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Easy Greek Stories Podcast – Episode 1 + free Notebook

The «Easy Greek Stories» podcast – Episode 1

If you are at an intermediate level in Greek, then boost your Greek listening skills with the Omilo Podcast.  It also helps you learn common everyday Greek vocabulary and life situations in Greece. In this podcast you can listen to every story first at a slow reading pace, followed by the same story read at a normal Greek native speaking pace, as well as an extra vocabulary list at the end.
If you are already at a more advanced level, then also take a look at the Ultimate Greek Listening eBook

(Note: this podcast is not a Greek course and the episodes don’t follow a step-by-step grammar or difficulty sequence.)

Listen to story #1, on various Podcast channels listed below.
Το σπίτι στην παραλία

In this episode, Eva reads a story about Eleni and her summer house on the island of Naxos.

story script +  Notebook content & design ; Maya Andreadi
Podcast and Video montage + Notebook proofreading and grammar; Myrto Yfanti
narrators; Eva Christodoulou Read more

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Learn How To Conjugate The Greek Verb “I Speak”

When you start learning Greek, one of the verbs you will use often is “μιλάω” (“milao”), which means “to speak or to talk”.

For example, the following sentences might be very useful to know, when you travel in Greece:

“δεν μιλάω καλά ελληνικά” = “I do not speak Greek well”.

“μιλάτε αγγλικά;” = Do you speak English?

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Greek Audio, Audiobooks and Podcasts by Omilo

Technology changes non-stop, for good or for bad, but we try to focus on the good 🙂

Audio and Podcasts really help to learn Greek, so we also do our share, to keep you happy!
For your info,  during the past «corona-year», we have worked on various audio files and audiobooks, which are available online, and….we will start with Podcasting from next month 🙂 We here give you a small overview of the Omilo-materials, related to AUDIO. The perfect Greek language materials to keep you motivated, while improving your Greek and learning new things about Greece.

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The Omilo Greek Diary | Teaching Greek at Omilo, Back In 1997

With the Omilo Greek Diary you can listen to this Dialogue Teaching Greek at Omilo, during the very first course in 1997

Listen to Conversations and true stories in Greek, while learning a little bit of Omilo history! : )

With the extra Greek-English transcript and parallel text, which you can find under the video, you can also build your vocabulary

Teaching Greek at Omilo, Back In 1997

 

Introduction

Omilo was founded in 1996 by Maya and Dimitris Andreadis, and the very first Omilo Greek Language and Culture Course took place in the village of Nea Makri, Attiki, in July 1997.
Sophia was the first teacher at Omilo, and was teaching several courses during 1997 and 1998. Read more

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(Corona) Update #6 From Athens – Online Events, Digital Nomads and News From Greece

Τι κάνεις; Ελπίζουμε να είσαι καλά.
We hope you are fine, healthy and safe, and keeping up with all the corona changes in your country, legal measures, vaccines, etc…
Since our dear students are coming from all over the world and we regularly hear updates and stories, it keeps amazing us how differently every country is dealing with this health crisis.We hope you, or any of your friends/family, did not experience something very traumatic during the last months…
for all of you and us, things are difficult, but let’s try to stay positive, and keep up. The summer is nearly there, …and Greece will be always there 🙂

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Greece Celebrates 200 Years Since The Greek Revolution, together with Dionysis Savvopoulos

Χρόνια Πολλά!  This year, Greece celebrates a special anniversary on March 25th – Its 200 Υears Οf Ιndependence!

If you want to read more about this important National Celebration, the Greek National Anthem, useful vocabulary etc…
then click on the button below, for the article in English, Greek,
as well as a Greek -file Audio to improve your listening skills in Greek 🙂

Click here to learn everything about the March 25th Greek National Celebration

However, this year, 2021,  is an even bigger celebration! Unfortunately, it is difficult to celebrate in a lockdown, so we will do it with music, once again 😉

To celebrate the 200 years since the Greek Revolution, the famous song of Dionysis Savvopoulos has been chosen for the official video clip of this event. See below.

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25 Χρόνια Ομιλώ – η ιστορία μας – 1996 & 1997

Click here to read the Text in ENGLISH

Below you find the Greek translation of the English Video Transcript. 
In the video, Maya tells her story of how Omilo started, in 1996 & 1997.

Click here to watch the video on YouTube.

Γεια σας!  Γεια σας!

Είμαι η Μάγια, η συνιδρυτής του Omilo Greek Language and Culture.
Πριν από 25 χρόνια, ο σύζυγός μου Δημήτρης και εγώ ιδρύσαμε το Ομιλώ. Read more

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Our Valentine’s Wishes From Greece ! Σας αγαπάμε :)

Hello Dear Omilo friend!
Γεια σου αγαπημένη φίλη / αγαπημένε φίλε!

Today it’s Valentine’s Day, and one of those days we are supposed to be romantic, spending a nice day with our love, book a romantic dinner, go for a romantic walk…

Σήμερα είναι του Αγίου Βαλεντίνου! Μια μέρα που υποτίθεται ότι γινόμαστε πιο ρομαντικοί, περνάμε μία όμορφη μέρα με τον/την σύντροφό μας, πάμε για έναν ρομαντικό περίπατο στην πόλη… Read more

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A Traditional Greek Love Song From Crete

As you all know, in Greece there are so many wonderful songs, singers, songwriters and composers. This time, we chose for you a beautiful, traditional love song from Crete. Listen to this sweet song and the sound of the Cretan lyre! Under the video, you will find the Greek Lyrics as well as the English translation. Maybe you can sing along… Enjoy!
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Ελληνική ετυμολογία – Γιατί επιλέξαμε το όνομα «Ομιλώ»

Ελληνική ετυμολογία ; κάτι που χρησιμοποιούμε συχνά στα μαθήματα Ελληνικών μας!

Αλλά αυτή τη φορά, θα την χρησιμοποιήσουμε για να σας εξηγήσουμε λίγο περισσότερο γιατί επιλέξαμε το όνομα «Omilo» ή «ομιλώ».

Click here to read this article in English

 

Click below to listen to the Greek audio, and improve your listening skills

 

To «Ομιλώ Ελληνική Γλώσσα και Πολιτισμός» ιδρύθηκε το 1996, άρα είμαστε κοντά σας εδώ και πολλά χρόνια! Περισσότερα κι από την «google» !

 

Και…σε περίπτωση που αναρωτιέστε…

Το «Omilo» ή «ομιλώ», στην πραγματικότητα είναι ρήμα και σημαίνει «μιλάω»!

Γιατί στο Omilo προσπαθούμε πραγματικά να επικεντρωθούμε στο να μιλάμε ελληνικά!

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