PIMGRK 1O - (Lesson 30)

Question 1

THIS STARTS LESSON 30

Question 2

word
the word
that word

Answer 2

λέξη
η λέξη
αυτή η λέξη

Question 3

What does that word mean?

Answer 3

Τι παει να πει αυτή η λέξη;

Question 4

We are American.

Answer 4

Είμαστε Αμερικάνοι.

Question 5

We are here / we have been here

Answer 5

Είμαστε εδώ.

Question 6

How long?
A few weeks.
One week.
Since yesterday.

Answer 6

Πόσο καιρό?
Μερικές εβδομάδες.
Μια εβδομάδα.
Από χθες.

Question 7

We are going to stay in Greece a few days.

Answer 7

Θα μείνουμε στην Ελλάδα μερικές μέρες.

Question 8

Do you like Athens?
Yes, I like Athens.
I like Greece.

Answer 8

Σου/Σας αρέσει η Αθήνα;
Ναι, μου αρέσει η Αθήνα.
Μου αρέσει η Ελλάδα.

η before a word marks it off as feminine

Question 9

How long are you going to stay?

Answer 9

Πόσο καιρό θα μείνεις / μείνετε;

Question 10

What did you buy?

Answer 10

Τι αγόρασες / αγοράσατε;

familiar and formal forms

Question 11

Did you have (eat) lunch?
Yes, I had lunch, and I bought a lot of things.
And you?
I don’t want anything.

Answer 11

‘Εφαγες / φάγατε μεσημεριανο?
Ναι, έφαγα μεσημεριανό, και αγόρασα πολλά πράγματα.
Και εσύ / εσείς;
Δεν θέλω τίποτα.

Question 12

I am not going to buy anything.
We’re not going to buy anything.

Answer 12

Δεν θα αγοράσω τίποτα.
Δεν θα αγοράσουμε τίποτα.

NOTE: Google Translate spells the verb with S (see the image), but moderngreekverbs.com spells it with a Z. Differing usages seem fairly common in Greek…

Question 13

Did you buy something?

Answer 13

Αγόρασες / Αγοράσατε κάτι;

informal and formal second person singular

Question 14

We bought lots of things.

Answer 14

Αγοράσαμε πολλά πράγματα.

Question 15

have you eaten? / Did you eat?
We ate and bought lots of things.

Answer 15

‘Εφαγες / Φάγατε;
Φάγαμε και αγοράσαμε πολλά πράγματα.

Question 16

Did you speak Greek?
Yes, we spoke.
Do you speak Greek?

Answer 16

Mίλησες / Mιλήσατε ελληνικά;
Ναι, μιλήσαμε.
Μιλάτε ελληνικά;

Question 17

When did you arrive?
Yesterday morning.

Answer 17

Πότε έφτασες / φτάσατε;
(έφτασες can also be spelled ‘έφθασες’)
Χθες το πρωί.

Question 18

We’ve been here since yesterday.

Answer 18

Είμαστε εδώ από χθες.

Question 19

I like Athens.

Answer 19

Μου αρέσει η Αθήνα.

Question 20

We’ll arrive tomorrow morning / evening.

Answer 20

Θα φτάσουμε αύριο το πρωί / το βράδυ.
(you don’t need the ‘το’ bit with βράδυ)

Just to keep us on our toes, the Greeks write ‘φτάσουμε’ as ‘φθάσουμε’ as well - see attached conjugation table.

Question 21

I bought a lot of things this morning.

Answer 21

Αγόρασα πολλά πράγματα σήμερα το πρωί.

If you study my cards, you’ll notice that I include sentences of my own.

Question 22

When did you arrive in Greece?
We arrived yesterday.
At what time?
At six.
When will you go to Thessaloniki?
We’ll go to Thessaloniki this morning.

This is the exact conversation given at 13:27 minutes into Lesson 30.

Answer 22

Πότε φθάσατε στην Ελλάδα;
Φτάσαμε χθες. (also written ‘φθάσαμε’)
Τι ώρα?
Στις έξι (η ώρα).
Πότε θα πάτε στη Θεσσαλονίκη;
Θα πάμε στη Θεσσαλονίκη σήμερα το πρωί.

Question 23

I arrived in Athens with my family / with my three children / with my husband

Answer 23

Έφτασα στην Αθήνα με την οικογένειά μου / με τα τρία παιδιά μου / με τον άντρα μου

‘με την’ indicates a feminine object.

