Today is a holiday in Greece. It is the beginning of the fast. Now it is fourty days to the Easter. We go out, we take over the hills, we eat lagana, tarama and olives and fly the kite. The carnival is over. Short periods. I am in holiday as well, that’s why.
This lesson is short so that you have time to learn it. Next one is coming on Friday. So that I get on program again! Sorry that I was late, it was a difficult week for me in the university.
| Clean Monday | Kathara Devtera | Καθαρά Δευτέρα |
| Fast | nistia | νηστεία |
| I fast | nistevo | νηστεύω |
| Dinerless (and hungry) | nistikos/i/o | νηστικός |
| Kite | hartaetos (harti+aetos) | χαρταετός (χαρτί και αετός) |
| Paper | harti | χαρτί |
| Eagle | aetos | αετός |
| Olives | elies (one olive is elia) | ελιές (ελιά) |
| Carnival | karnavali or apokries | καρναβάλι ή απόκρειες |
| Holiday | argia | αργία |
| (there is an ancient greek saying “argia mitir pasis kakias” which means, “Holiday (laziness) is the mother of all evil”, “αργία μήτηρ πάσης κακίας”) | ||
| Church | ekklisia | εκκλησία |
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