I prefer to write in Greek by hand, since it comes more naturally to me. Although most of the letters are on the same key in the keyboard as their closest approximations, there are some which do not agree at all. For instance, the w key types a ς (sigma), and the q key types a semicolon, which is used as a question mark. I have started to get the hang of indirect discourse, and realize that the formulae for complex and compound sentences are the same as in English. The agreement rules make sense, and usually make endings match, so they remove much of the ambiguity found in some English phrases, and have a set of accenting rues to further clarify.
For instance:
Μπορώ να έχω έναν κατάλογο; May I have a menu? (Literally, “ ‘Can I’ ‘to’ ‘I have’ ‘a’ ‘menu’?”)
The omegas match to indicate the first person, and the -αν and -ο endings indicate a match between the article and the noun.
Even when the endings do not match by letter, there are very specific rules for what cases and tenses merit which endings.
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