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Alphabet
Letter Name Sound
Α α Alpha a "bar"
Β β Beta b
Γ γ Gamma g
(Sounds like n before γ, κ, ξ, or χ, γ See Phonograms)
Δ δ Delta d
Ε ε Epsilon e "get"
Ζ ζ Zeta dz "kudzu"
Η η Eta ê "hey"
Θ θ Theta th
Ι ι Iota i "beet"
Κ κ Kappa k
Λ λ Lambda l
Μ μ Mu m
Ν ν Nu n
Ξ ξ Xi ks
Ο ο Omicron o "not"
Π π Pi p
Ρ ρ Rho r
Σ σ Sigma
(within word)
s
(Sounds like z before β, γ, δ, and μ, σ. See Phonograms)
ς Sigma
(end of word)
s
Τ τ Tau t
Υ υ Upsilon u "put"
Φ φ Phi f "phone"
Χ χ Chi kh "Bach"
Ψ ψ Psi ps psych
ω ω Omega ō "grōw"
Note the insertion of a macron (-) above o in pronunciation guides to differentiate ω (omega) from ο (omicron).
Phonograms
Letters Sound Like
αι ahee "aisle"
αυ ow "grouse"
γγ ng "angel"
γκ nk "anklet"
γξ nx "larynx"
γχ nkh "sinkhole"
ει ī "eye"
Note the insertion of a macron (-) above i in pronunciation guides to differetiate ει (epsilon iota) from ι (iota)
ευ yoo "beautiful"
ηι ayee "say"
οι oi "boy"
οκ ook "spook"
ου oo "boot"
σβ zb "presbyter"
σγ zg "newsgroup"
σδ zd "wisdom"
σμ zm "seismic"
Grammar
Person


Greek Grammar - Parts of speech


Major1
  • Noun - A person, place, or object
  • Adjective - Modifies a noun. Describes quality, state, or action of noun
  • Pronoun - Replaces noun to avoid repitition of it
  • Conjunction - Joins sentences, clauses of a sentence, or words
  • Particle - Uninflected word that does not clearly belong to one of the parts of speech
  • Interjection - Stand alone word to describe reaction or emotion
  • Preposition - Conveys agency, comparison, direction, place, posession, source, source, or time
  • Adverb - Modifies a verb, adjective, or other adverb
  • Verb - An action, state of being, or occurence
Major2
Person
  • 1st - The person speaking.
  • 2nd - The person spoken to.
  • 3rd - The person spoken of or about.
Tense
  • Present - Continuing in the present.
  • Imperfect - Continuing in the past.
  • Future - Occurence in the future
  • Aorist - Occurence in the past
  • Perfect - Completed in past with present results
  • Pluperfect - Completed in past with past results
Voice
Mood
Case
Number
Gender
Refers to grammatical gender, which is determined purely by grammatical usage. Degree