Greek Listening #5: Common Greek Language Mistakes | Greek Comprehension

Common Greek language mistakes. Mistakes you might be making when speaking Greek. Can you identify them in today’s listening comprehension exercise?

The Script:

ฮ“ฮตฮนฮฑ ฮบฮฑฮน ฮบฮฑฮปฯ‰ฯƒฮฟฯฮฏฯƒฮฑฯ„ฮต ฯƒฮต ฮผฮนฮฑ ฮฑฮบฯŒฮผฮฑ ฮฌฯƒฮบฮทฯƒฮท

Hello and welcome to another exercise

 ฮบฮฑฯ„ฮฑฮฝฯŒฮทฯƒฮทฯ‚ ฮทฯ‡ฮทฯ„ฮนฮบฮฟฯ ฯ€ฮตฯฮนฮตฯ‡ฮฟฮผฮญฮฝฮฟฯ… ฮฑฯ€ฯŒ ฯ„ฮฟ helinika.com.

of audio content comprehension from helinika.com

ฮฃฮฎฮผฮตฯฮฑ, ฮธฮฑ ฮดฮฟฯฮผฮต ฮฟฯฮนฯƒฮผฮญฮฝฮฑ ฮฑฯ€ฯŒ ฯ„ฮฑ ฯƒฯ…ฯ‡ฮฝฯŒฯ„ฮตฯฮฑ ฮปฮฌฮธฮท

Today, we will see some of the most common mistakes

ฯ€ฮฟฯ… ฮบฮฌฮฝฮฟฯ…ฮฝ ฯŒฯƒฮฟฮน ฮผฮฑฮธฮฑฮฏฮฝฮฟฯ…ฮฝ ฯ„ฮทฮฝ ฮฝฮญฮฑ ฮตฮปฮปฮทฮฝฮนฮบฮฎ ฮณฮปฯŽฯƒฯƒฮฑ.

that whoever learns the Greek language makes.

ฮŒฯ€ฯ‰ฯ‚ ฯ†ฮฑฮฝฯ„ฮฌฮถฮตฯƒฯ„ฮต, ฮผฯ€ฮฟฯฮตฮฏ ฮบฮฑฮฝฮตฮฏฯ‚ ฮตฯฮบฮฟฮปฮฑ ฮฝฮฑ ฯ‡ฯฮทฯƒฮนฮผฮฟฯ€ฮฟฮนฮฎฯƒฮตฮน

As you can imagine, someone can easily use

ฮปฮฌฮธฮฟฯ‚ ฯ€ฯ„ฯŽฯƒฮท ฮฎ ฮฌฯฮธฯฮฟ ฯƒฯ„ฮฑ ฮฟฯ…ฯƒฮนฮฑฯƒฯ„ฮนฮบฮฌ

the wrong case or articles with (when using) nouns

ฮบฮฑฮน ฮฝฮฑ ฮฒฮฌฮปฮตฮน ฯ„ฮฑ ฯฮฎฮผฮฑฯ„ฮฑ ฯƒฮต ฮปฮฌฮธฮฟฯ‚ ฯ€ฯฯŒฯƒฯ‰ฯ€ฮฟ ฮฎ ฯ‡ฯฯŒฮฝฮฟ.

and place the verb in the wrong person or tenses.

ฮ‘ฯ‚ ฮดฮฟฯฮผฮต ฮฟฯฮนฯƒฮผฮญฮฝฮฑ ฯ€ฮฑฯฮฑฮดฮตฮฏฮณฮผฮฑฯ„ฮฑ. ฮœฯ€ฮฟฯฮตฮฏฯ„ฮต ฮฝฮฑ ฮฒฯฮตฮฏฯ„ฮต ฯ„ฮฟ ฮปฮฌฮธฮฟฯ‚;

Letโ€™s see some examples. Can you spot the mistake?

ฮŸ ฮฮฏฮบฮฟฯ‚ ฮบฮฑฮน ฮฟ ฮ“ฮนฮฌฮฝฮฝฮทฯ‚ ฮบฮฌฮฝฮตฮน ฯ€ฮฟฮดฮฎฮปฮฑฯ„ฮฟ.

Nikos and Yannis are doing the bike (doing the bike in Greek= cycling).

ฮ ฮฟฯ ฮตฮฏฮฝฮฑฮน ฯ„ฮฟ ฮปฮฌฮธฮฟฯ‚;

Where is the mistake?

ฮคฮฟ ฮปฮฌฮธฮฟฯ‚ ฮตฮดฯŽ ฮตฮฏฮฝฮฑฮน ฯ„ฮฟ ฯ€ฯฯŒฯƒฯ‰ฯ€ฮฟ ฯ„ฮฟฯ… ฯฮฎฮผฮฑฯ„ฮฟฯ‚ ฮบฮฌฮฝฯ‰.

The mistake here is with the person of the verb โ€œto doโ€ (ฮบฮฌฮฝฯ‰).

