Greece is awesome. I too am early in my journey of learning to speak Greek (9 months so far) but looking forward to the next time I can return to deepen my conversation skills on this language.
Στιβ καλωσήρθες Ελλάδα !! Καλή επιλογή για εκδρομή τα Χανιά στην Κρήτη !! Οι Μινωίτες είναι απ'τους πιο αρχαίους πολιτισμούς. Steve welcome to Greece. Nice vacation choice of Chania in Crete. Minoans there are one of the most ancient civilizations, they started inhabiting that place 4600 years ago.
It looks beautiful there. I think I would feel more motivated to continue to learn after visiting the country of the language I’m learning. ¡Le deseo el mejor!
I just have to say that you have been such an inspiration for my journey in learning vietnamese. I have been studying in 6 months with teachers on italki, talking with my wife who is also vietnamese and watching videos with interesting and enjoyable context. Greetings from norway:) by the way, do you understand norwegian. i have wathced videos where you talk swedish. Tusen takk for alle videoene du legger ut, det er stor inspirasjon og motivasjon i min videre ferd i å lære vietnamesisk
Steve, I would like to ask you a question. I sometimes have trouble finding good and interesting audiobooks for my more advanced languages to load into lingq. I really love Lingq and I use it everyday. I would like some websites and some advice to know how a book is worth buying or not. I also really appreciate the app. Everyone that I show lingq to thinks that you are a genius. I also agree that you're a genius. Its so convenient to be able to click on a word and it gives you the definition automatically. I could never learn languages this fast without Lingq.
Γεια σας Steve, Άρχισα να μάθω ελληνικά πριν από τριάντα χρόνια (!), αλλά υπήρξαν μερικά χρόνια που δεν έκανα τίποτα και ξέχασα σχεδόν όλα τα ελληνικά μου. Τώρα μπορώ να μεταφράσω από κείμενα αρκετά καλά, αλλά όταν ακούω την γλώσσα όχι τόσο καλά. Θαυμάζω την πρόοδο σας. Πότε θα βάλετε ένα άλλο βίντεο σαν th-cam.com/video/yqXLRmPoCn8/w-d-xo.html, στα ελληνικά; Εκείνο θα είναι ενδιαφέρον.
you need to learn Formal and informal both, After a while you will notice common pattern of Informal and formal languages, so it doesn't matter which one you learn. When I was learning Korean, I learned everything, like everything.
Try LingQ for Korean and ask on our Forum. I don't worry about formality levels. With enough exposure it becomes clearer and clearer. Trust your instincts.
Hi from Greece. The correct grammar in your comment is "How much Greek do you study daily?". In Greek, that can be said in fewer words: " Πόσα Ελληνικά διαβάζεις ημερησίως ; "
At home it was about an hour to an hour and a half a day. Now that I’m in Greek travelling with my wife and friends it’s difficult to get that much in. But I guess I still do read about an hour today
The main difficulty with Greek is not the grammar even though it is quite tedious, the main issue is the vocabulary. Most people learning Greek face the same issue , it takes a long time to memorize these Greek words. Greek is a unique language that has no similarities with other languages . I am fluent in 6 languages and Greek is my current challenge. I live in Israel so I guess I will be able to practice in Cyprus pretty easily as it is a 50 minute flight.
Why do gringos insist on equiparating Portuguese and Spanish as if they really were the same thing or as if our beautiful Portuguese language were a mere dialect of Spanish? Do these people even realise how offensive that is? Our language has history and identity and it is part of our culture no matter if you're in Brazil, Portugal, Angola, Cape Verde or anywhere else. Portuguese is related to Spanish but it's VERY different, of course you can't use Spanish in a Lusophone country. lol
Greece is awesome. I too am early in my journey of learning to speak Greek (9 months so far) but looking forward to the next time I can return to deepen my conversation skills on this language.
Στιβ καλωσήρθες Ελλάδα !! Καλή επιλογή για εκδρομή τα Χανιά στην Κρήτη !! Οι Μινωίτες είναι απ'τους πιο αρχαίους πολιτισμούς. Steve welcome to Greece. Nice vacation choice of Chania in Crete. Minoans there are one of the most ancient civilizations, they started inhabiting that place 4600 years ago.
