Learn Modern Greek with these resources 🇬🇷 (apps, books, readers, podcasts)

День тому

📚 Full collection of resources on my Patreon: / resources-for-89234242
📌 Resources mentioned in the video:
Books:
1) Communicate in Greek: deltos.gr/en/ola-ta-vivlia/co...
2) Greek for You: www.neohel.com/greek-for-you/
3) Entaxei: metadrasi.org/en/campaigns/en...
4) Modern Greek Grammar Notes: repository.kallipos.gr/handle...
5) Odos Gramatikis: deltos.gr/en/ola-ta-vivlia/gr...
Apps:
1) Duolingo Greek: www.duolingo.com/course/el/en...
2) Clozemaster: www.clozemaster.com
3) LingQ: www.lingq.com/?referral=Botan... (use code b_12tanyab to get 35% off of annual subscription) (affiliate link)
UKposts:
@Linguatree
@DoYouSpeakGreek
@EasyGreekVideos
Podcasts:
Unlocking Greek Potential
Let's Talk Greek
Wee Greek
Reading materials:
Deltos graded readers: deltos.gr/en/books/greek-easy...
Free e-books: free-ebooks.gr/ www.openbook.gr/
Free textbooks for Greek children: ebooks-edu-gr.translate.goog/...
www.pi-schools.gr/
0:00 intro
0:34 textbooks
3:43 I started a Patreon!
5:30 grammar books
7:02 apps
10:06 graded readers
11:49 youtube channels
12:42 podcasts
13:51 native content
💜 MY FAVORITE APPS AND WEBSITES:
Speakly (1-month free trial): www.speakly.me/share/-TQz4Rt2...
italki (get $5 after your first purchase of $20): www.italki.com/en/i/ref/FGedb...
LingQ: www.lingq.com/?referral=Botan...
✨ LINKS
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Twitter: / botanechka
Instagram: / tanyalearns
Patreon: patreon.com/TanyaBenavente
💜 ABOUT ME:
Hi and welcome! I'm Tanya and the only thing I like more than learning languages is probably talking about learning languages (well, that and hoarding language books).
My first language is Russian and I'm currently in different stages of learning English, Spanish, Polish, Italian, Korean, Greek and Japanese.

КОМЕНТАРІ: 55

@petrosk.7838 6 місяців тому

Καλησπέρα, χαίρομαι πολύ όταν βλέπω ανθρώπους να μαθαίνουν ελληνικά! ❤️ Ελπίζω να σου αρέσουν! Φιλιά από Θεσσαλονίκη

@anne_idiomas 7 місяців тому

Me watching this video even though I’m not learning Greek 🤣 I’m really such a huge fan of the structure and editing of your videos - especially these resources ones! They’re so well-organized and always a pleasure to watch 😊

@tbenavente 7 місяців тому

Thank youu 💜

@bookishly.introverted 7 місяців тому

I agree. Even though I'm not learning Greek, these videos give me ideas of what kind of resources to look for in my target language.🤔

@akramobada 7 місяців тому

@@tbenaventeyou're amazing please could you check your dm out on Instagram ,If you don't mind

@Bruh-qy1zq 7 місяців тому

I am 16 and love your videos! Im currently learning Japanese. Thanks for your amazing content!

@shmoolicious 7 місяців тому

Why are you learning Japanese?

@yuulfuji 7 місяців тому

same here!

@Erika-pq7ip 7 місяців тому

Me as a greek watching the video😂❤❤ but honestly greek is difficult im so prouddd

@tbenavente 7 місяців тому

Yeah, I'll either give up at some point or I'll actually master Greek and then my ego will be bigger than the world haha 😅

@tommyhuffman7499 7 місяців тому

That's actually the reason I switched from Greek to Russian many years ago. I highly recommend the movie Politiki Kouzin (name is likely a little off, as I'm going from memory). In English it's titled A Touch of Spice.

@DoYouSpeakGreek 7 місяців тому

Γεια σου, Τάνια! Σ' ευχαριστώ πολύ❤ Φιλάκια!

@sofialmeidah 7 місяців тому

wow, this was a fantastic video! I don’t think I’ve ever seen a resource video this useful, also, I absolutely loved the greek for you book, seems like exactly the way I approach language learning. And I didn’t like closemaster at first, but since you recommended I decided to give it a try and go back to japanese with it and it seems nice after all. Thank you!

