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Greek Vocabulary And Grammar Exercise With A Rebetiko Song.

It cannot always be sunny, also in Greece there are “rainy days”! And of course, there is a Greek song that goes along with a wet day! Listen to the beautiful rebetiko song, composed by Vassilis Tsitsanis „Raindrops are falling“ «Πέφτουν της βροχής οι στάλες». A rainy day is excellent to study Greek as well, […]

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Learning Greek during a corona summer!

How we spent the last 4 months and managed to charge our batteries for the winter? Some recent Omilo history from July till November 2020. Spring 2020 was very different from other years! Not only in Greece but all over the world, due to the covid-19 pandemic. But fortunately, the summer was a pleasant one, […]

A Greek Spelling Exercise, for the Advanced levels

Are you learning Greek, and struggling with Greek spelling? Don’t worry! We all know Greek spelling is not easy, even for those already at an Advanced Level! In order to get over this difficulty and learn Greek while having fun, we prepared for you a small, but challenging exercise. Here below a small text full […]

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The Companion Workbook To The Easy Reader „Lydia“

Good news!  Καλά νέα!  Omilo teachers Konstantinos and Terpsi  completed the useful workbook for Beginners Levels in Greek. This eBook is the companion workbook to the easy reader ‘Λυδία: Ένα καλοκαίρι στην Ελλάδα!‘ (Lydia: A summer in Greece!). If you do not possess this Easy Reader + Audiobook yet, or would like to get more […]

Greek Μovie „Notias“ by Tassos Boulmetis

The Greek movie  “Notias” (Greek for „southern wind“) , by Tassos Boulmetis, was released in 2016. A beautiful movie, filmed mostly in „Athens of the sixties“ and for sure liked by our students learning Greek!  Below two trailers of the movie with Greek dialogues. We translated the dialogues for you in English, so you can […]

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Greek Herbs And Spices Vocabulary

Greek Herbs And Spices are natural products, and have been used since Ancient times in Greece. The variety of herbs and spices in the Greek countryside gave the Ancient Greeks the ingredients to flavor their food, as well as the possibility to cure people. This reflected in the famous quote of Hippocrates (c. 460 – […]

The Town Of Livadia And Its Myth

The town of Livadia is an interesting place, where stories of Greek mythology are still told today, as in many other regions in Greece. Here you can learn about a Greek Myth, related to the town of Livadia.

The advents calendar for Greek Easter!

The advents calendar for Greek Easter, is made by Kiria Sarakosti!  A calendar counting down 7 weeks until Easter. It is not easy to translate the Greek “Kiria Sarakosti”, but we propose to call her “Lady-Lent” in English! It is an old tradition in Greece and a way to count the weeks from Clean Monday […]