Learn the Basics: Greek Language
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- Greek language belongs to the Hellenic branch of the Indo-European language family and it is spoken mainly in Greece and Cyprus.
Get ready for your next Greek holiday by picking up a few choice words and phrases. Elena, one of our staff in Athens, runs you through the basics so you'll be able to impress the locals!
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⏲️ Timestamps - Chapters ⏲️
00:00 Intro
00:40 Greetings: Γειά (Hello / Bye, used informally) - Geiá
01:50 Greetings: Καλημέρα - Good morning / Good day - Kaliméra
02:35 Greetings: Καλησπέρα - Good evening - Kalispéra
02.50 Greetings: Καληνύχτα - Good night - Kalinýchta
03:05 Yes and No: Ναι - Yes - Ne , ‘Οχι - No - Ohi
04:00 Please and Thank you: Ευχαριστώ - Thank you - Efcharistó, Παρακαλώ - Please - Pa-ra-kalo
04:23 Excuse me: Με συγχωρείτε - Excuse me -Me si-horite
04:35 Cheers: Γεια μας! - Cheers - Yia mas!
05:14 Bonus word!
05:51 Outro
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I should be studying for my cardiology final that’s tomorrow but instead I’m trying to learn Greek!
Good luck for the exam! Go hit those books 😁
Κριστεν Καλουδα-ελλινικη γλοσσια ειναι καλιτερα στο παΥκοσμο και γεια σου!
How did the final go?
@@Molaviraastinpourhamidshiraazi I passed 😊. Thanks!
@@lucypher5200 good job. Now you know greek AND cardiology
Yes in Greek: "No"
No in Greek: "Ok"
My brain: 🔥
That is exactly what I thought when I first learned some simple words about 40 years ago, and you know what, it is the best way. Applying that thinking to those two words, in particular, has never let me down.
Yes in Greek = Ναί / Neh
No in Greek = Όχι / Ohi
Your brain need more education
The Greeks sound like a very happy people. Cheers from Texas.
😆
I am from Philippines, and thanks for this short vedio, through this short vedio I can learn basic Greek language in advance. Planning to work Greece, God bless
I like the way you teach, you keep it simple and also explain it in a way that will be easy to remember. Evharistos. From England.
Thanks Pauline!
I never liked Harry Stowe. F' Harry Stowe. 🤪
This is the cutest and most fun language video I’ve seen
Geia sou
I love this!! my step father's family is greek so I'm still learning english since my original language is spanish I think it will more easy to learn greek.
I knew basic Greek from traveling there every summer and I took Spanish in high school. I definitely noticed some similarities in the languages
Your English is really good👍🏽
Appreciate that you keep it simple by not teaching too many words and your explanations make it easier to remember. I’m just arrived in Greece so now I’m trying to learn and practice .
Me too.
What a fantastic Greek Ambassador! Elena, girl, you are amazing! 🤩 Γεια σου, βρε Έλενα!
I'm from India and I'm learning Greek from you , you taught very well ευχαριστώ κυρία
i have a friend who’s from greece and i’ve always wanted to impress her one day by talking to her in greek - this is helping so much
Thank you for spreading the Greek language!
I'm going to a Greek festival with my family soon and i decided i wanted to learn the language just a few words but once i watched this video it made me want to learn more i know how to speak some french, some asl but know i really want to learn this thank you for making it simple it's so easy to understand
I'm Russian, but my relatives from my mum's side are Greek, so I've always dreamt of speaking Greek fluently. I'm fluent in English, almost fluent in Spanish and currently learning French at university, and sometimes it makes me so upset that I even understand Italian, but I'm still struggling with Greek. It's the most difficult language to me, but I'm not gonna give up, because among all the foreign languages I speak I consider Greek the most beautiful and rich, especially when it comes to vocabulary
Thank you. We go to Corfu & Crete for our holidays. We just love those islands and the people from there. Time to learn some greek
I'm learning Greek now. Your video is excellent ❤️😊
Thank you so much !! Such a short video and so much learned!! Thank you! And happy holidays 🎁🎉
You are really good at teaching. You should consider making more videos as I will like to learn more Greek from you😊.
so great i created flash cards on this video ,, heading to Greece in June !! thank you
Thank you! That was really fun! I leave for Greece in two weeks. I will be looking at this and other videos everyday. I know, I know, I should have started months ago. Greek is so intimidating. I'll keep trying.
Thanks for sharing
Thank you very much.
I spent a week in Athens this year, and people were shocked I'd bothered to learn even the basics.
