Unlocking Greek potential

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  • 2.16 | Renting a car

    In 2 dialogues we're going to show you how to rent a car in Greek. Next time you are in Greece, you will be able to do it in Greek!

    You will learn the following vocabulary:
    - αυτοκίνητο / αμάξι
    - νοικιάζω
    - το ενοίκιο 
    - τυχερός / τυχερή / τυχερό
    - το δίπλωμα
    - υπογράφω
     - το έγγραφο

    Support the show

    If you want to maximize your Greek learning with our podcast, you can find the whole transcript of season 1 on our website. This is your all-in-one guide, featuring vocab, stories, lesson notes, and insider tips from our podcast.

    The transcript of season 2 will come out the end of September.

    You can also support us by buying a coffee!
    Thank you for listening!

    22 min
  • 2.15 | Hotels and Reservations

    We all book hotels online nowadays, but having an episode about this is still useful. We’ll give you some tips about booking hotels in Greece, and we have two dialogues to teach you how to make a reservation and check in.

    Useful Vocabulary 

    • το ξενοδοχείο
    • η κράτηση
    • το δωμάτιο
    • κλείνω
    • το άτομο 
    • ο άνθρωπος 
    • ο κόσμος 
    • κάνω check in 
    • το διαβατήριο 
    • το κλειδί  

    Support the show

    If you want to maximize your Greek learning with our podcast, you can find the whole transcript of season 1 on our website. This is your all-in-one guide, featuring vocab, stories, lesson notes, and insider tips from our podcast.

    The transcript of season 2 will come out the end of September.

    You can also support us by buying a coffee!
    Thank you for listening!

    20 min
  • 2.14 | Vacation in Greece

    Let's find out some cultural differences that Ellis experiences in Greece! We will take you on a vacation to Greece with Ellis and her Greek friends. We are sure a lot of you are going to relate to some of the cultural differences!

    Vocabulary you learn:

    • η παραλία
    • η θάλασσα
    • κολυμπάω
    • κάνω μπάνιο
    • το παγωτό
    • το ηλιοβασίλεμα
    • κάνω ντους
    • κοιμάμαι
    • πάω για ύπνο
    • σκέφτομαι

    Support the show

    If you want to maximize your Greek learning with our podcast, you can find the whole transcript of season 1 on our website. This is your all-in-one guide, featuring vocab, stories, lesson notes, and insider tips from our podcast.

    The transcript of season 2 will come out the end of September.

    You can also support us by buying a coffee!
    Thank you for listening!

    25 min
  • 2.13 | Buying a ticket

    Today's lesson is "how to buy a ticket." While it's true that many things can be purchased online, some tickets, such as those for museums and archaeological sites, need to be bought on-site.

    Useful Vocabulary 

    • το εισιτήριο
    • το τρένο 
    • το λεωφορείο
    • το πλοίο
    • το αεροπλάνο
    • απλός,-ή,-ό
    • η επιστροφή
    • η είσοδος 

    Support the show

    If you want to maximize your Greek learning with our podcast, you can find the whole transcript of season 1 on our website. This is your all-in-one guide, featuring vocab, stories, lesson notes, and insider tips from our podcast.

    The transcript of season 2 will come out the end of September.

    You can also support us by buying a coffee!
    Thank you for listening!

    20 min
  • 2.12 | The weather

    How Greeks perceive weather might be different from the way you perceive it! In this episode you're going to find out some cultural differences, and we will teach you how to talk about the weather in Greek.

    You'll learn the following words:

    • ο καιρός
    • πως είναι ο καιρός?
    • Τι καιρό κάνει σήμερα;
    • κάνει κρύο
    • κάνει ζέστη
    • κάνει ήλιο
    • έχει αερα / φυσάει
    • βρέχει
    • χιονίζει
    • έχει καλό καιρό

    Support the show

    If you want to maximize your Greek learning with our podcast, you can find the whole transcript of season 1 on our website. This is your all-in-one guide, featuring vocab, stories, lesson notes, and insider tips from our podcast.

    The transcript of season 2 will come out the end of September.

