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TABLE OF CONTENTS

Urdt 2.'6 'B.1yi.ng things'

I3a.sic Dialog1.1e .. 329

Response Drill ' .... 332

Narrat1V 333

ReS!'ODBe Drill ' 3)1.

Note 26.1 P.ronouns L and : . 335

Respol1.Be Ex.ercise )3 6

Un1t 27 'Making hotel reservat10ns by phone

Basic D:i.alogu.e 338

Narrati'V .. .341

Response 111 342

27.1 Continuous Past in sentences .... 343

27.2 'if eentences ........ 343

27.3 Adjecti'Vs in - ...................................... 344

.Adjecti'V'eS in - ........................................ 344

27.5 Adjecti :1n - 345

Response Exerc1se ............................................................... 345Unit 28 ' the hotel '

352

351

352

347

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Third Declension Nouns

Response Dril1

Third decl. noun 6 Note 28.1

Bas1c Dialogue

28.2.1 Notat1on . . . . . 354

28.3 Class verbs : 1st.pers.plur. Present/Future endings in katharevusa 354

Nouns \11th - - infix i.n plural 355

Response ~erCise 356

Topics for Dis CSSiOI ............. 358

Unit 29 IWeather Report

'Basic Dia1.ogtl ....................................... 360

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Response Drill t 11 362

Na~t1ve .. 362

Not8 29.1

29.2

29.3

29.4

Third declension masc.nouns in -

F1rst decl. case end1ngs in katharevusa 365

'1hird decl. munine nouns in - and - .. 365

Idiomatic UBage ................................. 366TOp:l.CB for Discussion 366

Unit 30 ' Party"'

Bas1c D1.aloglle 3'68

RespOIlse Drill ' 371

Narrat1ve .. 11 11 11 .11 11 11.11.11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11.11 11 11 11 11........... ~72

ReSPOIlSe Drlll ' 373

Note 30.1 Irregular' adjectives in - 374

30.2 Katharevus8 superlat1ves 374

30.3 Verbs w1th prefixes 374

Grarmatical Drills

Response Exercise

..............................................................

......................................377

378

R e v i e v (units 26 - 30)

Grarranatical D1"1ll 379

Narrative ...................................................................... 380Unit 31 'm a Cafe'

Ba&1c D1alogle 383

D1"ill 388

Note 31.1 Neuter unB in. --/ -0"L 388

D:l..minutives 388

Response Eercise " ~90

Unit 32 IDriving'

IJas1c D:alog11e 391

Resp()Ilse Dt-1ll. . 39!)

Note 32.1 Use ! () in clauses....................................... 396

32.2 Prepoaitions / 396

ResponBe Ex:ercise 396

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Un1t 33 'Driving' (cont.)

Bas1c D:i.aJ.oge 397

Response Drill . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40.3

Grarnnatical Drills ............................ 403

Response EX.erc1se 405

Unit 34 ' the Harbor l

Bas1c :D:i.aloge . 407

Resporse DriII . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 411

Note 34., 'Mixed' conjuRation . 41,

Granmat1cal Dr111s

Response Exerc1se

..........................................................................................................

412

413

Unit 35 'At the Airport

Basic D:i.alog1le . . . . . . . . . . . . 415

Res})Ol1Se ~erc1Be 421

Top1.cs for Di.scuss1m 421

Gra:rrmatical Drill ................ 422

R e v 1 e w (thits 31 - 35)

Grarnrnatical Dril1.s ... , ......................

Narrative

Unit 36 'At the U.S.Consu1ate'

Basic Di.alog'U.e . ... . . . . . . . . . . . . 430

RespOI1Se Drill . . . . . . . . . 433

Note 36., F'1ture Perfect ............... 433

Gramma.t1cal Dril1B

Response Ex:erc1se ..........................................................433

435

Un1t 37 'App]ying for a visa

Bas1c DialOg'U.e . . . . . . . 437

Res'POIse DriU . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 439

Unit 38 'App]ying for a v1sa (cont.)

Basic Dialogtl..e . . . . . . . . L.4o

ResJ)01'lse Drill . . . . . . . . 44,

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Unit 39 IIn the V1ce Consul.ls Ofi'ice

Bas1c Dialoge 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 .. 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 442

ReSpOIlSe Dr:tll 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 44.3

Unit 40 IGreek Islands l

Ba.s1c D1aJ.oge 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 .. .. .. .. '..'-$.4

Respnse Dr111

~Jarrat1ve

......... "".~~.,., ,..11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 .. 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11

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446

Response Dril1 ' 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 .. 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 448

R e v i e w (Units 35 - 40)

Gra.mmat1cal Dril1s

Narrative 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11

449

451

Unit 41 IIn the Courtroom l

Basic Dialoge . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . 453;

Grarrnnatical D1'il1.s . . . . 455

Unit 42 1m the Courtroom' (cnt.)

:Ba.sic D1aJ.ogle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 458

Grarrmat1cal Dr:tlls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 461

Unit 43 'In the Courtroom ( cont. )

Basic llialoge .............................................................. 46~:

ReSPOIlSe Drill ............................................. 465

GI-arrmatical Dril1s . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 466

Top:i.CS for d1.scussion ......... 469

Unit 44 Polit1cal Discuss1nl

Basic Dialoge . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 470

ResJ>OrlSe DI"i11 472

Unit 45 ' Political Discussinl (cont.)

13asic D::i.a.logu.e 474

Note 45.1 Katharevusa verb forms 476

Third decl.noun

45.2

45.3

Dat1ve case ..........................................................................................

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Top:Lcs for D:scussion .............. 478

R e v i e w (Units 41-45 )

GraI11l'l8.tical Drills 481

tTnit 46 'F:iJle '

:Basic D:f..alog'U.e . 485

'F:lne Arts' (cont.)

(cont.) ..................................................

Unit 47

Unit 48

Un1t 49

'F:iJle Arts'

'F:iJle Arts

(cnt. )

....................................................

....................................................487

489

491

'The Greek Theatre'

KatJarewsa verb foI'!IJS

Past tense augment in katharvusa

496

501

501

503

503

503

505

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......................................................

'Dhimotild. suffix --

'h1rd Declensin NomB

Ietter-numerals

.....................................................................

Response EJcercise

Narrative

Note 50.1

Unit 50

Glossa . 506

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Unit 26

Basic D:i.alogu.e

26

(the) taxicab

~o, -, -

, L ~o;

~ree, independent, single

(bachelor)Tax:i., are you ~ree?

HrnB

(the) clothes

v

:

, ,

, ,

,

.

, -, -

~

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Take rn to HrnB street [can] buy sorne

clothes:

(the) dreBs

(the) skirt

(the) blouse

(the) vest

(the) pu110ver

(the) scar:f

(the) raincoat

(the) pair

(t11e) ~iance

a dress, a skirt, a blouae ~or me,and

a vest, a pul1over, a scar~, a raincoat,

and a pair o~ shoes ~or :fiance.

islander

a piece o:f handwork

wel1 ,

(the) (ancient) vase

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6 6 (the) jewel

kind of coarse woolen carpet

, -, - popu1ar

(the) record, plate, disk

' L 6 -& \J Since you are a local person you may Imow

- where can find [some] handwork made by

, -& , , the islanders as well as [some] ancient

6 "- vases,jewe]xy, carpets and the most I>pular

; folk records.

(the) parliament

(the) Constitution; regiment

, -& You'll find records near the old Parliament,

, and towards the end of Herres street near

-& Constitution square you '11 find mary stores

, -&- whicll have anything you want.

.

/()

name of a section of Athens

(the) antique shop

- You can also go to !1onastyraki, where the

, .

6

; L

,

-&, 6

.

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antique shops are.

name of a section of Athens

(the) foot of the mountain

Do you Imow Mon!3styraki? It's near Plaka-

the oldest section of Athens at the foot

of Acropolis.

name of the cathedral in Athens

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1s i t near (Iin ) Metropolis?

26

~, -, -

, 6 ~6

,

.

, -, -

, -,-6

6 cc

'~, ; uExovv

,

6 .

.

()

C, C ~

' .

(o~)

, -, -

cathedral

(the) shoe store (.)

Yes, it's this side of Metropolis cathedral.

1tIs where many shoe stores are.

made

sof't

\the) skin, leather

(the) store window

Have you ever been (Igone I) there,1'f.iss?

bey have the best shoes there made !

the softest leathers. nrnst go there

and see the store WindO~IS.

(the) shoe store

somm~here else

to drive s.o. crazy

(the) corn (on the foot)

wife always prefers those shoe stores,

because if she buys shoes from somewhere

else the corns her feet drive her

crazy.

(the) look, glance

to look over, to examine

to find (something) hard to do

a womanIs shoe, pump

wide, broad, flat

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. : - npw'rtX : .. Can you stop there first that

~ ~, ~

~ 6 ~

. ', ~,

~.

() (3)

! ! !