Good to know, I plan to visit in June. Did you have any problems with language barriers?
@metaldave08096 Not at all. Everyone seemed to speak English. It didn't stop me trying to impress them with my awful Greek though!
Am learning thanks
Thanks very much for this great video
Γεια.
Καλημέρα.
Thanks a lot, Elena of Jayway Travel. 🥇🥇🥇🥇🥇🏆🏆🏆🏆
I hope to learn Greek using your channel. Ελληνικά sounds beautiful.
Very good teacher ❤
Ευχαριστώ!
I need to practice more!! Lol my Greek friends only show me the bad stuff!! Lol. Still love my Greek brothers!!
I’m going on holiday next year, so my plan is to try and learn a bit to blend in 😂
This is the easiest video I found for basic greek words :) Efcharistó! Do you offer tours in Athens?
Great explain 💐
Love to leran with you..
You are so sweet as teacher 🤗🤗😍😍
Meraki is a word that has an ultimate Arabic Origin.
Filotimo is a Great Greek word. Literally to have a "Love of Honor", someone who is Honorable has it...👍
i’m greek and this is a big help!
Thanks
Thanks from Brazil:D
amazing
Great video
❤❤❤❤ thank you 🙏
very successful teaching
hi from Turkey
You have such a cute personality and way of expressing yourself!
I really like how she teaches Greek but I can’t find anymore videos of her! Does she have her own channel?
Elena showed travel vlogger Jon Barr around Athens last summer, for this video: th-cam.com/video/DV82ZpC8pNc/w-d-xo.html
Thanks a lot
An old trust has now been dispersed. My first European trip started in France, then a 21 day sailing trip with Captain Panos first boat. Oretha. He now only does day trips so I’ll do three one day trips. Then go from island to island for 5 weeks and no Itinerary. After I will randomly meander from island to island. I want to go through that cave again in that cove where you see Panos’s boat is anchored in. Panos was described by the merchant boat as the best Captain in Greece. But, an older boat. Well that was three boats ago. And I tell you, I would go on Captain Panos’s old boat over any Captain in Greece. I cannot wait!
Extra NICE
very nice😊
Awesome video!☺
I just realized that Greek language has been used in SIMS games xD
Very nice 👍
I'm not going to Greece but here i am 1am trying to learn greek
YOU ARE AWSOME.
I HAVE DECIDED TO GO AND LIVE IN GREECE.
CITY OF LAMIA.
Simple, easy and clear,, No too much bla bla bla.....❤
I am Greek Australian and I really want to learn fluent greek
Same lol
Same haha
Τότε κάντε το, παιδιά! 😁❤️
@@SP19NC mate it’s not as easy as u think
Γεια σας! I'm from the central part of the USA and I'm learning modern Greek! I'm looking for language partners to practice since where I live there are no Greek speakers. I also have no Greek ancestry or family...
I'm 25 years old and my interests include ice skating, rock climbing and playing the piano...
My cousin is from Athens. A friendly Lebanese couple asked me if I was Armenian or Turkish. I'm mixed with Mediterranean which is where my passion comes from lol.
Good
Γεια σου! Nice video with a small correction🥰 In "Γεια", "Γεια σου", or "Γεια σας", the word "γεια" doesn't need an accent mark as it is one syllable😉❤ Kisses from Crete!💋
Hey quick question but when Γ is with Χ doesn't Γ sound like Ν. For example, έλεγχος.
Nice 👍👍
"Ne" actually means "No" in my language, hope I don't get them confused in the future haha
Καλό πρωί, καλό μεσημέρι, καλό βράδυ...🙂Ναι βρε! 😆
Corrections:
Καλό πρωί (but we don’t say that)
Καλό μεσημέρι
Καλό βράδυ
Good job! Μπράβο! 🥳
@@SP19NC Μη μου κοροιδευεις μωρό μου! 😁Αλλα εχεισ δικιο... 😬
I have a question about pronunciation : how do you pronounce the "che" like the jota in spanish ? Thanks you
Αυτό είναι το καλύτερο μακράν!
Im Greek and this is cool
What confuses me most is the opposite meaning of Yes and No, accompanied by the same opposite gestures. How come?
I need a Greek girlfriend to practice !!!
So what's " whiskey down " mean ?
🙏
You can say λέγαμαι which means my name is so you can γεια λέγαμαι then say your name and χαίρω πολύ means nice to meet you.
Could you do a video where you say “it is well” in greek please?
Einai kala. Είναι καλά.
