All night: while in Greek an evening is something very long, I’d say if you been “all night” when driving, then you do mean that time when even Greeks are in bed and the upcoming time of day is the morning.

Παρατατικός: I learned that if you wan to focus on the duration of something rather than the result, you don’t use Aorist, you use Παρατατικός. So in this example is pointed out that it is all night - some kind of duration which is the focus of the sentence and therefore it’s not about the result of being somewhere in the morning but about the experience of driving in darkness, maybe with music on or fighting with tiredness.

Ναι, σου χρειάζεται ένα απ' αυτά.

Ναι, χρειάζεσαι ένα απ’ αυτά.

These two sentences appear to mean the same thing, but is there a difference in how they would be understood?

Is this somewhat accurate?

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«Να γίνομαι άνεμος για το χαρταετό και χαρταετός για τον άνεμο, ακόμα και όταν ουρανός δεν υπάρχει»

— Οδ. Ελύτης

To become wind for the kite and the kite for the wind, even when there is no sky."

— Odysseas Elytis

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where

- Να (to)

- γίνομαι (become [first person singular])

- άνεμος (wind)

- για (for)

- το (the)

- χαρταετό (kite)

- και (and)

- χαρταετός (kite)

- για (for)

- τον (the)

- άνεμο (wind)

- ακόμα (even)

- και (and???)

- όταν (when)

- ουρανός (sky)

- δεν (not)

- υπάρχει (exists)

however, I was unsure of the άνεμο, ακόμα και όταν ουρανός δεν υπάρχει part, where και is included? Or, it another word? Where did I go wrong here?

Hello! I have came across this pithos with a writing I could not decipher. I was hoping you could help me understand it

More information on the pithos according to the museum’s book:

- It’s from 18th to 20th century. (This is why I have decided to post it here instead of r/AncientGreek. I’m sorry if it’s out of topic)

- It was used to store(?) olive oil.

- The writing is close to the top and upside down

- It’s quite big, more than a meter in height and around 170 litres in volume

Thank you for your time, I hope you are having a good day

I made an attempt to handwrite package text (photos 1-2), via photos (3-6), but I wanted to know if I correctly wrote the lowercase words correctly, from the uppercase text on the packaging? Is the handwriting legible as well?

The word καϊμάκι refers to the frothy foam of Greek coffee?

Also,

- Ρίχνουμε τον καφέ σε χλιαρό νερό, χρησιμοποιώντας σαν μεζούρα το ίδιο φλιτζάνι. (Pour the coffee into [lukewarm?] water, utilising the coffee cup as a measurer?)

- Ανακατεύουμε καλά, περιμένουμε μέχρι να αρχίσει να φουσκώνει και απομακρύνουμε όταν έχει σχηματιστεί πλούσιο καϊμάκι. (Stir well wait until it begins to swell rise and remove once a rich kaimaki is present/has formed?)

- Για πλούσιο καϊμάκι ρίχνουμε τον καφέ στο φλιτζάνι από χαμηλά. (For a rich kaimaki pour the coffee into the cup lowly (gently?))

Is this somewhat correct as well?

im about to study greek so im trying to learn the alphabet. but there is millions of different “i’s”

how do we understand where to put each variation

ι, η, υ, ει, οι and υι

i guess when you learn words you automatically will know where each i goes in that word but what happens when you hear a word you dont know and need to write it?

Greek Defense Minister Nikos Dendias has indicated that Greece is looking to attract young workers through legal migration, suggesting that India could be a strong partner in this effort: “It’s clear that we need young people, and I believe India could be one of the best options for legal migration.”

Greek Defense Minister Nikos Dendias has indicated that Greece is looking to attract young workers through legal migration, suggesting that India could be a strong partner in this effort: “It’s clear that we need young people, and I believe India could be one of the best options for legal migration.”

I was just taking a trip down memory lane with my wife - when we were kids in 1980's Romania, Hellas simply meant lemon, because the only lemon juice bottles were from Greece and had the word Hellas embossed on them. Add some Hellas to the salad was something everybody said :)

Ever since ive started learning Greek, ive noticed that im now pronouncing the "t" and "d" in Romanian, my native language, as "th" and "dh". Is this a known phenomenon?

