Μαθαίνω ελληνικά. - I am learning Greek.

I am at the point of being able to read Greek, introduce myself, ask and respond to “how are you” and how to say “I am still learning Greek can we speak English”. haha

  • JubilantJaguar@lemmy.world
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    23 hours ago

    A few years ago I considered learning Greek. Abandoned the plan because Greek has the triple whammy:

    • quite a hard language, with tricky grammar and different alphabet (phonetics easy tho)
    • only spoken in one small country - not very useful (tho good for general culture - 6% of English lexicon comes from Greek)
    • the locals all speak English (coz tourism) so you’ll have trouble getting a chance to progress

    So: good luck.

    • Arkouda@lemmy.caOP
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      23 hours ago

      I found the alphabet and grammar easy to understand personally, which is why I am able to read before I can do basically anything else.

      Greek is spoken in Greece and numerous other countries because of the Greek diasporas in the world.

      Coming from a Greek family, while the locals may speak English they generally prefer to and appreciate speaking in Greek especially in Greece.

      Thank you for the well wishes.