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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 |
| (η) λύσσα |
 |
LI-sa |
rabies |
(η) φυλή
(ο) αγώνας |
|
fi-LI
a-GO-nas (sports) |
race |
| ακτινοβόλος, -α, -ο |
|
aktino-VO-los |
radiant |
(η) ακτινοβολία
(η) ραδιενέργεια |
|
aktinovo-LI-a
rathie-NER-gia |
radiation |
(το) ράδιο
(ο) ασύρματος |
|
RA-thio
a-SIR-matos |
radio |
| ραδιενεργός, -ή, -ό |
|
rathiener-GOS |
radioactive |
| (το) ραπανάκι |
|
rapa-NA-ki |
radish |
(η) μανία
(η) οργή |
|
ma-NI-a
or-GI |
rage |
| (ο) σιδηρόδρομος |
|
sithi-RO-thromos |
railroad |
(εγώ) σηκώνω
(εγώ) υψώνω |
|
si-KO-no
ee-PSO-no |
raise |
(η) σειρά
(ο) βαθμός |
|
si-RA
vath-MOS |
rank |
σπάνιος, -α, -ο
λιγοψημμένος, -η, -ο
σπάνια |
|
SPA-nios
ligopsi-ME-nos
SPA-nia |
rare
rare
rarely |
| ωμός, -ή, -ό |
|
o-MOS |
raw |
| (το) ξυράφι |
|
ksi-RA-fi |
razor |
| (εγώ) φτάνω |
|
FTA-no |
reach |
(εγώ) αντιδρώ
(η) αντίδραση |
|
anti-THRO
a-DI-thrasi |
react
reaction |
| (εγώ) διαβάζω |
|
thia-VA-zo |
read |
| έτοιμος, -η, -ο |
|
E-timos |
ready |
πραγματικός, -ή, -ό
(η) πραγματικότητα |
|
pragmati-KOS
pragmati-KO-tita |
real
reality |
αλήθεια
πραγματικά |
|
a-LI-thia
pragmati-KA |
really |
πίσω
πισινός, -ή, ό
τελευταίος, -α, -ο |
|
PI-so
pisi-NOS
telef-TE-os |
rear |
(ο) λόγος
(η) αιτία |
|
LO-gos
e-TI-a |
reason |
| λογικός, -η, -ο |
|
logi-KOS |
reasonable |
| (εγώ) ανακαλώ |
|
anaka-LO |
recall |
| (η) απόδειξη |
|
a-PO-thiksi |
receipt |
(εγώ) δέχομαι
(εγώ) λαβαίνω |
|
THE-home
la-VE-no |
receive |
| πρόσφατος, -η, -ο |
|
PROS-fatos |
recent |
| (η) υποδοχή |
|
eepotho-HI |
reception |
| υποδεχόμενος, -η, -ο |
|
eepothe-HO-menos |
receptionist |
| (η) διακοπή |
|
thiako-PI |
recess |
| (η) συνταγή |
|
sida-GI |
recipe |
(η) αναγνώριση
(εγώ) αναγνωρίζω |
|
ana-GNO-risi
anagno-RI-zo |
recognition
recognize |
(εγώ) συνιστώ
(η) σύσταση |
|
sini-STO
SI-stasi |
recommend
recommendation |
(εγώ) αναρρώνω
(η) ανάρρωση |
|
ana-RO-no
a-NA-rosi |
recover
recovery |
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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