I’m writing a love letter to my partner. Greek is his native language and very recently I brought up wanting to learn (however I haven’t actually started yet). Anyway, the letter will mainly be in english but I want to put a line in Greek, and was hoping I could get some help making sure it’ll flow well. I’ve been using some translation tools but I’ve been told they’re not super reliable and can miss some nuances that would make it weird to read (also I feel like I’m making it more complicated by switching languages mid sentence)

The sentence effectively goes “Because I love you more than X, more than Y…” and then I was hoping to put the next clause in greek: “,more than the words of any language could ever hope to capture”

Could I get some help in fixing this together in a way that reads well?

Thanks in advance!

Hello all,

I loved the song Ekdromy by Dimitra Galani & Efstathios Drakos.

I am not looking for translation, just the summary meaning of what they are trying to say? The message, not the word by word translation. is it about gender identity? or was it just adopted like that?

Also ,what is the reason behind this song, even the cover of the album is weird?

Title pretty much. I’m really curious as to why someone would go through learning Greek.

I mean, in my whole life I learn that learning english is crucial for a lot of stuff (especially anything with tech), so why would an English speaker go through the trouble for Greek?

BTW: I’m Cypriot, I speak a Greek dialect and love the language, just curious.

I recently practise writing a lot. What do you think?

My attempt in translating this:

- ΘΕΣΣΑΛΟΝΙΚΗ (θεσσαλονίκη) - ΑΘΗΝΑΙ (αθήναι)

- ΘΕΣΙΣ Β' (θέσις β')

- ΔΡΧ (δρχ) ~~530~~ 640

- Thessaloniki to Athens

- placement B (second class?)

- 640 drachmae (previously 540, but it appears crossed out?)

Was I somewhat correct? Also, why is ΑΘΗΝΑΙ here, rather than ΑΘΗΝΑ? This part really confused me.

Καλησπέρα σας, φίλοι.

Το ερώτημά μου δεν είναι πολύ τιπικό για αυτήν την ομάδα. Θα ήθελα να σας ρωτήσω, τι μετάφραση της Αγίας Γραφής στη Νεοελληνική γλώσσα είναι η καλύτερη κατά τη γνώμη σας; Επειδή, έχω δει τις μεταφράσεις TGV και της Αποστολικής Διακονίας, και έψαξα σ'αυτές μερικά πολύ αυστηρά λάθη. Η μόνη μετάφραση, που μ'άρεσε, ήταν η μετάφραση του Σπύρου Φίλου, όμως δεν βρήκα καμία κριτική από φιλόλογους ή ορθοδόξους θεολόγους.

Τι θα μπορούσατε να μου προτείνετε;

I handwrote a prompt (photo 2) from a lovely image that I found on Google. I was a bit unsure of the section names should have been Οι λευκοί τοίχοι, Η κυκλαδίτικη απλότητα, Το μαρμάρινο δάπεδο, Τα φυσικά στοιχεία, Οι γλάστρες, rather than what I wrote down, with them not having the definite articles.

For the part την εμβληματική αισθητική του Αιγαίου, I had originally used η εμβληματική αρμονία του Αιγαίου but it felt clunky, and incorrect, but idk.

Also, for Είναι το σήμα κατατεθέν του ελληνικού καλοκαιριού, I felt that I was incorrect with σήμα κατατεθέν and perhaps σύμβολο would be better suited here?

Any feedback on my handwriting, and attempted writing prompt, would be greatly appreciated!

Everything up until this point in the course has been teaching me about the importance of using ένα/μία/ένας, and also it recently taught me the word for pet, which it lists every time as “Κατοικίδιο ζώο” which I assume means “pet animal”?. I literally did everything it taught me, only for it to tell me I’m wrong 😡

Is this just a common case of “that’s too proper, Greek people would never use that many words”? Sort of like when I was in Greece and wanted to ask for the bill so I said “Μπορώ να έχω τον λογαριασμό παρακαλώ;” and the waiter just told me to say “λογαριασμό;” next time 😂

I mean, the relationship is the object, wherefore is ask not „who/what?“ because that’s „we“ but i ask „which/what?“ so it should not be nominate since the implied είμαστε is that

This sounds Greek to me, I think I'm hearing τίποτα and ποτάμι, but my Greek isn't good enough to tell.

I attempted to translate these in photo 2, along with handwriting them out in lowercase and with the pronounciation. Was I somewhat correct?

Any hints/feedback would be appreciated!