
Ο Τούρκος O TOOrkos Turk (singular)
Οι Τούρκοι EE TOOrki Turks (plural)
Η Τουρκία EE tooRKEEa Turkey
Ηελευθερία EE eleftheREEa Freedom
Οελεύθερος-η, -ο O eLEftheros, -i, -o free (adjective singular)
Οιελεύθεροι EE elEftheri free (adjective, plural)
Οήρωας O EEroas (hero)
Ηρωικά iroiKA heroically (adverb)
TEN IMPORTANT PHRASES
Στις είκοσι πέντε Μαρτίου γιορτάζουμε την Επανάσταση του ’21 (είκοσι ένα), δηλαδή του χίλια οκτακόσια είκοσι ένα.
STEES ikosiPEnte maRTEEoo yioRTAzoome TEEN epaNAstasi TOO eikosiEna, dilaDEE TOO HEElia oktaKOsia ikosiEna.
Οn March 25th we celebrate the revolution of ’21, that is of 1821.
Tην εικοστή πέμπτη Μαρτίου θα πάμε στην παρέλαση.
TEEN ikoSTEEPEmpti maRTEEoo THA PAme STEEN paRElasi.
Οn March 25th we’ll go to the parade.
H παρέλαση στη Νέα Υόρκη θα γίνει στην πέμπτη λεωφόρο.
EE paRElasi STEE NEaiOrki THA YEEni STEEN PEmptileoFOro.
The parade in New York will be held on 5th Avenue.
Πολλοί μαθητές θα φοράνε φουστανέλα, φέσι και τσαρούχια.
poLEE mathiTES THA foRAnefoostaNEla, FEsi KE tsaROOhia.
Many students will be wearing the traditional Greek male skirt, the traditional cap and the traditional shoes.
Όλοι θα κρατάνε ελληνικές σημαίες.
Oli THA kraTAne eliniKES siMEes.
They will all hold Greek flags.
Οι Έλληνες πολέμησαν με τους Τούρκους.
EE Elines poLEmisan ME TOOS TOOrkoos.
Greeks fought against the Turks.
Οι Έλληνες πολέμησαν για την ελευθερία.
EE Elines poLEmisan yiA TEEN eleftheREEa.
Greeks fought for the freedom.
Οι Έλληνες ήταν 400 (τετρακόσια) χρόνια σκλάβοι των Τούρκων.
EE Elines EEtantetraKOsiaHROniaSKLAvi TON TOOrkon.
For 400 years Greeks were slaves under the Turks.
Oι Έλληνες πολέμησαν ηρωικά και νίκησαν τους Τούρκους.
EE Elines poLEmisan iroiKA KE NEEkisan ToosTOOrkoos.
Greeks fought heroically and beat the Turks.
«Ελευθερία ή θάνατος»
eleftheREEa EE THAnatos
“Freedom or death”
BASIC VOCABULARY
Τηνεικοστή πέμπτη TEEN ikoSTEEPEmpti 25th
Μαρτίου maRTEEoo of March
Γιορτάζουμε yioRTAzoome we celebrate
Την επανάσταση TEEN epaNAstasi revolution (acc.)
Χίλια HIlia thousand
Οκτακόσια oktaKOsia eight hundred
Είκοσι EEkosi twenty
Ένα Ena one
Θα THA will (future)
Θα πάμε THA PAme We’ll go
Στην παρέλαση STEEN paRElasi to the parade
Η πέμπτη PEmpti 5th
ΣτηΝέα Υόρκη STEE NEaiOrki in New York
Στην πέμπτη λεωφόρο STEEN PEmptileoFOro on 5th Avenue
Θα γίνει THA YEEni it will be held, take place
Οι μαθητές EE mathiTES the students
Θα φοράνε THA foRAne they will wear
Η φουστανέλα EE foostaNEla traditional Greek male skirt
Τοφέσι TO FEsi traditional Greek cap
Τα τσαρούχια TA tsaROOhia traditional Greek shoes
Πολλοί poLEE many
Όλοι Oli All
Θα κρατάνε THA kraTAne they will hold
ελληνικές elliniKES Greek (adjective plural)
σημαίες siMEes flags
Πολέμησαν poLEmisan fought
Νίκησαν NEEkisan beat
Ήταν EEtan were
Οι σκλάβοι EE SKLAvi slaves
Ελευθερία eleftheREEa Freedom
Ή EE or
Θάνατος THAnatos death
GREEK WORDS IN ENGLISH
From the verb πολεμάω (fight against, πολέμησαν) comes the English word polemic. The noun that comes from the verb νικάω (νίκησαν) is νίκη, which means victory in Greek and is familiar to the world from the sport shoes brand Nike. Ήρωας is the root of the English word hero. Όλοι is found in English in words, like holistic, hologram.
PRONUNCIATION KEY
i (idiom), ee (needle), e (energy), o (organism), oo (boot), y (yes), h (helium), th (theory), d (the). The capitalized syllables are accented.
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