Lingoflyαπευθύνομαι στο προξενείο
- απευθύνομαι στο προξενείοapefthínome sto prokseníoto contact the consulate
“απευθύνομαι στο προξενείο” (apefthínome sto proksenío) — to contact the consulate in Greek. Phrase, level B1. From efthýs, straight: I turn to them directly. In a live sentence: “Πρέπει να απευθυνθείτε στο προξενείο” (prépi na apefthinthíte sto proksenío) — You need to contact the consulate. You can hear how it sounds right here. Written with the characters α, π, ε, υ, θ, ύ, ν, ο, μ, α, ι, σ… A word from the everyday Greek course, level B1.
In short
| Written in Greek | απευθύνομαι στο προξενείο (apefthínome sto proksenío) |
| Read in Latin letters | apefthínome sto proksenío |
| Translation | to contact the consulate |
| Part of speech | phrase |
| Level | B1 |
Why it looks that way
From efthýs, straight: I turn to them directly
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.
- Πρέπει να απευθυνθείτε στο προξενείοprépi na apefthinthíte sto prokseníoYou need to contact the consulate
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 “to contact the consulate” in Greek?
«απευθύνομαι στο προξενείο» (apefthínome sto proksenío), read “apefthínome sto proksenío”. In a live sentence: “Πρέπει να απευθυνθείτε στο προξενείο” (prépi na apefthinthíte sto proksenío) — You need to contact the consulate. You can hear how it sounds right on this page. Phrase, level B1; written with the characters α, π, ε, υ, θ, ύ, ν, ο, μ, α, ι, σ…
How is “απευθύνομαι στο προξενείο” (apefthínome sto proksenío) written in Latin letters?
apefthínome sto proksenío. 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 efthýs, straight: I turn to them directly. 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.