Finally a Greek teaching the pronunciation of Greek letters. Shocking how the USA and UK websites have got it wrong and still pretend to know the actual pronunciation. So glad I chanced upon this video. Going to take me a whole lot of retraining.
I am pissed of when I see such a simple word as the mathematical symbol π pronounced wrong all the time.It shouldn't be pronounced as pie, but as the letter p in English
Thank you, and happy you like the video. Good luck with your Greek Language Journey! When you know the Greek alphabet, you can also continue with our free eBooks at www.omilo.com/ebooks/
I just found this video and it’s so helpful because I am learning Greek, and I find these are beneficial ways to study the alphabet to familiarize how letters look and sound in words to better memorize them 🙏🏻
thanks and happy you liked it, FYI: If you want to learn more, with extra videos, then you can also purchase the Alphabet multi-media eBook, which will give you the total picture, extra sentences, exercises, audio and videos for the combination of vowels and consonants. Info at omilo.com/publications/the-modern-greek-alphabet/
thanks for your nice comment. If you want to learn more, and also have access to the next two videos, as well as audio and written files, then take a look at the Aphabet Multi-media eBook : omilo.com/publications/the-modern-greek-alphabet/
Nice, a simple and easy teaching of the alphabet. We are going 3 months in Kalamata, so we need to be able to read, to be able to make simple sentences , ask for a bottle of water, ask how much it costs ... between duolingo and videos i'm sure we'll be able to manage a little little bit
indeed! But if you would have studied ancient Greek in Greece, you would also have learned a different pronunciation than abroad. Out of Greece they use the "Erasmus pronunciation" for Ancient Greek, which is not used in Greece, and a big discussion between Professors Ancient Greek in various countries :-) Anyway, about the modern Greek there is no discussion, it is what you hear in the video. All the best
我是台灣人，學過英文 日文 德文 俄文 法文 ，最近開始學希臘文，發現是一件有趣的旅程。 Je suis taïwanais, j'ai étudié l'anglais, le japonais, l'allemand, le russe, le français et j'ai récemment commencé à apprendre le grec et j'ai trouvé que c'était un voyage intéressant. Είμαι Ταϊβανέζος, σπούδασα Αγγλικά, Ιαπωνικά, Γερμανικά, Ρωσικά, Γαλλικά και πρόσφατα άρχισα να μαθαίνω ελληνικά και βρήκα ότι ήταν ένα ενδιαφέρον ταξίδι
I was just interested how to pronounce greek alphabet. Well thank ya for this lesson. Now i understand that it is much easier than to learn english. Never knew that greek and russian have so much in common!
I will be traveling to Greece in late August 2021 and am trying to learn some basic Greek. This lesson was very helpful and I'm trying to spell my family member's names in Greek. For example, my name is Parag which phonetically is spelled Puh-raa-g. Based on your lessons, I think I understand how to spell in Greek, but I'm struggling with correct way to spell uh in Puh portion of my phonetic name. I am also struggling with phonetic Greek spelling of my son Ryan or Rra-yu-n. I would appreciate your guidance. Efhaarissto!
Happy the video was helpful. The "accent" is needed in every word, that has more than one syllable. And every vowl with "accent", is exactly where you need to stress the word. So it helps you to know how to pronounce the word, and where to "stress" the word. more info and extra videos related to the Greek Alphabet, are all included in our eBook, which you can find at omilo.com/publications/the-modern-greek-alphabet/
Thank you for this video! Im currently in Greece and im trying to learn the alphabet to better read the signs and this is so helpful!! I was just wondering what the difference between I, H and Y was? They all sounded very similar to me
Kalisprea Jona, we wish you good luck with the Greek Alphabet. For sure your stay in Greece will be so much nicer when you can read Greek. About your questions, the I, H and Y have exactly the same pronunciation, so no difference, but the spelling is different. So depending where the letter is in the word, or in which other combination of letters it is used, you will need one of the three...But do not worry about it for the time being..just remember they have the same pronunciation. (like in English "eat" and "meet"...same pronunciation, different spelling...)
One good video. A black not light black color l think is better. It was hard for me to see the figures you wrote. Thanks. I subscribe now to your channel.
