Learn how to talk about your ethnicity using the verb meaning "to be"
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| Maria: Hey, everyone, welcome to Basic Boot Camp. |
| Iro: This five-part series will help you ease your way into Greek. |
| Maria: We’ll go over all the basics that will really help you understand Greek much quicker and easier. |
| Iro: In this lesson, you will learn how to introduce yourself and tell people where you are from. |
| Maria: Which is essential while traveling to Greece, because that will be the first question people might want to ask you. |
| Iro: We’ll also go over one of the easy building blocks of learning Greek word order. |
| Maria: So, whether you’re in a language class, in a new country, or in your own city, in our small world, you can always find someone from somewhere else. |
| Iro: And in this bootcamp, we’re talking about ethnicity. |
| Maria: So have a listen to these Greek students talk about where they are from. And while you’re listening, try to guess their ethnicities. |
| Iro: And I’ll give you a hint. The first parts of the nationality words are transliterations. The endings might sound strange at first, but you’ll find them very logical while listening to the grammar explanations later. |
| Maria: So, if you do some mental gymnastics, you might be able to guess the nationality. |
| Dialog with English |
| Iro: Γεια σου. Με λένε IROΗρώ. Είμαι Ελληνίδα. |
| Maria: Γεια σου, με λένε MariaΜαρία. Είμαι Αγγλίδα. |
| Maria: Let’s hear it slowly now. |
| Iro: Ας το ακούσουμε τώρα αργά. |
| Iro: Γεια σου. Με λένε IRO. Είμαι Ελληνίδα. |
| Maria: Γεια σου, με λένε MariaΜαρία. Είμαι Αγγλίδα. |
| Maria: And now with the translation. |
| Iro: Και τώρα η μετάφραση! |
| Iro: Γεια σου. Με λένε IROΗρώ. Είμαι Ελληνίδα. |
| Iro: Hello. My name is Iro. I’m Greek. |
| Maria: Γεια σου, με λένε MariaΜαρία. Είμαι Αγγλίδα. |
| Maria: Hello, I'm Maria. I'm British. |
| Post banter |
| MARIA: One of the most fun things about Greek is that it is used all over the world! |
| Iro: Because Greece had such a great influence on mainly western societies, the language is recognized in many places. |
| MARIA: And another very interesting thing is that people want to know one of the oldest modern languages in existence. |
| Iro: Yes, the history of the Greek language goes back to ancient times, and it will take way too long for me to explain it all here. |
| Maria: Yeah, I think it will put our boot camp listeners to sleep! |
| Iro: Okay, now, let’s take a look at the words we used in these phrases so all our learners will be able to share where they are from. |
| Maria: Note here, that in Greek, even nationalities have gender, so a Greek woman would be Ελληνίδα and a Greek man is Έλληνας. |
| Vocabulary |
| Maria: Here we go! |
| Maria: Let’s take a look at the vocabulary for this lesson.Here we go! |
| Maria: The first word we shall see is:. |
| Iro: Ελληνίδα |
| Maria: Greek, feminine |
| Iro: |
| Ελληνίδα (slowly) |
| Iro: Ελληνίδα |
| Maria: The next word is. |
| Iro: Έλληνας |
| Maria: Greek, masculine |
| Iro: Έλληνας (slowly) |
| Iro: Έλληνας |
| Maria: Next we have. |
| Iro: Αγγλίδα |
| Maria: British, feminine |
| Iro: Αγγλίδα (slowly) |
| Iro: Αγγλίδα |
| Maria: And finally we have. |
| Iro: Άγγλος |
| Maria: British, masculine |
| Iro: Άγγλος |
| Vocab and usage |
| MARIA: Cool, we already learned the greeting Γεια σου in Boot Camp One. |
| Iro: And the Με λένε, Ηρώ. (RERECORD WITH BETTER BREAKS BETWEEN WORDS) |
| MARIA: Right, “My name is….” Με λένε. |
| Iro: So now we move on to ethnicity. |
| MARIA: Υours is more exotic than mine, Iro, so let’s start with yours. |
| Iro:Ελληνίδα. |
| MARIA: So, let’s take this word and boot camp it up a little…what do you say? |
| Iro: Sure. |
| MARIA: I’m not sure what "boot camp it up" really means, but we’re going to find out. |
| Iro: Yes! Ελληνίδα is the feminine word for "Greek." BUT, the important thing here is that unlike in English, Ελληνίδα |
| Maria: Greek |
| Iro: Cannot be used as an adverb; therefore, we can never use it in a phrase such as "I speak Greek." Remember, this is only in a context of saying your nationality. |
| MARIA: Another point that needs special attention here is gender. The phrase, "I’m Greek," sounds different for women and men. |
| Iro: Let’s take a look at the examples with both genders, feminine and masculine. |
| First, for women… |
| Iro: Ελληνίδα, (Ellinída.) |
| Maria: Greek. |
| Iro: Ρωσίδα. (Rosída.) |
| Maria: Russian. |
| Iro: Αμερικανίδα. (Amerikanída.) |
| Maria: American. |
| Iro: Αγγλίδα. (Anglída.) |
| Maria: British. |
| Iro: Γιαπωνέζα; (Giaponéza.) |
| Maria: Japanese |
| Iro: Κινέζα; (Kinéza.) |
| Maria: Chinese |
| Iro: Γαλλίδα. (Gallída.) |
| Maria: French. |
| Iro: Ιταλίδα. (Italída.) |
| Maria: Italian. |
| Maria: And for men... |
| Iro: Έλληνας. (Éllinas.) |
| Maria: "Greek." |
| Iro: Ρώσος. (Rósos.) |
| Maria: "Russian." |
| Iro: Αμερικανός. (Amerikanós.) |
| Maria: "American." |
| Iro: Άγγλος. (Ánglos.) |
| Maria: "British." |
| Iro: Ιάπωνας; (Iáponas.) |
| Maria: "Japanese." |
| Iro: Κινέζος; (Kinézos.) |
| Maria: "Chinese" |
| Iro: Γάλλος. (Gállos.) |
| Maria: "French." |
| Iro: Ιταλός. (Italós.) |
| Maria: "Italian." |
| Maria: Now, your nationality is Greek, right, Iro? So how did you say that? |
| Iro: «Ελληνίδα» (Ellinída). And you, Maria? |
| MARIA: Yeah, me! Okay, well, I am British. So… how do we say, "British" in feminine gender? |
| Iro: «Αγγλίδα» (Anglída). |
| Maria: Good. Now, try to make some simple sentences with our nationalities. |
| Iro: Have some fun! |
| Grammar |
| Maria: Let’s take a look at today’s grammar point. |
| Iro: To say your nationality in Greek, you simply need the pronoun Είμαι, which means, "I am," and then a nationality in your gender. |
| MARIA: Just like English, you use the verb, "to be" in the first person. |
| Iro: Είμαι Ελληνίδα. |
| MARIA: Είμαι Αγγλίδα. |
| Iro: Είμαι Ελληνίδα. |
| MARIA: Είμαι Αγγλίδα. |
| Iro: So, we hope everybody isn’t too tired after this boot camp! |
| MARIA: Yeah! I think we’re pretty nice boot camp instructors. We don’t like, yell at the listeners or anything like the boot camps I’ve seen. |
| Iro: So keep practicing and you’ll have these down pat in no time. |
| Closing |
| Maria: Thanks for listening! |
| Iro: Γεια σας! |
| Maria: Bye! |
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