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Contents

Welcome to the Michel Thomas Method 2

Total Greek index 5

The Greek alphabet 19

Common Greek signs 21


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Welcome to the Michel

Thomas MethodCongratulations on purchasing the truly remarkable way to

learn a language. With the Michel Thomas Method theres noreading, no writing and no homework. Just sit back, absorb, andsoon youll be speaking another language with condence.

The Michel Thomas Method works by breaking a language

down into its component parts and enabling you toreconstruct the language yourself to form your ownsentences and to say what you want, when you want. By

learning the language in small steps, you can build it up yourself

to produce ever more complicated sentences.

Perfected over 25 years, the all-audio Michel Thomas Methodhas been used by millions of people around the world.

Now its your turn.

To get started, simply insert CD 1 and press play!


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About Michel Thomas

Michel Thomas (19142005) was a gifted linguist whomastered more than ten languages in his lifetime and becamefamous for teaching much of Hollywoods A list how to speak

a foreign language. Film stars such as Woody Allen, EmmaThompson and Barbra Streisand paid thousands of dollars each

for face-to-face lessons.

Michel, a Polish Jew, developed his method after discovering

the untapped potential of the human mind during his traumaticwartime experiences. The only way he survived this period

of his life, which included being captured by the Gestapo, wasby concentrating and placing his mind beyond the physical.Fascinated by this experience, he was determined that

after the war he would devote himself to exploring furtherthe power of the human mind, and so dedicated his life to

education.

In 1947, he moved to Los Angeles and set up the Michel

Thomas Language Centers, from where he taught languages for

over fty years in New York, Beverly Hills and London.

Michel Thomas died at his home in New York City on Saturday8th January 2005. He was 90 years old.


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5Total Greek index

In this track listing, the words and phrases taught in the courseare listed in English and Greek (transliterated and Greek script).

The Greek alphabet is given on pages 1920 along with anexplanation of the transliteration system.

Abbreviations used in this track listing:(m) = masculine(f) = feminine(n) = neuter

To show a question in Greek, you use a semi-colon (;) where inEnglish you would use a question mark (?).

CD 1 Track 1

Introduction to the course and how to use it

a na (n)

sandwich sndooits (n) ouzo ozo (n) please parakal I eg (I) want THlo and ke

CD 1 Track 2

you want THlete you ess yes ne no xi not then tea tsi(n)

CD 1 Track 3

what? ti ;I have xo you have xete


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6it (n) to (n) glass potri(n) wine kras(n) bottle bookli(n) water ner (n)

CD 1 Track 4

I buy/am buying agorzo market agor you buy/are buying agorzete I wait/am waiting (for)perimno (for)

you wait/are waiting perimnete I know ksro you know ksrete I understand katalavno you understand katalavnete why/because yiat

CD 1 Track 5

something kti excuse me, sorry signmi but al now tra

CD 1 Track 6

Revision and practice of verbs

CD 1 Track 7

anything/nothing tpota bar bar(n) park prko (n)

underground metr (n) supermarket soopermrket(n) where? poo ;is ne the (n) to (n)


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7near/nearby kond far/far away makri

CD 1 Track 8

in/at se in the park sto prko I am me you are ste or i

CD 2 Track 1

beer bra (f) salad salta (f) a (f) ma (f) the (f) i(f) it (f) tin (f) I want it. Tin THlo. .

CD 2 Track 2he/it (to replace he afts when referring tomasculine nouns)

she/it (to replace aft she when referringto feminine nouns)

he/she wants THli

he/she has xi he/she buys/ agorzi is buying

he/she understands katalavni

CD 2 Track 3

I make/am making, kno I do/am doingyou make/do knete he/she makes/does kni well, ne kal how are you? ti knete ;


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8thank you efxarist I go/am going po to se to the bar sto bar you go/are going pte he/she goes/is going pi

CD 2 Track 4

I speak/am speaking milo Greek elinik Do you speak Milte ess elinik? Greek? ;

he/she speaks mili French galik Spanish ispanik very pol very well pol kal a little lgo English anglik

CD 2 Track 5

Im hungry pino Are you very hungry? Pinte pol? ;Im thirsty thipso I hurt pono it hurts poni

my moo my ouzo to ozo moo my beer i bra moo stomach stomxi(n) y stomach hurts. To stomxi moo

poni. .tooth thndi(n) foot pthi(n)

CD 2 Track 6

here eth


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9CD 3 Track 1

will THa I will make/do THa kno tomorrow vrio

CD 3 Track 2

there ek I wont have it Then THa to tomorrow. xo vrio. .

CD 3 Track 3

so tsi Is that not so? tsi then ne? ;OK endksi

CD 3 Track 4

the i(f)

the o (m) I am Maria. me i Mara. .I am Costas. me o Cstas. .

