Day 19 | Useful Verbs

Today I am teasing out the verbs a little futher by looking at the future, past and have tenses.  I deliberately picked out the words that I use most often on the phone secretly at work.  Unsuprisingly I looked at the verb to leave and to work which I've shown below.  It's a lot of work writing out the transliteration of these as I've done in the past so for this post entry I won't bother and rely on the reader to read the Greek letters.  Let me know if you need any help.

To leave

φυγη	Leave (noun)
θα φυγω	I will leave
θα φυγεις	you will leave
θα φυγει	he/she/it will leave
θα φυγουμε	we will leave
θα φυγετε	you lot leave
θα φυγουν	they will leave
φύγε	you leave! (command)

To work

δουλειά	work (noun)
δουλεύω	I am working
δουλεύεις	you are working
δουλεύει	he/she/it is working
δουλεύουμε	we are working
δουλεύετε	you lot are working
δουλεύουν	they are working
Future tense
θα δουλεψω	I will work
θα δουλεψεις	you will work
θα δουλεψει	he/she/it will work
θα δουλεψουμε	we will work
θα δουλεψετε	you lot will work
θα δουλεψουν	they will work
εσύ δουλεψε!	you work! (command)
Past tense
δουλεψα	I worked
δουλεψες	you worked
δουλεψε	he/she/it worked
δουλεψαμε	we worked
δουλεψατε	you lot worked
δουλεψαν	they worked
Have tense
εχω δουλεψει	Ι have worked
εχεις δουλεψει	you have worked
εχει δουλεψει	he/she/it worked
εχουμε δουλεψει	we worked
εχετε δουλεψει	you lot worked
εχουν δουλεψει	they worked

I don't know about you but that is a danger to the brain.  So many subtle nuance to learn and apply.  I put in the "have" sentances above because it looks like a bit of a cheat since you only have to learn the "to have" verbs and learn only one variation of the operative verb ("worked") instead of loads of different ones.  Good luck to all who embark on this.  I've only just started it so I'll keep repeating the process on different verbs.  Practise makes perfect.  Just keep in your backpocket the below pseudo-rules for verb endings:

I -ω

you -εις

he/she/it -ει

we -ουμε

you lot -ετε

they -ουν

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Day 18 | 5 Senses

To be honest, I'm still struggling with the verbs even after all this time.  Because of that I made a point of the five senses since there aren't many actions that are more important than taste, touch, see, hear and smell.  Remember that these are prone to change based on who and what you are talking about in context.

See δείτε theeteh
Hear ακούω akoo-oh
Touch αγγίζετε agheezeteh
Taste γεύση ghevsee
Smell μυρωδιά meerotheeah

Here are some sentances to demonstrate.

can you see it?	μπορείς να το δείτε;	borees na to theeteh
can you hear it?	μπορείς να το ακούσετε;	borees na to akoosehteh
can you touch it?	μπορείς να το αγγίξετε;	borees na to agheezehteh
can you taste it?	μπορείς να το δοκιμάσετε;	borees na to thokemasehteh
can you smell it?	μπορείς να μυρίζει;	borees na meereezee

You'll be forgiven for some confusion in the above translations.  "Can" for whatever reason comes in two letters (μποτείς να) and the "it" (το) comes before the verb.  More distintinctly though is how "taste" changes (γεύση, δοκιμάσετε etc).  This is a very difficult verb to apply in sentances so if anyone can help with some examples that would be very helpful!  It seems that one is a noun and the other a verb.  Here's some more sentances to tease out some questions...

it looks good	φαίνεται καλό	fehnehteh kahloh
it sounds good	ακούγεται καλό	akoogehteh kaloh
it feels good	αισθάνεται καλό	ehsthanehteh kaloh
it tastes good	δοκιμάζει καλό	thokemazeh kaloh
it smells good	μυρίζει καλό	meereezee kaloh

Important to remember here is that there seems to be a lot of different words for what seems to be on the surface a single word.  To look for example can have the following applied: βλεπω, κοιταζω, δειτε (if anyone can explain the differences that would help me and no doubt everyone else!). 

Finally, this is what someone else has done on the internet to explain how look can change based on conjugation, which I'm unashamedly recreating below for your entertainment(!) as its pretty neat:

Βλέπω

Singular
εγώ βλέπω
εσύ βλέπεις
αuτός βλένει
αύτη βλένει
αυτό βλένει

Plural
εμείς βλέπουμε
εσείς βλέπετε
αυτοί βλέπουν
αυτές βλέπουν
αυτά βλέπουν

Really need a lot of help with this stuff, so please drop me a comment if you can explain some of the gaps/mistakes.


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