GREEK VOCABULARY
for English speakers
Contains the most commonly used words Recommended as an addition to any language course Meets the needs of beginners and advanced learners of foreign languages Convenient for daily use, reviewing sessions, and self-testing activities Allows you to assess your vocabulary T&P Books vocabularies are intended for helping you learn, memorize and review foreign words. This vocabulary contains over 9000 commonly used words arranged thematically. 256 themes cover all major aspects of everyday activities, business, science, culture, etc. Foreign language learners often feel the necessity to enrich their vocabulary with new words and review the materials they have studied before in order to talk on different subjects more fluently and comprehensively. Conventional dictionaries with alphabetical arrangement of words fail to produce effective results, whereas theme dictionaries from T&P Books are specially designed to elevate the convenience of studying and reviewing the vocabulary. This vocabulary book can be used as an addition to a foreign language course textbook or a course.
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ABBREVIATIONS
used in the vocabulary
ab. about
adj adjective
adv adverb
anim. animate
as adj attributive noun used as adjective
e.g. for example
etc. et cetera
fam. familiar
fem. feminine
form. formal
inanim. inanimate
masc. masculine
math mathematics
mil. military
n noun
pl plural
pron. pronoun
sb somebody
sing. singular
sth something
v aux auxiliary verb
vi intransitive verb
vi, vt intransitive, transitive verb
vt transitive verb
m masculine noun
f feminine noun
m pl masculine plural
f pl feminine plural
n pl neuter plural
PRONUNCIATION GUIDE
Letter's name Letter Greek example T&P phonetic alphabet English example
Vowels
alfa [] shorter than in park, card epsilon [] man, bad ita [i] shorter than in feet yiota [i] shorter than in feet omikron [o] pod, John ipsilon [i] shorter than in feet omega [:] door, floor
Consonants
vita [v] very, river gama [] between [g] and [h] gama [j] yes, New York thelta [] weather, together zita [z] zebra, please thita [] month, tooth kapa [k] clock, kiss lamtha [l] lace, people mi [m] magic, milk ni [n] name, normal xi [ks] box, taxi pi [p] pencil, private ro [r] rice, radio sigma [s] city, boss taf [t] tourist, trip fi [f] face, food hi [h] home, have psi [ps] lips, triceps
Diphthongs
. [] man, bad . [af] after, staff . [i] shorter than in feet . [ef] chef, left . [ev] travel, have . [i] shorter than in feet . [u] book
Combinations of letters
. [ng] English, hungry . [g] game, gold . [g] language, single . [b] baby, book . [mb] embassy, somber . [d] day, doctor . [nd] standard, around . [] cats, tsetse fly . [] beads, kids
Comments
1 before sounds [e] and [i] 2 before vowels and voiced consonants 3 before vowels and voiced consonants 4 at the beginning 5 in the middle of words 6 at the beginning 7 in the middle of words 8 at the beginning 9 in the middle of words
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9000 the most commonly used words
Created by Andrey Taranov Layout by Studio 123 Books Director Alis Morgunova ISBN 978-1-78071-091-4 All rights reserved. [] beads, kids
Comments
1 before sounds [e] and [i] 2 before vowels and voiced consonants 3 before vowels and voiced consonants 4 at the beginning 5 in the middle of words 6 at the beginning 7 in the middle of words 8 at the beginning 9 in the middle of words
T&P Books Publishing
9000 the most commonly used words
Created by Andrey Taranov Layout by Studio 123 Books Director Alis Morgunova ISBN 978-1-78071-091-4 All rights reserved.
No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in retrieval system, copied in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording or otherwise transmitted without written permission from the publisher. You must not circulate this book in any format. T&P Books Publishing , 2014
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BASIC CONCEPTS
BASIC CONCEPTS. PART 1
Pronouns
I, me [] you [si] he [fts] she [vti] it [ft] we [mis] you (to a group) [sis] they [vti]
Greetings. Salutations. Farewells
Hello! (fam.) ! [je su] Hello! (form.) ! [je ss] Good morning! ! [klimr] Good afternoon! ! [klimr] Good evening! ! [klispr] to say hello [hert] Hi! (hello) ! [je] greeting (n) (m) [hertizms] to greet (vt) [hert] How are you? [tiknis] What's new? [tin] Bye-Bye! Goodbye! ! [je su] See you soon! ! [tlm] Farewell! (to a friend) ! [di] Farewell (form.) ! [diss] to say goodbye [phrt] So long! ! [je] Thank you! ! [fhrist] Thank you very much! ! [efhrist pli] You're welcome ! [prkl] Don't mention it! [tipt] It was nothing [tipt] Excuse me! (fam.) ! [msinhris] Excuse me! (form.) ! [msinhrit] to excuse (forgive) [sinhr] to apologize (vi) [zit sinmi] My apologies [sinmi] I'm sorry! ! [msinhrit] to forgive (vt) [sinhr] please (adv) [prkl] Don't forget! ! [miksehset] Certainly! ! [vvs] Of course not! ! [hi vv] Okay! (I agree) ! [simfn] That's enough! ! [ftni]
How to address
mister, sir [kir] ma'am [kiri] miss [spinis] young man [nr] young man (little boy) [ri] miss (little girl) [krii]
0 zero [min] 1 one [n] 2 two [i] 3 three [tri] 4 four [tsr] 5 five [pnd] 6 six [ksi] 7 seven [ft] 8 eight [ht] 9 nine [en] 10 ten [k] 11 eleven [nk] 12 twelve [k] 13 thirteen [ktri] 14 fourteen [ktsr] 15 fifteen [kpnd] 16 sixteen [kksi] 17 seventeen [kft] 18 eighteen [kht] 19 nineteen [kn] 20 twenty [iksi] 21 twenty-one [iksi n] 22 twenty-two [iksi i] 23 twenty-three [iksi tri] 30 thirty [trind] 31 thirty-one [trind n] 32 thirty-two [trind i] 33 thirty-three [trind tri] 40 forty [srnd] 41 forty-one [srnd n] 42 forty-two [srnd i] 43 forty-three [srnd tri] 50 fifty [pnind] 51 fifty-one [pnind n] 52 fifty-two [pnind i] 53 fifty-three [pnind tri] 60 sixty [ksind] 61 sixty-one [ksind n] 62 sixty-two [ksind i] 63 sixty-three [ksind tri] 70 seventy [vmind] 71 seventy-one [vmind n] 72 seventy-two [vmind i] 73 seventy-three [vmind tri] 80 eighty [nd] 81 eighty-one [nd n] 82 eighty-two [nd i] 83 eighty-three [nd tri] 90 ninety [nnind] 91 ninety-one [nnind n] 92 ninety-two [nnind i] 93 ninety-three [nnind tri]
Cardinal numbers. Part 2
100 one hundred [kt] 200 two hundred [ijaks] 300 three hundred [triks] 400 four hundred [tetrks] 500 five hundred [pendks] 600 six hundred [eksks] 700 seven hundred [eftks] 800 eight hundred [htks] 900 nine hundred [eks] 1000 one thousand [hia] 2000 two thousand [i hias] 3000 three thousand [tris hias] 10000 ten thousand [k hias] one hundred thousand [kt hias] million (n) [ktmir] billion (n) [isktmir]
Ordinal numbers
first (adj) [prts] second (adj) [fters] third (adj) [trits] fourth (adj) [ttrts] fifth (adj) [pmbts] sixth (adj) [kts] seventh (adj) [vms] eighth (adj) [:s] ninth (adj) [nts] tenth (adj) [kts]