{"id":3460,"date":"2020-07-23T08:11:52","date_gmt":"2020-07-23T08:11:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/greek\/?p=3460"},"modified":"2020-07-23T08:11:52","modified_gmt":"2020-07-23T08:11:52","slug":"greek-vocabulary-duration","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/greek\/greek-vocabulary-duration\/","title":{"rendered":"Greek vocabulary: duration"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\u0393\u03b5\u03b9\u03b1 \u03c3\u03b1\u03c2! In this post we will look into some words and phrases we use when talking about duration.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_3461\" style=\"width: 1034px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter post-item__attachment\"><a href=\"https:\/\/pixabay.com\/get\/50e2d5404355b108f5d08460da293277103bd7e5555378_1280.jpg\" aria-label=\"Hourglass 620397 1280 1024x772\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3461\" class=\"size-large wp-image-3461\"  alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"772\" \/ src=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/greek\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2020\/07\/hourglass-620397_1280-1024x772.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/greek\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2020\/07\/hourglass-620397_1280-1024x772.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/greek\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2020\/07\/hourglass-620397_1280-350x264.jpg 350w, https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/greek\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2020\/07\/hourglass-620397_1280-768x579.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/greek\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2020\/07\/hourglass-620397_1280.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-3461\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">\u03a6\u03c9\u03c4\u03bf\u03b3\u03c1\u03b1\u03c6\u03af\u03b1 \u03b1\u03c0\u03cc <a href=\"https:\/\/pixabay.com\/el\/users\/nile-598962\/?utm_source=link-attribution&amp;utm_medium=referral&amp;utm_campaign=image&amp;utm_content=620397\">nile<\/a> \u03b1\u03c0\u03cc \u03c4\u03bf <a href=\"https:\/\/pixabay.com\/el\/?utm_source=link-attribution&amp;utm_medium=referral&amp;utm_campaign=image&amp;utm_content=620397\">Pixabay<\/a><\/p><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>\u0394\u03b9\u03ac\u03c1\u03ba\u03b5\u03b9\u03b1 (\u03b7)<\/strong>: duration.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Examples:<\/p>\n<p>\u0397 \u03b4\u03b9\u03ac\u03c1\u03ba\u03b5\u03b9\u03b1 \u03c4\u03b7\u03c2 \u03c4\u03b1\u03b9\u03bd\u03af\u03b1\u03c2 \u03b5\u03af\u03bd\u03b1\u03b9 90 \u03bb\u03b5\u03c0\u03c4\u03ac. \/ The duration of the movie is 90 minutes.<\/p>\n<p>\u039f\u03b9 \u03c6\u03af\u03bb\u03bf\u03b9 \u03c4\u03b7\u03c2 \u03c4\u03ae\u03c2 \u03c7\u03ac\u03c1\u03b9\u03c3\u03b1\u03bd \u03bc\u03b9\u03b1 \u03b4\u03c9\u03c1\u03bf\u03b5\u03c0\u03b9\u03c4\u03b1\u03b3\u03ae \u03b3\u03b9\u03b1 \u03ad\u03bd\u03b1 \u03bc\u03b1\u03c3\u03ac\u03b6 \u03b4\u03b9\u03ac\u03c1\u03ba\u03b5\u03b9\u03b1\u03c2 \u03bc\u03b9\u03b1\u03c2 \u03ce\u03c1\u03b1\u03c2. \/ Her friends offered her a one-hour massage gift card.