Easy Greek 1 - What do you like about Thessaloniki?
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- Elena asks people in Thassaloniki what they love about their town!
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To me, Greek sounds so much like Spanish mixed with Italian but I can't pick out any words from it. Its pretty cool!
Where are you from?
Thexdudetrenton I’m from Puerto Rico
@@Anilomu allot of Greek sentence structure and pronunciation of words is similar to Spanish. If I’m not mistaken the word for bathroom Bano/baño is the same,
They’re all Romantic languages, that’s probably why
Yeah... it's completely different
Greek can be the most unique language in the world. Greetings from Turkey
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Lovely and pleasant accent , starcture of words , and script , which is very unique ❤ .
thanks 😊 Bangladesh 🇧🇩😘
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@@bbermolla5263 ?
They say like they sing. What a beautiful language!
@Hermes Psychopompos No, I’m an Asian so I don’t know any other European languages except English. Greek in my ears is totally unfamiliar. Just the way they talk, the sentences are like they have rhythms.
Beautiful language! I am a native Spanish speaker. To me, all of the sounds are so familiar. The problem is, they are arranged in a completely different way. But, every time I hear Greek, I feel like I should understand what is being said. If I just listen close enough, the meaning will become clear. It never does. I actually have to learn the language. But I have always been fascinated by the culture and history and the mystique of that which is Greek. And, oh my God! The women are so beautiful! I melted. Love the food too. But, the girls!
Me too when I hear Spanish tourists in London, I think they are speaking Greek but I can't make out the words.
I am italian, I confirm the similarity in terms of pronunciation with Spanish language.
The accent we have today's Greeks is not nice at all. Better to learn ancient Greek with the correct pronunciation of ancient Greek. The Greeks had a different accent, but now it has changed a lot compared to the one the ancient Greeks had. You can watch this video to hear what ancient Greek sounded like (a Greek is speaking in the video but with the correct accent we had) and it's much nicer than modern Greek
czcams.com/video/RNlzQ6Trr3Q/video.html&feature=shares
Greek is not similar in any point with Spanish you dumb.
As a Spanish speaker, I absolutely agree with this! So from now on, if something sounds like Spanish but I have no idea what is being said, it's safe to assume it's Greek 😅
this is so cool! it might sound weird but I never really heard Greek spoken before, it's beautiful
yeah Greek is pretty unique :3
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It's strange how people simply state as if it is some kind of given axiom. I personally find German far more beautiful than Greek, or any of the Latin languages. My favorite language is Irish Gaelic. Second would be Japanese.
snillocgrom German sounds like shit
I agree japanese is beautiful but I think latin and modern greek are far more beautiful. (Of couse my favourite language is latin)
snillocgrom what do you mean "as it is some kind of given axiom"?
I have seen many comments on the Internet stating that they dont like the greek language and most people dont even know what it sounds like.
Just becouse you prefer other languages it doesnt mean that eveyone else will agree with you.
Everyone has his preferences.
one of the most beautiful languages of the world, along with French, Spanish and Italian :)
Greetings from Armenia! :)
Yes but all of those languages are based on ancient Greek language
@@paulgrewal2079 no
@@paulgrewal2079 They share a common origin. Latin and Greek are kind of like brothers or cousins
@@paulgrewal2079 The origin is Latin.
All these comments are the most dumb I've ever read. Latin and Greek are very far from each other. They are in different language branches. And no single language on earth is "based" on Greek
Greek is a beautiful language. Very pleasant to listen to.
The bride in the video has a beautiful voice.. I could listen to her for hours. Anyway, great video for learning Greek.
I'm from Turkey and this language sounds nice im trying to learn it for 2-3 weeks.
Greetings to the neighbour:)...
Valedina
Well, im actually interested in learning languages and new cultures and when i heard this language it sounded exotic and nice)) And then i told myself "why not start to learn it"
I have a greek grandma living in my neighbourhood sometimes im trying to tell something her in greek to improve xD
Thats the story :P
Eĝer istersen yardim olaram🙂
ante me to kalp na mathis turkika su to efxome mesa APO tin kardia mu ,kali epitixia
@@val882 hey thats so nice youre interested in turkish. Im interested in greek too 😅💓
@@Κ.Ι.Ο if you want i can help you. Once i spoke turkish currently, but than I forgot it. This short sentence of yours I can still read. Evcharistò.
I am Romanian and I feel like Greek has something in common with my language, but still, it's very different ! The way some words are pronounced is familiar to me, although this sounds more like Spanish, but I could even recognize some common words and some suffixes we use ! I really wish to learn this amazing language, it's a pearl ❤ Πολύ αγάπη από τη Ρουμανία 🇷🇴🇬🇷
Thank you very much for your kind words! Ευχαριστούμε πολύ για τα καλά σου λόγια! One small correction: "πολλή" αγάπη
I agree. While I don’t speak Romanian I speak French, Italian, Spanish, and some Portuguese. I find Greek has all the vowel sounds, the music and the rhythm of a Romance language but the words are very different. I also agree with the Spanish connection. When I hear 2 Greeks speaking from a distance it sounds like two Spanish speakers from Madrid. When I get closer and I realize I don’t understand a thing they’re saying.
I mean, Romanian is based on Latin, and Latin was influenced heavily by Greek, so yeah, there you go.
Two Ancient Cultures my friend Ancient Dacian Romans & Ancient Greco Romans always have been close! 👍
@@brianmcmanus3976 Yes, Greek sounds the most like Spanish from Espana. They share a huge vocabulary and also have many letters that they pronounce the same way! 👍
Greek is such a sweet language
If you start learn you will hate it.😂
I've never really listened to Greek being spoken. It sounds like a mix of various languages. I wonder if that's because of the influence it had in the ancient world.
quite the contrary. it's because of the influence it had over other languages. remember, it's greek, the language, from which every european language has taken many borrowings like physics, philosophy, biology, democracy etc.
@@mihanich You said "on the contrary"... but then restated the last sentence that CJ Cat Stacks said ;)
Basically yeah. It influenced the Romans who became the basic building blocks of Western civilization.
@@mihanichThe accent we have today's Greeks is not nice at all and has changed a lot compared to the one the ancient Greeks had. Watch this video to hear what ancient Greek really sounded like (it's the most correct pronunciation we know so far), a Greek speaks in the video with the correct pronunciation of the ancient Greeks
czcams.com/video/RNlzQ6Trr3Q/video.html&feature=shares
@@nikostheofanidis9970”Nice” is completely relative. We do know that many vowels and consonants of Greek have changed a lot over the centuries, but there is nothing inherently “nicer” about a B vs a V, an Ü vs an I, etc.
Their accent reminds me of Italian. Was it always like that? I always imagined Greek as a way more "harsh" sounding. They actually sound smooth and melodic. Nice surprise.
Actually italian were influence by koine greek which were spoken in a highly melodic manner. Today greek language seems melodic to foreigners but actually lost the melodic sound a lot, due to western influences and italian to us sound even more melodic than greek and in fact italian language is more melodic.
The accent is nothing like italian, it's more like spanish.
Im spanish and the way they stress the words its very spansih and also their sounds. they dont use the sound Z as in words like grazie, ragazzi etc... in spanish we also dont have that sound.
@@sandro327 I actually agree a lot on that. I am Spanish and I live in Athens, and it sounds really close to Spanish
@@twickmeyer2404 They use it though. They have "ts". However, I agree it sounds closer to Spanish than to Italian.
It sounds like Spanish because both languages have a similar prosody and a lot of similarities in their phonology, but if you listen carefully, you should see that greek have more complex consonants. In fact, greeks can pronounce spanish language better than a Spanish pronouncing greek
Spanish sounds like Greek. Latin is based on greek n Spanish is based on Latin so yeah the correlation is clear
@Yoel Armas Macías But it's more complicated than that? They may be separate branches but Italy (Rome) once had Greece as a province, which means both languages influenced each other. By the time Spanish rolled around, it would make sense that Spanish obtained Greek elements from historical contact between ancient Greek and Latin.
@Miguel Alcala Gomez 😂
@@KleioHistory the thing is ancient Greece and ancient Greek culture had influenced the Latin alphabet and as a result, the Latin culture, waaaaay before the Romans conquered Greece. Be fair. History is right there for everyone to read.
It doesn't sound like Spanish at all, it sounds more like russian
I took and edited this video. I m happy you like video. I love Greek people and Thessaloniki.
Beautiful people, beautiful language, I can't wait to visit Greece.
Έχω κάνει το Erasmus στην Θεσσαλονίκη στο 2016... Οι καλλίτερες 6 μήνες της ζωής μου!! Φιλάκια άλλο την Ιταλία!! ❤️❤️
Και σε 6 μήνες έμαθες τη γλώσσα? Σιχαριτιρια..εγώ ειμε Ιταλίδα και λόγου γάμο ζώο στην Ελλάδα εδο και 25 χρονια. Έκανα αρκετά χρόνο για να μάθω τι γλοσσα
@@tinanucita5779έμαθα αρκετά για να επικοινωνήσω τα βασικά… αλλά τώρα ξέχασα παρά πολύ γιατί δεν μπορώ να ασκηθώ :( ahhh ποσό μου λείπει 😭
A parte tutto, ho preso lezioni private prima di partire, e quando sono andato là ho fatto tirocinio in ospedale, quindi è stata abbastanza una full immersion… e poi non so come spiegarlo, ma ho avuto fin da subito un feeling particolare con questa lingua, mi ha affascinato fin da subito e volevo davvero tanto essere in grado di comunicare… vorrei davvero tanto riprenderlo un po’, ormai mi sono dimenticato tantissimo lessico…
Αγαπώ την Ελλάδα! Μία υπέροχη χώρα! Είμαι από τη Βραζιλία
I'm starting to learn Greek and this made me even more fascinated by Greece and everything about it. Please do more videos!
Konishi wa
@@MangoEnjoyer456 Oyasumi nasai.
How’d ur learning Greek go?
@@temzid3472They either quit, or got fluent.
Greek! This is fantastic! The old man reminds me of my Papou (Grandfather).
Greek is absolutely beautiful!!! I would love to learn it!!! Hugs from Istanbul!!!🌸🌷🙋♀️
Beautiful people. Beautiful country. Much love from Albania
εχω μεινα στην Ελλαδα μερικες μηνες και μπορω να πω Ελληνες ειναι οπως στο βιτνεο, σαν ανγγελοι! αχχ ελλαδα...
after a work experience in Greece i can say greek people are like the video says: angels! lovely people.
Very melodic language
Greetings from Ukraine:)
But Ukrainian is way more melodic.
ukranian is most melodic language on planet
@@randusapplecorn7277 Haha melodic in songs only. But it's nice to hear that in any case. Thank you from a Ukrainian speaker :)
@@GingerSnap97 not only in songs.
Мне супер нравится украинскую речь слушать, хз почему.
Я если что украинского не знаю
I took Greek course in college last year and learned basic conversations. Even though I didn't understand what they were saying I managed to follow up the Greek subtitles.
Hearing the Greek accent and language makes me feel so warm inside and happy. Reminds me of great times! Going there all my life and being so lucky to have a grand mother from Athens 🇬🇷🧿💜
Ευχαριστώ πολύ. Μαθαίνω ελληνικά τωρα και αυτό το βίντεο με βοήθησε πολύ.
Spent two years as a newlywed in Thessaloniki. What a beautiful city!
Lovely to see something of where my wife's family came from! Especially the White Tower. Thank you!
Nice to hear that the old gentleman is going to keep his faith!!! ,☦️
💖🇬🇷💖🇬🇷💖🇬🇷💖🇬🇷💖🇬🇷💖
Why don't you keep on posting videos of Easy Greek? They're amazing and I am learning with them.
First time properly listening to the Greek language
Never knew it was such a beautiful, almost melodic language 🇬🇷🇬🇷🇬🇷🇬🇷
Wow. I've heard about the beautiful woman in Greece. Glad it's not an exaggeration. Congrats! Consider me a tourist! :D
i love greek i love thessaloniki!
Greek girls are just wow, so pretty.
It just happens to show preety women in this video...
@Linathefirst Linathefirst Go laugh at yourself asshole.
@@Alexs.2599 So I guess you are a Greek woman/girl if you are saying that 🙄
@@elenigrammatikou1229 Marvelous Miraculer Dude I'm a man. You said you were Greek. If you were Greek you would know Alexi is a man's name. It's basically Alex in Greek. I disagree with you. I've known and seen plenty of beautiful Greek women. So what you said about them is wrong. Enough said.
We need many more of the Easy Greek videos! What happened to the team?!
weneedtofederalize excellent video for learning Greek as one hears the language, can read it and also read the translation in English .
THE BEST WAY TO LEARN A LANGUAGE! LONG LIVE YOU TUBE!
Please, I beg you easy greek to continue the Greek videos!
Lovely language. Greetings from Italy ❤
Sounds so beautiful
Thank you for posting this - very helpful.
more of these please!!!
knowing that this language was spoken and written in the same era with Agyptian, Latin or Scythian makes you crazy. It's the most ancient of the languages still spoken today.
Chinese is older
@Deez Nuts Min Chinese, Hakka, and Cantonese Chinese are
@@uadhlagash7280 Written Attestation wise...Greek is actually older. Meaning, we have archaeological inscriptions that are older and can be read today that are older than something that can be read in Chinese.
@@SpartanLeonidas1821 True, but it gets iffy when you go all the way back to Mycenae. While attestation wise, it's true that there's no archaeological evidence of written Chinese prior to the 2nd millennium BC, the pieces of evidence found were from the late Shang Dynasty (Late Bronze Age, so around the same time as Mycenae, actually), and archaeological evidence show the Shang was established around the same time as Myceanae, more than half a millennium prior to those oracle bones ...so presumably the written language was in use long before those specific pieces that survived to today were created. Linear B is also not continuous with later post-Phoenician written form of Greek, while Chinese scripts are largely continuous since the Shang era (there was no Chinese dark ages unlike the Greeks, nor did they adopt another script like the later Greeks did). But you are correct in terms of strict attestation of Linear B (not classical greek alphabet). I think in my comment, I meant that Chinese was older than Classical Greek. Not necessarily taking Mycenaean Greek into consideration.
@@uadhlagash7280 Well my friend, rest assured that Mycenaean Linear B findings are 100% Greek as well. The script is different but the Language is there, and can actually be read to prove that its Greek. The Greek Language is much older than that though, and future archaeological finds will take it back even further most likely. There are other finds such as the Dispilio Tablet that take things much further back, but it has never been deciphered. Not going to mention Linear A, even though it has not been deciphered, most Specialists do not believe it to be Greek...then again all the Specialists also thought that Linear B was not Greek until they cracked the code! 👍
Great video! We want more! I'm from Spain and have visited Greece once. I love the language (obviously it sounds like Spanish) and tbe people (apart from the landscape, art, food, legacy etc). I learnt a lot of new vocab with this video. Funny (for us) that cosmos means people in Greek... Many false friends there between Spanish and Greek (liturgia is another one). Tbe old man in the video is very sweet and so are the others...Ellada poli orea! Why don't you make a video about Greek placenames? I love them. Efharistó and lots of love from your Spanish neighbours and friends! :))
hehe hello from Greece
Thanks you for all your beautiful words that you said for greece and greeks.
Btw: cosmos in greek except for "people" it also means everything that is around us or for example the whole earth.
As for example : the whole world knows that Donald Trump is the US president.
In greek: olos o kosmos xeri oti o donald tramb ene o proedros ton ipa.
Όλος ο κόσμος ξέρει ότι ο Ντόναλντ Τραμπ είναι ο πρόεδρος των ΗΠΑ
Kosmos means World
@@athanasioschiras8770 Let us not be so absolute. Kosmos means first and foremost people (crowd) as correctly @rubenpm2098 said. Kosmos also means world as a secondary meaning.
Αγαπώ το βιδεάκι σας! Πάρα πολύ βοηθητικό για όλους που θέλουν νά βελτιώσουν τα ελληνικά τους. Τα δικά μου είναι χάλια, δεν προχωράει με τίποτα, καθόλου... Καλή επιτυχία για σας, παιδιά! Μπράβο!
Thank you so much for these videos 😍 I just stumbled across them and they help me a lot! 👍💙
This is my first time ever hearing greek being spoken and it sounds so different from how it looks
Soy hispanófono y el griego suena muy parecido al español de España. I am Mexican, spanish-speaker, and greek sounds just like Spanish from Spain.
Yes, similar pronunciation in some cases does that!
@@astrid2885 θήτα sounds like Spanish "z"
@@yoveka3646 Yes! And γάμμα (γ) like spanish g and δέλτα (δ) like spanish d in most cases. I watch spanish movies and series and I've noticed that latinos have lost some of the original pronunciation, but in Spain it still exists and it's quite funny for us greeks, as they remind us a lot our language given the fact that spanish also talk really fast as we do!!
@@astrid2885 whenever you want to learn or practise Spanish, here I am, but with Mexican accent, without ,θήτα sound
@@yoveka3646 Oh, I like that, too. Every sound is a unique characteristic of cultural changes through different circumstances and is connected with the people that are native speakers. I also used to watch Mexican soap operas some years ago for fun! Thank you sooo much!!! 😊
Please do more videos of easy greek,keep up the good work!
People outside of Greece thinks it is in chaos haha. Judging by this video, it is not... Then again, media will be media.
Björn Gryyttingsodegaard Er du dansker? Chaos er en graesk ord til ragnarok.
@@johanvandermeulen9696 Norsk.. Men ja, jeg har ikke tenkt på det!
@@kraftdinner4202 Jeg glaeder mig at jeg har haelpet dig. Vi er alt Vikinger. Hilsner fra Holland.
Politically and economically? Was and still is. What did you expect this video to show you? Daytime riots, homeless people and poor people killing each other for a bread crumble? Media will be media, but Greece are deeply rooted in a social and humanitarian crisis. Doubt we'll ever come over it.
Orea!!! Hope to watch more greek videos soon!!
Very helpful. Thank you!
It's sounds like Castillian Spain but without the lispng TH sound (or its very light). Amazing.
El griego es una lengua muy Interesante ...
Palabras de origen griego en Espagnol: asma
dinamita, dilema, estética, periodo, idiopático , antipatico
La palabra periódico viene del latín periodicus (algo que recurre a intervalos regulares) y este del griego περιοδικός!
(camino alrededor, vuelta, ciclo, periodo de tiempo), y compuesta de: .
.. el sufijo -τικός (tikos = relativo a) que encontramos en palabras como: cromático, hermético e hipocrático.
PERIÓDICO - Diccionario etimológico
Me gusta la idioma griego, porque su muy bueno, y muy interesante
I'm American and my dream is to become a doctor in Greece. I will make it happen
Giorgos Ballas Well I studied in Greece and fell in love with it. If my goal was to make ungodly amounts of money in life I'd stay in USA but the greek culture and Hellenic language are beautiful. I prefer quality of life over tons of money. Maybe my beliefs will change someday though
I hope you do my friend
GREECE needs DOCTORS
GOOD LUCK 😎
I hope you succeed with your dreams. Good luck, mate!
that dude the most of the greek people leave from greece to go to other countries like america to study and u want to come to greece?im greek btw but its not a good time to study to greece..well good luck mate
that yeah you will!! 😎💪 just keep at it and never give up! 💙🖤💙🖤
My left ear enjoyed this video.
