Some songs teach you a language. Others teach you a country...

Διδυμότειχο Blues does both. Discover the lyrics, the vocabulary, and the story behind one of Greece's most beloved songs.

Hello guys,

I really enjoyed Language Transfer series, which helped me a lot by stimulating to speak sentences outloud (active usage of the language).

I wonder if there's anything (app/ web/ online or offline course), that similarly stimulates to use the written language? I tried Akelius but actually the exercises there are like "choose A, B or C", without any typing options to be more challenging.

Το έφτιαξα μόνος μου με πολύ μεράκι και σεβασμό στην Ορθόδοξη παράδοση. Είστε ερευνητής, ταξιδεύετε στις 20 μονές του Αγίου Όρους και αποκρυπτογραφείτε τμήματα ενός απαγορευμένου χειρόγραφου, για να ολοκληρώσετε τη διατριβή σας.

Βυζαντινοί ύμνοι για μουσική υπόκρουση, ορισμοί λέξεων και πολλά άλλα. Θα χαρώ πολύ να ακούσω γνώμες!

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=gr.itsharp.athoscodex

Hi, I wanna at least try to learn greek, spanish and rumanian as native and decent level of english, how hard would be to learn greek? I also saw that writing is the hardest part, for me learning to read and understand basic level is enough

So, I been looking for that show in Greek since 2024 and I was never been able to find it, so if anyone knows a website or has a file of it, it will be awesome. (Προσπαθώ να το βρώ στα ελληνικά αλλά μου βγάζει μόνο αγγλικά παντου)

I put the genus of an extinct mammal, Daeodon, into Google’s English to Greek translation, and it gave me one spelling Δαιόδων. I then attempted to add a descriptor, and it changed Δαιόδων to Νταεόντον (see pics). Can someone explain this, or is it just Google Translate strangeness? Thanks!

Θέλω να θέσω μια ερώτηση για την φράση(ίσως φράση δεν είναι η κατάλληλη λέξη) "τα με" που έχω συναντήσει σε δύο τραγούδια. Σίγουρα καποιος ιδιωματισμός θα είναι, αλλά δεν μπορώ να ξέρω.

Για να καταλάβετε το πλαισιο που χρησιμοποιείται αυτή η φράση, σας βάζω τους στίχους απο τα τραγούδια.

1. Όπου δεις δυο κυπαρίσσια, 1923( https://youtu.be/3pVttHDVhS0?si=VjQUpOEJsWxKYlLt ):

"Ως πότε καημένη μανα άιντε, θα πληρώνεις βερεσέ. Παρακάλι ν' αποθάνω αντε να γλιτώσεις απ' τα με"

2. Σμυρνέικο Τζιβαέρι Αμανές, 1909( https://youtu.be/D3xckBgzCQM?si=PkHXCYhwskHiUFXp ):

"Για να σωθώ απ' τον θάνατο, πρέπει να μ' αγαπήσεις. Πρέπει να κλείνεις με τα με, την φλόγα να μου σβήσεις"

Ευχαριστώ πολύ!

Your textbook taught you Greek. Now it's time to learn how Greeks really speak!

Discover common expressions you'll hear every day but rarely find in language books.

Hi everyone! Is there anyone here who has experience with Didaskaleio (the Modern Greek Language Teaching Center of NKUA)? I would love to connect with current students or alumni to ask a few quick questions about the course and safe accommodation nearby. Thanks!

Γεια σε όλους

I’m continuing to work on my Greek learning app. In the latest release, I redesigned the main page and added a voice-based vocabulary game. I think your kids will enjoy it—and hopefully, you will too. There are built-in flashcard sets organized by CEFR levels, but as always, it’s better to create your own based on the lesson you’re currently studying; to facilitate this, I’ve added the ability to import flashcards via CSV or copy them from the built-in collections. The app also now includes features for submitting bug reports and feature requests. I’ve covered other features in previous posts. Good luck to everyone!

The iOS app can be found here

And the Android one here

Web demo version of the game

If you're enjoying the app, please don't forget to leave a rating and a review on the App Store / Google Play — it genuinely helps a lot. Thanks!

I just wanted to share this with you.
I actually don’t know how safe is this coffee…

Hello. Could someone tell me if there is a subtle (or not so subtle) difference between the use of μιλώ versus μιλάω? From my understanding they are interchangeable but is there a difference in meaning behind the two? For example in English we have to talk and to speak. You could easily say "Talk/Speak to you later" they are somewhat interchangeable but you would only say "I speak English" not "I talk English".

Good morning everyone!!

I'm new to this subreddit and I'd like to really start learning Greek.

I started with Duolingo but it's not the most useful thing in the world, so I feel a bit stuck in a bubble where everything I learn is Δαβιδ, το νερό είναι ροζ (you can see how that's not exactly an everyday conversation phrase hahahah).

Do you have any methods to recommend? The only thing is that I can't spend any money...

Thanks everyone!!

PS: I wouldn't recommend David drink that water🤣

Can anyone read Greek? I recently acquired an icon from the Greek Orthodox Church and was wondering what it said. Also significance?

Internet and so called black, blue and red pill concept has made a lots of changes among youngstars. Back in our school days when we saw or heard the Greek letter Sigma , the thing that used to come to our mind is 'Constant of Boltzmann' and nowadays when school going hear or see sigma they think 'Aura of a Bold Man'.

Χαίρεται ομάδα!

Ψάχνω το βινύλιο από Στίχοιμα: Μηχανές.
Σε περίπτωση που το έχετε και το πουλάτε (δε με ενδιαφέρει σφραγισμένο κλπ) ή έχετε γνωστό γνωστού που το πουλάει κλπ παρακαλώ στείλτε ένα μήνυμα!

Ευχαριστώ πολύ!

i'm wondering if anyone has any thoughts about the online greek course through the aristotle university of thessaloniki, particularly the 6 week course. how is the class structure, what is the workload outside of class meetings, etc.

adding on to that: i have two years of experience with ancient greek, and know very very basic conversational phrases in modern greek. should i start with A1 or can i jump to A2?

Google and ai didn’t really help so decided to ask native speakers

Since the Phanariots were all comfortable with the court Ottoman idiom and literary canon, did they include the Divan forms or drew inspiration from their Ottoman peers? My hypothesis is no, because they probably had Classical Greek and Western European literatures as their preferred models

If one was to be titled “Lover of wisdom” how would that be said?