[Becky]

Which is better to learn? easyer to learn?

[MrCrabby]

If English is your first language, then Greek would be more familiar because of the cognates.
But neither of them is easy.

[Insane Drummer]

Originally Posted by Becky

Which is better to learn? easyer to learn?

It depends what your intentions are.

[Becky]

I'm taking hebrew... so hebrew better be better

but yea, what intentions would you place with greek v hebrew?

[Stas]

I speak Hebrew, it's my second language.
I learned it in less than a year.
But my mom for example still can't speak it right, although we live in Israel for 8 years now.

Greek is a lot harder.

[Reedolo]

Originally Posted by Becky

I'm taking hebrew... so hebrew better be better

but yea, what intentions would you place with greek v hebrew?

Are you talking about modern Greek and Hebrew, or ancient Greek and Hebrew? If you're learning ancient Greek or Hebrew, the only useful purpose I can think of is to read ancient writings.

[Becky]

at the time I posted that, I was taking Biblical Hebrew.... This semester however, I'm taking modern Hebrew...it shall be interesting to see the difference.

[bobthecockroach]

I've heard that ancient and modern Hebrew are quite different... so much so that some linguists place them in completely different language families.

[Becky]

Yea, however my Biblical Hebrew teacher did teach us the alphabet using modern Hebrew pronunciations.. so at least that will be the same.