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Greek Foundations: From the Training Hall to Daily Life

Beginner modern Greek: writing and speaking, with a Koine reading bridge

Level
Beginner
Lessons
27 lessons in 5 modules
Estimated study
About 18 hours
Format
Online, self-paced
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About this course

Learn beginner modern Greek through the alphabet, the tonos, spelling, listening and conversation. Four modules alternate writing and speaking lessons: print-letter tracing, independent and paper handwriting, complete sentences, polite requests and speech recordings. Begin with useful training-hall language, then communicate in daily life using standard modern Greek. A short final bridge introduces polytonic New Testament Koine: its breathings and accents, two classroom pronunciations and two well-known passages read word by word.

Course outline

Learn the letters that look familiar and the ones that mislead, greet an instructor, follow training cues and count.

  1. Greek begins: Α, Ε, Ι, Ο, Κ, Μ and Τ40 minFree preview
  2. Greet your instructor and training partner40 min
  3. False friends: Β, Η, Ν, Ρ, Υ and Χ40 min
  4. Understand polite training cues40 min
  5. Γ, Δ, Θ, Λ, Π and Σ: new shapes and final sigma40 min
  6. Count repetitions and name right and left40 min

Finish all 24 letters, read vowel and consonant pairs, ask for help or a break, and introduce yourself.

  1. Ζ, Ξ, Φ, Ψ and Ω: the alphabet complete40 min
  2. Ask for help, a break and a clearer explanation40 min
  3. Vowel pairs: ου, αι, ει, οι, αυ and ευ40 min
  4. Introduce yourself and your training40 min
  5. Consonant pairs: μπ, ντ, γκ, γγ, τσ and τζ40 min
  6. Εσύ, εσείς and meeting someone new40 min

Write the tonos and dialytika, use capitals, final sigma and the articles ο, η and το, say how you are, order a drink and ask the time.

  1. The tonos and the dialytika40 min
  2. How you feel and where you are40 min
  3. Capitals, names and final sigma in real words40 min
  4. Water, coffee and polite requests40 min
  5. Gender and the articles ο, η and το40 min
  6. Time and a class schedule40 min

Join σε with the article in στο, στη and στην, write complete statements and a short exchange, and handle directions, prices and plans.

  1. Place and direction: στο, στη and στην40 min
  2. Directions and finding everyday places40 min
  3. Complete statements: είμαι, verbs and δεν40 min
  4. Prices, daily habits and preferences40 min
  5. Independent paper writing: question and answer40 min
  6. A social exchange and the next training plan40 min

Read polytonic Koine Greek: breathings, three accents, iota subscript, two classroom pronunciations and two well-known passages.

  1. Koine bridge: breathings, three accents and iota subscript40 min
  2. Koine bridge: two pronunciations and familiar words40 min
  3. Koine bridge: reading John 1:1 and the Lord's Prayer40 min
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