This is my favorite TH-cam channel, you're so inspiring! Enjoy your stay in Greece.
Beautiful place , and great man , I love this channel......
It looks beautiful there. I think I would feel more motivated to continue to learn after visiting the country of the language I’m learning.
¡Le deseo el mejor!
Συγχαρητήρια!
Sr. Kaufman escriba por favor el titulo del libro d texto griego (2 volumenes) q usa para aprender griego moderno.
deltos.gr/methods/
I just have to say that you have been such an inspiration for my journey in learning vietnamese. I have been studying in 6 months with teachers on italki, talking with my wife who is also vietnamese and watching videos with interesting and enjoyable context. Greetings from norway:) by the way, do you understand norwegian. i have wathced videos where you talk swedish. Tusen takk for alle videoene du legger ut, det er stor inspirasjon og motivasjon i min videre ferd i å lære vietnamesisk
Takk så mye
This comment section is so nice
Steve, I would like to ask you a question. I sometimes have trouble finding good and interesting audiobooks for my more advanced languages to load into lingq. I really love Lingq and I use it everyday. I would like some websites and some advice to know how a book is worth buying or not.
I also really appreciate the app. Everyone that I show lingq to thinks that you are a genius. I also agree that you're a genius. Its so convenient to be able to click on a word and it gives you the definition automatically. I could never learn languages this fast without Lingq.
You just have to look on your own for things to import into LingQ, as I have done.
Γεια σας Steve,
Άρχισα να μάθω ελληνικά πριν από τριάντα χρόνια (!), αλλά υπήρξαν μερικά χρόνια που δεν έκανα τίποτα και ξέχασα σχεδόν όλα τα ελληνικά μου. Τώρα μπορώ να μεταφράσω από κείμενα αρκετά καλά, αλλά όταν ακούω την γλώσσα όχι τόσο καλά. Θαυμάζω την πρόοδο σας. Πότε θα βάλετε ένα άλλο βίντεο σαν th-cam.com/video/yqXLRmPoCn8/w-d-xo.html, στα ελληνικά; Εκείνο θα είναι ενδιαφέρον.
What resources did you use to Hangul and Korean. And should I study informal and formal language? Thanks!
you need to learn Formal and informal both, After a while you will notice common pattern of Informal and formal languages, so it doesn't matter which one you learn.
When I was learning Korean, I learned everything, like everything.
Try LingQ for Korean and ask on our Forum. I don't worry about formality levels. With enough exposure it becomes clearer and clearer. Trust your instincts.
Grazie mille, signor Kaufman!
How much you usually study greek a day?
Hi from Greece. The correct grammar in your comment is "How much Greek do you study daily?". In Greek, that can be said in fewer words: " Πόσα Ελληνικά διαβάζεις ημερησίως ; "
Neueregel ??
At home it was about an hour to an hour and a half a day. Now that I’m in Greek travelling with my wife and friends it’s difficult to get that much in. But I guess I still do read about an hour today
wow that is a lot of effort you put in. Do you get really get lazy someday´s so you take like a freeday? :D
I enjoy it. Most of the listening is while doing other tasks.
The main difficulty with Greek is not the grammar even though it is quite tedious, the main issue is the vocabulary. Most people learning Greek face the same issue , it takes a long time to memorize these Greek words. Greek is a unique language that has no similarities with other languages . I am fluent in 6 languages and Greek is my current challenge. I live in Israel so I guess I will be able to practice in Cyprus pretty easily as it is a 50 minute flight.
Why do gringos insist on equiparating Portuguese and Spanish as if they really were the same thing or as if our beautiful Portuguese language were a mere dialect of Spanish? Do these people even realise how offensive that is? Our language has history and identity and it is part of our culture no matter if you're in Brazil, Portugal, Angola, Cape Verde or anywhere else. Portuguese is related to Spanish but it's VERY different, of course you can't use Spanish in a Lusophone country. lol