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Let's look at some examples.
Listen and repeat or speak along with the native speakers.
Ζέστη σήμερα ε; (Zésti símera e?)
Ζέστη σήμερα ε; (Zésti símera e?)
Κρύο σήμερα ε; (Krío símera e?)
Κρύο σήμερα ε; (Krío símera e?)
Καύσωνας σήμερα ε; (Káfsonas símera e?)
Καύσωνας σήμερα ε; (Káfsonas símera e?)
Ο καιρός είναι κακός σήμερα ε; (O kerós íne kakós símera e?)
Ο καιρός είναι κακός σήμερα ε; (O kerós íne kakós símera e?)
Ο καιρός είναι ωραίος σήμερα ε; (O kerós íne oréos símera e?)
Ο καιρός είναι ωραίος σήμερα ε; (O kerós íne oréos símera e?)
Did you notice how the last two speakers, Penelope and I, used slightly longer phrases?
Ο καιρός είναι ωραίος σήμερα ε; (O kerós íne oréos símera e?)
"The weather's nice today, right?"
Let's start with the word καιρός (kerós), "weather." Καιρός. Καιρός.
In Greek, all nouns have grammatical gender. They are also either singular or plural and have a case that depends on the role they are playing in the sentence.
Καιρός is masculine and singular.
Here, καιρός (kerós) is the subject of the sentence, so it appears as it would in the dictionary, also known as the nominative, form.
Because of this, some other words in the sentence will also be masculine, singular, and in the nominative.
Before this is ο (o), "the." Ο. Ο.
Ο is also masculine singular, and in the nominative case to agree with καιρός (kerós).
Together, Ο καιρός, "the weather." Ο καιρός.
Next is είναι (íne), "is." Είναι. Είναι.
Είναι is from the verb είμαι (íme), the dictionary form of the verb "to be." Είμαι.
After this is ωραίος (oréos), "nice." Ωραίος. Ωραίος.
Ωραίος is also masculine singular, and in the nominative case to agree with καιρός (kerós).
Last is ε (e), "right?" Ε.
All together it's Ο καιρός είναι ωραίος σήμερα ε; (O kerós íne oréos símera e?) "The weather's nice today, right?"
Ο καιρός είναι ωραίος σήμερα ε; (O kerós íne oréos símera e?)

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