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Tuesday, November 14, 2006

The Colours - Τα Χρώματα

The table below shows the greek words for the colour with the different endings representing there use for the diffent gender of noun that they describe. The order of the endings are: neuter, female, male. Hence "a white house" is "ενα άσπρο σπίτι" (ΕΝΑ ΑΣΠΡΟ ΣΠΙΤΙ)as the greek for house (σπίτι) is neuter but "a white door" is "μια άσπρη πόρτα" (ΜΙΑ ΑΣΠΡΗ ΠΟΡΤΑ) as the greek for door (πόρτα) is female.
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ΚΟΚΚΙΝ(Ο/Η/ΟΣ)

κόκκιν(ο/η/ος)Red
ΑΣΠΡ(Ο/Η/ΟΣ)άσπρ(ο/η/ος)White
ΛΕΥΚ(Ο/Η/ΟΣ)λευκ(ό/ή/ός)White
ΚΙΤΡΙΝ(Ο/Η/ΟΣ)κίτριν(ο/η/ος)Yellow
ΜΑΥΡ(Ο/Η/ΟΣ)μάυρ(ο/η/ος)Black
ΠΡΑΣΙΝ(Ο/Η/ΟΣ)πράσιν(ο/η/ος)Green
ΧΡΥΣ(Ο/Η/ΟΣ)χρυσ(ό/ή/ός)Gold
ΑΣΗΜΕΝΙ(Ο/Α/ΟΣ)ασημένι(ο/α/ος)Silver
ΠΟΡΤΟΚΑΛ(Ι/IΑ/ΗΣ)πορτοκαλ(ί/ιά/ής)Orange
ΚΑΦ(Ε/ΕΤΙΑ/ΕΤΗΣ)καφ(έ/έτια/έτης)Brown
ΜΟΒμόβPurple
ΜΠΛΕμπλέBlue
ΓΚΡΥγκρύGrey
ΡΟΖρόζPink
ΑΣΗΜΙ/ασημί also means Silver but this is the noun and hence is always neuter

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