What is this?
Question and Answer Summary
What is this?
Listen to this brief video then complete the activities below.
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τί
who? which? what? why?
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ἐστιν
he is, she is, it is.
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τοῦτο
this, he, she, it.
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ἄρτος
loaf of bread, food. -
λίθος
stone. -
ἀνήρ
man, husband, male. -
γυνή
woman, wife. -
κύων
dog. -
τράπεζα
table, surface to place food or other items. -
καθέδρα
seat, chair. -
κρέας
meat, flesh, kinds of flesh. -
ἰχθύς
fish. -
οἶκος
house, home, household. -
χοῖρος
swine, pig. -
σταφυλή
grape, bunch of grapes, grapes. -
ὀφθαλμός
eye.
Practice using τί ἐστιν τοῦτο with this short quiz. |
This lesson requires active practice. Point to or pick up items around you and ask yourself or a friend “Τί ἐστιν τοῦτο;” Then answer the question. Here are some items you might have around you to practice with. Perhaps you have a table, a chair, water? Perhaps you have a toy pig or fish in the play room?
Self-Evaluation
Practice picking up or looking at some basic objects and asking “What is this?” and then answering the question. If you can do this comfortably without needing to read the words, you are ready to move on to the next lesson.
What next? Try τίς or τίνα?