Anyone else find this while trying to learn how to pronounce Omicron? (I've heard so many variations.) It's kind of amazing how many Greek letters we English speakers are completely mispronouncing!
kalimera, for people not speaking or learning Greek, it is normal they have no idea how "omikron " is actually pronounced in Greek, and many do not even realize it is a Greek letter. The same goes for beta, delta, etc... However, if somebody is interested in how this Greek letter omikron, or several other letters of the Greek alphabet are pronounced in Greek, by native teachers, then this video will teach you the real thing :-) Many greetings from Athens. www.omilo.com
Thank you. Here in USA there is a movement to change the Biblical Greek pronunciation to the modern Greek pronunciation. Quite the debate. I do not know how to find the "correct" pronunciation but I trust yours because of your accent and channel name.
@@OmiloHellas I am mainly interested in the Greek language as it relates to the Greek New Testament but the correct pronunciation is critical for the kids. I live in a town called Ypsilanti. Many cities and towns are named after Indian (native American) tribes, chiefs, etc. ( and so on). A lot of the rivers and lands are the names given by the Indians. I thought Ypsilanti was an Indian name. Boy was I wrong. There is an American movie called my Greek wedding. Have you seen it? It is really funny.
@@OmiloHellas I am embarrassed to ask, but I am going to anyway. Would it be possible for you to make a fast simple video of you reading John 3: 16, 17 so we can memorize it in the Greek. This is often the first verse we memorize as children I am looking for the naturally spoken version of it. If not, I completely understand.
@@rlund3 no problem to ask, but this is not something in our field, or our interest,. SO I am sorry to tell you that we will not. However, I am sure you can find a lot of Greeks close to your town, related to the Greek church, that can help you out. About your previous comment, yes of course we know the movie, which most Greeks have seen. However, this movie is about a Greek-American familie in the USA, who usually tend to be a bit more traditional than in Greece nowadays. If you want to read more about a Greek wedding, then read this article we wrote recently www.omilo.com/a-traditional-greek-wedding/ Many greetings from AThens
Efharisto para poli, den ksero na grapso ke na dievaso, ala ta milao ke ta kataferno kala, ala tora tha matheno no dievaso me sas. Hyeretismous apou tin Yenevi!
4:34 As a Christian, when I first hear when I heard of the Greek word Nero, I'm was very surprising and confused when I thought the word Nero was the name of Antichrist but I when finally realize that the word Nero actually means Water in Greek Which is very confusing me 🤔
No, they are two complete different letters, and pronounced differently. However, for a non-Greek, it might sound the same...however, when pronouncing the letters, the place of your tongue is at a different point, and for Greeks there is never any confusion between those 2 letters
yes they indeed sound exactly the same, but for some words/verbs you need the Omega, and for other words the Omikron, so it is mostly important to know for spelling, and grammar.
Why is the "s" in the ananas "s" shaped? Where I have seen those letters, s looks not like that? I didn't see any letter that looks like "s"? Is there different styles to write these?
in Greek there are two types of 's', as also explained in the video, with the letter 's'. if the 's' comes as the last letter of a word, like in ananas, the you wrote the 'ς' as 'ς'. if the 's' some in the middle of a word,, then you write it as σ ... Τake a look at the video at minute 6.10
This sound is represented by the diphthong "ΟΥ - ου" i.e. the combination of the letters Omikron and Ypsilon. For this sound, like in "foot" and "put," it's always "ου" in Greek. As soon as you learn to read, you will be able to pronounce everything correctly. Careful: Ypsilon upper case looks like "Y" and lower case looks like "u." For example: ΛΥΚΟΣ - λύκος (wolf) .
@@eumixx Προσοχή μόνο, αφού ήδη από την αρχαιότητα είχε μονοφθογγιστεί. Στη νέα ελληνική γραμματική, μαζί με τα αι, ει, οι, υι, ανήκει στην κατηγορία των δίψηφων φωνηέντων, ενώ δίφθογγοι είναι οι άι (γάι-δα-ρος), όι (ρόι-δι) και έι (λεϊμόνι σε μερικές διαλέκτους).
This vowel doesn't occur in modern Greek, so in some (most) cases will be approximated, as noted by k. Michalidis below, as 'ou' as in "Πουτ δε κοτ ντάουν!" or as a long 'ah' as "Πάμε στο Μακ Ντοναλντς για να πάρουμε ένα Μακ Φλάρυ.
The English "th" sound is the Thita ( θ), and the delta is in between "d" and "th"...needs practice, but there is a difference. The "d" also exists, but is written as "vt", and explained in other videos or during the Alphabet course (the combinations of vowels and consonants) www.omilo.com/course/greek-alphabet-course/
Finally a Greek teaching the pronunciation of Greek letters. Shocking how the USA and UK websites have got it wrong and still pretend to know the actual pronunciation. So glad I chanced upon this video. Going to take me a whole lot of retraining.
I am pissed of when I see such a simple word as the mathematical symbol π pronounced wrong all the time.It shouldn't be pronounced as pie, but as the letter p in English
Finally a video where the letters are actually pronounced, thank you!
Yes! We can finally teach people how to properly celebrate pee day!
Thank you
impressed by how many of those words are understandable in portuguese
praticamente falamos latin com sotaque de grego
Russo tbm. Abacaxi tbm é "ananás"/"ананас"/"ανανάς". Além do alfabeto cirílico também ser descendente do grego
same i'm brazilian and it's so easy
in arabic too
@@victor5031 em quase todas as línguas europeias, é ananas
Excellent introduction to Greek. Thank you.
Best video on pronunciation I’ve found.
thanks. the omilo school also has the best teachers in Greece ;-)
I've been watching this everyday until I get them all correct, thank you.
It's easier than I thought ...thanks for making my study easy...lots of love from india!
A British girl from India learning Greek. Wow!
@@whimsical-lol hahaha😂 time changes and humans can't be stationary right?!
I have watched several such videos on this topic and this is by far the best explained. Thanks for making it so simple with nice examples.
Thank you, and happy you like the video. Good luck with your Greek Language Journey! When you know the Greek alphabet, you can also continue with our free eBooks at www.omilo.com/ebooks/
You are a really good teacher and your passion and positive energy shines through.
I just found this video and it’s so helpful because I am learning Greek, and I find these are beneficial ways to study the alphabet to familiarize how letters look and sound in words to better memorize them 🙏🏻
thanks and happy you liked it, FYI: If you want to learn more, with extra videos, then you can also purchase the Alphabet multi-media eBook, which will give you the total picture, extra sentences, exercises, audio and videos for the combination of vowels and consonants. Info at omilo.com/publications/the-modern-greek-alphabet/
Perfect video! Thank you!!
Wow. GOOD TEACHER!
Very well explained!! thank you so much Terpsi!
Great show and very well explain thank you very much
Σας ευχαριστώ! Μόλις άρχισα να μαθαίνω ελληνικά.
Rho
Excellent! Great lesson! Thank you so much! "Abraço", from Brazil. 😄
thanks for your nice comment. If you want to learn more, and also have access to the next two videos, as well as audio and written files, then take a look at
the Aphabet Multi-media eBook : omilo.com/publications/the-modern-greek-alphabet/
We are currently learn Greek as of now. Looking forward to the next video!!
Nice, a simple and easy teaching of the alphabet. We are going 3 months in Kalamata, so we need to be able to read, to be able to make simple sentences , ask for a bottle of water, ask how much it costs ... between duolingo and videos i'm sure we'll be able to manage a little little bit
I m thankful to hear from you....your teaching is impressive...God bless you...sir Haroon
thank you, this clears so many misunderstanding in my head
Thank you so so much! We are complete beginners, and your method is so helpful & practical.
Very well explained!! thank you for share
I love they way you are teaching
Very Very good Tutorial and very beautiful teacher. Thank you for uploading. Looking forward to see your next VDO. Blessings.
GREAT VIDEO.
Thank you for enjoyable and excellent video about Greek letters. I think this video is very useful for beginner. Examples are very good.
This was the best explanation I've seen. Very helpful.
the best video explaining everything about the greek alphabet
I can not describe how much this video has helped me. Thank you
Thank you, it was perfect.
