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Are there good resources for “conversational” Greek phrases? I have interlinears of Xenophon, Homer, and the NT, and have been using these to increase my reading ability (ie., I learn a page or two a day, getting to the point where I can read it easily without the interlinear). But I feel limited in basic communication ability.

I’d like to add another text to my reading program, preferably something very conversation-heavy. I would probably use Perseus + a translation to crib together some sort of interlinear, and then go back and learn it as a second pass. Suggestions for a text, anyone?

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Would this help?

http://books.google.com/books?id=xYoCAAAAQAAJ&printsec=frontcover&dq=Blackie’s+greek-english+dialogues&hl=en&sa=X&ei=xUDRUr3YM8H1oATbqoHgDQ&ved=0CC4Q6AEwAA#v=onepage&q=Blackie’s%20greek-english%20dialogues&f=false

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There are other Blackie books that contain dialogue, such as
Blackie, J. Stuart. “Greek Primer Colloquial and Constructive.” 1891. http://archive.org/stream/greekprimercollo00blacrich (accessed Jan 10, 2014).

Are looking to learn Greek as a living language?
Randall Buth’s books would help, but you’ll have to learn a new pronunciation scheme.
http://www.biblicallanguagecenter.com/

Here’s a list I had been trying to compile of phrases:
https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/98867968/Koine%20Greek%20Phrasebook.xlsx

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And don’t forget Christophe Rico’s Polis. You’ll have to purchase a non-English version but that isn’t a great loss as he tries to stay in Greek most of the time.
You can also see his teaching methods on youtube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tJrGaOF-bOw

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Thanks! These are all amazing resources. I have begun working on integrating the Blackie with my current reading. I think that I will begin by making audio recordings of some of his dialogues and listening to them for understanding.

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I’d be interested in hearing the recording, if you are willing to share them. If I have some time, I might make some of Blackie myself. If I do, I’ll share them somehow. But I use Restored Koine pronunciation, so you might not like them.