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Tenses – Simple past 1st Conjugation Posted by dareios on Mar 23, 2012
Verbs are the words that indicate an action or feeling. If you are looking in a dictionary the verbs will be presented in the I-form of the verb. This is the form that is used to reference the Greek verbs, like the infinitive form on English. Verbs can indicate a different point in time such…
Greek National Anthem (Εθνικός Ύμνος), Greek flag Posted by dareios on Mar 21, 2012
The National Anthem was established by the Greeks in1865. The Anthem is a poem called Hymn to freedom (Ύμνος εις την ελευθερία) which has been written from Dionysios Solomos (Διονύσιο Σολωμό) in 1823 and composed by Nιkolaos Mantzaros (Nικόλαο Μάντζαρο) in 1828. It consists of 158 stanzas (verses) and it is the longest Anthem in…
Personal pronouns, direct-indirect object Posted by dareios on Mar 11, 2012
In Greek the direct and indirect pronoun are not the same like in English. For example in English we say : I met him and I talk to him. Both direct and indirect object are the same. If you translate the same sentence to Greek: Τον συνάντησα και του μίλησα (ton seenadeesa ke too meeleesa)…
Greek Wedding, preparation-customs Posted by dareios on Mar 7, 2012
I suppose many of you have seen the movie “My big fat Greek wedding“. Well, today my post will be on the customs which take place before the wedding. In another post I will tell you about the wedding itself and the customs after the wedding. Making of the bed (Στρώσιμο του κρεβατιού): Two days…
Dialogs (booking ship tickets, shopping) Posted by dareios on Mar 3, 2012
After a reader’s suggestion I will show to you two more dialogues that could be useful. If you like to visit one of our islands, you may have to travel by ship. So, how can you ask for a ticket in this case? You: Καλημέρα! (kaleemera)/ Καλησπέρα (kaleespera)/ Γεία σας!(Gia sas) Good morning! / Good…
Clean Monday, Καθαρά Δευτέρα Posted by dareios on Feb 26, 2012
Clean Monday or pure Monday is a public holiday in Greece. For the orthodox Christians the fasting period before Easter starts on Clean Monday and last for 40 days, as many days as Jesus fasted in the dessert. This specific day, Christians “clean” themselves physically as well as spiritually. In other words, Christians leave behind…
Verb conjunctions Posted by dareios on Feb 22, 2012
In Greek verbs are divided into two conjunctions. Two categories. The first conjunction (α’ συζυγία) includes the verbs which are not stressed on the last syllable. The verbs of the second conjunction (β’ συζυγία) are always stressed on the last syllable. The second conjunction is divided into two groups. In the first group are the…