Modern Greek - beginner group

obligatory courses

Course of practical classes totalling 180 hours (per year)

Students will learn the basics of contemporary Modern Greek (Demotic, Koini Neoelliniki),

Course of practical classes totalling 180 hours (per year)

Students will learn the basics of contemporary Modern Greek (Demotic, Koini Neoelliniki), spoken and written, on material chosen by the teacher:

- obtaining knowledge on the basic phenomena of Modern Greek phonetics, morphology, and syntax

- learning about some elements of Greek culture (songs, cuisine, holiday customs)

- practicing listening comprehension skills on short utterances

- translating simple Modern Greek texts (e.g. song lyrics) with the help of a dictionary

- practicing expressing thoughts in writing

- communicating in everyday situations

Overview of the year’s material

NB: grammatical terminology from M. Triandafilidis, Mała gramatyka nowogrecka, przekład i opracowanie I. Szelągiewicz-Ellenikos, A. Maciejewska, W. Gawłowska, Saloniki 1997.

An asterisk (*) marks issues causing Polish students the greatest problems.

A. Grammar issues (Demotic)

I. *Alphabet / Αλφάβητο.

II. System of accentuation / Τονισμός:

- monotonic and elements of tritonic

- enclitics and proclitics

- *pronunciation of individual sounds

- diphthongs, geminates, etc.

- punctuation marks different from Polish ones

III. Basic information about phonetics and phonology / Βασική φωνητική και φωνολογία:

- 5 vowel phonemes

- 20 consonant phonemes

- main phonetic phenomena

IV. Morphology / Μορφολογία:

1. Nouns / Όνομα: gender inflected forms (both numbers):

- parisyllabic masculine (-ος, -ας, -ης),

- parisyllabic feminine (-α/-η, -η/-εις, -ος/-οι),

- neuter (-ο/-α, -ι/-ια, -μα/-ματα) and diminutives ending with -άκι,

- borrowings (uninflected)

- words in the plural (pluralia tantum),

- proper names (people’s names, toponyms, ethnonyms, etc.)

2. *Articles / Άρθρο:

indefinite / αόριστο and definite / οριστικό:

- forms and inflection

- usage (basic information)

3. Adjectives / Επίθετα:

- inflection of adjectives ending with -ος,-η/-α/-ια, -ο,

- agreement with nouns

- the most frequent exceptions and their inflection (πολύς),

- descriptive and compound comparison

- comparisons using από.

4. Numerals / Αριθμητικά:

- cardinal numbers / απόλυτα: 1–5000,

- ordinal numbers / τακτικά: 1–100,

- declension of numbers: ένας, μια, ένα, τρεις, τρια, τέσσερις,

τέσσερα.

5. *Pronouns / Αντωνυμίες:

- personal / προσωπικές (strong and weak forms),

- possessive / κτητικές,

- definite / οριστικές,

- demonstrative / δεικτικές,

- interrogative / ερωτηματικές,

- relative / αναφορικές,

- the most frequent indefinite pronouns / αόριστες.

6. Verbs / Ρήματα – general information:

- conjugation / συζυγία: Ι (-ω, -ομαι), ΙI (-ώ, -ιέμαι /-ούμαι),

- *diathesis / διάθεση (active / ενεργητική, reflexive / μέση, passive

/ παθητική, neutral / ουδέτερη),

- voice / φωνή: active / ενεργητική, passive / παθητική,

- transitive verbs / μεταβατικά and intransitive verbs

/ αμετάβατα,

- mood / έγκλιση: indicative / οριστική, imperative

/ προστακτική, subjunctive / υποτακτική,

- *aspects / τρόποι ενέργειας (and themes): imperfect

/ εξακολουθητικός and perfect / στιγμιαίος.

7. Verbs – tense / χρόνος, voice / φωνή and mood / έγκλιση:

- present / ενεστώτας in the active and reflexive-passive voice,

- past imperfect / παρατατικός in the active and reflexive-passive voice,

- *augment / αύξηση,

- future imperfect / εξακολουθητικός μέλλοντας in the active and reflexive-passive voice,

- *aorist / αόριστος (sigmatic) in the active voice,

- imperative mood / προστακτική in the active voice,

- subjunctive mood / υποτακτική in the active voice,

- auxiliary verbs / βοηθητικά (είμαι, έχω, θέλω),

- *the most frequent irregular verbs / ανόμαλα (np. έρχομαι,

βλέπω, λέω, βρίσκω, βάζω, βγάζω, βγαίνω, μπαίνω),

- *infinitives / απαρέμφατο and participles / μετοχή.

8. Prepositions / Προθέσεις:

- για, από,

- με, σε, κατά, παρά.

9. Adverbs / Επιρρήματα:

- of place /τοπικά (πού, που, όπου, εδώ, εκεί, πάνω, κάτω),

- of time / χρονικά (πότε, τώρα, ακόμη, πάλι),

- of manner / τροπικά (πώς, όπως, έτσι),

- of quantity / ποσοτικά (πόσο, όσο, μόνο),

- of affirmation / βεβαιωτικά (ναι, μάλιστα, βέβαια, φυσικά),

- of negation / αρνητικά (όχι, πια),

- forming adverbs,

- descriptive comparison,

- comparisons with από.

10. Conjunctions / Σύνδεσμοι:

- και,

- ούτε, μήτε,

- ή,

- μα, αλλά, όμως; ωστόσο, αν και, μόνο,

- δηλαδή,

- πως; που, ότι.

