PIMGRK2 - LESSON 19

Question 1

Where do you work?
( formal & informal )

Answer 1

Που δουλεύετε;
Πού εργάζεσαι;

Question 2

I used to work for IBA.

Answer 2

Δούλευα για την IBA.

Question 3

Now I work for KRS.

Answer 3

Τώρα δουλεύω για την KRS.

Question 4

My job is very interesting.

Answer 4

Η δουλειά μου είναι πολύ ενδιαφέρουσα.

Question 5

I’d like to make a phone call to a friend of mine.
Of course, the telephone is over there.

Hint: telephone is a neuter word in Greek.

Answer 5

Θα ήθελα να κάνω ένα τηλέφωνο σε έναν φίλο μου.
βέβαιος το τηλέφωνο είναι εκεί.

Question 6

It was the wrong number.

Answer 6

Ήταν λάθος αριθμός.

Question 7

I will try again

Answer 7

Θα προσπαθήσω ξανά.

Question 8

This time it was the right number.

Answer 8

Αυτή τη φορά ήταν ο σωστός αριθμός.

Question 9

Before, it was the wrong number.

Answer 9

Πριν, ήταν λάθος αριθμός.
NOTE: no indefinite article, because a ‘wrong number’ is not a specific number. In flashcard 8, there IS an indefinite article, because the ‘right number’ is a specific number.

Question 10

It was the right number but my friend wasn’t home.

Answer 10

Ήταν ο σωστός αριθμός, αλλά ο φίλος μου δεν ήταν σπίτι.

Question 11

I’ll try again later.

Answer 11

Θα προσπαθήσω ξανά αργότερα.

Question 12

You work for KRS, don’t you?

Answer 12

Δουλεύετε για την KRS, έτσι δεν είναι;

Question 13

I used to work there before.

Answer 13

Δούλευα εκεί πριν.

Question 14

How old is your daughter?

Answer 14

Πόσο χρονών είναι η κόρη σας;

Question 15

She’s twenty years old.

Answer 15

Είναι είκοσι χρονών.

Question 16

She’s at the university of Athens.
Really? My daughter as well!

Answer 16

Είναι στο Πανεπιστήμιο Αθηνών.
Αλήθεια? Και η κόρη μου!

Question 17

My daughter too goes to the University of Athens.

Answer 17

Και η κόρη μου πάει στο Πανεπιστήμιο Αθηνών.

Question 18

I need to go to the post office.

Answer 18

Πρέπει να πάω στο ταχυδρομείο.

Question 19

Do you know where the post office is?

Answer 19

Ξέρετε που είναι το ταχυδρομείο;

Question 20

Do you see it?
(the post office)

Hint: in Greek, post office is neuter gender.

Answer 20

το βλέπετε;

conjugation of 'to see'

Question 21

The post office is not far from here.

Answer 21

Το ταχυδρομείο δεν είναι μακριά από εδώ.

Question 22

No, I don’t see it.

(neuter object)

Answer 22

Όχι, δεν το βλέπω.

Question 23

It’s over there, to the right.

Answer 23

Είναι εκεί, δεξιά.

the word for left is αριστερά, remember?

Question 24

This time I see it.

(neuter object)

Answer 24

Αυτή τη φορά το βλέπω.

Question 25

Excuse me, I have to leave now.

Answer 25

Συγγνώμη, πρέπει να φύγω τώρα.

conjugation of 'to leave'

Question 26

I have to go to the post office today.

Answer 26

Πρέπει να πάω στο ταχυδρομείο σήμερα.

Question 27

Excuse me, I need to make a call.

Answer 27

Συγγνώμη, πρέπει να κάνω ένα τηλέφωνο.

Question 28

The telephone is over there.

Answer 28

Το τηλέφωνο είναι εκεί.

Question 29

It was the wrong number.

Answer 29

Ήταν λάθος αριθμός.

Question 30

I’m going to try again.

Answer 30

Θα προσπαθήσω ξανά.

Question 31

This time it was the right number.

Answer 31

Αυτή τη φορά ήταν ο σωστός αριθμός.

αριθμός is a masculine word.

Question 32

How’s your wife?
(informal)

Very well, thanks.

Answer 32

Τι κάνει* η γυναίκα σου;

Μια χαρά, ευχαριστώ.

you can also say ‘Πώς είναι’

Question 33

And your son, how is he?

( hint: not the ‘τι κάνει’ form )

Answer 33

Και ο γιος σας, πώς είναι;

Question 34

How old is he now?

Answer 34

Πόσο χρονών είναι τώρα?

