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| English learning!: Hey guys!!!
I am interested in practicing English...can somebody help me?
i can help you learn Greek!- natlin | |
| Learning Greek with my own BLOG: Hi all,
I'm very new to learning Greek (literally starting from scratch). I'm 30 years old living in Brighton in the UK but in the near future look to relocate to Cyprus. In fact I've started a blog of my journey (www.andylearnsgreek.blogspot.com) which I want as many people to provide feedback on via comments since I'm finding the challenge very solitary (also the best way to correct me on incorrect spelling and pronounciations). PLEASE come and visit!
Thanks all and καληνύχτα- AndyKypros | |
| learning Greek : I am learning Greek too. May be you want to help me?
Although I am Dutch, I want to help you with the English language.
Question: why don't you use accents (stress on the letter)
Μαθαίνω τα ελληνικά επίσης. θέλει να με βοηθήσει;
Είμαι ολλανδικά, αλλά θέλω να σας βοηθήσω με τη αγγλική γλώσσα.
Ερώτηση: γιατί δεν χρησιμοποιείς τις εμφάσεις; - tiblaboe | |
| : I want learn Greek also :) - iwonaki | |
| Turkish - Elementary 101: <b><u>Ders 1 - Lesson 1</u></b>
<i>Hello peeps! I decided to copy my Greek lessons, translating them to Turkish, of course making some changes here and there, as the grammars of the two languages are super different.
I have newly started making these lessons, but I don't know how much of help they will be, so before I carry on with this tiresome work, I'd like to get some feedback from you guys and see if these are indeed helpful. So drop a few lines and tell me what you think please!
I have tried to explain stuff as simple as I could, if you still have questions however, you can ask them anytime, but please do so in the "questions" thread in Turkish Forum.
Well- Jako | |
| : Hi loriel,
The Catalan audio files aren't available, that's why you can't listen to them.
Audios are available in the following languages: French, English, Bulgarian, Greek, Lithuanian, Tagalog, Romanian and Polish.
If you have any other questions, please don't hesitate to ask.
Mery- Mery | |
| : Hi Panos,
It's been a long time indeed! Hope you've been doing well.
I actually still need those Greek translations, so I'm super glad you answered my message. Thanks a lot for your help with this!
See you,
Mery
- Mery | |
| translation: Hi Mery
Long time no see!
It is almost 2 months since you posted it but i'll post my translations anyway.
1)Greek Rentals - Ελληνικά Μισθώματα (Ellinika Misthomata)
2)Directory of vacation rental accommodations - Κατάλογος ενοικιαζόμενων καταλυμάτων (Katalogos enikiazomenon katalimaton).
If you need any other help please mail me.
Panos- Panos | |
| Paste Fericit to all:
Paste Fericit to all: Hello everyone, I just wanted to wish you all Paste Fericit (we celebrated ours in Martie aici; in the US) and a truly GROZAV sarbatorire in the coming weekend.
http://dl3.glitter-graphics.net/pub/27/27003o8arew8r24.gif
:)
EASTER TRADITIONS in ROMANIA
http://www.roconsulboston.com/Pages/InfoPages/Culture/EasterTraditions.html
mike111
Wednesday 23rd of April 2008 05:42:10 PM
Thanks zerring, happy easter to you also.
Anonymous
Thursday 24th of April 2008 03:48:16 AM
Happy Easter to all of you my friends, I am going tomorrow in a small village, far from the world, and I will spend my Easter there...I will be back in Monday...so, be good!
Lina
Friday- Lina | |
| Similitudes between Romanian culture and other cultures:
Similitudes between Romanian culture and other cultures: Ok...this is my first opened topic :D so everyone congratulate me! :P In this topic you can share anything you know about similitudes between Romanian culture and other cultures...
its your turn now :P
is it ok Lina? :D
Anonymous
Sunday 13th of April 2008 03:03:34 AM
I dont know is this 'culture' but I think it deserves atention, I cant post the original, because that site is not working anymore but I have the newspaper in Macedonian and I will translate it:
http://img148.imageshack.us/img148/1955/skenirani005si7.jpg
http://img137.imageshack.us/img137/3439/skenirani003an5.jpg
its about Georghe Hagi, maybe the best Romanian football - Lina | |
| Romanian culture:
Romanian culture:
I think it's useful to know about the culture and about the country where they speak the language you are learning. So I think we could add a post for Romanian culture.
Many people (almost in Spain) think Romanians are just stealers and gipsies... but gipsies are just 6% of the Romanian population! So I think people just learn about you before to judge :)
I have a Romanian friend who is whiter than the milk, and they think she is Russian. When she says: I'm Romanian, people say: But you are not gipsy! It's incredible! :p
I have some questions about Romanian culture, and I'll post them later. :)
Avaldi
Friday 15th of February 2008 09:31:19 PM
1. Do you think Romanians are - Lina | |
| PB Romanian Course [Lesson 2]:
PB Romanian Course [Lesson 2]: Give me sometime for making my own translation into Romanian, and then let Lina complete the rest and correct me. Thank you ;)
Read the dialogue.
My name is Alex. Where are you from?
I am Nikolaj. I come from Moscow, from Russia. Where do you come from?
I live in Bucharest, but I am from Slatina. What languages do you speak?
I speak Russian and a little of Romanian.
Order those conversations.
I come from Moldova, from Chisinau * Hello! My name is Natalia. Where are you from, Antonia? * Hello, I am Antonia. Und who are you? * Thank you!* I come from Italy. And you? * You speak very good Romanian.
From Cluj * Good morning, I am Bogdan * My name is Anna. Good - Lina | |
| 2 translations needed: Hello,
Can anyone please translate the 2 following phrases for me?
1) Greek Rentals
2) Directory of vacation rental accommodations.