6, -, -6

can have a 100k, because it.s very hard

for me (' have difficulty') to find shoes

to [fit] m:y feet. You lmow, have flat

feet.

to notice, to observe

ohI

narrow, tight

to be frank .

, 6 ~ . Yes, noticed it as on as you stepped

, ,. ! 6~ . , into the car. OhJ what a footJ thought

~ 6 But to be frank it's better than m:y sister's

6 ~ , 6 . foot,which is narrow.

6, -, - bare-footed

, , J You lmmI she ('the poor one l ) can1t find

~ o~ -- ~ shoes [in her size] anywhere and she either

'\1 , , . has to have them made to order or walk

bare-footed.

6 6 ;

-- ~;

~ -- ~ ;

~ -- 'o~;

6 ' o~, -- 'o~;

~ ;

~ 6 ;

E~ M6o~;

~ ooo~ Mo~;

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' ;

;

~ , .

6;

;

~ ;

'6 ~

Narrative

26

(~)

, -, -

o~ (o~)

, -, -

, -, -

() (,)

, -, -

()

()

(o~)

(oo~)

()

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to :1lIIag:ine

taken :in the proper sense

mania, rage, frenz.y

a ldnd ! man' S shoes

to add, to join

collection, assortment; meditation

fat, coarse, thick, rude

so16 (of shoes)

crepe

natura1]y

particu1ar, specia1

shoe, sanda1

to wear, to put

sincere, frank, true

to attribute, to return, to give back,[to grant

coquetry, f1irtatin

to uncover, disc10se, revea1

thought

to devise, to invent

a 10t

to justify

argument

prove, to demnstratehe prove

, -, -

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joke

of the soul

satisfaction

500 drachma bill

everything, the whole

', ,

~wo . '

~ , '

. " ~o

o~o 6

.

6 , ~ ~

.

' 'l;) ~o

, .

~o ,

, ' o~o -

o~o.

' npocrna~ouv

,

~

,

'.

;

~o ', '

;

;

' ~,

;

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6 ;

;

o~o ' '

;

o~o ;

Grammatical Notes

26

Note 26.1 Pronom.: The use ! , -, - 'whoever, whichever, anyone', ,

, 6 'who, which, that', and , 'whatever', 'anything'.

'

Q~QlQ

...

,

~~21~ ~~

', ~.

Acropolis was in the center ! the city and

whoever took it~ _

In addition to a11 this [ have) appendicitis

and have to operation ('which has

to be operated')

Whatever you want.

The word , -, - is an indefinite pronoun corresponding in meaning to

English 'whoever, whichever, anyone' declined regularly as an adjective.

The word , -, - (note that the stress is the ~;~~ syllable opposed

to , -, - where i t is the first ) is a declinable relati pronoun

corresponding in meaning to English 'who , which, that'.

,-,- i6 ~~~~I! used with the definite article , , 6.

Thi6 pronoun is sometimes used interchangeably with the pronoun 'that, which'.

HoweVer since i6 indeclinable and does not indicate the gender ! the noun it refers to,

in om contexts ,-,- must be used to avoid ambjguity. For example in such a

sentence , ~ ~o ~

(The mother ! friend who was in the theatre with us wi11 go to

Greece). may refer either to or to ) wherea6 if the

pronoun ,-, - is used, the meaning is clear: ,

~ 'The mother ! friend who (i.e.the mother) was w1th us....

", (not to be coJl1'ue4i v1ti the conjuction 'that') is another indafin1te

pronoW1. It corresponds in meaning to English 'whatever, anything' or sometimes 'everything'

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and is invariable.

() ()

() (,)

()

(ox~)

() (,)

, -, -

Koo~ (Koo~) (3)

, -, -

, -, -

(~)

x~

for some reason

to renew

~o ~~P, to w~tch

(, :~ol:!-o...

dress

local

:'" tru t.

cr.i(~nce

:riendstIi;;

a ;

~ ';

a ;

'' , ~ ; 11 ~~

ox~ ;

~ , l~ .

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, oo~

~ , ~

;

;

, ~ ~

x~ ~;

;

;

;

;

' ~~;

x~, ,

(, x~, , , ...)

;

p~ ;

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Unit 27-------

. ;

;

, -, -

~

15 .

6 ,

, -, -()

~

,

6,

', -, -

/

6 ' .

()

, -, -

/

, -/-, -

, ,

~

;

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Hello! Is this (t\~hat is there ) the Xenia

Hotel, please?

next, followi:ng

I'd like you to reserve a room for for

the 15th of the next month

......................

know it's too early now,

occupied

but thought might not find ar.y vacancy

(' would find all rooms occupied') if

called later-

because

Olympic

(the) contest

because of the Olympic games.

to light, to take fire

burning

(the) torch

saint, sacred, holy

space, area, place

Can you tell me, if you ImO.I, what time

they carry the burning torch

from the sacred place1

possible

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~ ~ ,

, ~

.

*

~ ,

6

, , ~o-

'

,

'

()

And then, Ilj like to know, if it's possible,

w}~t time the museum is open.

(the) profession

1Je '11 o~ stay for two days and because

of our profession--

(the) archeologist

we '::-e archeologists you know-.we want

to enjoy your famous Hernis as much as we

can,

l

(the) pediment

Zeus

Centaurus

(the) battle, fight

(the) sculpture

~ ',, ,

- as well as Apollo, the pediments of Zeus s

,

.........................Part

! . ~

.

, -~, -

~

____:~~_~~~~~i_wv.*See Note 28.3

339

temple, the battles of Centauri and

various other famous sculptures.

Oh, yes. It's for me and my wife.

double

(the) side

We'd prefer a double bed and our room should

be the side [facing] the ruins.

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(the)midnight

the day !

Virg:in Mary

15

, .

6

6

'

~o

,

'.

() (3)

, -, -

, ,

,

,

, -, -

() (3)

6 6

, .

()

.

We'll arrive August 15 at m1dn1ght the

day ! Virg1n Mary.

(the) ferry-boat

The ferry-boat arrives :iD Patras late at

n1ght.

(the) car, carriage

Olympia

and i t will take us 3 to 4 hours by (our)

car to get to 01ympia.

. , .to be late

outs1de-door, street-door

unlocked

Ye8, if we're very late you can leave the

back street-door unlocked,

(the) chamber maid

and leave the key of our room '.dth the

chamber maid,

night duty

to annoy, to bother, to trouble

or with your n1ght clerk; 30 that we won't

di8turb you too m.ch

.................to note, to put do.m, to jot down

hank you very much. You 'd better put down

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,

(xo~)

, -, -

, -/-, -

',

, -, -

()

~ -

.

rrry nare right away.

to be busy, occupied

busy

(the) excavation

southern

because I'm very busy with excavation

work in southern Ita~,

required, necessary

to call back, to call again

and don't know if I'll have the (required)

time to call you again.

' January '.C5 February

March ' April ' May ' June

Narrative

po~

()

, -, -

~oo /-

()

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Ju1y

August

September

October

November

December

thanks to

effort, endea"Vr

baron

performance, execution

to be interrupted

Byzantine

emperor

(the F1rst)

visitor

globe

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human

oo~ (oo~) (3)

()

/

(~)

()

~o, -, -

:

(~)

to obsere, to follow

result, issue, outcame

beginning

appearance

runner

to carry, to transfer

flame

to be taken, to be received

to symbolize

:immortal

youth, ; gereration

to compete

track, race-course

ideal

1896, o~ Pierre de

Coubertin, ' ,

.

K~ ,

. '

, oo~o .

,

~

'. ~

~~ *

~ .

~~~~~~~_p::~!! _

1896;

' ;

K~ : ;

* noble

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~ ;

' ;

;

;

6;

Grammatical Notes

1!~~~_~~! Verb: SUbjW1ctive: Use ! Continuous Past Ion:s in sentences.

UNIT 27

' ~ ~ And then d like to Imow

with the Continuous Past may be used instead ! with the SubjW1ctive to express

a polite request or a wishful thinking, e.g.

~ 6 .

~ .

~~~_~1~~. Verb: 'if'-sentences.

wish cou1d that play.

wish cou1d go to New York.

" , '- 1! we1re very late you can leave the back street-

. door unlocked

~ u.t - (11 would find a11 rooms occupied'}

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(protasis) and ~ plus Continuous Past in the main clause (apodosis). Thus the sentence

" ( ~ '6 ~ ~ ( . can mean

either 1' you went to New York, would go with you' (indefinite condition) or '! you had

gone to New York would have gone with you', (hypothetical condition) depending on the

context.

other examples:

x~,

6 .

6 , .

would be very happy if you did it for me.

or

would have been very happy if you had

done it for me.

would tell i t to you if could.

or

would have told you if had been able to.

~~~~_~7~~ Adjective: Adjectives in -

flat foot

Adjectives ending in _ have the feminine form in - and the neuter in

- e.g.

Sing.

. F. .

. .

6

G. () ()

. 6 () ~ 6

Pl.

..

() .

()

G. () ()

() ()

The katharevusa declension these adjectives will be discussed in later units.

~~~_~l~~Adjective: Adjectives in -

~ 6 6 6

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give the key to the night clerk

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'Ihe above sentence illustrates the use ! adjectives in - . hB adjecti

which are the regular present active participial forms in katharevusa~ will be discussed

in later units.

heir declension (in katmrevusa and kathomi1meni) is as fol1ws:

~~~.

. F. .

. 'interesting'

G. -

. ()

~!.

. -

G.

. - -

~~~~_~I:.~ Adjective: Adjectives in - in katharevusa

from the holy city

Adjectives in -iJ have the feminin"J form in - e.g. , , ( v).

,-,-

()

;

interesting

category

comparison

compared to

to describe

contest

hymn, national anthem

''Av , / ~

vL , ;

vL

;

~;

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" & & , a & '~ &

;

!

;

a ..'J , ..'J '

~' ~" , , , ' ;

;

L ;

' ;

' ; " , &

;

L, , ;

6 ..'J ' ;

;

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' the hote1'

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Unit 28

Basic Dialogue

Part

n 28

6

&

6-.

(the) element

to register the dOCUJllents

(the) identity

.

' 6 6

.

" /

6 6

,

6

6 6 6

6 6

,-,-

6,-,-

6

6

, x~

6 .

, .

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Will you please register rny documents1

Herels rny passport and rny identification

card.

(the) objection, contradiction

to object

(the) traveler's check

hope you wonlt refuse (11 donlt believe

you too will object to ) ry traveler s

checks?

(the) Custamhouse

Because at the Custnhouse where ry

luggage was ex:amined this morning

(the) amount, Bun

taxab1e, dutiab1e

who1e, entire

(and) had to pay a considerable amount

! money for dutiab1e objects (that

had); they wouldn t accept rny trave1er s

checks (Ithem ) and caused a11 sorts !

troub1e.

What are you talking about, Sir! 1t ls an

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( . o~

.

6 6~o()

6 (/)

honor for us to have custamers 1ike you.

We '11 do everything possib1e to be !

service to you.(the) ground-f1oor, 1eve1

(the) branch (loca1 office)

6 , -, -6 cODllercia1

-& di.rector, nana;er

6 6 Besides, the ground.floor ! the next

( / - bui1ding there is a branch ! the Comnercia1

( -&

.

()

()

6 / 6

(

-

Bank ! Greece, whose manager is our

customer.

to cash

to facilitate, to make it easier

his branch a1ways cashes a11 our customers'

checks for us and they do everything

possib1e to make [things] easier for us.

,-, - indiscreet

6 (-& (the) last name

( -& - don't want to appear indiscreet, but your

6 (-&6 ( 1ast name seems fami1iar to me.

6.

multi-mi1lionaire

-&/-& he was busy

(the) tomb

Pharaoh

-& ( - Are you by any chance the famous French

6 ( , - archeologist and. multimi11ionaire who

-& ( - excavated ('wasbusywithexcavationsl)

; the tombs ! the Pharaohs?

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' ,

.

The archeologist,yesj but don't Imow ('

doubt ) [about l1\ being] a mu1t1Inillionaire.

Part

~

~o ,

.

~

' -

.

:

&

.

o~ (o~~) (3)

~ (~)

(the) relative

(the) chemistry

(the) prize, award

Then you must be a relative ! the French

professor ! chemistry who got the Nobel

prize.

Charge dIAffaires

(the) secretary

He came here several times last summer

w1th the Charge d Affa1res and the First

Secretary of the French EJnbassy.

morning; breakfast

remember how they enjoyed spend.i.ng their

mornings in the stad1um.

(the) luck

to adopt

to d1e

(the) heir

' '. \ are relatives by blooo. However he

o~~ ~o

, ~ &

.

,-/-,-

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was fortunate enough be ad.opted by l1\

unCle, who made him h1s princ1pal heir after

his death ('when he died ).

celebrated, famous

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.

(~)

' ~.

,

~

.

, -, -

, ~

,

23;

~

.

6 ~

()

~ ~o

~o

;

()

, -0:, -

(the) painter, artist

(the) erudite, 1earned man

He's a150 ! the m05t famous painters

and 1earned ! our times.

(the) sleep

to suffer, to be exhaustea.

But enough ! that Time flies and we have

to go to bed. wife is exhausted from

the trip.

photographic

(the) machine,

(the) flower

Bell by ('litt1e ) J take those

Buitcases, the CaMera, and those flowers

to room 23.

b1ue

(the) jacket

(the) tuxedo

the big suitcase have a b1ue jacket and

my tuxedo.

(the) c1eaner's shop

to iron, to press

Can you take them to the c1eaner' s to be

c1eaned and pressed?

to shine, to polish

dark

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~ And want you to shine these dark shoes

.

()

6

1m wearing.

to serve

(the) meal

6 - Whs.t time do they serve the meals in the

6;

;J 6 6

6 ; 6 ~o

.

.

restaurant~

Can you bring our breakfast to our room? The

usual cafe oomplet

Glad1y J sir.

Response Dr111

6 6 ;

6 6 ;

';

/ '6 ;

';

6 ~o ;

;

' o~ J ~;

6 6 ;

~ ' ;

;

x~*o ;

~ 6 ;

~o ;

;

* , ( ~) x~ 'to continued l

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6 ;

~ 6 ;

;

Grammatica1 Notes

Note 28.1 Nom: Third dec1ension om 6 .

This 3rd dec1ension noun is dec1ined as fo11ows:

~~~.

.

G. 6

. 6

1.----

Note 28.2' Noun: Thi.rd Dec1ension NOUI1B.

As can be from Note 28.1, as we11 as frn the previOUB notes dealing with Third

Dec1ension nOUI1B" their forms cannot be a1ways predicted frn the nominative case 1ike those

! 1st and 2nd dec1ension nOUI1B.

The stem ! the hird Dec1ension noun appears in the genitive case. his stem is the

genitive case minus its ending (- or - ,sometimes - or -). Al1 other cases are

formed by affixing case endings (ii' any) to this stem.

There are ! course a few exceptions to this rule J but they are not nuneroUB.

The fo11owing chart il1ustrates the katharevusa dec1ension ! 3rd Dec1ension uns

which have already occurred in the previous units:

.

.

G.

.

~~. I'l.

6

-

6

'6 '

~~. I'l.

6

-

6,

3$2

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(Transferred in 'dhlmotiki' to the 1st decl. '

28

,) .~~. Pl.

. ~

G. -

.

, (Transferred in 1dhimotik1 I to the 1st decl. , ,).

~~. Pl.

. ~

G. -

.

, -&'~ (Transferred in 'dhlmot1k:i to the 1st decl. -& ,).Sg. Pl.

. -&-~ -&~ ~

G. -&- -&

. -&~ -&~

~ ~6 (Transferred in 'dh:iIn.ot1ld. I to the 1st decl. ~~6').

~~. Pl.

. ~~6 ~~6 ~G. ~~6-o ~~o

. ~~6 ~~6

(!!~~~_!.:!.~ )

, (Transferred 1n 'dhimotiki' to the 1st decl. ).

~~. Pl.

. o~

G. -

.

, , (Transferred in dhimotik1 to the 1st decl. ).

~~. ~.

. o~

G. -

. 6

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' '

Pl.

.

G.

.

-

(~~!~-~!~!.)

' '

G.

.

~~.

-

Pl.

, ,

, ,

, '

~~.

.

G. 6-

.

,

1.

,

,

.

G.

.

~~.

-

1

Hote 28.2.1 Notation.

Beginning with Unit 29 the Genitive case of the Third Dec1ension nouns wi1l be given in

the bui1d-ups in parentheses.

~~!~_~~!.~ Verb: Class verb present/future 1st .1. end1ngs in katharevusa.

We '11 OnJ.y stay for two days

The katharevusa ending is - (present) - (future), but -- may

a150 be someti1res used in spoken Greek instead of the regu1ar ending -.

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~~!~_~~!.!.!. : Mascu1ine and ferninine with -0- 1nfix in plura1.

28

number ! mascu1ine in -, -, -, - and m ferninine in -,

- and - Iorn their p1ura1 by means ! the infix -0-.

~~E!~~ P1ura1

'fi8herman'

'coffee' 'grandfather 'coffee-house keeper' grandother 'hors d'oeuvre' 'fox' 'I18~'

It shou1d be noted:

, ) that most ! these are 10anwords,

2) that they are usually stressed the last sy11ab1e,

3) that the majority of masculine nouns in - are occupation or profession made

with the suffix - (sometirnes a1so -, - , etc.)

e.g.

(.- 'baker'

'greengrocer l

~ '01d-c1othes- rnan'

'pa1nter (buildings ,etc)

'haberdasher'

'butcher'

'grocer l

'porter l

o~ 'shoe maker

'garbage co11ector'

'owner ! a tavern'

'n:1.11er'

'priest'

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Using V for 'vowel' the declension pattern ! these may be shown as follows:

~~~=.

