Learn how to say numbers 10-100 and up to 10,000
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| Maria: Welcome back to Basic Boot Camp. This five-part series will help you ease your way into Greek. |
| Iro: We'll go over all the basics that will really help you understand Greek much quicker and easier. |
| Maria: In this lesson, we'll continue with more of the essentials of Greek numbers. But in this lesson, we will venture into higher number territory, the numbers over one hundred all the way to the One-Million. |
| Maria: Let's listen to the numbers in Greek: |
| Phrases with English |
| Iro: εκατό, διακόσια, τριακόσια, τετρακόσια, πεντακόσια, εξακόσια, επτακόσια, οκτακόσια, εννιακόσια |
| Slow |
| Maria: Let’s hear it slowly now. |
| Iro: Ας το ακούσουμε τώρα αργά. |
| Iro: ε-κα-τό, δι-α-κό-σι-α, τρι-α-κό-σι-α, τε-τρα-κό-σι-α, πε-ντα-κό-σι-α, ε-ξα-κό-σι-α, ε-πτα-κό-σι-α, ο-κτα-κό-σι-α, εν-νι-α-κό-σι-α. |
| Translation |
| Maria: And now with the translation. |
| Iro: Και τώρα η μετάφραση! |
| Iro: εκατό |
| Maria: 100one hundred |
| Iro: διακόσια |
| Maria: two hundred200 |
| Iro: τριακόσια |
| Maria: three hundred300 |
| Iro: τετρακόσια |
| Maria: four hundred400 |
| Iro: πεντακόσια |
| Maria: five hundred500 |
| Iro: εξακόσια |
| Maria: six hundred600 |
| Iro: επτακόσια |
| Maria: seven hundred700 |
| Iro: οκτακόσια |
| Maria: eight hundred800 |
| Iro: εννιακόσια |
| Maria: nine hundred900 |
| Maria: Now we are going to see one -thousand to nine -thousand. |
| Iro: χίλια, δυύο- χιλιάδες, τρεις- χιλιάδες, τέσσερις- χιλιάδες, πέντε- χιλιάδες, έξι- χιλιάδες, επτά- χιλιάδες, οχτώ- χιλιάδες, εννέα- χιλιάδες, |
| Slow |
| Maria: Let’s hear it slowly now. |
| Iro: Ας το ακούσουμε τώρα αργά. |
| Iro: χί-λι-α, δυύ-ο -χι-λι-ά-δες, τρεις- χι-λι-ά-δες, τέσ-σε-ρις- χι-λι-ά-δες, πέ-ντε- χι-λι-ά-δες, έξι- χι-λι-ά-δες, επτά- χι-λι-ά-δες, οχ-τώ- χι-λι-ά-δες, εν-νέ-α- χι-λι-ά-δες,. |
| Translation |
| Maria: And now with the translation. |
| Iro: Και τώρα η μετάφραση! |
| Iro: χίλια |
| Maria: 1000one thousand |
| Iro: δυο- χιλιάδες |
| Maria: two thousand2000 |
| Iro: τρεις- χιλιάδες |
| Maria: three thousand3000 |
| Iro: τέσσερις- χιλιάδες |
| Maria: four thousand4000 |
| Iro: πέντε- χιλιάδες |
| Maria: five thousand5000 |
| Iro: έξι- χιλιάδες |
| Maria: six thousand6000 |
| Iro: επτά- χιλιάδες |
| Maria: seven thousand7000 |
| Iro: οχτώ- χιλιάδες |
| Maria: eight thousand8000 |
| Iro: εννέα- χιλιάδες |
| Maria: nine thousand9000 |
| Maria: And finally we are going to see ten thousand to a one-million. |
| Iro: δέκα- χιλιάδες, είκοσι- χιλιάδες, τριάντα- χιλιάδες, σαράντα- χιλιάδες, πενήντα- χιλιάδες, εξήντα- χιλιάδες, εβδομήντα- χιλιάδες, ογδόντα- χιλιάδες, ενενήντα- χιλιάδες, εκατό- χιλιάδες, ένα εκατομμύριο. |
| Slow |
| Maria: Let’s hear it slowly now. |
| Iro: Ας το ακούσουμε τώρα αργά. |
| Iro: δέ-κα- χι-λι-ά-δες, εί-κο-σι- χι-λι-ά-δες, τρι-ά-ντα- χι-λι-ά-δες, σα-ρά-ντα- χι-λι-ά-δες, πε-νή-ντα- χι-λι-ά-δες, ε-ξή-ντα- χι-λι-ά-δες, εβ-δο-μή-ντα- χι-λι-ά-δες, ογ-δόν-τα- χι-λι-ά-δες, ε-νε-νή-ντα- χι-λι-ά-δες, ε-κα-τό- χι-λι-άδες, έ-να ε-κα-τομ-μύ-ρι-ο. |
| Translation |
| Maria: And now with the translation. |
| Iro: Και τώρα η μετάφραση! |
| Iro: δέκα- χιλιάδες |
| Maria: ten thousand10,000 |
| Iro: είκοσι- χιλιάδες |
| Maria: 20,000twenty thousand |
| Iro: τριάντα-χιλιάδες |
| Maria: 30,000thirty thousand |
| Iro: σαράντα- χιλιάδες |
| Maria: 40,000forty thousand |
| Iro: πενήντα- χιλιάδες |
| Maria: 50,000fifty thousand |
| Iro: εξήντα- χιλιάδες |
| Maria: 60,000sixty thousand |
