The First 50+ Greek Words Beginners Should Know | Super Easy Greek 50

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Hosts: Gianluca Beraldo, Markos Stylianesis
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Subtitles: Eleftheria Hountalou & Dimitris Hall
Production: Dimitris Hall
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[@Kinarmi]

I learned more Greek in 11 minutes than I've learned in the past weeks when I've tried to study from other sources. You have a new subscriber. Ευχαριστώ πάρα πολύ!

[@EasyGreekVideos]

Really glad to hear it! Welcome

[@carlosacta8726]

This is possibly the BEST Greek learning video I have come across!!! Ευχαριστώ μεγαλο!!!!

[@EasyGreekVideos]

Wow, thank you!

[@airamsipuola5045]

I'm a Greek-American who just came across your channel, and while I do know how to speak Greek, I enjoy watching your interviews with Greek locals -- it helps me understand the more conversational aspects of the language. My parents were both born and raised in small villages in Lakonia, and I went to Greek school at our local church from the ages of 7 to 13 ... but when I talk, I probably sound like I'm from the χωριό from the 1950s 😂 Anyway, I've been taking care of my elderly father, and he is able to watch Greek TV stations on his satellite dish. I've caught a few news reports on Alpha News about the heat wave currently in Athens, and I had a question about a word that people repeatedly use: χαμός. I've seen several different meanings for it, which are all negative (doom, chaos, loss) but the people who are using that word on the news (the folks who are being interviewed at ice cream stores, at the beach, etc) don't seem to be using it in that way. Also, because of its similarity to the word Χαμόγελο, which means to smile, I'm even further confused! Can you please shed some light on this word, and why it would be used when discussing the heat wave and people flocking to the beaches and ice cream shops? Σασ ευχαριστώ πολύ!

[@EasyGreekVideos]

Nice question! First of all, χαμογελώ and χαμός do not actually have a common root. Χαμογελώ comes from χαμω-γελάω, and this χαμω- means "low" or "on the ground/dirt" (and is also the root of «χαμηλά»). Think of a smile as a low-intensity, or even modest or timid, laugh. «Χάμω» is also sometimes used instead of «κάτω», as in «έπεσε χάμω», and in ancient Greek χαμαί referred to the ground. The word χαμαιλέων (chameleon) literally meant "dirt/ground lion." Yeah... «Χαμός», on the other hand, derives from «χάνω». It originally meant the death of a person («χάσανε την κόρη τους - ποτέ δεν ξεπεράσανε τον χαμό του παιδιού τους»), and is still used this way - notice the difference with the more general «χάσιμο». However, in modern Greek it is much more commonly used as an expression, what you hear on the TV: «(γίνεται) χαμός» - one English word that comes to mind is "kerfuffle", but it's not so idiomatic in Greek. «Χαμός» also means, as you mentioned, chaos or disarray of any kind - from crowds of people on the streets, lots of noise, the mess left over by a party, to, yes, dead bodies after a battle. I assume people using it to describe a heatwave mean that it has created chaos, disorder, and masses of people going to the beach or to have a nice παγωτό. It's one of those words that are hard to translate, and we even talked about it on our Untranslatable Greek Words live. I hope this helped!

[@airamsipuola5045]

@@EasyGreekVideos Wow ... thanks so much for the detailed, and simple-to-understand reply. You're very good at this. :) I do recall my mom sometimes saying "κατσε χαμω" instead of "κατσε κατω," though she would use the former when she was pissed off at us haha ... As for words that are hard to translate, my Greek friends, cousins and I always turn to two words we love to use: ζαβλακωμένος, which we use to describe a feeling of being out of it (tired, confused and discombobulated all at once) and κόμπιασα, which ... this one's harder to explain, but it's when you eat something too quickly and you get a pain in your chest. I looked up both words and realize they DO NOT mean what we use them to mean, but I'm just going to blame that on "Greeklish" and parents who were raised in the χωριό, as Greeks in the US have kind of created their own words and meanings. Anyway, thanks again -- you have a really cool channel!

[@kaitiscarlett9022]

@@EasyGreekVideos and χαμομήλι = literally, the ground-apple. Great explanation of the other words -- I love stuff like this

[@__FIlippo__]

thank you, in august I'm gonna visit Athen and Greece for the first time and I needed a video like this

[@EasyGreekVideos]

Excellent, we made this video precisely for people like you.

