Common Greek language mistakes. Mistakes you might be making when speaking Greek. Can you identify them in today’s listening comprehension exercise?
The Script:
ฮฮตฮนฮฑ ฮบฮฑฮน ฮบฮฑฮปฯฯฮฟฯฮฏฯฮฑฯฮต ฯฮต ฮผฮนฮฑ ฮฑฮบฯฮผฮฑ ฮฌฯฮบฮทฯฮท
Hello and welcome to another exercise
ฮบฮฑฯฮฑฮฝฯฮทฯฮทฯ ฮทฯฮทฯฮนฮบฮฟฯ ฯฮตฯฮนฮตฯฮฟฮผฮญฮฝฮฟฯ ฮฑฯฯ ฯฮฟ helinika.com.
of audio content comprehension from helinika.com
ฮฃฮฎฮผฮตฯฮฑ, ฮธฮฑ ฮดฮฟฯฮผฮต ฮฟฯฮนฯฮผฮญฮฝฮฑ ฮฑฯฯ ฯฮฑ ฯฯ ฯฮฝฯฯฮตฯฮฑ ฮปฮฌฮธฮท
Today, we will see some of the most common mistakes
ฯฮฟฯ ฮบฮฌฮฝฮฟฯ ฮฝ ฯฯฮฟฮน ฮผฮฑฮธฮฑฮฏฮฝฮฟฯ ฮฝ ฯฮทฮฝ ฮฝฮญฮฑ ฮตฮปฮปฮทฮฝฮนฮบฮฎ ฮณฮปฯฯฯฮฑ.
that whoever learns the Greek language makes.
ฮฯฯฯ ฯฮฑฮฝฯฮฌฮถฮตฯฯฮต, ฮผฯฮฟฯฮตฮฏ ฮบฮฑฮฝฮตฮฏฯ ฮตฯฮบฮฟฮปฮฑ ฮฝฮฑ ฯฯฮทฯฮนฮผฮฟฯฮฟฮนฮฎฯฮตฮน
As you can imagine, someone can easily use
ฮปฮฌฮธฮฟฯ ฯฯฯฯฮท ฮฎ ฮฌฯฮธฯฮฟ ฯฯฮฑ ฮฟฯ ฯฮนฮฑฯฯฮนฮบฮฌ
the wrong case or articles with (when using) nouns
ฮบฮฑฮน ฮฝฮฑ ฮฒฮฌฮปฮตฮน ฯฮฑ ฯฮฎฮผฮฑฯฮฑ ฯฮต ฮปฮฌฮธฮฟฯ ฯฯฯฯฯฯฮฟ ฮฎ ฯฯฯฮฝฮฟ.
and place the verb in the wrong person or tenses.
ฮฯ ฮดฮฟฯฮผฮต ฮฟฯฮนฯฮผฮญฮฝฮฑ ฯฮฑฯฮฑฮดฮตฮฏฮณฮผฮฑฯฮฑ. ฮฯฮฟฯฮตฮฏฯฮต ฮฝฮฑ ฮฒฯฮตฮฏฯฮต ฯฮฟ ฮปฮฌฮธฮฟฯ;
Letโs see some examples. Can you spot the mistake?
ฮ ฮฮฏฮบฮฟฯ ฮบฮฑฮน ฮฟ ฮฮนฮฌฮฝฮฝฮทฯ ฮบฮฌฮฝฮตฮน ฯฮฟฮดฮฎฮปฮฑฯฮฟ.
Nikos and Yannis are doing the bike (doing the bike in Greek= cycling).
ฮ ฮฟฯ ฮตฮฏฮฝฮฑฮน ฯฮฟ ฮปฮฌฮธฮฟฯ;
Where is the mistake?
ฮคฮฟ ฮปฮฌฮธฮฟฯ ฮตฮดฯ ฮตฮฏฮฝฮฑฮน ฯฮฟ ฯฯฯฯฯฯฮฟ ฯฮฟฯ ฯฮฎฮผฮฑฯฮฟฯ ฮบฮฌฮฝฯ.
The mistake here is with the person of the verb โto doโ (ฮบฮฌฮฝฯ).
