In order to enhance my vocab power in AG, I tried to harvest some words from the woodhouse E-G dictionary and put them around a few pictures. And I found a number of interesting words.
roof is [size=150]ὁ ὄροφος[/size] while the ceiling is [size=150]ἡ ὀροφή[/size],
wall is [size=150]τὸ τεῖχος[/size] while the wall of a house is [size=150]ὁ τοῖχος[/size],
door is [size=150]ἡ θύρα[/size] when window is [size=150]ἡ θυρίς[/size],
cabbage is [size=150]ἡ ῥάφανος[/size] while radish is [size=150]ἡ ῥαφανίς[/size],
and spicy is [size=150]ἡδίς[/size] where sweet is [size=150]ἡδύς[/size].
I think I'd be going to photocopy the pictures from my Pictorial German-English Dictionary and fill it in with the AG words. --- Er, I'm not going to publish it. It's for my study only.
By the way, I couldn't find a single mentioning of Katharevousa dictionary on the web(including Amazon sites). Was there such a thing?
Pictorial Ancient Greek Project --- a sketch
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Pictorial Ancient Greek Project --- a sketch
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that's awesome mingshey, when you (don't) publish it could you please (not) send me a copy or link
if you get really stupid pictures you won't forget the vocab. i did something similar with latin... i found bizarre pictures for ideas which "sounded" very similar to the words of a famous speech in latin. (i was trying to memorise a large slab of latin prose). i still can't erase the speech from my mind.
the pictures (or combinations of pictures) resembled:
"crooks on tandem (bicycle)" "a blue terrier catilina!" "patient's nostrils"
"come deal at (this) ATM" "Fuhrer is a tourist" "nose is looted"....
i found the most bizarre pictures for these from images.google.com...
if you get really stupid pictures you won't forget the vocab. i did something similar with latin... i found bizarre pictures for ideas which "sounded" very similar to the words of a famous speech in latin. (i was trying to memorise a large slab of latin prose). i still can't erase the speech from my mind.
the pictures (or combinations of pictures) resembled:
"crooks on tandem (bicycle)" "a blue terrier catilina!" "patient's nostrils"
"come deal at (this) ATM" "Fuhrer is a tourist" "nose is looted"....
i found the most bizarre pictures for these from images.google.com...
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LOL, Though I wouldn't know what a blue terrier catillina is, I think I get your point. Puns like "high pot in use" and "gee I'm a tree" also help the memory.chad wrote:the pictures (or combinations of pictures) resembled:
"crooks on tandem (bicycle)" "a blue terrier catilina!" "patient's nostrils"
"come deal at (this) ATM" "Fuhrer is a tourist" "nose is looted"....
i found the most bizarre pictures for these from images.google.com...
I once tried tagging various things in my room with Modern Greek names. It didn't last long, but ypologisths, and plyktrologio, etc sticked to my tongue.
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Is it this?
http://www.skidmore.edu/academics/class ... nounce.jpg
Then the posture of a man that I assume to be catiline would fit to stroke a doggie! LOLer
http://www.skidmore.edu/academics/class ... nounce.jpg
Then the posture of a man that I assume to be catiline would fit to stroke a doggie! LOLer
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yeah that pic, i had catiline staring at this unnatural blue dog...
i also had pics of e.g. hitler and the eiffel tower, some lady in south east asia selling a strung-up animal near an ATM, a pic of some greek relief with the nose smashed off, &c &c.
mix that with the sound of a harvard professor reading out the speech (from online), and it's really easy to memorise
i also had pics of e.g. hitler and the eiffel tower, some lady in south east asia selling a strung-up animal near an ATM, a pic of some greek relief with the nose smashed off, &c &c.
mix that with the sound of a harvard professor reading out the speech (from online), and it's really easy to memorise
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