CJ Posted November 5, 2007 Share Posted November 5, 2007 I have been attempting to learn Greek since moving out here and can now get by with basics but nowhere near conversational level. I decided to try and read more and so started to learn the alphabet and the sounds. The trouble is, some of the lower case letters bear no resemblance to the upper case. Also, some of the letters e.g "P" dont sound anything like the English versions. I can see this is going to be a long hard slog! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RobSheffield Posted November 5, 2007 Share Posted November 5, 2007 Efaristoe (i think) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CJ Posted November 5, 2007 Author Share Posted November 5, 2007 Efaristoe (i think) EFHARISTO - but close enough! Or, as some of my mates remember it: "How far is Stoke" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marco Posted November 5, 2007 Share Posted November 5, 2007 You'll be fine Colin, give it a few years and you'll speak Greek perfectly Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jefferson Posted November 5, 2007 Share Posted November 5, 2007 Efaristoe (i think) i dont understand, however its all greek to me:D badum tsch:cool: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guigsy Posted November 5, 2007 Share Posted November 5, 2007 badum tsch bless you Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RedM Posted November 5, 2007 Share Posted November 5, 2007 Try Japanese: So far I've learnt 48 Hiragana. Got a few more to do then it's Katakana and I've just bought a book that teaches the first 448 Kanji! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jefferson Posted November 5, 2007 Share Posted November 5, 2007 bless you thank you - i dont know about greek or even japanese but i know about 10 words of welsh - might help me on a pancake run one day;) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RedM Posted November 5, 2007 Share Posted November 5, 2007 i know about 10 words of welsh I know four. Look. You. Is. It. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jefferson Posted November 5, 2007 Share Posted November 5, 2007 I know four. Look. You. Is. It. what about 'fabulous' or 'araf' or 'boyo'- everybody knows these 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ian Ian Posted November 5, 2007 Share Posted November 5, 2007 Yassu Colin its not a good language to learn Cheers -Ian- Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DaveK Posted November 5, 2007 Share Posted November 5, 2007 Try Japanese: So far I've learnt 48 Hiragana. Got a few more to do then it's Katakana and I've just bought a book that teaches the first 448 Kanji! http://i146.photobucket.com/albums/r262/RedM_Supra/hiragana_katakana_list.gif Japanese is odd - even the Japanese can't speak it all. The last time I was in Tokyo I met a Japanese girl, and she was saying that even she cannot understand some of the news programs because they speak in such a formal way. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Charlotte Posted November 5, 2007 Share Posted November 5, 2007 because they speak so in such a formal way. Was that a demonstration of the English equivalent? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RedM Posted November 5, 2007 Share Posted November 5, 2007 Japanese is odd - even the Japanese can't speak it all. The last time I was in Tokyo I met a Japanese girl, and she was saying that even she cannot understand some of the news programs because they speak so in such a formal way. Mind you, the same could be said of English. Even on this forum there are several people for whom many simple words seem to be a complete mystery. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DaveK Posted November 5, 2007 Share Posted November 5, 2007 Was that a demonstration of the English equivalent? Thank you for highlighting my learning difficulty. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Charlotte Posted November 5, 2007 Share Posted November 5, 2007 Thank you for highlighting my learning difficulty. I like to help people with special needs. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ewen Posted November 5, 2007 Share Posted November 5, 2007 I like to help people with special needs. ME ME:) I have a special need Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ewen Posted November 5, 2007 Share Posted November 5, 2007 Oops, scrub that. My wife has reliably informed me that I dont. But may do soon:( Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nick Posted November 5, 2007 Share Posted November 5, 2007 Try Japanese: So far I've learnt 48 Hiragana. Got a few more to do then it's Katakana and I've just bought a book that teaches the first 448 Kanji! http://i146.photobucket.com/albums/r262/RedM_Supra/hiragana_katakana_list.gif Hiragana and Katakana is easy compared to Kanji Still, very satisfying when you start to understand signs, menus etc. Long hard slog though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bob Posted November 6, 2007 Share Posted November 6, 2007 Good luck with the Greek, Col My new company has just informed me that I need to learn both Dutch and Arabic! Fun fun fun! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CJ Posted November 6, 2007 Author Share Posted November 6, 2007 You'll be fine Colin, give it a few years and you'll speak Greek perfectly My problem is the lack of contact with Greek speakers. That may sound silly seeing as I live here but working at the bar in the summer means speaking predominantly to Brits and then, in the winter, the Greeks are so "helpful" they speak English to me too! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CJ Posted November 6, 2007 Author Share Posted November 6, 2007 I know four. Look. You. Is. It. You forgot "there's lovely". Wow, that Japanese stuff really looks hard. Puts my Greek problems into perspective. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CJ Posted November 6, 2007 Author Share Posted November 6, 2007 Yassu Colin its not a good language to learn Cheers -Ian- Yassou Ian. Ti kanis? Kala? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CJ Posted November 6, 2007 Author Share Posted November 6, 2007 Mind you, the same could be said of English. Even on this forum there are several people for whom many simple words seem to be a complete mystery. Check out my sig. There you will find a perfect example of that. BTW, that was the exact wording in the post - no more, no less. Beggars belief eh? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CJ Posted November 6, 2007 Author Share Posted November 6, 2007 Good luck with the Greek, Col My new company has just informed me that I need to learn both Dutch and Arabic! Fun fun fun! I once started to learn Arabic as I had been talking to a Bahrain company and it was looking likely I would be moving there. In all honesty, I think it was easier than Greek Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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