Making flashcards in Inkscape so as to learn Greek, Ancient and Modern.

 

Drawing Flashcards in Inkscape so as to learn Greek, Ancient and Modern:

 

Greek Flag SVG
Figure 1:  One may as well learn Modern Greek as he learns Ancient Greek.

 

 

I am trying to learn Modern Greek. To that end, I am listening to:

 

Pimsleur’s Modern Greek

on Audible.

 

image/svg+xml ihsiihbnvgcbnmb «ευχαριστώ». Modern Greek.Transliterated:eucharistṓTranslated:thank you.
Figure 2  How to say: “thank you!” in Modern Greek.  Grammatically, the above phrase is termed ‘an interjection.’

The image depicted in Figure 2 illustrates how one would go about saying:

“thank you!”

in Modern Greek.  The above phrase is derived from the Ancient-Greek prefix:

εὐ-

or, when transliterated:

‘eu-’

which means:

‘good,’ ‘well,’

and the Ancient-Greek 3rd-declension feminine noun:

ἡ χάρις Genitive: τῆς χάριτος

or, when transliterated:

‘hē cháris’ Genitive: ‘tē̃s cháritos’

, which means:

‘grace.’

When one says:

‘thank you!’

in Modern Greek, he wishes another:

‘good grace!’

.  There is a linguistic parallel here with Latin:

‘grātiās’

, and with Italian:

‘grazie’

, and with Spainish:

‘gracias’

etc.

I estimate that Modern Greek differs from Ancient Greek to the same extent that contemporary English differs from the English as found in the original 1611 King James version of the Bible.  The contrast between Modern and Ancient Greek may not even be as profound as that.

 

image/svg+xml 1611 AuthorisedVersion or when transliterated: Ancient-Greek nominative, neuter, plural, 2nd-declension noun. when translated: ‘the books’, ‘the papyri.’ ‘the letters,’ ‘the writings.’

Figure 3:  The 1611 Authorised Version.  English words such as ‘bible’ are derived from τὰ βιβλíα or ‘tà biblía.’

 

 I find that making these flashcards in Inkscape aids me in remembering the vocabulary.

 

 

 

           

 

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