CD 3 Track 5

who (masc/fem) pis/pi /Who is he? Pis ne afts? ;

Who is she? Pi ne aft? ;Englishman nglos (m) Englishwoman Angltha (f) England Angla (f) from ap from England ap tin Angla

CD 3 Track 6Greek man linas (m) Greek woman Elintha (f) Greece Eltha (f) from Greece apo tin Eltha


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10 CD 3 Track 7

this supermarket aft to soopermrket

this salad aft i salta

small mikr/mikr(n/f) / big meglo/megli(n/f) / This park is small. Aft to parko ne

mikr. .This beer is large. Aft i bra ne megli.

.I want a small salad. THlo ma mikr

salta. .

CD 4 Track 1

open anixt taverna tavrna (f) The taverna isnt I tavrna then ne open now. anixt tra. .

closed klist/klist(n/f) / when pte cinema sinem (n)

CD 4 Track 2

good kal (n) good kal(f) day mra (f) good morning kalimra today smera every day kTHe mra always pnda often sixn

CD 4 Track 3

I drink/am drinking pno you drink/are drinking pnete he/she drinks/ pni is drinking

I eat/am eating tro


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11you eat/are eating trte he/she eats/is eating tri

CD 4 Track 4

I read/am reading thiavzo you read/are reading thiavzete he/she reads/ thiavzi is reading

book vivlo (n) newspaper emertha (f) magazine periothik (n) on se on the underground sto metr

CD 4 Track 5

I see/watch vlpo television tilerasi(f) never pot theatre THatro (n)

CD 4 Track 6

I arrive/am arriving ftno late arg

CD 4 Tracks 7 and 8

Practice using known words and structures

CD 5 Track 1

good (m) kals at/in the taverna stin tavrna

CD 5 Track 2one na/ma (n/f) /

CD 5 Tracks 3 and 4



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12 CD 5 Track 5

early nors I leave/am leaving fvgo you leave/are leaving fvyete

he/she/it leaves/ fvyi is leaving

train trno (n)

CD 5 Track 6

I start/begin arxzo I nish telino

life zo(f)

CD 5 Track 7


we ems We wait/are waiting. Ems perimnoome. .

We are buying Ems agorzoome something. kti. .We dont know why. Ems then ksroome

yiat. .We want something. Ems THloome kti. .We always drink a Ems pnoome glass of wine. pnda na potri

kras. .

We are leaving early. Fvgoome nors. .Have we got a bottle xoome na of wine? bookli kras? ;

Shall we make a THa knoome ma salad tomorrow? salata vrio? ;

CD 6 Track 1

we forms for verbs ending in -ao in the I form

CD 6 Track 2

to na


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13I want to do THlo na kno kti. .something.

Do you want to do THlete na knete something today? kti smera? ;

He/she doesnt want Then THli na to to do it. kni. .He/she doesnt want Then THli na pi to go to the theatre sto THatro smera. .today.

We want to go to the THloome na pme cinema tomorrow. sto sinem vrio. .

CD 6 Track 3I can, you can, bor, borte, bor, , ,he/she can, we can borome na ,

Can I go to the Bor na po sto theatre tomorrow? THatro vrio? ;

You can go. Borte na pte. .He/she can go there Bor na pi ek vrio.

tomorrow. .Can we go to the Borome na pme taverna tomorrow? stin tavrna vrio? ;

I cant wait. Then boro na perimno. .

You cant go to the Then borte na pte bar now. sto bar tra. .

He/she cant make Then bor na kni

a sandwich. na sndooits. .

CD 6 Track 4

school sxolo (n) must/have to/should prpi na I must/have to/ Prpi na po sto should go to sxolo vrio .

school tomorrow.You must/have to/ Prpi na pte sto should go to the soopermrket tra. .supermarket now.


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14He must/have to/ Prpi na pi ek tra. should go there now. .

We must/have to/ Prpi na pme tra. .should go now.

CD 6 Track 5

I buy > I want to buy agorzo > THlo na > agorso You mustnt buy Then prpi na

agorsete

CD 6 Track 6I read > to read thiavzete > >

na thiavsete I begin > I will begin arxzo > THa arxso > I nish > I can nish telino > bor >

na teliso

CD 6 Track 7I arrive > I will ftno > THa ftso > arrive late arg

I leave > I will leave fvgo > THa fgo > You mustnt leave now. Then prpi na fyete tra. .Costas has to O Cstas prpi na

leave early. fyi nors.

.

We cant leave now. Then borome na fgoome tra. .

CD 7 Track 1

I give, you give, thno, thnete, thni , , he/she gives

I will give it tomorrow THa to thsso vrio .I take > I will take prno > THa pro > I am not taking the Then prno to trno train today. I will smera. THa to pro . take it tomorrow. vrio. .


