If anybody wants to learn Greek in 2-3 months, find me. I use a way depends on the latest neuroscience studies. Your Greek needs improvement to get into the Greek philosophy
Your Greek is very impressive for a non-native. Good job friend keep it up! You're right that Spanish helps with pronunciation. In some sentances you really sounded like a Greek.
That's so true!! I've met a couple spanish tourists this summer, they were pretty fluent in greek and they sounded SO natural i almost didn't believe them when they told me they weren't natives at first. Spectacular fr
I’m a second generation Greek Canadian,and my children continue to speak Greek. Traveling to Greece has helped alot to practice the accent and expressions in the language we all love.
Your pronunciation is amazing you speak Greek like native Greek man. Eιμαι Ελληνίδα και σου λεω πολλα μπραβο σε εσένα στην επιμονη σου να μάθεις τη γλώσσα μας και στη γυναίκα σου που σιγουρα σε βοηθάει.Χαιρομαι που ανθρωποι σαν εσάς επιλεγουν να ζήσουν στην Ελλάδα μας.
28 years ago when I came to Greece to learn the language I had to take a very hard decision. To stay with someone that spoke my language or to stay among Greeks. I took my best decision staying among Greeks. Ειμουν 15 χρονών αλλά ήδη ήξερα αγγλικά και γαλλικά. μετά έπιασα και λίγα ιταλικά. τώρα προσπαθώ να μάθω και λίγα ρωσικά. Keep it going. Wish you the best.
I learned Greek watching Είσαι το ταίρι μου. I loved the show but there was no subtitles so I would listen and try to understand with what I saw. I would pause the video every time, I would hear something that sounded interesting and would try to type it into Google translate. I had NO IDEA how to write but it really helped me to figure out how to use some expressions! I still remember learning “Μάλιστα” that way and how to use it a bit ironically. Those things you don’t learn in books! Next step is to practice with the locals!
(Greek here) I sometimes do that while learning Norwegian, in fact, I put the microphone next to the audio source and let google listen to the audio and type it for me. From then on I start to sort it out and eat it piece by piece, collect data on pronunciation and slang/phrases.
Wow, that's dedication. Είσαι το ταίρι μου is one of the few Greek series that can be found with subtitles. I recommend it to my students, even though the many idioms are translated into English idioms, sometimes needlessly.
@@yllejord ohhhh I had not found it! What I found was without subtitles 😂 First time I saw the series, I understood maybe 30% ( with the context), then a year after, maybe 75% and now , maybe I won’t understand a word here or an expression there ! I love Greek!
Not after; before. Ouzo and... meze (snacks for ouzo, like a little cheese, a few olives or even grilled octopus) are supposed to work up an appetite for the meal (either lunch or dinner) that follows...
Whenever I've tried to speak Greek with a native, either in Greece or outside of Greece, they have been VERY gracious and appreciative that I'm making an effort. There is generally very little to be afraid of if you don't speak Greek well, in my experience.
I’m from Texas where we have many Spanish speakers. My Greek father often mentioned to me how easy he found it to pick up on Spanish. He found it easier than English.
Well, Spanish IS easier than English in many ways. English is ever-evolving language and new words can be invented daily and added to its vocabulary. Apart from that, there are very few grammatical rules in the English language that actually make sense. The rest is an outdated mix of rules from many (some archaic) languages.
Some years ago I visited Madrid, there were times that I thought I was tripping because sometimes I was sure that I heard people talking greek but as soon as they were passing by me all I could hear was spanish. The accent is so similar between greek and spanish
Spanish people ARE EXTREMELY close to our language (Greek) ! Everytime i see a spanish people repeat a Greek phrase it feels like being a Greek who was born in USA and he was speaking Greek in his family a lot. So he has the accent extremely close to a native guy ! Good for you my friend !!! Congrats !!! You are excellent ! I have many spanish friends who start learning Spanish !
Spanish and greek sound similar and they have quite a few common words (which sound practically the same). Grammar is kinda similar too, between greek and spanish. I'm greek and I speak spanish as well.
@Πανος_123 Nada nuevo aquí, o dicho de otra manera, "traes búhos a Atenas". Una vez, un Estadounidense (Americano), dio una receta de "pastel de espinacas", "espanakopitta". Y decía que está hecho con espinacas y masa de levadura. "FYLO." Insistió en pronunciar el género como "Failo"". Le hice la pregunta: ¿Cómo se escribe la palabra en inglés? FYLO, me respondió. Le pregunté: ¿Cuántas letras tiene? Respondió cuatro. Le pregunté de nuevo ¿Cómo lo lee? Él respondió "FAILO" !!!!! Le pedí que contara los sonidos. FFFF AAAA IIIIII LLLLLL OOOO. Le pregunté: ¿Cuántos sonidos hizo su boca? ¡Me respondió CINCO! ¡Eh! Le digo: Un español o un griego jamás haría eso. Sacar de su boca un sonido que no está escrito en una palabra.
@@iggo45 Es como es ! En griego y tambien en espanol si no lo escribes no lo lees ! No es lo mismo en ingles donde alguien pronuncia lo que no ha escrito y algunas veces las mismas letras no se pronuncian de la misma manera en otras palabras.
When I lived in Greece, I made friends with a Greek lady. She helped with Greek, I helped her with English. I used to watch Greek TV and that also helped.
When I was in Spain this arrangement was known as a Cambio....literally exchange. The first one was a girl who spoke zero English and refused to try to communicate with sign language or gestures so that didnt last. My coworker then found me a guy who had a little english. He was soccer mad so the cambio consisted of a weekly double of soccer followed by Al Ataque!!!! But at least I got to sit down with a Spamish family every week and hear them discuss things and talk. He is right you have to immerse yourself so get the paper and a dictionary and sit down in a bar and try to understand the news where you hear the language and can practise ordering things. One-day you realise you're catching one word in every sentence then maybe two words....little while later you'll be able to figure out what they're saying from the context. Then you're on your way.....of course it may dawn on you that all this time all they've been bitching and going on about is whether wine is better than beer!!!!
Native Greek here, I'll just say what many before me have already said: Your pronunciation is remarkable. The good thing about Greeks is that we always, always appreciate and encourage people when they are attempting to learn our language, which unfortunately cannot be said about all people of other nationalities. If we correct you, it's so that you will learn - not to make you feel bad or belittle your progress. It's a difficult but beautiful language, and I promise you won't regret having learned it! (The freedom in syntax compared to English is a delight once you get the hang of it, too.)
I'm a first generation Greek, coming from а Bulgarian dad and а Greek Cypriot mother (with immediate Greek roots). Judging from my dad's Greek (and my dad is fantastic with languages), your Greek is not only extremely good, it also has that zing of a local speaker.
I’m glad you posted this video. I have Greek friend that recommended listening to Greek Tv. I have a Duolingo steak of over 1200 continuous days, mostly in Greek, I have taken Greek lessons and spent a lot of time studying. I go to a very Greek, Greek Orthodox church and I try to speak a little. However, I am only at the point where I recognize a lot of words but I have a hard time understanding while people are speaking. I am 62 and my only language is English. I’ll try the Greek TV
I’m Greek American , teaching my kids Greek is very hard but I use Disney plus and put on the cartoons like Bluey in Greek with English subtitles. It has definitely improved my Greek as well.
Phonetically, Greek and Spanish “sound” similar, but they, are of, course different. I’ve heard of Greek tourists in Spain thinking they heard others around them speaking Greek, but when they approach them they ask themselves “why can’t I understand them”? 😂
As a spaniard from Galicia, my brain was picking up on the similarities almost instantly. I've learned a few basic phrases to get me by while my short time there. Looking forward to speaking it fluently, however long it might take me.
@@lolal2502 The only similarity with Castillian Spanish is phonetics, hence the ease the Spaniards have when memorizing some basic Greek phrases to get by if there's a language barrier. Beyond that indeed for a foreigner, be it fluent in a Romance or Germanic or even Slavic language, it's a completely new universe especially in the written form. It is however the complete opposite way for us Greek when we learn Spanish. The reactions we get from Spaniards when they listen us speaking Spanish is like "wtf o_O".
