The Best Cyprus Community

Skip to content


Learning to speak...

Ask any specific question related to Cyprus.

Re: Learning to speak...

Postby Cap » Wed Nov 30, 2011 9:23 pm

Not much to Greek. Roughly about a coupla hundred root words. Chopped , scrambled, tweaked or stuck together to create a million other words.
User avatar
Cap
Main Contributor
Main Contributor
 
Posts: 7276
Joined: Mon Jun 18, 2007 12:55 pm
Location: Cypriot Empire

Re: Learning to speak...

Postby kurupetos » Wed Nov 30, 2011 10:56 pm

bornthisway wrote:Greek language is sooo hard and complicated :shocked: ...English is easy but gramatics is killing me....slowly :eyecrazy:

:?
User avatar
kurupetos
Leading Contributor
Leading Contributor
 
Posts: 18855
Joined: Tue Jul 31, 2007 7:46 pm
Location: Cyprus

Re: Learning to speak...

Postby GreekIslandGirl » Wed Nov 30, 2011 11:07 pm

Greek is a logical language. :D

I hate English for its sloppy inclusion of homographs which ain't homophonic; I had a mean row in the second row train seats which I didn't mean simply because I couldn't read the seat numbers on the way to Reading whilst reading my paper blah blah bla ...
User avatar
GreekIslandGirl
Main Contributor
Main Contributor
 
Posts: 9083
Joined: Sat Oct 15, 2011 1:03 am

Re: Learning to speak...

Postby kurupetos » Thu Dec 01, 2011 12:12 am

GreekIslandGirl wrote:Greek is a logical language. :D

I hate English for its sloppy inclusion of homographs which ain't homophonic; I had a mean row in the second row train seats which I didn't mean simply because I couldn't read the seat numbers on the way to Reading whilst reading my paper blah blah bla ...

Reading, eh? That reminds me... I wonder if YFred can walk that far... :lol:
User avatar
kurupetos
Leading Contributor
Leading Contributor
 
Posts: 18855
Joined: Tue Jul 31, 2007 7:46 pm
Location: Cyprus

Re: Learning to speak...

Postby yialousa1971 » Thu Dec 01, 2011 1:44 am

GreekIslandGirl wrote:Greek is a logical language. :D

I hate English for its sloppy inclusion of homographs which ain't homophonic; I had a mean row in the second row train seats which I didn't mean simply because I couldn't read the seat numbers on the way to Reading whilst reading my paper blah blah bla ...


It was designed by the Gods/God. :wink:
User avatar
yialousa1971
Main Contributor
Main Contributor
 
Posts: 6256
Joined: Sat Aug 30, 2008 2:55 pm
Location: With my friends on the Cyprus forum

Re: Learning to speak...

Postby Get Real! » Thu Dec 01, 2011 2:07 am

:lol: Oh the horseshit posted here...

You fools! :evil:

Don't you know the very essense of communication stems from ancient Cypriot??? :?
User avatar
Get Real!
Forum Addict
Forum Addict
 
Posts: 48333
Joined: Mon Feb 26, 2007 12:25 am
Location: Nicosia

Re: Learning to speak...

Postby yialousa1971 » Thu Dec 01, 2011 2:11 am

Get Real! wrote::lol: Oh the horseshit posted here...

You fools! :evil:

Don't you know the very essense of communication stems from ancient Cypriot??? :?


Do you want to die? 8)
User avatar
yialousa1971
Main Contributor
Main Contributor
 
Posts: 6256
Joined: Sat Aug 30, 2008 2:55 pm
Location: With my friends on the Cyprus forum

Re: Learning to speak...

Postby Get Real! » Thu Dec 01, 2011 2:14 am

yialousa1971 wrote:
Get Real! wrote::lol: Oh the horseshit posted here...

You fools! :evil:

Don't you know the very essense of communication stems from ancient Cypriot??? :?


Do you want to die? 8)

Do I get a last wish Yialoser? :?
User avatar
Get Real!
Forum Addict
Forum Addict
 
Posts: 48333
Joined: Mon Feb 26, 2007 12:25 am
Location: Nicosia

Re: Learning to speak...

Postby yialousa1971 » Thu Dec 01, 2011 2:26 am

Get Real! wrote:
yialousa1971 wrote:
Get Real! wrote::lol: Oh the horseshit posted here...

You fools! :evil:

Don't you know the very essense of communication stems from ancient Cypriot??? :?


Do you want to die? 8)

Do I get a last wish Yialoser? :?


Ask Bananiot, he's the one that will infect you. :twisted:
User avatar
yialousa1971
Main Contributor
Main Contributor
 
Posts: 6256
Joined: Sat Aug 30, 2008 2:55 pm
Location: With my friends on the Cyprus forum

Re: Learning to speak...

Postby Cap » Thu Dec 08, 2011 9:39 pm

Cap wrote:Not much to Greek. Roughly about a coupla hundred root words. Chopped , scrambled, tweaked or stuck together to create a million other words.


English language is a science, you gotto love it.

-English is an extremely complex and exacting language, developed over the centuries, in which most words have several various synonyms, each with it's own connotations and nuances that lend to unparalleled specificity and descriptiveness-

Greek is still stuck in the days of Kolokotroni
User avatar
Cap
Main Contributor
Main Contributor
 
Posts: 7276
Joined: Mon Jun 18, 2007 12:55 pm
Location: Cypriot Empire

PreviousNext

Return to Cyprus Questions and Answers

Who is online

Users browsing this forum: No registered users and 0 guests