Καλά είναι/Kalá íne
hello eleni my mum is elena too
😮❤😮
Είμαι από Ελλάδα ( im from Greece )
I want to learn Greek language
That is such a pity that the course is limited to only one video!🙄😒😔🥴because the lady looks like a very good teacher. I am honestly disappointed about this and wish it was a series of short courses. Anyway, as an Iranian living in Turkey, there were some interesting things here that might point out interactions between cultures. For instance, the last word "Meraki" might be rooted in Turkish as "merak" means interest in Turkish (in Azeri, it is Marax). For example, "meraklı" means interested or "merak ettim"; means I became curious/interested. Another word was "iyiya" (health in greak). İyi means good or fine in Turkish; for example "iyiyim" means I am fine (however; in Azeri, we say Yaxşı which is a completely different word). So, I am wondering if the word "iyi" has replaced "yaxshi" by time in the Turkish language spoken in Turkey 🤔
hello in greek i faught it was yasa and for bye yasoo?
Its my language!
Καληέρα
yaa means what in somali language
Pozdrawiam z Polski
So if one were saying goodbye to their grandmother in Greek it will be ya ya ya?
What is the result or the gain of learning an interrogative phrase of a language you can't understand the answer ?
Hi guys is there anyone greek on here i could ask advice from?
Good gril
Γεια
Kalispera, Kalinychta, Goodnight🛡️🌐🚭🌌😊
Geiá sas!
Geia sou!
I'm not going anywhere, Elena♀️🚭🌐🍿🌞🛡️Geia, 😊Geia Sou, Geia sas, Health!
Kalimera, Good Morning, Good day🛡️🌞🍿🌐🚭♀️🙂
The Greeks manage to sound negative when saying YES, and positive when saying NO...
Hi: già sou / già sas
Good morning Kalimera
Good afternoon Kalispera
Good night kalinychta
Yes Ne
No Ohi
Thanks you efharisto
Please Parakalo
Excuse me Me sihorite
Cheers Yia mas
Doing smthg with passion Meraki
saying "Ne" as yes won't be easy
29+ tenses in turkish language
Anatolian Turkish verb conjugations
A= To (towards /~for) (for words with a thick vowel in the last syllable)
E= To (towards /~for) (for words with a thin vowel in the last syllable)
Okul=School
U=(ou)=it= ( that’s )>(I /U /i /ü=~it’s about)
Git=Go
Mak/Mek (emek)=exertion /process
Git-mek=(verb)= to Go (the process of going= getmek =to get there)
Gel-mek= to Come
1 .present continuous tense (right now or soon, now on or later, currently or nowadays)
Used to explain the current actions or planned events (for the specified times)
YOR-mak =to tire ( to try , to deal with) >Yor=~go over it (yorgunum=I’m tired)
A/E Yormak=(to arrive at any idea/opinion over what it is)
I/U Yormak=(to arrive wholly over it)
used as the suffix=” ı/u - i/ü + Yor"
positive
Okula gidiyorsun ( you are going to school)= Okul-a Git-i-yor-u-Sen >(You’ try to Go to school) =School-to /Go-to-try /that-You
Evden geliyorum ( I'm coming from home) = Ev-de-en Gel-i-yor-u-Men >(from Home I’ try to Come) =Home-at-then/ Come-to-try/ I’m
negative
A)..Mã= Not B)Değil= it's not (the equivalent of)=(deŋi.le)
examples
A: Okula gitmiyorsun ( you’re not going to school)= Okul-a Git-Mã-i-yor-u-Sen =(You don't try to-Go to school)=(School-to Go-Not-it-try that-You)
B: Okula gidiyor değilsin ( you aren’t going to school)=Okul-a Git-i-yor değil-sen (You aren't try..to Go to School)
Question sentence:
Mã-u =Not-it =(is) Not it?
Used as the suffixes ="Mı /Mu - Mi /Mü"
Okula mı gidiyorsun? ( Are you going to school?)= Okul-a Mã-u Git-i-yor-u-sen ? (To-school/ Not-it / You-try-to-go)(Are you going ~towards the school or somewhere else ?)
Okula gidiyor musun? ( Do you go to school?)= Okul-a Git-i-yor Mã-u-sen ? (To school /Try-to-go /Not-it-you)
(~You try to go to school (now on) or not ?) (~Do you go to school ? / at some specific times)
Okula sen mi gidiyorsun ? (~Are (only) you that going to school ?)
