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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.
It’s the beginning of the school year and we speak in Greek about our school. Here is basic vocabulary and common phrases we use when we want to give some information about our school and our Greek classes.
Try to match the phrases in English below with their translation in Greek.
ARE YOU A STUDENT?
WHERE DO YOU LEARN GREEK?
WHICH SCHOOL DO YOUR KIDS ATTEND?
IN THE GREEK CLASS
IMPORTANT VOCABULARY
Greek word Pronunciation Meaning
Η κόρη EE KOri daughter
Ο γιος O yiOS son
Μου MOO my
Μας MAS our
Τα παιδιά TA pediA kids, children
Εγώ πηγαίνω eYO piYEno I go
Εσύ πηγαίνεις eSEE piYEnis you go
Εσύ πηγαίνεις; eSEE piGEnis do you go?
Αυτός/αυτή πηγαίνει afTOS /afTEE piYEni he /she goes
Εμείς πηγαίνουμε eMEES piYEnoome we go
Εσείς πηγαίνετε eSEES piYEnete you go
Εσείς πηγαίνετε; eSEES piYEnete do you go?
Τα παιδιά πηγαίνουν TA pediA piYEnoon the kids go
Εγώ μαθαίνω eYO maTHEno I learn
Εσύ μαθαίνεις; eSEE maTHEnis? do you learn?
Ελληνικά elliniKA Greek
Το σχολείο TO shoLEEo school
Το πρωινό TO proiNO morning
Το απογευματινό TO apoyeumatiNO afternoon, evening
Το σαββατιανό TO savatiaNO Saturday school
Το Νηπιαγωγείο TO nipiagoGEEO Pre-school
Το Δημοτικό TO dimotiKO Elementary School
Το Γυμνάσιο TO yiMNAsio Middle School
Το Λύκειο TO LEEkio High School
Το Πανεπιστήμιο TO panepiSTEEmio University
Το Κολλέγιο TO koLEyio College
Στο STO to, at
Το σπίτι TO SPEEti home, house
Ο μαθητής O mathiTEES primary or secondary school student (male)
Η μαθήτρια EE maTHEEtria primary or secondary school student (female)
Ο φοιτητής O fitiTEES College or University student (male)
Η φοιτήτρια EE fiTEEtria College or University student (female)
Η εφημερίδα EE efimeREEda newspaper
Από την εφημερίδα aPO TEEN efimeREEda from the newspaper
Η Γλώσσα EE GLOsa language
Η Γραμματική EE yramatiKEE grammar
Η Ιστορία EE istoREEa history
Τα Θρησκευτικά TA thriskeftiKA religion
Έχω Eho I have
Το βιβλίο TO viVLEEo book
Το τετράδιο TO teTRAdio note book
Το ντοσιέ TO ntosiE binder
Ο στυλός O stiLOS pen
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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