greek beginners 1
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The Greek letters. These slides present all the letters of the Greek language (not only the alphabet) and their sounds. Exercises are included in the slides.TRANSCRIPT
The Greek Letters
● Simple and two letters vowels ● Simple, double and two letters consonants● Combinations
α a as in bat η, ι, υ i as in fatigue ε e as in pen ο, ω o as in lofty
Simple Vowels
Simple Vowels (Uppercase)Can you match the letters in lowercase with the letters in uppercase?
α η υ ι ο ω ε
Ω Υ Ο Α Ι Ε Η
1 2 3 4 5 6 7
a b c d e f g
Simple Vowels (Uppercase)Easy!! Isn’t it? Now read aloud the letters.
α η υ ι ο ω ε
Α Η Υ Ι Ο Ω Ε
Two-letter vowels
ει, οι i as in fatigue αι e as in pen ου u as in lubricant
Two-letter vowels (uppercase)
ει οι αι ου
It is very easy!! You just use the uppercase of the first letter.
ΕιΟιΑιΟυ
Synopsis of the vowels ● Α, α sounds a as in bat
● H, η /Ι, ι/ Υ, υ / Ει, ει / Οι, οι sound i as in fatigue
● Ε, ε / Αι, αι sound e as in pen
● Ο, ο / Ω, ω sound o as in lofty
● Ου, ου sounds u as in lubricant
Task Time
Write down the five “i” the two “o” and the two “e”.
Simple Consonants
The Greek language has 15 simple consonant. Let’s go to study them!
Simple Consonants
Β, β v as in voice
Δ, δ th as in them
Ζ, ζ z as in zebra
Θ, θ th as in thick
Λ, λ
Μ, μ
Ν, ν
Π, π
l as in live
m as in meet
n as in need
p as in peep
Simple Consonants
Ρ, ρ r as in run
Σ, σ, ς s as in soft
Τ, τ t as in tea
Φ, φ f as in fox
Γ, γ
Χ, χ
Κ, κ
y as in year
h as in happy
k as in key
Task Time
Read aloud the syllables:
τα φα μα βα θα κα σα να δα γα ρατε φε με βε θε κε σε νε δε γε ρε το φο μο βο θο κο σο νο δο γο ρο τι φι μι βι θι κι σι νι δι γι ρι
Double Consonants Ξ, ξ
Ψ, ψ
ks as in beaks
ps as in shops
Ξ, ξ and Ψ, ψ are called double consonants because they sound as two letters together Ξ, ξ= k+s and Ψ, ψ= p+s.
Read aloud: ξα, ψα, ξο, ψο, ξε, ψε, ξι, ψι, ξου, ψου
Two letters consonants μπ
ντ
γκ/γγ
τσ
τζ
b as in beat
d as in dignity
g as in go
ts as in its
dz as in beads
Task Time
γκο, ντο, μπο, τσο, τζο, γκε, ντε, μπε, τσε, τζε
Read aloud the syllables:
γκι, ντι, μπι, τσι, τζι, γκου, ντου, μπου, τσου, τζου
CombinationsThe combinations of the letters α and ε with υ
produced four different sounds.
“αυ”, “ευ” are pronounced “af”, “ef” before γκ, κ, ξ, π, σ, τ, φ, χ
Read aloud: αυτός, αυξάνω, εύκολος, ευχαριστώ, ευκαιρία
Combinations
“αυ” “ευ” are pronounced “av”, “ev”, before a vowel or before β, γ, δ, λ, μ, ν, ρ
Read aloud: αυγή, αυλή, εύνοια, αυγό
Listen and repeat