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Pay attention to the following
before you start reading.
In phonetics where you see:
Capital letters is where the word is accented.
ee or i is pronounced as the ee in word beet.
e as the e in the word bet.
a as the a in the word father.
o as the o in the word only.
ou as the ou in the word Lou.
x as the x in the word fox.
th or th like the th in think.
th or th like the th in this.
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Where you see a " y " or a (red) " g " in the phonetics for that
word, that " g " is
pronounced like the y in yes, or
like the w in wad
There are some rules and tricks that you should know about
the accented words.
- Words that have only one syllable are not accented.
Exceptions are: the interrogative "πού = where" and
"πώς = how" and the
separating conjunction "ή = or".
- Only the last three syllables of a word can take an accent.
- The double vowels take the accent on the second letter, but:
- When the accent is on the top of the first letter of a double vowel,
then we separate the sounds of each letter of that particular double vowel.
In other words, the accent on the first letter in a double vowel acts as
Dialitika (see link below).
Example: in the word "ρολόι", the "οι"
is separated to its sounds because of the accent. Thus it is pronounced
"ro-LO-i" instead of "ro-LI".
- The accent only goes on top of vowels, not on top of consonants.
Related Subjects:
Accent
The Double Accent
The Importance of the Accent
Dialitika
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