{"id":3127,"date":"2019-02-10T14:10:35","date_gmt":"2019-02-10T14:10:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/greek\/?p=3127"},"modified":"2019-02-10T14:10:35","modified_gmt":"2019-02-10T14:10:35","slug":"use-of-the-greek-verb-to-speak","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/greek\/use-of-the-greek-verb-to-speak\/","title":{"rendered":"Use of the Greek verb &#8220;to speak&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\u0393\u03b5\u03b9\u03b1 \u03c3\u03b1\u03c2! This post is about the uses of the verb \u03bc\u03b9\u03bb\u03ac\u03c9, which means \u201cto speak\u201d. In some contexts, it means \u201cto say\u201d. Some examples are translated literally.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_3128\" style=\"width: 650px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter post-item__attachment\"><a href=\"https:\/\/cdn.pixabay.com\/photo\/2018\/07\/03\/13\/20\/conversation-3513843_640.jpg\" aria-label=\"Conversation 3513843 640\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3128\" class=\"size-full wp-image-3128\"  alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"428\" \/ src=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/greek\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2019\/02\/conversation-3513843_640.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/greek\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2019\/02\/conversation-3513843_640.jpg 640w, https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/greek\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2019\/02\/conversation-3513843_640-350x234.jpg 350w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-3128\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">aitoff via Pixabay<\/p><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>\u039c\u03b9\u03bb\u03ac\u03c9 is followed by:<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>#1. \u03bc\u03b5<\/strong> <em>(with)<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Examples:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\u039c\u03b9\u03bb\u03ae\u03c3\u03b1\u03bc\u03b5 \u03bc\u03b5 \u03c4\u03b7\u03bd \u03b3\u03b9\u03b1\u03c4\u03c1\u03cc \u03bc\u03b1\u03c2. \/ <em>We spoke with our doctor.<\/em><\/li>\n<li>\u03a0\u03c1\u03ad\u03c0\u03b5\u03b9 \u03bd\u03b1 \u03bc\u03b9\u03bb\u03ac\u03c2 \u03c0\u03b9\u03bf \u03c3\u03c5\u03c7\u03bd\u03ac \u03bc\u03b5 \u03c4\u03bf\u03c5\u03c2 \u03b3\u03bf\u03bd\u03b5\u03af\u03c2 \u03c3\u03bf\u03c5. \/<em> You should speak (talk) more often with your parents.<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>#2. \u03c3\u03b5<\/strong> <em>(to)<\/em><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Examples:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\u0394\u03b5\u03bd \u03bc\u03af\u03bb\u03b7\u03c3\u03b1 \u03b1\u03ba\u03cc\u03bc\u03b1 \u03c3\u03c4\u03b7\u03bd \u0386\u03bd\u03c4\u03b6\u03b5\u03bb\u03b1. \/ <em>I didn&#8217;t\u00a0speak (talk) to Angela yet.<\/em><\/li>\n<li>\u039d\u03b1 \u03bc\u03b9\u03bb\u03ac\u03bc\u03b5 \u03c3\u03c4\u03bf\u03bd \u03b5\u03bd\u03b9\u03ba\u03cc; <em>\u0395\u03bd\u03b9\u03ba\u03cc\u03c2 is the singular. If we speak with someone we don\u2019t know well, we speak in a formal way using \u00ab\u03b5\u03c3\u03b5\u03af\u03c2\u00bb, \u00ab\u03c3\u03b1\u03c2\u00bb (you, plural) and verbs in the second plural person. If we want to be informal, we can suggest speaking using the second singular person.<\/em><\/li>\n<li>\u039c\u03b9\u03bb\u03ae\u03c3\u03b1\u03bc\u03b5 \u03c3\u03b5 \u03ad\u03bd\u03b1\u03bd \u03b4\u03b7\u03bc\u03bf\u03c3\u03b9\u03bf\u03b3\u03c1\u03ac\u03c6\u03bf. \/ <em>We spoke to a journalist.<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>#3. \u03b3\u03b9\u03b1<\/strong> <em>(about)<\/em><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Examples:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\u0394\u03b5\u03bd \u03bc\u03b9\u03bb\u03ac\u03b5\u03b9 \u03c0\u03bf\u03c4\u03ad \u03b3\u03b9\u03b1 \u03c4\u03b1 \u03c0\u03c1\u03bf\u03b2\u03bb\u03ae\u03bc\u03b1\u03c4\u03ac \u03c4\u03bf\u03c5. \/ <em>He never speaks about his problems.<\/em><\/li>\n<li>\u0398\u03b1 \u03c4\u03bf\u03bd \u03c3\u03c5\u03bd\u03b1\u03bd\u03c4\u03ae\u03c3\u03c9 \u03b1\u03cd\u03c1\u03b9\u03bf \u03ba\u03b1\u03b9 \u03b8\u03b1 \u03bc\u03b9\u03bb\u03ae\u03c3\u03bf\u03c5\u03bc\u03b5 \u03b3\u03b9\u03b1 \u03c4\u03b7 \u03b4\u03bf\u03c5\u03bb\u03b5\u03b9\u03ac. \/ <em>I will meet him tomorrow and we will talk about the job.