See Greece brings advice and a free ebook on learning to speak Greek for your vacation, including information on Greek culture to aid conversation.
Learning to speak Greek, even just a little, will enhance your experience of visiting Greece enormously. There’s no question of it. Greece is an unusual and historic language, which few non-Greeks ever learn, so people really appreciate it even if you only learn a few simple words, like ‘please’ and ‘thank you’.
Learn to Read Greek
Of course you’ll want to learn more than that, such as learning numbers and being able to read the Greek alphabet, and it isn’t as hard as it might at first look. At first glance, you might think you don’t know where to begin when you see Greek letters written down:
α β γ δ
But that is simply:
a b c d
And three of the four letters look like their English equivalents anyway.
Learn to Speak Greek
As for pronunciation, the Greek alphabet starts like this:
Alpha, beta, gamma, delta
So you already know the first four letters of the Greek alphabet, to both read and speak. How hard can it be?
Lear to Speak Greek: Free ebook
To help you with learning to speak Greek, we’ve put together an ebook for you to read and study. You can download it to your phone or tablet and take it with you to Greece, to help you with speaking Greek.
Note, this is NOT a book which you have to sit down and study, remembering word after word, as we did at school. We think you’ll be much more inspired to learn to speak Greek if you understand the culture and etiquette of the Greek language, the kind of things you say and when you say them. After all, words and idioms are different in different cultures. Even little things. When do you say ‘good afternoon’ and when does it change to ‘good evening’, and then to ‘goodnight’?
You can download the free book as a PDF here: Conversational Greek for Travelers
If you have a Kindle and would prefer your copy on there, then you can buy it cheaply on Amazon here.
If you want another approach, there are plenty of more formal Greek language courses available so check those out too. We don’t mind which you buy – we just want more people to learn a little Greek and enjoy their holidays more!
Learn to Speak Greek!
RECENT POSTS
