Quintus Posted December 24, 2006 Report Share Posted December 24, 2006 (edited) Learning...no suffering ancient Greek, need help. :blowup: Anyone who has been enlightened by the gods and had any success with language, hear my anguished cries of pain! I'm going mostly by the text book, with little help from actual people and those brave souls who try to help me have fading memories and usually succeed in confusing me more than the text book, and that's saying something. For now all I need is someone to tell me the difference between an actual result clause and a natural result clause. I know Latin, so drawing parallels with that is always good for me. Thanks! Edited December 24, 2006 by Quintus Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gaius Octavius Posted December 24, 2006 Report Share Posted December 24, 2006 (edited) Give this a whirl: http://www.math.ohio-state.edu/~econrad/lang/latin.html and http://www.englishpage.com/index.html and http://www.kypros.org/LearnGreek/ Edited December 24, 2006 by Gaius Octavius Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quintus Posted December 24, 2006 Author Report Share Posted December 24, 2006 (edited) We can always count on the great Gaius Octavius for web links, if I could say thanks in Greek, I would. Okay, never mind, my parnets wouldn't let me register for any online couses, but thanks anyway. Mabey in a year or two... In the mean time I still need Greeks! Edited December 24, 2006 by Quintus Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gaius Octavius Posted December 24, 2006 Report Share Posted December 24, 2006 (edited) We can always count on the great Gaius Octavius for web links, if I could say thanks in Greek, I would. I didn't want to ruin your Latin thread with: "God blesses those who speak Latin." - Don Camillo, in Giovanni Guareschi's books. FY further I: God speaks Latin; lives in the Vatican and has a nice plate of lasagna with the Pope on Sunday after Mass! I can teach you a curse phrase in Greek (phonetically), if you like. Via PM, of course. Thanks for the compliment. :notworthy: Edited December 24, 2006 by Gaius Octavius Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quintus Posted December 24, 2006 Author Report Share Posted December 24, 2006 (edited) Now that is humor! sorry but being the classics nerd I am, I don't know what a PM is...but I am interested. Edited December 24, 2006 by Quintus Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gaius Octavius Posted December 24, 2006 Report Share Posted December 24, 2006 (edited) Sorry, sorry! It wasn't Don Camillo! It was the Communist mayor of their town in northern Italy. The two always split a bottle of Lambrusco together. A great wine with fizz and not very expensive. Edited December 24, 2006 by Gaius Octavius Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quintus Posted December 24, 2006 Author Report Share Posted December 24, 2006 (edited) No worries, didn't know who you were talking about in the first place, but it was a great laugh anyway. Gotta love the emoticons I'm still looking for Greeks by the way, so if you happen to see one, let me know. Edited December 24, 2006 by Quintus Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gaius Octavius Posted December 24, 2006 Report Share Posted December 24, 2006 (edited) In the mean time I still need Greeks! Will try to find an open site for you. When My Lord of the Greeks, Pantagathus :notworthy:, returns from a bout with Bacchus, he will be of service. :drunk: DocofLove 1974(?) :wub:, when this gets to la-la land, will also be of service - after she recovers from her Ramos Fizzes. :drunk: Now that is humor! sorry but being the classics nerd I am, I don't know what a PM is...but I am interested. PM = private message, as in the 'pm' under your identification box to the left of your post. Will send you one now. Edited December 24, 2006 by Gaius Octavius Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gaius Octavius Posted December 24, 2006 Report Share Posted December 24, 2006 (edited) Quintus, scratch the curse phrase, seems you are a little too young to hear such things. Your parents wouldn't approve. Ditto with the Lambrusco. Don't want to be hauled before the magistrates for impairing the morals of a minor. Try this: http://www.bbc.co.uk/languages/greek/ Edited December 24, 2006 by Gaius Octavius Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
docoflove1974 Posted December 24, 2006 Report Share Posted December 24, 2006 [DocofLove 1974(?) :wub: , when this gets to la-la land, will also be of service - after she recovers from her Ramos Fizzes. :drunk: Ack...Hellenic isn't my strength...but... The Early Indo-European Languages Online site at U.TexasI don't know how useful this is, but that's all I got. Sorry! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ludovicus Posted December 24, 2006 Report Share Posted December 24, 2006 What a fascinating resource! Thanks Doc! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gaius Octavius Posted December 24, 2006 Report Share Posted December 24, 2006 [DocofLove 1974(?) :wub: , when this gets to la-la land, will also be of service - after she recovers from her Ramos Fizzes. :drunk: Ack...Hellenic isn't my strength...but... The Early Indo-European Languages Online site at U.TexasI don't know how useful this is, but that's all I got. Sorry! :wub: Thank you so very much for your Christmas present. Going to enjoy it for a very long time. I will always try to credit you when I cite the site. Hope that Quintus and Philhellene see this. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
docoflove1974 Posted December 24, 2006 Report Share Posted December 24, 2006 (edited) :wub: Thank you so very much for your Christmas present. Going to enjoy it for a very long time. I will always try to credit you when I cite the site. Hope that Quintus and Philhellene see this. Heh no problem. But don't credit me on the cite, per se--I love it, and one of the directors of the Indo-European Typology program in the Linguistics Research Program is my mentor at UT (Dr. Brigitte Bauer), but I'm still learning everything on there! Edited December 24, 2006 by docoflove1974 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FLavius Valerius Constantinus Posted December 25, 2006 Report Share Posted December 25, 2006 (edited) Μα Δια! Τι λεγεις, ω Κυιντυς, λεγων την πλουσσην των Edited December 25, 2006 by FLavius Valerius Constantinus Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kosmo Posted December 25, 2006 Report Share Posted December 25, 2006 My poor english had me miss a "r" in the thread title and I was ready for the call. Still, since I'm here, can you tell me who is turmenting youngsters with ancient greek? And a reason why will help me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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