Lesson 21

I put,

I put on (clothing)

I take

I give

I buy

grocer

shop

work, job

I work

secretary / (K. )

manager,

director (male)

bank

pleased

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to, at, on

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from whom

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to whom

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Ed. notes:

1. also means to put on clothing: . -- I put on my shirt. . -- She puts on her shoes.

2. LGO introduces and always uses the older katharevousa form , which is shown in the transcription below because that is what is actually heard in the Audio Lesson. However, the now-standard demotic version is , which appears in the vocabulary list above. When refers to a male secretary, the article and any modifying adjectives are masculine -- , ; when referring to a female secretary, the article and any adjectives are feminine -- , .

3. , manager or director (of a company, business, or organization), refers to a male. The female version, , will be used in Lesson 42.

4. is the perfect passive participle of the verb , I thank (L1).

5. When masculine (L16) is used as a pronoun referring to a person, accusative final - is often retained in speech and writing (), but is

normally not retained when referring to a grammatically masculine inanimate thing ().

N. , . In today's lesson we shall have further practice with the use of the accusative. I shall start with the verbs "take" and "put". When I want to say in Greek "I put the newspaper on the table", I say . -- I put the newspaper on the table. . -- I put. And if I want to take the newspaper from the table, I say . -- I take the newspaper from the table. . -- I take. Listen again to these two sentences and repeat them, please.

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N. If I do not want to use the word in my sentence, but use a pronoun instead, I say:

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N. Here are some more examples. Please listen.

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N. In the following sentences, we are still going to take things, but instead of putting them somewhere, we are going to give them to somebody. The word is -- I give -- . Listen.

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N. , . Now a simple exercise for you, listeners. Andreas will say what he does, and you, speaking to me, will repeat what Andreas does. Here's an example. Andreas says:

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N. You will say:

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N. Thank you. When you repeat the following sentences, please speak to Andreas. Use the second person, not the third.

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N. So far, you have been either using or listening to statements. Listen now to question forms. Ellie has a letter. Andreas is going to ask her from where the letter is. ; -- from where? -- ;

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Listen to further use of these patterns, statements as well as questions, in the following conversation in which Andreas and Ellie will also introduce some new words. In the first part of their conversation they are going to talk about shopping in which three new words will be used. They are -- I buy -- , -- grocer, -- the grocer, -- shop, -- the shop. Listen again and repeat.

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Ellie is the secretary to a bank manager. -- secretary -- . Manager is , . is the director, the manager, or the principal of a school. He's the head of an establishment.

The word for bank is . -- the bank. . [Ed. note: is katharevousa. The demotic equivalent is .]

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N. Thank you very much, listeners. I have now another exercise for you. Andreas will give you statements and you will ask questions. I shall help you by advising you on how to begin your questions. So, listen first to Andreas and then to me. Are you ready?

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