Review the verb forms that we've seen so far for the active voice
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| INTRODUCTION |
| Brandon: Hello everyone, and welcome back to GreekPod101.com. This is Intermediate, Season 1, Lesson 9: “Never Let your Greek Girlfriend Get Jealous!” I’m Brandon. |
| Stefania: And I’m Stefania. |
| Brandon: In this lesson, we’ll review the verb forms that we've seen so far for the active voice. |
| Stefania: This conversation takes place at a cafe. It's between Erato, Natalia, and Sakis. |
| Brandon: The characters are good friends, so they'll be using informal Greek. Let’s listen to the conversation. |
Lesson conversation |
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| Ερατώ Α, να τος! Κάνε του νόημα να μας δει! Α, εντάξει... μας είδε. |
| (μερικά δευτερόλεπτα αργότερα) |
| Σάκης Τι έγινε κορίτσια; Όλα καλά; |
| Ερατώ Μια χαρά. Τι έγινε; Πού είναι η κοπέλα σου; Νόμιζα ότι θα ερχόσασταν μαζί. |
| Σάκης Ναι, αλλά τσακωθήκαμε και... |
| Ναταλία Γιατί, τι έγινε; |
| Σάκης Να, μωρέ, γκρίνιες γιατί της έτυχε δουλειά το Σαββατοκύριακο που θέλετε να πάμε Σαντορίνη και είχε και την παράλογη απαίτηση να μην έρθω μαζί σας. |
| Ερατώ Ε, ζηλεύει μωρέ... |
| Σάκης Α, όλα κι όλα! Δεν της έχω δώσει ποτέ λόγο να ζηλέψει! Γιατί να ζηλέψει τώρα δηλαδή; Σάμπως δεν σας ξέρει; Παιδικές μου φίλες είστε! |
| Ναταλία Πολλές γυναίκες δυστυχώς έτσι είναι. Τι να κάνεις... Τελικά θα 'ρθεις μαζί μας Σαντορίνη; |
| Σάκης Βεβαίως και θα έρθω! Όχι που θα κάτσω εδώ επειδή ντε και καλά μας το είπε η δεσποινίς Φιλιώ! Δεν είμαστε και παντρεμένοι κιόλας! |
| Brandon: Now let’s hear it with the English translation. |
| Ερατώ Α, να τος! Κάνε του νόημα να μας δει! Α, εντάξει... μας είδε. |
| Brandon Oh, there he is! Wave at him, so that he can see us! Oh, okay... he saw us. |
| (μερικά δευτερόλεπτα αργότερα) |
| Brandon(a few seconds later) |
| Σάκης Τι έγινε κορίτσια; Όλα καλά; |
| Brandon What's up girls? All good? |
| Ερατώ Μια χαρά. Τι έγινε; Πού είναι η κοπέλα σου; Νόμιζα ότι θα ερχόσασταν μαζί. |
| Brandon Everything's fine. What happened? Where’s your girlfriend? I thought you were coming together. |
| Σάκης Ναι, αλλά τσακωθήκαμε και... |
| Brandon Yeah, but we had a fight and... |
| Ναταλία Γιατί, τι έγινε; |
| Brandon Why, what happened? |
| Σάκης Να, μωρέ, γκρίνιες γιατί της έτυχε δουλειά το Σαββατοκύριακο που θέλετε να πάμε Σαντορίνη και είχε και την παράλογη απαίτηση να μην έρθω μαζί σας. |
| Brandon Well, she was whining because she got assigned to work on the weekend you want all of us to go to Santorini, and she also made an absurd demand for me not to go with you. |
| Ερατώ Ε, ζηλεύει μωρέ... |
| Brandon She’s just jealous... |
| Σάκης Α, όλα κι όλα! Δεν της έχω δώσει ποτέ λόγο να ζηλέψει! Γιατί να ζηλέψει τώρα δηλαδή; Σάμπως δεν σας ξέρει; Παιδικές μου φίλες είστε! |
| Brandon Hey, I never gave her a reason to be jealous! And why should she be jealous now? As if she doesn't know you? You’re my childhood friends! |
| Ναταλία Πολλές γυναίκες δυστυχώς έτσι είναι. Τι να κάνεις... Τελικά θα 'ρθεις μαζί μας Σαντορίνη; |
| Brandon Many women unfortunately are like this. What can you do... Are you coming with us to Santorini after all? |
| Σάκης Βεβαίως και θα έρθω! Όχι που θα κάτσω εδώ επειδή ντε και καλά μας το είπε η δεσποινίς Φιλιώ! Δεν είμαστε και παντρεμένοι κιόλας! |
| Brandon Of course I'm going! As if I was going to stay here just because madame Filio told me to? It's not like we’re married you know! |
| POST CONVERSATION BANTER |
| Brandon: So Sakis has a girlfriend! |
| Stefania: Yes, and she’s jealous that he’s going to Santorini with a bunch of girls, and she won't be there! |
| Brandon: But they're all childhood friends, so it should be okay. |