<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>#4. an adverb<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Examples:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\u039f \u03bc\u03b1\u03bd\u03ac\u03b2\u03b7\u03c2 \u03ad\u03c7\u03b5\u03b9 \u03c0\u03ac\u03bd\u03c4\u03b1 \u03ba\u03ad\u03c6\u03b9\u03b1 \u03ba\u03b1\u03b9 \u03bc\u03b9\u03bb\u03ac\u03b5\u03b9 \u03c0\u03bf\u03bb\u03cd. \/ <em>The greengrocer is always in a good mood and talks a lot.<\/em><\/li>\n<li>\u03a0\u03c1\u03ad\u03c0\u03b5\u03b9 \u03bd\u03b1 \u03bc\u03b9\u03bb\u03ac\u03c2 \u03cc\u03bc\u03bf\u03c1\u03c6\u03b1 \u03c3\u03c4\u03b7 \u03b3\u03c5\u03bd\u03b1\u03af\u03ba\u03b1 \u03c3\u03bf\u03c5. \/ <em>You should speak nicely to your wife.<\/em><\/li>\n<li>\u039c\u03b7 \u03bc\u03b9\u03bb\u03ac\u03c2 \u03c4\u03cc\u03c3\u03bf \u03b3\u03c1\u03ae\u03b3\u03bf\u03c1\u03b1! \u0394\u03b5\u03bd \u03c3\u03b5 \u03ba\u03b1\u03c4\u03b1\u03bb\u03b1\u03b2\u03b1\u03af\u03bd\u03bf\u03c5\u03bd! \/ <em>Don\u2019t speak so fast! They don\u2019t understand you!<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>#5. a language<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Examples:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\u039c\u03b9\u03bb\u03ac\u03c4\u03b5 \u03b5\u03bb\u03bb\u03b7\u03bd\u03b9\u03ba\u03ac; \/ <em>Do you speak Greek?<\/em><\/li>\n<li>\u039f \u03a6\u03af\u03bb\u03b9\u03c0\u03c0\u03bf\u03c2 \u03bc\u03b9\u03bb\u03ac\u03b5\u03b9 \u03b1\u03b3\u03b3\u03bb\u03b9\u03ba\u03ac, \u03c1\u03ce\u03c3\u03b9\u03ba\u03b1 \u03ba\u03b1\u03b9 \u03bf\u03bb\u03bb\u03b1\u03bd\u03b4\u03b9\u03ba\u03ac. \/ <em>Philip speaks English, Russian and Dutch.<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>#6. \u03b1\u03c0\u03cc<\/strong> <em>(from)<\/em><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Examples:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\u03a3\u03b1\u03c2 \u03bc\u03b9\u03bb\u03ac\u03c9 \u03b1\u03c0\u03cc \u03c0\u03c1\u03bf\u03c3\u03c9\u03c0\u03b9\u03ba\u03ae \u03c0\u03b5\u03af\u03c1\u03b1. \/ (Literally) <em>I am speaking to you by personal experience.<\/em><\/li>\n<li>\u039c\u03b5 \u03b1\u03ba\u03bf\u03cd\u03c2; \u03a3\u03bf\u03c5 \u03bc\u03b9\u03bb\u03ac\u03c9 \u03b1\u03c0\u03cc \u03bc\u03b9\u03b1 \u03c0\u03b1\u03bb\u03b9\u03ac \u03c3\u03c5\u03c3\u03ba\u03b5\u03c5\u03ae. \/ (Literally) <em>Do you hear me? I am speaking to you from an old device .<\/em> (\u03a3\u03c5\u03c3\u03ba\u03b5\u03c5\u03ae means phone in this context ).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>#7. \u03c7\u03c9\u03c1\u03af\u03c2<\/strong><em> (without)<\/em><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Examples:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\u039f \u0393\u03b9\u03ce\u03c1\u03b3\u03bf\u03c2 \u03bc\u03af\u03bb\u03b7\u03c3\u03b5 \u03c7\u03c9\u03c1\u03af\u03c2 \u03c0\u03b5\u03c1\u03b9\u03c3\u03c4\u03c1\u03bf\u03c6\u03ad\u03c2. \/ <em>Yorgos spoke straightforwardly.<\/em><\/li>\n<li>\u039f\u03b9 \u03ac\u03bd\u03b8\u03c1\u03c9\u03c0\u03bf\u03b9 \u03bc\u03af\u03bb\u03b7\u03c3\u03b1\u03bd \u03c7\u03c9\u03c1\u03af\u03c2 \u03c6\u03cc\u03b2\u03bf. \/ <em>The people spoke with no fear.<\/em><\/li>\n<li><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div id=\"attachment_3129\" style=\"width: 650px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter post-item__attachment\"><a href=\"https:\/\/cdn.pixabay.com\/photo\/2016\/10\/18\/17\/30\/vintage-telephone-1750817_640.png\" aria-label=\"Vintage Telephone 1750817 640\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3129\" class=\"size-full wp-image-3129\"  alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"299\" \/ src=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/greek\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2019\/02\/vintage-telephone-1750817_640.png\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/greek\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2019\/02\/vintage-telephone-1750817_640.png 640w, https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/greek\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2019\/02\/vintage-telephone-1750817_640-350x164.png 350w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-3129\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">alles via Pixabay<\/p><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">Do not use the verb \u03bc\u03b9\u03bb\u03ac\u03c9 before<\/span>:<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>#1. a noun<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Example:<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff0000\">\u0397 \u039d\u03af\u03bd\u03b1 \u03bc\u03b9\u03bb\u03ac\u03b5\u03b9 \u03c4\u03b7\u03bd \u03b1\u03bb\u03ae\u03b8\u03b5\u03b9\u03b1<\/span>. This means \u201cNina speaks the truth\u201d and it is not right in Greek.