Modern Greek/Lesson 05.5

= Lesson 05.5: Notes on sentence structure =

The order of words in a Greek sentence is much more free than in English, but you can correctly construct a sentence using the familiar English syntax of subject+verb, or subject+verb+object. The subject is usually omitted when it is a pronoun.

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In Greek, adjectives change their endings to agree with the gender and number of the nouns they describe (declension). The following vocabulary list introduces some nouns that happen to be neuter, and some adjectives, which are given in neuter form. The word το is the definite article, like English "the," used with singular neuter nouns.

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Negatives are formed by placing δεν before the verb. The question mark in Greek is the semicolon.

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Dialog:

=Money/To χρήμα, τα λεφτά=

Greece uses the euro, το ευρώ, as its currency. One hundredth of a euro is ενα λεπτό. Both words are neuter, and the plural and singular forms of ευρώ are the same.

Dialog in a wine shop: