Solfrid Cristin Heptaglot Winner TAC 2011 & 2012 Senior Member Norway Joined 5335 days ago 4143 posts - 8864 votes Speaks: Norwegian*, Spanish, Swedish, French, English, German, Italian Studies: Russian
| Message 177 of 231 30 January 2013 at 6:46pm | IP Logged |
Ok: Drumroll....
I am ready for my first Greek challenge - a presentation of myself. Please correct it, and please be gentle :-)
Γειά σού!
1 Με λένε Κριστίνα, και είμαι άπο τι Νορβηγία.
2 Είμαι παντρεμένη και έχο δύο κόρες..
3 Τιν πρότο μου τι λένε Κατρίνα και τιν δέυτερο μου τη λένε Μαρτίνα.
4 Άντροπος μου τον λένε Kjartan (*1 )
5 Εχω μία αδελφή.
6 Αυτί είναι δασκάλα, και εγό είμαι δασκάλα. (*2)
7 Το σπιτι μου μικρό.
8 Ο κήπος μου και μικρός αλλα όμορφος
Χαίρετε!
(*1 - no way I can write that in Greek...)
(*2 – I am not really a teacher anymore, but “Head of Section International Affairs at the Norwegian Rail Infrastructure Manager” is soo not part of my Greek vocabulary yet).
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renaissancemedi Bilingual Triglot Senior Member Greece Joined 4359 days ago 941 posts - 1309 votes Speaks: Greek*, Ancient Greek*, EnglishC2 Studies: French, Russian, Turkish, Modern Hebrew
| Message 178 of 231 30 January 2013 at 7:12pm | IP Logged |
There is only one R in greek, and only one way to pronounce it, the one you already know.
@Cristina
Γειά σας!
1 Με λένε Κριστίνα, και είμαι από τη Νορβηγία.
2 Είμαι παντρεμένη και έχω δύο κόρες...
3 Την πρώτη μου τη λένε Κατρίνα και τη δεύτερή μου τη λένε Μαρτίνα.
4Τον άντρα μου τον λένε Kjartan.
5 Έχω μία αδελφή.
6 Αυτή (η αδελφή μου) είναι δασκάλα, και εγώ επίσης είμαι δασκάλα.
7 Το σπίτι μου είναι μικρό.
8 Ο κήπος μου είναι μικρός αλλά όμορφος.
Χαίρετε!
I used plural for the greeting, for obvious reasons. Besides at the end you greet us with plural.
Be careful with the endings for genders and verbs.
The husband is o σύζυγος. The word you used is not wrong, in the sense that he is your "man", but it's better to say σύζυγος or άντρας/άνδρας.
Αυτή is rude to use for a person, not wrong though. Better say "my sister..."
Don't forget your verb in a sentence!
Good job though. Not very easy to write all that.
Edited by renaissancemedi on 31 January 2013 at 11:56am
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embici Triglot Senior Member CanadaRegistered users can see my Skype Name Joined 4611 days ago 263 posts - 370 votes Speaks: English*, Spanish, French Studies: Greek
| Message 179 of 231 30 January 2013 at 7:59pm | IP Logged |
To renaissancemedi or anyone else who may know...
What is the word in Greek for "partner" in the sense of life partner, common-law spouse,
etc? That is, for those of us who are not married legally, but share a life together,
have children, etc., how should we refer to each other in Greek? The dictionary gives me
σύντροφος.
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embici Triglot Senior Member CanadaRegistered users can see my Skype Name Joined 4611 days ago 263 posts - 370 votes Speaks: English*, Spanish, French Studies: Greek
| Message 180 of 231 30 January 2013 at 8:04pm | IP Logged |
Μπράβο Κριστίνα!
Now I'm curious to know how Kjartan is pronounced.
Do we have any official team challenges posted yet?
Edit: replaced the Χ with a Κ in her name. :)
Edited by embici on 31 January 2013 at 3:17pm
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stelingo Hexaglot Senior Member United Kingdom Joined 5833 days ago 722 posts - 1076 votes Speaks: English*, Spanish, Portuguese, French, German, Italian Studies: Russian, Czech, Polish, Greek, Mandarin
| Message 181 of 231 30 January 2013 at 9:01pm | IP Logged |
Congratulations on completing your first Greek challenge Cristina.
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renaissancemedi Bilingual Triglot Senior Member Greece Joined 4359 days ago 941 posts - 1309 votes Speaks: Greek*, Ancient Greek*, EnglishC2 Studies: French, Russian, Turkish, Modern Hebrew
| Message 182 of 231 31 January 2013 at 10:31am | IP Logged |
embici wrote:
The dictionary gives me
σύντροφος. |
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That's correct.
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embici Triglot Senior Member CanadaRegistered users can see my Skype Name Joined 4611 days ago 263 posts - 370 votes Speaks: English*, Spanish, French Studies: Greek
| Message 183 of 231 31 January 2013 at 8:30pm | IP Logged |
Thank you renaissancemedi. You're helpful as always!
I thought I'd share this free resource with my fellow Spartans:
http://www.ediamme.edc.uoc.gr/diaspora/index.php?quick
Find your level, click on the "... >>" below the book and you will find loads of PDFs.
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Crush Tetraglot Senior Member ChinaRegistered users can see my Skype Name Joined 5866 days ago 1622 posts - 2299 votes Speaks: English*, Spanish, Mandarin, Esperanto Studies: Basque
| Message 184 of 231 12 February 2013 at 1:13pm | IP Logged |
Cool resource, unfortunately for me the coursebooks are entirely in Greek and i can barely understand any of it.
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