What is your occupation? Try to say it in Greek!

Γεια σου Σαμ,

σε ευχαριστούμε για το σχόλιό σου! Έχεις διαλέξει ένα ωραίο επάγγελμα :)

Να 'σαι καλά,

Στεφανία

Team GreekPod101.com

Γεια σας Greekpod101, ευχαριστω για το μαθημα! δουλευω ως καλιτεχνης στην κινεματογραφο και τηλεοραση στην λονδινο!

Γεια σου Έμμα!

Αν είσαι γυναίκα, τότε λέμε «είμαι φοιτήτρια». Το φοιτητής είναι αρσενικό.

Γεια χαρά!

Στεφανία

Team GreekPod101.com

Είμαι φοιτητής

Γεια σου Λεωνίδα,

Μπράβο, χαίρομαι που χρησιμοποιείς όποτε μπορείς το ποδήλατο για να πηγαίνεις στη δουλειά. Αυτό όντως θα σε προστατεύσει λίγο πιο πολύ από τον κορονοϊό.

Γεια χαρά,

Στεφανία

Team GreekPod101.com

Δουλεύω ως διερμινέας των ιταλικών σε μια εταιρία που πουλά ιταλικά έπιπλα και ηλεκτρικές συσκευές (απορροφητήρες για κουζίνα).

Και όπως στο μάθημα αναφέρεται η συγκοινωνία, θέλω να πω ότι όταν κάνει κρύο πηγαίνω στη δουλειά με το μετρό (μεροικοί έχουν δικά τους αυτοκίνητα, αλλά δεν συμφέρει, γιατί η κίνηση στη Μόσχα είναι χάλια), αλλά την άνοιξη, το καλοκαίρη και το φθινόπωρο, όταν δεν κάνει πολύ κρύο και δεν βρέχει πηγαίνω στη δουλειά με το ποδήλατο. Δεν είναι δύσκολο, γιατί η απόσταση από τη δουλειά ως το σπίτι μου είναι μόνο 10 χιλιόμετρα περίπο, δηλαδή τίποτα για το ποδήλατο. Αυτό προστατεύει αρκετά καλά και από την κορώνα...

Hi Katherine,

Thank you for taking the time to bring to our attention the issues in this lesson.

I have reviewed the lesson transcript and spotted the issues you pointed out. I have corrected the text, however I did notice a small issue in the audio that I need to report, so this might take a bit longer to fix. Please bear with us.

Once again, thank you for your feedback. Feel free to check out the lesson transcript again and if there's anything else I can help you with, don't hesitate to let me know.

Kind regards,

Stefania

Team GreekPod101.com

Hi, I'm enjoying the series but am disappointed to keep seeing quite a few errors. This lesson has many! The script misses the text "Kostas and I will be waiting in the car" (which is in the audio).

This part also has the wrong gender (Peter and masculine, not Petra and feminine): "You mean when Kostas says Είμαι έτοιμος (Eimai etoimos) and Peter replies Κι εγώ έτοιμος είμαι (Ki ego etoimos eimai)."

I know you're reviewing your older lessons, so could you perhaps have someone check the dialogue and text matches? It's a bit hard to follow when there are errors. Thank you :)

Hi Bibiana,

Thank you for your feedback. I'm aware of your points and I understand them completely.

Those beginner series were our first and oldest series so we've been trying to improve things a lot ever since.

For your level of Greek, I recommend the Intermediate and Upper intermediate series. I'm sure you will find those quite different, more organised (they have an order and continuity with lessons that really build-up) and perhaps a bit challenging in terms that they have a lot of things to offer you regarding the grammar.

Please have a look and I hope you will enjoy them!

Stefania

Team GreekPod101.com

I like very much this Greek Pod, its a very good way for learning Greek. And ok it has Absolute beginer, Beginner, Upper beginner and so on... But what I dont like that many times the same things are repeated... Lets look at "Absolute beginners" - it has 3 series, and all the 3 are more or less the same... just in a bit different way...

And here in this lesson of an upper level, to talk about "eimai"... to say for example that "in Greek we can leave out from the sentences the personal pronouns".. Im pretty sure everybody knows that perfectly at this stage... I think all this should be built in a more systematic way... Its ok to do some revision and add new and more complicaed things, but not talking about something as if you heard it for the first time! I have the feeling that all the series, no matter which you do - Absolute beginner, Beginner, Upper beginner, Intermediate... are about the same. And it becomes also a bit boring after a time... so its not really a good idea pass through all the levels...

