The “Easy Greek Stories” podcast – Episode 12
If you are at an intermediate level in Greek, then boost your Greek listening skills with the Omilo Podcast. It also helps you learn common everyday Greek vocabulary and life situations in Greece. In this podcast you can listen to every story first at a slow reading pace, followed by the same story, narrated at a normal Greek native speaking pace, as well as an extra vocabulary list at the end.
If you are at a more advanced level, then also check the Ultimate Listening eBook
(Note: this podcast is not a Greek course and the episodes don’t follow a step-by-step grammar or difficulty sequence.)
Listen to story #12 on various Podcast channels listed below.
Πώς άλλαξε η ζωή του Φάνη μέσα σε 12 ώρες.
How Fanis’ life changed within 12 hours
In this episode, Myrto reads for you the story about Fanis and Dylan on the island of Milos, and how Fanis’ life changed in one day. (You can listen to it as a seperate podcast, or you can listen to it as a “continuation of podcast 11)
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Greek Wine & Greek verb “to drink” | Omilo
Ordering Greek wine in Greece is easy, since there are 300 varieties of grape cultivated by more than 150,000 farmers in Greece. Greece produces some outstanding wines, thanks to its climate. Below a small introduction to Greek Wine Varieties, as well as some useful Greek vocabulary!
Easy Greek Stories Podcast Episode 12 – How Fanis’ life changed within 12 hours
The “Easy Greek Stories” podcast – Episode 12
If you are at an intermediate level in Greek, then boost your Greek listening skills with the Omilo Podcast. It also helps you learn common everyday Greek vocabulary and life situations in Greece. In this podcast you can listen to every story first at a slow reading pace, followed by the same story, narrated at a normal Greek native speaking pace, as well as an extra vocabulary list at the end.
If you are at a more advanced level, then also check the Ultimate Listening eBook
(Note: this podcast is not a Greek course and the episodes don’t follow a step-by-step grammar or difficulty sequence.)
Listen to story #12 on various Podcast channels listed below.
Πώς άλλαξε η ζωή του Φάνη μέσα σε 12 ώρες.
How Fanis’ life changed within 12 hours
In this episode, Myrto reads for you the story about Fanis and Dylan on the island of Milos, and how Fanis’ life changed in one day. (You can listen to it as a seperate podcast, or you can listen to it as a “continuation of podcast 11)
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Learn two useful, but confusing, Greek verbs: ‘παίρνω’ and ‘περνάω’
Two Greek verbs that many Beginners and even Intermediate students find quite confusing are ‘παίρνω’ and ‘περνάω or περνώ’. Apart from the slightly different spelling, the main obvious cause of this confusion is the accentuation; it’s just a twist of the accent that makes these two words sound differently.
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Greek Grammar; The Verb “I know”, In present and future tense + Video
How to say “I know” or “I know it” in Greek.
Learn the present and future form of this verb
Since it is very useful to be able to say “I know”, “I know it” or “I do not know”, here below, we will explain the verb “ξέρω” in present and future tense
If you prefer to watch and listen to the video first, then click here and listen to teacher Terpsi
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Greek singer Kostis Maraveyas welcomes you to Greece
Do you also love Greek music? Then let us introduce you to one more Greek singer, Kostis Maraveyas.
Maraveyas – also known by his stage name Maraveyas illegal – is a Greek singer-songwriter, composer, performer, director and writer.
A true one-man band, he plays the accordion, piano and guitar. His songs are written mainly in Greek with the occasional lyric in English, Spanish or Italian thrown in (as we will see below). Despite the upbeat melodies, his songs often hide dark humour and social critique or tell the story of a troubled relationship.
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Greek Movie and Book : Mikra Anglia
When Greek cinema meets Greek literature the result is usually excellent. The movie ‘Little England’ , directed by Pantelis Voulgaris and based on the book by author Ioanna Karystiani, was released in December 2013.
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Easy Greek Stories Podcast Episode 11 – Why the church bell was ringing in Milos?
The “Easy Greek Stories” podcast – Episode 11
If you are at an intermediate level in Greek, then boost your Greek listening skills with the Omilo Podcast. It also helps you learn common everyday Greek vocabulary and life situations in Greece. In this podcast you can listen to every story first at a slow reading pace, followed by the same story, narrated at a normal Greek native speaking pace, as well as an extra vocabulary list at the end.
If you are more advanced in Greek already, then also check the Ultimate Listening eBook
(Note: this podcast is not a Greek course and the episodes don’t follow a step-by-step grammar or difficulty sequence.)
Listen to story #11 on various Podcast channels listed below.
Γιατί χτυπούσε η καμπάνα στη Μήλο;
Why the church bell was ringing in Milos?
In this episode, Eva reads for you the story about how Dylan met Fanis, next to the Church bell on the island of Milos
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The Greek “Happy Fools’ Day” on April 1st
The Greek “Happy Fools’ Day” on April 1st is traditionally established as the day that we fool the others or tell jokes. On April 1st, you can also use the Greek wish “Καλή Πρωταπριλιά !” (Kali protaprilia) = Happy Fools’ Day!
The only difference is that in Greek you actually say “Happy First of April”!
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Easy Greek Stories Podcast #10 – Who will get the job?
The “Easy Greek Stories” podcast – Episode 10
If you are at an intermediate level in Greek, then boost your Greek listening skills with the Omilo Podcast. It also helps you learn common everyday Greek vocabulary and life situations in Greece. In this podcast you can listen to every story first at a slow reading pace, followed by the same story, narrated at a normal Greek native speaking pace, as well as an extra vocabulary list at the end.
If you are more advanced in Greek already, then also check the Ultimate Greek Listening eBook
(Note: this podcast is not a Greek course and the episodes don’t follow a step-by-step grammar or difficulty sequence.)
Listen to story #10 on various Podcast channels listed below.
Ποιος θα πάρει τη δουλειά;Η Σία ή ο Πέτρος; Who will get the job?
In this episode, Myrto reads for you the story about the job interview of Sia and Petros
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March 25th: A Greek National Celebration and Independence Day | Omilo
March 25th: A Greek National Celebration and Independence Day. Greece has lived through major historical events and the country was involved in many wars: Persian wars, the wars of Alexander the Great, etc. In modern Greek history, from 1821 till of today, two major wars Greece was involved in, were the Greek War of Independence against the Ottoman Empire and the 2nd World War. Every year, Greeks remember these historical events with the celebration of two national anniversaries on October 28th and March 25th.
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