Uni 9
| Learner's Key | |||
| now | τώρα | ||
| sons | οι | γιοι | |
| dog | genitive | σκυλού | |
| dogs | genitive | σκύλους | |
| love | μία | η | αγάπη |
| love | I | αγαπαώ | αγαπώ |
| loves | He/She/It | αγαπα | |
| love | you (pl) | αγαπάτε | |
| love | they | αγαπουν | |
| want | I | θέλω | |
| wants | He/She/It | θέλει | |
| want | we | θέλουμε | |
| want | they | θέλουν | |
| buy | we | αγοραζουμε | |
| buys | He/She/It | αγοράζει | |
| pay | I | πληρώνω | |
| pay | they | πληρώνουν | |
| say | I | λέω | |
| say | you | λες | |
| says | He/She/It | λέει | |
| say | We | λέμε | |
| say | you (pl) | λέτε | |
| say | they | λένε | |
| cook | I | μαγειρεύω | |
| cooks | He/She/It | μαγειρεύει | |
| leave | they | φεύγουν | |
| exist | I | υπάρχω | |
| exist | you (pl) | υπαρχετε | |
| run | I | τρέχω | |
| run | they | τρέχει | |
| walk | I | περπατάω | |
| walks | He/She/It | περπατά | |
| walk | you (pl) | περπατάτε | |
| swim | I | κολυμπάω | |
| swim | you | κολυμπάς | |
| swim | you (pl) | κολυμπάτε | |
| write | I | γράφω | |
| write | you | γράφετε | |
| write | they | γράφουν | |
| create | I | δημιουργώ | |
| go | I | πηγαίνω | |
| goes | He/She/It | πηγαίνει | |
| play | I | παίζω | |
| play | they | παίζουν | |
| help | I | βοηθάω | |
| find | I | βρίσκω | |
| sleep | I | κοιμάμαι | |
| sleep | you | κοιμάσαι | |
| design | I | σχεδιάζω | |
| design | you | σχεδιάζεις | |
| dance | I | χορεύω | |
| dances | He/She/It | χορεύει | |
| see | I | βλέπω | |
| sing | I | τραγουδάω | |
| sings | He/She/It | τραγουδάει | |
| win | I | νικώ | |
| win | they | νικούν | |
| take | I | παίρνω | |
| take | we | παίρνουμε | |
| can | I | μπορώ | |
| touch | I | αγγίζω | |
| touch | you | αγγίζεις | |
| write | I | γράφω | |
| give | I | δίνω | |
| forbid | you | απαγορεύεις | |
| work | I | δουλεύω | |
| works | He/She/It | δουλεύει | |
To convey the object of the action in the sentence an Accusative case is uses.
| the, him | masc, accusative | το(ν) | |
| the, her | fem, accusative | τη(v) | |
| the, them | pl, masc, accusative | τους | |
| the, us | pl, masc, accusative | μας | |
| to him | σε masc, accusative | στον | |
| to her | σε fem, accusative | στην | |
| to them | σε pl, masc, accusative | στους | |
| him | masc, objective, accusative | αυτόν | |
| her | fem, objective, accusative | αυτήν | |
Greek is a bit particular about verbs that express a state of mind such as like or miss - a passive phrase is used for these. Instead of saying "I like you" or "I miss you" you say something closer to "You are to my liking" and "You are to my missing". Following two examples hopefully will make it clearer:
| You like me. | Σου αρέσω. | To you I like | |||
| I like you. | Μου αρέσεις. | To me you like | |||
| What do you like? | Τι σου αρέσει; | What you it like? |
Notice that the verb is not in the form agreed with the person who executes (who likes in this case) the action but the one who's the object of this action (who is liked). However "I love you" and "I hate you" are used in the active form:
| I love you | Σε αγαπώ | or Σ'αγαπώ | You I love. | |||
| You love me | Με αγαπάς | or Μ'αγαπάς | Me You love. | |||
The pronouns εγώ (I) and εσύ (You) are in their Accusative (με, σε) and Genitive (μου, σοu) forms. Unit 11 looks into the grammar in details.
To strongly emphasise your possession you can use δικός μου (mine, my own). δικός is agreed by gender with the object of possession:
τη δική μου σαλάτα - my own salad vs τη σαλάτα μου - my salad
το δικό μου μπισκότο - my own biscuit vs το μπισκότο μου - my biscuit
Notice that the pronoun is in its Genitive form. Unit 11 looks into the grammar in details.
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