Wow! Very clear and thorough. I have been exploring/learning greek for about a week and I am gladly surprised to discover it is not as difficult as I first thought. This particular lesson just showed me how similar in this respect is greek to spanish (my native language). The declination is the difference, but basically only two is not much compared to Russian, german or latin,😀 Plus the phonetics are really easy for us, same sounds in 99% and similar ways of talking not to mention the similar etymology. A most wonderful language and excelent didactics here. Thanks🙏🇲🇽
Hi! Yes, all these years I've been working 10 hours a day so I didn't have much time! But I always had this channel close to my heart! Especially because so many people watched and liked my old lessons, despite their bad sound! So, now that I don't have that job anymore, I 've decided to come back! Thank you for watching!😀
Hey. I found your channel only because I needed to figure out the difference between the different versions of the volume articles. English is simply “the” and then I wondered when the NT text of the Bible sometimes says “ton” or “ho”. However, I didn’t notice any difference in the explanations for Strong’s Concordance of the Greek word 3588. In the UA-cam search box, those two words, and then I found this video. It was easy! Thank you, Lina!
Άρχισα να μελετώ την ελληνική γλώσσα με αυτό το μάθημα ... Και είπατε στο τέλος του βίντεο ότι είναι το πιο δύσκολο. Ευχήσου μου καλή τύχη. (Προφανώς αυτό το κείμενο μεταφράστηκε από το google. Αλλά το έκανα έτσι ώστε να εξοικειωθώ με τους στίχους) Το βίντεο είναι υπέροχο, πολύ εύκολο να γίνει κατανοητό. Ευχαριστώ!
Thank you, Lina. I am not good with grids of information because my mind tries to take in all the information at once and I get a kind of panic but as soon as you begin to work with examples everything is clear and I can understand. I particularly liked the last example with the personal pronoun. English speakers used to study Greek and Latin in order to understand the mechanics of languages and grammar. Grammar is not taught properly in the UK. We only learn grammar if we want to speak another language and we get resentful that we have to work hard to comprehend it😂
Lina I have just discovered you. You explain very well this difficult understanding of articles. Thank you very much. Have a HaPpY DaY! Until the next lesson
This video is awesome! Thank you so much!!! The one observation I have is when giving us The Preposition σε+ The definite article @ 4:02 / 17:54 contraction chart, plural and singular genitive and accusative should be reversed. This video is supper helpful! Thank you again!!
Hi Lina, thank you so much for your videos! They are amazing, and they are really helping me to improve my Greek. You are a great teacher! :-) I look forward to your next videos. 😄😍
Hi Niki! Thank you very much! Grammar videos are always challenging and not very popular, unless one's 100% dedicated to learning the language. But I still make them for anyone who is interested! 😊
Ola! Estou aprendo grego e estou tendo um pouquinho de dificuldades em assimilar essa aula. Você poderia me dar um exemplo de como usamos o mesmo no português!? 🙏🏼🙏🏼 super agradeço!
Hello! You are right! You see, just because I actually said "τη μπάλα"( which is of course not a mistake), I wrote it this way too. But if we want to be 100% correct, we should write " την μπάλα", because we use "ν" before "μπ". So, well done for correcting the teacher! :)
It is pronounced tis'eðosa ti'bala The final 'n' of the article isn't pronounced at all before fricatives, nasals, liquids and voiced stops and makes unvoiced stops voiced, irrespective of gender. (Apart from unvoiced stops the clusters 'ps', 'ks' change to 'bz', 'gz') So, it is pronounced as an 'n' only before vowels. But the rules of the grammar don't reflect that. I think what they teach in schools today doesn't make any sense. We should either write it a l w a y s irrespective of its pronunciation or write it only when it is pronounced (before vowels) and when it affects the following consonant (before unvoiced stops and the clusters ps, ks). I prefer the first one because it is simpler (and because no one will have a problem if you actually pronounce it, some people do occasionally).
Only if you care very much about your grammar should you care about adding ν or not.Actually not even Greeks care about that ν very much,but when writing ,you should pay attention on using ν.
Dear Lina, Re your . It is GREAT: but I am afraid that at the 4,23 minute table /Greek Def.Art.combined with preposition "se" the plural and singular have been mixed up.
Oh yes, I see it now! Of course singular is first and then the plural! The table is ok but the titles are reversed! No idea how this happened! Thanks for noticing!
Ο κανόνας για το τελικό 'ν' ήταν ο ίδιος ανεξαρτήτως φύλου στη γραμματική Τριανταφυλλίδη. Δηλαδή όσα λες για το τη(ν) ίσχυαν και για το το(ν). Καλύτερα να μάθουν να γράφουν πάντα 'τον', 'την'. Είναι ευκολότερο και δεν νομίζω πως θα βρεθεί κανείς να το θεωρήσει λάθος.