Καλημέρα και Καλησπέρα κυρία, είμαι από το Αφγανιστάν Και τώρα είμαι στην Ελλάδα και μένω στη Θεσσαλονίκη.
Απόψε παρακολούθησα το κανάλι σας στο CZcams που μου άρεσε πολύ. και παρακαλώ μιλήστε λίγο αργά.
Ήμουν στη Θεσσαλονίκη για 2 χρόνια και το αγαπημένο μου είναι τα κάστρα.
Greek sounds like Spanish from Spain. If I am not concentrating, it's as if my ears are wanting to comprehend the Spanish because of the way some words are pronounced . . . but I don't understand anything! (I speak Spanish, by the way)
***** Hehehe, Norwegian??? Norwegian to me sounds like . . . Swedish! (But with Danish words) hehe
What type of Spanish do you speak? Because if you learned Spain Spanish you will hear a lot of "Z" sounds just like the Greeks use the Th sounds.
(In Latin American spanish no)
Greek and Spanish are very different . . . I just was thinking the sounds (not words in particular) and the "rhythm" of the language sounded similar.
Lots of a-e-i-o-u vowels, very rapidly spoken, with words ending in "s"
I think Greek sounds like Russian and Italian put together. I know linguistically the Slavs(mostly Russians) were influenced by the greek alphabet and accent long ago.
Because Spanish language has 50% Greek words
That guy from Cyprus is so handsome, I will learn Greek in no time for him :D
brilliant vid! Im new to your channel. Came here from Bennys
Listening to Greek when it’s spoken is like waking up in the middle of a nap when someone is talking to you
καλά τελικά κατι ενδιαφερον , μιλάω ελληνικά αρκετά καλά και εχω μια φιλη απο΄την Κρητη που με βοηθαει πολύ ,νομιζω οτι ο κοσμος πιστευει οτι τα νεοελληνικα ειναι υπερβολικα δυσκολα , αλλα για ιταλοφωνους ειναι πιο ευκολα απο γλωσσες που πολλοι νομιζουν ειναι πιο ευκολες , αγγλικα , γαλλικα , η προφορα ειναι πιο ευκολη , το μονο που ειναι ξενο για μας ειναι οι κλισεις αλλα αν τις ακους συνεχεια τις συνηθειζει κανεις , εχω παει στη Θεσσαλονικη στα 1987 και μ' αρεσε πολυ
+Valerio Vitullo Μπράβο σου!!!! Μιλάς ΠΑΡΑ πολύ καλα τα ελληνικά!!! Εύγε :)
Symfwnw file,PS: den eimai apw stin Ellada
γείτονας love you 🇹🇷❤️🇬🇷
estos dialogos van muy rapido ,Sigo a Juanjo Fantoso.,con quien llevo vistos 40 videos y aprendo mucho mas .Lo recomiendo.
I think I get why people mention Greek sounds like Spanish: lots of tongue between the teeth... (English "TH" sound as in "thin"). Sounds more like Italian to me though LOL (all my respect to all of these languages, cheers people!).
Italian trying to speak Spanish from Spain!
The Kozani girl!!
My left ear can now understand Greek.
J'apprends tardivement et ce débit est si rapide!
I had the same problem with french when I started learning the language and as today my french is a bit rusty I still have difficulty understanding french people when I go there.
l'ecoute en francais est aussi difficile pour moi >
1:06 . That drawing is like real scene 😮
I confirm. I was born in Thessaloniki and it is the most beautiful city in the world as well as the most fantastic! The pronunciation has some similarities with others languages. Μου αρέσει πολύ η πατρίδα μου αλλά δεν μένω πια εκεί... 😭🇬🇷
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Thank you for the lessons! If I manage to learn all of them..I think my Greek will be much better (ha ha ha it is still absolut beginner and I'm sorry about this)
The Greek alphabet is similar to the Cyrillic alphabet in some aspects. Though not the most useful language globally it sure is interesting and a person could really enjoy Greece with it's good culture and ancient history. I'd love to visit there.