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>\u0394\u03b9\u03b1\u03c1\u03ba\u03ce:<\/strong> to last. The Past Simple (\u0391\u03cc\u03c1\u03b9\u03c3\u03c4\u03bf\u03c2) is <em>\u03b4\u03b9\u03ac\u03c1\u03ba\u03b5\u03c3\u03b1<\/em>. Sometimes, we use the older type <em>\u201c\u03b4\u03b9\u03ae\u03c1\u03ba\u03b5\u03c3\u03b1\u201d<\/em>. The verb is used in the 3<sup>rd<\/sup> person.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Examples:<\/p>\n<p>\u0397 \u03c4\u03b1\u03b9\u03bd\u03af\u03b1 \u03b4\u03b9\u03ac\u03c1\u03ba\u03b5\u03c3\u03b5 \u03bc\u03b9\u03ac\u03bc\u03b9\u03c3\u03b7 \u03ce\u03c1\u03b1. \/ The movies lasted one hour and a half.<\/p>\n<p>\u039c\u03ae\u03c0\u03c9\u03c2 \u03be\u03ad\u03c1\u03b5\u03c4\u03b5 \u03c0\u03cc\u03c3\u03bf \u03b8\u03b1 \u03b4\u03b9\u03b1\u03c1\u03ba\u03ad\u03c3\u03b5\u03b9 \u03b7 \u03c0\u03c4\u03ae\u03c3\u03b7; \/ Do you know how much time will the flight last?<\/p>\n<p>\u0394\u03b9\u03b1\u03c1\u03ba\u03ce is rarely used in daily conversations.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>\u0391\u03c0\u03cc\u2026 \u03bc\u03ad\u03c7\u03c1\u03b9\u2026:<\/strong> from\u2026 \/until\/to\u2026<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Examples:<\/p>\n<p>\u039f\u03b4\u03b7\u03b3\u03bf\u03cd\u03c3\u03b1 \u03b1\u03c0\u03cc \u03c4\u03b9\u03c2 5 \u03bc\u03ad\u03c7\u03c1\u03b9 \u03c4\u03b9\u03c2 10. \/ I was driving from 5 to 10.<\/p>\n<p>\u0398\u03b1 \u03c0\u03ac\u03bc\u03b5 \u03b4\u03b9\u03b1\u03ba\u03bf\u03c0\u03ad\u03c2 \u03b1\u03c0\u03cc \u03c4\u03b9\u03c2 3 \u03bc\u03ad\u03c7\u03c1\u03b9 \u03c4\u03b9\u03c2 23 \u0391\u03c5\u03b3\u03bf\u03cd\u03c3\u03c4\u03bf\u03c5. \/ We will be on vacation from the 3<sup>rd<\/sup> till the 23<sup>rd<\/sup> of August.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>\u03a0\u03b1\u03af\u03c1\u03bd\u03b5\u03b9:<\/strong> it takes. (<em>\u03a0\u03ae\u03c1\u03b5:<\/em> it took)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Examples:<\/p>\n<p>\u039c\u03bf\u03c5 \u03c0\u03ae\u03c1\u03b5 \u03c4\u03c1\u03b5\u03b9\u03c2 \u03ce\u03c1\u03b5\u03c2 \u03bd\u03b1 \u03ba\u03b1\u03b8\u03b1\u03c1\u03af\u03c3\u03c9 \u03c4\u03b7\u03bd \u03ba\u03bf\u03c5\u03b6\u03af\u03bd\u03b1. \/ It took me three hours to clean the kitchen.<\/p>\n<p>\u03a0\u03cc\u03c3\u03b7 \u03ce\u03c1\u03b1 \u03b8\u03b1 \u03bc\u03b1\u03c2 \u03c0\u03ac\u03c1\u03b5\u03b9 \u03bd\u03b1 \u03c0\u03ac\u03bc\u03b5 \u03c3\u03c4\u03b7\u03bd \u039a\u03cc\u03c1\u03b9\u03bd\u03b8\u03bf \u03bc\u03b5 \u03c4\u03bf \u03bb\u03b5\u03c9\u03c6\u03bf\u03c1\u03b5\u03af\u03bf; \/ How much time will it take us to go to Corinth by bus? (lit.)<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>\u039a\u03c1\u03b1\u03c4\u03ac\u03b5\u03b9:<\/strong> it lasts. (\u039a\u03c1\u03ac\u03c4\u03b7\u03c3\u03b5: it lasted)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Examples:<\/p>\n<p>\u03a4\u03bf \u03c4\u03b1\u03be\u03af\u03b4\u03b9 \u03ba\u03c1\u03ac\u03c4\u03b7\u03c3\u03b5 \u03b4\u03ad\u03ba\u03b1 \u03ce\u03c1\u03b5\u03c2. \/ The trip lasted ten hours.<\/p>\n<p>\u039f \u03c0\u03cc\u03bb\u03b5\u03bc\u03bf\u03c2 \u03ba\u03c1\u03ac\u03c4\u03b7\u03c3\u03b5 \u03ad\u03be\u03b9 \u03bc\u03ad\u03c1\u03b5\u03c2. \/ The war lasted six days.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>\u0395\u03c0\u03af:<\/strong> for<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Examples:<\/p>\n<p>\u0395\u03c0\u03af \u03b4\u03cd\u03bf \u03ce\u03c1\u03b5\u03c2 \u03c4\u03bf\u03bd \u03b1\u03ba\u03bf\u03cd\u03b3\u03b1\u03bc\u03b5 \u03bd\u03b1 \u03bc\u03b9\u03bb\u03ac\u03b5\u03b9 \u03b3\u03b9\u03b1 \u03c4\u03b7 \u03b4\u03bf\u03c5\u03bb\u03b5\u03b9\u03ac \u03c4\u03bf\u03c5. \/ We were listening to him talking about his job for two hours.