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Solfrid Cristin
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 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
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 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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 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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 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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 Message 181 of 231
30 January 2013 at 9:01pm | IP Logged 
Congratulations on completing your first Greek challenge Cristina.
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 Message 182 of 231
31 January 2013 at 10:31am | IP Logged 
embici wrote:
The dictionary gives me
σύντροφος.


That's correct.
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 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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 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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