Awww, thanks :P :))

I see you are into languages.

What was Greece like in your opinion?

Yes, these are interesting arguments.

Why did you learn Greek? Have you ever been in Greece?

Which grammar book do you mean?

What about movies? Have you ever seen a Greek movie?

You have just written an essay on "how to learn Greek efficiently?". :-) I appreciate it.

I have started to watch some Greek movies. First with English subtitles and then with Greek subtitles. I watched Attenberg, it did not impress me..

I also started listening to Greek songs. I like Despina Vandi, she has a clear, intelligible voice. I listen to the songs while reading the lyrics, so it is quite entertaining.

I like Communicate in Greek because there are no translations. The reader has to understand the context, and I like that. I am a very rational, logical person; I like deducing things.

I plan to read some short stories in Greek and translating them myself.

As for the teachers.. I do not think that I require one. I am intelligent enough to learn things on my own. I would only need help with pronounciations and I need a great, reliable and accurate grammar book.

You see, this is what I hate the most when two different grammar books claim to different things for the same thing (e.g. the way we should pronounce τζ)

Yes, I know about the changes in the Greek language.

I think naturally grammar is harder to mastermind than vocabulary. First I made groups of words (e.g. transportation, colours, food, etc.) And yes, I write everything by hand. And I plan to make my own script (alphabet, grammar rules, accent rules, etc.).

What do you mean we only use one kind of accent? Don't they use all three accent marks? Acute, circumflex, grave? Do they only use acute? Because that would be great...

OK, I have some news to you. :-)

I have Communicate in Greek and Greek Now (2002).

I also have Herbert Weir Smyth's Greek Grammar for Colleges, but the bad thing about this book is that it is quite old (1956) and Greek has changed since 1979, so unfortunately I won't be able to use this one.It would be great though, since Smyth is/was a Harvard University professor..

I have some questions for you:

1. I think I read it in Communicate in Greek, that τζ is supposed to be pronounced "dz". In the teach yourself book, it says that it should be pronounced as the first letter in the word "jacket".

2. How do you manage to learn the accent rules?

I appreciate your recommendations, they are very useful to me, and I will keep them in mind.

The only reason why I chose Teach yourself Greek because it was about the Greek alphabet. I know that it does not cover grammar. That is why I currently studying from "Syntax of the modern greek verbal system". It is not that great, but it is not that bad either.

Right now I am a little bit confused with all these accent rules.. but I think I will manage it.