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GREEK LESSONS
Read and Speak Greek / Multimedia CD-ROM


GREEK ALPHABET
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Letter Name Word starting with small case letter Word starting with large case letter

a as in art
01


eagle


Athens, capital of Greece

v as in voice
02


mountain


Varkiza, a seaside suburb of Athens

w as in wood
03


cat


Glifada, a seaside suburb of Athens

th as in that
04


tear


Delphi, a city that has ancient ruins related to the Delphi oracles

e as in egg
05


six


Ekali, a suburb of Athens

z as in zoo
06


animal


Zakinthos, an island in the Adriatic sea

ea as in meat
07


sun


Iraklio, a city on the island of Crete

th as in think
08


sea


Thasos, an island in the northen Aegean sea

ea as in meat
09


hippopotamus


Icaria, an Aegean island where, according to legend, Icarus fell

k as in cook
10


summer


Crete, a big Aegean island

l as in lamp
11


rabbit


Leros, an Agean island

m as in man
12


apple


Myconos, an Aegean island that is part of the Cyclades island group

n as in no
13


island


Naxos, an Aegean island that is part of the Cyclades island group

x as in taxi
14


wood


Xanthi, a city in nothern Greece

o as in horse
15


eight


Olympia, old city where the Olympic games were played

p as in port
16


mouse


Piraeus, the major port of Greece

r as in room
17


wheel


Rhodes, an Aegean island

s as in sea


 

18


dog


Santorini, an Aegean island that is part of the Cyclades island group

t as in tea
19


cheese


Tinos, an Agean island that is part of the Cyclades island group

ea as in meat
20


sleep


Idra, a small Aegean island

f as in fun
21


snake


Folegandros, an Aegean island that is part of the Cyclades island group

h as in he
22


hand


Chios, a relatively large Aegean island

ps as in maps
23


fish


Psara, a small Aegean island

o as in horse
24


shoulder


Oropos, a city near Athens

Notes:
(1)    The small Greek letter has two versions and .  The first version is used at the beginning and the middle of a word.  The second version  is used at the end of a word.

(2)    If or  is found in front of , then  or  is pronounced z as in zoo. For example, the word  (=lime from limestone) is pronounced as if the spelling was  but is written .

(3)    Modern Greek has many duplicate sounds.  As an example we note that ,,  have the same sound.  Also,  , and  have the same sound.

(4)    Modern Greek Pronunciation differs substantially from the pronunciation attributed to Classical Greeks.  Classical Greek pronunciations have been inferred from correlating Classical Greek text and sounds that we know.

The sound of lambs provides an example of sound inference.  In a Classical Greek comedy the sound of lambs is written as  .  Assuming that (a) the publisher did not misspell the word and (b) the comedy author did not intend to make a pun, one deduces that the Classical Greek sound of  is like b in ball and the sound of  is like ai in air.  Notice that the Modern Greek pronunciation for is like v in voice and for  is like ea in meat.

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