Modern Greek/Lesson 06.5
Lesson 6.5: Days and Months
[edit | edit source]In this lesson we'll use the numbers that we've previously learnt, and we'll use them to express the date.
Days
[edit | edit source]Several of the days of the week have names related to numbers. Except for Σαββατο, Saturday, which is neuter, they are all feminine.
Vocab
The Days
· Οι μέρες | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Κυριακή (Lord's day) | Sunday | ||||
| Δευτέρα (Second day) | Monday | ||||
| Τρίτη (Third day) | Tuesday | ||||
| Τετάρτη (Fourth day) | Wednesday | ||||
| Πέμπτη (Fifth day) | Thursday | ||||
| Παρασκευή ("Preparation") | Friday | ||||
| Σάββατο ("Sabbath") | Saturday | ||||
Months
[edit | edit source] Vocab
The Months
· Οι μήνες | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | Ιανουάριος / Γενάρης | ||||
| February | Φεβρουάριος / Φλεβάρης | ||||
| March | Μάρτιος / Μάρτης | ||||
| April | Απρίλιος / Απρίλης | ||||
| May | Μάιος / Μάης | ||||
| June | Ιούνιος / Ιούνης | ||||
| July | Ιούλιος / Ιούλης | ||||
| August | Αύγουστος | ||||
| September | Σεπτέμβριος / Σεπτέμβρης | ||||
| October | Οκτώβριος / Οκτώβρης | ||||
| November | Νοέμβριος / Νοέμβρης | ||||
| December | Δεκέμβριος / Δεκέμβρης | ||||
Vocabulary
[edit | edit source] Vocab
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| η μέρα | the day | ||||
| η εβδομάδα | the week | ||||
| χτες or χθες | yesterday | ||||
| σήμερα | today | ||||
| αύριο | tomorrow | ||||
Giving the day / date
[edit | edit source] Examples
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| Είναι Παρασκευή. | It is Friday. | ||||
| Σήμερα είναι Τετάρτη. | Today is Wednesday. | ||||
| Τι μέρα είναι; | What day is it? | ||||
| Είναι στις 16 Νοεμβρίου. | It's on the 16th of November. | ||||
In the final example you'll see that the month is in the genitive, because it's the 16th OF November. For all the days of the months use στις + the number in the feminine (because it's the day, which is feminine plural). The first of the month is treated slightly differently, here use the ordinal number.
Examples
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| Είναι στις είκοσι μια Νοεμβρίου. | It's the 21st of November | ||||
| Την πρώτη Νοεμβρίου. | The 1st of November | ||||
Summary
[edit | edit source]- We have learnt the names for the days of the week.
- We have learnt the names of the months.
- We have learnt that to describe the date we use στις + feminine number + month in genitive.
- We have learnt the exception is the 1st, which uses την πρώτη + month in genitive.
- We have learnt useful vocabulary to describe the recent days, months and years.
Exercises
[edit | edit source]Now try the exercises found here.