Masc. Fem.

. -Vs -V

G. -V -Vs

. -v -v

~E~~~:

~~f'

P1ur.

~~!!:~~=.

-VOes

-VOon,

-VOes

Plur.

..

.

.

.

o~

G.

. C

~~~~~~-~~~~~~~

Usufu1 words

, o~

o~, -

, -

, -..

-

poet

muaic1an

civil engineer

agriculturist

any general

adm1ral

A.F. general

colnel

() 6)

nEp~ouoCa

'

()

6

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to inherit

fortune, property, wealth

Egypt

aphinx

pyramid

to declare

perfume

fur

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style

dress, garment, clothes

, -/-, - official

reception, part;y

-&/ etiquette

protocol

/

, -, -

, -, - / -&,--

-&, -, -/,-,-

-, -u

white

black

red

azure, sky blue

pink

purple

orange

light green

/

/

pure white

pure black

pure red

gray

pure yellow

;

;

-& , , , ...;

, , ;

' ;

;

-& ;

;

o-&~ ;

;

' ';

3$7

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'' , ;

, 6

;

~o ; (,

, , ...).

" x~ ' ' .

;

;

~o

;

' 6 6 '

;

? ~ (~o/,

, );

Topics for Discussion---------------------

6, -, -6

"

o~ (o~)

~ ~oox ~

to compare

Asiatic

let's

fluent1y

to suppose, aSSUMe, presume

while

reception, welcome

fomal1ty

Stay;

disposal, disposit1on, mood

lett1ng, lease, rent1ng

' 6 6 6

( 6 ,

, 2-3 , ...).

' '6

C 6 .

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' ~o

, ~ ,

.

' ~o .

.-

******" o~o 6 '~o ":

. , ,

~oo, ' ,

~,

.

~ ~ao

~ .

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Unit 29

Part

'Weather Report'--------------

( -) (the; masteIt'iece

~-& -& Why didn't you CO to George's party

~o; . -

.

, ~

.

yesterday~ You missed a lot, it 1ias a

masterp1ece

(the) doubt

(the) year

There s doubt tha t i t was ! the

best parties ! the year.

-& -&, tell you the truth, tried but d1dn 1t

~-&. make it.

( ox~) (the) obl1gation

~ ~'O ox~- As usual the reason 1ias rrw job (Iobligations').

'.

()

-

-/( )

to accompary

electrical engineer

(the) interpreter

(the) stranger's guide

(the) cement

Chalkis

'

- -

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had to escort an American electrical

engineer as his interpreter and guide

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,

n

;. -. -

! -. -

-

to the canent factory in Challd.s~

(the) contact

special. special1st

complicated.

(the) functionjl1turgy,mass

where brought him into contact w1th the

specialists. (and) 'We explained to h1m

- a11 the cnplicated functions ! the

. factory.

/ - / ( ) (the) storm, hurricane .squa11

' - After that could 'nt get back to Athens

'-&. - because ! the storm.

.

( )

o~ ; " .

.

. -. -()

(.)

. -. -

(the) pretext, false excuse

rlhat storm? Cne (rleave those'), you

don' t need. any excuses ( The pretexts are

useless}l

meteorological

(the) report, bulletin

very, very much

cloudy

(.)

.,

-. -6()

, upon, over

fil'm, fixed

the mainland ! Greece

. -. - ( ) sporadic .. scattered

Well, didn't you listen to the weather report

6 : ' - thisl!!orning (whichsaid): '(rleather}very

&* l.- cloudy over the mainland ! Greece with

; scattered showers

* 'with'(K.)

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, -, -

.

.

~

o~ .

. , ;

Apri1 (adj.)

Don't believe everything you hear. It was

one ! the rnost beautiful April days

(here)

all about the party

But imagine you 're anx:iou5 to know

everything about the party ('fun ).

Certain1y. Tell rne how i t was.

& ~*;

;

~ ;

~;

;

;

L

~ ;

, -, -

!:!~I..?j;i~

ff~QQQ~Q~_fQ~

next, corning

24/

'

, -, -

, -, -

(.)

twenty four hour period

at first

little, 111 a srnall degree

higher, superior

falling

in

north

___________~_~__~~5 ~Qy~h _

* ~, -, - yesterday (adj.)

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east

west

, -, -

, -, -

, -, -

, -, -

oo~o, -, -

( )/

//

!/ ! /

()

, -, -

/

()/ ()/ (1)

, -, -

, -, -

, -, -/, -, - /

, -, -

, -, -

, -, -

, -, -

-/-, -

'

, -, -

, -, -

oo~~, -, -

north~estern

northern

afternoon (adj.)

in detail

eastern

north-eastern

genera1]y

cloud

fog

p1a1n

early

morning

Saronikos (bay)

c10udy

wind

to b10w

variab1e, changeab1e

western

even1ng (adj.)

strengthened, fortif1ed

moderate, fair

high sea

Ionian Sea

rough, agitated

remaining, 1eft

still, quiet

Attica

thin, slim, de1icate, 1ight

south-eastern

south-western

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Euboea

( -8-) to fluctuate.-8- degree

, -, - b1ggest, largest

, -, - very sma11, least, m:1nimur,

-8- 24 -8- '

-8-

.

-8- ,

,

.

' -8- -8- -8-

' .

-8- -8-

.

-8-

. ' -8- -8-. -8-

-8- . -8-

-8-, .a- -8-~ 20 -8- 9 -

.-

Note: 'Ihe above vreather Bureau Report is written in katharevusa e:xact]y as 1t would appear

in a Greek newspaper.

Words in . 1 represent the dhirootiki equivalents which are normal]y used 1n

spoken Greek.

atharevusa participial fors appear vocabulary 1tems. 'Ihe foration ! these

participles wi11 be explained in later units.

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Grammatical Notes

!!~~~_~2:.1. Nun: Third dec1ension masculine nouns in - (~ 1n dhimotild)

29

8 his interpreter

The katharevusa dec1ension ! this group ! oUS 1s:

1.

.

G.

.

-

-

-

-

-

-

The dhimotiki form in - 1s declined. like 1st dec1ens1on masculine nouns in -

except for the genitive p1ural ending - which is ~~~~~~~ (See a1so Note 14.2)

!!!:~~_~2:.:; : First dec1ens1on case endings ! feminine nouns in - in katharevusa.

b comp1ete set ! these eIXJ.ings in katharevusa is:

~~~:.

.

G.

.

.

G.

.

-

-

-

1.

-

-

-

1.

.

!!~~~_:;2:.~ : Third dec1ension feminine nouns in - aIXJ. -.

6 XK~~~

6 K~~

The factory ! Challds

because ! the storm

The above examp1es illustrate the use ! katharevusa genitive forms ! feminine ous

in -.

Third dec1ension feminine nouns in - , - have the follow1ng case endings in

katharevusa:

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~~. .

