I memorize Greek words. There are dozens of words coming from the same root in Greek. You will appreciate that it is very difficult to memorize them all. Which one should I use as basis for adjectives/adverbs that come from the same root? Is the main word an adjective or an adverb?

Example ;

απλώς απλός απλά & μόνος μόνο Which one should I choose, adjective or adverb?

I memorize Greek words. There are dozens of words coming from the same root in Greek. You will appreciate that it is very difficult to memorize them all. Which one should I use as basis for adjectives/adverbs that come from the same root? Is the main word an adjective or an adverb?

Example ;

απλώς απλός απλά & μόνος μόνο Which one should I choose, adjective or adverb?

Έπαθα Ελληνικά από την πρώτη δουλειά μου στην Κύπρου. Και, έμαθα με την προφορά τους Κυπραίος. Αλλά, δεν μού αρέσει η προφορά καθόλου, θέλω να μάθω πως μπορώ να μιλώ με προφορά τους Έλληνες.

(My native tongue is English)

The Disney song, not the phrase. (I find that children’s songs tend to be easier to learn because the vocabulary tends to be simpler.) And if so, could someone share the lyrics?

Hello, I’m looking to get a tattoo of the photo attached, it’s a mosaic apart of a greater mosaic about life being good, once you’re dead. I’m looking for something that just says "life’s good" or something along those lines. My Greek is rudimentary at best so I don’t feel comfortable translating it myself. Appreciate the help!

This is probably a very common question but I would really appreciate the advice :)

I’m 21 and greek, my mother didn’t teach me greek as a child so I am the only one on my greek side that can’t speak the language. I also have a trip planned next July and would appreciate some tips for learning. I’ve tried Pimsleur and Duolingo but I just can’t stick with it.

Learning Greek grammar can be a pain στον κώλο. We already know that. Speaking of κώλο, I recently learnt a picturesque idiom: "στου διαόλου τον κώλο" (at the devil's ass) - this construction really took me aback, because If I ever had to create something similar, I most certainly would go for the construction "στο κώλο του διαόλου" - just how I learnt about the genitive... except that's not how the expression goes; in fact, not how many expressions go.

I was told by ChatGPT that this is a rare fixed construction potentially coming from Ancient Greek, which in turn created a few fossil expressions.

Now, I've been spotting it in several song lyrics as well. "Της καρδιάς μου τα μηνύματα", etc. Seems like we could open a museum with this many fossils...

Is this indeed a not-so-common phenomenon?

Can I get creative and say something like "Σας παρακαλώ, αντέξτε του μυαλού μου τις φωνές"? Or would you think I'm crazy?

Hey, I’ve been learning Greek for some time now but I’m still in the beginner stages of being able to read. I want some good books to check out that can help me learn more vocabulary but I don’t know a ton of words, so I should probably go for more basic stuff. Like maybe some children’s books or something? Part of me wants to just say screw it and buy the Lord of the Rings and suffer my way through it. Someone did tell me to try and find a familiar book that I’ve read before and read the translation of it, so maybe LOTR wouldn’t be a bad idea? Maybe Harry Potter would be better since it’s a little more geared towards children? I’m not sure. I could use some recommendations!

Hello, I was practicing my Greek and realized I was unsure how to write the name Peyton using the Greek alphabet. Any suggestions? Ευχαριστώ πολύ!

I recently went to Greece and heard a hymn I liked. They sung it in Greek but had the English translation at the bottom. The English words I remember are "Reign in me, be my everything. You are the air I breathe, you are the King. Only you do I want..." I tried searching those in google as well as putting them into Greek through google translate but I had no luck. Any ideas?

Hi, I'm Italian and was wondering, if you have any good suggestion for a book/exercise book/grammar/manual to learn modern Greek.

It has not to be in Italian, it may be in English or German if it's better.

While I was learning German, I later discovered EM Übungsgrammatik and was life-changing, so any book similar to that for Greek would be awesome.

In high school I studied ancient Greek, but I don't know if it's a useful info or not ahah

Καλησπέρα πάλι,τα εξής:

• Αγοράζω Πι νομίσματα ( εφόσον τα έχετε στο Pi Wallet).

• Τα αγοράζω με 0.15$ ( σε ευρώ 0.14€) το ένα.

