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- η εταιρεία ταχυμεταφορώνi etería takhimetaforóncourier service
“η εταιρεία ταχυμεταφορών” (i etería takhimetaforón) — courier service in Greek. Noun, level A1. Takhimetaforés means 'fast transport' — that is what the shop sign says. Etería is a company, as in aeroporikí etería, an airline. In a live sentence: “Η εταιρεία ταχυμεταφορών χτύπησε το κουδούνι” (i etería takhimetaforón khtípise to kudúni) — The courier service rang the doorbell. You can hear how it sounds right here. Written with the characters η, ε, τ, α, ι, ρ, ε, ί, α, τ, α, χ…
In short
| Written in Greek | η εταιρεία ταχυμεταφορών (i etería takhimetaforón) |
| Read in Latin letters | i etería takhimetaforón |
| Translation | courier service |
| Part of speech | noun |
| Level | A1 |
Why it looks that way
takhimetaforés means 'fast transport' — that is what the shop sign says. Etería is a company, as in aeroporikí etería, an airline
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.
- Η εταιρεία ταχυμεταφορών χτύπησε το κουδούνιi etería takhimetaforón khtípise to kudúniThe courier service rang the doorbell
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 “courier service” in Greek?
«η εταιρεία ταχυμεταφορών» (i etería takhimetaforón), read “i etería takhimetaforón”. In a live sentence: “Η εταιρεία ταχυμεταφορών χτύπησε το κουδούνι” (i etería takhimetaforón khtípise to kudúni) — The courier service rang the doorbell. You can hear how it sounds right on this page. Noun, level A1; written with the characters η, ε, τ, α, ι, ρ, ε, ί, α, τ, α, χ…
How is “η εταιρεία ταχυμεταφορών” (i etería takhimetaforón) written in Latin letters?
i etería takhimetaforón. 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?
Takhimetaforés means 'fast transport' — that is what the shop sign says. Etería is a company, as in aeroporikí etería, an airline. 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.