11. Particles / Μόρια:

– ας,

– θα,

– να,

– για,

– σαν, ως.

V. Syntax / Σύνταξη – selected issues.

1. The main functions of cases / Βασικές λειτουργίες των

πτώσεων.

2. *Using articles / τρόποι χρήσης των αρθρών.

3. *The place of pronouns in sentences / θέση της πρόθεσης στην πρόταση:

- affirmative sentences

- interrogative sentences

- negative sentences

- imperative sentences

4. *Negatives with δεν and μη / Άρνηση.

5. *Using the voice and moods of verbs / Τρόποι χρήσεις των φωνών

και εγκλίσεων των ρημάτων.

6. Construction and functions of participles / Δημιουργία και λειτουργίες της

μετοχής.

7. Types of simple sentences / Τύποι των απλών προτάσεων.

8. Conjunctions in compound sentences (parataxis) / Σύνδεσμοι

στις παρατακτικές προτάσεις.

9. Subordinate clauses / Υποτακτικές προτάσεις and their types:

- objective (ότι, να, μήπως),

- adverbial:

– relative / αναφορικές (που, όποιος, ό,τι),

– temporal / χρονικές (όταν, όποτε, πριν, ώσπου),

– causative / αιτιολογικές (γιατί, επειδή, διότι, αφού),

– purpose / τελικές (να, για να),

– result / αποτελεσματικές (ώστε, ώστε να μη),

– *concessive / (αν και, μολονότι),

– *conditional / υποθετικές (αν, αν θα).

B. Sample themes / Θεματολογία:

- introducing oneself, names / συστάσεις,

- greetings and goodbyes / (απο-)χαιρετισμοί,

- me, my body, family / εγώ, το σώμα μου, η οικογένειά μου,

- home and surroundings / σπίτι και περιβάλλον,

- occupations and pastimes / επαγγέλματα και απασχολήσεις,

- daily schedule / η ημέρα μου,

- seasons of the year and times of day, days and months / εποχές του χρόνου, ονόματα των

ημερών της εβδομάδας και των μηνών,

- *expressions related to age and time / εκφράσεις που έχουν σχέση με

την ηλικία και χρόνο,

- food and beverages / φαγητά και ποτά,

- shopping etc. / ψώνια.

Podręczniki i inne pomoce

Materiały do ćwiczeń przygotowują lektorzy.

Dostępne w języku polskim:

1. M. Borowska, Μπαρμπαγιώργος. Książka do nauki języka nowogreckiego, Warszawa 2004.

2. M. Triandafillidis, Mała gramatyka nowogrecka, przekład i opracowanie I. Szelągiewicz-Ellenikos, A. Maciejewska, W. Gawłowska, Saloniki 1997.

3. K. Tuszyńska-Maciejewska, Powiedz to po grecku. Część I. Podręcznik języka nowogreckiego z zarysem gramatyki opisowej, Poznań 2006.

4. Grecki. kurs podstawowy (wraz z CD), wyd. Edgard 2009.

5. M. Bzinkowski, Rozmówki greckie, Kraków 2006.

6. Berezowska Karolina, Rozmówki greckie, Warszawa 2006

7. M.T. i Th. Kamburelisowie, Podręczny słownik grecko-polski i polsko-grecki, t. I-II, Warszawa 1999.

8. Lefteris Tsirmirakis, Słownik podręczny grecko-polski i polsko-grecki, Warszawa 2005.

Więcej informacji o polskojęzycznej bibliografii do nauki języka nowogreckiego zob. http://www.psh.ibi.uw.edu.pl/node/5#podreczniki

Learning outcomes:

KNOWLEDGE:

1. recognizing letters of the Modern Greek alphabet and knowing the rules of their simplified phonetic transcription into Polish

2. knowing the basic rules of pronunciation (accents and intonation)

3. basic knowledge on selected problems of Modern Greek phonetics, morphology, and syntax (see overview of material below)

4. familiarity with basic vocabulary related to the topics defined below in the overview of material

5. familiarity with elements of the history, literature and culture of modern Greece, in particular:

a. addressing others (greetings, goodbyes, introductions, etc.)

b. the cycle of traditional holidays (Christmas, Easter)

c. national holidays and anniversaries (e.g. Ochi Day, the anniversary of the 1821 Uprising)

d. some dates and events from the history of modern Greece

e. some trends and representatives of literature, arts, etc. (Theodorakis, Cavafy, Kazantzakis).

SKILLS:

1. reproducing texts with familiar vocabulary in writing (alphabet and orthography)

2. understanding simple or simplified Modern Greek texts read with the help of a dictionary

3. producing short utterances (or written statements) on selected topics (e.g. health, the weather, shopping, family)

4. communicating with Greeks in simple daily situations, in particular:

a. using phrases of greeting, goodbye, and polite phrases

b. extending season’s greetings

c. building simple questions

6. using dictionaries, grammar books and other teaching aids, also in electronic form.

SOCIAL COMPETENCES:

1. seeing the need for continual learning

2. being able to work in a group

Students will be assessed for activeness and language effectiveness on the basis of:

1. active participation in classes and being prepared for class

2. individual written projects (short written tests, dictation, essays, etc.)

3. short oral group presentations and dialogues (role-playing)

4. written semester test

Students will be assessed for their linguistic activeness and effectiveness, based on individual written projects (short tests, dictations, essays. etc.), brief group presentations and dialogues (role-playing), written tests at the end of each semester.