{"id":1210,"date":"2013-11-26T13:03:22","date_gmt":"2013-11-26T13:03:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/greek\/?p=1210"},"modified":"2013-11-26T13:03:22","modified_gmt":"2013-11-26T13:03:22","slug":"whats-going-onuses-of-the-verb-ginomai","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/greek\/whats-going-onuses-of-the-verb-ginomai\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8220;What&#8217;s going on?&#8221;:uses of the verb ginomai"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_1211\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter post-item__attachment\"><a href=\"https:\/\/farm5.staticflickr.com\/4050\/4583830253_fa4f3d2418.jpg\" aria-label=\"4583830253 Fa4f3d2418 300x197\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1211\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-1211\" alt=\"Eva Blue @ flickr\"  width=\"300\" height=\"197\" \/ src=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/greek\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2013\/11\/4583830253_fa4f3d2418-300x197.jpg\"><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-1211\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Eva Blue @ flickr<\/p><\/div>\n<p>One of the most common verbs that causes problems to Greek learners is <strong>\u03b3\u03af\u03bd\u03bf\u03bc\u03b1\u03b9<\/strong> (ginomai). It\u00a0 means \u201cto become\u201d. If you haven&#8217;t come across it yet, you are very likely to hear it as soon as you go to Greece, and if you have already been there, you have definitely heard people using it regularly in their conversation.<\/p>\n<p>Ex: \u039f \u03a0\u03ad\u03c4\u03c1\u03bf\u03c2 <b>\u03b8\u03b1 \u03b3\u03af\u03bd\u03b5\u03b9<\/b> \u03b3\u03b9\u03b1\u03c4\u03c1\u03cc\u03c2. (O Petros tha ginei giatros) Petros will become a doctor.<\/p>\n<p>However, the verb <b>\u03b3\u03af\u03bd\u03bf\u03bc\u03b1\u03b9<\/b> is only one of the words whose meaning varies depending on the context.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">Examples of the use of <\/span><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">\u03b3\u03af\u03bd\u03bf\u03bc\u03b1\u03b9<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\u03a4\u03b9 <b>\u03ad\u03b3\u03b9\u03bd\u03b5<\/b>;\u00a0 (<i>Ti egine?<\/i>) What happened?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>This is one of the most common expressions. Depending on the context, it can indicate admiration, indignation,irritation, surprise, curiosity and impatience.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\u03a4\u03b9 <b>\u03b3\u03af\u03bd\u03b5\u03c4\u03b1\u03b9<\/b>;\u00a0 (<i>Ti ginetai?)<\/i> What&#8217;s going on?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>T\u03b9 <b>\u03b3\u03af\u03bd\u03b5\u03c3\u03b1\u03b9<\/b>; (<em>Ti ginesai?<\/em>) \u00a0\u0397\u03bfw are you? \/ \u03a4\u03b9 <b>\u03b3\u03af\u03bd\u03b5\u03c3\u03c4\u03b5<\/b>; (<em>Ti gineste?<\/em>) How are you? (formal). These expressions are old fashioned and are used by elderly people.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\u039f\u03b9 \u03b5\u03be\u03b5\u03c4\u03ac\u03c3\u03b5\u03b9\u03c2 <b>\u03b8\u03b1 \u03b3\u03af\u03bd\u03bf\u03c5\u03bd<\/b> \u03c4\u03bf\u03bd \u039f\u03ba\u03c4\u03ce\u03b2\u03c1\u03b9\u03bf. (<i>Oi exetaseis tha ginoun ton Octovrio<\/i>.)The exams will be held in October.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\u039f \u03ba\u03b1\u03c6\u03ad\u03c2 \u03c3\u03bf\u03c5 <b>\u03b3\u03af\u03bd\u03b5\u03c4\u03b1\u03b9<\/b>. (<i>O kafes sou ginetai.<\/i>)Your coffee is being prepared (i.e. your coffee isn&#8217;t ready yet, but it will be ready soon)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\u201c\u0398\u03ad\u03bb\u03b5\u03b9\u03c2 \u03bd\u03b1 \u03c0\u03ac\u03bc\u03b5 \u03c3\u03b9\u03bd\u03b5\u03bc\u03ac;\u201d \u201c<b>\u0394\u03b5 \u03b3\u03af\u03bd\u03b5\u03c4\u03b1\u03b9<\/b>! \u0388\u03c7\u03c9 \u03b4\u03b9\u03ac\u03b2\u03b1\u03c3\u03bc\u03b1.\u201d (<i>Theleis na pame sinema? De<\/i> <i>ginetai! Eho diavasma<\/i>!) \u201cDo you want to to go to the cinema?\u201d \u201cI can&#8217;t! I have to study.\u201d<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\u0388\u03bb\u03b1 \u03c1\u03b5 \u039d\u03af\u03ba\u03b7, \u03c4\u03b9 <b>\u03ad\u03b3\u03b9\u03bd\u03b5\u03c2<\/b>; (<em>Ela re Niki, ti egines?