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Hi,I'm a new one and get troubled in every step

Posted: Sun Apr 03, 2005 12:45 pm
by Jasper
I've been interested in Greek for long but there's no one here who's studying Greak let alone ancient one.I even don't know how to pronounce,rough and smooth breathing,for instance.
And I also have no experiece of Latin.Must I learn it in advance? :( :?:

would you like to give me a hand?

Posted: Sun Apr 03, 2005 1:57 pm
by Jasper
I really find this task quite difficult.Can you help me?
Thanks a lot.

Re: Hi,I'm a new one and get troubled in every step

Posted: Sun Apr 03, 2005 10:44 pm
by Kasper
Jasper wrote:I've been interested in Greek for long but there's no one here who's studying Greak let alone ancient one.I even don't know how to pronounce,rough and smooth breathing,for instance.
And I also have no experiece of Latin.Must I learn it in advance? :( :?:
Hi Jasper,

Generally, rough breathing can be described as (slightly) breathing out. It's like a "h" in English really. Smooth breathing is not breathing out.

Although some books assume a knowledge of latin before you start on Greek, it's not necesarry.

Thanks so much!!

Posted: Mon Apr 04, 2005 4:08 am
by Jasper
It's so kind of you.
And there're still quite a few problems which I can't work out by myself.
Shall I go on asking and would you like to go on helping me with,such as the accents?
Thank you.

Posted: Mon Apr 04, 2005 4:11 am
by Kasper
Keep asking, mate. There are many people here who know waaayyy more than I do (i'm just a beginner myself) who will be able to answer your questions. :wink:

Posted: Mon Apr 04, 2005 9:48 pm
by Jasper
Then how to pronouce those accents? ` ' and ^
And when to pronouce alpha as in "hat" and when as in "ago"?

Posted: Tue Apr 05, 2005 7:01 am
by Kasper
Jasper, there are many threads here in these forums that relate to pronounciation, some current ones. Have a look around at what's already there and see if you have any questions left after that!

Posted: Tue Apr 05, 2005 10:42 am
by Jasper
Well,you know,I don't have enough time on line these days actually.
Anyway,thank you very much for helping me with those problems! :wink:

Posted: Sun May 15, 2005 7:12 pm
by piedra
I'm new on this site, and also willing to learn ancient greek; the problem is I may need a little help. In exchange I could help anyone interested in learning french or spanish.

Posted: Sat Jun 04, 2005 10:40 pm
by usqueadmortem
piedra wrote:I'm new on this site, and also willing to learn ancient greek; the problem is I may need a little help. In exchange I could help anyone interested in learning french or spanish.
Oh, I am dying to learn french, and would love to learn spanish. I can help you out. But I know koine, not ancient.