-Πληρώνω μέσο Revolut η με USDT ( μεσο της Binance για αυτούς που ξέρουν τη είναι).

• Και λίγα λίγα το κάνω δεν έχω θέμα.

-Μπορώ και face to face αλλά θα κεράσεις τον καφέ( 😂 ).

• Αν θέλετε κάνουμε κλήση Whatsup η μέσω Facebook( κανονική η βιντεοκλήση).

Η διακασια είναι απλή και πέρνει 10-15 λεπτά το πολύ.

Οποίος ενδιαφέρετε να μου στήλη μήνυμα..

Τελείωσα πανεπιστήμιο γλωσσολογικών αυτό το καλοκαίρι και τώρα δεν δουλεύω με τη Ελληνική γλώσσα, όμως δεν θέλω να τη ξεχάσω καθόλου. Ξέρετε κάποια καλά βιβλία για την αυτοδιδασκαλία;

Hi! I know these two are interchangeable, but I’m wondering if there’s any demographic or situation where one is more used than the other? My teachers and textbooks tend to use τ but the Glossika course I study with always has the θ. Is it a difference between older or younger people, north and south, or is it really just completely random? Thanks and sorry for the silly question!

I'm learning greek but we haven't done the imperative yet so I'm unsure. Translate comes up with quite a long sentence that doesn't seem snappy and concise so I've come up with Όχι σκύλο σας να κακα εδώ!

Hello, so I really want to learn Greek and I’ve heard it’s very difficult for people who only speak English (like me) so I was wondering if anyone had any tips or recommendations on learning

So im trying to make up some sentences as a training. It does sound a little weird but i dont understand why my sentence "Εκείνος άντρας έιναι τον όμορφος" got corrected as "αυτός ο άντρας είναι όμορφος". Like i see, too, the second one as a correct but why my creation is wrong? Or is the fault lays within me trying to deconstruct the whole sentence word by word? I do understand that in greek sentences are build differently than in english, but still. What is the logic behind the structure of sentences? Cant seem to figure it out...

Mentioning a number of persons, when should I use πρόσωπα and when άτομα?

Hello! Can someone help me with some translation to Greek for the following 5 statements? (I love Reddit btw 😉)

Good Morning my love=

Sleep Well=

Be Safe! =

Just Me and You, Kid=

This one’s very personal:

I love you My Berry= (I call my daughter Berry like strawberry 🍓)

If you can write them in the “English” way but put the accent marks in too? I want to get the last one tattooed.

Thank you! How to say that too?

I saw a sentence that said "μου αρέσει ο χυμός πορτοκάλι" and wonder why not just say "αρέσω ο χυμός πορτοκάλι" if the meaning is the same. Whats the difference?

I've been learning Greek on and off for a year. I'm at A1-A2 and it's going slow. I have tried a lot of different ways to learn and I keep switching. That's probably my biggest problem. When I look up how people learn languages, they always say that they watch tv or listen to podcasts in that language and just pick up words. Just the thought of that gives me anxiety. What's the process of retaining those words?

My current method is giving myself vocab lists. Each list has 30 nouns, 10 verbs, 10 adjectives, and grammar to focus on. I keep getting distracted with Duolingo though.

I feel like I know a lot of words but can't have a conversation. Is my process bad? What do you guys do?

stupid question probably but I have close to no idea, thank you!

Hello! The book I'm learning from says that 'θα' is future tense and that 'να' is subjunctive, but I'm having a difficult time understanding the difference between the two.

It states that 'να' is used with two verbs in a row, and gave the examples "will walk", "will read", however it does not say how this differs from the simple future tense, and in English "will walk" is the regular future tense.

Please help, I'm lost lol

What does έκανα and με έγραψε translate to in this context?

Here's the full text "το ότι ήταν άλλη γλώσσα όμως δε μου είχε περάσει από το μυαλό. άλλη γλώσσα ήταν αγγλικά που έκανα και τα γαλλικά όπου με έγραψε η μάνα μου."

English I studied(?) and French, which mom wrote to me(?)

• does το ότι mean "the fact that" ?

Chaire,

I have been learning greek for the last year but i have not come very far with my learning as I have frequently stopped learning temporarily and I have a problem with staying dedicated. It os not that I have lost interest in the language but I cant keep myself learning for longer time periods. If anyone has any help for me please comment.

Efcharisto, Antio