2 .simple extensive tense ( it's used to explain our own thoughts about the topic)
(everytime, always, often, rarely, any time, sometimes, now on, soon or afterwards /gets a chance/ it's possible/ inshallah )
positive
VAR-mak =~ to arrive (at) (to attain)
(var= ~have got) used as the suffixes >"Ar-ır-ur" (for thick vowel)
ER-mek=~ to get (at) (to reach)
(er= ~become got) used as the suffixes >"Er-ir-ür" (for thin vowel)
examples
Okula gidersin ( You get to go to school)= Okul-a Git-e-er-sen > You become got (a chance) to go to school
Kuşlar gökyüzünde uçar(lar) (~ Birds fly in the sky )=Kuş-lar gökyüzü-n’de uç-a-var(u-lar)= The birds have got (a chance) to fly in the sky/ The birds arrive flying in the sky
Bunu görebilirler = (they can see this) = Bu-n’u Gör-e-Bil-e-er-ler =(They-get-to-Know-to-See this-what’s)>They get (at) the knowledge to see what this is
Question sentence:
in interrogative sentences it means : is not it so? / what do you think about this topic?
Okula gider misin? (Do you get to go to school ?)= Okul-a Git-e-er Mã-u-Sen >You get a chance to Go to School -is Not it?=(~What about you getting to go to school)
Okula mı gidersin? =(Do you get to go to school or somewhere else ?)
negative
Bas-mak =to dwell on/ to tread on (bas git= ~leave and go > pas geç/ vaz geç=give up)
Ez-mek = to crush (ez geç= think nothing about/ es geç=skip)
Mã= Not
the suffix ="MAZ" Ma-bas=(No pass)=Na pas=(not to dwell on)>(to give up) (for thick vowel)
the suffix ="MEZ" Mã-ez= (No crush) =does not>(to skip) (for thin vowel)
examples
Okula gitmezsin ( You don't/ won't go to school)= Okul-a Git-mã-ez-sen ( you skip of going to school)
Babam bunu yapmaz (my dad doesn't do this)= Baba-m bu-n’u yap-ma-bas= ( my dad doesn't dwell into doing this )
Niçün bunlara da bakmazsınız =(Why don't you look at these too)=Ne-u-çün bu-n’lar-a da bak-ma-bas-sen-iz (2. plural)= what-that-factor you give up looking at these too
3.simple future tense (soon or later)
Used to describe events that we are aiming for or think are in the future
Çak-mak =~to fasten , ~to tack, ~to keep beside (for thick vowel)
Çek-mek=~to attract , ~to pull ,~to feel inside , ~to take along, ~to want / to will (for thin vowel)
can be used as a/ı/u+Jaok(cak) and e/i/ü+Jaek(cek) in spoken language
positive..
Okula gideceksin ( you'll go to school)= Okul-a Git-e-çek-sen (~You fetch/take (in mind)-to-Go to school)
Ali kapıyı açacak ( Ali is gonna open the door)= Ali Kapı-y-ı Aç-a-çak (~Ali takes to open the door)
negative
A. Okula gitmeyeceksin (you won't go to school)= Okul-a Git-mã-e-çek-sen (~you don't keep/take (in mind) to go to school)
B. Okula gidecek değilsin (you aren't gonna go to school)= Okul-a Git-e-çek değil-sen (~you're not (wanting/wanted) to go to school)
4 . simple past tense (currently or before)
Used to explain the completed events we're sure about
Di = now on (anymore) Di-mek(demek) = ~ to deem , ~ to mean, ~ to think this way
Used as the suffixes= (Dı /Di /Du/ Dü - Tı /Ti /Tu /Tü)
positive
Okula gittin ( You Went to school)= Okul-a Git-di-N
Okula mı gittin ? (Did you go to school ?)= Okul-a Mã-u Git-di-n ?( You went to school -isn't it?)
Dün İstanbul'da kaldım= I stayed in Istanbul yesterday
negative
Okula gitmedin ( you didn't go to school)= Okul-a Git-mã-di-N
Çarşıya mı gittiniz? = Did you go to the (covered) public market?
Pazara gittiler mi? = Have they gone to the (open) public market?
