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Contents
thelo = I want; exo = I have; 'you' form of the verbs; ego/esis = I/you; form a question by upward inflexion; saying 'yes', 'no', 'not' (no auxiliary in Greek); question words 'what? why? where?; 'please' and 'thank you'; useful regular verbs in the prese ime/iste/ine = I am, you are, he/she/it is; introduction of feminine gender; 'a'/'the' for feminine words; some common feminine food/drink items; neuter and feminine pronouns; revision of common regular verbs; he/she/it form of regular verbs; aftos/afti = afto = this; me/you object pronoun; single phrase for 'tag' questions: etsi then ine (is it not so); endaksi = OK; ime apo = I am from (England); intro of masculine gender and common endings; I am (English) - with masc/feminine ending; countries/nationali Introduction of simple past of verb to be; xthes = yesterday; 'we' form of verb to be and some known verbs; pronoun mas = 'us'; introduction of adjectives and agreement with nouns in singular; pronouns: me, you, him, her, us, them; moo aresi = I like (it panda/pote/sixna = always/never/often; double negative in Greek: I don't have nothing = I don't have anything; noris/arga = early/late; Modals: explanation that there is no infinitive ('to + verb' form) in modern Greek, and action verb form agrees with subject: should/must: verb 'prepi' + particle 'na' plus special form of verb; can: verb boro + particle 'na' plus special form of verb; wa Masculine noun and adjective endings, masculine form of 'the' and 'a'.
