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 mousiki means in Greek
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
Think about how cultural life works, using the words you have learned.
- During a festival, families gather to share...
- The Greek word μουσική (mousiki) refers to...
- Traditions, παράδοση (paradosi), are...
One more
The Greek word for 'food' is _____, and the word for 'festival' is _____.
Your turn: write in Greek
Write two or three sentences IN GREEK about a festival and what is enjoyed at it. Write in Greek script - the transliteration in brackets is a reading aid only.
- Name it: η γιορτή (i giorti - a festival) or το γλέντι (to glenti - a celebration)
- Say what you like with Μου αρέσει… (mou aresei - I like ...): Μου αρέσει το φαγητό (mou aresei to fagito - I like the food)
- Join two with και (kai - and): η μουσική και ο χορός (i mousiki kai o choros), or add το τραγούδι (to tragoudi - a song)
- Mention η παράδοση (i paradosi - tradition) or η οικογένεια (i oikogeneia - family)