Greek for English speakers Supermarket · Lesson 0

How many

Quantifiers in Greek — Διαβάζεις πολλά βιβλία; (Do you read many books?) — with πολλά for 'many' (neuter plural).

Conversation

  1. Lindo Lindo

    Διαβάζεις πολλά βιβλία;

    Dhiavazis pola vivlia?

    Do you read many books?

  2. Magicat Magicat

    Ναι, όπως ξέρεις, είμαι καθηγητής σε κολλέγιο.

    ne, opos kseris, ime kathiyitis se koleyio

    Yes, as you know I am a college teacher.

  3. Lindo Lindo

    Πόσα βιβλία διαβάζεις τον μήνα;

    Posa vivlia dhiavazis ton mina?

    How many books do you read per month?

  4. Magicat Magicat

    Πάνω κάτω 400

    pano kato tetrakosia

    400 more or less.

Common questions

Quick answers about this lesson's grammar and vocabulary.

Πολύς, πολλή, πολύ — agreements?

Πολύς (masc.), πολλή (fem.), πολύ (neuter, adverb). Plurals: πολλοί, πολλές, πολλά. Match noun gender and number.

What does όπως ξέρεις mean?

'As you know'. Common conversational connector. Όπως = as. Ξέρεις = you know.

Greek for 'I read'?

Διαβάζω. Conjugation: διαβάζω, διαβάζεις, διαβάζει, διαβάζουμε, διαβάζετε, διαβάζουν.

Test yourself

Pick the English translation for each line from this lesson. Wrong answers are pulled from other Greek lessons.

4 quick questions on what you just heard.

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