Ευχαριστώ. Gracias. Thank you.😊
Phi
Bravo, thank you, after looking at +++ videos, you're the best!, clear, easy, and I love your smile.
Such a gorgeous language.
Easy to comprehend, thanks a lot!
Thank you very much! So helpful ♥
Thanks , Vey good Video to explain the greek letters
I am only familiar with the ancient Greek so hearing η, ι, υ all pronounced the same was surprising!
indeed! But if you would have studied ancient Greek in Greece, you would also have learned a different pronunciation than abroad. Out of Greece they use the "Erasmus pronunciation" for Ancient Greek, which is not used in Greece, and a big discussion between Professors Ancient Greek in various countries :-) Anyway, about the modern Greek there is no discussion, it is what you hear in the video. All the best
Honestly is a brilliant teacher and I receive words smoothly, Thank you very much and we hope for more
我是台灣人，學過英文 日文 德文 俄文 法文 ，最近開始學希臘文，發現是一件有趣的旅程。
Je suis taïwanais, j'ai étudié l'anglais, le japonais, l'allemand, le russe, le français et j'ai récemment commencé à apprendre le grec et j'ai trouvé que c'était un voyage intéressant.
Είμαι Ταϊβανέζος, σπούδασα Αγγλικά, Ιαπωνικά, Γερμανικά, Ρωσικά, Γαλλικά και πρόσφατα άρχισα να μαθαίνω ελληνικά και βρήκα ότι ήταν ένα ενδιαφέρον ταξίδι
Είσαι φαινόμενο!!!! Μπράβο σου.... 🎉
Thank you for showing examples this has helped me so much😢🎉
a amazing lecture many thanks
I was just interested how to pronounce greek alphabet. Well thank ya for this lesson. Now i understand that it is much easier than to learn english. Never knew that greek and russian have so much in common!
Alfavito,( Αλφάβητο)
Ευχαριστώ πολύ, ορέοζ 😘😍😍😘🇬🇷
Iota pi phi beta sigma tau phi alpha tau alpha upsilon 😂
Phi
I liked your 🇬🇷 lesson.
I’ll see you again. 🙏🥰
Thanks a lot madam because really I inspired by your video thank you so much once again a lot Love from Pakistan 🇵🇰
I will be traveling to Greece in late August 2021 and am trying to learn some basic Greek. This lesson was very helpful and I'm trying to spell my family member's names in Greek. For example, my name is Parag which phonetically is spelled Puh-raa-g. Based on your lessons, I think I understand how to spell in Greek, but I'm struggling with correct way to spell uh in Puh portion of my phonetic name. I am also struggling with phonetic Greek spelling of my son Ryan or Rra-yu-n. I would appreciate your guidance. Efhaarissto!
Thank you this was very helpful! :)
You can also do epsilon, Ɛ, with one stroke.
Wow, that was great. looking forward to read a Greek bible
The Greek bible is in koine greek or ancient greek or the Greek used In ancient time so learn koine greek
Thankyou so much It helps alot 👏👏👏🙏
Thank you so much!
有難うございます
Nice lessons for beginners
Greek
One of the most historic, philosophical and scientific language of all time., The Initial language of many civilization Punjab is one of them.
Mπραβο,πολυ καλη παρουσιαση!
Very nice 👍👍👍
Thank you Helena
Thank you so much !!!
Good method...
Thank you .
Well done 👏
Beautiful.
Tebrikler! Öğretici gerçekten.👍
It was so helpful! Thank you from India 🇮🇳!
May i know why you used (') in so many words? What does (') mean?
Happy the video was helpful. The "accent" is needed in every word, that has more than one syllable. And every vowl with "accent", is exactly where you need to stress the word. So it helps you to know how to pronounce the word, and where to "stress" the word.
more info and extra videos related to the Greek Alphabet, are all included in our eBook, which you can find at omilo.com/publications/the-modern-greek-alphabet/
very nice
Thank you for this video! Im currently in Greece and im trying to learn the alphabet to better read the signs and this is so helpful!! I was just wondering what the difference between I, H and Y was? They all sounded very similar to me
Kalisprea Jona, we wish you good luck with the Greek Alphabet. For sure your stay in Greece will be so much nicer when you can read Greek. About your questions, the I, H and Y have exactly the same pronunciation, so no difference, but the spelling is different. So depending where the letter is in the word, or in which other combination of letters it is used, you will need one of the three...But do not worry about it for the time being..just remember they have the same pronunciation. (like in English "eat" and "meet"...same pronunciation, different spelling...)
