Learning Greek Verb Endings Song

This is a song I made in 2006 to help me learn the different endings of Greek verbs. Please use it if it helps. I forgot to sing a syllable in the pluperfect, but then again nobody's pluperfect.

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  • @RedYellowOrenjiiro
    @RedYellowOrenjiiro7 ай бұрын

    Never delete this. It’s saving lives

  • @sandradevries3907
    @sandradevries39078 жыл бұрын

    I have had nightmares about greek verbs. It's awesome how you managed to make them a little less scary.

  • @INLOVE150
    @INLOVE15012 жыл бұрын

    hahah this is awesome! the very fact that you brought a guitar into it and recorded it is great, now i need you to do an irregular verb song.

  • @girloffaith16
    @girloffaith1613 жыл бұрын

    Thanks for making this! that is one thing that has kicked my butt in Greek is those dang endings and tfs so thanks so much!

  • @morebaileyskim
    @morebaileyskim13 жыл бұрын

    Don't listen to those here who would belittle your work - it's awesome and you have done us all a service by creating this video and sharing it. There are so few resources on line for ancient Greek and this is one I find incredibly useful!

  • @horstfrank374
    @horstfrank374 Жыл бұрын

    How were the Ancient Greeks ever able to speak their own language without knowing this song?

  • @MrTheodicy
    @MrTheodicy11 жыл бұрын

    This video is a gift from God. Thank you so much for making it! *high five*

  • @emeca04
    @emeca0415 жыл бұрын

    how awesome... i teach modern greek & i think i'm going to have my students do this with modern greek verbs :-)

  • @venividivici7461
    @venividivici74614 жыл бұрын

    this is my favourite video on youtube

  • @AgnesIona
    @AgnesIona11 жыл бұрын

    Thank you so much. This is really going to help with my exam coming up.

  • @nasusyelserp
    @nasusyelserp11 жыл бұрын

    I think I love you. Thank you.

  • @hallahherb996
    @hallahherb9963 жыл бұрын

    i'll fight anyone who says mean things to this person who is truly doing the lords work

  • @EchoParkPinay
    @EchoParkPinay14 жыл бұрын

    What a great way to remember the verbs once you know the rules! Thanks for doing this!

  • @ApeOut-jc2mz
    @ApeOut-jc2mz3 ай бұрын

    laughed so hard listening to this, and yet it so helpful. Wish it was in modern though

  • @TheStrataminor
    @TheStrataminor12 жыл бұрын

    Great work, as my Master's is in Linguistics,,I love the energy and unique approach,,students learn 'despite their teacher' but this is cool!! Like it a lot!

  • @firstact116
    @firstact1167 жыл бұрын

    Can't stop listening to this! Thank you!

  • @ninasapphire654
    @ninasapphire65411 жыл бұрын

    I feel the need to mention in case that you are Greek that in other countries people when trying to learn ancient Greek they use the Erasmic or Erasmian accent not the Hellenistic which is the one that we use in Greek schools and in Greek universities.

  • @amosairola6890
    @amosairola68902 жыл бұрын

    Thank you - I have regained hope again. Love from Finland in 2022!

  • @boomgospel
    @boomgospelАй бұрын

    This song is why I passed Greek

  • @christopherlawson3380
    @christopherlawson3380 Жыл бұрын

    Great song

  • @user-mv7ck3tq2r
    @user-mv7ck3tq2r3 жыл бұрын

    The best greek ending song ever. I have been using this for five years.

  • @TheRealJeremySmith
    @TheRealJeremySmith5 жыл бұрын

    I loved the creative variety, so much more than 1-4-5. Nice work!!

  • @aggieclint
    @aggieclint12 жыл бұрын

    @especialness why are you so angry? It is simply a song to help me remember the verb endings

  • @RACLAX
    @RACLAX13 жыл бұрын

    jesus, pluperfect active is SCARY, best bit is the end though, luu-oo-oh-ohh. :D

  • @nmoro63
    @nmoro6311 жыл бұрын

    this is a beautiful, beautiful, beautiful song.... shout out from all the greek students studying for their midterm!

  • @JessLoosemore
    @JessLoosemore14 жыл бұрын

    this song is responsible for me smashing 1st semester greek at bible college - thanks so much!

  • @barnealevi
    @barnealevi3 жыл бұрын

    very very helpful thank you

  • @twilightdewdrops
    @twilightdewdrops13 жыл бұрын

    this is wonderful man! congratulations on the idea and realisation of it!

  • @kskngr
    @kskngr12 жыл бұрын

    You are right. I am greek and I am really happy that people learn ancient greek. It is hard even for as to learn it at school. You did a nice job, don't care about what they say. Trust me, only teachers can write (not speak) ancient greek and know the grammar. From the rest, about 5-10 % have a basic education but forget almost everything at the age of 25-30

  • @BradJarvisWillis
    @BradJarvisWillis10 жыл бұрын

    A great help!

