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This is a very interactive episode, where you will get the chance to test all of your knowledge so far! Yiuli is going to ask Ellis to translate sentences to Greek. As always, we have added a pause, so you have time to answer first as a listener.  We'll end the episode with a whole story in Greek that Yiuli will read out loud. You'll be surprised how much Greek you can already understand!  New vocabulary: - σήμερα - ειμαι παντρεμένη / ειμαι παντρεμένος Support the showLike our podcast? You...
Published 10/06/23
In the previous episode, we discussed the plural in Greek. Let me quickly recap what we’ve learned in part one, and then we will move on to some new information. Revision Neutral words:  το Σαββατοκύριακο - τα Σαββατοκύριακατο παιδί - τα παιδιάτο μάθημα - τα μαθήματα Feminine words:  η εβδομάδα - οι εβδομάδες  Masculine words:  o μήνας - οι μήνες** attention**  ο δάσκαλος - οι δάσκαλοι  Gendered numbers:  ένας ~ μία ~ ένατρεις ~τρεις ~ τρίατέσσερις ~ τέσσερις ~ τέσσερα Support the showLike...
Published 09/29/23
In this episode we'll teach you everything you need to know about articles. How to know if they are masculine, feminine of neuter. How to make them plural. By the end of this episode you will know what rules to apply, when it comes to articles! Masculine singular Ο - δάσκαλος     - μήνας     - μαθητής Feminine singular Η - Kυριακή      - εβδομάδα Neutral singular Το - Σαββατοκύριακο      - παιδί      - μάθημα Masculine  plural οι - δάσκαλοι      - μήνες      - μαθητές Feminine plural οι...
Published 09/22/23
In this episode, we will talk about family. In textbooks, family is one of the very first topics, but we thought we should cover some general vocabulary, such as asking questions or some basic verbs.  Useful vocabulary  ο αδελφόςη αδελφήτα αδέλφιαο πατέρας / ο μπαμπάς η μητέρα / η μαμάοι γονείς (οι γονείς μου)το πατρικό σπίτιη μητρική γλώσσαο γιοςη κόρη τα παιδιάη οικογένειαSupport the showLike our podcast? You can support us by buying a coffee! Yiuli: Youtube More Ellis Instagram More
Published 09/15/23
In today's episode, we are going over the question words in Greek: τιπού πόσος, πόση, πόσοπώς ποιος, ποια, ποιοπότε γιατί After that, we will answer the most commonly asked questions when you are learning Greek: Γιατί μαθαίνεις ελληνικά;Πόσο καιρό μαθαίνεις ελληνικά;You will learn how to answer them: μου αρέσει να μαθαίνω ξένες γλώσσεςμένω στην Ελλάδα/Κύπρο / Δουλεύω στην Ελλάδα/Κύπροέχω οικογένεια στην Ελλάδαπηγαίνω συχνά στην ΕλλάδαΟ σύντροφός μου είναι Ελληνάς / Η σύντροφός μου είναι...
Published 09/03/23
In this episode, we will build our vocabulary by learning time-related words.  The learning part is divided into three sections. The first one is about numbers from 1-12. Even though learning numbers is generally the most boring part when it comes to Greek, you will discover some interesting facts about them. In the second one, we discussed about time-related nouns. Such as:  η ώραη μέραη εβδομάδα ο μήναςο χρόνοςο καιρόςand some days of the week:  το Σάββατοη Κυριακήτο Σαββατοκύριακο We...
Published 09/01/23
In this episode we are connecting the dots and we are going to make sentences! Now that you've learned some important verbs and nouns, we will teach you some adjectives, so that we can glue a sentence together. It's important to us that you understand how sentences are formed, and how the sentence structure works, so you can do this by yourself. After this episode you will be able to say sentences in Greek! Some new verbs we're learning today are: - θέλω - έχω  - μπορώ - είμαι -...
