Please give your answer to the question below!

Hi William,

If your question is about the pronunciation, then you would pronounce it the same because it's a foreign name to Greeks so like most (not all) foreign names, there's no need to pronounce them differently.

If your question was about how to write Jacksonville in Greek, then it is Τζάκσονβιλ.

Kind regards,

Stefania

Team GreekPod101.com

How would I pronounce Jacksonville in Greek?

Γεια σου Τζέισον!

Γουάου! Η Αθήνα είναι πολύ διαφορετική από την Κρήτη και την Σαντορίνη!

Εγώ δεν μένω στην Ελλάδα, μένω στην Κόστα Ρίκα, όμως αυτή τη στιγμή σου γράφω από την Ιταλία. Μου αρέσουν πολύ τα ταξίδια😄.

Να είσαι καλά,

Στεφανία

Team GreekPod101.com

Γεια!

Μενω στη Λος Αντζελες ... αλλα I want to live in Αθήνα ή Κρητή ή Σαντορίνη 😆

Πού μένετε;

Hi Melania,

Thank you for contacting us.

"...στην Πάτρα" is correct. The final ν of στην is lost in some cases, like in the other examples of this lesson as you've noticed. If you want to know more about when to keep the final ν, check out this video below:

https://www.greekpod101.com/lesson/absolute-beginner-questions-answered-by-stefania-5-when-do-you-keep-the-final-%CE%BD-n-of-a-word/?lp=96

Let us know if you have any other questions!

Kind regards,

Stefania

Team GreekPod101.com

Hello, thanks for this lesson! Is there a mistake in the sentence "Μένω στην Πάτρα" ? Because it's always "στη" in the others sentences...

Hi Shannon,

You can say:

Μένω στο Φοίνιξ.

All the best,

Stefania

Team GreekPod101.com

How would I say I live in Phoenix

Hi Недељко,

The correct is:

Είμαι από τη Σερβία.

Σέρβος = Serb (male)

Σέρβα = Serb (female)

Χαιρετισμούς στη Σερβία!

Στεφανία

Team GreekPod101.com

Can I say:

Είμαι από την Σερβία;;;

Αnd how should I say - a Serb and feminine gender for a Serb😂

Ευχαριστώ,

Γεια σας από τι Σερβία❤

Hi Imani! (what a beautiful name you have!)

The correct would be:

Μένω στο Λονδίνο. (neuter, not feminine).

All the best,

Stefania

Team GreekPod101.com

Γεια σου!

Ερώτηση. Είναι «μένω στην Λονδίνο» σωστό;

Ευχαριστώ!

Hi Stephano,

You can say: Είμαι από την Καλιφόρνια.

Greetings to sunny California😎!

Stefania

Team GreekPod101.com

how would you say "I am from California" in Greek?

Hi Oscar,

The grammar says that the feminine words τη(ν) (tin, "the/her"), στη(ν) (stin, "to the"), αυτή(ν) (aftín, "her"), and the particles δε(ν) (den, "not", although there is a lot of controversy about δεν and δε), and μη(ν) (min, "don't") keep that final ν (n) when the next word begins either with a vowel or the consonants κ (k), π (p), τ (t), ξ (x), ψ (ps), or the double consonant combinations μπ (b), ντ (d), γκ (g), τσ (ts) and τζ (j). In any other case, they lose it.

Μη(ν) also loses its final ν (n) before a punctuation mark or a scholarly participle in some standard expressions. For example, Μη! (Mi! "Don't!") and χώρος μη καπνιζόντων (hóros mi kapznizóndon, "non-smoking area").

The masculine words τον (ton, "the/him"), στον (ston, "to/in/on/at the"), έναν (énan, "one"), αυτόν (aftón, "him"), and the adverb σαν (san, "as/like") always keep that final ν (n) (some people mistakenly remove the final ν some times from these words as per an older rule which no longer exists).

This rule applies to written speech only. In oral speech, many Greeks assimilate the final ν (n) with the next word's initial letter so ν (n) is often not heard.

I hope this helps! Let me know if you have any more questions.

Stefania

Team GreekPod101.com

In one of the examples above it says "stin" (sorry I don't have a greek keyboard) and in the rest it says "sti".

Which is the correct one?

Oscar

Γεια σου Ντανιέλ,

Σε ευχαριστώ για το μήνυμά σου!

Αν χρειαστείς βοήθεια, μπορείς να με ρωτήσεις.

If you need any help, you can ask me.

Γεια χαρά!

Στεφανία

Team GreekPod101.com

Γειά σου!

Με λένε Ντανιέλ. Είμαι Εκουαδόριανός, μα μένο στο εξωτερικό στο Καναδά. Είμαι από στο Γκουαγιακίλ και μένο στο Μόντρεαλ.

Ευχαριστώ πάρα πολύ για τη βοήθεια!

Hi Nabeela,

There are quite a few ways to ask someone's name in Greek in both formal and informal speech.

Πώς σε λένε; is one of the informal ways. I'm guessing the writer of the first lesson just wanted to focus on one way (formal) in order not to create confusion. This series is targeted more for people who want to quickly learn some basic questions to get around Greece, so the formal way to ask things would be the most appropriate for a visitor.

Let me know if you have any more questions.

Kind regards,

Stefania

Team GreekPod101.com

Thanks so much.

Yes I see so why in the first lesson, pos se lene? Not mentioned. Is it because that is a formal or informal way of asking someone their name?