This was originally posted by panagiotis_ts
This was originally posted by panagiotis_ts
Hello everyone! This is the 14th lesson of my series of Greek lessons. Here you'll learn the numbers from 0 to 100, the days of the week, the months and how to form dates in Greek. Remember that I don't write how words are pronounced, because you' ve already learned it in the first lesson.
Let's see the numbers from 0 to 10. Remember that the numbers 1, 3 and 4 have genders and are declined (like adjectives).
μηδέν = zero
ένα = one (nominative: ένας (m) μία (f) ένα (n) genitive: ενός μίας ενός accusative: ένα(ν) μία ένα)
δύο = two
τρία = three (nominative: τρεις τρεις τρία genitive: τριών (m, f, n) accusative: same as nominative)
τέσσερα = four (nominative: τέσσερις τέσσερις τέσσερα genitive: τεσσάρων (m, f, n) accusative: same as nominative)
πέντε = five
έξι = six
εφτά (or επτά) = seven
οχτώ (or οκτώ) = eight
εννιά (or εννέα) = nine
δέκα = ten
And now the numbers from 11 to 100
έντεκα = eleven
δώδεκα = twelve
δεκατρία = thirteen
δεκατέσσερα = fourteen
δεκαπέντε = fifteen
δεκαέξι = sixteen
δεκαεφτά (or δεκαεπτά) = seventeen
δεκαοχτώ (or δεκαοκτώ) = eighteen
δεκαεννιά (or δεκαεννέα) = nineteen
είκοσι = twenty
τριάντα = thirty
σαράντα = forty
πενήντα = fifty
εξήντα = sixty
εβδομήντα = seventy
ογδόντα = eighty
ενενήντα = ninety
εκατό = one hundred
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Numbers like 13, 14, 23, 24, etc are declined. For example, the accusative of 14 is δεκατέσσερις (m, f) and δεκατέσσερα (n).
To form numbers between 20 and 30, 30 and 40, etc, you have to put the big number first and then the smaller one. For example: 21 = είκοσι ένα
22 = είκοσι δύο 53 = πενήντα τρία 99 = ενενήντα εννιά or ενενήντα εννέαAnd now let's see the days of the week:
η Δευτέρα = Monday
η Τρίτη = Tuesday
η Τετάρτη = Wednesday
η Πέμπτη = Thursday
η Παρασκευή = Friday
το Σάββατο = Saturday
η Κυριακή = Sunday
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To say on Monday, on Tuesday, etc, you have to put the definite article in accusative before the day.
All days are feminine nouns, except for "το Σάββατο" (Saturday).τη Δευτέρα = on Monday
την Τρίτη = on Tuesday
την Τετάρτη = on Wednesday
την Πέμπτη = on Thursday
την Παρασκευή = on Friday
το Σάββατο = on Saturday
την Κυριακή = on Sunday
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To say every Monday, every Tuesday, etc, you have to put the word "κάθε" before the day. "Κάθε Δευτέρα" means "every Monday".And now let's see the months:
ο Ιανουάριος = January
ο Φεβρουάριος = February
ο Μάρτιος = March
ο Απρίλιος = April
ο Μάιος = May
ο Ιούνιος = June
ο Ιούλιος = July
ο Αύγουστος = August
ο Σεπτέμβριος = September
ο Οκτώβριος = October
ο Νοέμβριος = November
ο Δεκέμβριος = December
And their genitive:
Ιανουαρίου = of January
Φεβρουαρίου = of February
Μαρτίου = of March
Απριλίου = of April
Μαΐου = of May
Ιουνίου = of June
Ιουλίου = of July
Αυγούστου = of August
Σεπτεμβρίου = of September
Οκτωβρίου = of October
Νοεμβρίου = of November
Δεκεμβρίου = of December
But how can you form dates using all these? And why did I give you the genitive of the months? To form dates, you must put the day, the number of the day in nominative (remember that the days are feminine, so the number must be in its feminine form -even when the day is Saturday, which is masculine), the month in its genitive form and maybe the year in the end. For example:
Τρίτη μία Σεπτεμβρίου 2015 (or Τρίτη 1 Σεπτεμβρίου 2015) = Tueday 1st September 2015
And some basic vocabulary:
Πόσο έχουμε σήμερα; = What's today's date? (it literally means "how much do we have today?")
Σήμερα έχουμε (μία Σεπτεμβρίου). = Today it's (1st of September).
η ημερομηνία = the date
I hope that you've enjoyed this lesson,
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