Γειά σου! I have a quick question. On the chart combining "σε" + the definite article, isn't the top section singular and the bottom section plural? Ευχαριστώ.
9:53 ... So do you actually say "The pursuit the happines"? edit: never mind. Figured it out. "tis" is the genitive form of the feminine singular article :D
Το "είς" έχει απλοποιηθεί στο σύγχρονο "σε". Το χρησιμοποιούμε μαζί με το άρθρο, όταν θέλουμε να δείξουμε συγκεκριμένο χώρο, χρόνο, πρόσωπο κλπ. (π.χ. "είναι (εις το)>στο σαλόνι"), (εις του)>στου Γιώργου το σπίτι, άκουσα φωνές), (το αεροπλάνο έφυγε (εις την)> στην ώρα του), (οι φίλοι μας θα έρθουν (εις τις)>στις 10), (ανάμεσα (εις τους)> στους πολλούς, θα βρίσκομαι κι εγώ). --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- The older "είς" has been simplified to the modern "σε". We use it together with the article, when we want to show a specific place, time, person, etc. (eg "it is (εις το)> στο - in the - living room"), (εις του)> στου - in George's house, I heard voices), (the plane left (εις την)> στην - on time), (our friends will come (εις τις)> στις - at 10), (among (εις τους)> στους - to many, I will be too).
As I have learnt so far, sorry I am at beginner level yet, but, as I learnt, after σε nouns have to be used with accusativr voice. So how come it becomes "στων"? 🤔
in Koine Greek, is there a different conjugation between present active indicitive, and present active continuance....example....you believe, vs you continue believing..
In modern Greek (and I think also in classic Greek) there is no such distinction (I write vs I am writing). However I think that in Koine a special form was developed for present continuous. I am not an expert so unfortunately I cannot help more on this subject.
When can I use definite article with "σ" like στην, στο, στης etc etc Ποτε μπορω να χρησιμοποιω το οριστικο αρθρο περι "σ" παραδιγμα στην, στο, στης, etc etc παρακαλω, διορθοσεις το γραμματικι μου ^^, Αν ειμαι εγω λαθος, παρακαλω παρακαλω Ευχαριστω, ειμια ελπιζω για το απαντισι σου ^^,
Hi, I'll make a video about this. "Σε" is used very often, it can be translated as to, in, on, etc showing destination, place and many other things. I think mostly practice will help you with this.
Hello Kiriaki! Thank you for watching! For more details on the cases please take a look at my special video: ua-cam.com/video/YOD0EBNOMu8/v-deo.html I hope this helps!
Lina, *Some critical review.* We don't hear you speaking Greek enough, far too little, and then much too fast and you don't repeat things a few times slowly. Your intonation in English is consistently incorrect. *Your efforts are admirable.*
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Thanks Lina,your a fantastic teacher.
Wow! Very clear and thorough. I have been exploring/learning greek for about a week and I am gladly surprised to discover it is not as difficult as I first thought. This particular lesson just showed me how similar in this respect is greek to spanish (my native language). The declination is the difference, but basically only two is not much compared to Russian, german or latin,😀 Plus the phonetics are really easy for us, same sounds in 99% and similar ways of talking not to mention the similar etymology. A most wonderful language and excelent didactics here. Thanks🙏🇲🇽
I find it great of you that you still make videos after 7-8 years and then a long break in between!
Hi! Yes, all these years I've been working 10 hours a day so I didn't have much time! But I always had this channel close to my heart! Especially because so many people watched and liked my old lessons, despite their bad sound! So, now that I don't have that job anymore, I 've decided to come back! Thank you for watching!😀
Thank you very much for your very good lesson. I'm the beginner in studying Greek language. It's so helpful. Blessings.
Thank you very much! I'am brazilian and love the greek language!
very great teacher with obvious expression . thank you
Thank you so much! This is the best explanation by far. I had to go through loooots of channels.. Thanks again!
Hey. I found your channel only because I needed to figure out the difference between the different versions of the volume articles. English is simply “the” and then I wondered when the NT text of the Bible sometimes says “ton” or “ho”. However, I didn’t notice any difference in the explanations for Strong’s Concordance of the Greek word 3588. In the UA-cam search box, those two words, and then I found this video. It was easy! Thank you, Lina!
Your videos are brilliant,well done and thank you.
Thank you very much! Ευχαριστώ πολύ!
