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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.
Review:
MAIN PHRASES
Upon arrival your relatives in Greece will welcome you with one of the phrases below. Note that they all have the same meaning.
Καλώς τον/την (kaLOS ton/teen), καλώς ήρθες (kaLOS EErthes), καλώς όρισες (kaLOS Orises)= welcome for one person.
Καλώς τους (kaLOS toos), καλώς ήρθατε (kaLOS EErthate), καλώς ορίσατε (kaLOS oREEsate)= welcome for many persons.
Your response:
Καλώς σε βρήκαμε (kaLOS SE VREEkame) is the response to welcome, when we meet one person.
Καλώς σας βρήκαμε (kaLOS SAS VREEkame): is the response to welcome, when we meet many persons.
Try to match the phrases in English with their translation in Greek:
Pappou and yiayia love to introduce their relatives to their friends. When introduced to someone, we can use one of these two phrases:
Χαίρω πολύ! (HΕro poLEE) Nice to meet you!
Τι κάνετε; (TEE KAnete?) How do you do?
Give your response in Greek, when introduced to a friend, someone’s grandpa or grandchildren, like in the given example:
Αυτός είναι ο Πέτρος. Χαίρω πολύ!
Pappou will invite you to the kafenio to offer you drinks. Try to match the phrases in English with their translation in Greek:
Ask grandma what she cooks. Try to match the phrases in English with their translation in Greek:
BASIC VOCABULARY
Greek word Pronunciation Meaning
Αυτός afTOS he, this (male)
Αυτή afTEE she, this (female)
Είναι EEne is
Ο εγγονός o egoNOS grandson
Η εγγονή EE egoNEE granddaughter
Μου ΜΟΟ my
Χαίρω πολύ HΕro poLEE Nice to meet you
Ο φίλος O FEElos friend
Τι κάνετε; TEE KAnete? How do you do?
Το καφενείο TO kafeNEEo traditional Greek cafe
Τι TEE what
Θα THE will (future)
Σε, σας SE, SAS you (singular, plural)
Θα σε/σας κεράσω THA SE/SAS keRAso I will buy you a drink
Ένα Ena one (masculine grammatical gender)
Μία MEEa one (female)
Η πορτοκαλάδα EE portokaLAda orange juice
Ο φραπές O fraPES Greek ice coffeeΓιαγιά yiayiA grandma
Τι κάνεις; TEE KAnis? How are you?
Τι TEE what
Μαγειρεύεις mayiREvis you cook
Τα γεμιστά TA gemiSTA stuffed vegetables
Για yiA for
Σήμερα SEEmera today
Θα THA will (future)
Τι θα φάμε; TEE THA FAme? What shall we eat
Θα φάμε THA FAme we will eat
Το αρνάκι TO arNAki lamb
Η πατάτα, -ες EE paTAta, -es potato, -es
Ο φούρνος O FOOrnos oven
Στο φούρνο STO FOOrno in the oven
Αύριο Avrio tomorrow
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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