| Stefania: It seems so. But it’s always better if your partner knows your friends well, especially those of the opposite sex. |
| Brandon: Yup, trust is a privilege. |
| Stefania: In Greece, it’s very common for men to be friends with women, although many believe that there can be no real friendship between the two sexes. |
| Brandon: Well, human relationships are never simple. |
| Stefania: Yeah, so it's always better to not give your partner a reason to be jealous of your best friend. Sakis is obviously not doing that! |
| Brandon: Well I wish him the best, now let’s move on to the vocab. |
| VOCAB LIST |
| Brandon Let's take a look at the vocabulary for this lesson. |
| The first word we shall see is: |
| Stefania κάνω νόημα [natural native speed] |
| Brandon to wave at someone, to make a signal |
| Stefania κάνω νόημα [slowly - broken down by syllable] |
| Stefania κάνω νόημα [natural native speed] |
| Next: |
| Stefania τσακώνομαι [natural native speed] |
| Brandon to fight, to quarrel |
| Stefania τσακώνομαι [slowly - broken down by syllable] |
| Stefania τσακώνομαι [natural native speed] |
| Next: |
| Stefania γκρίνια [natural native speed] |
| Brandon complaining, whining, nagging |
| Stefania γκρίνια [slowly - broken down by syllable] |
| Stefania γκρίνια [natural native speed] |
| Next: |
| Stefania τυχαίνω [natural native speed] |
| Brandon to happen |
| Stefania τυχαίνω [slowly - broken down by syllable] |
| Stefania τυχαίνω [natural native speed] |
| Next: |
| Stefania παράλογος [natural native speed] |
| Brandon irrational, absurd |
| Stefania παράλογος [slowly - broken down by syllable] |
| Stefania παράλογος [natural native speed] |
| Next: |
| Stefania απαίτηση [natural native speed] |
| Brandon demand, requisition |
| Stefania απαίτηση [slowly - broken down by syllable] |
| Stefania απαίτηση [natural native speed] |
| Next: |
| Stefania ζηλεύω [natural native speed] |
| Brandon to be jealous |
| Stefania ζηλεύω [slowly - broken down by syllable] |
| Stefania ζηλεύω [natural native speed] |
| Next: |
| Stefania όλα κι όλα [natural native speed] |
| Brandon a phrase used when the speaker reaches their tolerance limits |
| Stefania όλα κι όλα [slowly - broken down by syllable] |
| Stefania όλα κι όλα [natural native speed] |
| Next: |
| Stefania όχι που θα... [natural native speed] |
| Brandon as if |
| Stefania όχι που θα... [slowly - broken down by syllable] |
| Stefania όχι που θα... [natural native speed] |
| And Last: |
| Stefania ντε και καλά [natural native speed] |
| Brandon definitely and in any way, no matter what |
| Stefania ντε και καλά [slowly - broken down by syllable] |
| Stefania ντε και καλά [natural native speed] |
| KEY VOCAB AND PHRASES |
| Brandon: Let's have a closer look at the usage of some words and phrases from this lesson. What do we have first? |
| Stefania: We have the verb τυχαίνω, which means "to happen." |
| Brandon: In the dialogue, though, we didn't translate this as "to happen." |
| Stefania: That’s right. It's in this line: Να, μωρέ, γκρίνιες γιατί της έτυχε δουλειά το Σαββατοκύριακο... |
| Brandon: Meaning, "Well, she was whining because she got assigned to work on the weekend…" |
| Stefania: What we literally say in Greek is, "because work on the weekend happened to her." |
| Brandon: Oh, I see. |
| Stefania: This doesn’t sound correct in English, so we used "she got assigned to work." |
| Brandon: That makes sense now. What’s next? |
| Stefania: The expression όλα κι όλα. It can't be translated, but imagine that this is something you say when you can’t tolerate something anymore. You’ve reached your limit. |
| Brandon: So it's like saying, "I cannot and WILL NOT tolerate this?" |
| Stefania: Sort of. In the dialogue we translated this as an assertive, "Hey!" Α, όλα κι όλα! Δεν της έχω δώσει ποτέ λόγο να ζηλέψει! Meaning, "Hey, I never gave her a reason to be jealous!" |
