Can I complain for a minute? Ironically, I want to complain about having to express my complaints!

I really like the Greek workbook series I use. But, it seems like a lot of the writing exercises are about expressing complaints. They are often of the form “Write a letter to the mayor/ director/ manager expressing your complaints about…” .

Honestly, one time I wrote a paragraph (in Greek) for my tutor complaining that I was tired of expressing my complaints! Yea.

So, why are we asked to express so many complaints?

I can imagine that many people learning Greek are new to living in Greece. They will have to set up a bank account or deal with various other services and government agencies. Along the way, there will almost certainly be hiccups in the process.

Being able to complain effectively in Greek to the rescue!

Often the exercises ask you to make recommendations or offer solutions to the problem. What’s the solution here to the problem of having to express complaints? Complain about it!

PS – I wonder if it is the same when preparing for other languages tests.