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Greek grammar
Modern Greek grammar explained in English, French, Spanish or Greek: rules, typical traps and quizzes, from A1 to C2.
10 lessons
- 1 Learned forms: the legacy of Katharevousa Genitives in -εως, active participles in -ων / -ούσα / -ον, and other formal features.
- 2 Wishes and suggestions: ας, μακάρι, να Let's…, I wish…, may…: expressing wishes, permission and exhortation.
- 3 Aspect in depth Continuous vs perfective in commands, questions and negation; aorist vs perfect.
- 4 Discourse connectors ωστόσο, επομένως, δηλαδή, άλλωστε, εξάλλου: structuring an argument.
- 5 Formal register and nominalisation From «όταν έφτασε ο υπουργός» to «κατά την άφιξη του υπουργού».
- 6 Fossilised expressions: εν τω μεταξύ, εκ των υστέρων Ancient and Katharevousa phrases still used in everyday Greek.
- 7 Diminutives and augmentatives -άκι, -ίτσα, -ούλης, -άρα, -αρος: size, affection and irony.
- 8 Word formation: suffixes and compounds -ση, -μα, -μός, -της, -ικός, and compounds like αεροδρόμιο.
- 9 Impersonal constructions: φαίνεται, πρόκειται, αξίζει Verbs used only in the third person with ότι or να.
- 10 Negation in depth: δεν, μην, ούτε, καθόλου Choosing between δεν and μη(ν), and the negative words.