VityaCo Bilingual Triglot Senior Member United States Joined 7082 days ago 79 posts - 86 votes 1 sounds Speaks: Russian*, Ukrainian*, English Studies: Spanish, Japanese, French
| Message 1 of 7 16 April 2009 at 1:05am | IP Logged |
Hello everybody.
Does anybody know about the pronunciation type used in the “Teach Yourself Ancient Greek Complete Course” by Gavin Betts? It is a very interesting that they use any audio at all.
Look at the course here
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Alkeides Senior Member Bhutan Joined 6149 days ago 636 posts - 644 votes
| Message 2 of 7 19 April 2009 at 12:32pm | IP Logged |
There is no audio for this course, nor for the full Latin course or the Sanskrit course. The only classical language Teach Yourself courses that feature audio are Beginner's Latin and Old English.
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Breogan Bilingual Tetraglot Groupie Spain Joined 5917 days ago 42 posts - 48 votes Speaks: Spanish*, Galician*, French, English Studies: German, Russian, Arabic (classical)
| Message 3 of 7 21 April 2009 at 1:30pm | IP Logged |
Assimil has audio for both Latin and Ancient Greek methods. In the first case the pronunciation is from Cicero and Caesar's age ("C" = /k/, "V" = /w/); the Greek one is Attic dialect if I remember properly.
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VityaCo Bilingual Triglot Senior Member United States Joined 7082 days ago 79 posts - 86 votes 1 sounds Speaks: Russian*, Ukrainian*, English Studies: Spanish, Japanese, French
| Message 4 of 7 22 April 2009 at 11:08pm | IP Logged |
Thank you, Breogan.
I know, that Assimil has Ancient Greek, but it is in French. I am not ready for that yet. I want learn first, the Modern Greek and use it to move into Ancient one later.
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Alkeides Senior Member Bhutan Joined 6149 days ago 636 posts - 644 votes
| Message 5 of 7 24 April 2009 at 1:33pm | IP Logged |
The Classical Latin pronunciation in Assimil Latin sans Peine is overlaid with a heavy Gallic accent, and fairly inconsistent at times.
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Breogan Bilingual Tetraglot Groupie Spain Joined 5917 days ago 42 posts - 48 votes Speaks: Spanish*, Galician*, French, English Studies: German, Russian, Arabic (classical)
| Message 6 of 7 24 April 2009 at 3:33pm | IP Logged |
Alkeides wrote:
The Classical Latin pronunciation in Assimil Latin sans Peine is overlaid with a heavy Gallic accent, and fairly inconsistent at times. |
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Anyway it's not bad; the tonic syllables are well stressed and pronunciation is quite clear. By the way I'm talking about the 70's version.
Regards.
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Woodpecker Triglot Senior Member United States Joined 5812 days ago 351 posts - 590 votes Speaks: English*, Arabic (Written), Arabic (Egyptian) Studies: Arabic (classical)
| Message 7 of 7 04 March 2011 at 5:37pm | IP Logged |
So this question is actually relevant now, and I wonder if anyone has an answer.
Amazon wrote:
The new editions also feature:
Clear, uncluttered, and user-friendly layout
Self-assessment quizzes to test progress
Website suggestions to take language study further
Audio recordings on CD for easy access and review
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