This lesson focuses on materials (το ύφασμα) and how to ask, for example, if something is made of wool, linen, leather, nylon, wood etc.
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Greek by Radio Lesson 2
Μάθημα δύο
Lesson 2
Hello, listeners. Γεια σας, αγαπητοί ακροατές. This is our second lesson in Greek, Lesson two. Μάθημα δύο. I hope you remember what you learned in the previous lesson. Ο Αντρέας και η Έλλη are here to repeat it for you.
Greek by Radio Lesson 1
Although the following content is now quite old, it is very well presented and gives excellent examples and explanations. It has been taken from Kypros.net where you can find the full 105 lessons.
Lesson 79
In the previous lesson we talked about a small group of adjectives ending in –ύς, –ιά, –ύ. They are mostly words showing dimensions: μακρύς / πλατύς / παχύς, etc.
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Lesson 78
Andreas went to Cairo last week, and he came back quite impressed. Ellie has vague recollections of Alexandria, as a city with wide streets and a lot of people in them, and a coffee shop by a very wide river. She stopped there once, when she was eight years old, while traveling from Piraeus to Cyprus.
Lesson 77
Μάθημα εβδομήντα επτά
Εβδομηκοστό έβδομο μάθημα
Ν. Andreas went to a party last night. His friend Nikos was celebrating the arrival of his new furniture. Ellie and her husband happened to be passing by late in the evening and heard loud voices. It was Michael, telling jokes. Andreas left early, but the others were still playing cards at 2:30 in the morning. The lights went out for a few minutes during the evening.
Lesson 76
We go on today with the second category of verbs. Those accented on the last syllable, αγαπώ, τραγουδώ, γελώ, etc. The ending now is –ούσα, αγαπούσα, τραγουδούσα, γελούσα. But listen first to our dialog.
Great Links
BBC Greek Language Page – a good starting point to whet the appetite but you will soon want more than is offered on these pages.
Kypros.org Greek – excellent resources, although you need to set up a user name and password to access them. It doesn’t look like it is being maintained any longer and desperately needs updated. Although it is rather old, this website provides hours of audio along with supporting vocab and transcripts. I will provide a taster below but will not do no more than that since I do not have permission.
Filoglossia – another very good online resource provided free from beginner through to intermediate stage. This one is packed with visuals, audio and interactive exercises.
Angelfire – Everything you will ever need to know about Greek Verbs (not for the fainthearted). If you are struggling to find the third person of the present perfect tense of a particular verb then this is the place for you.
Quizlet – this is the best resource I have found for learning languages. It’s free to sign-up, then you are free to browse ‘quizlet sets’ produced by others (there are lots for Greek) or to make up your own sets. You have a choice about how you learn; using flashcards or quizzes and games. This link will take you directly to my Greek Lessons Sets.
Lesson 1: Introduction, support materials and links.
A quick introduction to the Greek Alphabet (το αλφαβήτο) from BBC Website
Key Phrases from BBC website.
‘Look at Pronunciation 1’ (on front page)
Aim: this will not only help us recognise the Greek letters it will also help with pronunciation.
1. Listen to the sounds being read out at least twice.
2. Listen again and say the sounds with the the tape.
3. Pause before the start of each line and try to predict the sounds.
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