Cultural Life
Explore Greek words for festivals, family, music and food. Every word comes with its script, a transliteration to help you say it, and the English meaning.
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Cultural Life 🎉
Cultural life is about **festivals, family, food, music and traditions**. In this module you will learn the key Greek words for them. Greek is written in the **Greek alphabet**. Every word below is shown with its **script**, a **transliteration** in brackets to help you say it, and the **English** meaning.
Key words (1) 🗂️
Learn these four cultural words:
Match each word to its meaning
- γιορτή (giorti)
- οικογένεια (oikogeneia)
- μουσική (mousiki)
- φαγητό (fagito)
- festival
- family
- music
- food
What does it mean?
What does the Greek word μουσική (mousiki) mean?
- music
- food
- family
- festival
Key words (2) 🎵
Now four more words about celebrations:
Match each word to its meaning
- χορός (choros)
- παράδοση (paradosi)
- τραγούδι (tragoudi)
- γλέντι (glenti)
- dance
- tradition
- song
- celebration
Cultural life
Select the TWO things that are part of cultural life.
- Celebrating festivals with family
- Enjoying music and dance
- Ignoring all traditions
- Never celebrating anything
Choose the Greek word
In Greek, the word for 'family' is _____, and the word for 'music' is _____.
The Greek alphabet 💡
Greek is written in the **Greek alphabet**, read left to right, with a **tonos** accent (ή, ό, ά) marking the stressed syllable. The **transliteration** in brackets is only a pronunciation guide. Big celebrations like **Πάσχα (Pascha)**, Greek Easter, bring families together with food, music and dance.
A special day
What does the Greek word γιορτή (giorti) mean?
- festival
- homework
- school
- the weather
Cultural life in action
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One more
The Greek word for 'food' is _____, and the word for 'festival' is _____.
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