Άρχισα να μελετώ την ελληνική γλώσσα με αυτό το μάθημα ... Και είπατε στο τέλος του βίντεο ότι είναι το πιο δύσκολο. Ευχήσου μου καλή τύχη.
(Προφανώς αυτό το κείμενο μεταφράστηκε από το google. Αλλά το έκανα έτσι ώστε να εξοικειωθώ με τους στίχους)
Το βίντεο είναι υπέροχο, πολύ εύκολο να γίνει κατανοητό. Ευχαριστώ!
Ευχαριστώ παρα πολύ 💕 You are my best teacher. You always make me feel fun to learn Greek.
Thank you, Lina.
I am not good with grids of information because my mind tries to take in all the information at once and I get a kind of panic but as soon as you begin to work with examples everything is clear and I can understand. I particularly liked the last example with the personal pronoun. English speakers used to study Greek and Latin in order to understand the mechanics of languages and grammar. Grammar is not taught properly in the UK. We only learn grammar if we want to speak another language and we get resentful that we have to work hard to comprehend it😂
Thanks for this video. It explained a lot to me that I previously couldn’t understand. Very helpful!
Hi Paul! Always happy to hear my videos help! :)
Yes It was difficult but you made it easy. Thanks Lina.
Lina I have just discovered you. You explain very well this difficult understanding of articles. Thank you very much. Have a HaPpY DaY! Until the next lesson
This video is awesome! Thank you so much!!! The one observation I have is when giving us The Preposition σε+ The definite article @ 4:02 / 17:54
contraction chart, plural and singular genitive and accusative should be reversed. This video is supper helpful! Thank you again!!
Very interesting, and also clear this lesson.
Thank you so much this was very clear and helpful ❤️❤️
This was amazing lesson Ευχαριστώ
These videos are soooo helpful! Thank you! :)
Hello, Helen! Thank you so much!
Ευχαριστώ παραπομπή από την Αγγλία !
Hi Lina, thank you so much for your videos! They are amazing, and they are really helping me to improve my Greek. You are a great teacher! :-) I look forward to your next videos. 😄😍
Hi! Thank you so much!! I really appreciate it!
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Woah Lina! How brave of you! The subject matter is rather complicated but thanks for the video, it's not something you watch once... thanks so much!!
Hi Niki! Thank you very much! Grammar videos are always challenging and not very popular, unless one's 100% dedicated to learning the language. But I still make them for anyone who is interested! 😊
In portuguese we use the definite article with proper nouns (names of people, animals, countries, towns and brands...) too!
Ola! Estou aprendo grego e estou tendo um pouquinho de dificuldades em assimilar essa aula. Você poderia me dar um exemplo de como usamos o mesmo no português!? 🙏🏼🙏🏼 super agradeço!
I'm glad I'm French, it follows similar patterns (except for the name of people, it does sound weird to me)
i love the teacher's voice
Very helpful.
Very. Indeed.
Very helpful!
Σας ευχαριστώ πολύ 😘
Thank you confusing but will listen again as there is a lot to take in.
❤😅super video thanks 🙏
I really love your video and you have a lovely voice! In many aspects Greek is like German, which I find fascinating.
Very well done girl! You are awesome:)
Hello!! Thank you!!! 😀😀
very nice👍👍
Εύγε! I love his series, but need more written exercises. Any suggestions for text/workbooks?
Hello! Thank you for watching! I don't know any books unfortunately! If anyone else knows, please help Connie!
hi Lina thanks for the video. it's easy to understand. i think the first set is singular and the second part is the plural.
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At 12:18, shouldn't it be της έδωσα την μπάλα? With "ν" at the end?
Hello! You are right! You see, just because I actually said "τη μπάλα"( which is of course not a mistake), I wrote it this way too. But if we want to be 100% correct, we should write " την μπάλα", because we use "ν" before "μπ". So, well done for correcting the teacher! :)
So I shouldn't pronounce the 'n' sound in την? Never? Or is there a rule when it's not pronounced?
It is pronounced tis'eðosa ti'bala
The final 'n' of the article isn't pronounced at all before fricatives, nasals, liquids and voiced stops and makes unvoiced stops voiced, irrespective of gender. (Apart from unvoiced stops the clusters 'ps', 'ks' change to 'bz', 'gz')
So, it is pronounced as an 'n' only before vowels. But the rules of the grammar don't reflect that.
I think what they teach in schools today doesn't make any sense.
We should either write it a l w a y s irrespective of its pronunciation or write it only when it is pronounced (before vowels) and when it affects the following consonant (before unvoiced stops and the clusters ps, ks).
I prefer the first one because it is simpler (and because no one will have a problem if you actually pronounce it, some people do occasionally).
