Please tell us what time is it now! In Greek, of course!

Hi Greg M,

I am really glad that you enjoy using our platform!

Your notes are correct. "Καταλαβαίνω" means "I understand".

Feel free to reach out, should you have any questions.

Katerina,

Team GreekPod101.com

Ευχαριστώ Κατερίνα! (Sorry if I messed that up)

Καταλαβαίνω! (Thats from my notes, but did I do that right? I'm trying to say I understand what you are saying.)

Thank you so much for that solid and clear explanation. It made so much sense thanks to your examples. I am loving Greekpod101.

Have a wonderful day!

Hi Greg,

Thank you so much for this nice question. We use "τις" in the phrase "από τις... έως τις.." meaning "from....to..."

Example: Το πρωινό είναι από τις εφτά έως τις εννιά. = Breakfast is from seven to nine.

In general, when we want to tell the time, we use the word "στις" that corresponds to the English preposition "at".

Example: Θα έρθω στις πέντε. = I'll come at five.

Let me know if that's clear.

Katerina,

Team GreekPod101.com

I noticed in the last lesson, we were using “tis” when we mentioned a time and here we are using “stis.” When do we use “tis” vs “stis?” (I’ll get a Greek keyboard on my device before next submission. I promise!)

Thank you!

Hi Pernille,

Thank you for contacting us again.

As mentioned in an earlier comment where you asked us the same thing, at the moment, there is not a video with these big numbers. You can use the Core Words vocabulary lists to learn about these numbers.

All the best,

Stefania

Team GreekPod101.com

Is there any video with the number from 100 to 1000. Like 100, 200, 300

Γεια σου Ivan,

σε ευχαριστούμε πολύ!

Στεφανία

Team GreekPod101.com

Πολύ ωραίο!!

Hi λουιζζ,

You almost got it!

Είναι τρεις παρά τέταρτο. 😉

All the best,

Stefania

Team GreekPod101.com

είμαι τρία παρά τέταρτο

Hi GodistheBest,

2hrs, that's impressive! You deserve a break 😅

All the best,

Stefania

Team GreekPod101.com

Also it is very arga I did Greek learning for 2 hours

I learnt a lot about Greek time

When will you come with more of these

Ya su Ami ago

Like look quarter past five = five fifteen

And how to say them in Greek

Bye😉

Hi Anne,

That would be an awesome plot twist, hehe!

Stefania

Team GreekPod101.com

I'm hoping Elli meets a nice guy at the Acropolis.

Hi Harry,

It can be both. If it defines a noun, then it's an adjective. I corrected the notes to reflect the use in the lesson.

Thanks.

Stefania

Team GreekPod101.com

Τέταρτο in note pdf vocabulary is adjective. Is it noun or adjective?

Γεια σου Τρέβορ!

I'm so glad you were able to find the book I wrote useful, hehe!

I'd recommend you copy and paste this information somewhere handy because like you said, you will probably come back to it later.

As for the blog error, thank you for providing the link. I've forwarded this to the corresponding team.

All the best :)

Stefania

Team GreekPod101.com

Γεια σου Στεφανία,

Wow! Thank you for your very detailed response. I was able to understand all of it in concept, but I haven't used the genitive case or full masculine numeral declensions yet, so I'll come back to some of it later. Fortunately, as it seems the feminine declensions for the accusative are the same as for the nominative, telling time with these numbers should be pretty straightforward now :)

As for the blog post with the "contracted είκοσι πέντε", it's here: https://www.greekpod101.com/blog/2020/07/31/telling-time-in-greek/#3. The last example in that third section contains the following sample: "Είναι δύο παρά εικοσιπέντε".

Ευχαριστλώ!

Hi Trevor,

I'm glad you asked about this so I can clarify. However, note that going deep into these colloquial numerals might be overwhelming for an absolute beginner level because you need to know declension. I suggest you stick to number + και μισή expressions if the below notes seem complicated at the moment.

These colloquial numerals are compound words that use the adjective μισός-μισή-μισό to denote "half" but it takes the form -ήμισι (after a consonant) και -μισι (after a vowel), ex. δυόμισι, πεντέμισι, τρεισήμισι, τεσσερισήμισι.

The lesson had some typos I've corrected.

There are some exceptions though. If the first compound is the masculine number ένας or the feminine number μία, then it is written with an -η(ς) ending. In all other cases, it would be spelled with -ι. For example:

- Ο ενάμισης χρόνος.

- Η μιάμιση ώρα.

- Το ενάμισι λεπτό.

Note how the neuter one is different.

The masculine and feminine forms are declinable, while the neuter remains indeclinable. For example:

- Ο ενάμισης χρόνος, του ενάμιση χρόνου, τον ενάμιση χρόνο.

- Η μιάμιση ώρα, της μιάμισης ώρας, τη μιάμιση ώρα.

- Το / του ενάμισι (indeclinable) λεπτό/-ού.

Δυόμισι is indeclinable, while τρεισήμισι (common for both masculine and feminine), τριάμισι (neuter) as well as τεσσερισήμισι (masculine/feminine), and τεσσεράμισι (neuter) might vary in gender, but not in the different case system of declension when they define nouns. For example:

-Δυόμισι τόνοι - τόνων- τόνους (m) / ώρες- ωρών (f) / κιλά- κιλών (n).

-Τρεισήμισι τόνοι - τόνων - τόνους (m) / ώρες- ωρών (f)

-Τριάμισι κιλά- κιλών (n). (NOT τρεισήμισι κιλά- κιλών)

Similarly:

-Τεσσερισήμισι μήνες- μηνών (m) /ώρες - ωρών (f).

-Τεσσεράμισι κιλά- κιλών (n). (NOT τεσσερισήμισι κιλά- κιλών)

Similar variations we have for all numbers that end in 3 or 4:

δεκατρεισήμισι - δεκατριάμισι / δεκατεσσερισήμισι - δεκατεσσεράμισι.

The rest of the numerals are indeclinable:

πεντέμισι, εξίμισι, επτάμισι ... δεκαεννιάμισι...

The forms from μιάμιση until δωδεκάμισι are often used when telling the time and since they refer to η ώρα, the feminine forms are used when ώρα is implied. The article for the form μιάμιση is στη (because it's singular) for all other forms, it is στις (which is plural). For example:

-Στη μιάμιση (NOT στις μιάμιση).

-Στις τρεισήμισι (NOT στις τριάμισι.)

-Στις τεσσερισήμισι NOT (στις τεσσεράμισι.)

I hope you are doing OK after all this read 😅. To be honest, it's a very common mistake even among Greeks because it is quite complex, so don't worry too much about it if it feels super complicated to remember.

As for εικοσιπέντε, it should be two different words. Είκοσι πέντε. Perhaps if you send me the link I could forward this to the corresponding team for review and correction.

All the best.

Stefania

Team GreekPod101.com