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| In today's lesson, we'll introduce you to directions that will help you find the place you are looking for. We'll go over basic directions. First, we have "go straight." |
| In Greek, "go straight" is πήγαινε ευθεία (píyene efthía). |
| πήγαινε ευθεία (píyene efthía) |
| Let's break it down by syllable: pi-ye-ne ef-thi-a. |
| Now let's hear it once again, πήγαινε ευθεία (píyene efthía) |
| First, we have πήγαινε (píyene), which means "(you) go" and the word ευθεία (efthía), which means "straight." Pi-ye-ne ef-thi-a. |
| πήγαινε ευθεία (píyene efthía) |
| πήγαινε ευθεία (píyene efthía) |
| Literally, this means "go straight." |
| Let's look at the expression to help us turn. Let's cover "turn right," which in Greek is στρίψε δεξιά (strípse dexiá). |
| Let's break it down by syllable: stri-pse de-xi-a. |
| Now let's hear it once again, στρίψε δεξιά (strípse dexiá) |
| The first word, στρίψε (strípse), comes from the verb στρίβω (strívo), meaning "to turn." We follow this with δεξιά (dexiá) - "right." |
| στρίψε δεξιά (strípse dexiá) |
| στρίψε δεξιά (strípse dexiá) |
| Now let's work on "turn left." In Greek, "turn left" is στρίψε αριστερά (strípse aristerá). |
| στρίψε αριστερά (strípse aristerá) |
| Let's break down this word and hear it one more time, Stri-pse a-ri-ste-ra. |
| στρίψε αριστερά (strípse aristerá) |
| Let's try now with "Turn right at the traffic light," which in Greek is Στρίψε δεξιά στο φανάρι. (Strípse dexiá sto fanári.) |
| After Στρίψε δεξιά (Strípse dexiá) - "Τurn right," which we have just seen, you have στο φανάρι (sto fanári) - "at the traffic light." |
| Let's break it down and hear it one more time, Stri-pse de-xi-a sto fa-na-ri. |
| Στρίψε δεξιά στο φανάρι. (Strípse dexiá sto fanári.) |
| First, you have στο (sto), which in English is "at the." Then, you have φανάρι (fanári) - "light" or "traffic light." |
| Let's hear the entire sentence now, Στρίψε δεξιά στο φανάρι. (Strípse dexiá sto fanári.) |
| Στρίψε δεξιά στο φανάρι. (Strípse dexiá sto fanári.) |
| "It's on the right" in Greek is Είναι δεξιά (Íne dexiá). |
| Είναι δεξιά (Íne dexiá) |
| Let's break it down by syllable: Ι-ne de-xi-a. |
| Now let's hear it once again, Είναι δεξιά (Íne dexiá). |
| The first word, είναι (íne), means "is:" it comes from the verb είμαι (íme) and is a third person singular form. Finally, we have δεξιά (dexiá) - "right." So, all together, we have Είναι δεξιά. (Íne dexiá.) |
| "It's on the left" in Greek is Είναι αριστερά. (Íne aristerá.) |
| Είναι αριστερά. (Íne aristerá.) |
| The only difference is the word αριστερά (aristerá) in place of δεξιά (dexiá). |
| Let's break it down by syllable: a-ri-ste-ra. |
| Now let's hear it once again, Είναι αριστερά. (Íne aristerá.) |
| Okay, to close out today's lesson, we'd like for you to practice what you've just learned. I'll provide you with the English equivalent of the phrase and you're responsible for shouting it out loud. You'll have a few seconds before I give you the answer, so Καλή τύχη (kalí týchi), which means "good luck!" in Greek. |
| "Go straight" - πήγαινε ευθεία (píyene efthía) |
| πήγαινε ευθεία (píyene efthía) |
| πήγαινε ευθεία (píyene efthía) |
| "turn right" - στρίψε δεξιά (strípse dexiá) |
| στρίψε δεξιά (strípse dexiá) |
| στρίψε δεξιά (strípse dexiá) |
| "turn left" - στρίψε αριστερά (strípse aristerá) |
| στρίψε αριστερά (strípse aristerá) |
| στρίψε αριστερά (strípse aristerá) |
| "Turn right at the traffic light" - Στρίψε δεξιά στο φανάρι. (Strípse dexiá sto fanári.) |
| Στρίψε δεξιά στο φανάρι. (Strípse dexiá sto fanári.) |
| Στρίψε δεξιά στο φανάρι. (Strípse dexiá sto fanári.) |
| "It's on the right" - Είναι δεξιά (Íne dexiá) |
| Είναι δεξιά (Íne dexiá) |
| Είναι δεξιά (Íne dexiá) |
| "It's on the left" - Είναι αριστερά. (Íne aristerá.) |
| Είναι αριστερά. (Íne aristerá.) |
| Είναι αριστερά. (Íne aristerá.) |
| All right, that's going to do it for today! |
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