<\/em>)Hey Niki, what happened to you? (Context: you haven&#8217;t seen your friend Niki for a month and you bump into her on the street.)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\u039c\u03b7 \u03c3\u03c4\u03b5\u03bd\u03b1\u03c7\u03c9\u03c1\u03b9\u03ad\u03c3\u03b1\u03b9! \u038c\u03bb\u03b1 \u03b8\u03b1 \u03b3\u03af\u03bd\u03bf\u03c5\u03bd! (<em>Mi stenahoriesai! Ola tha ginoun!<\/em>) Don\u2019t be sad! It will all be ok!<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>O \u03bb\u03bf\u03b3\u03b1\u03c1\u03b9\u03b1\u03c3\u03bc\u03cc\u03c2 \u03c4\u03bf\u03c5 \u03b7\u03bb\u03b5\u03ba\u03c4\u03c1\u03b9\u03ba\u03bf\u03cd \u03b5\u03af\u03bd\u03b1\u03b9 800 \u03b5\u03c5\u03c1\u03ce. \u03a0\u03ce\u03c2 <b>\u03b3\u03af\u03bd\u03b5\u03c4\u03b1\u03b9<\/b>; (<i>O logariasmos<\/i> <i>tou ilektrikou einai oktakosia euro. Pos ginetai?<\/i>) The electric bill is 800 euros. How could that be?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">Tenses \u00a0of the Indicative mood <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<table border=\"1\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"112\">Tense in Greek<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"131\">Transliteration<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"115\">Tense in English<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"110\">Verb<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"100\">Transliteration<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"112\">\u0395\u03bd\u03b5\u03c3\u03c4\u03ce\u03c4\u03b1\u03c2<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"131\"><i>Enestotas<\/i><\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"115\">Present<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"110\"><b>\u03b3\u03af\u03bd\u03bf\u03bc\u03b1\u03b9<\/b><b><\/b><\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"100\">ginomai<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"112\">\u0391\u03cc\u03c1\u03b9\u03c3\u03c4\u03bf\u03c2<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"131\"><i>Aoristos<\/i><\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"115\">Past Simple<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"110\"><b>\u03ad\u03b3\u03b9\u03bd\u03b1<\/b><\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"100\">egina<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"112\">\u03a3\u03c4\u03b9\u03b3\u03bc\u03b9\u03b1\u03af\u03bf\u03c2 \u039c\u03ad\u03bb\u03bb\u03bf\u03bd\u03c4\u03b1\u03c2<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"131\"><i>Stigmiaios Mellontas<\/i><\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"115\"><i>Future Simple<\/i><\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"110\"><b>\u03b8\u03b1 \u03b3\u03af\u03bd\u03c9<\/b><\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"100\">tha gino<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"112\">\u03a0\u03b1\u03c1\u03b1\u03c4\u03b1\u03c4\u03b9\u03ba\u03cc\u03c2<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"131\"><i>Paratatikos<\/i><\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"115\"><i>Past Continuous<\/i><\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"110\"><b>\u03b3\u03b9\u03bd\u03cc\u03bc\u03bf\u03c5\u03bd<\/b><\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"100\">ginomoun<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"112\">\u039c\u03ad\u03bb\u03bb\u03bf\u03bd\u03c4\u03b1\u03c2 \u0394\u03b9\u03b1\u03c1\u03ba\u03b5\u03af\u03b1\u03c2<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"131\"><i>Mellontas diarkeias<\/i><\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"115\"><i>Future Continuous<\/i><\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"110\"><b>\u03b8\u03b1 \u03b3\u03af\u03bd\u03bf\u03bc\u03b1\u03b9<\/b><\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"100\">tha ginomai<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"112\">\u03a0\u03b1\u03c1\u03b1\u03ba\u03b5\u03af\u03bc\u03b5\u03bd\u03bf\u03c2<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"131\"><i>Parakeimenos<\/i><\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"115\"><i>Present Perfect<\/i><\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"110\"><b>\u03ad\u03c7\u03c9 \u03b3\u03af\u03bd\u03b5\u03b9<\/b><\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"100\">eho ginei<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"112\">\u03a5\u03c0\u03b5\u03c1\u03c3\u03c5\u03bd\u03c4\u03ad\u03bb\u03b9\u03ba\u03bf\u03c2<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"131\"><i>Ipersintelikos<\/i><\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"115\"><i>Past Perfect<\/i><\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"110\"><b>\u03b5\u03af\u03c7\u03b1 \u03b3\u03af\u03bd\u03b5\u03b9<\/b><\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"100\">eiha ginei<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"112\">\u03a3\u03c5\u03bd\u03c4\u03b5\u03bb\u03b5\u03c3\u03bc\u03ad\u03bd\u03bf\u03c2 \u039c\u03ad\u03bb\u03bb\u03bf\u03bd\u03c4\u03b1\u03c2<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"131\"><i>Syntelesmenos Mellontas<\/i><\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"115\"><i>Future Perfect<\/i><\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"110\"><b>\u03b8\u03b1 \u03ad\u03c7\u03c9 \u03b3\u03af\u03bd\u03b5\u03b9<\/b><\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"100\">tha eho ginei<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<img width=\"350\" height=\"230\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/greek\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2013\/11\/4583830253_fa4f3d2418-350x230.jpg\" class=\"attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image tmp-hide-img\" alt=\"\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/greek\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2013\/11\/4583830253_fa4f3d2418-350x230.jpg 350w, https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/greek\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2013\/11\/4583830253_fa4f3d2418.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 350px) 100vw, 350px\" \/><p>One of the most common verbs that causes problems to Greek learners is \u03b3\u03af\u03bd\u03bf\u03bc\u03b1\u03b9 (ginomai). It\u00a0 means \u201cto become\u201d. If you haven&#8217;t come across it yet, you are very likely to hear it as soon as you go to Greece, and if you have already been there, you have definitely heard people using it regularly&hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"post-item__readmore\"><a class=\"btn btn--md\" href=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/greek\/whats-going-onuses-of-the-verb-ginomai\/\">Continue Reading<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"author":102,"featured_media":1211,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"content-type":""},"categories":[274452],"tags":[292993,292994,292985,292995,292996],"class_list":["post-1210","post","type-post","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-vocablary","tag-common-expressions-in-modern-greek","tag-difficult-verbs-in-modern-greek","tag-greek-vocabulary","tag-medio-passive-verbs","tag-use-of-greek"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/greek\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1210","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/greek\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/greek\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/greek\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/102"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/greek\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1210"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/greek\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1210\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1215,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/greek\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1210\/revisions\/1215"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/greek\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1211"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/greek\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1210"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/greek\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1210"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/greek\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1210"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}