Συγχαρητήρια και μπράβο σου φιλέ για το μήνυμα που στέλνεις για τους ξένους αλλά και για την δικιά μας νεολαία. Το πόσο πλούσια είναι η γλώσσα μας και ότι αξίζει να συντηρούμε 🎉🙌🏼💪🏼👍🏼👌🏼
Ακριβώς όπως το είπες είναι, όπως ένα μωρό γεννιέται και δεν ξέρει καμιά γλωσσα,με την ακοή την μαθαίνει όλοκληρη με τον καιρό χωρίς να ξέρει κανόνες και γραμματική, οπότε αν θες να μάθεις μια γλώσσα πρέπει να την ακούς και να έχεις θέληση για μάθηση,με αγάπη από Αθήνα
You are right that listening is so important. I would listen to my husband talk with his parea and I would hear words repeated a lot, then I would ask my husband what does this word mean. Pretty soon, I would hear specific words and was able to know what they were talking about, but still couldn't understand everything. The more i listened, the more I learned about pronunciation, then when I saw those words in print in my books, i would be able to read them. After a while, the parea realized i understood what they were saying, then they decided they would speak English for me. They saw that i was serious about learning and then respected me. The hardest thing for me to remember are the case endings...my vocabulary is good, but I dont always get the case right.
Listen to Greek music! There are so many wonderful, cheerful and beautiful songs: you naturally want to know what it is about. Ask yourself every day: "How do you actually say this in Greek?" Figure it out and everything you remember will improve your Greek. Basic knowledge of grammar and vocabulary is required. Buy a Greek newspaper or (children's) book and try to translate it.
Hey man! I am a new subscriber here, and I just wanted to let you know that your videos are truly awesome. I grew up in Greece till I was 15, and then I moved to NY where I was born and stayed for the rest of my time (I'm 33 now). Anyway, I had the same challenges since I didn't speak English when I moved to NY, but I learned super fast via watching movies and shows. In my opinion, that's the fastest way to learn a language and immerse yourself in the culture. I really appreciate the respect and dedication you show for our country, my Greek brother
hey boddy, great video and point of view. I am Georgian grew up here in Greece. I speak better Greek than my mother language (Georgian). Last year I went from work to Spain (Marbella) for six months. I always likes the Spanish language so I found a better and actual reason to start learning Spanish. I began with Duolingo in combination with contact with locals in Marbella. I found very easy to understand Spanish Language and the reason is because I speak Greek (The reverse of your case ) and I speak English, Georgian and a little bit of Russian (I used to speak well as a kid). Other think that I find out is that Spanish language has as a main foundation the Latin language, just like Italian. The Latin language I find out that contains about 15 thousand Greek words more or less, therefore this is why Greek speakers can learn Spanish better and quicker and the opposite, I guess. And You're so right about people that they know much more Greek than they believe 🙂 this is something that I've told to my friends from Georgia or other countries, facts! Keep doing your thing man and best wishes! Καλή συναίχεια!
Similarly, I think it’s easier for a Greek to learn Spanish. I started learning Spanish using Duolingo a few years ago. Living in the US, I was learning Spanish using English. It was so difficult until I started translating Spanish to Greek. The conjugations, the tenses, the reflective verbs, all started making sense. Even expressions are similar, for example we both say “it makes cold” instead of “it is cold”, we both say “what hour it is” instead of “what time it is”.
As a Greek, I also agree that it's easier to learn Spanish as a Greek. Not that I speak it, but I can repeat/read so well when I go to Spain, my friends there are quite shocked. Both languages have very similar sound. We Greeks have the "th" sounds and our "L" sound is also soft, just like the Spanish, also don't forget that in many regions of Greece (Athens heavily) the S sound is sh-ed.
What is very strange, is how fast and easy a greek speaking person can learn Italian. In six months, you probably learn 85% of this language. Spanish is a bit more challenging. Though for a Greek speaker, there’s the funny thing , where, immediately he starts speaking Spanish with a perfect castellano accent, even without knowing what the words mean. You literally read the text, in perfect madrid-accent, without understanding what you are speaking about, at all. These things happened to me, with itslian and Spanish, that’s why i stated all these. Now, learning English was a more elongated period when i was a child ( in Greece we are forced to learn English as very young children), but i think English is way harder to learn by Greeks.
@@issith7340 Not exactly true about Italian, unless you have an Italian husband/wife and speak 24/7 Italian or study in an Italian university. The grammar is my god so complex especially with so many irregular verbs. I started Italian almost 20 years ago, I do keep in touch thanks to UA-cam and online magazines, but if you ask me to have a lengthy conversation with a native Italian speaker, forget it. Till today I utilize Google Translate to recall a Italian word I forget. With Spanish for me the challenge will be to remember ser/estar, the simple past tense that is similar to the "passato remoto" in Italian , the many "false friends" between Italian and Spanish, and that there are many words of Arabic origin in the Spanish vocabulary that are completely different from Latin/Romance.
This video is totally correct! I live in Greece, and total immersion along with constantly trying to speak it correctly, is key. Once a word is mastered, then thinking in Greece is key. There are no shortcuts. Work is required, and you must be willing to make mistakes and not be intimidated by making mistakes and getting corrected by native Greek speakers.
Spanish is a Latin language and Latin has a lot in common with the greek language, because latin speakers were also greek speakers back in the Roman era, so the similarities went on through the ages... I must say that the Spanish pronunciation is more familiar to the greek than italian.
It's much more than that. Around 2600BC, proto-Greek speakers from the Greek mainland, began colonising Italy. In around 1200BC a more aggressive Lacedaemonian Greek culture colonised the colonies, but found it difficult writing Greek in either Linear A or Linear B since both were used by Etruscans, Greek speakers and other minor languages. And so one of the new colonists, Latinos of Ithaca, began using an older more simple alphabet from Western Greece to write down Greek of that time. Within a short space of time, and through using this alphabet, ancient Greek in Italy was fixed as a separate language, "Latin Greek". By 700BC, Latin was still just about about mutually comprehensible with regular Greek speakers, but by 650BC, and with the widespread introduction of the current Greek alphabet, Latin Greek speakers continued using the old Western Greek alphabet (of 1200BC) and were thought of as the Latins by Greek mainlanders and Aegean Greek speakers. This is the origin of Latin speakers and the reason why Greek & Latin are always so irreversibly intertwined with each other.
As a Greek i am pretty sure "wine" and "three" are not derived from Greek words, they are pure germanic. These words existed in similar form in proto Germanic way before they come in contact with the Greeks. But i guess the rest is true 👍
For example electricity ( electron, ηλεκτρωρ) probably comes from sanscrit. But given that all the languages speaken in the region of Europe, mediterranean and up to India have a common ancestor. (Proto-Indo-European Language) it's hard to know if they influenced each other or some words come directly from the common ancestor. Wine was uoin-a- in the proto indo European, win in protogermanic, wine in Latin and οίνος in Greek. Maybe proto germanic didn't influence greek
But Greeks where the ones that transported the cultivation of grapes across the rest of the Europe so the word wine as in the juice from the grapes were of Greek origin
@@xsfsdsdhen1739 οίνος > vino (Λατ.) > wine (αγγ.) > wein (γερμ.), vin (γαλ.) κλπ. Φυσικά τα v και τα w είναι επειδή υπήρχε το δίγαμα (F) το οποίο καταργήθηκε αργότερα, και επροφέρετο ως ελαφρύ φ ή β, εξ ού και το λατινικό F... Όσο για το three, αν δεν προέρχεται από το τρία τότε από πού;...
“When you reach the point where there’s no need to translate anything, that’s when you’ve mastered that language”. That really is so true! You really speak with a great accent, congrats!
Greek is an Indo-European language, constituting an independent branch of it, native to Greece, Cyprus, Italy (in Calabria and Salento), southern Albania, and other regions of the Balkans, Caucasus, the Black Sea coast, Asia Minor, and the Eastern Mediterranean. It has the longest documented history of any Indo-European language, spanning at least 3,400 years of written records.