ยซฮฮฌฮฝฮตฮนยป ฮตฮฏฮฝฮฑฮน ฯฮฟ ฯฯฮฏฯฮฟ ฮตฮฝฮนฮบฯ ฯฮฟฯ ฯฮฎฮผฮฑฯฮฟฯ ฯฯฮฟฮฝ ฮฮฝฮตฯฯฯฯฮฑ.
ยซฮฮฌฮฝฮตฮนยป is the third person singular of the verb in the Present Tense.
ฮฮดฯ ฯฮผฯฯ ฮญฯฮฟฯ ฮผฮต ฮดฯฮฟ ฯ ฯฮฟฮบฮตฮฏฮผฮตฮฝฮฑ. ฮ ฮฮฏฮบฮฟฯ ฮบฮฑฮน ฮฟ ฮฮนฮฌฮฝฮฝฮทฯ.
Here, however, we have two subjects. Nikos and Yannis.
ฮฯฮฟฮผฮญฮฝฯฯ, ฯฮฟ ฯฮฎฮผฮฑ ฯฯฮญฯฮตฮน ฮฝฮฑ ฮผฯฮตฮน ฯฯฮฟ ฯฯฮฏฯฮฟ ฯฮปฮทฮธฯ ฮฝฯฮนฮบฯ ฯฯฯฯฯฯฮฟ.
Therefore, the verb should be in the third person plural.
ฮ ฮฮฏฮบฮฟฯ ฮบฮฑฮน ฮฟ ฮฮนฮฌฮฝฮฝฮทฯ ฮบฮฌฮฝฮฟฯ ฮฝ ฯฮฟฮดฮฎฮปฮฑฯฮฟ.
Nikos and Yannis are doing the bike (they are cycling).
ฮ ฯฮฑฯฮญฯฮฑฯ ฮบฮฑฮน ฮฟ ฯฮฑฮนฮดฮฏ ฯฮฑฮฏฮถฮฟฯ ฮฝ.
The father and the child are playing.
ฮ ฮฟฯ ฮตฮฏฮฝฮฑฮน ฯฮฟ ฮปฮฌฮธฮฟฯ;
Where is the mistake?
ฮคฮฟ ฮปฮฌฮธฮฟฯ ฮตฮฏฮฝฮฑฮน ฯฯฮน ฯฮฟ ฮฟฯ ฯฮนฮฑฯฯฮนฮบฯ ยซฯฮฑฮนฮดฮฏยป ฮดฮตฮฝ ฯฮฑฮฏฯฮฝฮตฮน ฯฮฟ ฮฑฯฯฮตฮฝฮนฮบฯ ฮฌฯฮธฯฮฟ.
The mistake is that the noun โchildโ does not take the male article.
ฮ ฮฑฮฏฯฮฝฮตฮน ฯฮฟ ฮฟฯ ฮดฮญฯฮตฯฮฟ ฮฌฯฮธฯฮฟ. ฮคฮฟ ฯฮฑฮนฮดฮฏ. ฮ ฯฮฑฯฮญฯฮฑฯ ฮบฮฑฮน ฯฮฟ ฯฮฑฮนฮดฮฏ ฯฮฑฮฏฮถฮฟฯ ฮฝ.
It takes the neutral article. The father and the child are playing.
ฮฮฑฮน ฯฮฑ ฮดฯฮฟ ฮฟฯ ฯฮนฮฑฯฯฮนฮบฮฌ ฯฮต ฮฑฯ ฯฮฎ ฯฮทฮฝ ฯฮตฯฮฏฯฯฯฯฮท ฮตฮฏฮฝฮฑฮน ฯ ฯฮฟฮบฮตฮฏฮผฮตฮฝฮฑ.
Both nouns in this case are subjects.
ฮฮฑฮน ฮผฯฮฑฮฏฮฝฮฟฯ ฮฝ ฯฯฮทฮฝ ฮฟฮฝฮฟฮผฮฑฯฯฮนฮบฮฎ ฯฯฯฯฮท.
And they are in nominative case.
ฮคฮฟ ฮฒฮนฮฒฮปฮฏฮฟ ฮตฮฏฮฝฮฑฮน ฯฮฟฮฝ ฮผฮฑฮธฮทฯฮฎ.
The book is the student.