Only if you care very much about your grammar should you care about adding ν or not.Actually not even Greeks care about that ν very much,but when writing ,you should pay attention on using ν.
Hi lina, i think you should keep separate grammar's episode and give number like part 1 and 2. I can't find as well for grammar lessons.
Dear Lina, Re your . It is GREAT: but I am afraid that at the 4,23 minute table /Greek Def.Art.combined with preposition "se" the plural and singular have been mixed up.
Oh yes, I see it now! Of course singular is first and then the plural! The table is ok but the titles are reversed! No idea how this happened! Thanks for noticing!
Ο κανόνας για το τελικό 'ν' ήταν ο ίδιος ανεξαρτήτως φύλου στη γραμματική Τριανταφυλλίδη. Δηλαδή όσα λες για το τη(ν) ίσχυαν και για το το(ν).
Καλύτερα να μάθουν να γράφουν πάντα 'τον', 'την'. Είναι ευκολότερο και δεν νομίζω πως θα βρεθεί κανείς να το θεωρήσει λάθος.
Γειά σου! I have a quick question. On the chart combining "σε" + the definite article, isn't the top section singular and the bottom section plural?
Ευχαριστώ.
Absolutely, well spotted! I remember when I noticed that a bit too late...
9:53 ... So do you actually say "The pursuit the happines"?
edit: never mind. Figured it out. "tis" is the genitive form of the feminine singular article :D
Thank you for this! Can I ask a question? What is the meaning of the preposition "se"? When should it be combined with the article?
Το "είς" έχει απλοποιηθεί στο σύγχρονο "σε". Το χρησιμοποιούμε μαζί με το άρθρο, όταν θέλουμε να δείξουμε συγκεκριμένο χώρο, χρόνο, πρόσωπο κλπ. (π.χ. "είναι (εις το)>στο σαλόνι"), (εις του)>στου Γιώργου το σπίτι, άκουσα φωνές), (το αεροπλάνο έφυγε (εις την)> στην ώρα του), (οι φίλοι μας θα έρθουν (εις τις)>στις 10), (ανάμεσα (εις τους)> στους πολλούς, θα βρίσκομαι κι εγώ).
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The older "είς" has been simplified to the modern "σε". We use it together with the article, when we want to show a specific place, time, person, etc. (eg "it is (εις το)> στο - in the - living room"), (εις του)> στου - in George's house, I heard voices),
(the plane left (εις την)> στην - on time),
(our friends will come (εις τις)> στις - at 10), (among (εις τους)> στους - to many, I will be too).
As I have learnt so far, sorry I am at beginner level yet, but, as I learnt, after σε nouns have to be used with accusativr voice. So how come it becomes "στων"? 🤔
Ευχαριστω
can someone explain to me what is genitive, accusative and nominative? english is my second language, so i don't really get it.thank you!
in Koine Greek, is there a different conjugation between present active indicitive, and present active continuance....example....you believe, vs you continue believing..
In modern Greek (and I think also in classic Greek) there is no such distinction (I write vs I am writing). However I think that in Koine a special form was developed for present continuous. I am not an expert so unfortunately I cannot help more on this subject.
What's nominative, genitive, accusative?
Hi, please check my video with the cases, it's all explained there!
μπραβο!
When can I use definite article with "σ" like στην, στο, στης etc etc
Ποτε μπορω να χρησιμοποιω το οριστικο αρθρο περι "σ" παραδιγμα στην, στο, στης, etc etc
παρακαλω, διορθοσεις το γραμματικι μου ^^, Αν ειμαι εγω λαθος, παρακαλω παρακαλω
Ευχαριστω, ειμια ελπιζω για το απαντισι σου ^^,
Hi, I'll make a video about this. "Σε" is used very often, it can be translated as to, in, on, etc showing destination, place and many other things. I think mostly practice will help you with this.
ευχαριστω πολυ
But i like your work I'm learning
Yia sou! Please help me understand what nom, gen, and acc stand for?
Hello Kiriaki! Thank you for watching! For more details on the cases please take a look at my special video: ua-cam.com/video/YOD0EBNOMu8/v-deo.html I hope this helps!
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can you please make a video about the subjunctive .It will be much appreciate it 😳😳😳
Of course I will! Thanks for watching! You just have to be a little more patient! :)
No dative?
Lina, *Some critical review.* We don't hear you speaking Greek enough, far too little, and then much too fast and you don't repeat things a few times slowly. Your intonation in English is consistently incorrect. *Your efforts are admirable.*
Object pronouns must be a headache for English speaking people. For us, Spaniards, it is kind of similar.
Very confusing for foreigners
Thank you so much, You helped me a lot🤍