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What you should know about carnival in Greece!

Did you ever experience Carnival and Tsiknopempti in Greece? Usually the month of February, is the carnival month! Also in Greece, the carnival season lasts for 3 weeks during which period Greeks really enjoy themselves, organize many parties and eat a lot of meat!
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The music of the movie “Ouzeri Tsitsanis”

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In the movie “Ouzeri Tsitsanis”, which was released in December 2015, there are both the Tsitsanis songs and music, composed by the famous composer Themis Karamouratidis.
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Funny language blunders and misunderstandings in Greek!

Some language blunders many students in the Greek Language can easily recognize: they are called  “Margaritaria” – “Μαργαριτάρια!”
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Greek speaking villages in Southern Italy

You can find several Greek speaking villages in Southern Italy, so not only in Greece! Read the  story below, see a documentary and listen to a song in Grico dialect.

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Greek for beginners; useful words you actually already know!

On that hot July morning, the ancient olive tree with its silvery green leaves cast its shadow on the dry ground. Just like Plato some 2400 years ago, the Omilo school also gratefully used the breeze that the mighty tree offered to begin the Greek lesson of the day.
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Greek expressions: The sea is like oil!

“ I have a Greek son in law, an adorable “Adonis”!” we sometimes hear our students saying! Many foreigners join Omilo to learn Greek because they have a son or daughter who lives in Greece, with or without Greek partner. If it finally becomes true love, than, undoubtedly, the day arrives when our motivated students wish to meet the Greek family in Greece. An exciting day to look forward to and at the same time the perfect occasion to practice their newly acquired knowledge of the Greek language. Time to learn some Greek expressions!
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A Greek song, museums and listening exercise

Greece has so many nice museums and so many nice songs! So let’s listen to a song about visiting a museum! We made a Greek listening exercise for you. Listen to the song and try to fill out the gaps in the lyrics under the video. Enjoy!
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Multilingualism: a documentary about languages in the EU and at Omilo!

Omilo was contacted by the Greek ERT TV-station, in March 2013, with the question  to interview the owners of the Omilo-school (Maya and Dimitris Andreadis) about multilingualism.
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