ฮคฮน ฯฮฌฮตฮน ฮปฮฌฮธฮฟฯ ฯฮต ฮฑฯ ฯฮฎ ฯฮทฮฝ ฯฯฯฯฮฑฯฮท; ฮฯฮฟฯฮตฮฏฯฮต ฮฝฮฑ ฮผฮฑฮฝฯฮญฯฮตฯฮต;
What is wrong with this sentence? Can you guess?
ฮฮฎฯฯฯ ฮธฮญฮปฮฟฯ ฮผฮต ฮฝฮฑ ฯฮฟฯฮผฮต ฯฯฮน ฯฮฟ ฮฒฮนฮฒฮปฮฏฮฟ ฮฑฮฝฮฎฮบฮตฮน ฯฯฮฟฮฝ ฮผฮฑฮธฮทฯฮฎ;
Perhaps we want to say that the book belongs to the student?
ฮ ฮผฮฑฮธฮทฯฮฎฯ, ฯฮฟฯ ฮผฮฑฮธฮทฯฮฎ, ฯฮฟฮฝ ฮผฮฑฮธฮทฯฮฎ.
The noun student in Nom, Gen, Acc.
ฮฮนฮฑ ฮฝฮฑ ฮดฮทฮปฯฯฮฟฯ ฮผฮต ฮนฮดฮนฮฟฮบฯฮทฯฮฏฮฑ ฯฯฯฮฏฯ ฮฝฮฑ ฯฯฮทฯฮนฮผฮฟฯฮฟฮนฮฎฯฮฟฯ ฮผฮต
In order to show possession without using
ฯฮฟ ฯฮฎฮผฮฑ ยซฮฑฮฝฮฎฮบฯ ฯฮตยป, ฯฯฮทฯฮนฮผฮฟฯฮฟฮนฮฟฯฮผฮต ฯฮทฮฝ ฮณฮตฮฝฮนฮบฮฎ ฯฯฯฯฮท. ฮฯฮน ฯฮทฮฝ ฮฑฮนฯฮนฮฑฯฮนฮบฮฎ.
the verb โto belong toโ, we use the genitive case. Not nominative.
ฮฯฮฟฮผฮญฮฝฯฯ, ฯฮฟฯ ฮผฮฑฮธฮทฯฮฎ. ฮคฮฟ ฮฒฮนฮฒฮปฮฏฮฟ ฮตฮฏฮฝฮฑฮน ฯฮฟฯ ฮผฮฑฮธฮทฯฮฎ
Therefore, the studentโs. The belong is the studentโs.
ฮฮปฯฮฏฮถฯ ฮฝฮฑ ฮฒฯฮฎฮบฮฑฯฮต ฯฯฮฎฯฮนฮผฮฑ ฮฑฯ ฯฮฌ ฯฮฑ ฯฮฑฯฮฑฮดฮตฮฏฮณฮผฮฑฯฮฑ.
I hope you found these examples useful.
ฮฮฑ ฮธฯ ฮผฮฌฯฯฮต ฯฯฮน ฮปฮฌฮธฮท ฮบฮฌฮฝฮฟฯ ฮผฮต ฯฮปฮฟฮน, ฮฑฮบฯฮผฮฑ ฮบฮฑฮน ฮผฮต ฯฮทฮฝ ฮผฮทฯฯฮนฮบฮฎ ฮผฮฑฯ ฮณฮปฯฯฯฮฑ.
Remember that we all make mistakes, even with our mother tongue.
ฮฮฑ ฮญฯฮตฯฮต ฮผฮนฮฑ ฯฮผฮฟฯฯฮท ฮผฮญฯฮฑ ฮฎ ฮฝฯฯฯฮฑ ฮบฮฑฮน ฮธฮฑ ฯฮฑฯ ฮดฯ ฯฯฮฝฯฮฟฮผฮฑ.
Have a nice day or night and I will see you soon.
ฮ! ฮฮฑฮน ฮผฮทฮฝ ฮพฮตฯฮฌฯฮตฯฮต ฮฝฮฑ ฮบฮฌฮฝฮตฯฮต ฮตฮณฮณฯฮฑฯฮฎ ฯฮต ฮฑฯ ฯฯ ฮตฮดฯ ฯฮฟ ฮบฮฑฮฝฮฌฮปฮน!
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