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| INTRODUCTION |
| John: Baby Talk |
| John: Hi, everyone, and welcome back to GreekPod101.com. I'm John. |
| Chrissi: And I'm Chrissi! |
| John: This is Must-Know Greek Slang Words and Phrases, Season 1, Lesson 25. In this lesson, you'll learn baby talk. |
| John: These expressions will be extremely useful to use with a Greek baby or toddler. |
| SLANG EXPRESSIONS |
| John: The expressions you'll be learning in this lesson are: |
| Chrissi: μαμ (mam) |
| Chrissi: νάνι (náni) |
| Chrissi: άτα (áta) |
| Chrissi: τσίσα (tsísa) |
| John: Chrissi, what's our first expression? |
| Chrissi: μαμ (mam) |
| John: meaning "food" in baby talk. |
| Chrissi: [SLOW] μαμ [NORMAL] μαμ |
| John: Listeners, please repeat. |
| Chrissi: μαμ |
| [pause - 5 sec.] |
| John: Use this expression when talking to babies about food and feeding in general. |
| John: Now let's hear an example sentence. |
| Chrissi: [NORMAL] Θα κάνουμε μαμ τώρα! [SLOW] Θα κάνουμε μαμ τώρα! |
| John: "We're going to eat now!" |
| Chrissi: [NORMAL] Θα κάνουμε μαμ τώρα! |
| John: Okay, what's the next expression? |
| Chrissi: νάνι (náni) |
| John: meaning "sleep" in baby talk. |
| Chrissi: [SLOW] νάνι [NORMAL] νάνι |
| John: Listeners, please repeat. |
| Chrissi: νάνι |
| [pause - 5 sec.] |
| John: Use this expression when you want to put a baby to sleep. |
| John: Now let's hear an example sentence. |
| Chrissi: [NORMAL] Νάνι θα κάνει το μωρό! [SLOW] Νάνι θα κάνει το μωρό! |
| John: "The baby is going sleepy weepy!" |
| Chrissi: [NORMAL] Νάνι θα κάνει το μωρό! |
| John: Okay, what's our next expression? |
| Chrissi: άτα (áta) |
| John: meaning "walk" in baby talk. |
| Chrissi: [SLOW] άτα [NORMAL] άτα |
| John: Listeners, please repeat. |
| Chrissi: άτα |
| [pause - 5 sec.] |
| John: Use this expression when you want to tell a baby that you’re taking him or her outside for a walk. |
| John: Now let's hear an example sentence. |
| Chrissi: [NORMAL] Πάμε άτα; [SLOW] Πάμε άτα; |
| John: "Should we go for a walk?" |
| Chrissi: [NORMAL] Πάμε άτα; |
| John: Okay, what's the last expression? |
| Chrissi: τσίσα (tsísa) |
| John: meaning "pee-pee” in baby talk. |
| Chrissi: [SLOW] τσίσα [NORMAL] τσίσα |
| John: Listeners, please repeat. |
| Chrissi: τσίσα |
| [pause - 5 sec.] |
| John: Use this expression when talking to a baby or a young child about urine and urinating in general. |
| John: Now let's hear an example sentence. |
| Chrissi: [NORMAL] Πάλι τσίσα έκανες; [SLOW] Πάλι τσίσα έκανες; |
| John: "Did you pee-pee again?" |
| Chrissi: [NORMAL] Πάλι τσίσα έκανες; |
| QUIZ |
| John: Okay listeners, are you ready to be quizzed on the expressions you just learned? I’ll describe four situations, and you’ll choose the right expression to use in your reply. Are you ready? |
| John: A baby is sleepy. |
| [pause - 5 sec.] |
| Chrissi: νάνι |
| John: "sleep" |
| John: A mother is feeding a baby. |
| [pause - 5 sec.] |
| Chrissi: μαμ |
| John: "food" |
| John: A baby is crying because her diaper is wet. |
| [pause - 5 sec.] |
| Chrissi: τσίσα |
| John: "pee-pee" |
| John: A father is pushing a baby stroller at a park. |
| [pause - 5 sec.] |
| Chrissi: άτα |
| John: "walk" |
Outro |
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| John: There you have it; you've mastered four Greek Baby Talk Expressions! We have more vocab lists available at GreekPod101.com so be sure to check them out. Thanks, everyone, and see you in another series! |
| Chrissi: Γεια χαρά! |
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