Greek words of sympathy and comfort/Expressing condolences in Greek

Greek words of sympathy and comfort/Expressing condolences in Greek

Lesson 40.

                In this lesson we will learn what to say to someone who is facing difficulties, to

                someone who is sick, who lost his work or to someone in grief.

                When we face difficulties, for example the last weeks that we stay home far from

                our families we can wish each other Καλή δύναμη.

                Καλή δύναμη means “good strength” and we use this phrase when we want to

                wish to someone to be strong/to stay strong literally or metaphorically. Also we

                can wish Καλή δύναμη to someone who is going to work and his work is very

                difficult.

                A similar wish is Καλό κουράγιο. It means “good courage” and it is another way to

                wish to the other person to be strong/ to stay strong. We can say Καλό κουράγιο to

                someone in grief as well. Also we can use this phrase ironically too (more details in

                the video).

               

                To someone who got divorced or to someone who lost his work, we can say

                Λυπάμαι πολύ/ I am so sorry.

                Nowadays losing a job is a common experience and with that high unemployment

                rate is very hard to help the person who lost his work. So let’s see some phrases  we

                can use to comfort the other person.

                Κάτι καλύτερο θα έρθει / Something better will come.

                Όλα θα πάνε καλά / Everything will go well.

                Έχει ο Θεός / God will provide.

                To someone who has a cold or a flue, we can informally wish (to one person)

                “Περαστικά σου”, and if we want to be polite or if we talk to many people we

                say “Περαστικά σας”, or we just say (to one person or to many) “Περαστικά”.

                All these phrases mean “get well soon”.

                When we visit in the hospital or at home someone who had a surgery, we can say

                Καλή  ανάρρωση / good recovery or Ταχεία ανάρρωση / fast recovery.

                When we visit at home someone who was at hospital and he returned home we can

                say “σιδερένιος” if we talk to a man, and “σιδερένια” if we talk to a woman. The

                adjective o σιδερένιος-η σιδερένια-το σιδερένιο means iron. You wish to the other

                person to be healthy and strong as iron.

                To someone in grief we can say “συλλυπητήρια”/condolences or “Tα θερμά μου

                συλλυπητήρια”/My warm/my deepest condolences.

                Also we can informally say to one person “Να ζήσεις να τον θυμάσαι”(if the

                deceased is a man) and “Να ζήσεις να τη θυμάσαι” (if the deceased is a woman).

                If we want to be polite or if we talk to many people we can say “Να ζήσετε να τον

                θυμάστε” (if the deceased is a man) and “Να ζήσετε να τη θυμάστε” (if the

                deceased is a woman). It means “May you live to remember him/her”.

                We mainly use this phrase in Plural, even when we talk to one person, because we

                mean “you and your family”. So we can say to a friend «Να ζήσετε να τον θυμάστε»/

                May you (you and your family) live to remember him.

                Another phrase we can say is “Ζωή σ’εσάς”/Life to you. We use this phrase to wish

                to the family to be healthy and live many years. We use this phrase only in Plural.

                These were some phrases we use to express sympathy to the bereaved family.

                Let’s see some wishes we say for the person who passed away.

                Ας αναπαυθεί εν ειρήνη/ May he or she rest in peace.

                Αναπαύσου εν ειρήνη/ Rest in peace.

                Καλό παράδεισο. It means “good paradise”. We use this phrase to wish the person

                who passed away to enter paradise.

               

                To learn the pronunciation of these phrases and also for further information, you

                can watch the video you will find at the beginning of this lesson. 

Greek active verbs ending in άω/ώ

Greek active verbs ending in άω/ώ
 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mt_nsPuNfiE

Mάθημα 38

         We divide the Greek active verbs in two conjugations (συζυγίες), so in two big   groups, according to the first singular person’s ending in Present tense.

            In the first conjugation (συζυγία) there are verbs ending in –ω (omega without

            accent mark). We divided the first group verbs in 5 categories, because if you

            learn them divided in categories you will not forget their spelling. For the first

            group verbs you can find the lessons 8 to 12  and the same videos in my

            YouTube channel.

            In the second conjugation (συζυγία) there are two smaller categories, verbs

            ending in –άω/ώ and verbs ending in –ώ (stressed omega). Today we will

            learn the active verbs ending in –άω/ώ. These verbs have in first and third

            singular and first and third plural persons two forms and we can use both of

            them.

            The conjugation of the verb αγαπάω/αγαπώ (I love) and μιλάω/μιλώ (I speak/

            I talk):

                                                Ενεστώτας/ Present tense

                        εγώ αγαπάω/αγαπώ                                         μιλάω/μιλώ

                        εσύ αγαπάς                                                      μιλάς

                        αυτός/αυτή/αυτό αγαπάει/αγαπά                      μιλάει/μιλά

                        εμείς αγαπάμε/αγαπούμε                                μιλάμε/μιλούμε

                        εσείς αγαπάτε                                                  μιλάτε

                        αυτοί/αυτές/αυτά αγαπάνε/αγαπούν                 μιλάνε/μιλούν

            We can conjugate with the same way all the verbs belonging to this group.

