Introduction from newbie

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gladyswiley
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Introduction from newbie

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Hello,
I'm Gladys from Piscataway, NJ, USA. Throughout high school, I read a lot of Greek mythology. Then I played AC Odyssey in 2019. I was fascinated by the whole thing. I know it's ancient Greek but what could I do with that language? So I started learning modern Greek. It's not my top priority right now but I told myself that by the next time I go to Greece, I'll have to be able to converse with the people. I've been there once with my family. I was kinda sad because it was a trip to the sea, which looked beautiful, but I really wanted to go sight-seeing. So I want to go back there some day. And the language itself is also fascinating, I love how there's only one language like that, it makes me want to learn it even more.
I'm glad when finding this forum where I share my interest about Greek. :D
Jonathan Robie
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Welcome to B-Greek!

As the name implies, this forum is mostly about biblical Greek. We may not be as helpful for modern Greek questions - the language has changed considerably over the millenia. On the other hand, we are not bad at classical Greek.
ἐξίσταντο δὲ πάντες καὶ διηποροῦντο, ἄλλος πρὸς ἄλλον λέγοντες, τί θέλει τοῦτο εἶναι;
http://jonathanrobie.biblicalhumanities.org/
Shirley Rollinson
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Re: Introduction from newbie

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Welcome to B-Greek. The "B" stand for "Biblical", so we're dealing with the language of 2,000 years ago. But it is still quite similar - it didn't change as much as English has done.
I believe some members of the forum are modern Greek speakers, so they might be of help. When I visited Greece, I found that I could read things like menus and notices. But I also did a couple of weeks with a teach-yourself set of tapes, and that helped to get my ear attuned to the changes in pronunciation, and some of the modern vocabulary. Rosetta stone was also helpful for the change-over to modern. While I was there I picked up some Greek comics (Asterix, translated into Greek) which are fun and give a colloquial vocabulary.
Languages are fascinating. Happy studies.
Shirley Rollinson
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