@tbenavente 7 місяців тому

Yeah, Clozemaster is not the most enjoyable thing in the world, but if you stick with it for at least a month, I'm sure you'll see the difference!

@andywurscht 7 місяців тому

Not learning greek but loved the video, well made and so interesting! Can't wait for the one about polish resources 🙃❤

@abbynew4188 3 місяці тому

Thank you greek is like Japanese and Chinese were it's a completely different alphabet and basically everything is different but at least for those languages there's 20 videos and there in every language learning app it's so hard to find unlike when I learnt French and Spanish so your a life saver 😅

@annadicapua9548 3 місяці тому

Thank you so much for this informative video. I am learning Greek lile you and the text books you mentioned are really good. I would add to listen to music songs and to cooking shows is also a great opportunity to learn Greek. There is also a Facebook Greek student community where you can exchange a lot about how to learn it! I have started learning Japanese like you and I have to admit is more difficult than Greek. 😂

@lilianaandrade2880 7 місяців тому

Hello, I love your videos , Could you make a video with tips or pages to study English?

@JojoNY1980 7 місяців тому

Oh wow! I had no idea Yiuli and Daria had a new podcast. Ευχαριστώ πάρα πολύ!!! I'm surprised you didn't mention Language Transfer as a resource. Anyway, keep up the good work ❤

@tbenavente 7 місяців тому

So it's very much a petty reason, but I've recently become aware of the Language Transfer founder's political views on certain issues, and I don't feel comfortable endorsing him anymore. His courses are free, and I have no issue with people using them, I just won't be the one to recommend them, if it makes sense 🤷‍♀️

@JojoNY1980 7 місяців тому

@@tbenavente WHAT?! That sucks, I barely know his name, let alone what his views are. But I completely understand, I've done the same with other businesses.

@mathainoellinika 7 місяців тому

This is a really great video. I have been learning Greek for about 18 months now and use many of the resources that you have pointed out here. Another good Podcast is the Omilo Podcast, they have some intermediate stories. I have listed to them all many times and am now starting to get the hang of most of them. I am at about A2, trying to get to B1 level and I agree that it's quite hard to find good beginner comprehensible input in Greek. How long have you been learning Greek?

@examenesinternacionalesaf3576 7 місяців тому

Thanks sooo much! 💖Also Language Transfer has a Greek course 🙌 but it's for intermediate, not for 100% zero beginners. I really want to study Greek in the future, because my native is Spanish and I like the alphabet and I want a language with easy pronunciation (and...I don't like Italian or Portuguese) and the alphabet is so pretty

@ravinnnnnnn 7 місяців тому

Bro learning 1 language looks so hard to me you are just genius 🥺🤩

@panchikofan123 7 місяців тому

to be honest there's many methods for language learning. find one that suits you.

@tbenavente 7 місяців тому

well, the fact that I’m attempting to learn a bunch doesn’t necessarily mean I’m succeeding in all of them 😅

@empanda.123o 3 дні тому

Thank you, your a miracle! @@tbenavente. I was learning japanese, french, sanskrit, and Greek, and because of you, I kinda learnt it. I mostly know 3 of my native languages but want to rise my horizens

@6ta8hs 7 місяців тому

Τέλειο βίντεο! Τα ελληνικά είναι η μητρική μου γλώσσα οπότε το βίντεο μού είναι άχρηστο αλλά έκανες καταπληκτική δουλειά. Μπράβο!

@josephphelps1350 7 місяців тому

This is such a helpful video! I am (slowly) learning a little Greek on the side. Do you know if the e-versions of the Deltos stories are compatible with LingQ?

@joachimjustinmorgan4851 7 місяців тому

No, they aren’t. At least not from a smart phone. If you purchase them on a desktop computer they may be, but I’m not sure. I’ve only ever purchased them on my I-phone.