ยซฮšฮฌฮฝฮตฮนยป ฮตฮฏฮฝฮฑฮน ฯ„ฮฟ ฯ„ฯฮฏฯ„ฮฟ ฮตฮฝฮนฮบฯŒ ฯ„ฮฟฯ… ฯฮฎฮผฮฑฯ„ฮฟฯ‚ ฯƒฯ„ฮฟฮฝ ฮ•ฮฝฮตฯƒฯ„ฯŽฯ„ฮฑ.

ยซฮšฮฌฮฝฮตฮนยป is the third person singular of the verb in the Present Tense.

ฮ•ฮดฯŽ ฯŒฮผฯ‰ฯ‚ ฮญฯ‡ฮฟฯ…ฮผฮต ฮดฯฮฟ ฯ…ฯ€ฮฟฮบฮตฮฏฮผฮตฮฝฮฑ. ฮŸ ฮฮฏฮบฮฟฯ‚ ฮบฮฑฮน ฮฟ ฮ“ฮนฮฌฮฝฮฝฮทฯ‚.

Here, however, we have two subjects. Nikos and Yannis.

ฮ•ฯ€ฮฟฮผฮญฮฝฯ‰ฯ‚, ฯ„ฮฟ ฯฮฎฮผฮฑ ฯ€ฯฮญฯ€ฮตฮน ฮฝฮฑ ฮผฯ€ฮตฮน ฯƒฯ„ฮฟ ฯ„ฯฮฏฯ„ฮฟ ฯ€ฮปฮทฮธฯ…ฮฝฯ„ฮนฮบฯŒ ฯ€ฯฯŒฯƒฯ‰ฯ€ฮฟ.

Therefore, the verb should be in the third person plural.

ฮŸ ฮฮฏฮบฮฟฯ‚ ฮบฮฑฮน ฮฟ ฮ“ฮนฮฌฮฝฮฝฮทฯ‚ ฮบฮฌฮฝฮฟฯ…ฮฝ ฯ€ฮฟฮดฮฎฮปฮฑฯ„ฮฟ.

Nikos and Yannis are doing the bike (they are cycling).

ฮŸ ฯ€ฮฑฯ„ฮญฯฮฑฯ‚ ฮบฮฑฮน ฮฟ ฯ€ฮฑฮนฮดฮฏ ฯ€ฮฑฮฏฮถฮฟฯ…ฮฝ.

The father and the child are playing.

ฮ ฮฟฯ ฮตฮฏฮฝฮฑฮน ฯ„ฮฟ ฮปฮฌฮธฮฟฯ‚;

Where is the mistake?

ฮคฮฟ ฮปฮฌฮธฮฟฯ‚ ฮตฮฏฮฝฮฑฮน ฯŒฯ„ฮน ฯ„ฮฟ ฮฟฯ…ฯƒฮนฮฑฯƒฯ„ฮนฮบฯŒ ยซฯ€ฮฑฮนฮดฮฏยป ฮดฮตฮฝ ฯ€ฮฑฮฏฯฮฝฮตฮน ฯ„ฮฟ ฮฑฯฯƒฮตฮฝฮนฮบฯŒ ฮฌฯฮธฯฮฟ.

The mistake is that the noun โ€œchildโ€ does not take the male article.

ฮ ฮฑฮฏฯฮฝฮตฮน ฯ„ฮฟ ฮฟฯ…ฮดฮญฯ„ฮตฯฮฟ ฮฌฯฮธฯฮฟ. ฮคฮฟ ฯ€ฮฑฮนฮดฮฏ. ฮŸ ฯ€ฮฑฯ„ฮญฯฮฑฯ‚ ฮบฮฑฮน ฯ„ฮฟ ฯ€ฮฑฮนฮดฮฏ ฯ€ฮฑฮฏฮถฮฟฯ…ฮฝ.

It takes the neutral article. The father and the child are playing.

ฮšฮฑฮน ฯ„ฮฑ ฮดฯฮฟ ฮฟฯ…ฯƒฮนฮฑฯƒฯ„ฮนฮบฮฌ ฯƒฮต ฮฑฯ…ฯ„ฮฎ ฯ„ฮทฮฝ ฯ€ฮตฯฮฏฯ€ฯ„ฯ‰ฯƒฮท ฮตฮฏฮฝฮฑฮน ฯ…ฯ€ฮฟฮบฮตฮฏฮผฮตฮฝฮฑ.

Both nouns in this case are subjects.

ฮšฮฑฮน ฮผฯ€ฮฑฮฏฮฝฮฟฯ…ฮฝ ฯƒฯ„ฮทฮฝ ฮฟฮฝฮฟฮผฮฑฯƒฯ„ฮนฮบฮฎ ฯ€ฯ„ฯŽฯƒฮท.

And they are in nominative case.

ฮคฮฟ ฮฒฮนฮฒฮปฮฏฮฟ ฮตฮฏฮฝฮฑฮน ฯ„ฮฟฮฝ ฮผฮฑฮธฮทฯ„ฮฎ.

The book is the student.