Daniel this is a great video. I have finished Duolingo and have been struggling to find the next step. So I will check out the shows you mentioned. I did find, sitting on the bus on my way to the beach, listening to Greeks speak - I picked up a lot of commonly used words - like lipon, poli orea, orea, and so on...
Greek is indeed a difficult language to learn and master (if the latter is ever possible) ... Greek is an "inflected" language meaning that a word (the same word) is presented in multiple forms depending on gender, tense, case, etc. A verb for example can have over 100 forms. In addition, the Greek language is over 3,000 years old and ever evolving... Exposing oneself to any language is indeed very helpful. As a starting point, I would suggest that if you learn the Greek alphabet and how each letter is pronounced you would be establishing a solid base. You will be able to read words correctly and the association with their meaning will come much faster. It obviously helps that many words you currently use/understand (as mentioned in the video) actually have a Greek origin.
I don't think this is correct, unless you're talking about ancient Greek. I can count max 26 forms in the grammar book. Unless we count "έχω γράψει", "έχεις γράψει" as 2 forms instead of one. But that's just inflecting the verb "έχω" to form the tense, which we only have to learn once... (I'm also not counting future continuous which just adds "θα" to present tense)
Soooo true about learning the alphabet and the pronunciations first! Even if some words have multiple meanings, there is no confusion in pronouncing them! E.g. "minute" has two ways to pronounce it; it's hard (if at all) to find a greek word where you see a word and don't know how to read it. Or I just can't think of one right now...
@samandmax42 TLG program and you will see!! Also ancient Greek and today's Greek is the same language actually you speak ancient Greek but you don't know it especially in synthesis of words!!
Greek is very mathematical and rule-focused. Even if you haven't heard a word again, if you know the fundamental rules, you know how to use the word in different context and syntax patterns. That's not the case with many languages, including English.
@@yllejord Νot to the extend Greek is as well as some few other languages. I have studied 3 other languages (English, French, German) and from lingual analysis from experts, that's the understanding that I got.
@@sasukegre would you mind linking to one of those experts, or pointing me towards their general direction at least, please, if it's not too much of a bother?
your greek are impressive. not only do you know the words, their grammar (grammar is a very difficult part of the Greek language) but you speak the "real" language with a local, something very difficult that few books can teach you. next challenge: to do a similar dialogue in thessaly or in epirus with local papoudes lol
O Pelatis:Thelo mono vutiro, fresca avga, dhiakosia peninda grammaria zambon eliniko, meli Imitu qe dhio fetes tiri olandhiko. O ipallilos: Efkaristo! To tamio ine dheksia sto vathos😂😂😂. Ta elinika dhen ine poli dhiskola, alla dhen ine qe poli efkola. I Ellines dhen tus katalaveno panda iati milun grigora.🤣. Stin Eladha pinome ta uza qe ti birra mas, trogondas psomi, sardheles, elies, tiri qe domates. Afta ine ta pragmata pu servirun stin Eladha ja orextiko. Jasu Eladhaaaaa😍😍😍
This is a great video! Also another way to learn a language, Greek in this case while a bit unconventional is to use Chatgpt for fixing syntax errors or correcting expressions you thought in your head sounded fine but actually had some errors. Regarding pronunciation, try reading Greek books out loud for hours, don't stop until the pronunciation is perfect, and listen to series, listen to Βουλή των Ελλήνων on TV, news, lectures, even Physics lectures, anything to make you not only grasp the conversational component but the academic and functional component of the language. Also, never think of this as a "when" question, like "when" will I have proficiency? - this is what I thought once. It's a matter of perseverance and grit, and knowing that one day you will sound like a native speaker. Also a little bit of a dark trick to use, but use humiliation and embarrassment to your advantage. Just visualise everyone making fun of you for a grammatical errors or your accent, and use that fear and embarrassment as energy to be channeled into your own self-learning and improvement. It is a rough journey but never give up; to anyone trying to learn Greek or any other language.
My man,your accent is like 8.5/10! I very rarely see people that almost master the greek accent. Last time I met a person it was a woman that had like 9.5/10 and I haven't realized she wasn't greek a month AFTER I met her. She has been living in Greece for 30+ years... One day you will have this kind of accent, I'm sure. Good job!
14' Even 'native' speakers make mistakes, all the time -- unless they practice reciting a particular, pre-worked text (e.g., actors) -- because speech is spontaneous and casual. And that is true for any language.
Fantastic video!! Greek is my favourite language. I'm English and speak good Italian, French and German (but my Greek is very very basic) It's like doing the biggest jigsaw puzzle of your life and you have to be happy to do a bit at a time and be patient. Best adventure ever! Only ever listen to native speakers - watch TV and videos on youtube in the language you're learning. Greek is the most beautiful language and makes me emotional when i hear it. Greek music is amazing too - Greek song lyrics are very poetic! My favourite band is "ΜΕLΙSSES"
Very informative and beautiful, all of your videos. Congrats on your greek, too! About Greek students abroad... While studying in Italy, I encountered Greek students, who had completed their university studies (even in challenging fields), but spoke Italian very poorly or at a basic level. It is something like "i can relate with the neighbor, but i can't communicate with the bank", technically... the opposite! They simply studied and understood the terminology, but either lacked an aptitude for languages or were unwilling to engage with the culture of the country they had come to. So, they didn't immerse themselves in the local community and didn't learn the language well. A key factor, that i recall, was the mindset that "in a few years, I'll return to Greece, so there's no need to waste more time than I already spend studying". Thanks again for the videos and the beautiful sceneries!
Greek here, actually for a non-native person, you speak very very well. Greek is a rather complicated language and a bit different in philosophy (having learned English, German and Spanish) and actually being able to speak spanish it makes it easier to speak more correctly. Anyways, well done dude!
I say the same. Knowing Spanish (my mother language) is a great advantage when it comes to pronunciation. I watch that same comedy show.😅 Yes, It does pay to watch them, the news too, just to start getting used to it. Soon after, I started to identify words and then tie one word to the other. I learned other basics from my little grandson.😂 If course I have a lot to go. Will need more time than the 3 months I usually stay once or twice a year. Agree with your tips.🎉
We have been influenced and have words from other languages too. For example : taxi/ταξί, ascenseur/ασανσέρ, gas/γκάζι, ball/μπάλα, bottiglia/μποτίλια, train/τρένο, scala/σκάλα etc. There are many other from Spanish, Italian, French, Turkish, The Balkans.
Im an American so yes English is my native tongue. But ive learn Spanish fairly well over the years. I want to learn greek but im intimidated by the alphabet and the strange letters. Im almost 50 and think it may be too challenging to learn a new alphabet. Latin seems more reasonable because the same letters. Its harder to learn stuff the older you get. My memory is getting poor
your greek is amazing. and you actually talk with the common colloqialism. thats even more impressive. of course the K sound is quite difficult for foreigners to pronounce. other than that loved your video
Ancient Greek? We cant even say a couple of senteces right, mate! We can read the ancient texts on tombs etc but write or talk? No way! First time here on your channel! Your Greek are AMAZING mate, you made just a few minor mistakes here and there that probably I, as a Greek, could do and no one would notice! You speak better than me who was born in Thessaloniki, raised in Athens and then moved to London at 22 (Im 42 now)! That "1 τεταρτακι" just killed me, I was at least 17-18 years old untli I started using this frase (which means 250gr btw for anyone who's curious) because I was always confused! Amazing! Subbed to your channel! Cheers! PS: BTW Im learning Japanese at the moment, at first I thought it was impossible but what you said is the key, you must immerse yourself in the languge, that was the key for me! I even began watching anime, TV shows and reading manga and it helped me immensely, it was the best thing I ever did. Manga need knowledge, you need to understand this "alien alphabet" so to speak, so it came later, but anime was a HUGE help from day 1. What I did was first LISTEN what the characters were saying and try to understand words and then look at the subs. At first I couldnt understand a thing except for "arigatou gozaimasu" and similar basic words. It took some time but after a few months I could actually understand quite a few words! Im at a 30-40% of understanding what's being told now without the subs which is fantastic for me, so yeah, TV shows is a GREAT help. As someone who speaks english without the need to translate in my mind first (immersion) it helped me with Japanese too. I learn new words, frases etc and, my mind, like a machine, is like downloading them and then using them without the need to translate them first. Its probably because I do the same with english? I dont really know how to explain it better, but it happens effordless. Now, reading is another thing, our alphabet in the west is almost the same, a native english/latin speaker will easily learn to at least understand the greek alphabet/words but learning Hiragana, Katakana and especially Kanji, well that's another story. Now as for the english I didnt have the same problem because we start learning the language at 8-9 years old in Greece so at 14-15, even if you dont study, you can still understand and speak much, much more than the basics (although our Meditterenean accent will never go away hahahaha). Finally, as a musician myself who studied theory of music since I was 7, playing piano, guitar, bass, keyboards and a bit of violin, you are absolutely right, I have a friend who's 2 times better than me in precision and speed, playing complicated rock and metal solos on his guitar and he doesnt even know what the notes or even scales, are.