. - - - -

G. - - - -

. - - - -

~~!~~

~~~~. Pl.

..

.

G.

.

For the dhimotiki declension ! this group ! nouns which end in -- see

Note 14.1.2

!!~~~_~2:.~ Idiomatic usage ! :::~.

'' a11 about the party

The plural neuter article i5 used here idiomatical],y as an equivalent to English

'a11 about (something)'.

The noun which follows is in the genitive case.

a11 about war

a11 about peace

Useful Words

6 -&'' '

6

'

-&'', -, -

' ( ')

'6, -, -6

6 ' ( ' )

beach, seashore

water-ski

sw.imming, bathing

rowing

(small) boat

situated near the sea

diving, sinking

cool

forest

L, -, O(V)

-&

LVL

'

vL

,vL

,vL

EiVaL narWVLtx

L

L

LvL

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inland (adj.)

stoI'Il!

Bnol

sky

star

lightning

thunderbolt

ful1

1t ls laI'Il!

1t ls cold

itls cool

itls freezing

itls lindy

i t s raining

it IS snoling

29

'L L -& L

, ~ L LL.

' L -& -&. LL

rLI LV .

'L L L.

' 'L -& LL rLti. L

-& L 6 -&

rECOU.

********** L Lv EiVaL L vL ,

L, L v6L.

L L LL 6 ~ L L VL

L, Xp6VLa. L vL

L rLI 6 L Lv L .-

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Part

' Party'

6 ,6 ,

.

/ (o~)

(.)

6 ( )

'

, , 6~*

'.

()

6, -, -6

~

6.

~o, -, -

/-

____________~~_~q~9S~__:9S~__:9J_~L _*6~ (katharevusa past ten5e, later units).

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(the) journalist

'm going to describe the party to you

exactly a journalist would ('does')

in the social column ! a newspaper.

to be given

was given

(the) vil1a

(the) pair, couple

Ekali

The party as you Imow was gi in the villa

! that couple in Ekali.

to stress, emphasize

charming, fascinating

(the) landlord, host

(the) mistress ! a house, hostess

It's not necessary to emphasize how charming

and hospitable the host and hostess were.

blootning

(the) almond-tree

fragrant

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aong, between

30

6 '

~

6

oo~ (oo~) (3)

, -, -

6

,-,-0/6

6 /

oo~

-

,

6

6, -, -

~ ( ~)

~

~ ,

6 ~

~.

the garden ! the vi11a, under beautiful

bloming a1mond-trees and among the most

fragrant flowers,

to place, put, Bet

many-colored

(the) table-cloth

Japanese

(the) sma11 lantern/l.antern

they had put 11 kinds ! small tables

with many-colored table-cloths and little

Japanese lanterns;

(the) middle

(the) fountain

(the) orchestra

the most beautiful

(the) composition

(the) composer

while right in the middle ! the garden,

next to the fountain, there was orchestra

playing beautiful works ! classical and

modern cmposers.

ow6 ( )

() (2)

, -, -

'6 '

6 /-, ( )

(the) personality, personage

to ca11, invite

invited

(the) Sl-liss

(the) Swiss woman

(the) sculptor

(the) Swede

(the) Swedish woman

(the) ambassador

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~ .. . &

,

, ...

( ) ( )J -

: ,

, -

,

' " '& '

',

,

' '& .

Many well-known foreign dignitaries were

among the guests- a Swiss SCUlptor, a

Swedish poet, many foreign ambassadors,

etc.

(the) compatriot

(the) crown prince

(the) crown princess

(the) prince

(the) princess

(the) aide-de-camp

(the) king

(the) quen

An:i among our compatriots: the Princess

Irene, the aide-de-camp ! the ing,

(the) Minister ! Public Works

(the) education

(the) Minister ! Education

(the) Minister ! Coordina.tion

(the) defense

(the) Minister ! Nationa.l DefeDSe

the Minister ! Public Works, the M1nister

! Education, the Minister ! Coordination

and the Minister ! Nationa.l Defense.

(the) beautiful women

(the) lovely dress

(the) uniirm

adorned the setting (.were

taking and giv1ng')

, Beautiful women,love~ dresses an:;i o.i:ficial

uniforms adorned the setting,

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()

, -, -

K~

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to serve

chosen, select, choice

(the) cellar

30

K~ ~

( K~ K~

( .

and waiters served the choicest

foods and wines from our friend's cellar.

K~

',

,

(the) hUI:10r, good mood

despite all these

ox~

Ko~~( )

~ ~ ( K~

( ~ ~o, o~

ox~ ~ ~K

x(~ ( Ko~~,

, -, -

o~

(

~ (

( o~ (

.-

(the) worry

(the) relief

'Ihe atmosphere was ! joy and good

spirits and 1m sure that despite all

your worries you would have found

pleasure and rellef there,

v1thout charm, dull

(the) mishap, misfortune

(the) period, t:ime

(thing) which 1s indispensable in this

dull and miserable ('without charm and full

! misfortune') time that live ir..

( o~ ~ ~~ ;

~ ~;

~ OL ;

oo~~ ~o K~ ~ ;

~ * K~;

~K ;

( ~o o~K ~;

o~oc ~ Ko~ ' ;

* , -, - 'covered'

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~ ;

' ;

;

~ ;

, ~

;

Narrative

, -, -

, -, -

, -, -

, -, -

~,-,-

( )

( )

,

/

( )

()

o~ (o~).'

.

( )

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neighboring

name of a neighborhoi in Athens

inscription, sign

surprising

deceitful, deceptive

origin, descent, extraction

1egitimate, 1awful, genuine

deep

knwledge, erudition

tradition; surrerxl.er

mentality

expert

adorer, worsh1pper

literature

poetry

to recite

poetry line

to menorize, learn by heart

Hner

Kavafis

Seferis

verse; turn

pon

contents

teclmique

, -, -

~

, -, -

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intellectual

old-t1mer

rare

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o~ ~ ~ ~,

,

o~ ~ ,

~ , ~o '. ~

~~,

.

, ; ~ ', ~ 6

~ ~

. 7 ,

' ~ ,

~

. ~ -

, o~ ' .

~ , ~ ~

,

~ ~ -

~ EX\J,

6 .-

~~!!~~~-~!~

~ ;

~ ;

;

7 ;

7 " ;

;

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, o~ '

;

Grammat1cal Notes

Note 30.1 Adjective: 'Irregular'

adjectives in -

. among the most fragrant flowers.

The adjective 'fragrant' belongs to a snall group ! adjectives 1n -

which have ident1cal mascul1ne and feminine forms 1n - ,e.g.

.

~c;.!:~_~2:.~ Adjective: Katharevusa superlative.

~ ,

~ ~

the middle ! the garden there an

orchestra playing beautitul composit1ons

As stated 1 Note 16.4 the spoken Greek cornon1y uses the article before the COIIIparative

to form the s\perlat1ve. The form , , 1s example !

the katharevusa superlative form which will be discussed in later units.

~c;.!:~_~2:.~ Verb: Verbs with prefixes.

Sme verbs with prefixes were listed in Note 18.2.

Here are other such verbs which have occurred since then in our units:

Cla.ss Verbs

Past tenses-----------Present

o.J.

to doubt

to disappoint

to prove

to grant

to reveal

to enjoy

to recite

*

*

*

.J. *

Continuous

*

*

*

.J. *

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/-

-&

to decide

to avoid

to separate

to return

to a110w

to advertise

to carry

to translate

to deliver

to describe

to add

to of.fer

to surpass

to submit

to sign

*

*

-& * *

*

*

/-

-& * *

(See Note 18.2)

, -

-&

on-&

to depart

to obtain

to last

to observe

to notice

to provoke

to try

*

-& * * *-& *

-&

on-&o

'lb.e verb

Present

(Note 22.3) has the f110wing forms:

Past tenses

Continuous

In Notes 10.3 and 15.2 it was stated that a stressed augment - (or sometimes Vr-)

1s prefixed to the Class and diss11abic "fflrbs whenever a syllable past te=e ending

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15 added to the verb stem (e.g. --, --, --&-, etc.)

Verbs 10Iith prefixes such as listed above (see a1Bo Note , 8.2) their S1mp1e and

Continuous Past tense5 according to the same princip1e, but the augment 1s prefi:ed to the

past ste ! the verb .!!:ie.! the prefix, and the VOW'e1 ! the pNi: (exCept the ~ !

and the .!: ! - ) i5 10st before the augment.

to trans1ate' , 'to describe'

ContinuoUB Past

~~.

--

--

--

--

--

--

1.

--

--

'Q\!~

--

--

--

'Q:!

--

~~.

--

--

--

--

--

--

1.

--

--

'QUt.

--

--

--

but--

Verbs with asterisks may be used in the past tenses either with augments (,more onal

speech) or wit,hout then, i.e. like any other po]ysy11Bbic verbs. hus, for examp1e, both

~ , arxl. etc, may be heard.

As can be from the above list ! verbs, the augment does not appear in the Continuous

Past ! the Class verbs with persona1 endings 1n -,-j!tc. (e.g.

, -& - -&, etc.)

-

The Simp1e Past ! the Class (M1dd1e/Passive) verbs fonned by ! the suffix

-- (Note 20.2) as 1oIe11 as t,he Cont1nuous Past ! this c1ass ! verbs in - (Note

20.3) do not have an augment either, e.g...

Verb

~~E!~_~~~~

-&

Cont.Past--------

It should be noted that 1n katharevusa, 10Ihich has d1fferent sets ! persona1 erxl.ings,

the past tense augment is ~!~~!~ used both 10Iith simple verbs arxl. verbs with prefixes.

Other verb prefixes (and their different fonns in various phonetic environments) 1oIi11 be

discussed in detail in the Notes ! Volume 10Ihich deal with katharevusa gr&ar.

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Grammatical Drills

Transformation Drill

Change the 11derined. verbs into the Past tense.

