Day 16 | Animals

Today is my favourite subject which is Animals (a massive Richard Dawkins fan).  As you can imagine the list can be a thousand deep so I'll just stick to the essentials (the ones that you're most likely to see in the zoo or at best escaping your plug holes).  

Dog	σκυλί	skeelee
Cat	γάτα	gyata
Elephant	ελέφαντας	elephantas
Bird	πουλί	poollee
Snake	φίδι	feethee
Mouse	ποντίκι	pondeekee
Bear	αρκούδα	arkootha
Goat	κατσίκα	katsika
Cow	αγελάδα	agelahtha
Pig	χοίρος/γουρούνι	Kheeros/gyoorooni
Worm	σκουλήκι	skooleekee
Tiger	τίγρη	teegree
Lion	λιοντάρι	liontahree
Spider	αράχνη	araknee
Duck	πάπια	papeyah
Fish	ψαρι	Psaree
Monkey	μαϊμού	maimooh
Insect	έντομο	entomoh

Animal incidently is ζώο ("Zoo").  Useful I thought (short and intuitive) except when I stupidly asked what Zoo would then be, which is long, complicated and unintuitive.  ζωολογικός κήπος  (Zooloyikos kypos) where κήπος means Garden.  Hmmm!

Anyway, lets try and marry the animals with the last post on colours with some sentances to exemplify: 

This is my grey elephant

αυτος είναι γκρι ελέφαντας μου

This is a black spider

αυτη είναι η μαύρη αράχνη

I want a pink pig 

εγώ θέλο ένα ροζ χοιρος 

Where is a red duck?

Πού είναι μια κόκκινη πάπια;

How old is your green cat?

πόσο χρονών είναι η πράσινος γατα σου;

I'm not very confident with these, so please let me know if I have got these wrong in anyway (still a little rusty after nearly 2 weeks off!).  Last point, I understand that the Greek word for Bird is also used for a particular swear word (I'm not saying what), so use wisely! 


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