The most difficult part of the greek language is distinguishing simple past from past continuous. This is the weak point of foreign and this is how we native greek people can tell no matter how well a foreigner speaks the language.
Good job buddy! I jiggled when you said "se misi oritsa", you sounded like speaking with a heavy "chorio" accent. 😂 It also seems that even Spanish speakers cannot easily pronounce the "ochi" in the proper Greek way even though you do utilize the "jota".
this is a very good approach , i used to listen songs in english and i was trying to translate them writing the lyrics down as a first step and later on i started doing that with movies .
Fresco=italian (thw same in spanish I think). "Nopo" in original greek (the accent on the second "o"). Yaya (=grandmother) (the accent on the second "a") is turkish I think.
Greek's not easy to learn. So to all the people out there who try to learn it, huge respect. And if you come in contact with Greek people, don't be afraid to use what you've learned. Even if you make mistakes, it doesn't matter. They'll be happy to hear you say some words.
Duolingo is also a good option for learning Greek. I just finished German after 265 consecutive days of work. Now reviewing and looking for another language. You are correct about the time needed. I dedicated at least 2 hours per day to learn German and I still have much to learn beyond Duolingo.
I was once museum guard..Still remember the visitors smiling when they catch on the air words or phrases that are easy to understand when you are english speaker. If you search for "cutted" words you will find more..sea from thalla-sea tree from δεν-tree etc..and in ancient Greek more and more like the phrase that Odysseus said to Penelope....kisson me penelopa 😂😂❤❤ kiss on me penelopa
As a native Greek, I'll have to say that whoever told you that your Greek is good they're lying. Your Greek is impressive, no doubts about it. Well done.
actually greek language as the most of the people say is one of the hardest languages to learn! And not only because of the pronuciations but because 1 word can have so many meanings! Or because 1 thing can have so many words to describe it! You are very cool guy and with good greek speaking! Congrats! Keep it up!
Like any language, it is easy to learn to understand Greek in listening or reading. It is much more difficult to speak fluently and write. Daniel, I would like to know what is your opinion about the Greek music as a professional musician yourself. Do you like listening or playing Greek music. I think this could be a whole video to make on Greek music. Thanks
I'm hellenica karistisian and kastorian f4om mama and biellese piedmontese italian from the alps I want to go over from Florida to live 3 months in karystos in spring for easter season and italy in summer.. I watch you and I need to kiss the homelands
The thing with English is that it is the easiest language to get a start off and communicate. 1 gender article, easy grammar, easy syntax. It is the exact opposite from Greek and it's frustrating. The best way to learn a language, as you say and I agree, is to immerse yourself in it. Having it all around you and being forced to speak it will make it magically easy. Don't mind if you say gibberish in the beginning, people will help you cause they take pride of a foreigner trying to speak their language.
I live in london and whenever I hear spanish people talk from a distance I’m 100% sure they are greek but as I get closer I realise that they speak spanish. 😊 So yes the fact that your greek including the accent is good may be because your native language is spanish. All the best.
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Your Greek needs improvement to get into the Greek philosophy
Greek language is as an advance APL language.Not definitions but calculations
Latin alphabet is a greek alphabet,which was called chalkidian
Αδερφέ συγχαρητήρια για τα ελληνικά σου. Η ελληνική είναι η πλουσιότερη γλώσσα του κόσμου με 6.000.000 λεξεις. . . ! Φιλιά από την μακρυνή Αυστραλία !
Your Greek is very impressive for a non-native. Good job friend keep it up!
You're right that Spanish helps with pronunciation. In some sentances you really sounded like a Greek.
That's so true!! I've met a couple spanish tourists this summer, they were pretty fluent in greek and they sounded SO natural i almost didn't believe them when they told me they weren't natives at first.
Spectacular fr
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I’m a second generation Greek Canadian,and my children continue to speak Greek. Traveling to Greece has helped alot to practice the accent and expressions in the language we all love.
ΜΠΡΑΒΟ!!!
ωραιος ο ντινος.
Canadian Greeks are such good people! We have met a mother and a son traveling around Peloponnese, they were such nice people.
Greek language is the most amazing language.
I feel lucky that I had the opportunity to learn this beautiful language ❤
Your pronunciation is amazing you speak Greek like native Greek man. Eιμαι Ελληνίδα και σου λεω πολλα μπραβο σε εσένα στην επιμονη σου να μάθεις τη γλώσσα μας και στη γυναίκα σου που σιγουρα σε βοηθάει.Χαιρομαι που ανθρωποι σαν εσάς επιλεγουν να ζήσουν στην Ελλάδα μας.
28 years ago when I came to Greece to learn the language I had to take a very hard decision. To stay with someone that spoke my language or to stay among Greeks. I took my best decision staying among Greeks.
Ειμουν 15 χρονών αλλά ήδη ήξερα αγγλικά και γαλλικά.
μετά έπιασα και λίγα ιταλικά. τώρα προσπαθώ να μάθω και λίγα ρωσικά. Keep it going. Wish you the best.
I learned Greek watching Είσαι το ταίρι μου. I loved the show but there was no subtitles so I would listen and try to understand with what I saw. I would pause the video every time, I would hear something that sounded interesting and would try to type it into Google translate. I had NO IDEA how to write but it really helped me to figure out how to use some expressions! I still remember learning “Μάλιστα” that way and how to use it a bit ironically. Those things you don’t learn in books! Next step is to practice with the locals!
(Greek here) I sometimes do that while learning Norwegian, in fact, I put the microphone next to the audio source and let google listen to the audio and type it for me. From then on I start to sort it out and eat it piece by piece, collect data on pronunciation and slang/phrases.
@@alanpotter8680 amazing! I am also learning Norwegian at the moment! Any shows you recommend?
Wow, that's dedication.
Είσαι το ταίρι μου is one of the few Greek series that can be found with subtitles.
I recommend it to my students, even though the many idioms are translated into English idioms, sometimes needlessly.
@@yllejord ohhhh I had not found it! What I found was without subtitles 😂
First time I saw the series, I understood maybe 30% ( with the context), then a year after, maybe 75% and now , maybe I won’t understand a word here or an expression there ! I love Greek!
@@Darkpumpkinspice that's very admirable and impressive. I'm currently learning Korean and I wish I had this kind of tenacity 😅
Great job!
The reason why my Greek is so good is Ouzo after each meal 😂
Not after; before. Ouzo and... meze (snacks for ouzo, like a little cheese, a few olives or even grilled octopus) are supposed to work up an appetite for the meal (either lunch or dinner) that follows...
Whenever I've tried to speak Greek with a native, either in Greece or outside of Greece, they have been VERY gracious and appreciative that I'm making an effort. There is generally very little to be afraid of if you don't speak Greek well, in my experience.
I’m from Texas where we have many Spanish speakers. My Greek father often mentioned to me how easy he found it to pick up on Spanish. He found it easier than English.
