Reading Greek (Lesson 2)

[@noors376]

You are the absolute best instructor I have found. I am thanking God to have found you. Love your tips and method of teaching. Thanks and God Bless . 🙏☦️🙏

[@thegreekacademy3643]

I'm glad you find the video helpful, and only wish I had time to make more! Hopefully the day will come. Best of luck on your Greek-learning journey!!

[@nidhulek]

I agree ! You are an amazing teacher.

[@sandie321]

I am learning Greek with Duolingo and your lessons. Thank you so much for your simple explanations. Such a great help. Efharisto.

[@johnpereira1862]

On my bucket list is:To read the Greek Bible,thank you for the series.

[@physics7254]

that's is kione greek which is abit different to this, i still think we will be able to read it tho

[@liambeirowski4680]

Wow you are criminally underrated. This is incredible! Thank you so much!!!

[@madalin81]

Very nice and clear! Thank you for the class!

[@jgd9123]

Absolutely the best Greek for beginners! Thank you so much

[@akselcavak9510]

Bro, you are a great teacher, I wish you continue teaching Greek

[@elvis0609]

Enjoying these thus far 👍🏽👍🏽

[@jacquelinedunlop2728]

well explained. good step by step teaching. Thanks

[@nidhulek]

This is the best lesson ever. Can you elaborate on the 5. word? It has a nee and then an eta. Why isn't one letter used-nee?

[@dennisr2442]

Brilliant video, I do have one question> In reading practice column 2 word no. 4., there is both av followed up by nd combos and I don't really understand why I couldn't say "rAFtevou" instead of raNDevouz. Hope you can understand what I meant. I also get the first word wouldn't make sense but that's just because I know how it should sound like. Other unknown words could cause trouble.

[@chrislusk3497]

Lots of fun thanks. And uncanny finding out that an everyday English word like "murmur" has a Greek root.

[@studentt5352]

please next time OR can you add new video with translation next to the words? I am repeating those videos every day and it would be nice teaching myself vocabulary with that as well. Thank you!

[@ThanNwe-r7m]

My best teacher

[@medeirosabigail6828]

LOVING IT, thanks.

[@thelthrythquezada8397]

Well this makes sense as to why when I am doing a bible word study on the Logos software and listen to the word, what I see does sound like it when the guy says it.

[@reynaalgharafa]

Wow... Impressive!

[@hanniwalch6173]

Sehr systematisch und exakt gesprochen

[@ToTo-od9wz]

VERY UYSEFUL LESSONS!!! Thank you.

[@briandavis812]

Excellent!

[@דוידבינימין]

Thank you 😊

[@angyassem2602]

Thank you ✨️

[@JohnnyAvram]

Excuse for this kind of question. But are you an orthodox ? i mean. i am planning to return back to Greece but I feel like orthodoxy is pushing me slightly off. Is this religion rooted into Greek education/ cultural norms or I can avoid that?

[@thegreekacademy3643]

Dear Yanni, your question is perfectly welcome! I am Orthodox, and Orthodoxy is certainly deeply rooted in the history and culture of Greece. That being said, Greece is a quickly modernizing country and is exposed to many different ideas and peoples from both Western Europe and the Middle East. I don't imagine that you'll have a difficult time finding people with a worldview or religion similar to yours, and it's certainly not something you need to worry about during any sort of impermanent visit to Greece. If you are planning to relocate permanently, I think your initial period of visiting/consideration will help you answer this question for yourself.

[@waelkadam8335]

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[@ThanNwe-r7m]

ကျွန်မက English စာလဲမကျွမ်းကျင်ပါဘူး ဆရာရဲ့အ​သေးစိတ်ရှင့်ပြမှု​တွေ​ကြောင့် Greekစာကို သင်ယူချင်မိပါတယ် အ​သေးစိတ်ရှင်ပြမှု​တွေက ​စေတနာပါလွန်းတယ် ​​လေးစားပါတယ်ရှင့်

[@NMS_Officer]

In modern Greek today there is no different in the pronunciation of (ι, η, ει, οι, υι ). All sounds "e"

[@thegreekacademy3643]

Exactly! Linguists call this phenomenon "itacism" ("iotacism"). Here's a simple essay about it for anyone who might be interested: u.osu.edu/greek/phonology/itacism/

[@dreznik]

you are a great instructor, but having some familiarity with classical and koine greek, it seems modern greek has undergone a bizarre, non-economical evolution. 1) instead of using the classical "gamma" for the G sound, they need the gamma-kappa. 2) instead of using the classical "beta" for the B sound, they need the mu-pi. so one dismantles what was once a workable alphabet and now one must add two-letter combinations to represent what was once done with one letter! ouch! so many sounds in modern greek seem bowdlerized and/or fused wrt to homeric or NT greek...

[@thegreekacademy3643]

Wonderful observations, dreznik! Thank you for your comment. Greek pronunciation has changed fairly dramatically over time, with the most significant changes occurring between what most call Classic/Attic Greek and Koine/Hellenistic. If you're interested in the topic, "Greek: A History of the Language and Its Speakers" by Geoffrey Horrocks is quite comprehensive, and usually the first text people study when looking at Greek from a historical linguistic background. For a lighter look at things, check out this page: u.osu.edu/greek/phonology/