LingoflyThe Sunday meal
A short text in Greek at level A2. The translation sits next to it: reading with a dictionary is still too early at this level, and without support it will not happen at all. On Sundays my mother cooks from the morning. She boils beans, fries potatoes and bakes meat in the oven. I set the…
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- Την Κυριακή η μητέρα μου μαγειρεύει από το πρωί. Βράζει τα φασόλια, τηγανίζει τις πατάτες και ψήνει κρέας στον φούρνο. Εγώ στρώνω το τραπέζι: πιάτα, ποτήρια, μαχαίρια και χαρτοπετσέτες. Τρώμε στις δύο και μετά κανείς δεν θέλει να πλύνει τα πιάτα.tin Kiriakí i mitéra mu mayirévi apó to proí. vrázi ta fasólia, tiganízi tis patátes ke psíni kréas ston fúrno. egó stróno to trapézi: piáta, potíria, makhéria ke khartopetsétes. tróme stis dío ke metá kanís den théli na plíni ta piátaOn Sundays my mother cooks from the morning. She boils beans, fries potatoes and bakes meat in the oven. I set the table: plates, glasses, knives and napkins. We eat at two, and afterwards nobody wants to wash the dishes.
Comprehension questions
The questions are asked in Russian on purpose: we test your understanding of the text, not your ability to read the question.
- From when does mother cook on Sundays?
- What does the narrator do?
- What happens after dinner?
Frequently asked
What level do you need to read this text in Greek?
A2. That means: you know the letters and have a stock of everyday words — about two or three hundred.
How to read a text in an unfamiliar language usefully?
First all the way through without peeking at the translation — just to catch the familiar words. Then with the translation. Then all the way through again: the second pass brings noticeably more, and that feeling matters more than any rule.