[@AudiophileTubes]

Athens is incredible! But given the latest 'heat wave', please do yourself a favor, and carry cold bottled water with you during the day, wear a hat to shield you from the strong sun, and take lots of breaks. Have fun!

[@Darkobugs]

I love your sense of humour guys!:)

[@EasyGreekVideos]

Thank you!

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[@genegoranov5865]

Probably the best language learning method for certain people :)

[@doublegutshotdraw]

I make a pinky promise to learn this language, if you promise in turn that natives will do triple backflips when I speak their language.

[@EasyGreekVideos]

I hope more modest signs of appreciation will do!

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[@waldek32]

very good . Greetings from Poland. Im having first trip to Zakynthos this year.

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[@Geogak]

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Ευχαριστώ πολύ, παιδιά!

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Ευχαριστώ!

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Σας ευχαριστώ! Mου άρεσε πολύ!

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Μου αρέσει παρά πολύ Δημήτρη. Σε ευχαριστώ πολύ.

[@iberius9937]

Πολύ χρήσιμο και υπέροχο βίντεο!

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Ευχαριστώ ομαδα Easy Greek!

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Your way of teaching is Amezing ☺️👍 we can learn with fun

[@bytheway1031]

Thanks for posting👍

[@zopoulos1187]

Τέλεια

[@youio9063]

i really like these ones of many words!!!✌️👌👌👌

[@jennifermc3125]

This video (and others) is helpful to get practice hearing Greek as it is used everyday. Combined with my other resources, I might be able to understand the locals a little bit by the time I get to Greece in 8 months. Efharistó!

[@EasyGreekVideos]

Μπράβο ! Keep up the food work ! Marilena

[@tinanucita5779]

Siete troppo simpatici !! Oltre che ottimi insegnanti

[@usain_bolt6315]

Ευχαριστώ πολύ για Αυτά τα λογια , και είμαι Πόλη Ευτηχισμένος όταν είδα το βίντεο Τώρα στη στηγμι , για ποια Λόγια Μπορο να Χρήζιμοπιο , Οταν Είμαι με ο φίλος μου , στη Εστιατόριο , στην Ελλάδα . Πάλη Ευχαριστώ πόλη για Αυτά τα Ελληνικι Βίντεας , και Καλό Απόγευμα .. 😀 😀

[@dijeffglota7668]

Very very good

[@EasyGreekVideos]

Thank you !

[@mehmettansoy7453]

çok güzel

[@MuhammadFarhanAnsari-bp4qz]

ماشاءالله

[@psycotoz3302]

Βιντεο σου ειναι η βοήθεια πολύ, Δεν ξερω if I made some error x) Παλι Ευχαριστω πολύ!!! (Yeah I made some Ελλιγγλαδα (Ελληνικα ή Αγγλikα)

[@Learn_Ukrainian_with_Viktoriia]

This is trully amazing video to learn. I came just for 2 minutes and stayed for the whole video. Such a creative concept and so intersting to watch. I can see you guys had fun there. Truly a masterpiece of language learning!!! Thank you thank you!!! Please more videos like that. Greek is completely new and different language to me, but it sounds to beautiful and elegant!!! thank you for this beginners video!!! Much appreciated! Greetings from Ukraine!

[@EasyGreekVideos]

Thank you!

[@mehaknuman1762]

❤❤

[@_dwaynemoe]

Thank you very much for this video! This really help me in learning Greek but I do have one question. How to genders work? For example 'νόστιμος/η/ο'. Are genders used based on the gender of the person talking? Thank you in advance!

[@EasyGreekVideos]

In Greek, not just people have genders - all nouns have a gender! So: ο νόστιμος καφές (the tasty coffee), η νόστιμη σαλάτα (the tasty salad), το νόστιμο φαγητό (the tasty food). Hope this helps.

[@_dwaynemoe]

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[@Davidsolo78]

Ποια είναι η διαφορά μεταξύ καληνύχτας και καλό βράδυ; Ευχαριστώ και χαιρετίσματα από την Ισπανία

[@EasyGreekVideos]

Το καληνύχτα το λες πριν εσυ ή ο συνομιλητής σου πάτε για ύπνο. Αυτή ειναι η μόνη ουσιαστική διαφορά

[@elizadolittle.]

Efharisto poly!

