Greek Listening #18: Greek News and Journalistic Phrases Challenge | Greek Comprehension

Journalists use specific words and phrases to share a news story, address an issue, or express an opinion. These words and phrases might surprise non-native speakers. Here are some Greek journalistic words and phrases to write down in your vocabulary notebook.

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ฮ“ฮตฮนฮฑ ฯƒฮฑฯ‚! ฮฃฮฎฮผฮตฯฮฑ ฮธฮฑ ฯƒฮฑฯ‚ ฮฒฮฟฮทฮธฮฎฯƒฯ‰ ฮฝฮฑ ฮบฮฑฯ„ฮฑฮฝฮฟฮฎฯƒฮตฯ„ฮต ฮฟฯฮนฯƒฮผฮญฮฝฮตฯ‚ ฯ†ฯฮฌฯƒฮตฮนฯ‚ ฯ€ฮฟฯ… ฯ‡ฯฮทฯƒฮนฮผฮฟฯ€ฮฟฮนฮฟฯฮฝ ฮฟฮน ฮดฮทฮผฮฟฯƒฮนฮฟฮณฯฮฌฯ†ฮฟฮน ฯŒฯ„ฮฑฮฝ ฯƒฯ…ฮฝฯ„ฮฌฯƒฯƒฮฟฯ…ฮฝ ฮฌฯฮธฯฮฑ, ฮตฮบฯ†ฯ‰ฮฝฮฟฯฮฝ ฯฮฑฮดฮนฮฟฯ†ฯ‰ฮฝฮนฮบฮญฯ‚ ฮตฮบฯ€ฮฟฮผฯ€ฮญฯ‚, ฮฎ ฮปฮญฮฝฮต ฯ„ฮนฯ‚ ฮตฮนฮดฮฎฯƒฮตฮนฯ‚ ฯƒฯ„ฮทฮฝ ฯ„ฮทฮปฮตฯŒฯฮฑฯƒฮท. ฮ‘ฯ…ฯ„ฯŒ ฯ€ฮฟฯ… ฮฟฮฝฮฟฮผฮฌฮถฮฟฯ…ฮผฮต ยซฮดฮทฮผฮฟฯƒฮนฮฟฮณฯฮฑฯ†ฮนฮบฯŒฯ‚ ฮปฯŒฮณฮฟฯ‚ยป ฮฎ ฮบฮฑฮปฯฯ„ฮตฯฮฑ ยซฮดฮทฮผฮฟฯƒฮนฮฟฮณฯฮฑฯ†ฮนฮบฮฌ ฮบฮปฮนฯƒฮญยป. ฮšฮฑฮน ฮฑฯ…ฯ„ฯŒ ฮณฮนฮฑฯ„ฮฏ, ฮตฮฌฮฝ ฮตฮฏฯƒฯ„ฮต ฯƒฮต ฮธฮญฯƒฮท ฮฝฮฑ ฯ€ฮฑฯฮฑฮบฮฟฮปฮฟฯ…ฮธฮฎฯƒฮตฯ„ฮต ฯ„ฮฑ ฮฒฮฏฮฝฯ„ฮตฯŒ ฮผฮฟฯ…, ฮผฯ€ฮฟฯฮตฮฏฯ„ฮต ฮฝฮฑ ฮตฮฝฮทฮผฮตฯฯŽฮฝฮตฯƒฯ„ฮต ฮบฮฑฮน ฯƒฯ„ฮฑ ฮตฮปฮปฮทฮฝฮนฮบฮฌ, ฮดฮนฮฑฮฒฮฌฮถฮฟฮฝฯ„ฮฑฯ‚ ฮฌฯฮธฯฮฑ, ฮฑฮบฮฟฯฮณฮฟฮฝฯ„ฮฑฯ‚ ฯฮฑฮดฮนฯŒฯ†ฯ‰ฮฝฮฟ, ฮบฮฑฮน ฮฒฮปฮญฯ€ฮฟฮฝฯ„ฮฑฯ‚ ฯ„ฮทฮปฮตฯŒฯฮฑฯƒฮท.

