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This is a purely personal list of GREEK RESOURCES I've checked. It's not exhaustive nor guaranteed accurate.
This might be the BEST on the net (pdf) Our thanks to Athanology for posting it.
Greek An Essential Grammar of the Modern Language here<<
It's wiki and it's very good: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Modern_Greek_grammar Very good and full.
https://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Modern_Greek Very good though brief.
https://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Modern_Greek/LegacyLesson_4b
http://www.greekgrammar.eu/index.php Brief but good.
http://www.unilang.org/course.php?res=68 Good basic grammar.
http://www.foundalis.com/lan/grkalpha.htm Full not easy to use
https://itisallgreektome.wordpress.com/podcast/
http://www.ilearngreek.com/grammartoc.asp
VERBS:
CONJUGATIONS: http://cooljugator.com/gr VERY GOOD
http://moderngreekverbs.blogspot.gr/2008/03/i-drink-bere.html Good verb conjugations but the wallpaper is distracting.
http://moderngreekverbs.com/dilono/ NEW
PODCAST: http://www.hau.gr/?i=learning.en.podcasts-in-greek Hellenic American Union Podcasts. Very good audio. All Greek but simple.
GOOD AUDIO: http://www.surfacelanguages.com/greek/basic-greek-grammar.html Good audio
PODCAST: http://www.sbs.com.au/podcasts/yourlanguage/greek
http://www.goethe-verlag.com/book2/EN/ENEL/ENEL002.HTM Good audio Eng and Greek
A list of lists: :-) http://rawlangs.com/2013/04/23/ten-ways-to-learn-greek-for-free/ Good though short list of resources. One of my favorites.
http://www.greektravel.com/index.html#Introduction Not :Grammar but interesting.
DICTIONARIES *(No online dictionary is reliable. They only translate literally which can be far from the actual meaning. So, use with care."
http://www.lexilogos.com/english/greek_dictionary.htm My all time favorite.
http://translation.babylon-software.com/english/to-greek/ Very good.
http://www.lexicool.com/greek-dictionary-translation.asp I have not tried this.
VOCABULARY: http://www.memrise.com/course/426582/top-
Vocabulary: Some specialties: http://www.jobtrust.gr/en/for-aplicants/basic-greek-vocabulary Interesting grammar for hotel employees but not only
Please send feedback and additions.
GOOD SITES:https://mail.google.com/mail/ca/u/0/#inbox/159b3682031a57d9
Thank you: *Nod84 for sending these to us:
100 most common words in Greek: http://blogs.transparent.com/greek/the-100-most-common-words-in-greek/
Very good grammar and vocabulary: http://www.livinglanguage.com/content/downloads/Greek.pdf
Another very good grammar and vocabulary: http://www.surfacelanguages.com/language/Greek.html
Catalog of Greek resources: Grammar, vocabulary, TV, newspapers and more: http://www.omniglot.com/links/greek.htm
Some other links newspapers etc: http://www.parleremo.org/viewcatalog.php?catlang=ell
Ten ways to learn Greek for free (watch out there is also an ad) http://rawlangs.com/2013/04/23/ten-ways-to-learn-greek-for-free/
Greek and Latin roots found in English: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Greek_and_Latin_roots_in_English/A%E2%80%93G
Greek TV link sent in by Christian: http://webtv.ert.gr/ert1/
With thanks to magamagom: Ask a live Greek teacher any question about the Greek language: https://learn-greek-online.com/ask-greek/ The answers are detailed and thorough, with plenty of examples.
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hi there, quite a few links are obsolete.
I take this opportunity to report some of my favorite resources:
1) http://www.neurolingo.gr/en/online_tools/lexiscope.htm complete declension of each Greek word, no English translation
2) https://www.grecomoderno.com/ Greek-Italian-Greek, for Italian speaking students
3) https://de.pons.com/übersetzung?q=&l=deel&in=&lf=el&qnac= Greek-German-Greek, for German-speaking students
4) http://www.linguatools.de/deutsch-griechisch.html Context dictionary, for German-speaking students
5) https://www.wordreference.com/engr/ Greek-English-Greek, for English-speaking students
Cheers, Alberto
Hi and welcome. Here are some links which you will find useful. Keep them to come back to. Don't try to read them all at once. Start at the top where there is general information about how to use Duo. Then go down to what might be useful for the Greek course. here Good luck and don't hesitate to ask for help.
See this for help with Duo and Greek. here
This is really long so bookmark it to read through slowly.
And if you have any other questions come back and ask.
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NEWHOW TO ADD THE GREEK ALPHABET TO YOUR KEYBOARD Here are some links to easily convert your keyboard to enable you to use both Latin and Greek characters as you need. We have found these easy to install and simple to use.
For Windows https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/help/17424/windows-change-keyboard-layout
https://www.conversationexchange.com/resources/keyboard-language.php?lg=en ;
https://billmounce.com/freegreekfont/unicode-windows
For Mac
http://www.wikihow.com/Change-the-Keyboard-Language-of-a-Mac
Always read the Tips & Notes (top left of exercise page) where you will find information including: HOW TO USE LATIN CHARACTERS FOR THE GREEK* 3.Use the HOVER DROP DOWN HINTS (gray dots under each word.
Here are the Greek Forums: https://www.duolingo.com/topic/936 5.Here are the Greek Forums: https://www.duolingo.com/topic/936
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