Well, Spanish IS easier than English in many ways. English is ever-evolving language and new words can be invented daily and added to its vocabulary. Apart from that, there are very few grammatical rules in the English language that actually make sense. The rest is an outdated mix of rules from many (some archaic) languages.
Your father was right. If your mother language is Greek, then Spanish comes relatevely easy to learn. Easier than English.
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Some years ago I visited Madrid, there were times that I thought I was tripping because sometimes I was sure that I heard people talking greek but as soon as they were passing by me all I could hear was spanish. The accent is so similar between greek and spanish
Spanish people ARE EXTREMELY close to our language (Greek) !
Everytime i see a spanish people repeat a Greek phrase it feels like being a Greek who was born in USA and he was speaking Greek in his family a lot.
So he has the accent extremely close to a native guy !
Good for you my friend !!!
Congrats !!! You are excellent !
I have many spanish friends who start learning Spanish !
Spanish is a Greek spy, camouflaged in Latin outfit 😊 😅
No greek is not latin
@valeriegoulet that's why I said "camouflaged"
Spanish and greek sound similar and they have quite a few common words (which sound practically the same). Grammar is kinda similar too, between greek and spanish. I'm greek and I speak spanish as well.
@Πανος_123
Nada nuevo aquí, o dicho de otra manera, "traes búhos a Atenas".
Una vez, un Estadounidense (Americano), dio una receta de "pastel de espinacas", "espanakopitta".
Y decía que está hecho con espinacas y masa de levadura. "FYLO."
Insistió en pronunciar el género como "Failo"".
Le hice la pregunta: ¿Cómo se escribe la palabra en inglés? FYLO, me respondió.
Le pregunté: ¿Cuántas letras tiene? Respondió cuatro.
Le pregunté de nuevo ¿Cómo lo lee? Él respondió "FAILO" !!!!!
Le pedí que contara los sonidos. FFFF AAAA IIIIII LLLLLL OOOO.
Le pregunté: ¿Cuántos sonidos hizo su boca?
¡Me respondió CINCO!
¡Eh! Le digo: Un español o un griego jamás haría eso.
Sacar de su boca un sonido que no está escrito en una palabra.
@@iggo45 Es como es ! En griego y tambien en espanol si no lo escribes no lo lees ! No es lo mismo en ingles donde alguien pronuncia lo que no ha escrito y algunas veces las mismas letras no se pronuncian de la misma manera en otras palabras.
Kudos is a Greek word. So, *kudos!*
When I lived in Greece, I made friends with a Greek lady. She helped with Greek, I helped her with English. I used to watch Greek TV and that also helped.
When I was in Spain this arrangement was known as a Cambio....literally exchange. The first one was a girl who spoke zero English and refused to try to communicate with sign language or gestures so that didnt last. My coworker then found me a guy who had a little english. He was soccer mad so the cambio consisted of a weekly double of soccer followed by Al Ataque!!!! But at least I got to sit down with a Spamish family every week and hear them discuss things and talk. He is right you have to immerse yourself so get the paper and a dictionary and sit down in a bar and try to understand the news where you hear the language and can practise ordering things. One-day you realise you're catching one word in every sentence then maybe two words....little while later you'll be able to figure out what they're saying from the context. Then you're on your way.....of course it may dawn on you that all this time all they've been bitching and going on about is whether wine is better than beer!!!!
Native Greek here, I'll just say what many before me have already said: Your pronunciation is remarkable.
The good thing about Greeks is that we always, always appreciate and encourage people when they are attempting to learn our language, which unfortunately cannot be said about all people of other nationalities. If we correct you, it's so that you will learn - not to make you feel bad or belittle your progress. It's a difficult but beautiful language, and I promise you won't regret having learned it! (The freedom in syntax compared to English is a delight once you get the hang of it, too.)
I'm a first generation Greek, coming from а Bulgarian dad and а Greek Cypriot mother (with immediate Greek roots). Judging from my dad's Greek (and my dad is fantastic with languages), your Greek is not only extremely good, it also has that zing of a local speaker.
I’m glad you posted this video. I have Greek friend that recommended listening to Greek Tv. I have a Duolingo steak of over 1200 continuous days, mostly in Greek, I have taken Greek lessons and spent a lot of time studying. I go to a very Greek, Greek Orthodox church and I try to speak a little. However, I am only at the point where I recognize a lot of words but I have a hard time understanding while people are speaking. I am 62 and my only language is English. I’ll try the Greek TV
Hi y'all, I am Greek and back in the day I learned English from the 80's TV series Dukes of Hazard.
I’m Greek American , teaching my kids Greek is very hard but I use Disney plus and put on the cartoons like Bluey in Greek with English subtitles. It has definitely improved my Greek as well.
Phonetically, Greek and Spanish “sound” similar, but they, are of, course different. I’ve heard of Greek tourists in Spain thinking they heard others around them speaking Greek, but when they approach them they ask themselves “why can’t I understand them”? 😂
As a spaniard from Galicia, my brain was picking up on the similarities almost instantly.
I've learned a few basic phrases to get me by while my short time there. Looking forward to speaking it fluently, however long it might take me.
I speak decent Spanish, and I can tell you, Greek is very difficult. Very little similarities with Spanish or Latin.
@@lolal2502 The only similarity with Castillian Spanish is phonetics, hence the ease the Spaniards have when memorizing some basic Greek phrases to get by if there's a language barrier. Beyond that indeed for a foreigner, be it fluent in a Romance or Germanic or even Slavic language, it's a completely new universe especially in the written form.
It is however the complete opposite way for us Greek when we learn Spanish. The reactions we get from Spaniards when they listen us speaking Spanish is like "wtf o_O".
Συγχαρητήρια και μπράβο σου φιλέ για το μήνυμα που στέλνεις για τους ξένους αλλά και για την δικιά μας νεολαία. Το πόσο πλούσια είναι η γλώσσα μας και ότι αξίζει να συντηρούμε 🎉🙌🏼💪🏼👍🏼👌🏼
I absolutely love how authentic you are. This is rare among language learners sharing their stories.
Ακριβώς όπως το είπες είναι, όπως ένα μωρό γεννιέται και δεν ξέρει καμιά γλωσσα,με την ακοή την μαθαίνει όλοκληρη με τον καιρό χωρίς να ξέρει κανόνες και γραμματική, οπότε αν θες να μάθεις μια γλώσσα πρέπει να την ακούς και να έχεις θέληση για μάθηση,με αγάπη από Αθήνα
Εξαρτάται, κάθε άνθρωπος έχει διαφορετικό τρόπο να μαθαίνει γλώσσες, από μια ηλικία και μετά.
You are right that listening is so important. I would listen to my husband talk with his parea and I would hear words repeated a lot, then I would ask my husband what does this word mean. Pretty soon, I would hear specific words and was able to know what they were talking about, but still couldn't understand everything. The more i listened, the more I learned about pronunciation, then when I saw those words in print in my books, i would be able to read them. After a while, the parea realized i understood what they were saying, then they decided they would speak English for me. They saw that i was serious about learning and then respected me. The hardest thing for me to remember are the case endings...my vocabulary is good, but I dont always get the case right.
Listen to Greek music! There are so many wonderful, cheerful and beautiful songs: you naturally want to know what it is about. Ask yourself every day: "How do you actually say this in Greek?" Figure it out and everything you remember will improve your Greek. Basic knowledge of grammar and vocabulary is required. Buy a Greek newspaper or (children's) book and try to translate it.
@sianefer-ptah1258 Thanks for the tip! I didn't know Sarantis.