ฮคฮน ฯ€ฮฌฮตฮน ฮปฮฌฮธฮฟฯ‚ ฯƒฮต ฮฑฯ…ฯ„ฮฎ ฯ„ฮทฮฝ ฯ€ฯฯŒฯ„ฮฑฯƒฮท; ฮœฯ€ฮฟฯฮตฮฏฯ„ฮต ฮฝฮฑ ฮผฮฑฮฝฯ„ฮญฯˆฮตฯ„ฮต;

What is wrong with this sentence? Can you guess?

ฮœฮฎฯ€ฯ‰ฯ‚ ฮธฮญฮปฮฟฯ…ฮผฮต ฮฝฮฑ ฯ€ฮฟฯฮผฮต ฯŒฯ„ฮน ฯ„ฮฟ ฮฒฮนฮฒฮปฮฏฮฟ ฮฑฮฝฮฎฮบฮตฮน ฯƒฯ„ฮฟฮฝ ฮผฮฑฮธฮทฯ„ฮฎ;

Perhaps we want to say that the book belongs to the student?

ฮŸ ฮผฮฑฮธฮทฯ„ฮฎฯ‚, ฯ„ฮฟฯ… ฮผฮฑฮธฮทฯ„ฮฎ, ฯ„ฮฟฮฝ ฮผฮฑฮธฮทฯ„ฮฎ.

The noun student in Nom, Gen, Acc.

ฮ“ฮนฮฑ ฮฝฮฑ ฮดฮทฮปฯŽฯƒฮฟฯ…ฮผฮต ฮนฮดฮนฮฟฮบฯ„ฮทฯƒฮฏฮฑ ฯ‡ฯ‰ฯฮฏฯ‚ ฮฝฮฑ ฯ‡ฯฮทฯƒฮนฮผฮฟฯ€ฮฟฮนฮฎฯƒฮฟฯ…ฮผฮต

In order to show possession without using

ฯ„ฮฟ ฯฮฎฮผฮฑ ยซฮฑฮฝฮฎฮบฯ‰ ฯƒฮตยป, ฯ‡ฯฮทฯƒฮนฮผฮฟฯ€ฮฟฮนฮฟฯฮผฮต ฯ„ฮทฮฝ ฮณฮตฮฝฮนฮบฮฎ ฯ€ฯ„ฯŽฯƒฮท. ฮŒฯ‡ฮน ฯ„ฮทฮฝ ฮฑฮนฯ„ฮนฮฑฯ„ฮนฮบฮฎ.

the verb โ€œto belong toโ€, we use the genitive case. Not nominative.

ฮ•ฯ€ฮฟฮผฮญฮฝฯ‰ฯ‚, ฯ„ฮฟฯ… ฮผฮฑฮธฮทฯ„ฮฎ. ฮคฮฟ ฮฒฮนฮฒฮปฮฏฮฟ ฮตฮฏฮฝฮฑฮน ฯ„ฮฟฯ… ฮผฮฑฮธฮทฯ„ฮฎ

Therefore, the studentโ€™s. The belong is the studentโ€™s.

ฮ•ฮปฯ€ฮฏฮถฯ‰ ฮฝฮฑ ฮฒฯฮฎฮบฮฑฯ„ฮต ฯ‡ฯฮฎฯƒฮนฮผฮฑ ฮฑฯ…ฯ„ฮฌ ฯ„ฮฑ ฯ€ฮฑฯฮฑฮดฮตฮฏฮณฮผฮฑฯ„ฮฑ.

I hope you found these examples useful.

ฮฮฑ ฮธฯ…ฮผฮฌฯƒฯ„ฮต ฯŒฯ„ฮน ฮปฮฌฮธฮท ฮบฮฌฮฝฮฟฯ…ฮผฮต ฯŒฮปฮฟฮน, ฮฑฮบฯŒฮผฮฑ ฮบฮฑฮน ฮผฮต ฯ„ฮทฮฝ ฮผฮทฯ„ฯฮนฮบฮฎ ฮผฮฑฯ‚ ฮณฮปฯŽฯƒฯƒฮฑ.

Remember that we all make mistakes, even with our mother tongue.

ฮฮฑ ฮญฯ‡ฮตฯ„ฮต ฮผฮนฮฑ ฯŒฮผฮฟฯฯ†ฮท ฮผฮญฯฮฑ ฮฎ ฮฝฯฯ‡ฯ„ฮฑ ฮบฮฑฮน ฮธฮฑ ฯƒฮฑฯ‚ ฮดฯ‰ ฯƒฯฮฝฯ„ฮฟฮผฮฑ.

Have a nice day or night and I will see you soon.

ฮ‘! ฮšฮฑฮน ฮผฮทฮฝ ฮพฮตฯ‡ฮฌฯƒฮตฯ„ฮต ฮฝฮฑ ฮบฮฌฮฝฮตฯ„ฮต ฮตฮณฮณฯฮฑฯ†ฮฎ ฯƒฮต ฮฑฯ…ฯ„ฯŒ ฮตฮดฯŽ ฯ„ฮฟ ฮบฮฑฮฝฮฌฮปฮน!

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