embici Triglot Senior Member CanadaRegistered users can see my Skype Name Joined 4611 days ago 263 posts - 370 votes Speaks: English*, Spanish, French Studies: Greek
| Message 9 of 13 01 March 2013 at 7:19pm | IP Logged |
renaissancemedi wrote:
Pastilies gia ton pono tou allou. Have you seen the add?
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I saw that too!
Javier Bardem sounds great to me... but maybe I was listening more with my eyes. ;)
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renaissancemedi Bilingual Triglot Senior Member Greece Joined 4359 days ago 941 posts - 1309 votes Speaks: Greek*, Ancient Greek*, EnglishC2 Studies: French, Russian, Turkish, Modern Hebrew
| Message 10 of 13 01 March 2013 at 7:35pm | IP Logged |
A vote just because you got that! He does sound great... The first time I saw the add, it took me a second to realize it was his voice, that he wasn't dubbed. He has excellent pronunciation, with a slight difference in the melody of his voice. But he is awesome.
If I may say something on the Cypriot accent: yes it's different and very distinctive. I think it's very melodic, more that modern athenian/attic. So are accents from Crete, northern Greece, different islands etc. It's been like that since ancient times, the variety I mean, and some accents and dialects go strong, others tend to fade. I personally feel very sorry for that.
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LunaK Triglot Newbie Greece Joined 4305 days ago 7 posts - 7 votes Speaks: Greek*, English, SpanishB2 Studies: German
| Message 11 of 13 02 March 2013 at 10:07am | IP Logged |
renaissancemedi wrote:
Hello Luna. Welcome! A bit of accent is charming, I love it.
Pastilies gia ton pono tou allou. Have you seen the add?
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Thank you :)
Yes I've seen it and at first I couldn't tell If he was dubbed or not. But you see he's Spanish (one of the categories I mentioned that really sound like Greeks if they want to).
As for the course. I'm really amazed that you say he's from Cyprus. For those who know..Is this a Cypriot accent or not? I wouldn't know. I can tell Thessaloniki style or Crete accent etc. He just sounded foreign and the girl too.
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embici Triglot Senior Member CanadaRegistered users can see my Skype Name Joined 4611 days ago 263 posts - 370 votes Speaks: English*, Spanish, French Studies: Greek
| Message 12 of 13 07 March 2013 at 4:55pm | IP Logged |
His pronunciation of some English words raised some questions for me as well. For example, sometimes in English it sounds like he pronounces "th" sounds like an "f" or a "v". That's not something I would expect a Greek speaker to do.
In addition, the student in the first section pronounces the letters τ, ντ, δ and θ like θ. I don't know what her native language is. Perhaps French.
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Lizzy92 Tetraglot Newbie United Kingdom Joined 4245 days ago 12 posts - 15 votes Speaks: English*, French, Spanish, German
| Message 13 of 13 17 April 2013 at 8:26pm | IP Logged |
Hi Luna! I'm also new to the forum, hope you've enjoyed settling in as much as I have :)
Exciting that you're from Greece, I haven't found anyone who has Greek mother tongue yet.
Greek is top of my hit list. Things in life are a little busy at the moment to properly
start it, but knowing there are a few speakers on the forum already is comforting!
Good luck with everything :)
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