You are welcome to come and visit.😊
Valedina One day when I have a little more free time and some extra money I'll go. Moscow isn't so far away and flights are reasonable. It seems cheaper than Rome which is also on my radar. Ancient history is so great!
Konos P Yeah it's great stuff. Our alphabets rule! They're very efficient ways to write. So thanks Greece!
Yes, Cyrillic was created based off of Greek. (As Greek was created by Greeks based off Phoenician thousands of years ago).
Greek is not spoken by many people around the world today, however, one could argue that it is still a very useful Language to learn, especially if you are in any Academic Sciences & Fields such as Medicine/Pharmacology, Mathematics/Physics, Astronomy etc..
It will also teach you a lot about your own Language that probably has thousands of Loanwords in it! 👍
@@SpartanLeonidas1821the Greek Alphabet is not by the Phoenician alphabet, but it's only Greek
somehow I picked up the Greek writing system quicker than any other. idk how since my native tongue is English
Hey man, how did you do it? I have one month to learn some Greek as I'm visiting Greece in August. The only language I've learned so far other than my main one (spanish) is english but it took me years to do so, and I'm just "alright" at it :/
+AgiIeBeast do you have a smartphone?
+Zay Bro Yep, Android.
+AgiIeBeast There is an app called Greek letters and alphabet. Download that and learn in a fun way. It has an omega sign on the cover. Also go on Google and practice the game Greek pronunciation. I know you can do it.
Zay Bro Downloading it right now, it has great reviews too. Thanks man.. appreciate it :)
Very good,like real life
Great video!👍
if some people wonder what is paralia it is the beach :)
Why did they use the word "graphical" as translation for the word "γραφικά"? Picturesque is a way better word to describe the actual meaning of the word γραφικά, as they were not referring to a graphic design related subject..
this feels way too fast for an easy level, but it was good to practice and the subtitles helped (though I had to pause a lot)
I love the phrase she uses at 4:21 - "Έχεις όλη την πόλη στο πιάτο" - Literally "You have all of the city on your plate."
Damn. I gotta live there. Girls are good.
I am English. The English subtitles are very bad. The worst being that at 6.29 he states that "he spent his puberty in Thessaloniki".
+mty1 Thats how it translates in english.. It just means thats were he grew up
Harry Well then that's what they ought to have written in English, rather than translating directly.
+mty1 THAT MADE ME LAUGH..LOST IN TRANSLATION!IN ISRAEL THEY SHOW EASTENDERS..NOW TRY AND TRANSLATE THAT INTO HEBREW....LOL..!
stella david easy : shalom, you slag, leave it out yadda yadda yadda :)
what a stupid person you are..!!!the joke is on you mate!!
Love it
Ahh this must be the famous Elena from my textbook lol
Danke
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What about the opening line of The Iliad?? 😉
I'm Greek ok buth I love Greece English people Greece a great word and very good people
Θεσσαλονίκη Μου!!! ❤️🇬🇷❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️
"Easy" Greek... she speaks so quickly...
I learned greek working at a pizza place. Greeks speak very quickly, and I find that the language itself is very flowing, but also has a lot of long words. My boss used to joke that even though I became fluent he could just speak a little faster if he didn't want me to understand what he was saying.
Actually they are talking in the usual pace. The "talking fast" of greeks is used a lot when they are angry or happy and sometimes we need to repeat to our friends what we' re saying to get it even though we' re all greeks. It's thing that produces a lot of humorous moments though, so we like the confusion that sometimes comes with it, as we are humor lovers.
I swear American English is among the slowest language in the world. If you observe carefully, you'll see that most languages in the world from French, UK English, Arabic, Farsi, Greek, Italian all the way to Chinese, Russian, Malay, Japanese and many others are spoken fast. American English is unique in that it makes sure that every word that has to be pronounced is pronounced clearly.
@@abram3283 Problem with English is that its not pronounced the way its spelled! 😅
@@abram3283Native English speakers believe that. They speak slowly with non native speakers which it's what everyone does in any language. But when you watch a movie in English (unless it's historical for some reason) the language is totally gibberish to foreign ears, even if the listener has studied English and uses it enough frequently.
