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04/09/2026

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03/09/2026

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02/09/2026

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01/09/2026

Shout out to my newest followers! Excited to have you onboard! Manuela Schulz van Endert, Jon Wade, Ruhsar Padır, Luis Alcántara, Penny Pakis, Artyom Hovhanisyan, Mahmoud Ahmed, Damin Khan, Peter Brampton Koelle, Steven Horne

01/09/2026

01/09/2026

Greeks say το νερό (to ne-RO) for water. But an ancient word for water still survives in Modern Greek vocabulary.

Ancient Greek ὕδωρ lives on in words such as ο Υδροχόος (o ee-thro-HO-os), ο υδραυλικός (o ee-thrav-lee-KOS) and το υδροπλάνο (to ee-thro-PLA-no).

The everyday word changed. The ancient root stayed.

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01/09/2026

το πλοίο (PLEE-o)or το καράβι (ka-RA-vee)?
Two words for a ship. Two very different journeys.

πλοίο goes back to Ancient Greek πλοῖον related to πλέω - to sail, to travel by sea. The word has continued into Modern Greek with relatively little change in form.

καράβι has an unexpected history. It comes through Hellenistic Greek καράβιον, meaning a vessel, and ultimately traces back to Ancient Greek κάραβος, a word for a crustacean.

One vessel. Two stories.

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30/08/2026

Anna lost her phone!

Small words make a big difference. Πρώτα, μετά and τελικά help connect events and make the sequence easy to follow.

Which word belongs in each gap?

At Simply Greek Academy, we teach Greek in context, so learners understand not only individual words, but how the language works.

28/08/2026

Big shout out to my new rising fans! Joao Ferreira Alves, Jacques Vandersleyen

28/08/2026

Με την ψυχή στο στόμα — literally, “with the soul at the mouth.”

We use it when someone is overwhelmed by anxiety, fear, intense pressure — or rushing so much they can barely catch their breath.

Έτρεξα να προλάβω το αεροπλάνο με την ψυχή στο στόμα.
I ran to catch the plane, completely stressed and out of breath.

Περίμενα το τηλέφωνο με την ψυχή στο στόμα.
I waited for the phone call in terrible suspense.

One Greek expression. Several situations. The feeling is what connects them.

Learn the Greek people actually use.
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