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15CD 7 Track 2

Practice with verbs that do and dont change after na and THa

I drink > Can I drink pno > Bor na pi > a beer now? ma bra tra? ;

CD 7 Track 3

I see/watch > vlpo > THa tho > I will see/watch

I want to watch THlo na tho tilerasi TV today. smera. .

I eat > I will eat tro > THa fo > George shouldnt O Yirgos then prpi eat this. na fi aft. .

CD 7 Track 4

we are maste

CD 7 Track 5yesterday xTHes/exTHs /I was moon you were sastan

CD 7 Track 6

he/she/it was tan house, home spti we were mastan

CD 7 Track 7

like arsi to me moo I like ouzo. Moo arsi to ozo .I dont like wine. Then moo arsi

to kras. .to you sas


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16Do you like beer? Sas arsi i bra? ;He likes the theatre Too arsi to thatro a lot. pol. .

She doesnt like Then tis arsi to the cinema. sinem. .

CD 8 Track 1

music moosik(f) to us mas We like this music. Mas arsi aft

i moosik. .Will you give me THa moo thsete a book? na vivlo? ;

Well give him a THa too thsoome bottle. na bookli. .

Maria doesnt want I Mara then THli na to give us anything. mas thsi tpota. .

CD 8 Track 2

Adjective endings for neuter, feminine; masculine ending, namesand words

This ouzo is good. Aft to ozo ne kal (n). .

This beer isnt good. Aft i bra then ne kal(f). .

the menu/list o katlogos (m) a coffee, the coffee nas kafs, o kafs (m) , I like this coffee. Afts o kafs

moo arsi. .

CD 8 Track 3

Subject and object masculine endings

a (object of sentence) nan (m) I want a coffee. THlo nan kaf. .the (object) ton (m) Have you got xete ton katlogo? ;the menu?


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17CD 8 Track 4

the (object) tin (f) I want the salad. THlo tin salta. .

CD 8 Track 5

Letters 1-11

all but , vivlo, tavrna book, tavern , agorzo,yiat I buy, why , then, eth not, here

, , xo, eg I have, , , ozo, thiavzo I readouzo,

, tin it/the (f), , THlo, THa I want, will, , lgo, ti a little, how/what, , kti,kTHe something, every, Eltha Greece

CD 8 Track 6

Letters 12 - 24

, , ma,meglo a (f), big (n), , elinik, then Greek, not, ksro I know, , to, lgo it/the (n),

a little, , pthi, ap foot, from, , mra, makri day, far, / , kras, linas wine, Greek man, , spti, salta house, salad, pol very/a lot, , kafs, coffee,

efimertha newspaper, , xi, xo no, I have, thipso Im thirsty, , eg, tra I, now


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18 CD 8 Track 7

Letter combinations 25-36

, ne, ke yes, and , me, THli I am, he/she

wants anixt open (n) , moosik, moo music, my , afts,vrio he, tomorrow , efxarist, fvgo thanks, I leave

, , bar,bookli, bar, bottle,

lmba lamp , domta, thndi tomato, tooth , garz, garage,

anginra artichoke anglik English tsigro cigarette dzadzki tzatzki

CD 8 Tracks 8 and 9

Practice with known words and structures


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19The Greek alphabet GreekletterClosestEnglishequivalentTransliterated1 Somewhere between A of cat a

and the U of cut2 V as in vase (There is no hard B v , sound, as in back, in Greek.

This sound is created bycombining letters; see No. 31 below.)

3 G like the English g in go, get but g softer, with more breath.

Sounds like Y in front of e ori sounds. y

4 TH as in then, this th , 5 , E as in bed e,

6 , Z as in zoo z ,

7 , EE as in feet i

8 , TH as in thin TH, 9 , EE as in feet i

, 10 , K as in kick k

, 11 , L as in lamp l

12 , M as in milk m

, 13 , N as in nice n

, 14 , KS as in Jackson ks

15 , O as in lock o

, 16 , P as in pot p

, 17 , R as in red (with a roll) r,

18 , / S as in sit (at the end of a word in s small letters the alternative has to be used)


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2019 , T as in top t

, 20 , E as in feet i

21 , F as in farm f

,22 , CH as in the Scottish lochbut x , softer, less guttural

23 , PS as in tips ps

24 , O as in lock o ,

Combinations25 E as in let e

, 26 EE as in feet i

, 27 EE as in feet i

28 OO as in hoot oo , 29a,b AF as in after, or AV as in have af,av , 30a,b EF as in left, or EV as in every ef, ev ,

31 B as in bar b

, ,

32 D as in dad d

33 G as in get g

,

34 NG as in angle ng

35 TS as in puts ts

36 DZ as in adds dz


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underground bar entrance

exit push pull

tickets ticket office/ restaurant

cash desk

hotel bank railway/bus station

(bus) stop toilets open

closed museum

no smoking

caf theatre cinema

hospital market taxi

airport arrivals departures

police post office chemist

Common Greek signs


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