Hey man! I am a new subscriber here, and I just wanted to let you know that your videos are truly awesome. I grew up in Greece till I was 15, and then I moved to NY where I was born and stayed for the rest of my time (I'm 33 now). Anyway, I had the same challenges since I didn't speak English when I moved to NY, but I learned super fast via watching movies and shows. In my opinion, that's the fastest way to learn a language and immerse yourself in the culture. I really appreciate the respect and dedication you show for our country, my Greek brother
Your Greek is truly impressive! I can see how much effort you’re putting in, and it’s really paying off. Keep it up, and don’t hesitate to speak more!
hey boddy, great video and point of view. I am Georgian grew up here in Greece. I speak better Greek than my mother language (Georgian). Last year I went from work to Spain (Marbella) for six months. I always likes the Spanish language so I found a better and actual reason to start learning Spanish. I began with Duolingo in combination with contact with locals in Marbella. I found very easy to understand Spanish Language and the reason is because I speak Greek (The reverse of your case ) and I speak English, Georgian and a little bit of Russian (I used to speak well as a kid). Other think that I find out is that Spanish language has as a main foundation the Latin language, just like Italian. The Latin language I find out that contains about 15 thousand Greek words more or less, therefore this is why Greek speakers can learn Spanish better and quicker and the opposite, I guess. And You're so right about people that they know much more Greek than they believe 🙂 this is something that I've told to my friends from Georgia or other countries, facts! Keep doing your thing man and best wishes! Καλή συναίχεια!
Similarly, I think it’s easier for a Greek to learn Spanish. I started learning Spanish using Duolingo a few years ago. Living in the US, I was learning Spanish using English. It was so difficult until I started translating Spanish to Greek. The conjugations, the tenses, the reflective verbs, all started making sense. Even expressions are similar, for example we both say “it makes cold” instead of “it is cold”, we both say “what hour it is” instead of “what time it is”.
As a Greek, I also agree that it's easier to learn Spanish as a Greek. Not that I speak it, but I can repeat/read so well when I go to Spain, my friends there are quite shocked. Both languages have very similar sound. We Greeks have the "th" sounds and our "L" sound is also soft, just like the Spanish, also don't forget that in many regions of Greece (Athens heavily) the S sound is sh-ed.
What is very strange, is how fast and easy a greek speaking person can learn Italian. In six months, you probably learn 85% of this language. Spanish is a bit more challenging. Though for a Greek speaker, there’s the funny thing , where, immediately he starts speaking Spanish with a perfect castellano accent, even without knowing what the words mean. You literally read the text, in perfect madrid-accent, without understanding what you are speaking about, at all. These things happened to me, with itslian and Spanish, that’s why i stated all these. Now, learning English was a more elongated period when i was a child ( in Greece we are forced to learn English as very young children), but i think English is way harder to learn by Greeks.
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@@issith7340 Not exactly true about Italian, unless you have an Italian husband/wife and speak 24/7 Italian or study in an Italian university. The grammar is my god so complex especially with so many irregular verbs. I started Italian almost 20 years ago, I do keep in touch thanks to UA-cam and online magazines, but if you ask me to have a lengthy conversation with a native Italian speaker, forget it. Till today I utilize Google Translate to recall a Italian word I forget.
With Spanish for me the challenge will be to remember ser/estar, the simple past tense that is similar to the "passato remoto" in Italian , the many "false friends" between Italian and Spanish, and that there are many words of Arabic origin in the Spanish vocabulary that are completely different from Latin/Romance.
@@Nassos83 what is your native language ? Greek?
Ефхарісто пара полі, о філі сас!🙂
Apo pú íse
@@jimskoutas1933 Ουκρανία, υποθέτω!
Actually о філі сас doesn't make sense, you either say і філі сас ( as a female) ,or о філос сас ( as male) . Friendly help 😊
Еімаі апо поu Оuкраvia, o філос моu
@@basementcattiger6231 i think you tried to say ,i am from Ukraine, my friend
This video is totally correct! I live in Greece, and total immersion along with constantly trying to speak it correctly, is key. Once a word is mastered, then thinking in Greece is key. There are no shortcuts. Work is required, and you must be willing to make mistakes and not be intimidated by making mistakes and getting corrected by native Greek speakers.
Spanish is a Latin language and Latin has a lot in common with the greek language, because latin speakers were also greek speakers back in the Roman era, so the similarities went on through the ages... I must say that the Spanish pronunciation is more familiar to the greek than italian.
It's much more than that. Around 2600BC, proto-Greek speakers from the Greek mainland, began colonising Italy. In around 1200BC a more aggressive Lacedaemonian Greek culture colonised the colonies, but found it difficult writing Greek in either Linear A or Linear B since both were used by Etruscans, Greek speakers and other minor languages. And so one of the new colonists, Latinos of Ithaca, began using an older more simple alphabet from Western Greece to write down Greek of that time. Within a short space of time, and through using this alphabet, ancient Greek in Italy was fixed as a separate language, "Latin Greek". By 700BC, Latin was still just about about mutually comprehensible with regular Greek speakers, but by 650BC, and with the widespread introduction of the current Greek alphabet, Latin Greek speakers continued using the old Western Greek alphabet (of 1200BC) and were thought of as the Latins by Greek mainlanders and Aegean Greek speakers. This is the origin of Latin speakers and the reason why Greek & Latin are always so irreversibly intertwined with each other.
The Latin alphabet is the Chalkidian alphabet
Great advices not only for learning Greek, but any language. The analogy with learning musical instrument is spot on.
Some Greek words in English and other languages:
Melody, music, harmony, telephone, metro, meter, cinema, telepathy, history, dinosaur, astronaut,
cosmology, star, photograph, ouranus, micron, mega, market, catastrophe, epilogue, prologue, mathematics, epitome,
school, organization, pharmacy, airplane, meteorite, calligraphy, disc, athlete, meter, plethora,
economy, geography, technology, architecture, physics, geometry, icon, fantasy, choreography, theory,
anthropology, ego, automatic, cone, polygon, kaleidoscope, zoological (zoo), pragmatism, idea, circle,
metal, acoustics, philosophy, otolaryngology, archeology, mystery, epitome, antidote, perimeter,
diameter, electricity, chemistry, bible, oxygen, pediatrician, panorama, myth, pentagon, agony, lyre,
guitar / sitar, politics, hydraulics, gene, atom, lion, democracy, police, method, enthusiasm, character,
climate, parallel, gastronomy, synergy, base, protagonist, therapy, synthetic, phenomenon, dynamic,
program, hypothetical, tactical, irony, sarcasm, wine, dollar, money, auto, tetragon, heptagon, three,
camel, leopard, panther, kiss, euphonia, etymology, ocean, alphabet, gene, airplane, meteor, shell,
apostroph, apotheosis, metaphore, metall, esthetic, chaos, decalogue, logo, cycle, cube, hero, irony,
giant, Europe, episode, energy, pneumonia, analysis, organ, planet, meteorite, Galaxy, poet, poetry,
museum, rhythm, grammar, kilometer, theater / amphitheater, ode/on, tragedy, comedy, philanthropy,
pandemic, ecology, logic/logistic, dialogue, automatic, telepathy, telescope, hypocrisy...let me rest for awile.
As a Greek i am pretty sure "wine" and "three" are not derived from Greek words, they are pure germanic. These words existed in similar form in proto Germanic way before they come in contact with the Greeks.
But i guess the rest is true 👍
@xsfsdsdhen1739 I would agree with you and I would add some more
For example electricity ( electron, ηλεκτρωρ) probably comes from sanscrit. But given that all the languages speaken in the region of Europe, mediterranean and up to India have a common ancestor. (Proto-Indo-European Language) it's hard to know if they influenced each other or some words come directly from the common ancestor. Wine was uoin-a- in the proto indo European, win in protogermanic, wine in Latin and οίνος in Greek. Maybe proto germanic didn't influence greek
But Greeks where the ones that transported the cultivation of grapes across the rest of the Europe so the word wine as in the juice from the grapes were of Greek origin
@@xsfsdsdhen1739 οίνος > vino (Λατ.) > wine (αγγ.) > wein (γερμ.), vin (γαλ.) κλπ. Φυσικά τα v και τα w είναι επειδή υπήρχε το δίγαμα (F) το οποίο καταργήθηκε αργότερα, και επροφέρετο ως ελαφρύ φ ή β, εξ ού και το λατινικό F... Όσο για το three, αν δεν προέρχεται από το τρία τότε από πού;...
