Hello Andreas,

Thanks for taking the time to post.👍

I am glad to hear that you found this lesson helpful.❤️ I hope you like the rest of our series. 😊

Please feel free to ask us any questions you have throughout your studies.

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Ali

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Very useful. Many Thanks.

Hello Mary,

Thank you for studying with us.

I am glad to hear that you found this lesson helpful. ❤️ I hope you like the rest of our series. 😊

Feel free to let us know if you have any questions.

Cheers,

Ali

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great lesson...especially as i understood it all!

Hi John,

Thank you for contacting us. Nothing should be disappearing ever, to be honest.

Normally, you are able to navigate to previous lessons (regardless of their completion) from this option here available in all the lessons. See my screenshot: https://www.screencast.com/t/FrjUm1caLuI

I hope this helps. If not, please send a screenshot of your lesson interface to contactus@greekpod101.com so they can guide you better.

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Stefania

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Hi Petra,

That's a good question.

She is using the subjunctive mood with the use of να + verb rather than the indicative mood with the future tense.

The subjunctive mood expresses not a fact (we will do, θα κάνουμε, it's certain) but an intention, a desire, a wish. So here she is saying basically, "what should we do?". She has the intention of doing something but she is not sure or certain yet, so it's not a fact that she will indeed do something. The next sentence using the future tense doesn't affect the previous sentence at all.

I hope this makes it more clear :)

All the best,

Stefania

Team GreekPod101.com

Γεια σου!

Γιατί η γυναίκα λέει "Καλά, τι να κάνουμε; Θα πάμε με το πλοίο" ? Why does she say να κάνουμε and not θα κάνουμε ? In the next sentence, she uses the future tense: θα πάμε.

Ευχαριστώ για την βοήθεια σας.

Πέτρα

Γεια σου Πάολα!

Χαιρετισμούς στην όμορφη Γένοβα!

That is so interesting about the word προσπέκτους! I didn't know the details about the origin of this word. I mean, it did sound Latin to me (on a humorous note, I know to some it might sound like a Harry Potter spell) but I didn't know that it comes from "prospicio". I studied Latin for 2 years in high school and it was such a rewarding experience! Mi è piaciuto molto!

Thank you for sharing :)

All the best,

Stefania

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Hi everybody, είμαι νέα εδώ! Είμαι Παολα στίν Γένουα.

A note about προσπέκτους: it comes from the latin verb prospicio, meaning to look over. Prospectus is the past participle, meaning "looked over", which is what you do with a brochure!

Καλημέρα σασ!

Γεια σου Peter,

We are happy to have you here! Feel free to contact us any time you have any kind of questions while studying Greek! 😇

Λέβεντε

Team GreekPod101.com

Hi Stefania,

Thank you. It's brilliant to have your clarification on that. Τελικά το καταλαβαίνω!

Peter

Hi Peter,

I see now why there was some confusion.

Regarding [2] the meaning "to start" would be the verb αρχίζω, not αργώ (to be late). So αρχίζω = to start, to begin

https://bit.ly/3bL9CrW

In the sentence, it's used as a momentary imperative, and that form uses the aorist stem αρχίσ- (ζ > σ).

Is everything clearer now?

Stefania

Team GreekPod101.com

Hi Stephania,

Thank you for the clarification and lesson pointers regarding the adjectives 😄👍

I realise that my confusion regarding:

'Αν αργήσω, αρχίστε χωρίς εμένα' = "If I'm late, start without me."

Is 2 fold:

[1] to be late is 'αργώ' , μιν 'αργηζω' ! My bad.

[2] My Oxford English dictionary nowhere indicates that 'αργώ' has a secondary meaning 'start'. Shouldn't this be Ξεκινάω'?

Peter

Hi Peter!

Χρόνια πολλά, Χριστός Ανέστη!

An adjective shouldn't be equalized to a noun.

Τhere are a few lessons, especially in really old series like this one, where the author didn't go into many details which is something that creates questions down the road.

So in the tables of the lesson, the adjectives are the words ωραία and καλή alone. The author just put them together in the table so you can see at the same time the declension of the nouns γυναίκα and φίλη.

I'm not sure I understand exactly what you said about simplifying the explanation given. I find it is already quite short and simple. Maybe rephrased is what you meant?