ฮ“ฮนฮฑ ฮฝฮฑ ฮบฯฮฑฯ„ฮฎฯƒฯ‰ ฯ„ฮทฮฝ ฯ€ฯฮฟฯƒฮฟฯ‡ฮฎ ฯƒฮฑฯ‚ ฮบฮฑฮน ฮฝฮฑ ฮตฮผฯ€ฮตฮดฯŽฯƒฮตฯ„ฮต ฮบฮฑฮปฯฯ„ฮตฯฮฑ ฮฑฯ…ฯ„ฮฌ ฯ€ฮฟฯ… ฮญฯ‡ฯ‰ ฮฝฮฑ ฯ€ฯ‰, ฮธฮฑ ฮบฮฌฮฝฮฟฯ…ฮผฮต ฮผฮนฮฑ ฮดฮนฮฑฮดฯฮฑฯƒฯ„ฮนฮบฮฎ ฮฌฯƒฮบฮทฯƒฮท. ฮ‘ฯ‚ ฯ€ฮตฯฮฌฯƒฮฟฯ…ฮผฮต ฯŒฮผฯ‰ฯ‚ ฯ€ฯฯŽฯ„ฮฑ ฯƒฯ„ฮทฮฝ ฮบฮฑฯฯ„ฮญฮปฮฑ ฮปฮญฮพฮตฯ‰ฮฝ.

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ฮšฮฑฯฯ„ฮญฮปฮฑ ฮ›ฮญฮพฮตฯ‰ฮฝ:

(ฮท) ฮดฮทฮผฮฟฯƒฮนฮฟฮณฯฮฑฯ†ฮฏฮฑ= journalism

(ฮฟ/ฮท) ฮดฮทฮผฮฟฯƒฮนฮฟฮณฯฮฌฯ†ฮฟฯ‚= (the) male/female journalist

(ฯ„ฮฟ) ฮณฮตฮณฮฟฮฝฯŒฯ‚= (the) event/ incident/ happening

(ฯ„ฮฑ) ฮณฮตฮณฮฟฮฝฯŒฯ„ฮฑ*= (the) current affairs/ news

(ฮท) ฮตฯ€ฮนฮบฮฑฮนฯฯŒฯ„ฮทฯ„ฮฑ= (the) current affairs

(ฮท) ฮตฮฏฮดฮทฯƒฮท= (the) story (featured in the news)

(ฮฟฮน) ฮตฮนฮดฮฎฯƒฮตฮนฯ‚= (the) news

(ฯ„ฮฟ) ฮดฮตฮปฯ„ฮฏฮฟ (ฮตฮนฮดฮฎฯƒฮตฯ‰ฮฝ)= (the) news report

(ฮฟ/ฮท) ฮตฮบฯ†ฯ‰ฮฝฮทฯ„ฮฎฯ‚-ฯ„ฯฮนฮฑ ฮตฮนฮดฮฎฯƒฮตฯ‰ฮฝ= (the) tv/radio news presenter

(ฮฟ/ฮท) ฯ€ฮฑฯฮฟฯ…ฯƒฮนฮฑฯƒฯ„ฮฎฯ‚/ฯ„ฯฮนฮฑ ฮตฮนฮดฮฎฯƒฮตฯ‰ฮฝ= (the) tv news presenter

(ฯ„ฮฟ) ฯ€ฯฯŒฮณฯฮฑฮผฮผฮฑ= (the) schedule/ program

(ฯ„ฮฟ) ฯ„ฮทฮปฮตฮฟฯ€ฯ„ฮนฮบฯŒ ฯ€ฯฯŒฮณฯฮฑฮผฮผฮฑ= (the) tv program/ schedule

(ฯ„ฮฟ) ฯฮฑฮดฮนฮฟฯ†ฯ‰ฮฝฮนฮบฯŒ ฯ€ฯฯŒฮณฯฮฑฮผฮผฮฑ= (the) radio program/ schedule

(ฯ„ฮฟ) ฯฮฑฮดฮนฮฟฯ„ฮทฮปฮตฮฟฯ€ฯ„ฮนฮบฯŒ ฯ€ฯฯŒฮณฯฮฑฮผฮผฮฑ= (the) tv and radio program/ schedule

(ฮท) ฮตฯ†ฮทฮผฮตฯฮฏฮดฮฑ= (the) newspaper

(ฯ„ฮฟ) ฯ€ฮตฯฮนฮฟฮดฮนฮบฯŒ= the magazine

(ฯ„ฮฟ) ฮผฮฑฮณฮบฮฑฮถฮฏฮฝฮฟ= (the) radio/tv program which covers various topics**

(ฯ„ฮฟ) ฮฌฯฮธฯฮฟ= (the) (news) article

(ฮฟ) ฮฑฯฮธฯฮฟฮณฯฮฌฯ†ฮฟฯ‚= (the) editor

(ฮท) ฮตฮฝฮทฮผฮตฯฯ‰ฯ„ฮนฮบฮฎ ฮนฯƒฯ„ฮฟฯƒฮตฮปฮฏฮดฮฑ= (the) news website

(o/ฮท) ฮฑฮฝฯ„ฮฑฯ€ฮฟฮบฯฮนฯ„ฮฎฯ‚-ฯ„ฯฮนฮฑ= (the) reporter/ legman

(ฯ„ฮฟ) ฯฮตฯ€ฮฟฯฯ„ฮฌฮถ***= (the) news report/ story (usually longform)

