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| In today's lesson, we'll cover some high-frequency adjectives to help you express yourself in various situations. |
| In Greek, "It's delicious" is Είναι νόστιμο. (Íne nóstimo.) |
| Είναι νόστιμο. (Íne nóstimo.) |
| Let's break it down by syllable: I-ne no-sti-mo. |
| Now let's hear it once again, Είναι νόστιμο. (Íne nóstimo.) |
| The first word, είναι (íne), means "it's." Next, we have νόστιμο (nóstimo), which in English is "delicious:" No-sti-mo. To recap, when describing something in Greek, you use the verb "to be," third person singular είναι (íne), and then the adjective. |
| Now let's go over some other adjectives that you can use with the pattern we just introduced. Let's try hot, as in spicy. In Greek, "It's hot" is Είναι πικάντικο. (Íne pikándiko.) |
| Είναι πικάντικο. (Íne pikándiko.) |
| The word for "hot" is πικάντικο (pikándiko): pi-ka-ndi-ko. |
| If you are referring to the temperature instead, "it's hot" in Greek is Είναι ζεστό. (Íne zestó.) |
| Είναι ζεστό. (Íne zestó.) |
| The word for "hot" in this case is ζεστό (zestó): ze-sto. The opposite is Είναι κρύο. (Íne krío.) Therefore, the word for "cold" in Greek is κρύο (krío): kri-o. |
| Be careful! In Greek, we don't use the same pattern for temperature and weather. If you are referring to the weather in Greek, "it's hot" is Κάνει ζέστη. (Káni zésti.) |
| Κάνει ζέστη. (Káni zésti.) |
| Let's break it down by syllable and hear it one more time: ka-ni ze-sti. |
| Κάνει ζέστη. (Káni zésti.) Literally, this means "it does hot." |
| Therefore, "it's cold" in Greek would be Κάνει κρύο. (Káni krío.): ka-ni kri-o. |
| Literally, this means "it does cold." |
| Now let's look at the negative. In Greek, "It's not hot" is Δεν κάνει ζέστη. (Den káni zésti.) |
| Δεν κάνει ζέστη. (Den káni zésti.) |
| Let's break it down by syllable: den ka-ni ze-sti. |
| Now let's hear it once again, Δεν κάνει ζέστη. (Den káni zésti.) |
| We form the negation with δεν (den) plus the pattern we have just seen: κάνει ζέστη (káni zésti). All together, we have Δεν κάνει ζέστη. (Den káni zésti.) |
| In Greek, "it's far" is είναι μακριά (íne makriá). |
| The word for "far" is μακριά (makriá). Let's break it down by syllable: ma-kri-a. The opposite is "it's near," είναι κοντά (íne kondá). The word for "near" is κοντά (kondá): ko-nda. |
| If you are talking about a person, there are some main adjectives we need to cover: |
| "tall" - ψηλός (psilós) |
| "short" - κοντός (kondós) |
| "fat" - χοντρός (hondrós) |
| "thin" - λεπτός (leptós) |
| If you are talking about a girl, "she's beautiful" in Greek is Είναι όμορφη. (Íne ómorfi.) On the other hand, if you are talking about a man, you would say Είναι όμορφος. (Íne ómorfos.) |
| 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. |
| "It's delicious" - Είναι νόστιμο. (Íne nóstimo.) |
| Είναι νόστιμο. (Íne nóstimo.) |
| Είναι νόστιμο. (Íne nóstimo.) |
| "it's hot (spicy)" - Είναι πικάντικο. (Íne pikándiko.) |
| Είναι πικάντικο. (Íne pikándiko.) |
| Είναι πικάντικο. (Íne pikándiko.) |
| "it's hot" - Είναι ζεστό. (Íne zestó.) |
| Είναι ζεστό. (Íne zestó.) |
| Είναι ζεστό. (Íne zestó.) |
| "it's cold"- Είναι κρύο. (Íne krío.) |
| Είναι κρύο. (Íne krío.) |
| Είναι κρύο. (Íne krío.) |
| "it's hot (weather)" - Κάνει ζέστη. (Káni zésti.) |
| Κάνει ζέστη. (Káni zésti.) |
| Κάνει ζέστη. (Káni zésti.) |
| "it's cold (weather)" - Κάνει κρύο. (Káni krío.) |
| Κάνει κρύο. (Káni krío.) |
| Κάνει κρύο. (Káni krío.) |
| "It's not hot" - Δεν κάνει ζέστη. (Den káni zésti.) |
| Δεν κάνει ζέστη. (Den káni zésti.) |
| Δεν κάνει ζέστη. (Den káni zésti.) |
| "it's far" - είναι μακριά (íne makriá) |
| είναι μακριά (íne makriá) |
| είναι μακριά (íne makriá) |
| "it's near" - είναι κοντά (íne kondá) |
| είναι κοντά (íne kondá) |
| είναι κοντά (íne kondá) |
| All right, that's going to do it for today! |
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