Greek - Ελληνικά    Elliniká


Greek has been used in writing for about 3,470 years. The oldest inscriptions in Greek, written in the Linear B script, date from about 1450 BC. Linear B was a completely different writing system from the Greek alphabet which was used from Classical Greek times to the present day. Here is how the pronunciation of some words has changed over this time:

Linear B   
1450 BC		 Ancient Greek   
400 BC		 Modern Greek
  
hiqquos híppos īpos horse
guasileus basiléus vasīleas king
anthroquos anthropos anthropos man
wetos etos etos year


1. αδελφός
adhelfós		    brother        1. ναι
ne		    yes        1. Πόσο κάνει αυτό ;
Póso kánī aftó?		    How much is that?
2. αδελφή
adhelfī		    sister        2. όχι
ókhi		    no        2. Πού πληρώνω ;
Poú pliróno?		    Where do I pay?
3. γιος
yos		    son        3. παρακαλώ
parakaló		    please        3. Καταλαβαίνω
Katalavéno		    To understand
4. κόρη
kóri		    daughter        4. ευχαριστώ
efkharistó		    thank you        4. Καταλαβαίνω
Katalavéno		    I understand
5. πατέρας
patéras		    father                  5. Δεν καταλαβαίνω
Dhen katalavéno		    I don’t understand
6. μητέρα
mītéra		    mother        1. Κυριακή
Kīriakī		    Sunday        6. Ξέρω
Kséro		    I know
          2. Δευτέρα
Dheftéra		    Monday        7. Δεν ξέρω
Dhen gzéro		    I don’t know
1. άνοιξη
ániksi		    spring        3. Τρίτη
Trītī		    Tuesday          
2. καλοκαίρι
kalokéri		    summer        4. Τετάρτη
Tetártī		    Wednesday        1. (εγώ) είμαι
(eghó) īme		    I am


Ούτω γαρ ηγάπησεν ο Θεός τον κόσμον ώστε τον υιόν αυτού τον μονογενή έδωκεν ίνα πας ο πιστεύων εις αυτόν μη απόληται αλλ' έχη ζωήν αιώνιον.

For God loved the world so much that he gave his only Son, so that everyone who believes in him will not perish but have eternal life. John 3,16


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