5.5 The House and Everyday Things — Epoché
What you will be able to do Name the rooms of a house and the things in them: η κουζίνα , το δωμάτιο , το μπάνιο , το τραπέζι , η καρέκλα , το κρεβάτι . Say where something is, using the preposition and the fused article: Το βιβλίο είναι πάνω στο τραπέζι. , Κάποιος είναι στην πόρτα. . Describe a day with the verbs that fill it: ξυπνάω , ντύνομαι , κάθομαι , γυρίζω , ξεκουράζομαι . Say that you live somewhere, using the verb that also means to stay. Recognise the four verbs of this list that are middle in form and active in meaning. Prerequisites : 5.4 — the city and getting around. Read 5.4 Vocabulary first; this lesson goes back indoors. These are the words for the place you sleep and the things you touch every day, and they are the last block of concrete nouns in this volume. After this the vocabulary turns to time, to the body and to the small words that hold sentences together, which are harder to picture and more useful to know. Two things make this list easier than it looks. About a third of the nouns are borrowings from Italian or Turkish, and they are transparent once you hear them; and a good many of the rest are the neuter diminutives that lesson 3.5 described, so they behave identically and their gender never has to be remembered. Word list Forty words: the rooms, the furniture, the clothes and the keys, and the verbs of an ordinary day. Word (with article) Meaning Notes το σπίτι el to spíti house, home Part of speech / class noun, neuter How it differs from English covers the building and the idea of home Αυτό είναι το σπίτι μου. This is my house. το διαμέρισμα el to diamérisma flat, apartment Part of speech / class noun, neuter, third type How it differs from English built on a verb meaning to divide; most Greeks in cities live in one το δωμάτιο el to domátio room Part of speech / class noun, neuter How it differs from English borrowed from Latin, and the source of English dome by a different route Έχεις το δικό σου δωμάτιο; Do you have your own room? Μ' αρέσει αυτό το δωμάτιο. I like this room. Αυτό είναι το δωμάτιο του Τομ. This is Tom's room. η κουζίνα el i kouzína kitchen; cooking Part of speech / class noun, feminine How it differs from English one word for the room and for the cuisine το μπάνιο el to bánio bathroom; a bath Part of speech / class noun, neuter How it differs from English also means a swim in the sea, which is where it is most often used ο κήπος el o kípos garden Part of speech / class noun, masculine How it differs from English unrelated to English garden η αυλή el i avlí courtyard Part of speech / class noun, feminine How it differs from English the aul- of the ancient palace, and still the yard of a Greek house ο όροφος el o órofos floor, storey Part of speech / class noun, masculine How it differs from English the noun a lift announces; not the floor you walk on το πάτωμα el to pátoma floor (the surface) Part of speech / class noun, neuter, third type How it differs from English the one you walk on, and a different word from the storey ο τοίχος el o tíchos wall Part of speech / class noun, masculine How it differs from English the wall of a room; a city wall is a different word η σκάλα el i skála stairs; ladder Part of speech / class noun, feminine How it differs from English the scale of English, by way of Italian η πόρτα el i pórta door Part of speech / class noun, feminine How it differs from English borrowed from Italian Ποιος είναι στην πόρτα; Who's at the door? Κάποιος είναι στην πόρτα. There's somebody at the door. το παράθυρο el to paráthyro window Part of speech / class noun, neuter How it differs from English built from the words for beside and door το τραπέζι el to trapézi table; desk Part of speech / class noun, neuter How it differs from English a diminutive of the word for a bank, which was a table Αυτό είναι ένα τραπέζι. This is a table. Το βιβλίο είναι πάνω στο τραπέζι. The book is on the table. Το φαγητό είναι πάνω στο τραπέζι. The food is on the table. η καρέκλα el i karékla chair Part of speech / class noun, feminine How it differs from English borrowed, and the source of nothing in English το κρεβάτι el to kreváti bed Part of speech / class noun, neuter How it differs from English the crebat- that Latin borrowed as grabatus η ντουλάπα el i doulápa wardrobe, cupboard Part of speech / class noun, feminine How it differs from English borrowed from Italian, and spelt with the combination Greek uses for d ο καθρέφτης el o kathréftis mirror Part of speech / class noun, masculine How it differs from English the catoptr- of catoptrics, the science of mirrors το ψυγείο el to psygío refrigerator Part of speech / class noun, neuter How it differs from English built on the word for cold, with the place suffix of lesson 5.4 η τηλεόραση el i tileórasi television Part of speech / class noun, feminine How it differs from English the tele- and the -vision are both Greek, and the word came back as a borrowing Βλέπω τηλεόραση. I'm watching TV. Είσαι στην τηλεόραση. You're on television. Θέλω αυτή την τηλεόραση. I want this television. τα ρούχα el ta roúcha clothes Part of speech / class noun, neuter plural How it differs from English used only in the plural for clothing in general Πού είναι τα ρούχα μου; Where are my clothes? Σ' αρέσουν τα ρούχα μου; Do you like my clothes? Ο Τομ χρειάζεται ρούχα. Tom needs clothes. το κλειδί el to klidí key Part of speech / class noun, neuter How it differs from English the clei- of cleidomancy, and a diminutive in form δουλειά el douliá work; an errand Part of speech / class noun, feminine How it differs from English covers a job, the act of working and a thing to be done το φως el to fos light Part of speech / class noun, neuter, irregular How it differs from English the photo- of photograph; also the light in a room ξυπνάω el xypnáo to wake up; to wake somebody Part of speech / class verb, second pattern How it differs from English one verb for both, and the object decides which is meant ντύνομαι el dýnome to get