[@yeahyeah410]

I have been practising Greek for 4 years now ... First time I talk to a Greek person online and he mocked me for having practised so long and I still apparently suck at it ... Honestly I am so annoyed that I've dedicated so much time and I still suck at this it is actually depressing I could brake my freaking laptop or drive into a tree

[@yeahyeah410]

I probably can't hold a conversation beyond hello how are you ... I can't think of many Greek words from the top of my head and reading is still gibberish after 4 years like what the actual hell I must be stupid I feel like quiting holy jesus

[@elisat.3511]

bravi! we need more like this 😁🤩

[@user-fc6ox5bd5u]

στο τέλος το άλμα

[@mayanlogos92]

2:24

[@natalieo7539]

does the singular change if you introduce yourself when you're a girl? Ειμαι ο Δεμπρα or would it be Ειμαι η Δεμπρα?

[@EasyGreekVideos]

Certainly.

[@nelp1565]

Χρησιμο βιντεο, εγω νομιζα οτι "τσιπουρο¨ ειναι ειδoς ψαριου, τωρα ξερω☺

[@EasyGreekVideos]

Η τσιπούρα είναι το ψάρι! 🐟

[@mayanlogos92]

When i think of nostimos i think of funny 😂... i can't... lol... cs in Romanian nostim is funny 😅 so... good mnemonic trick: this weird food is so unexpectedly tasty that its almost funny 😅

[@EasyGreekVideos]

Very interesting! And great mnemonic.

[@7ignatios]

τι έπαθε ο Μάρκος αφού την τελευταία εμφάνιση 😄

[@markkaltsa2969]

άσε φίλε ούτε εγώ δεν ξέρω

[@7ignatios]

@@markkaltsa2969 έλα ρε Μάρκο, είσαι υπέροχος !

[@georgiawegrzyn5297]

1st , proti

[@elefteriafreiheit6388]

glika eisai

[@uplink-on-yt]

I can tell that my brain will put up a fight with ή and δεν. The first one because of some Spanish contact, the second one because of English. Practice should take care of that, right? Edit: and then you hit me with νόστιμος... Which in Romanian has nothing to do with a thing being tasty... I'll tangle my neurons for sure.

[@EasyGreekVideos]

Well, look at it from the bright side: you have ready-to-go mnemonics!

[@TT3TT3]

😂🤍🩵

[@tonyatthebeach]

I feel like we've missed out the No.1 Greek word everyone should know......

[@EasyGreekVideos]

We've made a whole episode about that though!

[@selsazeroblox9591]

man this really hits me in the feels I used to live in Greece and I always went to the monument at 9:47 you should check out the Starbucks there its perfect also thanks for refreshing my greek a lot it was getting very rusty so I can't thank you enough!

[@antimimoniakos]

Γεια στην παρέα. Νομίζω ότι η πρώτη λέξη είναι μία κακιά ....

[@EasyGreekVideos]

Γι΄αυτήν τη συγκεκριμένη έχουμε κάνει ολόκληρο βίντεο!

[@antimimoniakos]

@@EasyGreekVideos Ναι, το θυμάμαι.

[@user-wv2is4hr3y]

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[@AudiophileTubes]

"Exo tria archidia".... doesn't this mean "hello, how are you?"

[@EasyGreekVideos]

It means "I'm a bad troll." 🤗

[@AudiophileTubes]

Doesn't 'POLY" mean penis?

[@EasyGreekVideos]

You mean "pouli", which is also mentioned in the video. But it also means "bird." Kind of like "cock" can mean both "penis" and "male bird."

[@AudiophileTubes]

@@EasyGreekVideos Great point, yes! You are most certainly a 'cunninglinguist'!

[@theapplepapple9420]

Repent of your sins and trust that Jesus Christ died for you!

[@blixacash5458]

Όχι!

[@AudiophileTubes]

Read 'The God Delusion' by Richard Dawkins. Excellent book!

[@Dimmy_L]

Δε πρέπει λίγο να επιλέξετε σε τι επίπεδο απευθύνεστε; Δε μπορεί τη μια να εξηγείτε τις ομόηχες λέξεις και μετά να μαθαίνετε το καλημέρα

[@EasyGreekVideos]

Εσύ λες ότι δεν μπορεί, εμείς λέμε ότι μπορεί, γιατί μας βλέπει κόσμος όλων των επιπέδων. Ο κοινός παρονομαστής είναι η ελληνική γλώσσα.

[@edwingerard8544]

Talking too fast when presenting new words. I understand you want it to sound natural, but this is exaggerated “natural.”Doesn’t make sense for a video targeting total beginners.