This is an easy lesson. Learn the colors in Greek with translation phonetics and sound.
Capital letters is where the word is emphasized (accented). See
Accent for more information.
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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
Greek |
Audio |
Phonetics |
English |
μαύρο |
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MA-vro |
black |
άσπρο |
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AS-pro |
white |
κόκκινο |
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KO-kino |
red |
κίτρινο |
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KI-trino |
yellow |
πράσινο |
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PRA-sino |
green |
καφέ |
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ka-FE |
brown |
μπλε |
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BLE |
blue |
γαλάζιο γαλανό |
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ga-LA-zio
gala-NO |
light blue |
ροζ |
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ROZ |
pink |
πορτοκαλί |
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portoka-LI |
orange |
μωβ κυανό |
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MOV kia-NO |
purple |
ασημένιο ασημί |
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asi-ME-nio asi-MI |
silver |
χρυσό χρυσαφένιο |
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hri-SO hrisa-FE-nio |
gold |
All the above colors are in the neuter gender. Most
of the colors are adjectives. That means they have all three genders.
So the color Μαύρο (black) can be: Μαύρος (Masculine) or
Μαύρη (feminine).
The colors Μπλε and Ροζ don't have another gender
except neuter.
The color Καφέ (brown) in the masculine form ( Καφές )
means coffee.
The color Πορτοκαλί it can be the fruit orange, if you
change the accent. So το πορτοκάλι means orange ( the fruit)
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