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Course: French English Spanish Greek
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Greek grammar

Modern Greek grammar explained in English, French, Spanish or Greek: rules, typical traps and quizzes, from A1 to C2.

A1 Beginner A2 Elementary B1 Intermediate B2 Upper intermediate C1 Advanced C2 Proficiency

8 lessons

  1. 1 Katharevousa and Demotic: the language question How the 19th–20th century «language question» shaped today's Standard Modern Greek.
  2. 2 Regional varieties: Cypriot, Cretan and others Main dialect features you may hear across the Greek-speaking world.
  3. 3 Spelling and punctuation rules Final -ν, diaeresis, accents on capitals, the Greek question mark and the raised dot.
  4. 4 Stylistic uses of tenses Historic present, polite imperfect, θα of probability, and other shifted uses.
  5. 5 Idiomatic expressions Everyday idioms that don't translate word for word.
  6. 6 Spoken Greek: particles and discourse markers ρε, βρε, λοιπόν, δηλαδή, καλά, έλα: how Greeks really talk.
  7. 7 Ancient Greek in Modern Greek Proverbs, quotations and fixed phrases from Ancient and Byzantine Greek.
  8. 8 The most common mistakes English speakers make in Greek A review of the traps caused by English.