In this lesson we talk about LOVE! Love is maybe the most significant aspect of the greek life. The vast majority of the greek songs talk about love, let’s say about 99% of them. This is no exaggeration. Love poems, love songs, love tv series, love movies, love, love, love… Or, in Greek… Agapi!
| I love you | S’ agapo (or Se agapo) | Σ’αγαπώ (ή Σε αγαπώ) |
| I adore you | Se latrevo | Σε λατρεύω |
From the verb “latrevo” we take idolatry (idolo+latria) (είδωλο και λατρεία) the worshiping of idols.
We have already learned ena (one) but this is the half truth. While ena is the number one, we also use types of it to express the indefinitive article (a, an).
To make more clear:
| One man | enas andras | ένας άνδρας (see also android and androgynous) |
| One woman | mia gyneka | μια γυναίκα (see also gynecology – gynekologia in Greek) |
| One apple | ena milo | ένα μήλο |
A nice Greek expression is “Mia ise mia ke monadiki”, Mia you are one and unique! Μία είσαι μία και μοναδική!
monadikos unique (m) monadiki unique (f) monadiko unique (n)
You can say “monadiko systima”, unit system (μοναδικό σύστημα). “Monadiki empiria” unique experience (see also empiria-empirical) (μοναδική εμπειρία). Monadikos/i/o can be used to express the unit and the unique.
Flirt expressions:
You have beautiful eyes – ehis omorfa matia (omorfa is beautiful’s plural form, matia is eyes in plural) – έχεις όμορφα μάτια
Your smile makes the world beautiful – to hamogelo sou kani ton kosmo omorfo (hamogelo is smile, kosmos is the world -see also cosmology) – το χαμόγελό σου κάνει τον κόσμο όμορφο
You are sexy – ise sexy – είσαι σέξυ
Would you like to play beach-volleyball with us? – thelete na pexete volley mazi mas? (thelo is I want, pezo is I play, mazi is with and mas is us) – θέλετε να παίξετε βόλεϋ μαζί μας‚;
Ancient Greek
I love you – Agapo se – Αγαπώ σε
I adore you – Latrevo se – Λατρεύω σε (you can observe that the object and the verd are reversed in ancient Greek)
I would like to play volleyball with you – Voulome volley meta sou paizin – Βούλομαι βόλεϋ μετά σου παίζειν
You have beautiful eyes – I ophthalmi sou kallisti eisin – Οι οφθαλμοί σου κάλλιστοι εισίν (see also ophthalmology)
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