Eureka! Greek as a Second Language - Sample Pages

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My name is Eleni and today is May 21. It’s MY day and family and friends will give me presents ( ), call me up or come to my party this evening. My mother will make fancy custard pie ( o butter cookies ( and walnut pie ( . We’ll drink some wine ( , play very loud Greek music ( ), we will dance a folk

Every village, town and city quarter celebrates the name day of the saint to whom the local church is dedicated. The festivities last twenty-four hours with a – equivalent of a village fete, but much more noisy! – starting on the eve of the saint’s day. In the villages and small towns the church usually takes pride of place in the central square ( so that the whole community

dance from Kalamata ( ) and another folk dance called the . shots of his gun into the air to express his joy! The party will last till the early hours of the morning and we will have consumed a lot of food ( and drink ( ). Pity those poor girls who were not named after saints (such as Cleo, Penelope, Danae (Diana) and Athena).

is involved in the activities. The shops will be closed and a street market set up with stalls laden with gaudy, cheap toys, ornaments, games and souvenirs. The local band will play folk music very loudly indeed, there will be Greek folk dancing exhibitions, spit ( Everyone will celebrate until far into the night, then get up early to go to church and honour the memory of their saint.

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ezi - the table

ekla – omos - the road is masculine. This is the chair why, when you learn a new noun, be sure to put the DEFINITE ARTICLE “the” with it so that you immediately know which gender it is. As you have seen, the masculine feminine neuter: andras - the man eka - the woman i - the child

– i maria – Maria,

ia - England,

eas - Andrew, ino – London.

o

ADJECTIVES The good man, the bad woman, the lovely child.

to learn. PRACTICE on nouns with adjectives.

1. o kalos andras the good man 29


; / What is the Time?

– the hour - the half hour – the quarter (in this case quarter of an hour) – the minute (plural: ) – the second (plural: ) – before, (in this case “to”)

HOW TO TELL THE TIME 1. for minutes before the hour, say “ ” then the number of minutes 2. for minutes after the hour, say “ ” then the number of minutes 3. for the hour on the hour, say the hour then “ » But these examples will make it clearer:

EXERCISE SEVEN Now, please tell me the time: Answer with

1._ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 2. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 3._ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 4. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _________ __________ __________ __________ 180


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ANOTHER DELICIOUS GREEK RECIPE MaKapOV1a* Ue K1ua (mincemeat) LaATCia 1.

~UCiO cpAuT~av1

2.

Eva Kpe~~D01

3.

500 yp.

4.

2-3 CiKeAioes CiKOPOOU - cloves of garlic

5.

Eva cpAuT~av1

6.

2-3 cpDAAa oacpVT\s (bay leaves)

7.

2 KouTaA1Es CioDnas KETCian

8.

aAaTl Kat mnEp1

9.

~la ~lKpiJ

10. 500 yp.

(half a cup) Aa01 KO~~EVO

K1~a (~OOlVO

- beef)

KO~~EVT\ vTO~aTa

npaCilvYJ mnep1a Cie KO~~aTla

~aKapov1a

11. TP1~~EVO Tupi (grated cheese)

",

KOKK1Vi~e1s

(brown) 2 Cie ~GCiTO 1, KOKK1Vi~e1s 3

~ECia

", piXVe1s (throw in!) 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9 + Eva nOTiJp1 VepO ",

~pa~ouv

(they cook) Y1a 30 Aema nepinou (about)

",

~pa~e1s

Ta

pi~e1

~aKapov1a

aAaTl Kat

~la

~a~e1s

~ECia

Cie

~paCiTo

(boiling) VepO, nou EXe1S

KOUTaA1a CiODnas Aa01

", CiOUpmVe1S (drain) Ta ",

Y1a 15 AenTa

~aKapov1a

(you put) Ta ~aKapov1a Cie Eva ~eyaAo maTO, piXVe1s TYJV CiaATCia anonavco

Kat CiTO TEAOS TO TP1~EVO TUpi.

KAAH OPESH!! *means spaghetti or macaroni 226


PUZZLE TWO

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the music

Note that the noun is in the nominative music pleases olives please

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THE MONTHS OF THE YEAR, THE SEASONS

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D THE WEATHER


FOURTEENTH LESSON

NARCISSUS THE BEAUTIFUL

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IRREGULAR VERBS PRETTY UGLY SOME OF THEM!!

Present

Past

Present

Past

Present

Past

Subjunctive

Subjunctive

Subjunctive

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WE'RE ONLY HUMAN! !

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rKapcrovl, yKapcrovl! ! MaAlcrTa, KUple. To maw

~ou

elva! ~pcO~lKO.

IIaco va cras CPEPCO Eva aAAo. rKapcrovl, yKapcrovl! ! MaAlcrTa, KUple.

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To 1WTiJpl ~ou elva! ~pcO~lKO. IIaco va cras CPEPCO Eva aAAo. rKapcrovl, yKapcrovl! ! Mal

I

(j

T

To KouTaAl

a , KUple. ~ou

elva! ~pcO~lKO.

INxw va TO aAAlxl:w! rKapcrovl, yKapcrovl! ! Tl ... 8EAeTe.... , KUPle; To Tpane~o~avTYJAo elva! ~pcO~lKO! E! KaAa! OAa Ka8apa Ta 8EAeTe ecrels! L1ev

~nopel

va elva! Ka8apa oAa anavco crTO TpanE~l!

*AV8pffi1tOl £lflU<rr£! ! In the past five lessons you have learnt many Greek expression (see Expressions). See how many of them you can find in this passage:

Ta ~a8aTe Ta YEa; XTes TO ~paou EylVe Eva ~eyaAo aTuXYJ~a, KovTa crTa cpcOTa TYJs Tpoxaias crTYJV AeCOCPOPO BouAlay~EvYJs. Eva aUToKivYJTO Enecre anavco ~ou Ka! XTunYJcre TO OlKO ~OU ana nicrco. 354


Part Five -

that come from Greek. Here are just some of the Greek words you already know. and his I hope that his heart is all right and that it is beating otherwise the will send him for a to test him for The will make the for some blood tests at the nearest Most probably they will prescribe some for the nowadays is and I am or a

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SEVENTEENTH LESSON

ARACHNE, THE GREAT WEAVER

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runn-ing

danc-ing

sing-ing

I ran outside shouting “help”.

I left the museum admiring the (works of) art. Going to the fair, I saw Luke. By eating a good breakfast you don’t feel hungry all day.

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