@tbenavente 7 місяців тому

I think the digital version comes in the form of an app instead of a file, so no, I don’t think it’d be possible to use them on LingQ. What I did is use the free audio to generate transcript on LingQ. The transcript comes out pretty good, but not perfect, and this is where having the actual reader (whether digital or printed) comes in handy, as you can use it to proofread LingQ’s transcript. It’s a clunky process but I couldn’t think of a better alternative

@kittyho0726 7 місяців тому

Hi Tanya, thank you so much for the information. I would like to ask where could I find the digital version for Greek for you? Your videos always inspired me a lot 😊

@tbenavente 7 місяців тому

Hi! You can buy the digital versions here (just be sure to get the right version for you, as there are many translations of the same book): www.neohel.com/greek-for-you-digital-shop/. Things to keep in mind though: instead of getting a single file (like a PDF), what you get is access to their platform through which you access the book itself. This means that if you want to use it in an app like Goodnotes, you essentially have to find a way to convert it to a PDF (e.g. screenshotting the pages and compiling them into one file). Also, if you buy the digital version, you only get access to their platform for 15 months, which is not ideal, but can also be motivating to actually finish the book before you lose access to it

@gianinastan2529 Місяць тому

Greek For You is not the best option there. I have them for all levels and very often you can find mistakes, very misleading and confusing. To give you an example, the word τίποτε is never used by the Greeks. The correct form is τίποτα and no other variation (fyi, the book suggests both forms).

@dokyeos 7 місяців тому

hi tanya! thank you for this video. i just bought the a1 greek for you book, how did you go about importing it to goodnotes? thank you ❤️

@tbenavente 7 місяців тому

So the process is kinda clunky (and probably not entirely legal lol), but you can either screenshot the pages and compile them into a PDF or you can access the source code of the platform (usually right click anywhere on the web page once you have the book open => "inspect" and then follow the instructions here: snipboard.io/Wuymec.jpg), download each individual page (I know 😅) and compile it into a file. The screenshot I linked above is from safari, so it might look a bit different in another browser. If you run into a problem, let me know!

@irinakey7914 3 місяці тому

Thank you for the video! please tell me where you bought the textbook “Greek for you”, I can’t find it in PDF even on the official website

@anne_idiomas 7 місяців тому

I’m not sure if you already mentioned it in other videos, but how many new words do you study in Clozemaster each day? Thank you so much!

@tbenavente 7 місяців тому

With Greek I usually do 50 new words + however many reviews the app tells me to do (usually 50-100). It sounds like a lot but the whole thing never takes more than 15 minutes

@anne_idiomas 7 місяців тому

@tbenavente Thanks so much for responding 😊 I’m still figuring out how many new words to do every day, and 15 minutes of Clozemaster sounds totally doable!

@thatsunnypoet 3 місяці тому

What's the name of the Greek mythology graded books and where can I get them? I'm a huge Greek mythology nerd, and would love to read the myths in Greek :)

@sylviaze 7 місяців тому

I have a question. You mentioned in the video, that you use greek for you as ebook, this would be so much cheaper. but when I checked the website, and I chose to put A0, A1 textbook and A1 training book into the cart, I realised that it would cost me about 75 Euros. I think, I will wait with learning greek 🙂

@sylviaze 7 місяців тому

I was blind, I just found the digital material :) thank you. I wouldn't have found it without you

@Alis0911 7 місяців тому

Hello, I found your channel a few days ago and have already learned a lot of useful and interesting information for myself. I am 12 years old, I live in Russia and I really dream of becoming a polyglot, now I still know English at the B1-B2 level and have started learning Spanish. And I have a few questions. 1)What is your profession? 2) How old are you? ❤🤩🤓

@tbenavente 7 місяців тому

It sounds like you're doing great, especially given how young you still are. Keep up the great work! As for your questions, 1) I currently do UKposts full-time, but all my previous jobs have been in social media marketing 2) I'm an old girlie, turning 30 this October 👵🏻

@Alis0911 7 місяців тому

@@tbenavente Thanks, you're awesome!

@empanda.123o 3 дні тому

You can do it!

@cw8790 3 дні тому

Any updates I just started learning Greek the last month or so

@darrendaka3688 7 місяців тому

Hey , did you consider Complete Teach Yourself Greek ?

@tbenavente 7 місяців тому

I did! Before deciding on the textbooks I use now, I actually bought the Teach Yourself Complete Greek book and disliked it so much that I immediately returned it. Here's a thread I wrote on Twitter about why I did not like the book, if you're curious: x.com/botanechka/status/1637681553840177152?s=20

@okko7988 5 місяців тому

WHERE DO I GET THIS?

@Ishioka905 7 місяців тому

Thank you for such a good overview of resources for learning Greek. "Greek for You" is a wonderful textbook. There was no mention of resources to avoid and there is one that beginners shouldn't try: Language Transfer Greek. People studying Greek who are at an intermediate level may find it useful, but it is too difficult for beginners.