Έκτο μάθημα (= lesson 6)

Έκτο μάθημα (= lesson 6)

            Vowel pronunciation:

            In greek language we can write the sound –e with two different ways: epsilon

            (-ε), and by combining the vowels alpha and yota (-αι).

            Sometimes we can hear before the epsilon or the alpha-yota combination a

            yota that it is not written.

            It happens because the sound of –ε and -αι depends on the former letter of the

            word.

            If the former letter of the word is –κ, -γ or –χ, then the sound is as if there was

            a yota before the sound –e.

            γέφυρα = bridge

            γεύση = taste

            γεύμα = meal

            κεφάλι  = head

            καιρός = weather

            χέρι = hand

            χελώνα = tortoise

            αποχαιρετώ = say good-bye, take leave of

            αποκέντρωση = decentralization

            If the former letter of the word is one of the other consonants, then the sound

            -e is clear:

            νερό = water

            πεταλούδα = butterfly

            παίζω = play (v)

            φέρνω = bring (v)

            Θεός = God

           

             Διαβάζω τις παρακάτω λέξεις (Read the following words).

            ξένος = stranger, foreign

            κενός = empty, vacant

            καινοτομία = innovation

            μελωδία = melody

            μαία = midwife

            γεράκι = hawk, falcon

            χαίρομαι = rejoice, be glad, be happy

            χελιδόνι = swallow

            ψέμα = lie

            δέντρο = tree

            λέξη = word

            σεβασμός = respect (n)