Modern Greek Grammar Konstantinos Athanasiou
1. The Greek alphabet - Το ελληνικό αλθάβηηο Capital letters Small letters Α (άιθα) α
Pronunciation a
Β
(βήηα)
β
v
Γ
(γάκα)
γ
gh*(before a,o,oo) y(before e, i)
Γ
(δέιηα)
δ
th (as in this)
Δ
(έςηινλ)
ε
e
Ε
(δήηα)
δ
z
Ζ
(ήηα)
ε
i
Θ
(ζήηα)
ζ
th (as in think)
Η
(γηώηα)
η
i
Κ
(θάπα)
θ
k
Λ
(ιάκδα)
ι
l
Μ
(κη)
κ
m
Ν
(λη)
λ
n
Ξ
(μη)
μ
x
Ο
(όκηθξνλ)
ν
o
Π
(πη)
π
p
Ρ
(ξν)
ξ
r
(ζίγκα)
ζ, s (at the end of words)
s
Σ
(ηαπ)
η
t
Τ
(ύςηινλ)
π
i
Φ
(θη)
θ
f
Υ
(ρη)
ρ
ch
Φ
(ςη)
ς
ps
Χ
(σκέγα)
σ
o
* the sound gh is similar to the very first sound of w in words as woman, why.
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