Archive by Author
Tenses – Simple Future 2nd Conjugation Posted by dareios on May 5, 2012
A verb belongs to the category of the second conjugation when the stress of the verbs is at the last syllable in the first person of the present tense. Ex. Agapo(αγαπώ= to love), peeno(Πεινώ=to be hungry), Zeeto(Zητώ=to ask), mporo(Μπορώ=I can). In simple future the characteristic letter before the ending is the same as in the…
Tenses – Simple Past 2nd Conjugation Posted by dareios on May 5, 2012
I would like to start this topic with a small reminder. The first person of the verbs that belong to the group of second conjugation is accented is the last syllable. For example: οδηγώ (drive),αγαπώ (love),πεινώ (be hungry),προτιμώ (prefer), ρωτώ (ask). As you may remember the 2nd conjugation has 2 groups. For the past tense…
Easter (Second Part) Posted by dareios on Apr 11, 2012
We continue from the last post with the Easter celebration in Greece. Last time we stopped to the Great Thursday that the tsoureki and the red eggs are prepared. Holy Friday is a day of mourning since Jesus died on the cross. Bells will ring slow and steady through the day and the Greek flags…
Easter, Πάσχα Posted by dareios on Apr 9, 2012
Easter (Πάσχα,Pascha) is the second largest celebration after the Orthodox Christmas. For others Easter is considered to be more important than Christmas. It is celebrated throughout Greece where there are different customs from one city to the other. For the Orthodoxs the Great Week has just begun yesterday. This Sunday is called the Palm Sunday…
Tenses – Simple future 1st Conjugation Posted by dareios on Apr 6, 2012
The simple future is used to express an action which occurs only once in the future. It is formed with the particle θα (tha) = will plus the verb. The most of the verbs change their form when they are used to form the future tense. Few of the do not change their form. The…
Proverbs, Sayings Posted by dareios on Mar 28, 2012
Today I will show to you some of our proverbs. There are way too many and I had a hard time to choose some. Some of them you already have in your language, maybe little different. So, here we are… Άλλαξε ο Μανωλίος κι έβαλε τα ρούχα του αλλιώς. Manolios(a name) changed. He turned his…
25th Of March, independence day of Greece. Posted by dareios on Mar 25, 2012
“Freedom or death“(Ελευθερία ή θάνατος). These are the first words that come in the mind of every Greek in the sound of this date. The 25th of March is both national and religious holiday for Greece. It is the date that our ancestors back in the 1821 started their revolution against the Ottoman Empire. In…