gbroques / awesome-greek

A curated repository of resources for learning Greek.

awesome greek 🕶️

A curated repository of resources for learning Modern Greek.

Ancient Greek resources will not be included.

In general, this repository aims to curate resources specific to the Modern Greek.

Thus, resources for learning languages in general will also not be included.

• Alphabet (Αλφάβητο)
• Phonology (Φωνολογία)
• Vocabulary (Λεξιλόγιο)
• Grammar (Γραμματική)

Table of Contents

• Websites
• Articles
• Blogs
• Common Greek Proficiency Test
• Podcasts
• Greek Radio
• Music
• YouTube
• Streaming Websites
• Shows
• Movies
• Courses
• Audio Courses
• Open Courses
• Books
• Comprehensible Input

Websites

• Duolingo
• Memrise
• Clozemaster
• Harry Foundalis - About the Greek Language
• Filoglossia - Learning Greek as a foreign language
  • Sitemap
• http://www.kypros.org/LearnGreek/
• http://greek.pgeorgalas.gr/Default.asp
  • http://greek.pgeorgalas.gr/Contents.asp
• https://ohmysweetgreece.com/
  1. The Greek Grammar Lab videos and pdfs
  2. The Audio Stories activities for the levels A1/A2
  3. Με αγάπη από την Αθήνα podcast for the levels B1/B2
• GreekPod101 - Paid, but offers some free content.
• Παιδικά Παραμύθια (Children's Tales) - a modern, mobile and tablet friendly website, with short and long myths and classic tales.
• lingust.ru - Greek lessons in Russian. Contains short dialogues and stories in Greek with audio at the end of most lessons.

Articles

• Wikipedia - Modern Greek
• Greek Influence on the English and Spanish Alphabets: The Story of the PH, TH, and CH letter combinations and Greek letters in English and Spanish
• The Greek Impact on English Vocabulary
• Luca Lampariello - How to Learn Greek: My 3 Biggest Lessons Learned
• A short story in Greek (with audio)

Blogs

• Greek Grammar Blog (tumblr) - 1st 5 articles focus on passive voice.
• https://blogs.transparent.com/greek/

Common Greek Proficiency Test

The Certificate of Attainment in Greek is the only officially recognized certificate that confirms the knowledge of Greek as a second language. It offers a professional opinion of one's knowledge of Greek, and serves as proof of the level of attainment in Greek in the work market.

Podcasts

• Easy Greek: Learn Greek with authentic conversations
• Hellenic American Union: Learning Greek Podcasts
• [Spotify] Greece — Top Podcasts
• [Omilo] Easy Greek Stories Podcast - For Intermediate Learners in Greek
  • Note: YouTube videos of podcast has Greek subtitles.
• Learning Greek: A Modern Odyssey
• [YouTube] Slow Greek Podcast ~ Six Thousand Islands
• Science Talks - Discussions with academics and researchers on various scientific topics in their specialty from the University of Cyprus.
• LiFO Podcasts - ΗΧΗΤΙΚΑ ΑΡΘΡΑ (Audio Articles)
• Κathimerini Podcasts
• Special Broadcasting Services (SBS) Greek - Podcast

Greek Radio

• https://www.e-radio.gr/
• https://www.ert.gr/
• Special Broadcasting Services (SBS) Greek - Radio

Music

• Panik Records
• Cobalt Music

YouTube

Channels

Learn Greek

YouTube channels about learning Greek as a second language.

Roughly in order of most useful to least useful where "useful" is measured by:

1. amount of videos
2. quality of videos
3. whether their videos are mostly in Greek
4. and whether they inlcude both Greek and English subtitles.

Name	Description	English Videos	Greek Videos	English Subtitles	Greek Subtitles
The Online Greek Tutor	Mostly in Greek.	❌	✔️	✔️	✔️
Do You Speak Greek?	Mostly in Greek.	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️
Easy Greek / Easy Languages - Greek	Mostly in Greek	❌	✔️	✔️	✔️
Linguatree	Mostly in Greek.	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️
Glossonauts	Mostly in Greek.	❌	✔️	✔️	✔️
Learn Greek with Katerina		✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️
Learn Greek with Zoi		❔	❔	✔️	✔️
greek lessons online	Mostly in English.	❔	❔	❌	❌
Learn Greek with Lina	Mostly in English.	❔	❔	❌	❌
Learn Greek with GreekPod101.com		❔	❔	❌	❌
Helinika - Greek Language, History & Culture	Mostly in English.	❔	❔	❌	❌
Omilo Greek Language and Culture		❔	❔	❌	❌
The Greek Online School		❔	❔	✔️	❌
Miss Ruby		❔	❔	❌	❌
greek2go by Rita Dana	Mixes Greek and English in the same video.	✔️	✔️	❌	❌
Ρίτα Κουκουλάκη		❔	❔	❌	❌
Lingo Jump Channel - Greek	❔	❔	❔	❔	❔

Children

• Ναι Μπορώ - Stories for children in Greek with subtitles.
  • Παραμύθια για παιδιά - Close to 40 fairy tales for children in Greek with Greek subtitles.
• Ατέλειωτες Ιστορίες - Stories for children in Greek with subtitles.
• ΤσίκιΡίκιΤρομ Δανάη & Κροξ - Greek videos for infants and preschool children.
• Yiouupi Tv - Greek videos for infants and preschool children.
• RaniaSchool - Greek videos for school children.
• Kids FM - No subtitles.
• Greek Fairy Tales (Ελληνικά Παραμύθια) - In Greek with English subtitles.
• eBooks4Greeks
• The Professor with the Bow - Tie

Science

• Καθημερινή Φυσική (Daily Physics) - Popular science videos in Greek.
• The Skeptic Theory - videos about science in Greek.
• Lab of Datum - Greek videos related to science.
• IT'S JUST PHYSICS by Christos Kiriakidis - videos about Physics in Greek.
• Astronio - videos about astrophysics in Greek.
• Science Behind Music - videos about the scientific aspects of music in Greek.