*(ฯ„ฮฟ) ฮณฮตฮณฮฟฮฝฯŒฯ‚ in plural

** (ฯ„ฮฟ) ฮผฮฑฮณฮบฮฑฮถฮฏฮฝฮฟ is not a magazine (borrowed from Italian)

***borrowed from French

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ฮ— ฮ†ฯƒฮบฮทฯƒฮท:

ฮฃฯ„ฮฑ ฮตฮปฮปฮทฮฝฮนฮบฮฌ, ฯ…ฯ€ฮฌฯฯ‡ฮฟฯ…ฮฝ ฮดฯฮฟ ฮปฮญฮพฮตฮนฯ‚ ฯ€ฮฟฯ… ฮผฮตฯ„ฮฑฯ†ฯฮฌฮถฮฟฮฝฯ„ฮฑฮน ฯƒฯ„ฮฑ ฮฑฮณฮณฮปฮนฮบฮฌ ฯ‰ฯ‚ โ€œfireโ€: (ฮท) ฯ†ฯ‰ฯ„ฮนฮฌ, (ฮท) ฯ€ฯ…ฯฮบฮฑฮณฮนฮฌ. ฮ ฯŽฯ‚ ฮฑฮปฮปฮนฯŽฯ‚ ฯ€ฮตฯฮนฮณฯฮฌฯ†ฮฟฯ…ฮฝ ฮฟฮน ฮดฮทฮผฮฟฯƒฮนฮฟฮณฯฮฌฯ†ฮฟฮน ฮผฮนฮฑ ฯ†ฯ‰ฯ„ฮนฮฌ ฯ€ฮฟฯ… ฮญฯ‡ฮตฮน ฮพฮตฯƒฯ€ฮฌฯƒฮตฮน; ฮŸฮน ฯƒฯ‰ฯƒฯ„ฮญฯ‚ ฮฑฯ€ฮฑฮฝฯ„ฮฎฯƒฮตฮนฯ‚ ฮตฮฏฮฝฮฑฮน ฮดฯฮฟ (2).

ฮ‘) ฮ ฯฯฮนฮฝฮท ฮปฮฑฮฏฮปฮฑฯ€ฮฑ

ฮ’) ฮšฯŒฮปฮฑฯƒฮท ฮตฯ€ฮฏ ฮ“ฮทฯ‚

ฮ“) ฮšฮฑฯ…ฯ„ฯŒ ฮบฯฮผฮฑ

ฮ”) ฮ ฯฯฮนฮฝฮท ฮšฯŒฮปฮฑฯƒฮท

ฮŸฮน ฯƒฯ‰ฯƒฯ„ฮญฯ‚ ฮฑฯ€ฮฑฮฝฯ„ฮฎฯƒฮตฮนฯ‚ ฮตฮฏฮฝฮฑฮน ฮดฯฮฟ: ฮ‘ ฮบฮฑฮน ฮ” โ€“ ยซฯ€ฯฯฮนฮฝฮท ฮปฮฑฮฏฮปฮฑฯ€ฮฑยป ฮบฮฑฮน ยซฯ€ฯฯฮนฮฝฮท ฮบฯŒฮปฮฑฯƒฮทยป.

ฮ ฯŽฯ‚ ฮฑฯ€ฮฟฮบฮฑฮปฮฟฯฮฝ ฯƒฯ…ฯ‡ฮฝฮฌ ฮฟฮน ฮดฮทฮผฮฟฯƒฮนฮฟฮณฯฮฌฯ†ฮฟฮน ฮผฮนฮฑ ฮผฮทฯ„ฮญฯฮฑ ฯ€ฮฟฯ… ฮฑฯ†ฮฑฮนฯฮตฮฏ ฯ„ฮทฮฝ ฮถฯ‰ฮฎ ฯ„ฯ‰ฮฝ ฯ€ฮฑฮนฮดฮนฯŽฮฝ ฯ„ฮทฯ‚; ฮคฮฟ ฯŒฮฝฮฟฮผฮฑ ฯ€ฯฮฟฮญฯฯ‡ฮตฯ„ฮฑฮน ฮฑฯ€ฯŒ ฯ„ฮทฮฝ ฮตฮปฮปฮทฮฝฮนฮบฮฎ ฮผฯ…ฮธฮฟฮปฮฟฮณฮฏฮฑ.

