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Greek Lesson 1 Jan 8 2008
Greek Lesson 1 Jan 8 2008
It consists of the 24 letters, which are presented below, along with their pronounciation and
phonetics. After this presentation, I give you the location of each greek letter on the keyboard (after
you've followed our friend's n1kos's instructions on how to adjust your computer with just a few
clicks, in order for it to support Greek, at:
http://hellenism.multiply.com/journal/item/24/Its_all_..Greek_to_you).
Αα (alpha) (a)
Ββ (veeta) (v)
Γγ (yamma) (as y in "year" or w in "wolf")
Δδ (thelta) (as th in "those","that")
Εε (epsilon) (as e in "elf","egg")
Ζζ (zeeta) (z)
Ηη (eeta) (as e in "ear", or i in "mini")
Θθ (theeta) (as th in "thing","thin")
Ιι (yiota) (same as Ηη)
Κκ (kapa) (k)
Λλ (lamtha) (l)
Μμ (mee) (m)
Νν (nee) (n)
Ξξ (ksee) (x)
Oo (omikron) (o)
Ππ (pee) (p)
Ρρ (ro) (r)
Σσ (siyma) (s)
Ττ (taf) (t)
Υυ (ipsilon) (same as Ηη and Ιι)
Φφ (fee) (f)
Χχ (hee) (as h in "horse","house")
Ψψ (psi) (ps)
Ωω (omeya) (o)
Greek Letter Keyboard
Α Α
Β Β
Γ G
Δ D
E E
Z Z
H H
Θ U
I I
K K
Λ L
M M
N N
Ξ J
O O
Π P
P R
Σ S
T T
Υ Υ
Φ F
X X
Ψ C
Ω V
Now, let's write some words (the little mark above one letter in each word is the accent
mark, so this letter is accentuated when we say the word):