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Language Centre Erasmus Intensive Language Course (EILC) GREEK LANGUAGE AND CULTURE . Antigoni Parmaxi. Καλωσορίσατε στο Κέντρο Γλωσσών του Τεχνολογικού Πανεπιστημίου Κύπρου! Welcome to the Language Centre of the Cyprus University of Technology!. What do you know about Cyprus?
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Language CentreErasmus Intensive Language Course (EILC)GREEK LANGUAGE AND CULTURE Antigoni Parmaxi
Καλωσορίσατε στο Κέντρο Γλωσσών του Τεχνολογικού Πανεπιστημίου Κύπρου!Welcome to the Language Centre of the Cyprus University of Technology! • What do you know about Cyprus? • Why did you choose to come to Cyprus? • What do you expect to earn from this course? • Is it really all Greek to you? Do you know any Greek words?
Main Objectives • Preparation for basic communication in Greek. • The focus is essentially interpersonal within topics, such as self, family, friends (names, countries of origin, nationalities, languages, age, address, phone number, physical description), time (including days, months, date), college life, study subjects, likes, dislikes, foods, past times, city map, shops, directions, social and leisure activities.
Is it really all Greek? The Greek letter μ (Μ) <mi> in the logo of u torrent! The Greek letter ω (Ω) <omega> in the logo of Omega! Alphabet (eng)/ Alfabeto (it)/
Why Greek? • Here is the place to learn the language, which influenced all European language-including Latin. Many words, which are considered English, have come from Greek through Latin and • There are 12,000,000 people in Greece, Cyprus, Italy, Albania, Turkey, Australia, Egypt, the United States of America, Canada, Russia, Corsica, Romania and Bulgaria who speak Greek. After going through this site, you'll be able to speak to 12,000,000 more people! • Learning Greek will save you learning all those scientific words like cardiology and kleptomania. You'll be able to guess the meanings of these words since "cardio-" comes form καρδιá (Kardia: heart) and kleptomania is formed from the words κλέπτης" (kleptis: thief) and μανία (mania: craziness).
FromZero to Greek drama rhinocerōs nectar sarcophagus crisis analysis paralysis comma δρᾶμα ῥινοκέρως νέκταρ σαρκοφάγος κρίσις ἀνάλυσις παράλυσις κόμμα
Accidente (= accident) Aeroplano (= airplane) Aerostato (= balloon) Alcool, alcoolico, alcoolismo Amazzone, αμαζόνα Anatomia Aneddoto Antenna Antidoto fallimento (= bankruptcy) camera(=room) bagno(=bath) numero(= number) Ora (= hour) anemone problema programma economico economia piato (= plate)= πιάτο πιάτο strada(= street) Una faccia una razza… una lingua!Parole cipriote e greche sul italiano