  • @anniekenworthy6365
    @anniekenworthy63654 жыл бұрын

    Thank you thank you thank you!!

  • @venividivici7461
    @venividivici74616 жыл бұрын

    you have a beautiful voice which has single handedly saved my a level

  • @Popswallop
    @Popswallop2 жыл бұрын

    Just like how the Greeks leaned it!

  • @John2028Apologetics
    @John2028Apologetics6 жыл бұрын

    this is awesome!!!!

  • @CanWeTalkAboutItIME
    @CanWeTalkAboutItIME3 жыл бұрын

    Hi. Can we get a remix?!

  • @micahhaynes2649
    @micahhaynes26494 жыл бұрын

    This is actually amazing. I think I might pass Greek now. 😂

  • @TininSkywithDiamonds
    @TininSkywithDiamonds14 жыл бұрын

    finally I now Greek verbs!!!!!!!!! :D

  • @denmasxe
    @denmasxe13 жыл бұрын

    Although i'm not sure if its the vest way for someone to lern ancient greek, I have to admit its one of the most creative aand enjoyable youtube videos. Haha

  • @mcalkis5771
    @mcalkis57716 жыл бұрын

    I believe you have just saved my entire class...

  • @gospelchurch

    @gospelchurch

    6 жыл бұрын

    I am glad to know it is still being used! (Clint from a different account)

  • @mcalkis5771

    @mcalkis5771

    6 жыл бұрын

    Yeah. Being a modern greek it is actually easier for me to learn.

  • @PlanetTrainWreck
    @PlanetTrainWreck10 жыл бұрын

    lol that was great!

  • @nbelgr
    @nbelgr14 жыл бұрын

    well done that's really good

  • @DoctorWright
    @DoctorWright13 жыл бұрын

    This is great! The accents are funny, but this song is really helpful in remembering most of the endings. The 2nd person (pl) for Perfect Midd/Active Indicative is throwing me off though. "LaLesthe" haha super funny. I need to turn this into an mp3 and listen to it while I drive.

  • @peterpan260983
    @peterpan26098314 жыл бұрын

    Interesting!Is ther any evidence about the origin of the insertion of the ny in the modern Greek verb?

  • @SilentDesert64
    @SilentDesert6410 жыл бұрын

    it hurts to listen how the words are pronounce wrong. but this is overall cool

  • @reneekern7893

    @reneekern7893

    6 жыл бұрын

    Which ones are pronounced wrong, and what is the correct pronunciation?

  • @Cliff_Simon
    @Cliff_Simon12 жыл бұрын

    brilliant!

  • @Markos33AD
    @Markos33AD14 жыл бұрын

    This works for me. I particularly like the pluperfect. ευγε. καλως. αγαπω ταυτην την ωδην. ευχαριστω σοι.

  • @nobunaga86
    @nobunaga8612 жыл бұрын

    @especialness greetings time traveler, and welcome to our era. Perhaps if you have a recording of the local people speaking from your visits to ancient and Roman era Greece you could be of some use to us, other wise I would point you to peruse some of our fine grammers and grammarians who have concluded that we don't really know exactly how to pronounce the language from these eras.

  • @hannahtanna427
    @hannahtanna42711 жыл бұрын

    This is the reason I might pass my midterm....

  • @HermanuitBerman
    @HermanuitBerman12 жыл бұрын

    great song!!

  • @theemutsenfabriek
    @theemutsenfabriek11 жыл бұрын

    It's funny to see the difference between the greek pronounciation in different countries :P

  • @vaevictus
    @vaevictus12 жыл бұрын

    @especialness attic greek has several pronunciation differences. and even those are often hotly debated. chill.

  • @INLOVE150
    @INLOVE15012 жыл бұрын

    @tsavalos Seeing that you have traveled back in time and listened to Attic Greek having been spoken, can you please tell us all what Plato said Socrates said in the Apology, I think it was something along the lines of, " On the one hand (this man) believes that he knows something while not knowing anything, and on the other hand I do not believe that i know anything being equally ignorant". So tsavalos chill out and realize that we are all ignorant and are only confident in what we know.

  • @DanWotanBarrett
    @DanWotanBarrett10 жыл бұрын

    YEAH - That's fukkin' GREAT! Big help for the Perfect Middle Passive, and 1st Aorist middle, both of which I somehow always found to be a bitch. Thanks for the tune!

  • @MrHwilRRR
    @MrHwilRRR8 жыл бұрын

    Nice. :3

  • @fishlicksmanintree
    @fishlicksmanintree14 жыл бұрын

    ROCK ON!!!!

  • @TheStitchingLich
    @TheStitchingLich2 жыл бұрын

    Could you share the chords? I want to play this, it's awesome!