5 .narrative past tense- (just now or before)
Used to explain the completed events that we're unsure of
MUŞ-mak = ~ to inform (muşu=inform - notice /muşuş=mesaj=message /muştu=müjde=evangel)
that means -I've been informed/ I heard that/ I noticed that/ I got it/ I found out that/ or it seems such (to me)
used as the suffixes= (Mış/ Muş - Miş/ Müş)
positive
Okula gitmişsin=(I realized that you went to school) Okul-a Git-miş-u-sen (I heard you've been to school)
Yanlış Yapmışım=~I noticed I've made something wrong (Yaŋlış Yap-muş-u-men )
Yanılmışım=Seems that I fell in a mistake
negative
A. Okula gitmemişsin (I heard> you didn't go to school)= Okul-a Git-mã-miş-sen (I learned you've not gone to school)
B. Okula gitmiş değilsin =(I'm aware you haven't gone to school) Okul-a Git--miş değil-sen (Got it you’re not been to school)
in a question sentence it means: Do you have any inform about?- have you heard?-are you aware?-does it look like this?
İbrahim bugün okula gitmiş mi? =(Do you know /have you heard - Has Abraham gone to school today?
6.Okula varmak üzeresin =You're about to arrive at school
7.Okula gitmektesin (You're in (process of) going to school)= ~you have been going to school
8.Okula gitmekteydin =~You had been going to school /Okula gidiyor olmaktaydın
9.Okula gitmekteymişsin =I learned/heard >you've been going to school
10.Okula gidiyordun (Okula git-i-yor er-di-n) = You were going to school
11.Okula gidiyormuşsun (Okula git-i-yor er-miş-sen) ( I heard you are going to school) (I learned you were going to school)
12.Okula gidiyor olacaksın (Okula git-i-yor ol-a-çak-sen) (You will be going to school)
13.Okula gitmekte olacaksın (Okula git-mek-de ol-a-çak-sen) (You will have been going to school)
14.Okula gitmiş olacaksın (Okula git-miş ol-a-çak-sen) (You will have gone to school)
15.Okula gidecektin (Okula git-e-çek er-di-n)(You would gonna go to school) (~You would go to school after/then)(~I had thought so you'll go to school)
16.Okula gidecekmişsin (Okula git-e-çek ermişsen) (I learned that you'll go to school) (I heard that you'd like to go to school)
17.Okula giderdin ( Okula git-e-er erdin) (You used to go to school bf) (~you would go to school bf/then)
18.Okula gidermişsin ( Okula git-e-er ermişsen) (I heard that you used to go to school) (I realized that you would have gone to school)
19.Okula gittiydin ( Okula git-di erdin) ( I had seen you went to school) (~I remember you've gone to school)
20.Okula gitdiymişsin = I heard you went to school (but if what I heard is true)
21.Okula gitmişmişsin = (I heard) You've been to school (but what I heard didn't sound very convincing)
22.Okula gitmiştin (Okula git-miş er-di-n)= you had gone to school
23.Okula gitmiş oldun (Okula git-miş ol-du-n) (you have been to school)
Dur-mak=to keep to be present/there = ~to remain
Durur=it remains to exist there
used as the suffixes=(Dır- dir- dur- dür / Tır- tir-tur-tür)
It's usually used on correspondences and literary language
the formal meaning in official conversations=(that keeps to be present)
Bu Bir Elma = This is an apple
Bu Bir Kitap = This is a book
Bu bir elmadır= (bu bir elma-durur)= This is an apple (that keeps to be present)
Bu bir kitaptır= (bu bir kitap-durur)= This is a book (that keeps to be present)
the informal meaning in everyday conversations=( I think /I guess/ it looks such )
Bu bir elmadır= (bu bir elma-durur)= (remaining so in my mind >this is an apple
Bu bir kitaptır= (bu bir kitap-durur)= (I think> this is a book (it seems so)
Bu bir elma gibi duruyor=(Looks like an apple this is it)=This looks like an apple
Bu bir kitap gibi duruyor=This looks like a book
24.Okula gidiyordursun =(guess>likely-You were going to school
25.Okula gidiyorsundur =(I think> you are going to school
26.Okula gidecektirsin =(guess>likely- You would (gonna) go to school
27.Okula gideceksindir=(I think> You’re going to go to school
28.Okula gitmiştirsin =(guess >likely- You had gone to school
29.Okula gitmişsindir =(I think> You've been to school
Γράφουν όλοι οι άνθρωποι που αγαπούν την ελληνική γλώσσα, γράφουν και οι άσχετοι οι Τούρκοι που είναι στην κοσμάρα τους. Ωραία…
🦃 🤮
Only turkeys can steal the Beautiful Greek word: Scholeio & make it Okula
PS, nobody cares about your Caveman Language!!!! 👎
Whentolos is when in English ghanadonia
I realized half way through the video this isn't Ancient Greek lol
Efharisto poly
Hello mam
Efharisto. Greek is a very sustainable language, since it recycles all the words 3 times :D
im part greek and upset i cant pronunce this correctly