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Passing through the Symplegades: Avoiding Some of the Most Common Mistakes in Greek Posted by Ourania on Jul 17, 2013
In Greek mythology, the Symplegades were two rocks that crashed together every time a ship was passing between them. In spite of the different techniques used in the process of learning a foreign language, we all pass through the slamming rocks. We all make mistakes and we all get discouraged. Some of the most…
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…
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…
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…
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)…
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…