Learn 10 phrases for surviving back to school
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| Hello, everyone, and welcome to another episode of GreekPod101, How to Learn Greek. Today, we’ll have a classroom about Phrases for Surviving Back to School. A little crazy, but anyway, this is the lesson for today, 10 Phrases for Surviving Back to School. I don’t get this. How will we survive back to school? How anyone can survive back to school? Anyway, I should stop drinking coffee, I’m very hyper today. Let’s start! |
| 1. |
| Number one, |
| σακίδιο (sakídio) “backpack” |
| Κάθε χρόνο της αρέσει να έχει καινούριο σακίδιο για το σχολείο. |
| (Káthe hróno tis arési na éhi kenúrio sakídio ya to scholío.) |
| “Every year she likes to have a new backpack for school.” |
| Everyone likes to have a new backpack, even me, but I’m not going to school. I want every three months to change backpack. It’s a normal thing, it’s not only for the school. |
| 2. |
| συμμαθητής |
| (simathitís) |
| “classmate” |
| Ποιοι από τους συμμαθητές σου θα πάνε στο πάρτι; |
| (Pyi apó tus simathités su tha páne sto párti?” |
| “Which classmates of yours are going to the party?” |
| Important question. Remember it in Greek. |
| 3. |
| μαθήματα |
| (mathímata) |
| “Homework” |
| A lot of homework. |
| Έχεις κάνει τα μαθήματά σου; |
| (Éhis káni ta mathímatá su?) |
| “Have you done your homework?” |
| This question, I really hate it. I always was hearing for 20 years, “Have you done...have you done...?” Anyway, I always did my homeworks and I’m still doing my homeworks. I hope you do also, and learn fast the Greek language, so as to communicate easier. |
| 4. |
| εξέταση |
| (exétasi) |
| “exam” |
| Οι εξετάσεις του πρώτου τριμήνου θα γίνουν τον Νοέμβριο. |
| (I exetásis tu prótu trimínu tha yínun ton Noémvrio.) |
| “The exams of the first trimester will take place in November.” |
| Every three months, we have exams; and every six months, we have the major exams; and every year, we have the crucial exams. |
| So remember this, εξέταση (exétasi). Plural - ἐξέτάσεις (exetásis). |
| 5. |
| καλοκαιρινές διακοπές |
| (kalokerinés diakopés) |
| “summer break” |
| Oh! My favorite. |
| καλοκαιρινές διακοπές |
| (kalokerinés diakopés) |
| “summer break” |
| This is also a song in Greece, by the way. |
| Η επιστροφή στο σχολείο μετά τις καλοκαιρινές διακοπές είναι πάντα δύσκολη. |
| (I epistrofí sto scholío metá tis kalokerinés diakopés íne pánda dískoli.) |
| “The return to school after the summer break is always difficult.” |
| I know! What to do? |
| 6. |
| σχολείο |
| (scholío) |
| “school” |
| You can guess, it’s easy. |
| Το σχολείο χρειάζεται καλύτερο εξοπλισμό για το χημείο. |
| (To scholío hriázete kalítero exoplismó ya to himío.) |
| “The school needs better equipment for the chemistry lab.” |
| Of course it needs; every school needs, for the physics, for the mathematician, and for the chemistry. Every year, they have to renew. |
| 7. |
| σπουδάζω |
| (spudázo) |
| “to study” |
| Σκέφτεται να σπουδάσει διοίκηση επιχειρήσεων. |
| (Skéftete na spudási diíkisi epihiríseon.) |
| “She's thinking of studying business management.” |
| This is what I’m doing, business management, especially in touristic sector. |
| 8. |
| Είμαστε στην ίδια τάξη! |
| (Ímaste stin ídia táxi!) |
| “We're in the same class!” |
| Not for long, if you don’t pass the exams, you will not be in the same class. |
| 9. |
| Ποια μαθήματα παρακολουθείς; |
| (Pia mathímata parakoluthís?) |
| “What classes are you taking?” |
| And you answer, “None of your business.” This is rude, very rude, don’t do this. |
| 10. |
| Τελείωσες τα μαθήματά σου; |
| (Telíoses ta mathímatá su?) |
| “Did you finish your homework?” |
| This is a rhetorical question that’s happening from your parents. So be aware what you will answer. It’s a rhetorical question. |
| This is it for today. I hope you enjoyed that classroom. For more Greek lessons, subscribe on GreekPod101.com, and see you soon with more interesting lessons. Take care, have a nice day. Bye! |
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