<\/p>\n<p>\u0395\u03c0\u03af \u03c0\u03ad\u03bd\u03c4\u03b5 \u03bc\u03ad\u03c1\u03b5\u03c2 \u03b7 \u03a3\u03c4\u03ad\u03bb\u03bb\u03b1 \u03ad\u03c4\u03c1\u03c9\u03b3\u03b5 \u03bc\u03cc\u03bd\u03bf \u03ba\u03b5\u03c1\u03ac\u03c3\u03b9\u03b1. \/ Stella was eating nothing but cherries for five days.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>\u0393\u03b9\u03b1:<\/strong> for<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Examples:<\/p>\n<p>\u038c\u03c4\u03b1\u03bd \u03ad\u03c6\u03c5\u03b3\u03b5 \u03b1\u03c0\u03cc \u03c4\u03b7\u03bd \u0395\u03bb\u03bb\u03ac\u03b4\u03b1, \u03b4\u03b5\u03bd \u03ae\u03be\u03b5\u03c1\u03b5 \u03cc\u03c4\u03b9 \u03b8\u03b1 \u03ad\u03c6\u03b5\u03c5\u03b3\u03b5 \u03b3\u03b9\u03b1 \u03c0\u03ac\u03bd\u03c4\u03b1. \/ When he left Greece, he didn\u2019t know he would leave for ever.<\/p>\n<p>\u0398\u03b1 \u03ae\u03b8\u03b5\u03bb\u03b1 \u03bd\u03b1 \u03ba\u03bb\u03b5\u03af\u03c3\u03c9 \u03ad\u03bd\u03b1 \u03b4\u03c9\u03bc\u03ac\u03c4\u03b9\u03bf \u03b3\u03b9\u03b1 \u03b5\u03c0\u03c4\u03ac \u03bc\u03ad\u03c1\u03b5\u03c2. \/ I would like to reserve a room for seven days.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>If you like to practice, translate in Greek the following sentences:<\/p>\n<p>1. I was working from 8 to 4.<\/p>\n<p>2. The concert lasted two hours.<\/p>\n<p>3. They were walking in the woods for hours.<\/p>\n<p>4. It took us two hours to find this place.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_3462\" style=\"width: 1034px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter post-item__attachment\"><a href=\"https:\/\/pixabay.com\/get\/52e5d0444852ac14f6da8c7dda35367b1c3adaec5358794a_1280.jpg\" aria-label=\"Black Forest 4557200 1280 1024x492\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3462\" class=\"size-large wp-image-3462\"  alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"492\" \/ src=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/greek\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2020\/07\/black-forest-4557200_1280-1024x492.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/greek\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2020\/07\/black-forest-4557200_1280-1024x492.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/greek\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2020\/07\/black-forest-4557200_1280-350x168.jpg 350w, https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/greek\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2020\/07\/black-forest-4557200_1280-768x369.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/greek\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2020\/07\/black-forest-4557200_1280.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-3462\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">\u03a6\u03c9\u03c4\u03bf\u03b3\u03c1\u03b1\u03c6\u03af\u03b1 \u03b1\u03c0\u03cc <a href=\"https:\/\/pixabay.com\/el\/users\/roemi62-5274654\/?utm_source=link-attribution&amp;utm_medium=referral&amp;utm_campaign=image&amp;utm_content=4557200\">Michael R\u00f6mer<\/a> \u03b1\u03c0\u03cc \u03c4\u03bf <a href=\"https:\/\/pixabay.com\/el\/?utm_source=link-attribution&amp;utm_medium=referral&amp;utm_campaign=image&amp;utm_content=4557200\">Pixabay<\/a><\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<img