            Let’s see the most important verbs you have to know:

            απαντάω: I answer, reply, response/ cevap vermek

            γελάω: I lauph/ gülmek

            χαμογελάω: I smile/ gülümsemek

            ξεγελάω: I deceive, I cheat/ aldatmak, dolandɪrmak

            γεννάω: I give birth to/ doğurmak

            γλεντάω: I revel, I enjoy/ eğlenmek

            διψάω: I am thirsty/ susamak

κολλάω: I stick, glue, paste, communicate a disease/yapɪşmak, hastalɪk bulaştɪrmak

            κρατάω: I hold, carry, last (third person)/ tutmak, tutunmak, sürmek (üçüncü

            tekil şahɪs)

            κρεμάω: I hang, suspend/asmak

            κυβερνάω: I govern, I rule/hükmetmek

            κουνάω: I swing, I rock, I shake/ sallamak, sallanmak

            τσιμπάω: I pinch, prick, I sting/ çimdiklemek, enselemek

            μελετάω: I study, I peruse, meditate/ okumak, derş çalɪşmak, incelemek

            μετράω: I measure, I count, I number/saymak, ölçmek

            νικάω: I defeat, I beat, I win/ yenmek, galip gelmek

            ξενυχτάω: I stay awake, stay up late/uyanɪk kalmak, gece geç saatlere kadar

            uyanɪk kalmak

            ξεχνάω: I forget, I leave out/ unutmak

            ξυπνάω: I wake up/ uyanmak

            πατάω: I step on, I run over, I touch bottom, put one’s foot down/ basmak,

            Çiğnemek, dibe değmek, ayak diremek

            πεινάω: I am hungry/acɪkmak, aç kalmak

            περνάω: I pierce, I penetrate, pass by, cross/ geçmek

            περπατάω: I walk, I promenade/yürümek, gezmek

            πετάω: I throw, cast, fly/atmak, dökmek, uçmak

            πηδάω: I jump, I leap/sɪçramak, zɪplamak

            πουλάω: I sell/satmak

            προτιμάω: I prefer/ tercih etmek

            ρωτάω: I ask a question/sormak

            σταματάω: I stop, pause/durmak, dundurmak, kesmek, kesilmek

            τραβάω: I draw, pull, trail, withdraw/çekmek

            φυσάω: I blow, squall, I blow away/ esmek, fɪrtɪna çɪkmak, uçurmak

            χαιρετάω: I greet, send regards/ selamlaşmak, selam söylemek

            χαλάω: I damage, I ruin/zarar vermek, bozmak

            χτυπάω: I hit, I knock, I beat/ çarpmak, vurmak, kapɪ çalmak

            ζητάω: I ask for/ istemek, rica etmek

            φιλάω: I kiss/öpmek

            συζητάω: I discuss/tartɪşmak

            παρακαλάω: I beg, I pray/dilemek, rica etmek

            βοηθάω: I help/yardɪm etmek

            κερνάω: I treat, I buy/ikram etmek, ɪsmarlamak

            κολυμπάω: I swim/yüzmek

            κουβαλάω: I carry, I move, I transport/ taşɪmak, nakletmek

            μεθάω: I get drunk, I make drunk/sarhoş olmak, sarhoş etmek

            πονάω: I feel pain, hurt, I cause pain/ ağrɪ duymak, acɪtmak

            συναντάω: I meet/ buluşmak

            τραγουδάω: I sing/şarkɪ söylemek

            φοράω: I wear, I put on, I dress/ giymek, giyinmek

            προχωράω: I move forward, I go on/ ilerlemek, devam etmek

            προσκυνάω: I worship, I adore, I genuflect, I submit/ tapmak,tapɪnmak,

            diz çökmek, sunmak

            βαράω: I hit, I beat/ vurmak, dövmek

            ακουμπάω: I touch, I lean/dokunmak, yaslanmak, dayanmak

            γλιστράω: I slip, I slide, I slip away/kaymak, süzülmek

            λαχταράω: I yen, yearn, be anxious/ arzu etmek, can atmak, korkmak

                                    Παραδείγματα/examples:

1.      Μου αρέσουν οι κωμικές ταινίες γιατί με κάνουν να γελάω (I like

comic movies because they make me lauph).

2.      Είσαι τόσο όμορφη όταν χαμoγελάς ( Υou are so beautiful when

you smile).

3.      Κάθε σαββατοκύριακο βγαίνουμε έξω με τους φίλους μας και γλεντάμε. (Every weekend we go outside with my friends and we have fun).

4.      Όταν διψάω αντί για νερό μου αρέσει να πίνω κρύο τσάι (when I am thirsty I like drinking ice tea instead of water).

5.      Πόση ώρα κρατάει ένας αγώνας ποδοσφαίρου; (how much time/how long lasts a football game?)

6.      Ο Δημήτρης και η Κατερίνα μελετάνε τα μαθήματά τους (Dimitris and Katerina are studying their lessons).

7.      Δεν θέλω να παίξω άλλο. Πάντα νικάς εσύ. (I don’t want to play more. You always win).

8.      Η Δήμητρα δεν ξεχνάει ποτέ τα γενέθλιά μου. (Dimitra never forgets my birthday).

9.      Μαμά, πεινάω πολύ. Τι φαγητό έχουμε σήμερα; (Mum, I am very hungry.What food do we have today?)

10.  Προτιμάω την κλασική μουσική (Ι prefer classical music).

11.  Η μητέρα μου κάθε πρωί πηγαίνοντας στη δουλειά, σταματάει στον φούρνο και αγοράζει ψωμί (Μy mother every morning on her way to work, she stops at a bakery and buys bread).

12.  Κάθε βράδυ πριν κοιμηθώ φιλάω τους γονείς μου (I every night kiss my parents before sleeping).

13.  Kάθε Κυριακή βοηθάω τη μητέρα μου να ετοιμάσει το φαγητό (I every Sunday help my mother to prepare the food).