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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.
Use the vocabulary below and try to match the phrases in English with their translation in Greek:
DO YOU SPEAK, DO YOU READ, DO YOU WRITE IN GREEK?
1.Μιλάω λίγα ελληνικά. 1. I speak a little Greek.
YES, WE DO READ AND WRITE IN GREEK
WHO IS MARIA’S TEACHER?
IS YOUR NAME DAY ON ST. DEMETRIOS DAY?
1.Ο Δημήτρης γιορτάζει σήμερα. 1. Dimitra celebrates her nameday today.
2.Εγώ γιορτάζω του Αγίου Δημητρίου. 2. I have my nameday today.
3.Εγώ έχω τη γιορτή μου σήμερα. 3. Demetris celebrates his nameday today.
BEST WISHES!
1.Χρόνια πολλά. 1. Health and happiness!
BASIC VOCABULARY
Greek word Pronunciation Meaning
Ποιος piOS who (male)
Ποια piA who (female)
Η δασκάλα EE daSKAla teacher (male)
Ο δάσκαλος O DAskalos teacher (male)
Εγώ μαθαίν-ω eYO maTHEno I learn
Εσύ μαθαίν-εις eSEE maTHEnis you learn
Εσύ μαθαίν-εις; eSEE maTHEnis? do you learn?
Η Μαρία μαθαίνει EE maREEa maTHEni Maria learns
Εγώ μιλ-άω miLAo I speak
Εσύ μιλ-άς miLAs you speak
Ο Πέτρος μιλ-άει O PEtros miLAi Petros speaks
Εγώ διαβάζ-ω eYO diaVAzo I read
Εσύ διαβάζ-εις eSEE diaVAzis you read
Η Μαρία διαβάζ-ει EE maREEa diaVAzi Maria reads, studies
Εγώ γράφ-ω eYO YRAfo I write
Εσύ γράφ-εις eSEE YRAfis you write
Εσύ γράφ-εις; eSEE YRAfis? Do you write?
Η Μαρία μαθαίνει EE maREEa maTHEni Maria learns
Η Μαρία γράφ-ει EE maREEA YRAfi Maria writes
Η Μαρία διδάσκ-ει EE maREEa diDAski Maria teaches
Λίγο, λίγα LEEgo a little
Καλά kaLA good
Εγώ γιορτάζ-ω eYO yioRTAzo I celebrate
Εσύ γιορτάζ-εις eSEE yioRTAzis you celebrate
Η Δήμητρα γιορτάζ-ει EE DEEmitra yioRTAzi Dimitra celebrates
Ο Δημήτρης γιορτάζ-ει O diMEEtris yioRTAzi Dimitris celebrates
Του Αγίου Δημητρίου TOO aYEEoo dimiTREEoo on St. Demetrios day
Έχω τη γιορτή μου Eho TEE yioRTEE moo I have my nameday, my nameday is
Χρόνια πολλά HROnia poLA long live (wish)
Η Υγεία EE iYEEa health
Η χαρά EE haRA joy
Χαρούμενα haROOmena joyful
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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