greek beginners 1

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