History & Mythology

• The Mythologist - videos about Greek mythology in Greek!
• Alpha Ωmega - videos about ancient Greek history, Greek mythology, archaeology, and more.
• Ιστορικός Περιηγητής - Videos about history in Greek.
• Lab of Mystery - videos about esotericism, alternative history, and mysticism.
• Ιστορικοί Περίπατοι (Historical Walks) - Επιλεγμένες στιγμές της ιστορίας, άλλες γνωστές κι άλλες που δεν τις διδαχθήκαμε ποτέ, πρόσωπα και γεγονότα που στιγμάτισαν το παρελθόν και καθόρισαν το μέλλον! (Selected moments of history, some known and others we were never taught about, people and events that marked the past and determined the future!) Contains Greek and English subtitles.

Programming & Technology

• jimkokko5 - Programming and technology videos in Greek.
• Tech and Code In Greek - Programming and technology videos in Greek.
• Δημήτρης Ψούνης - Programming videos in Greek.

Food, Health, & Nutrition

• Stelios Pantazis - videos about health and nutrition in Greek.
• Apollonas Kapsalis - Greek Goes Keto. The largest channel for the Ketogenic Mediterranean diet.

Uncategorized

• Ο Φιλέλληνας - Multilingual Belgian who makes videos in Greek.
• Glossa Productions - Greek videos about language.
• VICE Greece
• Khan Academy Greek
• Κομμουνιστική Νεολαία Ελλάδας (ΚΝΕ) - Communist Youth of Greece. Has subtitles in Greek and English.
• News247gr

Playlists

• Greek AniBooks by BookBox | Official Playlist - Has Greek and English subtitles.
• 💫Cartoons στα ελληνικα🇬🇷 - YouTube Playlist
• Greek TED Talks with English Subtitles

Videos

• Learn Greek While You Sleep 😀 Most Important Greek Phrases and Words 👍 English/Greek (8 Hours)

Streaming Websites

• https://www.megatv.com/
• https://ertflix.gr/

Shows

• Πέππα το γουρουνάκι (Peppa Pig) - on YouTube with Greek subtitles.
  • Πέππα το Γουρουνάκι - επίσημο κανάλι
• Χάιντι, η σειρά Official - on YouTube

Movies

• Έτερος Εγώ (Other Me) - a 2016 Greek crime film.
• BBC Learning Zone - Talk Greek 1
• Best Greek movies for beginners & advanced learners- Slow Greek lessons
• Βόρεια Εύβοια, Το Σχέδιο, 1ο Μέρος: "8 δέκατα και αναφορά", english subs North Evia, the Plan, Pt 1 - Independent documentary about how and why North Evia got burned in the fires of August 2021. This is the Part 1, addressing the "HOW". Soon the second part will be ready, addressing "WHY".
• Athos - Mount Athos Monk's Republic Documentary - Mount Athos on a peninsula off the cost of Greece is one of Europe's last remaining secrets: a monks' republic. Access to women is strictly denied and in order to keep unwanted tourists out, visas are granted only to pilgrims and workers. For the first time, a filmmaker was given access to all forms of monastic life on the holy mountain.
• Greek Movies with English Subtitles - YouTube Playlist

Courses

• Greek for you A1
• Greek Medio-Passive Voice Explained

Audio Courses

• Complete Greek - Language Transfer

Open Courses

• Open Courses - National Technical University of Athens (Εθνικό Μετσόβιο Πολυτεχνείο)
  • Wind Energy - Video Lesson (Αιολική Ενέργεια - Βιντεομάθημα)
  • Air elasticity with application to wind turbines (Αεροελαστικότητα με εφαρμογή σε ανεμογεννήτριες)

Books

• General Secretariat for Lifelong Learning
  • Greek Language Learning - A1
  • Greek Language Learning - A2
  • Elements of Greek History & Greek Culture
• Modern Greek - Wikibooks
• Colloquial Greek by Niki Watts
• Γραμματική Νέας Ελληνικής Γλώσσας (Grammar of Modern Greek Language)
• Books4Languages - Index
• Interlinear Greek Books - with audio and English subtitles.
• "Kallipos" Repository - a site for collecting books, aids and learning objects, which have either been created by members of the academic and research community in the framework of the Action "Greek Academic Electronic Books and Aids / Kallipos" or have been made available to the public.
• https://free-ebooks.gr/

Comprehensible Input

• Knowledge as a Common. Communities of production and sharing in Greece
• Peer-to-peer (P2P) in Greece
  • https://www.p2plab.gr/en/
  • https://wiki.p2pfoundation.net/Greece
  • https://wiki.p2pfoundation.net/Category:Greece
• Rural Electrification Research Group - National Papers
• Open Technologies Alliance (GFOSS)
• ΕΛ / ΛΑΚ - Ελεύθερο Λογισμικό / Λογισμικό Ανοικτού Κώδικα (Free Software / Open Source Software)
• https://abc.commons.gr/
• https://www.openbook.gr/
  • https://www.openbook.gr/category/audio-books/
• https://www.ebooks4greeks.gr/
• https://storyweaver.org.in/stories?language=Greek&query=&sort=Relevance
• Unofficial Duolingo Stories
  • (Unofficial) Greek Stories – Directory
• Greek Mythology - Stories of ancient mythological heroes and gods.
• Tράπεζα κειμένων (Text Bank) - A collection of authentic texts, written and oral, for learning Greek as a second language.