what does greek sound like to a non-greek?
i've asked this question to a couple of non-greeks i know and they replied with
"a mix of dutch and italian"
"a less-slavic sounding version of russian"
"a mixture of some slavic language and italian"
"spanish but harder"
The last time I heard someone talk greek was like 10 years ago, so I don't remember
>>55847276
It sounds like Greek
It's very specific and hard to compare to anything
>>55848311
This
Saying it sounds like spanish or slavic languages is some kind of special retardation that I can't wrap my mind around
Doesn't sound like anything Slavic to my ears. I would go with Spanish.
>>55847276
It's weird, I can't describe exactly how it sounds. It's a nice language though.
>>55847276
Like castillian, when you speak spanish you have an uncanny accent.
>>55847276
A less slavic version of turkish
Can you vocaroo some Greek?
You ironically sound like barbarians desu.
its sounds like the cutest thing ever when spoken by females
kalanma se me afthistho agapa
like that idk
>>55848488
Gross. Our Civ come from Greece, desu
>>55848463
mic's broken
but https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2IQ1z99izjU here's some greek
I study Ancient Greek, but Modern is way different both in grammar and translation.
>>55848451
t. Slavic-sounding language
>>55848562
They sound like they babble "bar bar" when they talk.
>>55847276
Sounds like spanish. Only it's a type of spanish sounding language that I wouldn't mind learning. Fuck those spics.
>>55848621
His name is Alberto Barbosa get it right
>>55848608
>tfw want to learn Modern Greek and Ancient Greek
>learning both at the same time is not only a horrible idea but a pain in the fucking ass.
>>55848636
>bar bar
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gG62zay3kck
>>55848608
*pronunciation
Italian but less singy-songy and with a Slavic twist here and there.
>>55848592
Well, it's an historic song, do you have a modern grec sound?
>>55848718
here's some modern greek desu
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vc95qo7vcZI
>>55847276
At least you could post a video so they can hear the language corfufag
https://youtu.be/wbedGmAHqZo
>>55847276
os os os oxi nai denbsolite apo kapou
>>55848718
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_iSKjXqLUkQ
thinking about it, since almost no one can describe how greek sounds it's easy to change your accent and pretend you're speaking another language in it lol
>>55848791
too soon, file
>>55848707
>>55848707
DESU makes sense that they sound very spanish/italian/etc. a lot of those languages borrow greek words.
>>55848693
No, that's not a good idea. Should get a proficient level at Ancient first imo. Then maybe modern is easier.
Like a spaniard talking gibberish.
>>55847276
spanish but lispier
>>55848827
Sounds to me like Spanish (in Spain, not beaner Spanish) without the lisping
>>55848827
It is like mix of persian and spainish. More spainish though.
I can imagine that it sounds like you are reading a spell when you speake it slow.
>>55848827
why do they look like turks
>>55849228
they are turks
>>55849228
>>55849293
Why does your cunt have so many Turks?
Why do you call it Ellada, and not Hellas?
My mind is fuck.
>>55847276
Greek is a very beautiful language
To me it sounds like a flow of medical or science related words
Under a phonetic point of view it reminds of spanish and north italian (especially venetian),but overall it has a unique sound
>>55848827
It sounds like russian with an italian accent
>>55848311
this, really.
when i think of greek what i hear in my mind is something like this:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0IZG2HFsLCE
a crying voice which stresses each sound with a melody to it.
or an invocation language like here:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vcjHIboGArk
>>55848718
found one https://youtu.be/ah5D7Esniy4?t=2m23s
>>55849830
of course hellas is used
Both ελλας and ελλαδα are nominative case in the declination
Nom.Ελλας/Ελλαδα
Gen.Ελλαδος
...
...
>>55850404
Ahhh of course.
Ευχαριστω πολυ!
>>55850717
Ελλάς is used only in artificial katharevousa, the nominative in demotic is Ελλάδα. It assimilated to feminine nouns ending in -α.
>>55851032
I see. So it's not something you would encounter in normal every day speech then, since I'm guessing Katharevousa is bascially Church greek or something?
I watch greek porn and when the women speak it turns me on.
>>55851112
No, Koine continues to be used in liturgy.
Katharevousa was an artificial, purist form of Greek created in the 19th century to serve as the standardized language of the state. Thankfully it didn't win out and Standard Modern Greek is based (though with some influence from the katharevousa) on more vernacular (south) Greek.
>>55851223
Ah okay.
So Katharevousa is very different from colloquial everyday Greek then, since it didn't gain any traction?
>>55851286
You could consider it halfway between Koine and Standard Modern Greek. Different enough I guess.
>>55851370
Right. And given I have some knowledge of Ancient Greek in general, I know Koine is pretty different from Modern.
I can barely understand Modern written Greek tbqh, but I'm having no trouble reading Aristophanes and stuff like that at Uni.
I wonder if it's just because i'm not trying hard enough, or if it really is that different.
>>55847276
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mdBlpRc6hoY
>>55847276
to me it sounds like a person saying gibberish in Spanish
Greeks are excellent Spanish learners, they have no accent and just struggle with the "J" sound
>>55851479
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=byfNaYYiIl4
>>55851472
The biggest step for me tβh is from classical Attic to Koine. Koine even had most of the same pronunciation as modern Greek except for a couple of features iirc.
>>55851569
Yeah. The grammar is very similar though.
I can read the Bible in Koine if I have a dictionary to use for the weirdest words.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xMdkuoSXXHM
>>55847276
Can be mistaken for latin languages to the untrained ear.
I can recognise it, but it just sounds like a bunch of popadopulousinstarekosalexandros
Basically just some words ending in 'ous' or 'os'
