PHONETICS for MODERN GREEK at a glance
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I.P.A. = International Phonetic Alphabet
- All you need are 5 vowels:
- [ a e i o u ] ♪
- the consonants
- [ b d g ♪ p v f ♪ t δ θ ♪ k γ x ♪ j ♪ l m n ♪ r s z ♪ ]
- double sounds
- [ ks ps ♪ ts dz ♪ ].
- ...and some more sounds (see next lesson)
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- A stress accent is written before the stressed syllable. Small words are usually not stressed as we speak.
- mod.gre: [efxari'sto] ♪ = eng:thanks (literally: I thank)
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katerina sarri, athens, october 2007