Question 24

We arrived together.
We arrived at eight.

Answer 24

Φτάσαμε/φθάσαμε μαζί.
Φτάσαμε/φθάσαμε στις οχτώ.

Question 25

I arrived yesterday morning. And you, when did you arrive in Athens? I arrived yesterday evening.

Answer 25

'Eφθασα χθες το πρωί. Και εσείς, πότε φτάσατε **στην** Αθήνα; 'Eφθασα χθες το βράδυ.

Question 26

Did you go? When did you go to Thessaloniki? We went to Thessaloniki this morning. We went to Athens this morning.

Answer 26

Πήγες; / Πήγατε; Πότε πήγατε στη Θεσσαλονίκη; Πήγαμε **στη** Θεσσαλονίκη σήμερα το πρωί. Πήγαμε **στην** Αθήνα σήμερα το πρωί.

Question 27

What does that mean? What does that word mean?

Answer 27

Τι πάει να πει **αυτό**; Τι πάει να πει **αυτή** η λέξη;

Question 28

Did you go to the Acropolis? Yes, we went to the Acropolis this morning.

Answer 28

Πήγες/Πήγατε **στην** Ακρόπολη; Ναι, πήγαμε στην Ακρόπολη σήμερα το πρωί.

Question 29

I went to the Acropolis. I went to Tessaloniki yesterday. Did you go to Athens this morning?

Answer 29

Πήγα στην Ακρόπολη. Πήγα στη Θεσσαλονίκη χθες. Πήγες / Πήγατε στην Αθήνα σήμερα το πρωί;

Question 30

When did you arrive in Greece? Did you arrive yesterday? No, we've been here one week.

Answer 30

Πότε έφτασες / φτάσατε στην Ελλάδα; 'Εφτασες / Φτάσατε χθες; Όχι, είμαστε εδώ μια εβδομάδα. ## Footnote informal and formal forms

Question 31

How long will you be staying? We can't stay. We're going to leave tomorrow morning.

Answer 31

Πόσο καιρό θα μείνετε; Δεν μπορούμε να μείνουμε. Θα φύγουμε αύριο το πρωί.

Question 32

We spoke Greek.

Answer 32

Μιλήσαμε ελληνικά.

Question 33

We went to Athens yesterday. I went to the Acropolis with my husband. We went to the Acropolis together.

Answer 33

Πήγαμε στην Αθήνα χθες. Πήγα στην Ακρόπολη με τον άντρα μου. Πήγαμε στην Ακρόπολη μαζί.

Question 34

We ate at a restaurant in Athens. We ate at the restaurant Dionysos. Where is the restaurant? On Victory street.

Answer 34

Φάγαμε στο εστιατόριο στην Αθήνα. Φάγαμε στο εστιατόριο Διόνυσος. Που είναι το εστιατόριο? Στην οδό Νίκης.

Question 35

# **This conversation is the very last bit in Pimsleur 1** 1. Hello, how are you? 2. I'm very well, thank you, and you? 3. I'm very well too. 4. When did you arrive? 5. I arrived yesterday, with my wife, and this morning we went to the Acropolis. 6. Would you like to eat with me this evening? 7. Yes, at what time? 8. At eight? 9. Yes, OK, at eight. Thank you very much. 10. Goodbye.

Answer 35

1. Χαίρετε, τι κάνετε? 2. Είμαι πολύ καλά, ευχαριστώ, και εσύ/εσείς; 3. Και εγώ είμαι πολύ καλά. 4. Πότε φτάσατε; 5. Έφθασα χθες με τη γυναίκα μου, και σήμερα το πρωί πήγαμε στην Ακρόπολη. 6. Θα ήθελες/θέλατε να φάτε μαζί μου το βραδυ; 7. Ναι, τι ώρα; 8. Στις οχτώ? 9. Ναί, εντάξει, στις οχτώ. Ευχαριστώ πολύ. 10. Αντιο σας.

Question 36

**THIS IS THE END OF LESSON 30.**

Question 37

Conjugate the verb to go in the present, the future and the past

Answer 37

Question 38

Conjugate the verb to arrive in the present, the future and the past

Answer 38

Question 39

Conjugate the verb to leave in the present, the future and the past

Answer 39