Γεια σας. I have a doubt regarding the superlative of the adjective δημοφιλής. I thought it would be ο δημοφιλέστερος, and that "very popular" would be translated as δημοφιλέστατος. However Duolingo translates "the most popular artists" as "οι δημοφιλέστατοι καλλιτέχνες". I tried searching it on Wiktionary, but the only comparative and superlative I found were πιο δημοφιλής and ο πιο δημοφιλής, so it wasn't much help. So who's right here? Σας ευχαριστώ πολύ!

I can understand the grammar of sentences I read for the most part. I've started focusing on trying to expand my vocabulary now but I am having a really difficult time recalling what I learn.

I've been hitting Duolingo really hard for the last 45 days and I've been reading children's bilingual books but I find myself having to look at the translation for some common and frequent words quite a bit. It's getting to the point where I feel like I really need to change my study method. I'm studying with all the free time I have but I feel like I've hit a brick wall.

Especially with audible recollection, I can hardly understand spoken Greek at all.

Are there any other books, apps, or methods that you guys know of/use that helped you?

Today a greek colleague called me something that I don’t know how to spell (because… you know, greek 🤷🏼‍♀️) but sounded like “susurata”. He says it’s a bird, and I want to know what it means. He was kidding, though, I guess.

Do they both mean massage and which is the more correct and commonly used term.

i want to name my clothing brand based off of this and ill be damned if i have a wrong translation, so im just going to try and double check

My parents are from Greece and I was born in Canada, admittedly it's embarrasing that I am not capable of speaking the language. I was wondering if anyone had any recommendations for self-study. I know next to nothing only the alphabet and how to read.

God bless you everyone, Jesus loves you all,

I got a question for everyone,

What’s a Ancient Greek and a Modern Greek name that, for both a boy and a girl, that means the following:

“The LORD humbled me”

Or

“Humbled by The LORD”.

Hello.

Could someone tell me how to say that in Greek, please?

Thanks

Basically, it's for a Byzantine style standard of a beloved character in a roleplay community I'm in, and the thing I'll ask for translation (Yeah actual translation this time around) would be the words

"Long live Saint Anna. The Beloved. The Unbiased. The Compassionate."

Short version - we are celebrating my husband's 35th birthday in Mykonos and I'd like to get custom hats made which say June 2024 in Greek. I just am not sure of how to write this. I do want to be respectful of the culture though so if anyone sees any issues with this, please do let me know - I am very open to constructive feedback!

Thank you for your help :)

I'd love to see what the community makes of this piece. Thoughts? Thanks in advance!

Τ Α π Α M Η N

Tau Alpha Pi Alpha Mu eta Nu

π Η κ

Pi eta kappa

Hey guys! How would you translate the name “Meyrick” to greek?

So far, I got "Ουη κίκ ασσ"

Context; It is for a roleplay and it is the slogan for an organization my character founded. I wanted to be """original""" so I remembered that before Latin became the "magic language", it was Greek that held this status during Roman times.

So if anyone have other ideas for a transliteration, it would be very much appreciated. I already asked r/grssk for this and the results are mega funny

i was wondering if, in Greek, there was something like it Spanish with "ito" and "ita" making something "little" (ex: gatito). I know κουνελάκι is "little rabbit" or "little bunny" and I was wondering if the "άκi" made it "little bunny" instead of just "bunny"

Title.

Hello, I’m trying to learn Greek but I came across something that I need help with. Duolingo says that “δ” is pronounced like th in “this” but then the tts says “evv”. Same thing with γ being pronounce like y in yellow but tts saying augha (that’s the best I can describe it honestly)

Hello i have Greek friend And i would love to Learn Basic how to write any advices ?

Hello everyone,

I've been watching the Greek TV series "Brousko" and I've noticed that one character consistently pronounces the letter "k" as "ch" (as in CHarcoal). For example, he pronounces names Aliki, Vassiliki and Kikis as Alichi, Vassilichi and Chichis.

