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Modern Greek for Indian Students (Seventh Lesson)

In Lesson 7, you'll learn how to use possessive pronouns in Greek and the genitive case. Key phrases for shopping and asking prices will be covered, including how to bargain and inquire about discounts. Homework involves writing sentences with possessives and practicing dialogues in shops. Vocabulary will include terms related to shopping. Lesson 8 will focus on past tense and discussing previous experiences in Greece. You're progressing well in your Greek learning journey!
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Modern Greek for Indian Students

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Lesson 7 of 20: My / Your / His stuff, Shopping & Prices, and the Genitive Case

After today, youโ€™ll be able to:

  • say โ€œmy brotherโ€, โ€œMariaโ€™s carโ€, โ€œthe beach of Santoriniโ€
  • go shopping, ask prices, and bargain a tiny bit
  • understand menus and signs that say โ€œthe coffee of the houseโ€

1. Possessive pronouns (super easy in Greek!)

after vowelafter consonantEnglish
myฮผฮฟฯ…ฮผฮฟฯ…mou
your (informal)ฯƒฮฟฯ…ฯƒฮฟฯ…sou
his/her/itsฯ„ฮฟฯ… / ฯ„ฮทฯ‚ฯ„ฮฟฯ… / ฯ„ฮทฯ‚tou / tis
ourฮผฮฑฯ‚ฮผฮฑฯ‚mas
your (pl./formal)ฯƒฮฑฯ‚ฯƒฮฑฯ‚sas
theirฯ„ฮฟฯ…ฯ‚ฯ„ฮฟฯ…ฯ‚tous

You just put them AFTER the noun (opposite of English!):

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  • ฮฟ ฮฑฮดฮตฯฯ†ฯŒฯ‚ ฮผฮฟฯ… โ†’ my brother
  • ฮท ฯ†ฮฏฮปฮท ฯƒฮฟฯ… โ†’ your friend
  • ฯ„ฮฟ ฯƒฯ€ฮฏฯ„ฮน ฯ„ฮฟฯ…ฯ‚ โ†’ their house
  • ฯ„ฮฟ ฮฑฯ…ฯ„ฮฟฮบฮฏฮฝฮทฯ„ฮฟ ฯ„ฮทฯ‚ ฮœฮฑฯฮฏฮฑฯ‚ โ†’ Mariaโ€™s car

2. Genitive case โ€“ โ€œofโ€ (only the articles change)

NominativeGenitiveUse
ฮฟฯ„ฮฟฯ…of the (masc.)
ฮทฯ„ฮทฯ‚of the (fem.)
ฯ„ฮฟฯ„ฮฟฯ…of the (neuter)
ฮฟฮนฯ„ฯ‰ฮฝof the (plural)

Examples:

  • ฯ„ฮฟ ฮฒฮนฮฒฮปฮฏฮฟ ฯ„ฮฟฯ… ฮ“ฮนฮฌฮฝฮฝฮท โ†’ Yiannisโ€™s book
  • ฮท ฯ€ฮฑฯฮฑฮปฮฏฮฑ ฯ„ฮทฯ‚ ฮฃฮฑฮฝฯ„ฮฟฯฮฏฮฝฮทฯ‚ โ†’ the beach of Santorini
  • ฯ„ฮฑ ฮบฮปฮตฮนฮดฮนฮฌ ฯ„ฯ‰ฮฝ ฯ€ฮฑฮนฮดฮนฯŽฮฝ โ†’ the childrenโ€™s keys

