Archive for May, 2018
The Greek pronoun no one Posted by Ourania on May 26, 2018
Sometimes, the students are puzzled by the use of the indefinite pronoun κανένας, καμία, κανένα (no one). In this post, there are examples of how it is used it in a sentence. When used in negative sentences, it means no one. See the declension here: kanenas Τhe pronoun κανένας has genders and cases. It can be…
Greek vocabulary: different forms of the word “house” Posted by Ourania on May 17, 2018
Γεια σας. The word σπίτι (house) is one of the first words students learn. In this post, there is vocabulary morphologically related to the words σπίτι and οίκος, which is the ancient Greek word for “house”. #1.σπίτι: house / home Το σπίτι μας έχει δύο υπνοδωμάτια, ένα σαλόνι, μία κουζίνα, ένα μπάνιο και ένα W.C (βεσέ)…
Greek tongue twisters Posted by Ourania on May 2, 2018
Γεια σας! Do you like tongue twisters? Did you use to play this game when you were kid? If so, this post, which was a suggestion of one of the readers of this blog, is for you: there is a list of nine Greek tongue twisters and two audio files to help you practice. Some…