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #008000\">Correct phrase: \u0397 \u039d\u03af\u03bd\u03b1 \u03bb\u03ad\u03b5\u03b9 \u03c4\u03b7\u03bd \u03b1\u03bb\u03ae\u03b8\u03b5\u03b9\u03b1.<\/span> \/ <em>Nina is telling the truth.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>#2. \u03bd\u03b1<\/strong> <em>(to)<\/em><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Example:<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff0000\">\u0397 \u039d\u03b1\u03c4\u03b1\u03bb\u03af\u03b1 \u03bc\u03af\u03bb\u03b7\u03c3\u03b5 \u03bd\u03b1 \u03c0\u03ac\u03b5\u03b9 \u03c3\u03c4\u03bf \u03c3\u03c0\u03af\u03c4\u03b9.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #008000\">Correct phrase: \u0397 \u039d\u03b1\u03c4\u03b1\u03bb\u03af\u03b1 \u03b5\u03af\u03c0\u03b5 \u03cc\u03c4\u03b9 \u03b8\u03b1 \u03c0\u03ac\u03b5\u03b9 \u03c3\u03c4\u03bf \u03c3\u03c0\u03af\u03c4\u03b9.<\/span> \/<em> Natalia said she would go home<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<img width=\"350\" height=\"164\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/greek\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2019\/02\/vintage-telephone-1750817_640-350x164.png\" class=\"attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/greek\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2019\/02\/vintage-telephone-1750817_640-350x164.png 350w, https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/greek\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2019\/02\/vintage-telephone-1750817_640.png 640w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 350px) 100vw, 350px\" \/><p>\u0393\u03b5\u03b9\u03b1 \u03c3\u03b1\u03c2! This post is about the uses of the verb \u03bc\u03b9\u03bb\u03ac\u03c9, which means \u201cto speak\u201d. In some contexts, it means \u201cto say\u201d. Some examples are translated literally. &nbsp; &nbsp; \u039c\u03b9\u03bb\u03ac\u03c9 is followed by: &nbsp; #1. \u03bc\u03b5 (with) Examples: \u039c\u03b9\u03bb\u03ae\u03c3\u03b1\u03bc\u03b5 \u03bc\u03b5 \u03c4\u03b7\u03bd \u03b3\u03b9\u03b1\u03c4\u03c1\u03cc \u03bc\u03b1\u03c2. \/ We spoke with our doctor. \u03a0\u03c1\u03ad\u03c0\u03b5\u03b9 \u03bd\u03b1 \u03bc\u03b9\u03bb\u03ac\u03c2 \u03c0\u03b9\u03bf \u03c3\u03c5\u03c7\u03bd\u03ac&hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"post-item__readmore\"><a class=\"btn btn--md\" href=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/greek\/use-of-the-greek-verb-to-speak\/\">Continue Reading<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"author":102,"featured_media":3129,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"content-type":""},"categories":[274452],"tags":[293022,7892,1057,292985,292996],"class_list":["post-3127","post","type-post","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-vocablary","tag-common-verbs","tag-common-words","tag-examples","tag-greek-vocabulary","tag-use-of-greek"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/greek\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3127","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=3127"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/greek\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3127\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3130,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/greek\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3127\/revisions\/3130"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/greek\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3129"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/greek\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3127"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/greek\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3127"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/greek\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3127"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}