ฮ— ฮฑฯ€ฮฌฮฝฯ„ฮทฯƒฮท ฮตฮฏฮฝฮฑฮน ยซฯƒฯฮณฯ‡ฯฮฟฮฝฮท ฮœฮฎฮดฮตฮนฮฑยป.

ฮ•ฮฌฮฝ ฯ…ฯ€ฮฌฯฮพฮฟฯ…ฮฝ ฮฝฮญฮฑ ฯƒฯ„ฮฟฮนฯ‡ฮตฮฏฮฑ ฮณฮนฮฑ ฮผฮนฮฑ ฯ€ฮฑฮปฮนฮฌ ฯ…ฯ€ฯŒฮธฮตฯƒฮท, ฮฟฮน ฮดฮทฮผฮฟฯƒฮนฮฟฮณฯฮฌฯ†ฮฟฮน ฮปฮญฮฝฮต ฯŒฯ„ฮน ฮญฯ‡ฮฟฯ…ฮผฮตโ€ฆ ฮผฯ€ฮฟฯฮตฮฏฯ„ฮต ฮฝฮฑ ฮผฮฑฮฝฯ„ฮญฯˆฮตฯ„ฮต;

โ€ฆ ยซฯฮฑฮณฮดฮฑฮฏฮตฯ‚ ฮตฮพฮตฮปฮฏฮพฮตฮนฯ‚ยป.

ฮ ฯŽฯ‚ ฮณฯฮฌฯ†ฮฟฯ…ฮฝ ฮฟฮน ฮฑฯฮธฯฮฟฮณฯฮฌฯ†ฮฟฮน ฮญฮฝฮฑฮฝ ฮบฮฑฮบฮฟฯ€ฮฟฮนฮทฯ„ฮนฮบฯŒ ฯ€ฮฑฯ„ฮญฯฮฑ โ€“ ฮญฮฝฮฑฮฝ ฮดฮทฮปฮฑฮดฮฎ ฮบฮฑฮบฯŒ ฯ€ฮฑฯ„ฮญฯฮฑ;

ฮคฮฟฮฝ ฮฑฯ€ฮฟฮบฮฑฮปฮฟฯฮฝ ยซฮ ฮฑ-ฮคฮญฯฮฑยป (ฯ„ฮญฯฮฑฯ‚ ฯƒฮทฮผฮฑฮฏฮฝฮตฮน โ€œmonsterโ€).

ฮšฮน ฮฑฮฝ ฮผฮนฮฑ ฮณฯ…ฮฝฮฑฮฏฮบฮฑ ฮตฯ…ฮธฯฮฝฮตฯ„ฮฑฮน ฮณฮนฮฑ ฯ„ฮฟฮฝ ฮธฮฌฮฝฮฑฯ„ฮฟ ฯ„ฮฟฯ… ฯƒฯ…ฮถฯฮณฮฟฯ… ฯ„ฮทฯ‚, ฯ„ฮทฮฝ ฮฑฯ€ฮฟฮบฮฑฮปฮฟฯฮฝ:

ฮ‘) ฮฃฮฑฮปฯŽฮผฮท

ฮ’) ฮœฮฑฯฯฮท ฯ‡ฮฎฯฮฑ

ฮ“) ฮ“ฯ…ฮฝฮฑฮฏฮบฮฑ ฮฑฯฮฌฯ‡ฮฝฮท

ฮ”) ฮ•ฯฮฑ

ฮ— ฯƒฯ‰ฯƒฯ„ฮฎ ฮฑฯ€ฮฌฮฝฯ„ฮทฯƒฮท ฮตฮฏฮฝฮฑฮน ฮ’ ฮบฮฑฮน ฮ“: ยซฮผฮฑฯฯฮท ฯ‡ฮฎฯฮฑยป ฮฎ ยซฮณฯ…ฮฝฮฑฮฏฮบฮฑ ฮฑฯฮฌฯ‡ฮฝฮทยป.

