{"id":31406,"date":"2022-01-19T17:49:16","date_gmt":"2022-01-19T15:49:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/omilo.com\/greek-song-staying-at-home\/"},"modified":"2024-02-18T13:08:25","modified_gmt":"2024-02-18T11:08:25","slug":"greek-song-staying-at-home","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/omilo.com\/fr\/greek-song-staying-at-home\/","title":{"rendered":"Corona Updates from Greece & A Greek Song About Staying At Home!"},"content":{"rendered":"

What a period it was! Here can read some of our Corona Updates from Greece, written between 202o and 2022 and listen to a Greek Song About… Staying At Home!<\/p>\n

In the meantime, 2022 started with some sunny days here in Greece, as well as some snow as well…
\nOur daily walks in the Athens streets and parks continued, just like in 2020 and 2021. However, since now there is no corona curfew anymore and we are allowed to go further than our municipality, we can also go for daily trips towards the snowy mountains again…something which was not possible last winter.<\/p>\n

In the meantime, the world news seems once again taken over by ‘corona’,\u00a0 or \u00ab\u00a0omikron\u00a0\u00bb. The positive news; we are honored Greek letters are used for a pandemic :-), and the entire world gets the chance to learn the Greek alphabet<\/span>. We realized many non-Greeks have no clue that the viruses are named after letters of the Greek alphabet, but fortunately, our dear students are very well aware \ud83d\ude42 .
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Do you remember the days you were learning the Greek alphabet? Do you remember how many Greek letters come before the omikron, and what is the difference between omikron and omega?
In 2021 we already heard of the \u00ab\u00a0alpha\u00a0\u00bb (referring to the \u00ab\u00a0British\u00a0\u00bb variant), the \u00ab\u00a0beta\u00a0\u00bb ( \u00ab\u00a0South African\u00a0\u00bb variant), the \u00ab\u00a0gamma\u00a0\u00bb( the Brazilian variant), and the\u00a0 \u00ab\u00a0delta\u00a0\u00bb (the \u00ab\u00a0Indian\u00a0\u00bb variant).
But how did we get to \u00ab\u00a0omikron\u00a0\u00bb, and why 10 letters of the alphabet are left out?\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n

Staying at home is still very important given the COVID-19 circumstances but it doesn\u2019t have to feel dull. This is why we would like to introduce you to a funny and upbeat Greek song about \u2013 what else? \u2013 staying at home and relaxing!
\n#menoumespiti – #westayathome<\/p>\n

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The song \u0398\u03b1 \u039a\u03ac\u03c4\u03c3\u03c9 \u03a3\u03c0\u03af\u03c4\u03b9<\/h3>\n

Even though the song \u0398\u03b1 \u039a\u03ac\u03c4\u03c3\u03c9 \u03a3\u03c0\u03af\u03c4\u03b9 (Tha Katso Spiti \u2013 \u201c I\u2019ll stay at home\u201d) was first aired in 1986, nowadays it feels more relevant than ever. Originally, it was written and performed by Greek singer-songwriter Loukianos Kilaidonis, whereas the version you can listen to here is a remake that is sung by numerous contemporary Greek singers (order of appearance): Violeta Ikari, Giorgia Kefala, Maria Kilaidoni, Christos Mastoras, Panos Mouzourakis, Dimitris Basis, Miltos Pashalidis, Nikos Portokaloglou and Mariza Rizou.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s a well-meaning initiative to spread the message that people need to stay home (#menoumespiti) whilst looking at the bright side: staying safe and healthy, maintaining a positive attitude, and making the most of these days spent indoors.<\/p>\n

Click below to listen to the new version of \u0398\u03b1 \u039a\u03ac\u03c4\u03c3\u03c9 \u03a3\u03c0\u03af\u03c4\u03b9 and sing along with the help of the lyrics below!<\/p>\n