Tsiknopempti
This Thursday we celebrate Tsiknopempti
Tsiknopempti (Greek: Τσικνοπέμπτη),
literally Smelly Thursday, or even Charred, Smoky, or Barbeque Thursday "because of the smell of the grilled meat in the air", is part of the traditional celebrations for Carnival season in Greece and Cyprus.
Tsiknopempti is the Thursday during which large amounts of meat are traditionally consumed prior to the arrival of Lent, the fasting season leading up to Easter
The name Τσικνοπέμπτη comes from the Greek words τσίκνα, which is the smell of roasting meat,, and Πέμπτη, which means Thursday.
πανηγύρι
Do you know what is "πανηγύρι"?
It's a celebration/festival usually in the countryside for religious or cultural reasons. You will find it outdoors with a lot of food and traditional dances!
Φακές
Do you know to cook any Greek dish?
The bouzouki
The bouzouki
(also buzuki; Greek: μπουζούκι) is a musical instrument popular in Greece that was brought there in the 1900s by Greek immigrants from Turkey, and quickly became the central instrument to the rebetiko genre and its music branches.
The instrument is played with a plectrum and has a sharp metallic sound, reminiscent of a mandolin but pitched lower.
There are two main types of bouzouki: the trichordo (three-course) has three pairs of strings (known as courses) and the tetrachordo (four-course) has four pairs of strings.
παίρνω - περνάω
παίρνω and περνάω
They sound similar but they are different. Here is an example for each and and how they are formed in the three tenses. Could you form a sentence for each?
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