3. Shopping & prices โ€“ the phrases youโ€™ll use 100 times

GreekPronunciationEnglish
ฮ ฯŒฯƒฮฟ ฮบฮฌฮฝฮตฮน; / ฮ ฯŒฯƒฮฟ ฮญฯ‡ฮตฮน;PO-so KAH-nee? / PO-so EH-hee?How much is it?
ฮ ฯŒฯƒฮฟ ฮบฮฌฮฝฮฟฯ…ฮฝ ฮฑฯ…ฯ„ฮฌ;PO-so KAH-noon af-TAH?How much are these?
โ€ฆฮตฯ…ฯฯŽ ฯ„ฮฟ ฮบฮนฮปฯŒโ€ฆ ev-RO to kee-LOโ€ฆeuros per kilo
ฮˆฯ‡ฮตฮน ฮญฮบฯ€ฯ„ฯ‰ฯƒฮท;EH-hee EHK-to-see?Is there a discount?
ฮœฯ€ฮฟฯฯŽ ฮฝฮฑ ฯ„ฮฟ ฮดฮฟฮบฮนฮผฮฌฯƒฯ‰;bo-RO na to tho-kee-MA-so?Can I try it on?
ฮ•ฮฏฮฝฮฑฮน ฮปฮฏฮณฮฟ ฮฑฮบฯฮนฮฒฯŒโ€ฆEE-neh LEE-gho a-kree-VOItโ€™s a bit expensiveโ€ฆ
ฮˆฯ‡ฮตฯ„ฮต ฯ€ฮนฮฟ ฯ†ฯ„ฮทฮฝฯŒ;EH-heh-teh pyo ftee-NO?Do you have something cheaper?
ฮคฮฟ ฯ€ฮฑฮฏฯฮฝฯ‰!to PER-no!Iโ€™ll take it!
ฮœฮต ฮบฮฌฯฯ„ฮฑ ฮฎ ฮผฮตฯ„ฯฮทฯ„ฮฌ;meh KAR-ta ee meh-tree-TAH?Card or cash?
ฮšฯฮฑฯ„ฮฎฯƒฯ„ฮต ฯ„ฮฑ ฯฮญฯƒฯ„ฮฑkra-TEE-steh ta RES-taKeep the change

Real-life mini-dialogue in a shop: You: ฮšฮฑฮปฮทฮผฮญฯฮฑ! ฮ ฯŒฯƒฮฟ ฮบฮฌฮฝฮตฮน ฮฑฯ…ฯ„ฯŒ ฯ„ฮฟ ฮผฮฑฮณฮนฯŒ; Seller: ฮคฯฮนฮฌฮฝฯ„ฮฑ ฯ€ฮญฮฝฯ„ฮต ฮตฯ…ฯฯŽ. You: ฮœฮผฮผโ€ฆ ฮตฮฏฮฝฮฑฮน ฮปฮฏฮณฮฟ ฮฑฮบฯฮนฮฒฯŒ. ฮˆฯ‡ฮตฯ„ฮต ฮบฮฌฯ„ฮน ฯ€ฮนฮฟ ฯ†ฯ„ฮทฮฝฯŒ; Seller: ฮฮฑฮน, ฮฑฯ…ฯ„ฯŒ ฮตฮดฯŽ ฮตฮฏฮฝฮฑฮน ฮตฮฏฮบฮฟฯƒฮน ฮฟฮบฯ„ฯŽ. You: ฮฉฯฮฑฮฏฮฟ! ฮคฮฟ ฯ€ฮฑฮฏฯฮฝฯ‰. ฮœฮต ฮบฮฌฯฯ„ฮฑ ฮณฮฏฮฝฮตฯ„ฮฑฮน; Seller: ฮ’ฮญฮฒฮฑฮนฮฑ!

4. Put everything together โ€“ describing possessions

  • ฮคฮฟ ฯƒฯ€ฮฏฯ„ฮน ฮผฮฟฯ… ฮตฮฏฮฝฮฑฮน ฮผฮนฮบฯฯŒ ฮฑฮปฮปฮฌ ฯ€ฮฟฮปฯ ฯ‰ฯฮฑฮฏฮฟ.
  • ฮ— ฯ„ฯƒฮฌฮฝฯ„ฮฑ ฯ„ฮทฯ‚ ฮ•ฮปฮญฮฝฮทฯ‚ ฮตฮฏฮฝฮฑฮน ฮบฮฑฮนฮฝฮฟฯฯฮณฮนฮฑ ฮบฮฑฮน ฮฑฮบฯฮนฮฒฮฎ.
  • ฮคฮฑ ฯ€ฮฑฯ€ฮฟฯฯ„ฯƒฮนฮฑ ฯ„ฮฟฯ… ฮฌฮฝฯ„ฯฮฑ ฮผฮฟฯ… ฮตฮฏฮฝฮฑฮน ฯ€ฮฌฮฝฯ„ฮฑ ฮฒฯฯŽฮผฮนฮบฮฑ!
  • ฮŸ ฮบฮฑฯ†ฮญฯ‚ ฯ„ฮฟฯ… ฮบฮฑฯ†ฮตฮฝฮตฮฏฮฟฯ… ฮตฮฏฮฝฮฑฮน ฮฟ ฮบฮฑฮปฯฯ„ฮตฯฮฟฯ‚ ฯ„ฮทฯ‚ ฯ€ฯŒฮปฮทฯ‚.