Γεια σου Ελισάβετ!

Μπράβο! May this be the first sentence of many, many more in Greek:smile:

No need to worry about the translation. I can understand perfectly what you are saying!

I hope you'll have a great time in Cyprus... oh and don't forget to keep listening to GreekPod101.com :stuck_out_tongue_winking_eye:

Kind regards,

Stefania

Team GreekPod101.com

Oops I forgot to translate

Hi Stefania

My name is Elizabeth and I will be in Cyprus in January. I'm a homemaker.

This is my first Greek sentence.

Regards

Liz

Γειά σου, Στεφάνια.

Με λέμε Ελισάβετ, και θα είμαι στο Κύπρος το Ιανουάριο. Είμαι νοικοκυρά.

Αυτή είναι πρώτα πρόταση μου στα Ελληνικά.

Wow that took ages :-))

Regards,

Liz

Hello George,

You can say:

Είμαι μηχανικός. Συνήθως δουλεύω πάνω σε αυτοκίνητα, αλλά τώρα δουλεύω επίσης πάνω σε φορτηγά και τρέιλερ.

Όχημα means "vehicle", so it's very generic.

Let me know if you have other questions!

Stefania

Team GreekPod101.com

Είμαι ένας μηχανικός, συνήθιζω να δουλεύουν πάνω στα αυτοκίνητα,

I wanted to say I now work on trucks and trailers but don't know how. Is it οχήμα?

Σε ευχαριστώ Στεφανία!

Ιουστίνα γεια!

I am glad to see you realizing your own typos! It's a good sign that you are learning Greek well!

Apart from that little error, your sentence was correct! Just mind a small typo you made on "νοικοκύρης".

And, yes, you should not have any shame to say "νοικοκυρά" in Greek :wink:

Just another tip, in case you have to fill out a form in Greek and you are requested to write you profession (επάγγελμα), instead of "νοικοκυρά", you should write "οικιακά". It is the right term we use for that profession and even men could write that.

Keep up the good work!

Stefania,

Team GreekPod101.com

Oops! I spelled "εξηγήσεις" wrong. Still learning how to use my US keyboard to type Greek!

Γεια σου Στεφανία.

Οι εξνγήσεις σου με βοηθάνε πολύ και πάλι! (I want to say "...yet again!" or "...once again!").

Yes, you are correct, the term "housewife" in English does not garner the respect that you describe for "νοικοκυρά", and you clearly guessed at my reluctance to use the word housewife! I'm pleased to learn that νοικοκυρά (and νοικοκυπής) has such positive connotations. I will use it with pride when I am speaking Greek!

Ευχαριστώ!

Ιουστίνα

Hi Justina!

Of course!

You can say:

Είμαι νοικοκυρά. = roughly means I am a housewife in English.

However in Greek it means the LADY who takes care of the house, NOT the WIFE who takes care of the house. That person can be married or not. (οίκος+κυρά = house+lady).

There is also νοικοκύρης = the man who takes care of the house.

In Greek those words have a wide positive meaning. They refer to a person who does not only takes care of the household, but also the finances, family, condition of the house and is devoted to all that. It refers to a responsible person, or metaphorically someone who has a well managed business or organized, non messy (partying, drinking) lifestyle in general, thus creating respect and giving the feeling of trust and loyalty to someone who might be interested perhaps in even marrying that person:

Ex. You should take Nikos as your husband. He is "νοικοκύρης".

I feel that in English the term "housewife", does not give all that credit. Is that right?

Now, your sentences:

-Τώρα κάθομαι στο σπίτι.

(Using μένω here is not very good as it gives the meaning "I live in the house now", as if you were not living in a house before.)

or you can say:

-Τώρα είμαι νοικοκυρά. Ασχολούμαι με το νοικοκυριό, κάνω επισκευές, φροντίζω τα οικονομικά του σπιτιού και το πιο σημαντικό, μεγαλώνω τον γιο μου.

το νοικοκυριό = household

οι επισκευές = repairs

τα οικονομικά = finance/finances

μεγαλώνω = grow, raise (children)

I hope this is of help!

Stefania,

Team GreekPod101.com