The character is Cretan I believe, but other characters from Crete don't speak like that so I was wondering if that's a specific Greek dialect or just a character quirk?

Thank you in advance for your replies!

Hello, the other day I posted about the easy quick Greek that I started while covid positive. Just wanted to say that i will do my best to add 3 lessons every week and i will try to keep it simple and understandable (it has to be easy and quick haha). But also i will be uploading some tests for the ones that are more experienced so that everyone can benefit and learn something or test the your limits. The correct answers are posted as well BUT DON'T CHEAT haha.

Hope you find these useful as well. BTW thinking about uploading the tests 3 times a week. This will boost your knowledge :)

Cheers and thank you for your kind words

PS: THE LINNNNNK https://easyquickgreek.blogspot.com/

Γεια, σε όλους!

I don't know if my topic fits this subreddit, but I figured just to give it a shot :D

I have recently finished the Duolingo course in modern Greek. Now I am in the process of writing a database program for all the greek words I have learned to search them, create memorizing lessons etc.

For this program, I started to implement fetching the entry in the greek wiktionary (el.wiktionary.org) for each of the 2554 words I learned with Duolingo and parse the page to extract the grammar tables for each word.

As there are so many word classes and I only recently finished parsing just the grammar tables for nouns, I wondered if there is already a good parser for the greek wiktionary, able to read and process grammar tables for all word classes.

If anyone of you is aware of such a parser implementation, I would be most grateful. And if this parser would already be compatible with Java Spring Boot servers out of the box, I would be especially happy, but I take everything that works, nonetheless.

And if anyone of you already did such a project and wants to exchange thoughts and ideas about implementations, data structures for word conjugations and other grammar and the like, you can drop me a dm if you like :)

Is Alfa written like the English a or is it written like a fish? I've had some videos warn againstt drawing it like a fish. Is example 1 or 2 more correct?

Hello, a coworker had something in Greek but forgot what it said. I was trying to translate it and made some progress, but can't quite make it out. Something about bringing the fight to the shadow? Unfortunately I cannot upload a picture, but here are the words.

Τότε θα πολεμήσουπε στη σκιά

My only other question is that certain letters are super bolded in the long word, πολεμήσουπε. It looks like Τότε θα πολεμήσουπε στη σκιά. I don't know why those three letters specifically are so much thicker than any of the other letters in this phrase.

So I’m on lesson 20 of language transfer and in that lesson he introduces the word Στροφή which means to turn. Later on in that lesson he introduces επι before the verb to make the word “Returning” or “Coming back” however he changes the main part of the verb as well to Επιστρεφω. This is the first time I’ve seen this and I’m pretty confused because when i type Στροφή and Στρεφω into Google translate they both come up as “turn” and both Επιστροφή and Επιστρεφω come up as “returning” or “coming back”

Are they interchangeable?

is the following correct?

Katorthoma refers to an achievement or accomplishment that is the result of great effort, perseverance, and success in the face of difficulties. It encompasses the entire journey from the initial struggles and setbacks to the final triumph.

In ancient Greek literature I've seen it used to describe heroic feats, military victories, or significant accomplishments that required extraordinary courage, skill, and determination. It implies that the achievement was hard-fought and well-deserved, making the success all the more meaningful.

Hello everyone, I am looking for a song I listened. I can't remember the name of it and can't find it anywhere. A male was singing. In song there was a guy who went to cinema but can't watch the film because of the guys head who sits front of him. In the song there was some lyrics like ton malakon kefalo. He was saying some American artists names like I cant see xxx because of malakas kefalo. I know I didn't explain much but I am searching almost a year. I would be grateful if someone help me.

I know how the Greek semicolon is a dot, and the question mark is an English semicolon, but what about their usage? Is it applied exactly as English punctuations? Let's say the period(full stop), is it used just like English in the end of sentences, or are there other uses? Also for the other punctuations(exclamation mark, quotation marks, comma, brackets, etc.).

Also an extra question, is it lambda or lamda? I believe lamda is correct but most sources(wikipedia, etc.) use lambda always.