language-help

[covert turtle]

anyone know any way I can study Greek from knowing literaly nothing?

[violet nacelle]

Academic?

Classical Greek or Modern Greek

[covert turtle]

I dont know the difference between the two but I want to study Greek so I can know terms that blended with English like the word "scalene"

also what do you mean by academic?

[violet nacelle]

Academic / Classical Greek is what philosophers like Homer, Plato, Sophocles wrote in.

Modern Greek is just the spoken version, much much simpler.

[covert turtle]

ok so I probably want to know modern greek

do you know any way I could study like a website or technique?

[violet nacelle]

Wait why though.

[covert turtle]

since modern Greek is simpler

[violet nacelle]

Are you planning to go to Greece and Cyprus

No, but what are you planning to do with Greek.

[covert turtle]

nope

[covert turtle]

since a lot of words come from Greek or Latin, I want to know some Greek terms so if I come to a word I dont understand I can have an idea of what it might mean

[violet nacelle]

So you don't need to study any Greek for that.

[covert turtle]

this doesn't just go for english but math and science both have terms that doesn't really mean anything in english

[violet nacelle]

You can study / memorize some common prefix and suffix.

And that would suffice.

[covert turtle]

oh wait yeah you're right

[violet nacelle]

And yes, the word scalene comes from the Greek word σκαληνός!

And then it became the Latin word of scalẽnus

Oops, sorry wrong accent.

scalēnus

Then to English scalene

[covert turtle]

how do you know all of this lol

[violet nacelle]

Spent my entire life studying Latin and Greek hahaha

I am fluent in a lot of languages

Unfortunately my only exposure to English is in academic settings, hence why my English sounds slightly strange.

[covert turtle]

I see

[hidden jolt]

HA

HAHAHHAHAH

[wraith wadi]

Does anybody have any tips to remembering the gender of words in French, or German?

[hidden jolt]

credo me melius quam te Latine scire. nihil aliud latine scis quam legere et scribere

[violet nacelle]

Pure memorization!

[violet nacelle]

Cum me proxime videbis, Latine mecum loquere. Noli tantum scribere.

[hidden jolt]

HAHHAHHAHAH

ναι αλλ η ση Ελληνικη φαυλη εστιν

[violet nacelle]

Yes. Try and look for a list of suffix / prefix.

Those would aid your understanding of English much more!

But do understand that meaning often do change, and one meaning may not prevail all the time.

ου δυνασαι Εβραιστι λαλειν;

[hidden jolt]

alr bro

u can't either

linguis quas scis nihil aliud facis quam scribere numquam loqui