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Η μαμά μου με αγαπάει means My mom loves me. Αγαπάει is loves, μου is my and με is me.
WHO ELSE LOVES YOU?
Greek phrase Pronunciation Meaning
Ο μπαμπάς μου με αγαπάει. O baBAS moo ME ayaPAi. My dad loves me.
Ο αδελφός με αγαπάει. EE maMA moo ME ayaPAi. My brother loves me.
Η αδελφή μου με αγαπάει. EE adelFEE moo ME ayaPAi. My sister loves me.
Ο άντρας μου με αγαπάει. O Antras moo ME ayaPAi. My husband loves me.
Η γυναίκα μου με αγαπάει. EE yiNEka moo ME ayaPAi. My wife loves me.
Ο φίλος μου με αγαπάει. O FEElos moo ME ayaPAi. My friend loves me.
Η φίλη μου με αγαπάει. EE FEEli moo ME ayaPAi. My friend loves me.
Η γιαγιά μου με αγαπάει. EE yiayiA moo ME ayaPAi. My grandma loves me.
Ο παππούς μου με αγαπάει. O paPOOS moo ME ayaPAi. My grandpa loves me.
WHOM DO WE LOVE?
Εμείς αγαπάμε τη γιαγιά. EMEES ayaPAme TEE yiayiA. We love grandma.
Εσείς αγαπάτε τη γιαγιά; eSEESayaPAte TEE yiayiA? Do you love grandma?
Τα παιδιά αγαπάνε τον παππού. TA pediAayaPAne TON paPOO. Kids love grandpa.
Τα παιδιά αγαπάνε τη γιαγιά. TA pediAayaPAne TEE yiayiA. Kids love grandma.
Keep in mind that the object (whom?) where the verb’s action goes is in the accusative case. The articles τον and την 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. Therefore, we don’t say τονπαππούς, but τονπαππού.
BASIC GRAMMAR: ΑΓΑΠΑΩ
This is how the verb αγαπάω, I love, is conjugated
Greek word Pronunciation Meaning
Εγώ αγαπάω/αγαπώ eYO ayaPAo, ayaPO I love
Εσύ αγαπάς eSEE ayaPAS 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 The kids love
VOCABULARY
Greek word Pronunciation Meaning
Μαμά maMA mom
Μπαμπάς baBAS dad
Παππούς paPOOS grandpa
Γιαγιά yiayiA grandma
Αδελφός adelFOS brother
Αδελφή adelFEE sister
Φίλος FEElos friend (male)
Φίλη FEEli friend (female)
Άνδρας Andras husband
Γυναίκα yiNEka wife
Ταπαιδιά TA pediA kids
Ποιον piyON? Whom?
Με ME me
Μου MOO my
Τον TON the (acc. masculine)
Την TEEN the (acc. feminine)
GREEK WORDS IN ENGLISH
The Greek word άντρας or άνδρας means both man and husband and occurs in English words like androgen, androgyny. The Greek word γυναίκα or γυνή in ancient Greek occurs in words like gynecology, androgyny.
EXERCISES
Answer the question Who loves you? Ποιοςσεαγαπάει; Match the Greek phrases with their translation in English.
1.Ο μπαμπάς μου με αγαπάει. 1. My friend Helen loves me.
Put the article in the correct case. Example: Ο Πέτρος αγαπάει την 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.
FALMOUTH, MA – The police in Falmouth have identified the victim in an accident involving a car plunging into the ocean on February 20, NBC10 Boston reported.