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18th Jan, 2007

Lesson 04 – Numbers and the verb be

In the fourth pod-lesson of modern and ancient greek we learn the (rest of the) numbers, 13 to 100. Then we cope with the verb be in present and we give the vocabulary for you to make simple but complete sentences.

Arithmi Αριθμοί (lesson 2)

Number Greeklish (Ancient Greeklish) Greeklish (Αρχαία Greeklish) :P
13 dekatria (dekatris) δεκατρία
14 dekatessera (dekatessares) δεκατέσσερα (δεκατέσσαρες)
15 dekapente δεκαπέντε
16 dekaexi (dekaex) δεκαέξι (δεκαέξ)
17 dekaefta (dekaepta) )δεκαεφτά (δεκαεπτά)
18 dekaohto (dekaokto) δεκαοχτώ (δεκαοκτώ)
19 dekaennia (dekaennea) δεκαεννιά (δεκαεννέα)
20 ikosi είκοσι
21 ikosiena εικοσιένα
22 ikosidio είκοσιδύο
30 trianta τριάντα
31 triantaena τριανταένα
40 saranta σαράντα
41 sarantaena σαρανταένα
50 peninta πενήντα
60 exinta εξήντα
65 exintapente εξηνταπέντε
70 evdominta εβδομήντα
74 evbomidatessera εβδομηντατέσσερα
80 ogdonta ογδόντα
90 eneninta ενενήντα
100 ekato εκατό

What you simply do is 10+3, 10+4, 20+1, 30+1, etc. deka+tria, deka+tessera, ikosi+ena, trianta+ena

English Greeklish Ελληνικά Ancient Greeklish Αρχαία Ελληνικά
I am ego ime εγώ είμαι ego imi εγώ ειμί
you are esi ise εσύ είσαι si i συ εί
he is aftos ine αυτός είναι utos esti ούτος εστί
she is afti ine αυτή είναι tuti esti εστί
it is afto ine αυτό είναι tuto esti εστί
we are emis imaste εμείς ειμαστε imis esmen ημείς εμσέν
you are esis isaste εσείς είσαστε imis este υμείς εστέ
they (m/f/n) are afti/aftes/afta ine αυτοί / αυτές / αυτά είναι uti/tutes/tuta eisin ούτοι εστίν

Note that while in english we say “I am tall” in greek we usually say “Ime psilos”. Though it is not a fault to say “Ego ime psilos”, the common idiom abstracts “ego”, since “ime” is enough for somebody to understand that I speak for myself.

English Greeklish Ελληνικά Ancient Greeklish Αρχαία Ελληνικα
Good kalos kali καλός καλή kalos kali καλός καλή
Tall psilos psili ψηλός ψηλή makris makra μακρής μακρά
Young neos nea νέος νέα neanias neanida νεανίας νεανίδα
 
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It’s very interesting! But effectivly ancient greek is more difficult, but I think that if we dedicate time writing the phrases it will be easier to learn.
Efharisto poli by this so interesting site
Roberto Fazzani

By: Roberto Fazzani on April 23rd, 2007
at 11:24 pm

Thanks for the Greek letters :)

By: denise on July 11th, 2008
at 12:39 pm

has ne1 learned all da letters?…………coz i m havin a tuf time doin dat……y r guys learnin greek?

By: crazy4greek on December 26th, 2008
at 12:24 am

thx alot
i am a student at faculty of arts ain shams university
ancient european civillization dept
i study both a & m greek language
i need ur help
and u may need mine

By: ΜΑΗΜΟΘΔ on May 9th, 2009
at 12:11 pm

Very useful, because you actually hear Greek person speak…

By: kalimera on June 23rd, 2009
at 6:29 pm

I am so grateful for this,
I have family in Greece who are always disappointed at my lack of ability to speak my home language and this is brilliant, can’t wait to hopefully surprise them with it over christmas!

By: Jamie-lee on July 1st, 2009
at 4:28 pm

Thanks 4 every thing, this lesson is very interesting, but ancient greeke is more difficult, but we shall do best. If God Wishes.

Thanks

By: Mohamoud Hassan

By: hassan on July 31st, 2009
at 2:35 pm

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