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Topic: What does Greek sound like to a non speak Posted: 26-Jun-2005 at 11:17 |
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all future and in good will , learners of Greek lang. are falling down like flies out of desperation...
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Menippos
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Posted: 26-Jun-2005 at 13:41 |
We should learn at schools the original ancient greek writing and not the ancient greek with the byzantine writing.
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Posted: 26-Jun-2005 at 14:03 |
Indeed. Then spelling, intonation, stressing and many other things would be much more obvious. However, it would perplex many, due to the lack of spacing between words. The modern world is accustomed to separating words and sentences, which is in my opinion quite correct, as it gives a clearer visual image to texts and enhances comprehension.
But what is more satisfactory than being able to read the true original?
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Posted: 26-Jun-2005 at 14:44 |
That's exactly my point. It would be more interesting and if we want to learn how is the original greek we should study the original way of speaking and writing. But it's very complex for us.
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Posted: 27-Jun-2005 at 03:09 |
Not for me - I had written a whole essay when I was in high-school using the ancient way of writing and even the ancient lettertypes. Teacher was happy and upset at the same time, because her eyes hurt from trying to read what I wrote but she loved the idea.
But she asked me kindly not to do it again, because it took her the whole evening to make out what I had written...
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Posted: 27-Jun-2005 at 07:48 |
Really?
That's good! But it's really painful.
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Posted: 27-Jun-2005 at 08:55 |
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Posted: 27-Jun-2005 at 09:30 |
Irrelevant posts deleted. That will be the case from now on, if this doesn't put any sense to some people's minds, then the next step will be a temporary ban.
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Posted: 27-Jun-2005 at 18:14 |
And while you're at it, exchange some receipes for local cuisine too!
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Posted: 07-Oct-2005 at 04:06 |
i just dont know.... just a non comprehended voice signal for me... dont understand a bit.. it's complicated... very complicated and same with turkish lang...
How to say 'How are u?' in greek?
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Posted: 07-Oct-2005 at 05:09 |
Originally posted by cahaya
How to say 'How are u?' in greek? |
Ti kaneis?
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Posted: 07-Oct-2005 at 07:01 |
In the island of Crete, the same question would sound "Inda kaneis"
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Posted: 07-Oct-2005 at 13:16 |
Never heard Greek,just know some Greek alphabets from school mathematics.
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Posted: 07-Oct-2005 at 14:50 |
Originally posted by Alkiviades
In the island of Crete, the same question would sound "Inda kaneis"
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Not only in Crete. There are a few islands where "Inda Kaneis" and "Inda ginesai" is quite common.
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Posted: 17-Aug-2006 at 01:41 |
To me it sounds like Spanish. I do not get the chance to meet many Greeks in the USA, but last year when I was in England, there were lots of Greeks on the streets and whenever I heard them speaking I thought they were speaking in Spanish at first and it took me several moments to realize that it was not actually spanish.
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Posted: 20-Aug-2006 at 11:30 |
(i mentioned it otherwhere too). I was in Poland for 2 weeks ,and they though of me as Spanish cause of accent. A very good friend of mine tells me the same too. I guess thats because we share the same sounds -same vocals ,and vocals follow regularly consonants(not many consonants together..etc) But,i think that Spanish sounds more "musical" -(although not as Italians or French ) For me Cypriot dialect sounds exactly like Spanish -i have thought Cypriots as Spanish and vice versa
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Posted: 22-Aug-2006 at 12:30 |
I have also mistaken spanish with greek once (-and I'm greek).
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Posted: 25-Aug-2006 at 11:58 |
Like a barbarian
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Posted: 11-Nov-2006 at 11:32 |
Hahah true u can confuse the two... but i belive that is something that is subconciuse... or should i say our brains are finetuned to belive that that is spanis.. but once u sharpen ur hearing and you pick up the greek words it all falls into place. After that it sounds quite a bit different to spanish... whell to me atleast.
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