Can you read Ancient Greek?

[Prokomenos]

Im curious if any of the members can read Ancient Greek.

[really]

In olden times, students had to learn Ancient Greek and Latin in the French Baccalaureate program. I was lucky not to have to study them, as they were taken out of the program subsequently. I think though that knowledge of Modern Greek is a helpful boost to learning many Western languages, and should be offered as an elective course in high schools.

[Ellinas]

All the Greeks can read the ancient Greek dialects but the matter is what they are going to understand
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[chk_chillin]

symfono me ton apo pano....Smiley

[sea_gr]

Exw na asxolithw me arxaia apo to likeio....
To mono pou thimamai einai oti mou arezan kai eixa kalo vathmo, mporw na ta diavasw aneta, alla opws eipe kai o Ellinas den kserw an tha ta katalavw ola osa diavaswWinking smilie

[Apollyon]

It is easy to read but you cant understand the meaning...
Ofcourse, the most easy dialect is the Attica which was spoken from 400bc and on... its similar with what we speak today

[really]

You mean "read" as being able to decipher the alphabet (same one as Modern Greek)?

Then, I can say I can read Modern Greek but not be able to understand the meaning. Winking smilie

[Ellinas]

Yes, the alphabet is the same. Except two or three letters that used to exist in some ancient Greek dialects while they don't in Demotic Greek.

[Apollyon]

Originally Posted by really
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You mean "read" as being able to decipher the alphabet (same one as Modern Greek)?

Then, I can say I can read Modern Greek but not be able to understand the meaning. Winking smilie

Yes,something like that but the conclusion you will have after reading will be far away than what the writer wanted to say....

Ohh, i remembered something else....
Thousands years ago , before the hellenic alphabet took its form, people were using letters like ieroglyphics or druidics...
For example, they had a letter like that (Q) {its an example not a real one}
and they were reading that like qa , or qe, or qu .
The astonishing fact is that many words we thought are modern , actually are too old.

We say today ΚΟΥΤΣΟΥΡΟ ( KUTSURO) and ΞΥΛΟ (KSELO = WOOD)
Both words are in use today , the first one is used in villages and is a demotic type...

But if you write down the word Kutsuro , using the pro-alphabet writing
you will see "Ku-su-ro" and read Kselo....


I think i made it clear...no?

[really]

Very interesting comparison, Apollyon, thanks. If I understand well, it seems then that it is the way the old alphabet letters are pronounced that is different.

Similarly, I wonder if in English, for example, people used to pronounce "thou" as "you", and the word was modified into you.