Really glad to hear it! Welcome

Wow, thank you!

Nice question! First of all, χαμογελώ and χαμός do not actually have a common root. Χαμογελώ comes from χαμω-γελάω, and this χαμω- means "low" or "on the ground/dirt" (and is also the root of «χαμηλά»). Think of a smile as a low-intensity, or even modest or timid, laugh. «Χάμω» is also sometimes used instead of «κάτω», as in «έπεσε χάμω», and in ancient Greek χαμαί referred to the ground. The word χαμαιλέων (chameleon) literally meant "dirt/ground lion." Yeah... «Χαμός», on the other hand, derives from «χάνω». It originally meant the death of a person («χάσανε την κόρη τους - ποτέ δεν ξεπεράσανε τον χαμό του παιδιού τους»), and is still used this way - notice the difference with the more general «χάσιμο». However, in modern Greek it is much more commonly used as an expression, what you hear on the TV: «(γίνεται) χαμός» - one English word that comes to mind is "kerfuffle", but it's not so idiomatic in Greek. «Χαμός» also means, as you mentioned, chaos or disarray of any kind - from crowds of people on the streets, lots of noise, the mess left over by a party, to, yes, dead bodies after a battle. I assume people using it to describe a heatwave mean that it has created chaos, disorder, and masses of people going to the beach or to have a nice παγωτό. It's one of those words that are hard to translate, and we even talked about it on our Untranslatable Greek Words live. I hope this helped!

@@EasyGreekVideos Wow ... thanks so much for the detailed, and simple-to-understand reply. You're very good at this. :) I do recall my mom sometimes saying "κατσε χαμω" instead of "κατσε κατω," though she would use the former when she was pissed off at us haha ... As for words that are hard to translate, my Greek friends, cousins and I always turn to two words we love to use: ζαβλακωμένος, which we use to describe a feeling of being out of it (tired, confused and discombobulated all at once) and κόμπιασα, which ... this one's harder to explain, but it's when you eat something too quickly and you get a pain in your chest. I looked up both words and realize they DO NOT mean what we use them to mean, but I'm just going to blame that on "Greeklish" and parents who were raised in the χωριό, as Greeks in the US have kind of created their own words and meanings. Anyway, thanks again -- you have a really cool channel!

@@EasyGreekVideos and χαμομήλι = literally, the ground-apple. Great explanation of the other words -- I love stuff like this

Thank you!

Excellent, we made this video precisely for people like you.

Athens is incredible! But given the latest 'heat wave', please do yourself a favor, and carry cold bottled water with you during the day, wear a hat to shield you from the strong sun, and take lots of breaks. Have fun!

efcharistó efcharistó efcharistó ;-)

Μπράβο ! Keep up the food work ! Marilena

Thank you !

I hope more modest signs of appreciation will do!

In Greek, not just people have genders - all nouns have a gender! So: ο νόστιμος καφές (the tasty coffee), η νόστιμη σαλάτα (the tasty salad), το νόστιμο φαγητό (the tasty food). Hope this helps.

@@EasyGreekVideos OH, I get it now! Ευχαριστώ πολύ! Please don't stop making videos 🙏

Thank you!

Το καληνύχτα το λες πριν εσυ ή ο συνομιλητής σου πάτε για ύπνο. Αυτή ειναι η μόνη ουσιαστική διαφορά

Very interesting! And great mnemonic.

Certainly.

I probably can't hold a conversation beyond hello how are you ... I can't think of many Greek words from the top of my head and reading is still gibberish after 4 years like what the actual hell I must be stupid I feel like quiting holy jesus

Η τσιπούρα είναι το ψάρι! 🐟

We've made a whole episode about that though!

άσε φίλε ούτε εγώ δεν ξέρω

@@markkaltsa2969 έλα ρε Μάρκο, είσαι υπέροχος !

Well, look at it from the bright side: you have ready-to-go mnemonics!

It means "I'm a bad troll." 🤗

Γι΄αυτήν τη συγκεκριμένη έχουμε κάνει ολόκληρο βίντεο!

@@EasyGreekVideos Ναι, το θυμάμαι.

You mean "pouli", which is also mentioned in the video. But it also means "bird." Kind of like "cock" can mean both "penis" and "male bird."

@@EasyGreekVideos Great point, yes! You are most certainly a 'cunninglinguist'!

Όχι!

Read 'The God Delusion' by Richard Dawkins. Excellent book!

Εσύ λες ότι δεν μπορεί, εμείς λέμε ότι μπορεί, γιατί μας βλέπει κόσμος όλων των επιπέδων. Ο κοινός παρονομαστής είναι η ελληνική γλώσσα.

Talking too fast when presenting new words. I understand you want it to sound natural, but this is exaggerated “natural.”Doesn’t make sense for a video targeting total beginners.