N. Γεια σας, αγαπητοί ακροατές. In the last lesson we dealt with certain aspects of the use of words ending in -ος. You learned how to ask questions using the word ποιος – who.
E. Ποιος είναι αυτός; Who is this?
Α. Ποιος έχει ένα τσιγάρο; Who has a cigarette?
Ε. Ποιος ξέρει πού είναι ο Σοφοκλής; Who knows where is Sophacles?
Α. Ποιος θέλει καφέ; Who wants coffee?
Ν. You also had a little practice in the use of adjectives and nouns of the masculine gender.
E. Ο καλός άνθρωπος. The good man.
Α. Ο μικρός αριθμός. The small number.
Ε. Ο ψηλός τοίχος. The tall wall.
Α. Ο φτωχός φίλος. The poor friend.
Ν. And I finally tried to help you with patterns showing possession.
E. Το σπίτι του κυρίου Γεωργίου. The house of Mr. George.
Α. Τα αυτιά του μαύρου σκύλου. The ears of the black dog.
Ε. Το ρολόι του τοίχου. The clock of the wall.
Α. Τα λουλούδια του κήπου. The flowers of the garden.
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Ν. In today’s lesson we’re going to use words of the feminine gender. The approach will be much the same. We’ll ask questions using the word “who”, we’ll talk about changes in adjectives to agree with feminine words, and finally we’ll use forms showing possession.
Let’s begin with ladies’ names. This is Maria will be: Αυτή είναι η Μαρία. And that is Elenie will be Εκείνη είναι η Ελένη. The question word “who” will now be Ποια. Ποιος for masculines and ποια for feminines. Ποια είναι αυτή; - Who is this? Listen:
A. Ποια είναι αυτή; Who is this?
E. Αυτή είναι η Νίκη. This is Nickie.
Ε. Αυτή είναι η Σοφία. This is Sophia.
Α. Εκείνη, ποια είναι; That, who is it?
Ε. Εκείνη είναι η Χλόη. That is Cloe.
Α. Ποια είναι η κυρία εκείνη; Who is that lady?
Ε. Είναι η κυρία Πετρήδη. It is Ms. Petridis.
Α. Εσύ, ποια είσαι; You, who are you?
Ε. Εγώ είμαι η Έλλη. I am Ellie.
N. If someone knocks at your door, and you don’t know whether it is a man or a woman, you ask the question “Ποιος”, not “Ποια”. It’s the prevalence of males, I suppose.
A. (knock, knock) Ποιος; Who?
Ε. Εγώ, η Έλλη. Me, Ellie.
Ν. And talking about knocks on doors, you ask ποιος if you want to know who the visitor is. But if you want him to come right in, you say “εμπρός”. Go ahead.
E. (knock, knock) Εμπρός. Ω, εσύ είσαι Αντρέα. Go ahead. Oh, you are Andrea.
N. Εμπρός is also used when you answer the telephone.
E. (ring, ring) Εμπρός. Go ahead.
A. Ποιος είναι εκεί; η Έλλη; Who is there? Ellie?
Ε. Ναι. εσείς, ποιος είστε; Yes. You, who are you?
Α. Ο Αντρέα. Τι γίνεσαι Έλλη; Andreas. How do you do Ellie?
Ν. But let’s go back to the feminine gender with an exercise for you listeners in asking questions. We will give you statements which will serve as answers to your questions. If, for example, you hear the sentence: η Έλλη διαβάζει, you will ask the question: ποια διαβάζει; We are going to talk about ladies, so begin always with ποια. Are you ready?
Ε. Η Άννα ακούει το ραδιόφωνο. Anna listens to the radio.
A. Ποια ακούει το ραδιόφωνο; Who listens to the radio?
Ε. Η Σοφία μένει μακριά από εδώ. Sophia stays far from here.
A. Ποια μένει μακριά απ’ εδώ; Who stays far from here?
Ε. Η κυρία Γεοργιάδη έχει τέσσερα παιδιά. Ms. Georgiathi has four children.
A. Ποια έχει τέσσερα παιδιά; Who has four children?
Ε. Η δεσποινίς Παυλίδη, γυρίζει με ταξί. Miss. Paulithi, returns by taxi.
Α. Ποια γυρίζει με ταξί; Who returns by taxi?
Ε. Η Αφροδίτη ξέρει πού είναι ο Πέτρος. Aphrodite knows where is Petros.
Α. Ποια ξέρει πού είναι ο Πέτρος; Who knows where is Petros?
Ν. Ευχαριστώ, αγαπητοί ακροατές. In the previous lesson we spent some time talking about Andreas’ friend. Today, Ellie will introduce us to her friend. It’s a girl. Ellie will say “αυτή είναι η φίλη μου”. Ο φίλος, the friend, when talking about a man, η φίλη, the friend, when talking about a girl. She has a photograph of her friend. Η φωτογραφία – the photograph. Η φωτογραφία
E. Αυτή είναι η φίλη μου. This is my friend.
Α. Ποια είναι, Έλλη; Who is, Ellie?
Ε. Είναι η φίλη μου. Είναι η φίλη μου η Άννα. Να η φωτογραφία της.
She is my friend. She is my friend Anna. There her picture.
N. Ellie will tell us that her friend is a nice girl. She can say:
E. Η Άννα είναι καλό κορίτσι. Anna is a good girl.
Ν. She can also say Anna is a nice person.
E. Η Άννα είναι καλός άνθρωπος. Anna is a good person.
N. We said earlier that άνθρωπος means man, but to be more exact, we should translate it as human being, including both men and women.
E.Η Άννα είναι καλός άνθρωπος. Anna is a good person.
N. She can also say “Anna is a nice woman”.
E. H Άννα είναι καλή γυναίκα. Anna is a good woman.
Ν. Γυναίκα – woman. Γυναίκα. We have here the three most common forms of adjectives: καλό for neuters, καλός for masculines, καλή for feminines. Repeat please:
A. Καλό, … καλός, … καλή. Good (n), good (m), good (f)
Ν. And …
Ε. Καλό κορίτσι, … καλός άνθρωπος, … καλή γυναίκα.
Good girl, good person, good woman.
Ν. We’ll come back to these adjectives again with an exercise, but in the meantime we’ll go on talking of Ellie’s friend. Listen to the use of the adjective. She wears a blouse and a skirt. The picture is color, so we can also talk of the color of her clothes. Ellie touches the blouse:
E. Αυτή είναι η μπλούζα της. Η μπλούζα της είναι άσπρη. Είναι όμορφη μπλούζα.
This is her blouse. Her blouse is white. It is a beautiful blouse.
Ν. And this is her skirt.
E. Αυτή είναι η φούστα της. Η φούστα της είναι μαύρη. Η φούστα είναι μαύρη και η μπλούζα είναι άσπρη. Είναι όμορφη η φίλη μου Αντρέα, δεν είναι;
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