I stand by the comment I had written below that "Adjectives have a very specific declension according to their group, just like nouns do. Sometimes a specific adjective group's declension might resemble that of a group of nouns (like καλή and φίλη). But in general, the noun does not indicate what the adjective's ending will be because each has its own declension and there can be many adjective-noun combinations."

If you want to study adjective declension with every detail, I recommend to you lessons 13-17 in the intermediate series:

https://www.greekpod101.com/lesson-library/relationships-and-first-impressions-intermediate-greek/

Ας for αργήσω, the ας requires that the verb is in the subjunctive mood. In this case, we are using the momentary subjunctive which is formed with the aorist stem αργήσ (the aorist form is άργησα, not αργήζω). You can learn more about this type of subjunctive in this lesson here:

https://www.greekpod101.com/lesson/mustknow-greek-sentence-structures-20-using-verbs-in-subjunctive-form/?lp=97

The introduction of the subjunctive is on the previous lesson though:

https://www.greekpod101.com/lesson/mustknow-greek-sentence-structures-19-using-the-auxiliary-verb-can/?lp=97

I hope this helps!

Regards,

Stefania

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Hi Stefania,

Lesson 5 sample sentences:

Αν αργήσω -> If I'm late, referring to the third sentence: 'if I'm late start without me'

Sorry I thought αργήσω is the aorist of αργηζω - to start, and αργά is late:

αν φτάσω αργά, αρχίστε χωρίς εμένα.

???

Καλο πασχα!

Peter

Hi Stefania,

Can you please clarify in this lesson 5 regarding the declension of adjectives section:- it says:

-α adjectives imitate the declension of "η γυναίκα" ("the woman").

-η adjectives imitate the declension of "η φίλη" ("the female friend").

So you are equating/relating adjectives to nouns (γυναίκα, φίλη)?

Surely the adjectives are 'ωραίεα' & 'καλή' in this case? And they don't EXACTLY imitate the nouns eg:

οι ωραίες γυναίκες (plural nominative)

Surely you can simplify this explanation by simply saying: the 2 tables below are the way that the female declensions of 'α' & 'η' ending adjectives behave ...?

Hi Elias,

1) Adjectives have a very specific declension according to their group, just like nouns do. Sometimes a specific adjective group's declension might resemble that of a group of nouns (like καλή and φίλη). But in general, the noun does not indicate what the adjective's ending will be because each has its own declension and there can be many adjective-noun combinations. For example "the good woman" becomes η καλή γυναίκα and not η καλά γυναίκα just because γυναίκα ends in -α.

One thing is for certain though; the adjective that defines a noun should "agree" with it in gender, number, and case.

The following 4 lessons (#14-16, Intermediate) study all the adjective groups:

https://www.greekpod101.com/pdfs/I_S1L13_092914_grepod101.pdf

https://www.greekpod101.com/pdfs/I_S1L14_100614_grepod101.pdf

https://www.greekpod101.com/pdfs/I_S1L15_101314_grepod101.pdf

https://www.greekpod101.com/pdfs/I_S1L16_102014_grepod101.pdf

This will make you familiar with all the adjective groups and endings.

2) Correct! βλέπω τις ωραίες γυναίκες = I see the beautiful women

3) Yes we do! So the English rule that "2 negatives = positive" does not apply in Greek. A tiny correction: δεν πίνω καφέ ποτέ (not καφές)

I hope this helps!

Stefania

Team GreekPod101.com

Hi Stefania,

Some questions,

1) E adjectives imitate the declension of η φίλη, the female friend.Singular nominative.

Η καλή φίλη.

A adjectives imitate the declension of η γυναίκα, the woman.

Η ωραία γυναίκα.

so if we want to say "the good woman" it becomes "Η καλά γυναίκα" ?

2) Just i want to know that i understand the accusative form.

Is this correct, "βλέπω τις ωραίες γυναίκες" = "I see the beautiful women" ?

3) Do you use two negative indications in Greek language?

Like "δεν πίνω καφές ποτέ" = I do not drink coffee never = I never drink coffee.

Hi Anna,

Thank you for letting me know. I have corrected the typo:thumbsup:.

Regards,

Stefania

Hello, Stefania,

In English version of the dialogue, line 14 , should be the word "cars", not "cards"