~~~!~~~~Q~Y K~6o .

~~~~2~~~ ~~21Qn!~Q~~~~ .

8 6 ~~2f1~2~~~ .

, ~ ~~Q~~~2~Y .

~~2~~~~~~2Qy .

~~2~~~~~Y2~Y 6 6 !.

~~2~!n~~~Q~~~ 6 6 .

~~Q~~~!~~!5 K~ 6 6 .

~2~1f!~ ~~Q~~Q12~Y ;

~~2~e~2!~! .

f~!~!ef~2~~~ 6 6 15 6.

~~!!ef~~ 6 .

~!~~~12~Y 6 ~o '&.

~~!~~~e~!f ~ .

~ ~f!~~e~~ 6 ~o .

8 ~~e~~~2~Y .

~fe~1e~~~ ~~2e~ 6 6 .

~e2~~~~f!f 6 !2Q.

~eQ~~fe2~~f 6.

6 .

~~2~~~2~Y .

~~21e~~5 6 6 ~o.

~ ~~~e~2~ 6 .

~~Q~!Q]5 6 ~~~f!5.

6 6 ~o ~ ~!~e~~~ ~.

6 ~~e~~2~2~~ff.

~~e~!ne~ ~e2~fXf!5.

6 ~e2~~~~f .

~e2~~~~ ~ .

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6

, -, -6

( )

6 ( ~o)

~o, -, -

, -, -

sur.romd:ings, env1roI1Ment

world1y, Bocial

concentration, gathering

question, issue

drunk

important, signi1'icant

;

, ;

' , ,

~ ,

;

~ ' , , ..

, , , ~ , ...;

, ' ;

' ~o;

,

;

, , ;

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REVIEW

(Un:1.ts 26 - 30)

Rev1ew Dr111

REVIEW 26-30

Change the underlined verbs 1n the f0wing sentences from Active to Passive and

change the direct object ! the sente~e (if 8r.\Y) 1nto the subject ! the new sentence.

.~ j_~~~~_~~: . .

. ~~~~l~_~~E .

K~ ~~_~~~~~~ . . ..

~~~~~9Y_~ . .

1lfl'~~1~_ ~..

. f~y_~~~g_~ . .

O ~' , '' f' -~ . ~__~_~~ ~ ..

~ ~~~~9~J.

.~ / .._~Ii~l'~~~_ .

~~~~}_~~9~!Lq~ K~ .

K~ ~~g~~~~1~_ ' .

. . ~~_~x~~~~ L .

~~!_~~~E~~ '&. L.

~~~~~=J_~~~~~_~~: .

E_~I~SEJ . ~. .

1lP9_~~~gg_~~ .

~~_~~g~_~~ ' . .~ .

K~.o g_~~~e~_~~ ..

. ~1~JVQYY_ .

~ ~ ~~JtqQYY .

~ g,y_~QiqQ~1 ..

. ~~_~~~_qf .

13.P-~~~B~~f .

. 6 ~~~~~:~~~~ .. 1960.

. . ~ ~~e~g_~~~ . .

x~ocpo ~ oJl2~q~.LL ~.

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' J_~~~~ ~.

l_:~~~~~ .

~ !~~2_~~!fu!-~~~ ' .

gjQ~~E_~ .

Narrative

, -, -

, -, -

~o6

~, -

, -, -

( )

( )

()

()

6

, -, -

~

()

( )

, -, -

, -, -

~ (~)

a()

archaeologica1

mediterranean

Mediterranean Sea

enthusiasm

sea shore

native

friendJ.y

manifestation, expression

aston1shment, surprise

to force, compel, oblige

to descern, to cne dcnm

for, for the sake !

Egyptian

camel

admiration

to for the first time

height

gecnetrical

conversation

amusing

reward, recoropene, salaIY

to admire

hierogJ.ypha

~sticism

hospitality

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.

()

(/-)

, -, -

Egyptian

to we1cme

to charm

historica1

~ ~

, A~o.

~ 6, ~

, ~

. ~

~,

, ...,

~ , ~

, l, ~ .

~o ~ ,

'

~ - .

~ l

, ", . '

~ l~

~~

~.

' , f -

,

, ~ ~

.

L~

, ' fo

. ~ , '

, ,

~

.

' ~ ~o , ,

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-&, L, L, ' L ,

, L ... -& L

L. L -&-& LL ,

L -& L L -&

6 6, L -&L L

L L L , yLa

L-& L , L6L 6

6 L-& -& L ' .

6 L yLa L , ~ -&L.

-& -&-& 6 -&

, .

L ~ 6 L L.

6 6 -& L~ yLa

LL

. L L

-&, L LL

L L L LL.

-& L6. '

L L L~ '

~ 6 . L

L LL6 .

6 L L-& L

-& , , ,

, L L.

LL6 , L L

L L

L L yLa L .-

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()

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6 L,

.

6, -, -

' 6 L. KL

;

6 L

6 'L L

K~ 6 LL

nIPLO: ''

;

() (1)

, -L, -

6, -LI, -6

6 ,

~, ~ ,

~, nL~ 6

6 ,

() (1)

LL

6 L/L

~ LL

~ 6 L

;

L

8XL. ~~

~ 6L, L

)84

housekeeper and s female cook to take care

! yo~1

absolute

They sre sbsolute],y right. And hw do

you SnBWer then~

(the) h;ymn

the s8lne old story

Each ti.n answer them wi.th the same old

story. IAre there cafes ..,here you Uve1

to trest

heavy, strong

S'o/eet, pleasing, kind

80 Bno can go 1 the morning, when you

are st work, to f1nd h1s fr1ends, to treat

them, to drink his Turk1sh ('strong, S'o/eet')

coffee,

to discuss

(the) polit1cs

(the) backgammon

a killd ! eard game

to discuss h1s politics, to play h1s

backgammon, or his prefai'

(the) age

Certain1y not. .., can th1s 'gemitl;lich

( full ! ..,annth ) a tmosphere wh1ch is

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& ,_

, -, -

/

, ,

()

,

~

~

~ .

( )

~

- t

~ ,

( )

( -)

, -, -

, -, -()

,

, ,

, ,

( )

~

,

imIX>rtant ('special') for men ! our

age be found there_

! alamata (a town in PeloIX>ne-sus)

(the) olive

(the) octapus

'feta' cheese; slice

with uzo and alamata olive, the little

octopus and feta cheese

to solve

which put you in a good mood as soon as you

put them in your mouth, that you want

to discuss and solve 11 prob1ems domestic

and intern.ationa1.

(the) solution

everything

With two or three little glasses ! uzo you

find the solution to everything,

(the) government

(the) IX>liticalopposition

democratic, republican

extreme

for the present ('new') government, for

the IX>litical opposition, for the Democratic

party, the extreme right, the center.

(the ) increase

(the) employer

Russia

China

(the) astronaut

For increase ! salary for employees, for

the workers, for the employers, for Russia,

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6, , ,

, ...

Part -------

6, -, -6

China, astronauts etc.etc,

entire, whole, precise, right

. ' 6 .

, , ' -

6.

o~o (o~j-~)

6 o~.

. "A,~

,

6

~ , ,

L .

L (~)

6 L

~v ~ 6

L L~

.

L (L)

ywvCajYWVLa

You are right. You are absolute]y right.

But you lmow, my friend, in our country

now there are not maqy cafes like this.

to be spoiled, adulterated

Most of them have been spoiled. They are

not arry more as we used to know them.

hY have changed. Tourists and wnen go

there now ('they put in tourists and women')

(the) parfait

(the) ta1kativeness, chatter

v.ith the1r sweet things, the1r parfaits,

their tea and the1r chatter.

to stand, to hold out, to stop

(the) canomile

quiet]y

Hw can you exist over there , how can you

drink your camomile tea and read your

newspaper quiet:ly?

oc hey youl you over

there~

to empty

(the) corner, angle

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:

' ~ ;

;

~ ~

, ~

6.

" .

6 .

" . ' .

6

.

, -, -(}

60 (.) ( )

6 ' '()

They look at you as if they 're trying

to say: 'Whs.t do you want here, you poor

fellow? Why don 't you get out of here

('empty the corner 1)1

Why don 't you let Bn younger [fellow] take

your place, that he can make the

a tmosphere more a ttract1V (, gi interest

to the atmosphere')1

(the) youth

Let the young people ('youth') enjoy

thenselves. Your t:!lne 1 past'.

(the) little corner

You are right. Things are changing. In a

little while our little corner might not

exist ay more.

(the) science

ho]y, saint

(the) mountain

Mount Athos ('the Holy Mountain l )

. Women take everything. They've gotten in

, 6

. 6 "

'.

6 6

6 6

.

6.