  • @andrereisu2b
    @andrereisu2b13 жыл бұрын

    great

  • @theemutsenfabriek
    @theemutsenfabriek11 жыл бұрын

    Thanks alot bro, now I can pass tests in peace C:

  • @MrEddyKnox
    @MrEddyKnox11 жыл бұрын

    Have you got the chords too?

  • @RACLAX
    @RACLAX13 жыл бұрын

    so much help for my gcse ancient gk ...although the perfect mid/pass is a little frightening... god help me come a level.. thanks though! :)

  • @cwarta8119
    @cwarta811911 жыл бұрын

    To all the users that say his pronunciation is wrong, Κοινη Greek is probably one of the most debated languages when it comes to how it should sound. It should not be exactly like modern Greek (although it is probably more similar than the traditional pronunciation), nor should it sound like Ancient Greek. But either way, the way to read it has been forgotten. Let the man share this wonderful video in peace. He is not wrong in how he reads it, and neither are you.

  • @pamalogy
    @pamalogy9 жыл бұрын

    Pretty much the whole song is shot for moderns because "looo" in λυ shouldsound like "leee" but you have a great voice and guitar strum and we all need some tools to better learn our verbs. Keep up the great work!

  • @anneliseoconnell3515
    @anneliseoconnell35152 ай бұрын

    1:29

  • @peterpan260983
    @peterpan26098314 жыл бұрын

    padazakis, no, not pronunciation. I mean why is the letter "v" inserted in the modern Greek verb?

  • @imnotquitedeadyet
    @imnotquitedeadyet9 жыл бұрын

    Need to retitle as Koine or Ancient. Otherwise AWESOME!!

  • @nobunaga86
    @nobunaga8612 жыл бұрын

    @aggieclint Thanks for helping me get an A in my Grk I class in grad school.

  • @roberttrevino62800
    @roberttrevino62800 Жыл бұрын

    Good song, but a lot of this is not read correctly (like the plu perfect)

  • @john-jx9li
    @john-jx9li2 жыл бұрын

    Can anyone explain what verbs is he singing

  • @sapphosroommate1027

    @sapphosroommate1027

    2 жыл бұрын

    He's singing the same verb in all different indicative tenses. It means to free, loosen, or destroy, and sometimes to ransom.

  • @traindude95
    @traindude9512 жыл бұрын

    thats not a first aorist, thats a root aorist

  • @kskngr
    @kskngr12 жыл бұрын

    By the way, trying to help you, I'd tell that pronouncing this verb right is not difficult. 'υ' must be pronounced like ee, let's say like alligator

  • @megalosalitiz5564
    @megalosalitiz556410 жыл бұрын

    ahahhahahahahah wtf i'm greek and this is sooooo funny :p

  • @aubreyprettyman6375

    @aubreyprettyman6375

    4 жыл бұрын

    megalos alitiz you realize this is for koine Greek? And not the modern Greek language??

  • @theemutsenfabriek
    @theemutsenfabriek11 жыл бұрын

    simply put it in the site chordify. :D

  • @swordofisis
    @swordofisis14 жыл бұрын

    fratboys...

  • @soulaki08
    @soulaki0814 жыл бұрын

    @TininSkywithDiamonds , IT'S NOT GREEK ,, IT'S ANCIENT GREEK....!

  • @DannX4
    @DannX414 жыл бұрын

    looooooooooooool

  • @VittorioBlackRose96
    @VittorioBlackRose9612 жыл бұрын

    Ok, but the accents are wrong, I'm sorry .__. But the song is beautiful! :)

  • @peterpan260983
    @peterpan26098314 жыл бұрын

    nickman is right. If you pronounce it as you do (LOO-OH), then it means "to wash" and is written lambda-omikron-ypsilon-omega

  • @Donxster
    @Donxster8 жыл бұрын

    lol! not my style but clever and funny!

  • @Atqueobsecro

    @Atqueobsecro

    8 жыл бұрын

    +Chris O'Rourke Absolutely.

  • @personnenestici
    @personnenestici15 жыл бұрын

    hahahahahahahahahahahahaahha

  • @V3rciS
    @V3rciS11 жыл бұрын

    Why do you pronounce 'υ' as if it's 'oo' like in the word "pool". The actualy pronouncation is like the english 'e' for example as in the word "England" So the word "ΛΕΛΥΚΑ - λελυκα" should be simply pronounced as "leleka" with the second 'e' being soft like in the word "England" and the first 'e' like a regular 'epsilo'

  • @thomasbarmpoudis5042
    @thomasbarmpoudis50426 жыл бұрын

    Nice work but I would prefer to hear my language with the modern pronunciation.

  • @kibatsuki
    @kibatsuki8 жыл бұрын

    Horrible pronounciation. Too bad, it really ruins it.