Thank you in advance!
Mery- Mery | |
| Prezintă-te pe tine însuţi:
ngonga
Saturday 02nd of June 2007 03:06:03 AM
Prezinta-te pe tine insuti: In primul rand, mii de multumiri Linei, care a scris o noua versiune a postului original :)
Ideea de a scrie despre tine insuti este foarte buna din doua motive, reusim sa ne cunoastem si sa invatam limba romana(ma refer la cei ce nu sunt vorbitori nativi).
Eu sunt Javi si sunt profesor de limba engleza. Am 29 de ani si maine implinesc 30 (schimb prefixul, cum spuneti voi romanii).
Am fost in Romania, mi-a placut foarte mult ce am vazut si am inceput sa invat limba romana acum 10 luni.
M-am intors la Bucuresti si am stat la o prietena, dorindu-mi sa invat cat mai mult romaneste.
Anul acesta, in vara, voi merge la Baia Ma- Lina | |
| : Français / French: Pierre va travailler pour la première fois
Deutsch / German : Peter geht zum ersten Mal arbeit
Italian(o) : Pietro va a lavorare per la prima volta
Español / Spanish : Pedro va a trabajar por primera vez
Nederlands / Dutch : Pieter gaat werken voor de eerste keer
Românesc / Romanian : Peter merge la locul de muncă pentru prima dată
Русский / Russian : Пётр ходит на работу в первый раз
Ελληνικά / Greek : Ο Πετρος πηγαίνει να εργαστεί για πρώτη φορά
Next sentence : I was too long to translate; now Peter might be retired :)- jerome | |
| Aντωνυμίες & πτώ` - Pronouns and cases (reloaded): I found this and I think is useful . Thanks to Nena.
This is a topic about the way the cases are used in the Greek language. Feel free to ask Nena77 any question you like .
Ok, we are all familiar with the personal pronouns in the nominative form. They are the ones we use in the verb conjugation game:
Εγώ
Εσύ
Αυτός/Αυτή/Αυτό (Masc/Fem/Neut)
Εμείς
Εσείς
Αυτοί/Αυτές/Αυτά (Masc/Fem/Neut)
We use these to show the person that does something
Εγώ τρέχω run
Εσύ κάθεσαι sit
Αυτός/Αυτή/Αυτό κλαίει cry
Εμείς ταξιδεύουμε travel
Εσείς φεύγετε leave
Αυτοί/Αυτές/Αυτά περπατούν- Gabrielle | |
| Lesson no 8 - two important verbs (reloaded): I think the previous lesson scared many people because i saw not much of replies :)
Anyway, the verbs 'είμαι' (to be ) and 'έχω' (to have ), which are most important in English and many languages, are widely used in Greek to form tenses (mainly perfect tenses). Following is the complete list of verb forms for these two auxiliary verbs.
.......................ACTIVE VOICE
............Indicative .....................Subjunctive
Person..Present..Imperfect..Dur. Future....Present
1st si. είμαι.....ήμουν.......θα είμαι.....να είμαι
2nd si. είσαι.....ήσουν.......θα είσαι.....να είσαι
3rd si. είναι.....ήταν........θα είναι.....να είν- Gabrielle | |
| Lesson no 7 - The verb (reloaded): This is going to be a little more difficult.
In the verbal system of Modern Greek, both the tense and the aspect are very important. The concept of the aspect is expressed by two different stems, the stem of the present and the stem of the aorist (simple past tense). From these two stems are formed all the tenses and the moods.
There are eight tenses in Modern Greek
Present
---Present Tense (Enestotas - Ενεστώτας )
---Perfect or Present Perfect(Parakimenos - Παρακείμενος )
Past
---Aorist or Simple Past Tense (Aoristos - Αόριστος )
---Imperfect or Past Continuous (Paratatikos -Παρατατικός )
---Pluperfect or Past Perfect(Ipersintelikos - Υπερσυντέλ- Gabrielle | |
| Lesson no 5 - The article (reloaded): There are two kinds of articles in Greek : the definite and the indefinite (just like in most European languages).
The article is inflected for number, gender and case. In Modern Greek there are two numbers
Ενικός - enikos - singular
ΠΛηθυντικός - plithindikos - plural
three genders
Αρσενικό - arseniko - male
Θηλυκό - thiliko - female
Ουδέτερο - udhetero - neutral
and four cases
Ονομαστική - onomastiki - nominative
Γενική - gheniki - genitive
Αιτιατική - etiatiki - accusative
Κλητική - klitiki - vocative
The article agrees in number, gender and case with the noun it refers to, which it precedes. Vocative takes no art- Gabrielle | |
| Lesson 01- The Greek Alphabet - the 24 letters of the Greek (Hellenic) Alphabet (reloaded): Hi everybody. This is a first attempt for starting lessons in the Greek forum. I will start with the alphabet and then with common phrases. Any ideas and proposals for lessons are welcomed.
Α, α : (Alpha - Ah) : a in ‘Ah’
Β, β : (Vita - Voo) : v in ‘vicar’
Γ, γ : (Ghamma- Yoo) : y in ‘yoghourt’ (strong sound)
Δ, δ : ( Dhelta - Thoo) : th in ‘the’
Ε, ε : (Epsilon – Eh) : e in ‘bet’
Ζ, ζ : (Zhita – Zoo) : z in ‘zoo’
Η, η : (Eetah- Ee) :ee in ‘bee’ (short sound)
Θ, θ : (Thitah-Thoo) :th in ‘anthem’
Ι, ι : (Yiotah – Ee) :ee in ‘bee’ (as above)
Κ, κ : (Kapah –Koo) :c in ‘cat’
Λ, λ : (Lamthah- Loo) : l in ‘let’
Μ, μ: (Meeh –- Gabrielle | |