    You can also support us by buying a coffee!
    Thank you for listening!

    19 min
  • 2.11 | Prepositions of place

    In today's episode, we're introducing prepositions of place. You've probably encountered these words before—like "under," "on top of," "next to," and "in front of." 

    Typically, they're taught using buildings as examples, but we take a different approach 🐈


    Vocabulary 

    • κοντά 
    • μακριά  
    • μέσα
    • έξω
    • δίπλα
    • πάνω 
    • κάτω
    • μπροστά 
    • πίσω 

     

    Support the show

    If you want to maximize your Greek learning with our podcast, you can find the whole transcript of season 1 on our website. This is your all-in-one guide, featuring vocab, stories, lesson notes, and insider tips from our podcast.

    The transcript of season 2 will come out the end of September.

    You can also support us by buying a coffee!
    Thank you for listening!

    19 min
  • 2.10 | Rehearsal quiz + story

    In this episode we are going to rehearse everything we've learned in the previous episodes. We will also end this episode with a story in Greek that Ellis is going to read to you 

    Support the show

    If you want to maximize your Greek learning with our podcast, you can find the whole transcript of season 1 on our website. This is your all-in-one guide, featuring vocab, stories, lesson notes, and insider tips from our podcast.

    The transcript of season 2 will come out the end of September.

    You can also support us by buying a coffee!
    Thank you for listening!

    19 min
  • 2.09 | Agreeing and Disagreeing

    In today's episode,  we will learn how to agree and disagree correctly with affirmative and negative statements.  

    But first, let's go over the verb "μου αρέσει"

    μου αρέσει
    σου αρέσει
    της/του/ αρέσει
    μας αρέσει
    σας αρέσει
    τους αρέσει

    Useful phrases: 

    • κι εγώ 
    • κι εμένα 
    • ούτε εγώ
    • ούτε εμένα
    • εγώ όχι 
    • εμένα όχι  


     

    Support the show

    If you want to maximize your Greek learning with our podcast, you can find the whole transcript of season 1 on our website. This is your all-in-one guide, featuring vocab, stories, lesson notes, and insider tips from our podcast.

    The transcript of season 2 will come out the end of September.

    You can also support us by buying a coffee!
    Thank you for listening!

    19 min
  • 2.08 | Subjunctive

    Don't let the title intimidate you, this is the episode in which a lot of things are going to make sense! The subjunctive tense in Greek is one that Ellis was extremely happy with. A lot of the questions she had before got answered with this tense.

    As always, we will try to teach it to you in a simple way. We'll make a lot of example sentences, and explain you the difference between the subjunctive simple and continuous. 

    Support the show

    If you want to maximize your Greek learning with our podcast, you can find the whole transcript of season 1 on our website. This is your all-in-one guide, featuring vocab, stories, lesson notes, and insider tips from our podcast.

    The transcript of season 2 will come out the end of September.

    You can also support us by buying a coffee!
    Thank you for listening!

    21 min
  • 2.07 | Going shopping

    In today's episode, we will learn some valuable verbs and phrases regarding shopping. 

    Useful vocabulary 

    • αγοράζω
    • πουλάω
    • ακριβός
    • φτηνός/ οικονομικός
    • δοκιμάζω
    • πληρώνω
    • με μετρητά
    • με κάρτα


    Useful phrases 

    • Πόσο κανει; 
    • Θέλεις βοήθεια; 
    • Θέλετε βοηθεια; 
    • Όχι, ευχαριστώ... Απλά κοιτάω. 

    Support the show

    If you want to maximize your Greek learning with our podcast, you can find the whole transcript of season 1 on our website. This is your all-in-one guide, featuring vocab, stories, lesson notes, and insider tips from our podcast.

    The transcript of season 2 will come out the end of September.

    You can also support us by buying a coffee!
    Thank you for listening!

    22 min

About Unlocking Greek potential

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Unlocking Greek Potential is a complete guide to learning Greek for beginners. It's guided by Yiuli a native Greek teacher and Ellis who is learning Greek. Yiuli will teach Greek to Ellis, and you…

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