| Iro: εβδομήντα- χιλιάδες |
| Maria: 70,000seventy thousand |
| Iro: ογδόντα- χιλιάδες |
| Maria: 80,000eighty thousand |
| Iro: ενενήντα- χιλιάδες |
| Maria: 90,000ninety thousand |
| Iro: εκατό- χιλιάδες |
| Maria: 100,000one hundred thousand |
| Iro: ένα εκατομμύριο |
| Maria: 1,000,000one million |
| Post banter |
| Maria: Let's use these numbers a little. Let's talk about prices in Greece. |
| Iro: And let's do them in the old currency drachmas, which will be more appropriate for this lesson! Let's take the 2002 currency rate where one EUR is equivalent to 340.75 GRD. Prices in Greece do vary a lot. It depends where you are and what you eat. |
| Maria: What's the price of an average meal in Athens? What about a very nice meal in Athens? |
| Iro: Well, Athens is not the cheapest city in Greece, especially at the tourist spots. But, of course, you get full for about six hundred to four thousand drachmas. |
| Maria: Which is roughly two to ten euros. What about a very nice meal? |
| Iro: Oh, the price might jump up to six thousand drachmas, and it still wouldn't be the most expensive one. |
| Maria: Wow, that's about twenty euros! The food must be really good there. |
| Iro: The most expensive food is usually something exotic, like Asian food or a restaurant's special. But I don't think our listeners will go to Greece to try Thai or Japanese food. And for an average Greek meal, or my absolute favorite, γύρος, five euros should be enough. |
| Maria: So how would you say those prices in Greek, Iro? |
| Vocabulary |
| Iro: εξακόσιες έως τέσσερις χιλιάδες δραχμές. |
| Iro: slow) ε-ξα-κό-σι-ες έ-ως τέσ-σε-ρις χι-λι-ά-δες 600-4000 δραχ-μές. |
| Iro: εξακόσιες έως τέσσερις χιλιάδες 600-4000 δραχμές. |
| Maria: 600six hundred to four thousand400 drachmas |
| Maria: Let's take a look at the structure of multiples of one hundred. |
| Grammar |
| Iro: We've already learned how to say "one hundred," εκατό. So, to build multiples of one hundred we simply take numbers two to nine and add "-κόσια" at the end. |
| Maria: Adding that "-κόσια" can be difficult at first, but you'll get the hang of it. So listen. |
| Iro: διακόσια, τριακόσια, τετρακόσια, πεντακόσια, εξακόσια, επτακόσια, οκτακόσια, εννιακόσια |
| Maria: From the previous Boot Camp, we also remember how to build three-digit numbers with one hundred. Now we'll use the same system to build numbers two hundred through nine hundred and ninety-nine. |
| Iro: Τετρακόσια ένα |
| Maria: "Four hundred and one" sounds familiar. Oh, there is a horror TV show in America called "Room 401." What´s next? |
| Iro: Διακόσια τριάντα επτά. |
| Maria: Why do you come up with such creepy numbers? Room 237 was the one in Steven King's "The Shining," the one all the horror started from! |
| Iro: Yeah, somehow I have a good memory for creepy things. |
| Maria: Anyway, it sounds exactly like in English. "Two hundred thirty-seven." |
| Iro: And next εννιακόσια δεκατέσσερα. |
| Maria: And again, we have a literal translation into English, "914." And luckily, I have a better association with this number. There was a cute old Porsche built about forty years ago called VW-Porsche 914. |
| Iro: And about five years earlier, Porsche εννιακόσια δώδεκα was built. |
| Maria: "Porsche 912." Okay, can you remember any other interesting things with numbers one thousand and above? Oh, but first, Iro, give us the word for "thousands." |
| Iro: Χίλια. |
| Maria: So one thousand? |
| Iro: Χίλια ("thousand"), you don't really have to say "one" here. |
| Maria: And "four thousand?" |
