How to sound like a native Greek3 tips

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Let’s suppose that you are learning Greek already for a couple of months and when you come across a native speaker, although they use the same words and phrases that you’ve learned somehow they pronounce them differently and they speak too fast. Today, i have some advices in order to speak more natural, like a native Greek. • TIMESTAMPS: • 00:00 Intro • 00:45 Accent: Friend or Enemy? • 01:30 Pronunciation • 02:57 Pronunciation Masterclass • 03:24 Filler Words • 05:10 Fast Speech • PRONUNCIATION • I’ve noticed that greek language learners tend to pronounce the letter epsilon as /i/. I suppose there are two possible explanations for this mix-up. In English and many other languages, this letter sounds like /i/ indeed. For example in the word describe dɪˈskrʌɪb/ /or relate /rɪˈleɪt/. It’s true that epsilon resembles ypsilon which sounds like /i/. The easiest way to avoid mistakes is by remembering that epsilon is the only single letter which corresponds phonetically to /e/ On the other side, there are 3 single letters that sound like /i/. • Altering a letter’s pronunciation seems insignificant, but it might influence the meaning of a word. Let’s take the letter β as example. Of course there are similarities between the Greek and English alphabet, but they don’t match exactly. B in Greek sounds like v as in vase or voice and not as b. For us b is a complex sound and we use two letters to form it μ+π=μπ. • *I am launching a pronunciation masterclass just for December 2020 and soon I will announce dates and details. So make sure you follow me on instagram, to be updated for this live programme, this live class that will run just for a month and it will give you some inside of the greek pronunciation and help you become better and better in Greek* • More details: • FILLER WORDS • In speech, when we need to buy some time to think what we are going to say next, we use filler words. Those words’ job is to naturally fill our little pause, without stopping speaking all together, and inform our audience that you’re not quite finished speaking yet, even if you’ve paused for a moment. • Let’s have a look to some greek filler words: • Λοιπόν, έτσι, βασικά, εεε, ας πούμε, ξέρω γω, ρε παιδί μου, κοίτα, ντάξει, δε μου λες • Let’s look at a sentence with filler words. • Κοίτα, συνάντησα τον Γιώργο χθες, αλλά ντάξει δεν μιλήσαμε και πολύ ρε παιδί μου. • You have to learn how to use and omit those words at the same time. • What about removing all those extra words and let’s have a look at the sentence once again. • Συνάντησα τον Γιώργο χθες, αλλά δεν μιλήσαμε πολύ. • Don’t try to translate them into your language or panic because you don’t understand every single word. Simply ignore them. • FAST SPEECH • Fast speech isn’t really about speaking ‘’quickly’’, but it might sound very quick to you since you are a non native greek speaker. • Fast speech simply refers to the way native Greek speakers change and eliminate sounds as they speak normal, everyday Greek. • Use contractions • A contraction is a shortened form of a word (or group of words) that omits certain letters or sounds. In a contraction, an apostrophe represents missing letters. In English this happens all the time with verbs: • Instead of saying you cannot we say you can’t • In Greek,when a word ends in a vowel and the next word starts with a vowel, the first word loses its final vowel and is replaced by an apostrophe. • Instead of saying σε ευχαριστώ πολύ we say σ ’ευχαριστώ πολύ • Another example: μου αρέσει, μ αρέσει το φόρεμά σου. • • Weak forms of pronouns or verbs help us avoid repeating ourselves and deliver a message quicker. • Δε θέλει να σε δει has the same meaning with Δε θέλει να δει εσένα but it’s much easier and short. • Moving to verbs, do you remember when you were learning the verb to be, είμαι? • You in plural is εσείς είσαστε και είστε. Both of them are correct to use, but in a conversation we will go for the quickest option, and it’s good for you to know both so you won’t be caught by surprise when you hear the question: • Συγγνώμη, είστε καλά; • ✰ SOCIAL MEDIA ✰ • • instagram ➭ / linguatree_ • • facebook ➭ / linguatreee • ✰ PRIVATE LESSONS ✰ • Superprof UK: Yiuli Tsogka, Greek lessons • ✰ FILMING EQUIPMENT✰ • iPhone 11 pro

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