| Brandon: Okay. And what's last phrase? |
| Stefania: The expression όχι που θα…, meaning something similar to "as if." For example Όχι που θα κάτσω εδώ, meaning, "As if I’m going to stay here." |
| Brandon: How exactly do you use this expression? |
| Stefania: First, you need to have a statement that describes an action that’s definitely happening. For example, Sakis says, "Of course I'm going!" After this, and in order to emphasize it with some attitude—and sometimes out of spite—we use όχι που, + the verb in simple future, + θα, + the verb in past progressive. For example, Όχι, που θα καθόμουν εδώ... means, "As if I was going to stay here…". It's like a very strong negative statement: "I was NOT going to stay here..." |
| Brandon: Okay, now onto the grammar. |
Lesson focus |
| Brandon: In this lesson, we’ll review the verb forms that we've seen so far for the active voice. |
| Stefania: it’s necessary, especially since we learned the final three tenses in the last lesson. |
| Brandon: Listeners, open your lesson notes because this lesson is all about reviewing verb grammar through conjugation tables. |
| Stefania: We’ll provide you examples for all conjugation groups and classes in all 8 tenses and in all the moods we've seen so far. |
| Brandon: You DON'T have to memorize the tables. When conjugating regular verbs, just use the method below: |
| Stefania: 1) Get the present stem; |
| 2) Know the rules to get the aorist stem from the present stem; |
| 3) Know which tenses use each of those two stems; |
| 4) Know the rules about the three types of verb augmentation of the past tenses; and |
| 5) Apply the correct verb endings that you should know by heart. Okay, you can cheat and see them from the tables! |
| Brandon: Is there anything else? |
| Stefania: Yes. I'd like to mention some general things to remember. First, in both the active and passive voice, the indicative mood has all the tenses; the subjunctive has only three: present, simple past, and perfect. And the imperative mood only has two: present and simple past. Perfect tense in the imperative is extremely rare, so we won't study this now. |
| Brandon: Infinitives are only used as formation elements in three tenses: perfect, past perfect, and future perfect. |
| Stefania: The subjunctive is not always expressed with να. Other words need the subjunctive too, such as ας, for "let's;" για να, for "in order to;" όταν, for "when;" μη(ν), for "don't;” and ίσως, for "perhaps/maybe." |
| Brandon: In the active voice imperative of the first conjugation, the second person singular of the simple past tense sometimes loses the final -eh when a personal pronoun in the third person follows, and sometimes also when an article that starts with "t" follows. |
| Stefania: For example, φέρε τον, meaning "bring him," becomes φέρ' τον, and πάρε τα βιβλία, meaning "take the books," becomes πάρ' τα βιβλία. |
| Brandon: Some verbs of the second class of the second conjugation might form a second person singular imperative form ending in -a just like verbs of the first class do. |
| Stefania: For example, τηλεφωνώ, meaning "to call," becomes τηλεφώνα, or "call." Finally, many verbs of the second conjugation, usually -άω/-ώ verbs, can be declined conjugated in active voice according to the first and the second class. For example, φοράω/-ώ, φορείς, φορεί and so on. |
| Brandon: Listeners, make sure you review those tables in the previous lessons, and if necessary the theory we've been talking about before we move on! |
Outro |
| Brandon: Well, that’s all for this lesson, everyone! Thanks for listening, and we’ll see you next time. |
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