OK, I took Markos' advice and wrote up a small text to practice verbally and to publish as a video on youtube. I hope you enjoy!
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Text: “χαίρετε, ὦ φίλοι. ἐγώ εἰμι ἀγνοούμενος ὑμῖν καὶ διὰ τοῦτο ἠθέλησά τινα περὶ ἐμαυτοῦ λέγειν ὑμῖν. ὄνομά μοι Ἰάσων κἀγὼ ἐν Ἰσραὴλ οἰκῶ. ἀναγιγνώσκειν πολλὰ βιβλία φιλῶ καὶ πάντοτε βιβλίον ἔχω ἐν τῇ χειρί μου. οὐ πολὺν χρόνον τὴν ἑλληνικὴν γλῶτταν μεμάθηκα, ἀλλὰ ἐν νῷ ἔχω ἐπιμένειν μανθάνων. ἐλπίζω δι᾿ ὀλίγου παρὰ ὑμῶν ἀπόκρισιν παραλαβεῖν. ἔρρωσθε.”
I am just beginning to internalize Greek. I have pulled some of these words (e.g., ἀγνοούμενος ‘unknown’, ἐπιμένω ‘I continue’, ἀπόκρισις ‘answer, response’) from accessible passages in the Christian scriptures (Ἡ Καινὴ Διαθήκη “The New Testament”) when I wasn’t already aware of the word. I’m also using the Pocket Oxford Classical Greek Dictionary and the software Diogenes to search for new vocabulary.
The pronunciation that I use is Erasmian, since this is what I learned when I was younger. While I have had a lot of experience reading the Christian scriptures in Greek, I put Greek down for several years. Only recently has my interest in the language grown again, and I’ve begun to study Attic. I hope to add more videos as I become more comfortable with what I’m learning, in an attempt to turn passive understanding into some kind of active use of the language.
I am just beginning to internalize Greek. I have pulled some of these words (e.g., ἀγνοούμενος ‘unknown’, ἐπιμένω ‘I continue’, ἀπόκρισις ‘answer, response’) from accessible passages in the Christian scriptures (Ἡ Καινὴ Διαθήκη “The New Testament”) when I wasn’t already aware of the word. I’m also using the Pocket Oxford Classical Greek Dictionary and the software Diogenes to search for new vocabulary.
The pronunciation that I use is Erasmian, since this is what I learned when I was younger. While I have had a lot of experience reading the Christian scriptures in Greek, I put Greek down for several years. Only recently has my interest in the language grown again, and I’ve begun to study Attic. I hope to add more videos as I become more comfortable with what I’m learning, in an attempt to turn passive understanding into some kind of active use of the language.