“When you reach the point where there’s no need to translate anything, that’s when you’ve mastered that language”. That really is so true!
You really speak with a great accent, congrats!
I absolutely love what you are saying and your respect for the Greek culture and language is very inspiring. 🙏
Daniel very well done, your spoken Greek is very good, your interaction with the locals is tremendous.
Greek is an Indo-European language, constituting an independent branch of it, native to Greece, Cyprus, Italy (in Calabria and Salento), southern Albania, and other regions of the Balkans, Caucasus, the Black Sea coast, Asia Minor, and the Eastern Mediterranean.
It has the longest documented history of any Indo-European language, spanning at least 3,400 years of written records.
Συγχρονοι γλωσσολογοι αμφισβητουν σθεναρως την Ινδοευρωπαικη καταγωγη της Ελληνικης γλωσσης.
No such thing as Indo-European languages!! That's a huge propaganda nonsense that has collapsed decades ago
Daniel this is a great video. I have finished Duolingo and have been struggling to find the next step. So I will check out the shows you mentioned. I did find, sitting on the bus on my way to the beach, listening to Greeks speak - I picked up a lot of commonly used words - like lipon, poli orea, orea, and so on...
Greek is indeed a difficult language to learn and master (if the latter is ever possible) ... Greek is an "inflected" language meaning that a word (the same word) is presented in multiple forms depending on gender, tense, case, etc. A verb for example can have over 100 forms. In addition, the Greek language is over 3,000 years old and ever evolving...
Exposing oneself to any language is indeed very helpful.
As a starting point, I would suggest that if you learn the Greek alphabet and how each letter is pronounced you would be establishing a solid base. You will be able to read words correctly and the association with their meaning will come much faster. It obviously helps that many words you currently use/understand (as mentioned in the video) actually have a Greek origin.
I don't think this is correct, unless you're talking about ancient Greek. I can count max 26 forms in the grammar book.
Unless we count "έχω γράψει", "έχεις γράψει" as 2 forms instead of one. But that's just inflecting the verb "έχω" to form the tense, which we only have to learn once...
(I'm also not counting future continuous which just adds "θα" to present tense)
Soooo true about learning the alphabet and the pronunciations first! Even if some words have multiple meanings, there is no confusion in pronouncing them!
E.g. "minute" has two ways to pronounce it; it's hard (if at all) to find a greek word where you see a word and don't know how to read it. Or I just can't think of one right now...
@samandmax42 TLG program and you will see!! Also ancient Greek and today's Greek is the same language actually you speak ancient Greek but you don't know it especially in synthesis of words!!
@@ManosAlpha I guess the vowel combinations could be a bit tricky... αι, ευ, ει, ου... and the instances were they are pronounced individually...
Μy guy you speak very well for a foreigner and your pronunciation is very close.
Congratulations!
Greek is very mathematical and rule-focused. Even if you haven't heard a word again, if you know the fundamental rules, you know how to use the word in different context and syntax patterns. That's not the case with many languages, including English.
That's every language, mate.
@@yllejord Νot to the extend Greek is as well as some few other languages. I have studied 3 other languages (English, French, German) and from lingual analysis from experts, that's the understanding that I got.
@@sasukegre would you mind linking to one of those experts, or pointing me towards their general direction at least, please, if it's not too much of a bother?
@@sasukegreδεν ισχυει διοτι η αγγλικη, γαλλικη, γερμανικη γλωσσα ειναι φθηνα παραγωγα της Ελληνικης Γλωσσης
@@yllejord no,you are wrong
your greek are impressive. not only do you know the words, their grammar (grammar is a very difficult part of the Greek language) but you speak the "real" language with a local, something very difficult that few books can teach you. next challenge: to do a similar dialogue in thessaly or in epirus with local papoudes lol
Mission impossible! 😂
I am English and I've been learning Greek for four and a half years. Great video ✌️
you are a treasure for us,i respect you so much .God bless you and your lovely family
Τα Ελληνικά σου είναι εξαιρετικά, έχω εντυπωσιαστεί! Πολλά μπράβο για την προσπάθεια σου.
You cannot be afraid to make mistakes.
O Pelatis:Thelo mono vutiro, fresca avga, dhiakosia peninda grammaria zambon eliniko, meli Imitu qe dhio fetes tiri olandhiko.
O ipallilos: Efkaristo! To tamio ine dheksia sto vathos😂😂😂.
Ta elinika dhen ine poli dhiskola, alla dhen ine qe poli efkola. I Ellines dhen tus katalaveno panda iati milun grigora.🤣. Stin Eladha pinome ta uza qe ti birra mas, trogondas psomi, sardheles, elies, tiri qe domates. Afta ine ta pragmata pu servirun stin Eladha ja orextiko. Jasu Eladhaaaaa😍😍😍
Are you albanian?
@@jimskoutas1933 Yes, I are😂😂😂
geia sou file :)
@@senseeman γεια και εσένα ο φίλος μου
Σωστός σωστός έτσι πρέπει να ζει ο άνθρωπος 😎
Greek pianist Yanni never learned music - but he composed some amazing pieces
You have indeed mastered speaking Greek, very nice pronunciation brother. Well done!
I love your style of lecturing
This is a great video! Also another way to learn a language, Greek in this case while a bit unconventional is to use Chatgpt for fixing syntax errors or correcting expressions you thought in your head sounded fine but actually had some errors. Regarding pronunciation, try reading Greek books out loud for hours, don't stop until the pronunciation is perfect, and listen to series, listen to Βουλή των Ελλήνων on TV, news, lectures, even Physics lectures, anything to make you not only grasp the conversational component but the academic and functional component of the language. Also, never think of this as a "when" question, like "when" will I have proficiency? - this is what I thought once. It's a matter of perseverance and grit, and knowing that one day you will sound like a native speaker. Also a little bit of a dark trick to use, but use humiliation and embarrassment to your advantage. Just visualise everyone making fun of you for a grammatical errors or your accent, and use that fear and embarrassment as energy to be channeled into your own self-learning and improvement. It is a rough journey but never give up; to anyone trying to learn Greek or any other language.
My man,your accent is like 8.5/10! I very rarely see people that almost master the greek accent. Last time I met a person it was a woman that had like 9.5/10 and I haven't realized she wasn't greek a month AFTER I met her. She has been living in Greece for 30+ years... One day you will have this kind of accent, I'm sure. Good job!
14' Even 'native' speakers make mistakes, all the time -- unless they practice reciting a particular, pre-worked text (e.g., actors) -- because speech is spontaneous and casual. And that is true for any language.
Fantastic video!! Greek is my favourite language. I'm English and speak good Italian, French and German (but my Greek is very very basic) It's like doing the biggest jigsaw puzzle of your life and you have to be happy to do a bit at a time and be patient. Best adventure ever! Only ever listen to native speakers - watch TV and videos on youtube in the language you're learning. Greek is the most beautiful language and makes me emotional when i hear it. Greek music is amazing too - Greek song lyrics are very poetic! My favourite band is "ΜΕLΙSSES"
Yes your mother tongue being Spanish is a tremendous benefit!.
Very informative and beautiful, all of your videos. Congrats on your greek, too!
About Greek students abroad... While studying in Italy, I encountered Greek students, who had completed their university studies (even in challenging fields), but spoke Italian very poorly or at a basic level. It is something like "i can relate with the neighbor, but i can't communicate with the bank", technically... the opposite!
They simply studied and understood the terminology, but either lacked an aptitude for languages or were unwilling to engage with the culture of the country they had come to. So, they didn't immerse themselves in the local community and didn't learn the language well. A key factor, that i recall, was the mindset that "in a few years, I'll return to Greece, so there's no need to waste more time than I already spend studying". Thanks again for the videos and the beautiful sceneries!
Greek here, actually for a non-native person, you speak very very well. Greek is a rather complicated language and a bit different in philosophy (having learned English, German and Spanish) and actually being able to speak spanish it makes it easier to speak more correctly. Anyways, well done dude!