@@OmiloHellas thank you so much for the clarification!
learning greek alphabet was easy to me since it's similar to the Russian alphabet
Almost all the big letters are the same as in Cyrillic, Ф, Г, Н, Е, П, Р, О, Х, К, І, А, Т, В and Л (L) can also be wroten like in Greek. :)
Because the kyrilic alfavete made it from two greeks Byzantine monks kyrilos and methodios
@@ΒαγγεληςΝοτης Yes, I know :) Cyrillic is from Greek and it was created by a greek
A lot of these words have similar spellings in Spanish, another language I know. The pronunciation of course is different
Nice video! Subscribing !!
One good video. A black not light black color l think is better. It was hard for me to see the figures you wrote. Thanks. I subscribe now to your channel.
Anyone else find this while trying to learn how to pronounce Omicron? (I've heard so many variations.)
It's kind of amazing how many Greek letters we English speakers are completely mispronouncing!
kalimera, for people not speaking or learning Greek, it is normal they have no idea how "omikron " is actually pronounced in Greek, and many do not even realize it is a Greek letter. The same goes for beta, delta, etc...
However, if somebody is interested in how this Greek letter omikron, or several other letters of the Greek alphabet are pronounced in Greek, by native teachers, then this video will teach you the real thing :-) Many greetings from Athens. www.omilo.com
Think you Madame
Thank you. Here in USA there is a movement to change the Biblical Greek pronunciation to the modern Greek pronunciation. Quite the debate. I do not know how to find the "correct" pronunciation but I trust yours because of your accent and channel name.
@ΒΑΣΙΛΗΣ ΙΩΑΝΝΟΥ Thank you. My grandkids watch your video 2 times a day.
Thanks for your comment. Of course this is the correct pronunciation, as used by all native speakers in Greece :)
@@OmiloHellas I am mainly interested in the Greek language as it relates to the Greek New Testament but the correct pronunciation is critical for the kids. I live in a town called Ypsilanti. Many cities and towns are named after Indian (native American) tribes, chiefs, etc. ( and so on). A lot of the rivers and lands are the names given by the Indians. I thought Ypsilanti was an Indian name. Boy was I wrong. There is an American movie called my Greek wedding. Have you seen it? It is really funny.
@@OmiloHellas I am embarrassed to ask, but I am going to anyway. Would it be possible for you to make a fast simple video of you reading John 3: 16, 17 so we can memorize it in the Greek. This is often the first verse we memorize as children I am looking for the naturally spoken version of it. If not, I completely understand.
@@rlund3 no problem to ask, but this is not something in our field, or our interest,. SO I am sorry to tell you that we will not. However, I am sure you can find a lot of Greeks close to your town, related to the Greek church, that can help you out. About your previous comment, yes of course we know the movie, which most Greeks have seen. However, this movie is about a Greek-American familie in the USA, who usually tend to be a bit more traditional than in Greece nowadays. If you want to read more about a Greek wedding, then read this article we wrote recently www.omilo.com/a-traditional-greek-wedding/ Many greetings from AThens
Efharisto para poli, den ksero na grapso ke na dievaso, ala ta milao ke ta kataferno kala, ala tora tha matheno no dievaso me sas. Hyeretismous apou tin Yenevi!
Upsilon iota phi beta kappa
Would Ρολόι be “Watch” like the object? Or “Watch” like “to watch out for something”? Or maybe even both?
Kalimera. it is the watch, as the object. (So NOT the verb "to watch", which is totally different "βλέπω, καιτάω")
Thanks
Hi, nice video. The word for sea. Why do you pronounce it F instead of TH for THALASSA, or did I mishear you?
