χαίρετε! Thanks for putting together this site, Benjamin. It'll be interesting to see the community growing here over the next few years. I learned Koine at university 10 years ago (with modified Erasmian pronunciation) but have only recently explored the boom in living Koine resources. Does anyone know of any peer-to-peer Koine practice groups outside of the courses at Polis and BLC? This has always been an essential part of my learning process in other languages so would be something I would be very keen to take part in (or organise if there was demand).
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You're not in this alone! Language is a team sport.
It is not easy to develop fluency in Koine Greek as a student or a teacher, but it is fun! One thing you can do, however, to make it easier, is to connect with other students and teachers doing the same. Feel free to make connections and discuss all matters of Koine Greek as a living language here!
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Hey πετρος. Nothing organised yet as far as I am aware but I would be up for that. I live in the UK so timings may be interesting to deal with but it sounds worth doing! Perhaps send me a private message if you are still up for organising something and we can work things out and how to include others if they are up for it?
@Jason / Ἰάσων @Matthew Longhorn @seanjonesbw Any sort of reading group get formed? Perhaps we could read through a passage in a conference call and take turns trying to ask and answer basic questions about it in Koine pronunciation?
I run the ancient language Meetup in the Seattle area. While we primarily attract Latin learners, there has been some interest in the past for Greek. Unfortunately both of the other people that I started meeting with left, so we are back to Latin only at the moment. I am just learning myself (unlike with Latin which I've studied, read and spoke for a few decades), so I really need a stronger speaker to help guide. I suspect there are others in my area, but they have not yet found the Meetup or cannot attend for whatever reason.
Jason, if you end up setting anything up I would be interested in trying it out
I was participating in a Facebook group that would read portions from the Septuagint and then meet up to read a bit and ask/answer questions in Koiné regarding the passage. I can't seem to find it on Facebook now, but I'm sure you could get such a group together. I've never been good at using Greek communicatively/, since I also studied the old grammar-focused way. I'm constantly thinking of rules, and the Monitor (per Krashen) blocks my production.