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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.
DIALOGUE
Greek phrase Pronunciation Meaning
Π: ΤοΔεκέμβριοέχουμε TO deKEmvrio Ehoome On December we have
πολλέςγιορτές. poLES yiorTES. many namedays.
Μ: Πράγματι. PRAymati. Really.
Π: Στις 6 Δεκεμβρίου STEES Exi dekemvREEoo On December 6
είναιηγιορτήEEneEEyiorTEE is St. Nikolaos celebration.
τουΑγίουΝικολάου. TOOaYEEoonikoLAoo.
Μ: Γιορτάζουν yiorTAzoon
ο Νίκος και η Νίκη.ONEEkosKEEENEEKi.NikosandNikicelebrate.
Π: Στις 12 Δεκεμβρίου; STEESDOdekadekemvREEoo? OnDecember 12?
Μ: ΓιορτάζειοΣπύρος. yiorTAziOSPEEros.Spyros celebrates.
Π: Στις 25 Δεκεμβρίου STEES EEkosi PEnte dekemvREEoo On December 25
γιορτάζουνοΧρήστος yiorTAzoonOHREEstosChristos and Christina
καιηΧριστίνα. KEEEhriSTEEna. celebrate.
M: ΗΕυγενίαγιορτάζει EEevgeNEEayiorTAziEugeniacelebrates
στις 24 Δεκεμβρίου. STEESEEkosiTEserisdekemvREEoo on December 24.
Π: ΗΕλευθερίαγιορτάζει EEeleftheREEayiorTAzi Eleftheria celebrates
στις15Δεκεμβρίου. STEES dekaPEnte dekemvREEoo. On December 15.
M:ΟΣτέφανοςστις O STEfanos STEES Stefanos on
27 Δεκεμβρίου. EEkosi ePTA dekemvREEoo. December 27.
Π: ΗΒαρβάραπότεγιορτάζει; EE varVAra POte When does Barbara
γιορτάζει; yiorTAzi? celebrate?
Μ: Στις 4 Δεκεμβρίου. STEES TEseris dekemVREEoo. On December 4.
BASICVOCABULARY
Greek word Pronunciation Meaning
ΟΔεκέμβριος OdeKEmvrios December
Εγώγιορτάζω eYOyiorTAzo I celebrate
Γιορτάζει yiorTAzi he/she/it celebrates
Γιορτάζουν yiorTAzoon they celebrate
ΟΆγιος O Ayios Saint
ΤουΑγίου TOO aYEEoo Saint’s
Στις STEES on, at
Δύο DEEo 2
Τρία TREEa 3
Τέσσερις TEseris 4
Πέντε PEnte 5
Έξι Exi 6
Επτά ePTA 7
Οκτώ oktO 8
Εννέα eNEa 9
Δέκα DEka 10
Έντεκα Enteka 11
Δώδεκα DOdeka 12
Δεκαπέντε dekaPEnte 15
Είκοσι EEkosi 20
Είκοσιτέσσερις EEkosiTEseris 24
Είκοσιπέντε EEkosiPEnte 25
Είκοσιέξι EEkosiExi 26
Είκοσιεπτά EEkosiePTA 27
Πότε Pote when
Πράγματι PRAymati really
Unlike English in Greek we first give the number of the date and then the month: 06.12 is December 6th, 15.12 is December 15th, 25.12 is December 25th. Wewrite: έξιΔεκεμβρίου, δεκαπέντεΔεκεμβρίου, είκοσιπέντεΔεκεμβρίου.
Greek nouns have cases that indicate the relationship of the noun to the other words of the sentence. The genitive case among other uses indicates the time when an event occurred, occurs or will occur. Βy changing the ending of the word, the case changes.
The genitive case of the months is formed by removing the ending -ος of each month to get the stem, Δεκέμβρι-, and adding the ending -ου, Δεκεμβρί-ου. The genitive case article for masculine gender nouns is του. Allmonthsareofmasculinegrammaticalgender. Ο Ιανουάρι-ος / του Ιανουαρί-ου, ο Φεβρουάρι-ος / του Φεβρουαρί-ου, ο Δεκέμβρι-ος / του Δεκεμβρί-ου. Note that the accent of the months in genitive case always goes on the ί before the ending.
Example: Πότε γιορτάζει ο Νίκος;οΝίκοςγιορτάζει στις πέντε Δεκεμβρίου.
Like in English it is not difficult to learn the numbers from 10-19, because their first compound is number 10= δέκα and the corresponding number follows: 15= δεκαπέντε, 14=δεκατέσσερα.Numbers 11 and 12 also have δέκα as a compound: Ένα+δέκα= ένδεκα, έντεκα, δύο+δέκα=δώδεκα. The numbers from 20-30 are also formed like in English by adding the corresponding number next to the word twenty= είκοσι.
EXERCISES
1.Write the numbers in Greek:
4:
5:
15:
25:
6:
26:
7:
17:
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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