5. Vocabulary (15 shopping & possession words)

  1. ฯ„ฮฑ ฮปฮตฯ†ฯ„ฮฌ ta lef-TAH money
  2. ฮท ฯ„ฮนฮผฮฎ ee tee-MEE price
  3. ฮท ฮญฮบฯ€ฯ„ฯ‰ฯƒฮท ee EHK-to-see discount/sale
  4. ฯ„ฮฟ ฮผฮญฮณฮตฮธฮฟฯ‚ to MEH-geh-thos size
  5. ฯ„ฮฟ ฯ‡ฯฯŽฮผฮฑ to KHRO-ma colour
  6. ฮผฮฑฯฯฮฟ MAV-ro black
  7. ฮฌฯƒฯ€ฯฮฟ AS-pro white
  8. ฮบฯŒฮบฮบฮนฮฝฮฟ KO-kee-no red
  9. ฮผฯ€ฮปฮต BLEH blue
  10. ฮบฮฏฯ„ฯฮนฮฝฮฟ KEE-tree-no yellow
  11. ฯ„ฮฟ ฮบฮฑฯ„ฮฌฯƒฯ„ฮทฮผฮฑ to ka-TAS-tee-ma shop
  12. ฮท ฮฑฮณฮฟฯฮฌ ee a-gho-RA market
  13. ฯ†ฯ„ฮทฮฝฯŒฯ‚ ftee-NOS cheap
  14. ฮฑฮบฯฮนฮฒฯŒฯ‚ a-kree-VOS expensive
  15. ฮดฮนฮบฯŒ ฮผฮฟฯ… thee-KO moo mine (literally โ€œmy ownโ€)

6. Homework (10โ€“12 minutes)

  1. Write/say 8 sentences using possessive + genitive: Example: ยซฮคฮฟ ฯ„ฮทฮปฮญฯ†ฯ‰ฮฝฮฟ ฯ„ฮทฯ‚ ฯ†ฮฏฮปฮทฯ‚ ฮผฮฟฯ… ฮตฮฏฮฝฮฑฮน ฮบฮฑฮนฮฝฮฟฯฯฮณฮนฮฟ.ยป
  2. Pretend youโ€™re in 3 different shops. Ask the price of 3 things and decide to buy one (in Greek).
  3. Record yourself: ยซฮˆฯ‡ฯ‰ ฮดฯฮฟ ฮฑฮดฮญฯฯ†ฮนฮฑ. ฮŸ ฮฑฮดฮตฯฯ†ฯŒฯ‚ ฮผฮฟฯ… ฮผฮญฮฝฮตฮน ฯƒฯ„ฮทฮฝ ฮ‘ฮธฮฎฮฝฮฑ, ฯ„ฮฟ ฯƒฯ€ฮฏฯ„ฮน ฯ„ฮฟฯ… ฮตฮฏฮฝฮฑฮน ฮผฮตฮณฮฌฮปฮฟ ฮบฮฑฮน ฯ‰ฯฮฑฮฏฮฟ. ฮ— ฮฑฮดฮตฯฯ†ฮฎ ฮผฮฟฯ… ฮผฮญฮฝฮตฮน ฮผฮต ฯ„ฮฟฯ…ฯ‚ ฮณฮฟฮฝฮตฮฏฯ‚ ฮผฮฑฯ‚. ฮคฮฟ ฮดฯ‰ฮผฮฌฯ„ฮนฯŒ ฯ„ฮทฯ‚ ฮตฮฏฮฝฮฑฮน ฯ€ฮฌฮฝฯ„ฮฑ ฯ„ฮฑฮบฯ„ฮฟฯ€ฮฟฮนฮทฮผฮญฮฝฮฟ.ยป

When youโ€™re ready, say โ€œLesson 8โ€ and weโ€™ll learn:

  • Past tense (I went, I ate, I sawโ€ฆ)
  • How to talk about yesterday / last weekend / your last trip to Greece
  • The most common irregular past verbs

ฮ•ฮฏฯƒฮฑฮน ฮฎฮดฮท ฮตฯ€ฮนฮบฮฏฮฝฮดฯ…ฮฝฮฑ ฮบฮฑฮปฯŒฯ‚/ฮบฮฑฮปฮฎ! 35% ฯ„ฮฟฯ… ฮผฮฑฯฮฑฮธฯ‰ฮฝฮฏฮฟฯ… ฮบฮฑฮน ฮผฮนฮปฮฌฯ‚ ฮตฮปฮปฮทฮฝฮนฮบฮฌ ฯƒฮฑฮฝ ฯ„ฮฟฯ…ฯฮฏฯƒฯ„ฮฑฯ‚ ฯ€ฮฟฯ… ฮผฮญฮฝฮตฮน ฯ‡ฯฯŒฮฝฮนฮฑ.

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