Reading things you don't understand

[Ylva]

I am starting to recognize the Greek alphabet, but not Hebrew, Arabic, Cyrillic or Sanskrit, yet.

How do you go about reading it?

 

[Crossbreed]

How do you go about reading it?

Many English technical words originate in the Greek. Whenever I want to coin a new word along those lines, I Bing-translate the English word to Greek. Much of the time, I can read them without reviewing the Greek alphabet. (I have a similar sense of Latin-based words.)

I am not fluent enough in either language to process sentences.

 

[GrownupGirl]

As a kid I was good at reading out loud, and at the religious school I was often asked to read religious poems and other things out loud even though I had no clue as to understanding what they were all about. You gotta love how little kids are "taught" to say religious and/or political things in schools or churches when they have no idea what any of it means, and if the adults try and explain it just confuses them even more.

 

[Fino]

As a kid I was good at reading out loud, and at the religious school I was often asked to read religious poems and other things out loud even though I had no clue as to understanding what they were all about. You gotta love how little kids are "taught" to say religious and/or political things in schools or churches when they have no idea what any of it means, and if the adults try and explain it just confuses them even more.

I went to a friend's church once where we had to memorize Bible quotes and they keep score and you get candy and prizes for memorizing the most LOL First I thought it was stupid then I thought it was stupid and fun, and also candy!