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renaissancemedi Bilingual Triglot Senior Member Greece Joined 4292 days ago 941 posts - 1309 votes Speaks: Greek, Ancient Greek, English^C2 Studies: French, Russian, Turkish, Modern Hebrew	Message 1 of 3 01 March 2013 at 6:38pm \| IP Logged
	A handbook of the modern Greek spoken language with exercises (1921) Yes, 1921. The reason I suggest this link is the fact that I took a look at the book and it's quite good. Some differences in spelling (not many) and of course the use of the polytonic are what a modern student wouldn't care for. However some of the observations on the colloquial use of words are totally current. Anyway, a look wouldn't hurt. Quite the contrary, I think people who learn modern greek will benefit from this read. If you are a bit advanced you will not be confused. In fact, the FSI course uses a language less current, although it's from the 60s(?). Oh, there are a few pages of specimens on modern hadwriting, for anyone still interested in the topic. Edited by renaissancemedi on 01 March 2013 at 6:44pm 5 persons have voted this message useful
yuehan Tetraglot Newbie United States Joined 4312 days ago 12 posts - 20 votes Speaks: English*, German, Spanish, Portuguese Studies: Mandarin, Greek, French, Indonesian, Haitian Creole, Modern Hebrew, Somali, Arabic (Levantine)	Message 2 of 3 01 March 2013 at 9:47pm \| IP Logged
	Ευχαριστώ πολύ! It says that it's translated from German. Does anyone now where to find a copy of the original? 1 person has voted this message useful
renaissancemedi Bilingual Triglot Senior Member Greece Joined 4292 days ago 941 posts - 1309 votes Speaks: Greek, Ancient Greek, English^C2 Studies: French, Russian, Turkish, Modern Hebrew	Message 3 of 3 01 March 2013 at 10:00pm \| IP Logged
	Unfortunately I have no idea. I think the author is Karl Petraris, so maybe we can find something on a free data base somewhere. I've never heared of him. This book has great notes on grammar and pronunciation. I don't care for the "litterary" texts it presents, but all the exercises are good. So is the vocabulary at the end. It has the odd old style word here and there, but generally it's good. Just ignore what seems odd and keep the rest. The grammar alone will give you a great overview of the depth of the language. Can you tell I like this book? :) I feel like switching to the polytonic again. What a big mistake that was, abolishing it. 1 person has voted this message useful

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renaissancemedi Bilingual Triglot Senior Member Greece Joined 4292 days ago 941 posts - 1309 votes Speaks: Greek, Ancient Greek, English^C2 Studies: French, Russian, Turkish, Modern Hebrew	Message 1 of 3 01 March 2013 at 6:38pm \| IP Logged
	A handbook of the modern Greek spoken language with exercises (1921) Yes, 1921. The reason I suggest this link is the fact that I took a look at the book and it's quite good. Some differences in spelling (not many) and of course the use of the polytonic are what a modern student wouldn't care for. However some of the observations on the colloquial use of words are totally current. Anyway, a look wouldn't hurt. Quite the contrary, I think people who learn modern greek will benefit from this read. If you are a bit advanced you will not be confused. In fact, the FSI course uses a language less current, although it's from the 60s(?). Oh, there are a few pages of specimens on modern hadwriting, for anyone still interested in the topic. Edited by renaissancemedi on 01 March 2013 at 6:44pm 5 persons have voted this message useful
yuehan Tetraglot Newbie United States Joined 4312 days ago 12 posts - 20 votes Speaks: English*, German, Spanish, Portuguese Studies: Mandarin, Greek, French, Indonesian, Haitian Creole, Modern Hebrew, Somali, Arabic (Levantine)	Message 2 of 3 01 March 2013 at 9:47pm \| IP Logged
	Ευχαριστώ πολύ! It says that it's translated from German. Does anyone now where to find a copy of the original? 1 person has voted this message useful
renaissancemedi Bilingual Triglot Senior Member Greece Joined 4292 days ago 941 posts - 1309 votes Speaks: Greek, Ancient Greek, English^C2 Studies: French, Russian, Turkish, Modern Hebrew	Message 3 of 3 01 March 2013 at 10:00pm \| IP Logged
	Unfortunately I have no idea. I think the author is Karl Petraris, so maybe we can find something on a free data base somewhere. I've never heared of him. This book has great notes on grammar and pronunciation. I don't care for the "litterary" texts it presents, but all the exercises are good. So is the vocabulary at the end. It has the odd old style word here and there, but generally it's good. Just ignore what seems odd and keep the rest. The grammar alone will give you a great overview of the depth of the language. Can you tell I like this book? :) I feel like switching to the polytonic again. What a big mistake that was, abolishing it. 1 person has voted this message useful