() (1 )

everywhere. Even in political li.fe, in

science; they might v go to Mount Athosl

(the) slacks, trousers

They wear slacks. Men are letting the1r

ha1r grow. The world 1s falling apart.

to degenerate (1nto), to be

reduced to, to go S far 8

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~

L ; L~

Poor. beautifu1 Athens. What 1s 1eft '

you? Where is the past (Ithose years\)1

Where are the old days1

, L , ~~ '~~

';

, K~

;

;

L ;

L

;

~ , 2-3 o~o;

;

;

, ', ;

Grammatica1 Notes

~~~_~!.:.! Noun: Plura1 forms of neuter nouns - , and _ 0'1:.

The p1ura1 ending of neuter nouns in -, and - " 1s - , e.g.

,

,

The following diminutive forms have oceurred in our units: , ,

, , , , etc.

Greek has a number ' diminutive suffixes which denote diminutiveness 1 s1ze and/or

the affectionate attitude ! the speaker. For the most part, the emot1ona1 connotation 1s

commoner than the indication ' pl:;rs1ca1 size.

The diminutive noun suffiXes are divided into three groups 8ccording to the gender !

the noun.

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These sui'fixes are affixed to the stems of the nouns.

31

,_ L,) can be from our units, the most cmon dilninutive suffix is the ~~';~~~_~~!:~

This sui'fix is also the most productive and can be affixed to practically any

neuter noun (it also occurs in the adverb LL 'a little bit').

2) The most frequentJ.y used ~I!:.';!~~ diminutive sui'fixes are:

- (occurs 1n proper names on1y)

Nickolas L

e.g. L

L6

John L Johnz:\y

Nick, etc.

-

-

e.g. -&

'11ttle man'

little old man

dear little husband

The diminutive for is 'daddy' and that for L6 is

L6 'dear little son'.

3) The commonest !:~~~~ aui'fixes are:

_( e.g. (

(

little corner

lit tle chair

The sui'fix is also found in fem1nine proper names,

-

e.g. (

e.g.

The diminuti of

11ttle Helen

little sister

little heart etc.

i8 'little mother' and that of YLaYLO:

LL6: '11ttle grand mother'.

The most frequentJ.y U8ed adjectival d:l.mi.nutive sui'fixes are:

- , -, -L (denoting for the most part physical smallness),

e.g. L, L, LL '11ttle one'

- L, -/-L, - (denoting usual1y that the quality possessed is somewhat

limited or restricted),

e.g. L, L, L 'pretty good'

- , -, -6

e.g. 6, , 6 'plump'

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LL, -, -()

, -, -()

industrial

trad.itional

L L L;

L L, L L ;

L L LL L;

L L LL L ;

L ' ' L;

L L L L L;

L L ~ L ~ L ;

L L ' L LL ;

L L LL LL ~ L -

L ;

L , L L L L

L L L;

L L L;

L LL L ~ x~ L

L ;

L L

L ;

, L;

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'Driving'

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Part

Ep1daurus

Antigone

32

~

' '

You don't know how long llve wanted to go to

Epidaurus to Ant1gone but [smehow]

~. I've never nade it.

(o~) to reason, think, consider

all the t:ime

Germa~

, always kept postponing it because didn't

: have ('II\V own') a car; and all the time

'

' '.

() (3)

~

~oo, -, -

was th:Wking: ' wish II\V friend had cane

from Gennany with his ( car ).

to realize, to accanpl1sh, cometrue

(the) w1sh

enthusiastic

oo~ ~

, ~

~oo.

And now that your wish has come true, can

1magine how happy ('enthusiastic') you are.

~oo, -, -

~~

ver,y enthusiastic

indeed

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K~oo, ~.

;

,

''

, '

';

(the) circulation, traft1c

(the) driver 's license

Yes indeed. ('very enthusiastic indeed'). But

can you te11 me1when did you get [your]

driver's license7

recent]y

(the) cap1tal letter

(the) windw pane

Qu1te recent]y, perhaps7 ( Because ) doesn't

thia capital in the rear 'Win:iow ! your

car mean 'N'W driver '7

, -, -

, , ,

, . '

.

' ,

, , '

' .

(the) ace

innate

(the) talent

Yes you are right, but don't worry, "' fr1end,

because am the best ( ace ). have an

innate talent [for driving] .

Bes1des,I've been dr1v1ng more than a month.

As you know brought this car trom

Germany.

'. K~ .

~ .

., .. ..

;

L, -, -

L ( )

1m not worrying about i t at a11. simp]y

wanted. to know. And what do [the letters]

.., .. and ..that other cars have,

meani

private, personsl

(the) use

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(the) rnis sion

.. , ..

~ .. .

!

()

()

6 6

, ! -

,

~

.

. stands ('means') for cars for personal

use, .. [for cars] for commercial (Ifree')

[use] and ..(fr cars] from foreinmissiona.

here is; there is; here you are

(the) filling station

to turn

(the) spare part

But here i8 a filling station. have to

turn to the right to get gas and to see

if they have some parts that need.

Part

()

6

to

(the) brake

, , .

.

()/

6

, 6

, 6

.

, .

Young fe11ow, fi11 it uP, p1ease, and check

the brakes, and put air in the tires.

to consume

(the)

(the) battery

I s the mechanic inside? Because it uses a

lot ! gas, it 10ses oi1 and the battery

is weak.

Yes , sir.

6 (the) spark p1ug

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(the) points (automobi1e)

. o~

.

, -, -

;

)

, ,

.

()

;

.. Tell him a1so to 100k at the spark

p1ugs and the points.

paved with aspha1t

Do you know if the highway to Epidaurus 1s

paved with aspha1t7

(the)soi1,dirt,earth,ground,1and

(the) d1rt road

For the most part, sir, but towards the end

it is a dirt road.

(the) to

(the) gate, door

Do you (Isomeone ) have to pay a to at the

various gates7

( )

(the) workshop

~the) 1ubrication

. don1t know. How can tell you7 Wou1d you

do me a favor and take your car to the

~ - workshop for 1ubrication ard to 1et the

; mechanic 1t.

to park

(the) truck

. P1ease park next to the big truck.

(the) tube (auto)

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6

;

When did you put ne", tubes in your tires7

6, -, -

()

irom.emorial

to belong

(the) industrialist

6 , , 6 Ages ago ('before :iJmemorial years'). don't

6

6 .

knw because the car belonged to old

German industria11st.

-- (--)

6, -, -6

6, -, -6

( )

to offend,to Wound one'sfeel1ngs

mean"'hile

affirmative

negative

aIlBWer, rep1y

6 ;

6 ;

6 ;

' ;

;

-- --~ ;

-- 6 ;

6 6 6 6 --~;

~;

6 ;

;

K~

6 ;

, ;

-- '6 ;

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llOLX , L , L;

L , ~ LL

L ;

Grammatical Notes

:!~!=_~~:!. Use ! ( ) in clauses.

'

~ '

One ! the things that makes stay in

Greece (not to want to leave )

It should be noted that ( ) 1 the regular negative after e.g. ,

~, ...

~~!~_~~:.~ Preposition: / 'from, , account of'.

This preposition is before COnBOnants am before vowels; the noun that

follo\~s i t is in the geniti case, .g. but ~.

L (L)

to di.ffer, be different

meaning

~ L i L;

, , L nOL6v L L;

llOLX L L L ~~o;

L rLX ;

L ~o ;

L ' L;

L L L ~ L;

L L ~ L~ ;

llOLOL L L L ;

Tennesy Williams;

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'Driving' (cont.)

" ,

60, -, -

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Part

mtil, til1

unforseen, unexpected

.3.3

6 ,

~

, , 6

60.

, -, -()

wo

6 -

6wo

.

Well Lak:l., to go on with our ta1k mtil the

mechanic gets through: ~ trip to Germav,

as told you, was full ! surprises

('unforseen [things]').

legal

(the) adviser

representative

You know that went there a8 a legal adviser

and representative ! our CompaV.

(the) return

6 ( ) (the) frontier, bomdary

Yougoslavia

() (1) to bypass

, -, - vertiginous

, 6, Then, trip back, when Was crossing

, - the bomdary ! Greece and Yugoslavia a

60-, '& 6 car [going] like a rocket (lwith vertig1nous

- speed t ) pas8ed the national highway.

.

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() hardly do so-and-so

~, -, -

6 6{)

6

(). ,

-

,

~ ,

, ,

~

.

, -, -

'! ',K~K

. '

unusual, peculiar

(the) t,ype, character

(the) phenomenon, appearance

judging by appearance

to enjoy

(the) crown

heads and tails

could hardly see the driver, a pecu1.iar

character .~!th long hair, who apparent],y

enjoyed play1ng games ('heads and tails')

with his 1ife.

stupid, silly, foolish

(the) steering wheel

'Here i8 some kind ! nutJ thought J

and didn't attach ('give') much importance

[to it]. devoted a11 attention to

, the road and to the steering, because

. didn't have much driving experience.

(the) intersect10n

/- ( ) (the) sign

~o ( K~o) guiding, conducting

, -, - abbreviated, shortened

, , - Then at an intersection followed a road

~ K~o

,

, -, -

398

sign which said to turn right to take a

short cut,

hilly

(the) iron;

(the) destin;, fate, fortune

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L ~K

~ -

,

,

and at a dangerous turn of this road,,,hich

was rather hilJyJ found our friend

againJ but this time, "hat a di:fference

('iro~ of fate')J

() to turn upside do'WI1

(the) precipice

(the) bridge

o~ (the) river

~K, -, - impetuous

( ) (the) currentJ streaJn

~ oo~o His car "8S upside down near a precipice

o~ ~K .

'

, -, -

'-&~ ( -&)

( )

KL 6, ' ~

' , ~~

~ -&~

,

