Introductory Ancient Greek Language/Basics: Difference between revisions

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The Letters

Alpha Α α

Pronounced like the English a in drama.

Beta Β β B Pronounced like the English b. Gamma Γ γ G Pronounced like the English g. When followed by γ, κ, χ, or ξ it is pronounced like /ng/ Delta Δ δ D Pronounced like the English d. Epsilon Ε ε E Pronounced like the e in bed. Zeta Ζ ζ Z Commonly translated like z, however, it is more correctly the combination of a seperate s and d sound as in the word wisdom. Eta Η η Theta Θ θ Iota Ι ι Kappa Κ κ Lambda Λ λ Mu Μ μ Nu Ν ν Xi Ξ ξ Omicron Ο ο Pi Π π Rho Ρ ρ Sigma Σ σ,ς Tau Τ τ Upsilon Υ υ Phi Φ φ Chi Χ χ Psi Ψ ψ Omega Ω ω

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 '''Beta Β β '''
 B Pronounced like the English b.
-Γ γ Gamma
+'''Gamma Γ γ '''
 G Pronounced like the English g.
 When followed by γ, κ, χ, or ξ it is pronounced like /ng/
-Δ δ Delta
+'''Delta Δ δ'''
 D Pronounced like the English d.
-Ε ε Epsilon
+'''Epsilon Ε ε'''
 E Pronounced like the e in ''bed''.
-Ζ ζ Zeta
+'''Zeta Ζ ζ'''
 Z Commonly translated like z, however, it is more correctly the combination of a seperate s      and d sound as in the word ''wisdom''.
-Η η Eta
+'''Eta Η η '''
-Θ θ Theta
+'''Theta Θ θ '''
-Ι ι Iota
+'''Iota Ι ι'''
-Κ κ Kappa
+'''Kappa Κ κ'''
-Λ λ Lambda
+'''Lambda Λ λ'''
-Μ μ Mu
+'''Mu Μ μ'''
-Ν ν Nu
+'''Nu Ν ν'''
-Ξ ξ Xi
+'''Xi Ξ ξ'''
-Ο ο Omicron
+'''Omicron Ο ο'''
-Π π Pi
+'''Pi Π π'''
-Ρ ρ Rho
+'''Rho Ρ ρ'''
-Σ σ,ς Sigma
+'''Sigma Σ σ,ς'''
-Τ τ Tau
+'''Tau Τ τ'''
-Υ υ Upsilon
+'''Upsilon Υ υ'''
-Φ φ Phi
+'''Phi Φ φ'''
-Χ χ Chi
+'''Chi Χ χ'''
-Ψ ψ Psi
+'''Psi Ψ ψ'''
-Ω ω Omega
+'''Omega Ω ω'''

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Revision as of 18:25, 15 October 2006

The Letters