Question 35

What does he do?
(meaning what job)

Answer 35

Τι δουλειά κάνει;

Question 36

He has a very interesting job.

Answer 36

Έχει μια πολύ ενδιαφέρουσα δουλειά.

Question 37

Conjugate ‘to work’ in the present tense.

Answer 37

Question 38

He works at the university.

Answer 38

Δουλεύει στο Πανεπιστήμιο.

conjugation of 'to work'

in terms of etymology, think:
παν - as in pan-American
επιστήμη - meaning science, whence epistemology

Πανεπιστήμιο - the place where all the sciences are studied

Question 39

And he has a (female) friend.

Answer 39

Και έχει μια φίλη.

Question 40

His (female) friend works for IBA.

Answer 40

Η φίλη του δουλεύει για την IBA.

conjugation of 'to work'

Question 41

In January they’re going to New York.

Answer 41

Τον Ιανουάριο πάνε στη Νέα Υόρκη.

conjugation of 'to go'

Question 42

In February, the weather is often bad.

Answer 42

Τον Φεβρουάριο κάνει συχνά άσχημο καιρό.

Question 43

I prefer to travel when the weather is fine.

Answer 43

Προτιμώ να ταξιδεύω όταν κάνει καλό καιρό.

conjugation of 'to prefer'

Question 44

In January a trip to America is less expensive.

Answer 44

Τον Ιανουάριο ένα ταξίδι στην Αμερική είναι λιγότερο ακριβό.

Question 45

Do you see it?
(the object is neuter)

Answer 45

το βλέπετε;

Question 46

Next week my husband and I are going to London.

Answer 46

Την επόμενη εβδομάδα ο άντρας μου και εγώ πάμε στο Λονδίνο.

conjugation of 'to go'

Question 47

Are the children going with you?

Answer 47

Τα παιδιά πάνε μαζί σας;

Question 48

Not this time.

Answer 48

Όχι αυτή τη φορά.

Question 49

Our children aren’t going with us.

Answer 49

Τα παιδιά μας δεν πάνε μαζί μας.

Question 50

We’re going without them.
(‘them’ being the kids)

Answer 50

Πάμε χωρίς αυτά.

declensions of 'them'

Question 51

Our son has a lot of work now.

Answer 51

Ο γιος μας έχει πολλή δουλειά τώρα.

Question 52

He works for KRS.

Answer 52

Δουλεύει για την KRS.

Clarification as to why the stress point in on the υ rather than the ε:

ευ in the word δουλεύω is a diphthong.
A diphthong is a combination of two vowels pronounced as a single sound.
In Modern Greek, when a diphthong is present, and the stress falls on the second vowel of the combination, the accent is placed on the second vowel (in this case, the υ).

Question 53

Our daughter is at the University of Athens.

Answer 53

Η κόρη μας είναι στο πανεπιστήμιο Αθηνών.

Question 54

This time we’re going to London without them. (the kids)

Answer 54

Αυτή τη φορά πάμε στο Λονδίνο χωρίς αυτά.

Question 55

They’re going to stay here with their friends.

Answer 55

Θα μείνουν εδώ με τους φίλους τους.

Question 56

London is a big city.

(in Greek, London is a neuter word)

Answer 56

Το Λονδίνο είναι μια μεγάλη πόλη.

Question 57

London is an interesting city.

Answer 57

Το Λονδίνο είναι μια ενδιαφέρουσα πόλη.

Question 58

I used to work there.

Answer 58

Δούλευα εκεί.

Question 59

I don’t like going there when the weather is bad.

Answer 59

Δεν μου αρέσει να πηγαίνω εκεί όταν κάνει άσχημο καιρό.

NOTE:

‘πηγαίνω’ is used instead of ‘πάω’ because we’re talking about a general thing, not an actual situation.

Question 60

Where does your husband work now?
(speaking familiarly)

Answer 60

Πού δουλεύει τώρα ο άντρας σου;

Question 61

I need to make a phone call to my daughter.

Answer 61

Πρέπει να κάνω ένα τηλέφωνο στην κόρη μου.

Question 62

Say that you think that you know her number.
(translate the above as its)

Answer 62

Πέστε ότι νομίζετε ότι ξέρετε τον αριθμό της.

αριθμός is a masculine word

NOTE

to avoid making the sentence sound, potentiially, heavy, by using ότι twice, you could replace the first one with πως, another way to say ‘that’:

Πέστε πως νομίζετε ότι ξέρετε τον αριθμό της.

NOT TO BE CONFUSED WITH πώς, WHICH MEANS ‘what’.