~K

Ko~ (-&)

~K

-6' ~

~K ,

and a very narrow bridge, under "hich a

roaring stream ( 'river 'With impetUOU8

stream') "as passing.

at first

motionlesB

evident~J c1ear~, apparent1y

(the) fee1ing JsensationJperception

(the) stroke, blo"J knock

And "hi1e he "as motionless at first in the

middle ! the roadJ because apparent1y

he had 10st his senses as a result ! a

(strong) crash,

sudd~

(the) second

to get up, stand up

(the)trouble,disorderJagitation

a11 ! a sudden in a matter ! seconds, he

got Up as ii' nothjng had happened to him;

and 'Without the slightest embarassment,

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'~

' ~ .

have a flat tire

(the) paper. map. chart

he told me that he had had a flat tire and

a$ked me whether had a road map.

~;

, -, -.-&

, -, -

~~E~5

And what did you do?

ecstatic. enraptured

(the) apathy. indifference

near

police (adj.)

' -&

~

-& -&

.

'

-&

.

, ,

-

remained flabbergasted ~ h1s nonchalance

and told him that he had obvious]y had an

accident and that if he wanted me to.

would give him a ride to the nearest

police stat10n.

under any circumstances

absolutely

But he didn't want that under a.n;y circum-

stances and he told me that noth1ng had

happened at a11.

(the) motorcycle

over against. oppos1te. in front

motorcycle had been comig the wrong

, - side ! the road; the motorcycl1st (!

~ -& which I ) was drunk and didn't know where

he was going;

-&( -&) (the) direction

(the) dead

o~ and he. in order to avoid him. made a turn

-& (Itook another direction I ) 1nto a road

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''. which had a sign 'dead eOO I

( ) (the) result

33

But it seem5 that he made a very sharp

, - ('steep ) turn .,ith the result that he

-&~ . ended up where 1und him.

-

;

And 'olhat happened to the other [man] with

the motorcycle?

(-&)

, -, -

()

to disappear

vanished

to search, to look for, to seek

~ . -&'l' That ' the strangest [thing]. He disappeared.

' .

-&.

-&, -, -

" -&

-&

, -&,

, -/-, -()

()

**

~

,

.

He vanished. We searched everywhere[but]

", couldn't find him. ('[He was] nowhere').

(the) cO!1Bequence

(the) exit

improbable

Maybe he was afraid ! the consequences and

took (followed) a snall ex1t road towards

the public road, which is rather improbable

(the) construct1on,manufacture

impassable

(the) earth

to swallow

because this road was under construction

and was impassable at that t1me, or

the eart.h opened up and swallowed him.

401

* -& 1s katharev.sa Past tense ** - katharevusa Cont:l.nuoUB Past(seelater units )

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Lw (Lw) (1)

LL (L~)

~

, L ~ L

6 . ' ~

~ L-

x~~ .

to huah

(the) apy

to 1nterfere w1th,to be 1nvo1ved

(the) police

But 1t waa a150 very strange (fact) that the

other [fellow] wanted to hU5h up the

who1e th1ng. Maybe he was aome sort !

apy and he didn' t want to get 1nv1ved

with the po1ice.

L6

, -, -

L, -, -

not at all, not in the 1east

strange, odd, queer

excit1ng, captivat1ng

L6 . L L wouldn't be surprised. ('[it wouldn't] be

L. s trange a t a11'). that your trip

was very excitingl'~~~~Q~

LL, -, -6

L, -, -

LL (L~)

; 7 6

LL , L

L ~ L L-

~.

L( )

L L

L L~ ~-

'

L.-

excit1ng

endless

to re1ate, to te11

You're te1ling me~ Ful1 ! excit1ng events

that 'd need end1ess hours to tell you.

(the) performance

But think the mechanic has finished and

we have to hurry if we don't want to be

1ate and miss the performance.-

402

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;

;

;

~ ;

;

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;

;

, ;

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Gramnatical Drills

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.

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oo~ .

K~ , 6 6

.

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~ . ~

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!!)

6 6

.

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6, .

6, -, -6

to OW'e

is due

are due

winter (adj.)

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;

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" ;

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6 ;

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Was~n ;

Washington ;

;

fJ -& ;

' ;

-&-& -&

' ;

406

' the Harbor'

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(the) swan

34

UL L& U & &-

, .

LLL ( LL~)

LL

'L&

LL LLL, LL

~'xo LL -

nEL & L 'L&.

All 'iknos' passengers p1ease go this 8

('from here').

(the) embarcat10n

(the) race ! sailing boats

(the) open

The embarcation 1s about to start, because

the boat races are going to begin in a

litt1e 'Whi1e, and have to be the open.

L (L)

U (U )

, -, -

L

~! ! & L& , n&EL

. lRL-

L & . &

L L

~o U L

L.

L

4c17

(the ) small change

(the) hat

to float

(the) 'Wave

insupportab1e,tiresome,unbearab1e

a11 at once

Oh, my goodnessJ change and my hat

gone! I.ook ho'W i t 1s [the hat] f10ating

the W8ve8. (&1t) what unbearab1e

situat10n (that 1s)J

Such a crowd and they a11 'Wsntto get

board at the same t1me.

(the) cruise

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Aegean Sea

TC C ~ C

L ,

LL

They told me 50 ("" ) What did want

this cruise in the Aegean Sea for, 1

(Iwith') this bad weather?

L

(the) line, row, turn, order

(the) mooologue, soll1oquy

to weigh anchor, to depart (sh1p)

L , LC. 'C

KaC L~.

~ ~ L .

L

[Stay] in l1ne, M1ss. Stop talking to your5elf,

and hurry upl The sh1p is leaving 1n half

hour.

(the) t1me-table, 1t1nerary

LC C; - Wby so soon? Accord1ng to the 5chedule 1t's

L L ~ C . TC

ElvaL ;

~o, -, -

supposed to leave in an hour. What's all

this about?

to blame

(the) harbor-master

respons1ble

, L. .L

ElvaL ~o. &

L L.

!

L6, -, -

( )

()

Don't blame me, sirl ItIs the harbor-master

who is responsible. He i5 the who

changes the schedule.

Well doneJ Well 5aidl Good(for you)

Congratulations! N1ce jobl

organized

(the) spirit, ghost, m1nd

to congratulate

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() (3) to create, to produce

~o! ~ .

' ~ x~ . Ko~

~ ~~ .

Good for himJ real brain for organization

('organizing spirit')J He deserves

congratulations. wok at the situatin

he has createdJ

(~ ) (the) organization

() (3) to warn

~ ~oo (the) agency

~ . You"j expect better ('more') organization.

' They shou1d have warned UB in advance--

~ox~o ~ ~oo. (from) the agency leastJ

x~, , o~ ~

~o~ ~

.

"oo~

oo~ ~

~ ~ ~o

o~ oo~ ~ ~

6 ;

, ~o ,

o~ ~ x~ ~

;

(the) season

Don't forget, sir, that are now in [the

middle of] tne tourist season the

traffic in the harbor is very heavy.

whenever

random, it comes to yourmind

And what about people who don't know that

you change schedules at random1

~ friend, for example, who I'm sure is

going to miss the ship:l

integral, entire

o~o (o~)

, -, -()

~

409

to prearrange, to set beforehand(t:ime)

in whole, in fulJ.

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6 o~

6

. x~

6 , ~

.

Ha.lf an hour ahead ! the schedu1ed time

1s not at a1.1 iJnportant. Bes1des i1' your

friend missed the sh1p his fare would be

reimbursed to him 1n fu1l.

6

6

! 6

6 6 , ,

()

6

.

;

6

6

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6 .

-

6 .

()

6

.

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1t 's very k1nd ! YOU

(the) young nan

(the) group ! fr1en:is

Wonderfull It's very ldnd ! YOU. The fact 1s,

YOUDg fellow, had a1.1 dec1ded to go 1n

group.

(the) port off1ce

to be ashazed

And YOU and your Port office are golng to

ru1n our plans. We1.1 now, aren' t you

ashazed ! yoursel.f7

to be smart alecky

believe 'm somebody

Don't scold them, Evangeli.a, you're wast1ng

your time. They are very smart-alecky and

they th.U1k theY're somebody.

to blame, to blame oneself

(the) old worthless ship

(the) tempest, Bton

(But) don't fuss with them. It's our own

GREEK BASIC COURSE UNIT 34

L

L '

L. ~.-

f.auJ.t ('We[shouJ.d] blare ourselves') that

we are l.lling ourselves to visit the

1s1ands their wreck a ship 1n a stonn

like this. .. then, let's suf'f'erJ

choice , change

according to what he sa1d

in ti.me

L ~ 'V LL L

;

OL L;

L ;

;

~ ;

~o yLa ;

L ~ L ;

L ~L ;

~ L, , ~ L,

, ~ ;

L~ LL L ;

L OXL;

K~o ;

L L L

Lp ;

Grammatica1 Notes

~~~~_~~!. Verb: 'Mixed' Conjugat1n

1t canes to your mind

The verb 'to desceoo' belongs to tlIe verbB 'mixed' conjugation

described 1n Note 23.3; 1ts SiJnple Past is Ionned like that ! the Class verb6, 1.e.

, , , , , .

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, ,

() (2)

against

to i.nvite

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.

.

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o~ .

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.

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