Yes! I needed this encouragement today. Thanks Daniel and will check out the links. Ευχαριστώ πολύ
I like the tempo in the music at the beginning and the end of your insightful video! Cheers!
Very down to earth approach.
I say the same. Knowing Spanish (my mother language) is a great advantage when it comes to pronunciation. I watch that same comedy show.😅 Yes, It does pay to watch them, the news too, just to start getting used to it. Soon after, I started to identify words and then tie one word to the other. I learned other basics from my little grandson.😂
If course I have a lot to go. Will need more time than the 3 months I usually stay once or twice a year.
Agree with your tips.🎉
How long have you been learning Greek and for how long have you lived in Greece?
Gracias por tu ayuta, soy griego apprendo español.
Wow you speak really good greek dude! As a greek guy, i'm really impressed!
👏👏👏
We have been influenced and have words from other languages too. For example : taxi/ταξί, ascenseur/ασανσέρ, gas/γκάζι, ball/μπάλα, bottiglia/μποτίλια, train/τρένο, scala/σκάλα etc. There are many other from Spanish, Italian, French, Turkish, The Balkans.
Μιλας πολύ καλά τα ελληνικά! Μπραβο φίλε! Congratulations!
Your colloquial Greek is really good. Probably better than mine.
Im an American so yes English is my native tongue. But ive learn Spanish fairly well over the years. I want to learn greek but im intimidated by the alphabet and the strange letters. Im almost 50 and think it may be too challenging to learn a new alphabet. Latin seems more reasonable because the same letters. Its harder to learn stuff the older you get. My memory is getting poor
Very very helpful ideas, for any language learning , I´m greek and I struggle learning spanish! :)
your greek is amazing. and you actually talk with the common colloqialism. thats even more impressive. of course the K sound is quite difficult for foreigners to pronounce. other than that loved your video
Ancient Greek? We cant even say a couple of senteces right, mate! We can read the ancient texts on tombs etc but write or talk? No way! First time here on your channel! Your Greek are AMAZING mate, you made just a few minor mistakes here and there that probably I, as a Greek, could do and no one would notice! You speak better than me who was born in Thessaloniki, raised in Athens and then moved to London at 22 (Im 42 now)! That "1 τεταρτακι" just killed me, I was at least 17-18 years old untli I started using this frase (which means 250gr btw for anyone who's curious) because I was always confused! Amazing! Subbed to your channel! Cheers! PS: BTW Im learning Japanese at the moment, at first I thought it was impossible but what you said is the key, you must immerse yourself in the languge, that was the key for me! I even began watching anime, TV shows and reading manga and it helped me immensely, it was the best thing I ever did. Manga need knowledge, you need to understand this "alien alphabet" so to speak, so it came later, but anime was a HUGE help from day 1. What I did was first LISTEN what the characters were saying and try to understand words and then look at the subs. At first I couldnt understand a thing except for "arigatou gozaimasu" and similar basic words. It took some time but after a few months I could actually understand quite a few words! Im at a 30-40% of understanding what's being told now without the subs which is fantastic for me, so yeah, TV shows is a GREAT help. As someone who speaks english without the need to translate in my mind first (immersion) it helped me with Japanese too. I learn new words, frases etc and, my mind, like a machine, is like downloading them and then using them without the need to translate them first. Its probably because I do the same with english? I dont really know how to explain it better, but it happens effordless. Now, reading is another thing, our alphabet in the west is almost the same, a native english/latin speaker will easily learn to at least understand the greek alphabet/words but learning Hiragana, Katakana and especially Kanji, well that's another story. Now as for the english I didnt have the same problem because we start learning the language at 8-9 years old in Greece so at 14-15, even if you dont study, you can still understand and speak much, much more than the basics (although our Meditterenean accent will never go away hahahaha). Finally, as a musician myself who studied theory of music since I was 7, playing piano, guitar, bass, keyboards and a bit of violin, you are absolutely right, I have a friend who's 2 times better than me in precision and speed, playing complicated rock and metal solos on his guitar and he doesnt even know what the notes or even scales, are.
The most difficult part of the greek language is distinguishing simple past from past continuous.
This is the weak point of foreign and this is how we native greek people can tell no matter how well a foreigner speaks the language.
Good job buddy! I jiggled when you said "se misi oritsa", you sounded like speaking with a heavy "chorio" accent. 😂
It also seems that even Spanish speakers cannot easily pronounce the "ochi" in the proper Greek way even though you do utilize the "jota".
this is a very good approach , i used to listen songs in english and i was trying to translate them writing the lyrics down as a first step and later on i started doing that with movies .
Such a nice video... And your Greek man, phheeeeeewwwww, they sound really great, honestly!!
Fresco=italian (thw same in spanish I think). "Nopo" in original greek (the accent on the second "o").
Yaya (=grandmother) (the accent on the second "a") is turkish I think.
I would really enjoy to hear you speak Spanish. I’m a Greek Australian who knows great level of Greek wanting to learn Spanish..
Greek's not easy to learn. So to all the people out there who try to learn it, huge respect. And if you come in contact with Greek people, don't be afraid to use what you've learned. Even if you make mistakes, it doesn't matter. They'll be happy to hear you say some words.
Easy Greek is a fantastic UA-cam channel where you can watch people speak and how they use phrases.
I met a South Korean Orthodox Priest in 1990.
He spoke greek exactly as a native greek person.
(So it can be done.)
Duolingo is also a good option for learning Greek. I just finished German after 265 consecutive days of work. Now reviewing and looking for another language. You are correct about the time needed. I dedicated at least 2 hours per day to learn German and I still have much to learn beyond Duolingo.
Try streaming Greek radio as well. There are apps and websites that stream it 24 hours a day
Μπράβο φίλε, και τα Ελληνικά σου είναι όντως πολύ καλά!
I was once museum guard..Still remember the visitors smiling when they catch on the air words or phrases that are easy to understand when you are english speaker.
If you search for "cutted" words you will find more..sea from thalla-sea tree from δεν-tree etc..and in ancient Greek more and more like the phrase that Odysseus said to Penelope....kisson me penelopa 😂😂❤❤ kiss on me penelopa
Very helpful. ❤
Hey dude you talk like a Greek and with accent! Keep going,you make beautiful videos so thanks for showing our land!!
I love your videos about the greek language.
Your greek are very good!!!
As a native Greek, I'll have to say that whoever told you that your Greek is good they're lying. Your Greek is impressive, no doubts about it. Well done.
actually greek language as the most of the people say is one of the hardest languages to learn! And not only because of the pronuciations but because 1 word can have so many meanings! Or because 1 thing can have so many words to describe it! You are very cool guy and with good greek speaking! Congrats! Keep it up!
Nailed it... Spanish similar... tha...
Like any language, it is easy to learn to understand Greek in listening or reading. It is much more difficult to speak fluently and write.
Daniel, I would like to know what is your opinion about the Greek music as a professional musician yourself. Do you like listening or playing Greek music. I think this could be a whole video to make on Greek music. Thanks
I'm hellenica karistisian and kastorian f4om mama and biellese piedmontese italian from the alps I want to go over from Florida to live 3 months in karystos in spring for easter season and italy in summer.. I watch you and I need to kiss the homelands
The thing with English is that it is the easiest language to get a start off and communicate. 1 gender article, easy grammar, easy syntax. It is the exact opposite from Greek and it's frustrating. The best way to learn a language, as you say and I agree, is to immerse yourself in it. Having it all around you and being forced to speak it will make it magically easy. Don't mind if you say gibberish in the beginning, people will help you cause they take pride of a foreigner trying to speak their language.
As a Greek myself I can tell a little bit of an accent but overhaul your Greek is pretty good.
I live in london and whenever I hear spanish people talk from a distance I’m 100% sure they are greek but as I get closer I realise that they speak spanish. 😊 So yes the fact that your greek including the accent is good may be because your native language is spanish. All the best.
ΕΕΕ! You speak so good!!!! I'm truly amazed! Were do you leave that place seem so nice too, seems a bit like Mani.