Αχαχα😀τέλεια! Να είστε καλά Παύλε! Είδες πως διψάνε να μάθουν την ελληνική γλώσσα!

Right! The dative is lost gradually over time, and its different uses are replaced by a variety of prepositions + (usually) the accusative.

Dear Heronymus, I probably won't upload any videos for the foreseeable future. I'd love to, but some of my other responsibilities make it unrealistic right now. I wish you best of luck in your Greek-learning journey! If I do get back to making videos, I'll do it here on this channel.

I hope you can fulfill your responsibility and upload some new videos, I truly hope God helps you for your good deeds ❤

Spelling is certainly a challenge, though if you think about it we have the same problem in English! As for which pronunciation you learn, that is up to you. I personally recommend that people learn the received (modern) pronunciation, because then you can access Modern Greek more easily if you decide to do so in the future. Learning reconstructed pronunciation (Erasmian, for example) will help some rules about spelling and accentuation make a bit more sense as you learn Koine, but I don't think the benefit there is especially worthwhile. Another benefit in learning the modern pronunciation is that you get to avoid the constant debating about what Ancient Greek "really" sounded like 😉

@@thegreekacademy3643 Thank you for replying to my comment. You make some good points. Once I know Koine Greek well, I expect it would make learning Modern Greek easier, so I will consider what you said.

That falls under the third bullet of the "Combo Rules," which deals with diairesis generally. You're right that an example might help. A common word that serves as an example here is φαΐ. Thank you for your comment!

Right! The verb you are looking for is "τηλεφωνώ," while the word "τηλέφωνο" from the video is a noun. A general spelling rule that might help you convert verbs you've heard to the written word is to know that verbs ending in an "o" sound are spelled with ω, rather than ο. That probably explains why you weren't finding the verb online. Thanks for phoning in!

@@thegreekacademy3643 I am Greek although my orthography is terrible, i had tried with -ωνώ but still nothing came up.

Jacqueline, practice and exposure are definitely keys to mastery here. These videos are limited, and designed only to provide a brief introduction to grammatical phenomena. From here, your own efforts to engage with, observe, and use the language will lead to communicative ability. I'm leaving the hard work up to you!!

Great question! The Phoenician system is technically classified as an "abjad," which means that vowels are not explicit in the script. Many of the Phoenician characters were indeed adopted by the Greeks when they developed their alphabet.

@thegreekacademy3643 thank you for your answer!! I just started learning Greek and your videos are so helpful!

Nezaketin için teşekkür ederim. Ben Türkçe öğrendiğim için birlikte öğreniyoruz! Sana başarılar diliyorum!

Esti de origine greaca si romana din...Moldova..esti rusoaica cu sange rusesc!

Dear John, thank you for the wonderful suggestion! Unfortunately, I was (am) still trying to figure out technology when I made this video, and the line thing was one of my struggles. Next time, I'll consider using an empty background if I can't figure it out. Happy learning!

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Wow! What a great ear! The aspiration of these consonants actually depends on the following vowel, which is why you're hearing both. I won't go into the whole thing here, but if you're interested in the topic, Harry Foundalis created a wonderful resource on Greek phonetics. If you master things like this, you'll wind up with quite the impressive accent. www.foundalis.com/lan/grphdetl.htm

Great, thanks a lot for the prompt reply, I will definitely follow the link@@thegreekacademy3643