Καλή τύχη! Καλή χρονιά! :)

Yeah, I think it’s been long enough for the troublemakers to lose interest. I miss the discussion, as I know others do too.

I’m looking forward to Greek. It should be interesting!

Good luck with the Greek, should be a wonderful language and culture to learn about!

No. I think I learned quite a bit about the advantages and disadvantages of avoiding learning materials in my Turkish mission last year.

There are some aspects of that approach which I will probably continue to use in all my future language learning projects, but there are also some aspects to the “blitzkrieg approach” I tried with Polish last year, which I’m anxious to experiment with this time around…

Thanks!

Before I learned any German, I remember thinking that it sounded like a harsh language, full of people clearing their throats. Now, after some exposure to it, and actually understanding some of it, I find that it can be incredibly pleasant at times.

Before I learned Russian, it sounded like a scary, imposing, evil language. Now, as a fluent speaker, I just hear people’s thoughts, feelings, and information.

Conversely, prior to learning Italian, I romanticized it to be “the most beautiful language in the world” (la bella lingua, as the saying goes), but having spent some time in Italy, I saw how easily people could take all the beauty out of the language when they’re just using it day to day. They’re not concerned with its beauty, they’re just communicating. 

So I guess what I’m saying is… sure, I may not have liked how Greek sounded to me prior to this mission, but that’s no reason not to learn, and I have a strong feeling that after I learn to speak and understand Greek I will have a completely new opinion of how it sounds.  :)

Ci sono molti ristoranti belli là. Spero di traslocare in Greek Town quando termine il mio locazione. Allora ci vorrebbero solo poche isolati camminare al lavoro.
Grazie per i tuoi commenti!

Yes, not to mention that Greek and Latin are two very profilic languages. :)

In my opinion, we’re excited while learning a language because we continuously find something different and new as we’re progressing our way through the process of learning that particular language, it can be either its pronunciation or its alphabets or its structures etc. In this case, Greek is very interesting to my mind since it is one of the ancient languages, the language of knowledge and philosophy in the ancient times. So you speak more or less the language of Socrates though you are going to learn Modern Greek. I think in every language there is a few Greek words even in Arabic because the Arabs were the translators of the Greek wisdom. I’ve also got Teach Yourself Greek but I have not read it yet, just for my collection and reference if I need it sometime. Good luck with your learning Greek :)

I used the Teach Yourself Beginner Greek, it’s pretty good. :)

Great choice Randy.  How important it is to be able to use what we learn!  Wish you could have had more success with Turkish – mostly so you would come visit!  Looking forward to the Greek journey though, and this way you can visit Greece next year and hop  over into Turkey as well.  Good Luck!

Thanks.  Yes, that photos is from Greektown. It’s only three blocks walk from my office, so I go there often, and I will probably go even more often now that I’m learning Greek.

True, you know better than I do. :)
Good luck with your mission. I hope you can do better than you did!

(And I’m not complaining by saying that: I think I did pretty well.) I do still sometimes hear Greek and it’s always exciting to do so now. :]

I will join you on this quest. I have always wanted to learn greek.. Good Luck. malaka!

Спасибо. Да, польский наверное скоро попробую. Может в следующий год.