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Easy Greek Stories Podcast #32 – Is tourism changing in Greece?

Easy Greek Stories podcast –  About the life of teachers in Greece

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, narrated at a normal Greek native speaking pace, as well as an extra vocabulary list at the end.

Every 2nd month one new Greek story. And it is free!
(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 #32 on various Podcast channels listed below.

Αλλάζει ο τουρισμός στην Ελλάδα;
Is tourism changing in Greece?

In this episode, Myrto reads for you a story about a friend from Denmark, looking for a room in Greece where nobody speaks English.

Author story, Podcast script +  Notebook content & design ; Maya Andreadi
Video montage + Notebook proofreading and grammar; Myrto Yfanti
Podcast narrator;  Myrto Yfanti
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Autumn in Greece

Autumn in Greece is full of surprises!
Even though summer is probably the most popular season in Greece, for Greeks and non-Greeks, also autumn and winter have much more to offer than you might think!
Since the Tourist Industry focuses on Greece as a typical country for summer holidays, not everyone knows that Greece is more than only beaches and sea.
Here an introduction to different aspects of the beautiful Greek autumn.

Read this article in Greek and listen to the Audio

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How to say “I am / feel sorry” in Greek + Video

How to say “I am sorry” or “I feel sorry”…  in Greek?

Here below, we will explain the verb “to be sorry – to feel sad”
If you prefer to watch and listen to the video first, then click here

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Easy Greek Stories Podcast #31 – The life of teachers in Greece?

Easy Greek Stories podcast –  About the life of teachers in Greece

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, narrated at a normal Greek native speaking pace, as well as an extra vocabulary list at the end.

Every 2nd month one new Greek story. And it is free!
(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 #31 on various Podcast channels listed below.

Τι έμαθε ο Ηλίας στο μετρό για τους δασκάλους στην Ελλάδα;
The life of teachers in Greece?

In this episode, Eva reads a story about Ilias overhearing a discussion in the metro, related to the life of a public teacher in Greece

Author story, Podcast script +  Notebook content & design ; Maya Andreadi
Video montage + Notebook proofreading and grammar; Myrto Yfanti
Podcast narrator;  Eva Christodoulou
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Greek grammar; simple past & past continuous – aoristos vs paratatikos

Are you at an intermediate language level in Greek, and getting confused when to use which tense?
Learning Greek verbs and tenses is necessary to start communicating in Greek.

When you reach the intermediate level, you will be ready to learn the past tenses;
Most students, will learn the Αόριστος first, and then the Παρατατικός , or Simple Past and Past Continuous.

In this blog article, we will explain the Αόριστος and Παρατατικός tenses, their conjugations, and the difference in how to use these two tenses.

It is not always easy for non-Greeks to understand when to use which tense, so we will try to make it more clear for you, with many examples and exercises.
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Easy Greek Stories Podcast #30 – The Olympic Flame travels

Easy Greek Stories podcast
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, narrated at a normal Greek native speaking pace, as well as an extra vocabulary list at the end.

Every 2nd month one new Greek story. And it is free!
(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 #30 on various Podcast channels listed below.

H Ολυμπιακή φλόγα ταξιδεύει | The Olympic Flame travels

In this episode, Myrto and Dimitris read a story about how the Olympic Flame travels to its destination and how Athens changed during the 2004 Olympics

Podcast story script +  Notebook content & design ; Maya Andreadi
Podcast and Video montage + Notebook proofreading and grammar; Myrto Yfanti
Podcast narrator;  Myrto and Dimitris
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Greek passive verb “I remember” + Video

Greek passive verbs are not so easy, but very common.
So let’s learn how to say “I remember” or “I  do not remember” in Greek?

If you prefer to watch and listen to the video first, then click here

 

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Greek Expressions; “See you!” and “We will see!”

Learn the Greek Expressions  “See you” and “We will see” and sound as a local!
This is something you can say and hear several times per day, when visiting Greece.
So even if the grammar is too difficult for you, it is useful to learn them by heart.

Since the expressions sound a bit similar, foreigners many times get confused and end up saying those expressions at the wrong time.

So, imagine you meet up with your lovely Greek friend(s), you all have a great time, you kiss them goodbye and you are about to say ‘See you” in Greek.
So by trying to translate “See you”, many non-Greeks say ‘Θα δούμε!’ … and you instantly ruin the image of the excellent Greek language learner!

But do not worry; most Greeks will understand what you actually wanted to say!

However, it is also really easy to learn to say the expressions correctly.
Read more below and enjoy your lesson! Καλό μάθημα!
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Learning Greek on Naxos Island | Omilo

What about learning Greek on Naxos island?
Learning to speak Greek is usually more fun and easier when you are in Greece, and that is also the reason why the Omilo school started organizing Greek Language and Culture courses  in Greece. Since 1997 we have welcomed participants in various locations, such as Athens, Nea Makri, Limni (Evia), Hydra, Andros, Syros, Nafplion, Lefkada….
Because many students return every year and like to go to different areas in Greece, in 2023 we decided to add one more location to our programme.

And that is….
…the island of Naxos.

 

In October 2023, the very first Naxos course took place, and in 2024 once again.

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Easy Greek Stories Podcast #29 – Kamaki: the art of flirting

Easy Greek Stories podcast –  Where in Greece there are still drachmas?
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, narrated at a normal Greek native speaking pace, as well as an extra vocabulary list at the end.

Every 2nd month one new Greek story. And it is free!
(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 #29 on various Podcast channels listed below.

Story 29; Tο Καμάκι: Η τέχνη του φλερτ πριν το Internet | Kamaki : the art of flirting

In this episode, Eva reads a story about Vassilis, living on Paxos island, who was a Greek kamaki in his younger years, and what that means exactly..

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