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PHONETICS for MODERN GREEK at a glance

    
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)
 
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)

    
katerina sarri, athens, october 2007