Daily Life

Your day in Greek

This module is about daily life: the times of day, the things you do, and the places you go. As before, every word is shown three ways: the script, the sound (a simple transliteration in brackets), and the English.

Times of day

The parts of the day: - μέρα (mera) = day - πρωί (proi) = morning - βράδυ (vradi) = evening - νύχτα (nychta) = night

Match each word to its meaning

Everyday activities

Some common things you do each day (in the "I" form): - τρώω (troo) = I eat - πίνω (pino) = I drink - κοιμάμαι (koimamai) = I sleep - πηγαίνω (pigaino) = I go

Match each verb to its meaning

Spot the verb

Which word means "I eat"?

• τρώω (troo)
• πίνω (pino)
• κοιμάμαι (koimamai)
• πηγαίνω (pigaino)

Places

Two places that fill a day: - σχολείο (scholeio) = school - σπίτι (spiti) = house / home So πηγαίνω σχολείο (pigaino scholeio) means "I go to school".

Spot the word

Which word means "school"?

• σχολείο (scholeio)
• σπίτι (spiti)
• πρωί (proi)
• μέρα (mera)

Actions, not things

Select the THREE words that are activities (verbs).

• τρώω (troo)
• πίνω (pino)
• κοιμάμαι (koimamai)
• πρωί (proi)
• σχολείο (scholeio)
• μέρα (mera)

A day in order

Put this simple daily routine in order, from the start of the day to the end.

• πρωί (proi) - morning
• πηγαίνω σχολείο (pigaino scholeio) - go to school
• τρώω (troo) - eat
• κοιμάμαι (koimamai) - sleep

How the writing works

Greek is written in the Greek alphabet, a true alphabet where each letter stands for one sound, read left to right. Unlike the abugida and abjad languages, Greek has capital and small letters, and an accent sits over the stressed vowel, as in μέρα (mera).

Greek merges the preposition with the article

The routine words become sentences with σε (to, at, in), which merges with the article that follows it:

After σε the article merges into one word

After σε the article merges into one word. Which of these says "in the morning I go to school"?

• Το πρωί πηγαίνω στο σχολείο
• Το πρωί πηγαίνω σε το σχολείο
• Το πρωί πηγαίνω στην σχολείο
• Το βράδυ τρώω στο σπίτι

Describe a day

Choose the right word to describe each part of the day.

• To talk about the morning, which word?
• To say I go (to school), which verb?
• To say I sleep at night, which verb?

The right word

Using the script, complete: "morning" is _____, "school" is _____, "I eat" is _____, and "I sleep" is _____.

Daily life summary

Greek is written in an _____ with capital letters, from left to right. The word for day is _____, and the word for school is _____. To say I eat, you use _____.