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Greek orthography

I saw some earlier postings of some of you asking questions about the orthography and why we have many “i” like “ei” or “oi” or “ui” etc.

NEGATION

Greek language indicates negation with a modification, negation of δε(ν) and negation of μη(ν). We use δεν when we want to formulate negative opinions (ascertainments, information etc.).

Alphabet

а б в г д ѓ е ж з ѕ и ј к л љ м н њ о п р с т ќ у ф х ц ч џ ш

а - a like father
б - b like book
в - v like very
г - g like girl (never like gem)

Dative and Accusative forms of the pronouns

Now, for those of you who learn Romanian through English, it may seem complicated the fact that one form in English has two different forms in Romanian.

Verbs

Unlike English(or Greek) the rules are just "orientative".

Relative Pronouns: el que, la que, los que, las que, and lo que

Remember that pronouns are words that refer to a noun. Relative pronouns are called "relative" because they are "related" to a noun that has previously been stated.

Conditional type (unreal past)

1. my friend will have a party tomorrow, i think she'll invite me:
if she invites me, i go/i'll go
beni davet ederse giderim/gideceğim

Mini-dictionary: Clothes

shirt... amees
tie... grafeh or garafatta..
suit... badla
pullover... bolooza
sock.. gawareb or ( jwareb in fus7a)

shoe... kundara ... or ne3al or 7etha2
sandalet... sandal

IL PLURALE

Maschile:

e ----> i
il fiore - i fiori (flowers)
il paese - i paesi (countries)

o -----> i
il lupo - i lupi (wolves)
il ladro - i ladri (theifs)

THE FIRST DECLENSION

Words of the first declension are of masculine gender ending in consonant, -o and -e, or of neuter gender ending in -o and -e with base that doesn't change.

Masculine gender

(Living things)