Month: October 2015
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10/12/1944: Athens is liberated from the German Nazis
On the 12th of October Athens has celebrated its liberation from German Nazis. Greece was a free country again! In order to learn the historical events of that period and their immense impact on people ‘s life an excellent website is created. It offers all the historical events and a lot of photos of that…
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Speak English using Greek words!
In order to note the big penetration of the Greek into the English language, please, read the speech that Xenophon Zolotas, a Greek economist at the time who later became prime minister of Greek democracy (1989-1990), gave in the International Monetary Fund on 10/02/1959. The whole speech is consisted by English words that all have Greek…
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Why Modern Greek?
29% of the English vocabulary derives from Greek. So, you know the meaning of the 29% words of this ‘’foreign’’ language. It is very important for those who study Classics, Biology, Literature, Linguistics, History and those who want to study Medicine and Law. Classics: Greek is one Language. Modern Greek is…
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Greek vs English: a love story
Many Greek words that are common in English were adopted directly from Greek – this is only 6%- or indirectly from Latin –this is 29%- as Latin had been strongly influenced by Greek. So, 35% of the English vocabulary is Greek! Here are some interesting examples of English words that have Greek origin: English words…