Expressing and Describing Feelings and Opinions in Greek

You already learned how to describe the weather and make small talk in Greek. Now, it is time to start describing feelings and opinions in Greek.

In order to describe ยซฯƒฯ…ฮฝฮฑฮนฯƒฮธฮฎฮผฮฑฯ„ฮฑยป (feelings and emotions) in Greek, you can use either one of these two verbs: ฮฝฮนฯŽฮธฯ‰ (from the medieval verb โ€œฮณฮฝฯŽฮธฯ‰โ€) and ฮฑฮนฯƒฮธฮฌฮฝฮฟฮผฮฑฮน (from the ancient Greek โ€œฮฑแผฐฯƒฮธฮฌฮฝฮฟฮผฮฑฮนโ€). Both verbs mean โ€œto feelโ€ and can be followed by a noun or a participle (a word having the characteristics of both verb and adjective). The participles, in particular, can also follow the verb ยซฮตฮฏฮผฮฑฮนยป to be.

ฮŸk, now that you get a basic understanding of how you can describe your feelings, letโ€™s see how to you can express your personal opinions. The two most common nouns in Greek are (ฮท) ฮณฮฝฯŽฮผฮท and (ฮท) ฮฌฯ€ฮฟฯˆฮท. The first derives from the ancient verb ยซฮณฮนฮณฮฝฯŽฯƒฮบฯ‰ยป (to know), meaning that your opinion is based on knowledge, whereas the second derives from the ancient noun ยซแผ„ฯ€ฮฟฯˆฮนฯ‚ยป (the viewpoint), and it carries the same meaning today.

Helpful Vocabulary:

(ฮท) ฯ‡ฮฑฯฮฌ= (the) joy

(ฮฟ/ฮท/ฯ„ฮฟ) ฯ‡ฮฑฯฮฟฯฮผฮตฮฝฮฟฯ‚-ฮท-ฮฟ= (the) joyful

(ฮท) ฮตฯ…ฯ„ฯ…ฯ‡ฮฏฮฑ= (the) happiness

(ฮฟ/ฮท/ฯ„ฮฟ) ฮตฯ…ฯ„ฯ…ฯ‡ฮนฯƒฮผฮญฮฝฮฟฯ‚-ฮท-ฮฟ= (the) happy

(ฮฟ) ฮตฮฝฮธฮฟฯ…ฯƒฮนฮฑฯƒฮผฯŒฯ‚= (the) enthusiasm

(ฮฟ/ฮท/ฯ„ฮฟ) ฮตฮฝฮธฮฟฯ…ฯƒฮนฮฑฯƒฮผฮญฮฝฮฟฯ‚-ฮท-ฮฟ= (the) enthusiastic

(ฮฟ) ฮธฯ…ฮผฯŒฯ‚= (the) anger

(ฮฟ/ฮท/ฯ„ฮฟ) ฮธฯ…ฮผฯ‰ฮผฮญฮฝฮฟฯ‚-ฮท-ฮฟ= (the) angered/ (the) angry

(ฮฟ) ฯ†ฯŒฮฒฮฟฯ‚= (the) fear

(o/ฮท/ฯ„ฮฟ) ฯ†ฮฟฮฒฮนฯƒฮผฮญฮฝฮฟฯ‚-ฮท-ฮฟ= (the) fearful

(ฮฟ) ฯ„ฯฯŒฮผฮฟฯ‚= (the) intense fear, (the) fright

(ฮฟ/ฮท/ฯ„ฮฟ) ฯ„ฯฮฟฮผฮฑฮณฮผฮญฮฝฮฟฯ‚-ฮท-ฮฟ= (the) frightened

(ฯ„ฮฟ) ฮฌฮณฯ‡ฮฟฯ‚= (the) persistent stress, (the) anxiety

(o/ฮท/ฯ„ฮฟ) ฮฑฮณฯ‡ฯ‰ฮผฮญฮฝฮฟฯ‚-ฮท-ฮฟ= (the) anxious

(ฯ„ฮฟ) ฯƒฯ„ฯฮตฯ‚= (the) brief but intense feeling of stress

(ฮฟ/ฮท/ฯ„ฮฟ) ฯƒฯ„ฯฮตฯƒฮฑฯฮนฯƒฮผฮญฮฝฮฟฯ‚= (the) stressed

(o) ฯ€ฮฑฮฝฮนฮบฯŒฯ‚= (the) panic

(ฮฟ/ฮท/ฯ„ฮฟ) ฯ€ฮฑฮฝฮนฮบฯŒฮฒฮปฮทฯ„ฮฟฯ‚/ฮท/ฮฟ= (the) panicked

(ฮท) ฮธฮปฮฏฯˆฮท= (the) sadness

(ฮฟ/ฮท/ฯ„ฮฟ) ฮธฮปฮนฮผฮผฮญฮฝฮฟฯ‚-ฮท-ฮฟ= (the) sad

(ฮท) ฮถฮฎฮปฮนฮฑ= (the) jealousy (no participle)

(ฮท) ฮตฮปฯ€ฮฏฮดฮฑ= (the) hope (no participle)

(ฮท) ฮทฯฮตฮผฮฏฮฑ= (the) calmness

(ฮท) ฮผฮฟฮฝฮฑฮพฮนฮฌ= (the) loneliness

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