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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 |
| (ο) ιστός |
 |
i-STOS |
web |
| (το) αγριόχορτο |
|
agri-O-horto |
weed |
| (η) εβδομάδα |
|
evtho-MA-tha |
week |
| (το) Σαββατοκύριακο |
|
savato-KI-riako |
weekend |
| εβδομαδιαίος, -α, -ο |
|
evthomathi-E-os |
weekly |
| (εγώ) ζυγίζω |
|
zi-GI-zo |
weigh |
| (το) βάρος |
|
VA-ros |
weight |
καλωσόρισες
ευπρόσδεκτος, -η, -ο |
|
kalo-SO-rises
ef-PRO-sthektos |
welcome |
καλά (good)
λοιπόν
(το) πηγάδι |
|
ka-LA (good)
li-PON
pi-GA-thi (water well) |
well |
| καλοψημένος, -η, -ο |
|
kalopsi-ME-nos |
welldone |
(εγώ) μουσκεύω
υγρός, -ή, -ό
βρεγμένος, -η, -ο |
|
mou-SKE-vo
ee-GROS
vreg-ME-nos |
(I) wet
(the) wet
(the) wet |
τι
τι συμβαίνει |
|
ti
ti sim-VE-ni |
what
what is the matter |
| (το) σιτάρι |
|
si-TA-ri |
wheat |
(ο) τροχός
(η) ρόδα
(το) τιμόνι |
|
tro-HOS
RO-tha
ti-MO-ni |
wheel |
που ?
όπου |
|
pou ?
O-pou |
where |
ποιος
ποια
ποιο |
|
pios
pia
pio |
who
who
which |
ενώ
σε λίγο |
|
e-NO
se LI-go |
while |
(εγώ) ψιθυρίζω
(ο) ψίθυρος
(το) ψιθύρισμα |
|
psithi-RI-zo
PSI-thiros
psi-THI-risma |
(I) whisper
(the) whisper
(the) whisper |
(εγώ) σφυρίζω
(το) σφύριγμα
(η) σφυρίχτρα |
|
sfi-RI-zo
SFI-rigma
sfi-RIH-tra |
(I) whistle
(the) whistle
(the) whistle |
όλος, -η, -ο
ολόκληρος, -η, -ο |
|
O-los
o-LO-kliros |
whole |
| γιατί |
|
gia-TI |
why |
| πλατύς, -ά, -ύ |
|
pla-TIS |
wide |
| (η) χήρα |
|
HI-ra |
widow |
| άγριος, -α, -ο |
|
A-grios |
wild |
θα
(η) θέληση
(η) διαθήκη |
|
tha
THE-lisi
thia-THI-ki |
will |
| (η) ιτιά |
|
ee-TIA |
willow |
(εγώ) κερδίζω
(εγώ) νικάω
(εγώ) νικώ |
|
ker-THI-zo
ni-KA-o
ni-KO |
win |
(ο) άνεμος
(ο) αέρας
(εγώ) κουρδίζω |
|
A-nemos
a-E-ras
kour-THI-zo |
(the) wind
(the) wind
(I) wind |
(το) φτερό
(το) πούπουλο |
|
fte-RO
POU-poulo |
wing |
| (εγώ) κλείνω το μάτι |
|
KLI-no to MA-ti |
wink |
(εγώ) σφουγγίζω
(εγώ) εξαλείφω |
|
sfou-GI-zo
eksa-LI-fo |
wipe
wipe out |
(η) σοφία
σοφός, -ή, -ό |
|
so-FI-a
so-FOS |
wisdom
wise |
(εγώ) επιθυμώ
(η) επιθυμία
(η) ευχή |
|
epithi-MO
epithi-MI-a
ef-HI |
(I) wish
(the) wish
(the) wish |
| με |
|
me |
with |
Remember; the words that are adjectives they have three genders.
Where you see a word followed by two more endings, is an adjective (or a Participle), therefore
it has three genders. Note, that some Pronouns have three genders also.
For more information please refer to:
Genders (part 1)
Genders (part 2) and
Adjectives
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