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What about listening to a Greek Christmas carol, and/or sing along?
On December 24th, if you are in Greece, do not be surprised when children ring your doorbell early in the morning!
Τhe children go from house to house, singing about the birth of Jesus Christ, while holding their small metal triangles.
Open them the door; it is believed to bring good luck into your home. And do not forget to give them some coins!
Θα θέλατε να ακούσετε τα ελληνικά χριστουγεννιάτικα κάλαντα ή να τα τραγουδήσετε κι εσείς μαζί;
Στις 24 Δεκεμβρίου, αν είστε στην Ελλάδα, μην ξαφνιαστείτε όταν νωρίς το πρωί τα παιδιά χτυπήσουν το κουδούνι της πόρτας σας!
Τα παιδιά πηγαίνουν από σπίτι σε σπίτι και τραγουδάνε για τη γέννηση του Ιησού Χριστού, κρατώντας τα μικρά μεταλλικά τους τρίγωνα.
Ανοίξτε τους την πόρτα. Θεωρείται πως φέρνουν τύχη στο σπίτι. Και μην ξεχάσετε να τους δώσετε μερικά κέρματα!
If you are not in Greece, but you would like to hear it, then watch the video below.
That way, you can listen to it as many times as you want 🙂
But before you sing along, let’s do a small Greek listening exercise first!
Listen to the song on the video, and fill out the missing words in the exercise, which you can find under the video!
H δασκάλα η Εύα, θα τραγουδήσει για εσάς ώστε να μπορέσετε να ακούσετε τα κάλαντα όσες φορές θέλετε!
Μπορείτε να τραγουδήσετε μαζί με την Εύα αλλά ας κάνουμε μία μικρή ακουστική άσκηση πρώτα!
Ακούστε το τραγούδι στο βίντεο και συμπληρώστε τις λέξεις που λείπουν στην άσκηση που βρίσκεται κάτω από το βίντεο!
Learning prepositions in Greek can be both exciting and challenging.
Prepositions, or “προθέσεις” , play an important role in connecting words and making sentences.
While some Greek prepositions have clear equivalents in English, others require deeper understanding due to differences in grammatical structure and usage.
Key Features of Greek Prepositions
Learn the Greek Verb “to sell”, in present and future tense, as well as useful sentences , such as “it is sold” or “for sale” .
So let’s conjugate the verb “I sell”- πουλάω, but…
If you prefer to watch and listen to the video first, then click here and listen to teacher Myrto
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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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
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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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
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 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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