Published 08/25/23
In today's episode, we will learn Group B and share some tips on acquiring new vocabulary.    Verbs like μιλάω (to speak), ξυπνάω (to wake up), and ρωτάω (to ask) belong to the second group, and we conjugate them differently. Here's an example: μιλ- άω μιλ- άς μιλ- άει μιλ- άμε μιλ- άτε μιλ- άνε  Homework: Create some simple sentences with the following verbs: απαντάω, πεινάω.    Yiuli: Youtube More Ellis Instagram More
Published 08/18/23
Today we are going to give you an introduction to verb conjugation. In this episode we will point out what to pay attention to and give you some useful tips to make this easy. We will conjugate the verbs of group A with you together.  We also go over the personal pronouns in Greek: εγώ, εσύ, αυτός, αυτή, αυτό, εμείς, εσείς, αυτοί  Below you can see an example of the pattern with the verb κάνω: Κάν - ωΚάν - ειςΚάν - ειΚάν - ουμεΚάν - ετεΚάν - ουν Yiuli: Youtube More Ellis Instagram More
Published 08/11/23
This episode is a small revision of what we've already learned together.  Every beginner should master these ten important verbs: ειμαι, κάνω, μιλάω, καταλαβαίνω, μαθαίνω, ρωτάω, διαβάζω, ξυπνάω, δουλευω and πηγαινω If you can't recall all of them, no worries :) We know that it is tough to maintain all the new words and phrases. So, this episode is your chance to find out if there is anything you need to revise. As a teacher (and I am sure Ellis will agree too) can confirm that...
Published 08/04/23
In this episode you will learn how to talk about your job and ask someone what they do for living.  You'll learn the following phrases: είμαι δασκάλα/ δάσκαλοςείμαι μαθητής/ μαθήτριατι δουλειά κάνεις; ειμαι νοσηλεύτρια / νοσηλευτήςδουλεύω σε ένα γραφείο/ σε ένα κατάστημα δουλεύω από το σπίτι δε δουλευω Links mentioned: Video Yiuli: How to say "me too" correctly in Greek (slow Greek with Linguatree) - YouTube Wordrefrence:  WordReference.com Yiuli: Youtube More Ellis Instagram Tiktok
Published 07/28/23
In today's episode we will learn how to express likes and dislikes in Greek.  μου αρέσειμου αρέσει να διαβάζωμου αρέσει να κάνω γυμναστικήμου αρέσει  να πηγαίνω στο σινεμά (στον κινηματογράφο)η φωτογραφίαο κινηματογράφοςγράφω σου αρέσει (να διαβάζεις)κι εμένα/ εμένα όχιδε μου αρέσει να καθαρίζωδε μου αρέσει να ξυπνάω νωρίςΟύτε κι εμένα.Useful Videos: https://bit.ly/43DMbuZ Yiuli: Youtube More Ellis Instagram Tiktok
Published 07/21/23
In today's episode, we learn more about the formal forms in Greek. You also learn the following phrases: συγγνώμημιλάω λίγο ελληνικάτι σημαίνει αυτο;πώς λέτε ….. στα ελληνικά;να σε ρωτήσω κατι;φυσικά!Yiuli: Youtube More Ellis Instagram Tiktok
Published 07/18/23
In this episode, you'll learn the following phrases:  ευχαριστώπαρακαλώμαθαίνω ελληνικάMιλάς αγγλικά;δεν καταλαβαίνωδεν πειράζει We also give you a few pronunciation tips and explain how questions are formed in Greek.  Yiuli: Youtube More Ellis Instagram Tiktok
Published 07/13/23
In this episode you will learn how to introduce yourself and say where you are from. We also teach you some important things you need to know about the Greek language. You'll learn the following phrases: Nαι / ΌχιΓεια σου / γεια σαςΤι κάνεις; / Πώς είσαι;Είμαι καλά / πολύ καλά.Πώς σε λένε;Είμαι η/ο …. Από πού είσαι;Είμαι από την….(Ολλανδία, Αγγλία, Αμερική, Ιταλία)  Χάρηκα!Yiuli: Youtube More Ellis Instagram Tiktok
Published 07/11/23
Welcome to Unlocking Greek Potential! In this first episode we will introduce ourselves and tell you about the purpose of our podcast. We will also give some tips to learn Greek. In the next episode we will start to teach you the language Yiuli: Youtube More Ellis Instagram Tiktok
Published 07/06/23