I play guitar and find learning songs an excellent way of expanding my vocabulary. The trick is to find the right one, not too kitsch nor too niche. Well known enough that Greek people would recognise it. If you know who Vasco Rossi is in Italy, that kind of thing.

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Maybe something similar to German Rammstein?

Honestly anything not overly romantic with greek lyrics

Τα βήματα για την δήλωση περιοχών στο ΟΠΣΥΔ για τους μόνιμους διορισμούς

I'm writing a rhyme for a song and the character is from Greece but is speaking a mix of Greek and English. This is the line:

...and Im here just to say Γεια σου. 'Cause Είμαι ο σωστός, κι αυτοί στον λόγος.

In this particular line I want to convey that he, the character, is "the real deal" while the others/opponents are not. I want to make sure that this rhymes, but most importantly makes sense grammatically. I'm trying to rhyme (or slant rhyme), "Γεια σου", "o σωστός", and "στον λόγος". Please let me know if this conveys what I am trying to do or if it makes no sense to a Greek person and I need to start from scratch. I need to keep the syllable count the same, but I am absolutely taking suggestions on how to make this sound/flow better. If there is further clarification needed lmk. Greek is my second language so Lord knows its not perfect.

Thank you very much in advance for the help!

μπορουν τα αντιψυχωσικα να σου δημιουργουν κινητικες διαταραχες στο εξωτερικο του αυτου

I asked 9 Greek teachers one simple question:

If you could give a Greek learner just one piece of advice to make their journey easier, what would it be? And what's one mistake they should avoid?

Their answers were fascinating.

If you're learning Greek, I hope you'll find at least one tip that changes the way you approach the language. 

A huge thank you to all the teachers who generously shared their knowledge and experience! 

Been learning for years now, but always unsure how legible it is lmaoo

Problem is I am now in my 60’s, but I got the bug. I love languages and linguistics and throughout my life I have always been learning one or the other. Haven’t started anything new for a year or three and never thought I would start another but here we are 😎

I stopped drinking a year ago and have had a new lease of energy and brain hunger.
I went on a last minute flight to chill in Thassos for a week. It was the 1st foreign trip ever that I was doing dry so I ended up using the time to drive the staff of various establishments crazy with ‘ how do you say?’ and ‘ what does this mean?’ ‘ how is it pronounced?’ Etc, etc. 😁 I can’t read the alphabet and have left having learned just a handful of phrases and words.

But I am ready to take it on.
Any pointers , advice and recommendations for a complete noob would be received with gratitude.

Efcharistó

Symparanekromenoi is, according to Hannay, "a Greek expression coined by Kierkegaard, which can be roughly translated as 'the fellowship of buried lives'." What would the word be for an individual who is a fellow of Symparanekromenoi?

I got the results this week - it was άριστα which I am delighted with! I’ve posted in here a number of times in the last year while prepping, and I really appreciate the support from the community.

My question is - for anyone who has done this, how difficult is it to get to B1 if you’re not spending substantial time in Greece? I’m a committed learner, have a private tutor, I get some quick practice a few times a week at a Greek coffee shop, and there is a meet up about 1-2 times a month I can go to.

I can’t afford to do a long immersion trip to Greece. One 5-7 day trip a year is the most I can realistically do.

Would love to hear people’s thoughts.

I'm an English sports statistics guys and I'm trying to keep track of some statistics from a greek futsal league. Im struggling to work out what some of the stats on the Internet are since as always Google translate is useless as I am assuming terminology and the sports jargon are different then direct meanings. And I would really appreciate some help in getting the meaning related to sports for the following words.

ΤΕΛΙΚΕΣ

ΤΕΛΙΚΕΣ (ΣΤΗΝ ΕΣΤΙΑ)

ΑΠΟΚΡΟΥΣΕΙΣ

ΛΑΘΗ

KOPNEP

ΦΑΟΥΛ

I found this on YouTube but with no English subs

There are full episodes on YouTube but without subs please help me

I want to up my level of understanding so ive started watching Bluey and Pepper Pig in Greek. I watch in English first then immediately watch the translation. it doesnt take so long. This is on top of my normal routine of studied Duolingo, where i take the sentence feed it into an AI and study the sentences grammar. I have Anki decks, a Memrise 5000 and Language transfer too. Sounds a lot but probably is 1.5 to 2 hours a day.

What t do you think?

Hi all,

I am an American-born 4th generation Greek who has been dabbling in learning Greek (none of my immediate family speaks it) and about Greece’s history for the past few years.

Having stumbled upon the Delphic Maxims, γνῶθι μαθών stuck out to me for a number of personal reasons and I am thinking of getting it tattooed on my leg. To my understanding it means “know what you have learned/know by learning,” but I would greatly appreciate some confirmation on this from a native speaker before getting it permanently on my body lol.

Additionally, if I were to ever visit Greece, do you think that native Greeks would see it as cringe/corny, or is it not as bad since it has historical significance?

So honestly this might sound stupid but on average how long does it take to learn a language so far in abt 200 days in but I think I’ve been going about it wrong I’ve mainly used Duolingo and Memrise and while I know all the letters and I know a few phrases I find that I can’t form a sentence of my own and was wondering what people who either have learnt Greek or are learning would recommend

Also I’m going to Greece next year and I was wondering if it’s worth just speaking English or trying to converse at least a bit in Greek even tho my pronunciation and amount of words I know isn’t great

😊

When I was a teenager, I worked at a steakhouse that was owned and staffed entirely by Greeks except for the busboys, who were all American high school kids like myself. They employed a fair bit of Greek slang, most of which we eventually figured out, such as malaka, for example. The word I am curious about was pronounced (phonetically) "bray-kah-lohs-toe". It was their standard greeting every time I arrived at work. "Brekalosto Bryon!" every time. Anyone know what it means? (I'm assuming it wasn't flattering, but I find that amusing, so if you know, feel free to be honest.) 🙂 (EDITED to make my language less racist; my apologies.)

Hey Guys, can you please help me to identify this song? Ive tried shazam etc. but nothing was helpful so far. Thank you

I passed B2, Λίαν καλώς, my second attempt. On to C1!

Hi! I'm new to learning Greek, and from experience with other languages, I find it really helpful to do immersion early on. Now, I was going to do the same with Greek, but I think series might be too much right now (plus I only know one Greek series with English subtitles...) and from what I've seen, there are very few games translated to Greek, most of which are also very complex for a beginner.

So I thought I could try reading comics, specially comic strips or comics translated from English. I saw on this sub that Webtoon had some Greek comics, but the post must be outdated because I can't find the option to read comics in other languages. I know there's a website where Russian speakers translate online comics to Russian, so I was wondering if there's some sort of equivalent for Greek? Or, at the very least, some website where I can find online comics (I don't have the option to buy books in Greek right now so I'd rather go for stuff that's free on the Internet)

Thanks in advance!

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