Maria: Hey, everyone, welcome to Basic Boot Camp. |
Iro: This five-part series will help you ease your way into Greek. |
Maria: We’ll go over all the basics that will really help you understand Greek much quicker and easier. |
Iro: In this lesson, you will learn how to introduce yourself and tell people where you are from. |
Maria: Which is essential while traveling to Greece, because that will be the first question people might want to ask you. |
Iro: We’ll also go over one of the easy building blocks of learning Greek word order. |
Maria: So, whether you’re in a language class, in a new country, or in your own city, in our small world, you can always find someone from somewhere else. |
Iro: And in this bootcamp, we’re talking about ethnicity. |
Maria: So have a listen to these Greek students talk about where they are from. And while you’re listening, try to guess their ethnicities. |
Iro: And I’ll give you a hint. The first parts of the nationality words are transliterations. The endings might sound strange at first, but you’ll find them very logical while listening to the grammar explanations later. |
Maria: So, if you do some mental gymnastics, you might be able to guess the nationality. |
Dialog with English |
Iro: Γεια σου. Με λένε IROΗρώ. Είμαι Ελληνίδα. |
Maria: Γεια σου, με λένε MariaΜαρία. Είμαι Αγγλίδα. |
Maria: Let’s hear it slowly now. |
Iro: Ας το ακούσουμε τώρα αργά. |
Iro: Γεια σου. Με λένε IRO. Είμαι Ελληνίδα. |
Maria: Γεια σου, με λένε MariaΜαρία. Είμαι Αγγλίδα. |
Maria: And now with the translation. |
Iro: Και τώρα η μετάφραση! |
Iro: Γεια σου. Με λένε IROΗρώ. Είμαι Ελληνίδα. |
Iro: Hello. My name is Iro. I’m Greek. |
Maria: Γεια σου, με λένε MariaΜαρία. Είμαι Αγγλίδα. |
Maria: Hello, I'm Maria. I'm British. |
Post banter |
MARIA:
One of the most fun things about Greek is that it is used all over the world! |
Iro: Because Greece had such a great influence on mainly western societies, the language is recognized in many places. |
MARIA:
And another very interesting thing is that people want to know one of the oldest modern languages in existence. |
Iro: Yes, the history of the Greek language goes back to ancient times, and it will take way too long for me to explain it all here. |
Maria: Yeah, I think it will put our boot camp listeners to sleep! |
Iro: Okay, now, let’s take a look at the words we used in these phrases so all our learners will be able to share where they are from. |
Maria: Note here, that in Greek, even nationalities have gender, so a Greek woman would be Ελληνίδα and a Greek man is Έλληνας. |
Vocabulary |
Maria: Here we go! |
Maria: Let’s take a look at the vocabulary for this lesson.Here we go! |
Maria: The first word we shall see is:. |
Iro: Ελληνίδα |
Maria: Greek, feminine |
Iro: |
Ελληνίδα (slowly) |
Iro: Ελληνίδα |
Maria: The next word is. |
Iro: Έλληνας |
Maria: Greek, masculine |
Iro: Έλληνας (slowly) |
Iro: Έλληνας |
Maria: Next we have. |
Iro: Αγγλίδα |
Maria: British, feminine |
Iro: Αγγλίδα (slowly) |
Iro: Αγγλίδα |
Maria: And finally we have. |
Iro: Άγγλος |
Maria: British, masculine |
Iro: Άγγλος |
Vocab and usage |
MARIA:
Cool, we already learned the greeting Γεια σου in Boot Camp One. |
Iro: And the Με λένε, Ηρώ. (RERECORD WITH BETTER BREAKS BETWEEN WORDS) |
MARIA:
Right, “My name is….” Με λένε. |
Iro: So now we move on to ethnicity. |
MARIA:
Υours is more exotic than mine, Iro, so let’s start with yours. |
Iro:Ελληνίδα. |
MARIA:
So, let’s take this word and boot camp it up a little…what do you say? |
Iro: Sure. |
MARIA:
I’m not sure what "boot camp it up" really means, but we’re going to find out. |
Iro: Yes! Ελληνίδα is the feminine word for "Greek." BUT, the important thing here is that unlike in English, Ελληνίδα |
Maria: Greek |
Iro: Cannot be used as an adverb; therefore, we can never use it in a phrase such as "I speak Greek." Remember, this is only in a context of saying your nationality. |
MARIA:
Another point that needs special attention here is gender. The phrase, "I’m Greek," sounds different for women and men. |
Iro: Let’s take a look at the examples with both genders, feminine and masculine. |
First, for women… |
Iro: Ελληνίδα, (Ellinída.) |
Maria: Greek. |
Iro: Ρωσίδα. (Rosída.) |
Maria: Russian. |
Iro: Αμερικανίδα. (Amerikanída.) |
Maria: American. |
Iro: Αγγλίδα. (Anglída.) |
Maria: British. |
Iro: Γιαπωνέζα; (Giaponéza.) |
Maria: Japanese |
Iro: Κινέζα; (Kinéza.) |
Maria: Chinese |
Iro: Γαλλίδα. (Gallída.) |
Maria: French. |
Iro: Ιταλίδα. (Italída.) |
Maria: Italian. |
Maria: And for men... |
Iro: Έλληνας. (Éllinas.) |
Maria: "Greek." |
Iro: Ρώσος. (Rósos.) |
Maria: "Russian." |
Iro: Αμερικανός. (Amerikanós.) |
Maria: "American." |
Iro: Άγγλος. (Ánglos.) |
Maria: "British." |
Iro: Ιάπωνας; (Iáponas.) |
Maria: "Japanese." |
Iro: Κινέζος; (Kinézos.) |
Maria: "Chinese" |
Iro: Γάλλος. (Gállos.) |
Maria: "French." |
Iro: Ιταλός. (Italós.) |
Maria: "Italian." |
Maria: Now, your nationality is Greek, right, Iro? So how did you say that? |
Iro: «Ελληνίδα» (Ellinída). And you, Maria? |
MARIA:
Yeah, me! Okay, well, I am British. So… how do we say, "British" in feminine gender? |
Iro: «Αγγλίδα» (Anglída). |
Maria: Good. Now, try to make some simple sentences with our nationalities. |
Iro: Have some fun! |
Grammar |
Maria: Let’s take a look at today’s grammar point. |
Iro: To say your nationality in Greek, you simply need the pronoun Είμαι, which means, "I am," and then a nationality in your gender. |
MARIA:
Just like English, you use the verb, "to be" in the first person. |
Iro: Είμαι Ελληνίδα. |
MARIA:
Είμαι Αγγλίδα. |
Iro: Είμαι Ελληνίδα. |
MARIA:
Είμαι Αγγλίδα. |
Iro: So, we hope everybody isn’t too tired after this boot camp! |
MARIA:
Yeah! I think we’re pretty nice boot camp instructors. We don’t like, yell at the listeners or anything like the boot camps I’ve seen. |
Iro: So keep practicing and you’ll have these down pat in no time. |
Closing |
Maria: Thanks for listening! |
Iro: Γεια σας! |
Maria: Bye! |
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