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- η αγγελία εργασίαςi angelía ergasíasjob ad
“η αγγελία εργασίας” (i angelía ergasías) — job ad in Greek. Noun, level A2. From Ángelos, a messenger: an ad is news brought to you — the root of 'angel'. In a live sentence: “Είδα την αγγελία εργασίας στο διαδίκτυο” (ída tin angelía ergasías sto diadíktio) — I saw the job ad online. You can hear how it sounds right here. Written with the characters η, α, γ, γ, ε, λ, ί, α, ε, ρ, γ, α… A word from the everyday Greek course, level A2.
In short
| Written in Greek | η αγγελία εργασίας (i angelía ergasías) |
| Read in Latin letters | i angelía ergasías |
| Translation | job ad |
| Part of speech | noun |
| Level | A2 |
Why it looks that way
From Ángelos, a messenger: an ad is news brought to you — the root of 'angel'
A word with a story stays in memory longer than one learned as a “spelling — translation” pair: memory holds on to meaning, not to a string.
In a live sentence
A single word almost never appears alone in conversation. A sentence shows where it fits and what stands next to it.
- Είδα την αγγελία εργασίας στο διαδίκτυοída tin angelía ergasías sto diadíktioI saw the job ad online
How not to forget this word
Reading a word and remembering it are different jobs. A day later, little survives of a single reading — and that is not bad memory, that is how memory works.
- This has been tested on foreign words too. The difference shows up most when you test yourself a few days later rather than straight away.checked many timesKim & Webb, 2022, Language Learning 72(2) · 48 experiments, 3,411 participants, 98 comparisons.
- Recalling beats re-reading. Covering the translation and trying to remember it does more than reading it ten more times.checked many timesAdesope, Trevisan & Sundararajan, 2017, Review of Educational Research 87(3) · 188 experiments, 272 comparisons. g = 0.61; against plain re-reading 0.51, against passive review 0.93.
- An answer you worked out yourself sticks better than one handed to you.checked many timesBertsch et al., 2007, Memory & Cognition 35(2) · 86 studies, 445 comparisons, d = 0.40.
Frequently asked
How do you say “job ad” in Greek?
«η αγγελία εργασίας» (i angelía ergasías), read “i angelía ergasías”. In a live sentence: “Είδα την αγγελία εργασίας στο διαδίκτυο” (ída tin angelía ergasías sto diadíktio) — I saw the job ad online. You can hear how it sounds right on this page. Noun, level A2; written with the characters η, α, γ, γ, ε, λ, ί, α, ε, ρ, γ, α…
How is “η αγγελία εργασίας” (i angelía ergasías) written in Latin letters?
i angelía ergasías. This is a practical spelling — you need it to read aloud and be understood, not to meet an academic standard.
Why does this word look the way it does?
From Ángelos, a messenger: an ad is news brought to you — the root of 'angel'. A word with a story stays in memory longer than a “spelling — translation” pair: memory holds on to meaning, not to a string.
Can I hear how this sounds?
Yes, right on this page: click the word and it will play. The sound works on any phone, and nothing needs to be installed.