Thala's Russian & Greek Log!
Posted: Fri Aug 02, 2019 9:46 am
Hello!
So, time to start a log. Why am I learning Greek? I'm part Greek, and my parents occasionally play Greek music around the house. A few months ago I decided I needed a holiday so I booked a trip to Greece. I learned a few phrases so as not to be that annoying tourist that insists on speaking English. When I got there, everyone was so friendly! At the end of the week I'd learned how to put together a few sentences and was talking in Greek! Turns out immersion really is king. The parting phrase of one of my new friends was "don't stop learning Greek", so here I am!
I travel a lot, and Greece is the only place where I actually felt at home. More than Italy, Spain, Portugal, and other hot countries. Definitely more than cold England, where I currently live. I found it a lot like my home country Bulgaria, but... better lol. I've been on a Greek kick ever since I came home, and I've already booked a trip back.
I'd like to get back there with a much better level of Greek! Surprisingly I'm finding it easy. What I'm doing:
- Teach Yourself Greek book
- Clozemaster Greek
- Language Transfer Greek (amazing! a few lessons of these was all I had before going to Greece)
- Children's Greek Cartoons on YT
- Ton of Greek music, I love it
- Thinking of starting iTalki lessons, but is it even worth it at this very beginner level?
Aside from Greek, I've dabbled in:
- Russian: So similar to my native Bulgarian, I can understand maybe 70%. Occasionally do a few lessons and watch Russian TV.
- Spanish: Studied in high school, since then it's regressed to B1. Want to get back to it but HS made it so boring, I'll probably never sit down and officially study it though, it'd have to be if I moved to Spain for a bit. I feel bad I haven't perfected such an important language.
- Portuguese: I love love love the sound of Brazilian Portuguese. And Brazilians are so happy to teach you! Will probably give this a try after Greek. The natives being welcoming is the biggest factor towards me wanting to learn a language.
- Others: Italian, German, Mandarin, Swedish, Korean
This log might include some other languages in the future, but for now I want to focus on Greek
So, time to start a log. Why am I learning Greek? I'm part Greek, and my parents occasionally play Greek music around the house. A few months ago I decided I needed a holiday so I booked a trip to Greece. I learned a few phrases so as not to be that annoying tourist that insists on speaking English. When I got there, everyone was so friendly! At the end of the week I'd learned how to put together a few sentences and was talking in Greek! Turns out immersion really is king. The parting phrase of one of my new friends was "don't stop learning Greek", so here I am!
I travel a lot, and Greece is the only place where I actually felt at home. More than Italy, Spain, Portugal, and other hot countries. Definitely more than cold England, where I currently live. I found it a lot like my home country Bulgaria, but... better lol. I've been on a Greek kick ever since I came home, and I've already booked a trip back.
I'd like to get back there with a much better level of Greek! Surprisingly I'm finding it easy. What I'm doing:
- Teach Yourself Greek book
- Clozemaster Greek
- Language Transfer Greek (amazing! a few lessons of these was all I had before going to Greece)
- Children's Greek Cartoons on YT
- Ton of Greek music, I love it
- Thinking of starting iTalki lessons, but is it even worth it at this very beginner level?
Aside from Greek, I've dabbled in:
- Russian: So similar to my native Bulgarian, I can understand maybe 70%. Occasionally do a few lessons and watch Russian TV.
- Spanish: Studied in high school, since then it's regressed to B1. Want to get back to it but HS made it so boring, I'll probably never sit down and officially study it though, it'd have to be if I moved to Spain for a bit. I feel bad I haven't perfected such an important language.
- Portuguese: I love love love the sound of Brazilian Portuguese. And Brazilians are so happy to teach you! Will probably give this a try after Greek. The natives being welcoming is the biggest factor towards me wanting to learn a language.
- Others: Italian, German, Mandarin, Swedish, Korean
This log might include some other languages in the future, but for now I want to focus on Greek