| Iro: Τέσσερις χιλιάδες. |
| Maria: So we take the number four and add one thousand, but be careful. The ending in χίλια has changed because of the plural number. |
| Iro: Χιλιάδες. |
| Maria: So here's what we have. |
| Iro: χίλια, δύο χιλιάδες, τρεις χιλιάδες, τέσσερις χιλιάδες, πέντε χιλιάδες, έξι χιλιάδες, επτά χιλιάδες, οχτώ χιλιάδες, εννέα χιλιάδες. |
| Maria: When we say twenty-one thousand, twenty-two thousand, twenty-three thousand, twenty-four thousand, we just say είκοσι τρεις χιλιάδες. |
| Iro: PLEASE WRITE THE FOLLOWING NUMBERS IN GREEK Είκοσι τρεις χιλιάδες, είκοσι επτά χιλιάδες, and so on. |
| Maria: So you just take a multiple of ten (ten, twenty, thirty...), add a number from one to nine, and then add "thousand." Easy as that! So give us a complicated four-digit number. |
| Iro: PLEASE WRITE THE FOLLOWING NUMBERS IN GREEK Δύο χιλιάδες δέκα. |
| Maria: Nice, that's the current year. Two thousand and ten. |
| Iro: How about PLEASE WRITE THE FOLLOWING NUMBERS IN GREEK ενενήντα χιλιάδες διακόσια δέκα; |
| Maria: Another TV show number, 90210. But in Greece, we'd say that as, "ninety thousand two hundred ten." Okay, give us the last one, Iro. The year you were born, for example. |
| Iro: Oh, you didn't have to say, "for example" to know my age. Anyway, I've mentioned it before. So, the year I was born in is PLEASE WRITE THE FOLLOWING NUMBERS IN GREEK χίλια εννιακόσια ογδόντα πέντε. |
| Maria: Nineteen eighty five. So the formula with numbers in the thousands is first you say how many thousands you have, then how many hundreds, then tens, then ones. |
| Iro: Yes, like in most languages. |
| Maria: We still have two numbers we haven't mentioned. One million and zero. |
| Iro: Well, when it comes to zero, I can't think of any example other than saying it in your phone number, when we pronounce all the digits separately. And one million is a number you'd most likely only use if you hit the jackpot! |
| Maria: What about all other millions; doesn't the ending in εκατομμύριο change? |
| Iro: It does, but it will be easy to remember. PLEASE WRITE THE FOLLOWING NUMBERS IN GREEKΈνα εκατομμύριο. |
| Maria: "One million." |
| Iro: PLEASE WRITE THE FOLLOWING NUMBERS IN GREEKΔύο, τρία, τέσσερα εκατομμύρια. |
| Maria: Two, three, four million. |
| IroPLEASE WRITE THE FOLLOWING NUMBERS IN GREEKΠέντε, έξι, εφτά, οκτώ, εννιά εκατομμύρια. |
| Erik: Five, six, seven, eight, nine million. |
| Iro: So, the change is εκατομμύριο becomes εκατομμύρια when in plural. |
| Maria: Give us an example. |
| Iro: I'm looking for a meaningful one...How about PLEASE WRITE THE FOLLOWING NUMBERS IN GREEK τρία εκατομμύρια εβδομήντα δύο χιλιάδες εννιακόσια είκοσι δύο; |
| Maria: And what does that mean? Not something creepy again, I hope. |
| Iro: Well, it depends on how you look at it. It's the population of Athens! |
| Maria: Okay, so we use our usual formula here. Three million seventy-two thousand nine hundred and twenty-two. Same as in English. And now, let's have another example, the only one where we pronounce digits separately in Greek, a phone number. |
| Iro: PLEASE WRITE THE FOLLOWING NUMBERS IN GREEK τρία, τέσσερα, μηδέν, επτά, δύο, έξι, ένα, οκτώ. |
| Maria: They can also be pronounced in tens, but for better understanding we use separate digits. |
| Iro: I think that's a lot of numbers. |
| Maria: Yes, I am more than satisfied with my number quota of the day. |
| Closing |
| Maria: See you next time! Thanks for listening! |
| Iro: Γεια σας! |
| Maria: Bye! |
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