width=\"350\" height=\"168\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/greek\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2020\/07\/black-forest-4557200_1280-350x168.jpg\" 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\/2020\/07\/black-forest-4557200_1280-350x168.jpg 350w, https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/greek\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2020\/07\/black-forest-4557200_1280-1024x492.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/greek\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2020\/07\/black-forest-4557200_1280-768x369.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/greek\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2020\/07\/black-forest-4557200_1280.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 350px) 100vw, 350px\" \/><p>\u0393\u03b5\u03b9\u03b1 \u03c3\u03b1\u03c2! In this post we will look into some words and phrases we use when talking about duration. &nbsp; &nbsp; \u0394\u03b9\u03ac\u03c1\u03ba\u03b5\u03b9\u03b1 (\u03b7): duration. Examples: \u0397 \u03b4\u03b9\u03ac\u03c1\u03ba\u03b5\u03b9\u03b1 \u03c4\u03b7\u03c2 \u03c4\u03b1\u03b9\u03bd\u03af\u03b1\u03c2 \u03b5\u03af\u03bd\u03b1\u03b9 90 \u03bb\u03b5\u03c0\u03c4\u03ac. \/ The duration of the movie is 90 minutes. \u039f\u03b9 \u03c6\u03af\u03bb\u03bf\u03b9 \u03c4\u03b7\u03c2 \u03c4\u03ae\u03c2 \u03c7\u03ac\u03c1\u03b9\u03c3\u03b1\u03bd \u03bc\u03b9\u03b1 \u03b4\u03c9\u03c1\u03bf\u03b5\u03c0\u03b9\u03c4\u03b1\u03b3\u03ae \u03b3\u03b9\u03b1 \u03ad\u03bd\u03b1 \u03bc\u03b1\u03c3\u03ac\u03b6 \u03b4\u03b9\u03ac\u03c1\u03ba\u03b5\u03b9\u03b1\u03c2 \u03bc\u03b9\u03b1\u03c2 \u03ce\u03c1\u03b1\u03c2. \/&hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"post-item__readmore\"><a class=\"btn btn--md\" href=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/greek\/greek-vocabulary-duration\/\">Continue Reading<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"author":102,"featured_media":3462,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"content-type":""},"categories":[274452],"tags":[504080,1057,2391,13],"class_list":["post-3460","post","type-post","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-vocablary","tag-common-expressions","tag-examples","tag-phrases","tag-vocabulary"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/greek\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3460","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=3460"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/greek\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3460\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3464,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/greek\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3460\/revisions\/3464"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/greek\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3462"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/greek\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3460"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/greek\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3460"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/greek\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3460"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}