ฮ•ฮฌฮฝ ฯ€ฮฌฮปฮน ฮณฮฏฮฝฮตฮน ฮบฮฌฯ€ฮฟฮนฮฟฯ‚ ฯƒฮตฮนฯƒฮผฯŒฯ‚, ฯ„ฯŒฯ„ฮต ฮผฯ€ฮฟฯฮตฮฏฯ„ฮต ฮฝฮฑ ฯ†ฮฑฮฝฯ„ฮฑฯƒฯ„ฮตฮฏฯ„ฮต ฯ€ฮฟฮนฮตฯ‚ ฯ†ฯฮฌฯƒฮตฮนฯ‚ ฯ‡ฯฮทฯƒฮนฮผฮฟฯ€ฮฟฮนฮฟฯฮฝ ฮฟฮน ฮดฮทฮผฮฟฯƒฮนฮฟฮณฯฮฌฯ†ฮฟฮน;

ฮ‘) ฯ„ฮฟ ฯ‡ฯ„ฯฯ€ฮทฮผฮฑ ฯ„ฮฟฯ… ฮตฮณฮบฮญฮปฮฑฮดฮฟฯ…

ฮ’) ฯ‡ฮฟฯฮญฯˆฮฑฮผฮต ฯƒฯ„ฮฟฯ…ฯ‚ ฯฯ…ฮธฮผฮฟฯฯ‚ ฯ„ฯ‰ฮฝ ฮกฮฏฯ‡ฯ„ฮตฯ

ฮ“) ฮตฮนฮบฯŒฮฝฮตฯ‚ ฮฑฯ€ฮฟฮบฮฌฮปฯ…ฯˆฮทฯ‚

ฮ”) ฮฒฮนฮฒฮปฮนฮบฮฎ ฮบฮฑฯ„ฮฑฯƒฯ„ฯฮฟฯ†ฮฎ

ฮ— ฮฑฯ€ฮฌฮฝฯ„ฮทฯƒฮท ฮตฮฏฮฝฮฑฮน ฯ€ฯ‰ฯ‚โ€ฆ ฯ‡ฯฮทฯƒฮนฮผฮฟฯ€ฮฟฮนฮฟฯฮฝ ฯŒฮปฮตฯ‚ ฯ„ฮนฯ‚ ฯ†ฯฮฌฯƒฮตฮนฯ‚ (ฮ‘, ฮ’, ฮ“, ฮ”)

ฮŒฯ€ฯ‰ฯ‚ ฮตฮฏฮดฮฑฯ„ฮต, ฯ„ฮฑ ฮดฮทฮผฮฟฯƒฮนฮฟฮณฯฮฑฯ†ฮนฮบฮฌ ฮบฮปฮนฯƒฮญ ฮตฮฏฮฝฮฑฮน ฯ€ฮฟฮปฮปฮฌ. ฮคฯŽฯฮฑ, ฮผฮทฮฝ ฮพฮตฯ‡ฮฝฮฌฯ„ฮต ฯŒฯ„ฮน ฮผฮนฮฑ ฯ€ฮฟฮปฯ ฮบฮฑฮปฮฎ ฮผฮญฮธฮฟฮดฮฟฯ‚ ฮตฮพฮฌฯƒฮบฮทฯƒฮทฯ‚ ฮตฮฏฮฝฮฑฮน ฮท ฯ€ฮฑฯฮฑฮบฮฟฮปฮฟฯฮธฮทฯƒฮท ฯ„ฯ‰ฮฝ ฮตฮนฮดฮฎฯƒฮตฯ‰ฮฝ ฯƒฯ„ฮฑ ฮตฮปฮปฮทฮฝฮนฮบฮฌ. ฮ˜ฮฑ ฮดฮตฮฏฯ„ฮต ฮผฮตฮณฮฌฮปฮท ฮฒฮตฮปฯ„ฮฏฯ‰ฯƒฮท ฮตฮฌฮฝ ฮฑฯ†ฮนฮตฯฯŽฮฝฮตฯ„ฮต ฯ€ฮญฮฝฯ„ฮต ฮปฮตฯ€ฯ„ฮฌ ฯ„ฮทฮฝ ฮทฮผฮญฯฮฑ ฮดฮนฮฑฮฒฮฌฮถฮฟฮฝฯ„ฮฑฯ‚, ฮฑฮบฮฟฯฮณฮฟฮฝฯ„ฮฑฯ‚, ฮฎ ฯ€ฮฑฯฮฑฮบฮฟฮปฮฟฯ…ฮธฯŽฮฝฯ„ฮฑฯ‚ ฯ„ฮทฮฝ ฮตฯ€ฮนฮบฮฑฮนฯฯŒฯ„ฮทฯ„ฮฑ. ฮฮฑ ฮญฯ‡ฮตฯ„ฮต ฮผฮนฮฑ ฯŒฮผฮฟฯฯ†ฮท ฮผฮญฯฮฑ!

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