Is modern Greek worth learning?
Is modern Greek worth learning?
Cameron Hernandez
Adrian Morales
Anju is turkish.
Easton Kelly
I imagine it would set you up for eventually learning classical and finding a job in Greece, but in terms of marketable skills I think Chinese is the way to go.
You can argue until the cows come home about which language has the most "aesthetic value"
Benjamin Sanders
yes, modern greek is really similar to ancient greek in grammar especially koine greek. If you want to read Homeric Greek you will need to study some more but it's worth it
Ayden Anderson
>modern greek is really similar to ancient greek in grammar especially koine greek
No it's not.
Carson Rodriguez
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Owen Hill
how come? Every greek I talked to said they could easy read the NT
Ethan Gonzalez
They can't *easily* read the NT in Koine. They would need to practice/learn ancient Greek grammar first.
Obviously it's easier for them than for foreigners, but it's not like their language has stayed the same for 2000 years.
I know this first-hand, because I had Greek at university and we had a Greek guy in class who barely understood anything of a general text in Ancient Greek in the beginning apart from specific nouns and verbs.
David Gray
>Greek guy in class who barely understood anything of a general text in Ancient Greek in the beginning apart from specific nouns and verbs.
Yeah, that is what they told me about Homeric Greek and not really Koine Greek
Michael Cox
Homeric Greek is peculiar. It's a mixture of different dialects of Ancient Greece and it doesn't use definitive articles at all. (He doesn't use the word Basileus for King, he says Anax, for example).