Beyond yoUrself In Language Development

Today we covered diphthongs, few basic introductions/conversation starters, and the conjugation of <εγώ>.

Ευχαριστώ = Thank you / Ευχαριστω πολύ = Thank you very much

Παρακαλό= Please

 

INTRODUCTIONS:

Γέια σας! = Hello/Good-bye (plural; formal)

Γεια σου! = Hello/Good-bye (singular; informal)

 

Πώς σε λένε; = What are you called? (What is your name?)

Με λένε ______ . (insert your name) = I am called _______.

-OR-

Τι είναι το όνομά σου; = What is your name?

Ονομάζομαι ______. (insert your name) = I am named _______.

 

Τι κάνεις; = How are you?

Καλά = Good / Πολύ καλά= Very good

‘Ετσι κι έτσι = So, so

Χάλια = horrible; not good

 

CONJUGATION:

Εγώ = I, Me

Εσύ = You (singular)

Αυτός, αυτή, αυτό = He, she, it

Εμείς = We all

Εσείς = You (plural)

Αυτοί, αυτές, αυτά = They (masculine, feminine, neutral)

**These are used to provide emphasis to mark a verb; they can be, but are not typically used before a verb, because they verb itself contains the case. We will begin introducing verbs and verb conjugations next week. Let me know if you have any questions! Join us for next week’s class (Friday) in Morse B207 at 12pm.