I guess you indeed mishear...it it "Th"
@@OmiloHellas okay :) efharisto. I love the Greek language
Easy
yes indeed :-) So you are ready for the next step...
Locer case of Φ is also written as φ
Good right.
4:34 As a Christian, when I first hear when I heard of the Greek word Nero, I'm was very surprising and confused when I thought the word Nero was the name of Antichrist but I when finally realize that the word Nero actually means Water in Greek
Which is very confusing me 🤔
We have another word for Nero ( Ύδωρ) Idor
Good
You can do theta with one stroke, ϑ, like with phi
Χαιρετε -ονομαζουμαστε Ζοραν απο Σερβια και ειμε διαβαζο ελλινικη γλοσσια
στο αλφαβιτα -λεξικον.Με αρεσι πολι καταρεβουσι -Γεια σου-Γεισ σασ!
nice
Delta and theta seem to be pronounced the same. Am I wrong?
No, they are two complete different letters, and pronounced differently. However, for a non-Greek, it might sound the same...however, when pronouncing the letters, the place of your tongue is at a different point, and for Greeks there is never any confusion between those 2 letters
What is the difference between Omicron and Omega? They sound the same to me. Thanks for the lesson!
o-micron is short and o-mega is long. Just found out in the net. The difference does not exist in modern Greek.
yes they indeed sound exactly the same, but for some words/verbs you need the Omega, and for other words the Omikron, so it is mostly important to know for spelling, and grammar.
Hi miss.good morning..I m Sir Haroon
Hello madam is these in alphabitical order? Or not sorry i really dont understand greek,,,i want to learn
yes, it is in alphabetical order
Omilo Greek Language and Culture okay thank very much
Why is the "s" in the ananas "s" shaped? Where I have seen those letters, s looks not like that? I didn't see any letter that looks like "s"? Is there different styles to write these?
in Greek there are two types of 's', as also explained in the video, with the letter 's'. if the 's' comes as the last letter of a word, like in ananas, the you wrote the 'ς' as
'ς'. if the 's' some in the middle of a word,, then you write it as σ ... Τake a look at the video at minute 6.10
@@OmiloHellas thank you! I somehow missed that when watching that, sorry!
Thans
fantastic tnx my taxi
It is hard for me but i will try my best. Τηανκσ
what do we use if we want to say u in "put"?
This sound is represented by the diphthong "ΟΥ - ου" i.e. the combination of the letters Omikron and Ypsilon.
For this sound, like in "foot" and "put," it's always "ου" in Greek. As soon as you learn to read, you will be able to pronounce everything correctly.
Careful: Ypsilon upper case looks like "Y" and lower case looks like "u." For example: ΛΥΚΟΣ - λύκος (wolf) .
@@eumixx thankyou!
@@eumixx Προσοχή μόνο, αφού ήδη από την αρχαιότητα είχε μονοφθογγιστεί. Στη νέα ελληνική γραμματική, μαζί με τα αι, ει, οι, υι, ανήκει στην κατηγορία των δίψηφων φωνηέντων, ενώ δίφθογγοι είναι οι άι (γάι-δα-ρος), όι (ρόι-δι) και έι (λεϊμόνι σε μερικές διαλέκτους).
@@Michail_Chatziasemidis Ευχαριστώ! Δεν ξέρω πώς να του το μεταφράσουμε στα αγγλικά.
This vowel doesn't occur in modern Greek, so in some (most) cases will be approximated, as noted by k. Michalidis below, as 'ou' as in "Πουτ δε κοτ ντάουν!" or as a long 'ah' as "Πάμε στο Μακ Ντοναλντς για να πάρουμε ένα Μακ Φλάρυ.
The DELTA in this video sounds like an english "th" sound? is it "th" or is it a normal "d"? or some kind of in between?
The English "th" sound is the Thita ( θ), and the delta is in between "d" and "th"...needs practice, but there is a difference. The "d" also exists, but is written as "vt", and explained in other videos or during the Alphabet course (the combinations of vowels and consonants)
www.omilo.com/course/greek-alphabet-course/
How many letters in Greek
Wow.
The Greek word for pineapple is same in Hindi language
I like the use of the whiteboard, but the acoustic echo is very distracting.