I feel that the people from Thessaloniki speak a little differently than those from Athens, is that right?
the difference is very small,a non greek would barely notice that!
Yes, it's part of the subculture of Thessaloniki. Except for the fact that like in many other countries the southerns and the northerns speak a bit different, thessaloniki and as a result many regions around it were influenced in accent and syntax by the greeks of Istanbul who mostly came to Thessaloniki when forced to leave their homes. That means people of Thessaloniki speak a bit more "fully" and they usually place words like so, then, after at the end of the sentence.
Yes that's true
It really sounds like spoken Spanish!
A mi me parece que no, en absoluto :(
That's exactly what I thought
Charles Klepac I agree, it can sound like European Spanish or Italian at times.
I think you don't speak Spanish then...
Ananda D'Aquino Hablo español.
I LOVE GREECE AND GREEK LANGUAGE I AM BEGINERS
τί δὲ οἱ ἄνθρωποι; θεοὶ θνητοί. τί δὲ οἱ θεοί; ἄνθρωποι ἀθάνατοι.
What are humans? Mortal gods. What are gods? Immortal humans.
I love this proverb. Are Greek people learn Classical(Ancient) Greek at school? How easy is it for native Modern Greek speakers?
Yes ancient Greek is taught at schools. It is way easier to understand ancient Greek than speak. It has more similarities with modern Greek than it has differences. If I were to read an ancient text I would probably be able to understand more than 60% of what it says. For example, the proverb you wrote I understood it completely without any translation needed.
panoC97 Wow, it's nice to hear that! What is the most difficult grammar of Ancient Greek for you Modern Greek sperkers? I heard there is no use of infinitive and optative mood, and dative case in Modern Greek, so are they hard for you?
MimukinTV The optative mood and dative case are not in Modern Greek but we still use the infinitive mood in very rare occasions and it's a bit different than the ancient one. For example we say, ''έχει λέγειν'' (ehei legein) which means he/she is a very good speaker. This is the most difficult grammar on Ancient Greek. To learn something that is not in use in Modern Greek. I wouldn't be able to right something in Ancient Greek because of the grammar differences but I would be able to read it and understand a big part of it.
panoC97 έχει is 3.sg form of έχω (have), and λέγειν is infinitive form of λέγω (speak), so "έχει λέγειν" literally means "s/he has (the skills) to speak", right? They're completely the same form to the Ancient ones! I'm now learning Ancient Greek at University, and I'm sure now that it would be easier to learn Modern Greek!
MimukinTV That's right. But I really can't think of any other example of infinitive mood in Modern Greek because as I said it's extremely rare. Yes it would be easier to learn Modern Greek if you already know Ancient Greek, but there would be a problem with the accent because you probably learn the Erasmian pronunciation which is very different from the Modern Greek pronunciation. But if you're a Spanish speaker then the Modern Greek accent would be really easy.
1:12, 2:06, 2:17, 2:21, 2:23
Holy shit, that sounds greek to me!
Is this the same language the Apostle Paul use to write in his epistles to the Thessalonicians.
Simon Saimee Samat Not the same, an evolution of Paul's language. As a native Greek speaker I can read and understand all the new testament which was written in Koine Greek but it's not exactly the same. We can say that's another dialect.
Konos P Έχεις απόλυτο δίκιο, ιστορικά η εκκλησία διατήρησε τόσο καλά την ελληνική γλώσσα. Μπορεί πολλά κάποιος να προσάψει κακά στην εκκλησία αλλά εδώ δεν θα έχει δίκιο.
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Although the idea behind these videos is quite appealing (been following the Easy German series to refresh my German), people who don't have a prior knowledge of Greek will find it difficult to learn the language if the videos are like this. Putting the accent aside, the speaker speaks in an everyday manner (quickly) and it may sound difficult to some. I am saying this as a native Greek.
I glossa einai poli omorfi ...Agapo tin glossa ))).
wow........the greek are very attractive.........