FROM WORD-TO-WORD TO COHERENCE
Six ways to keep a conversation going: define, control, recover, take time, ask through and give an opinion.
These are conversation exercises with your own models. The site can check closed answers, but does not automatically assess your free story or pronunciation. Use an interlocutor or compare your own effort carefully with the model.
APPLY YOURSELF
Start with the function, the place, or a property. A description may be simple. Your goal is that the other understands what you mean, not that you immediately find the perfect word.
Δεν ξέρω πώς λέγεται.
I don't know what it's called.
Είναι κάτι που χρησιμοποιούμε στην κουζίνα.
It's something we use in the kitchen.
Εννοώ αυτό που κρατάει τα τρόφιμα κρύα.
I mean, what keeps the food cold.
APPLY YOURSELF
Make your understanding verifiable. A yes after a long explanation can say too little. Repeat the most important detail, for example time or place, and ask if that is true.
Δηλαδή, αύριο στις δέκα;
So tomorrow at 10:00?
Αν κατάλαβα σωστά, θα πάμε μαζί.
If I understand correctly, we'll go together.
Σωστά το κατάλαβα;
Did I get it right?
APPLY YOURSELF
You don't have to tell me again from the beginning. Mark what you meant and replace one part. The listener can then keep the rest of the message.
Συγγνώμη, εννοούσα την Τρίτη.
Sorry, I meant Tuesday.
Όχι αυτό, το άλλο.
Not this, the other.
Να το πω αλλιώς.
Let me rephrase.
APPLY YOURSELF
A short break is normal. Use a familiar sentence and then try the core again. More speed is not automatically more clarity.
Μια στιγμή να σκεφτώ.
Let's see.
Πώς να το εξηγήσω;
How should I explain it?
Μπορούμε να το πούμε πιο απλά;
Can we say it more easily?
APPLY YOURSELF
Ask one question at a time. Are you looking for a reason, example or more precisely given? Choose a question that yields exactly that missing piece.
Μπορείτε να δώσετε ένα παράδειγμα;
Can you give me an example?
Τι εννοείτε ακριβώς;
What do you mean, exactly?
Και μετά τι έγινε;
And what happened after that?
APPLY YOURSELF
Make it clear what you think and what clue you have for it. Leave room for another experience. That gives a conversation more possibilities than just equal or wrong.
Κατά τη γνώμη μου, αυτό είναι πιο εύκολο.
I think this is easier.
Δεν είμαι σίγουρος, αλλά νομίζω ότι…
I'm not sure, but I think that... (male speaker)
Εσύ πώς το βλέπεις;
How do you look at it?
Round one: just tell me where you were, what happened and how it ended. Round two: add a reason or opposition. Round three: let the other ask a question and respond to it. You don't have to speak faster every round; look for a clearer message.
Use only support words. If you read a complete text, you will practice a different skill than independently formulate. Compare your personal forms, references and time words afterwards. Choose one improvement point for the next attempt.
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