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.
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ADJECTIVES The good man, the bad woman, the lovely child.
to learn. PRACTICE on nouns with adjectives.
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– 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”)
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EXERCISE SEVEN Now, please tell me the time: Answer with
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ANOTHER DELICIOUS GREEK RECIPE MaKapOV1a* Ue K1ua (mincemeat) LaATCia 1.
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2-3 CiKeAioes CiKOPOOU - cloves of garlic
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2-3 cpDAAa oacpVT\s (bay leaves)
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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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~ou
elva! ~pcO~lKO.
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va elva! Ka8apa oAa anavco crTO TpanE~l!
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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
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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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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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