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Letter "S" - Page 5
Commonly used words.
Find out how you can say soon or soothe in Greek. Study the words below.
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 |
μαλακός, -ιά, -ό
απαλός, -ή, -ό |
|
mala-KOS
apa-LOS |
soft |
(εγώ) λύνω
(η) λύση |
|
LI-no
LI-si |
solve
solution |
γρήγορα
σύντομα |
|
GRI-gora
SI-doma |
soon |
| (εγώ) καταπραΰνω |
|
katapra-I-no |
soothe |
(η) λύπη
(εγώ) λυπάμαι |
|
LI-pi
li-PA-me |
sorry
(I'm) sorry |
| (η) ψυχή |
|
psi-HI |
soul |
| (ο) ήχος |
|
EE-hos |
sound |
| (η) σούπα |
|
SOU-pa |
soup |
| ξυνός, -ή, -ό |
|
ksi-NOS |
sour |
(ο) νότος
νότιος, -α, -ο |
|
NO-tos
No-tios |
south
southern |
(ο) χώρος
(το) διάστημα |
|
HO-ros
THIA-stima |
space |
(εγώ) μιλώ
(ο) ομιλητής
(η) ομιλήτρια |
|
mi-LO
omili-TIS
omi-LI-tria |
speak
speaker (man)
speaker (woman) |
ειδικός, -ή, -ό
ιδιαίτερος, -η, -ο |
|
eethi-KOS
eethi-E-teros |
special |
(εγώ) ειδικεύω
(εγώ) ειδικεύομαι |
|
eethi-KE-vo
eethi-KE-vome |
(I) specialize (somebody)
I am specializing |
| θεαματικός, -ή, -ό |
|
theamati-KOS |
spectacular |
(η) ταχύτητα
(εγώ) επιταχύνω
(εγώ) τρέχω γρήγορα |
|
ta-HI-tita
epita-HI-no
TRE-xo GRI-gora |
(the) speed
(I) speed
(I) speed |
| (η) ορθογραφία |
|
orthogra-FI-a |
spelling |
(εγώ) ξοδεύω
(εγώ) χαλάω
(εγώ) χαλώ |
|
kso-THE-vo
ha-LA-o
ha-LO |
spend |
| (εγώ) χύνω |
|
HI-no |
spill |
| (το) πνεύμα |
|
PNEV-ma |
spirit |
(εγώ) σχίζω
(εγώ) χωρίζω |
|
SHI-zo
ho-RI-zo |
split |
(το) άθλημα
(το) παιχνίδι |
|
A-thlima
pe-HNI-thi |
sport |
(εγώ) κατασκοπεύω
(ο) κατάσκοπος |
|
katasko-PE-vo
ka-TA-skopos |
(I) spy
(the) spy |
Remember; the words that are adjectives they have three genders.
Where you see a word followed by two more endings, that word is probably 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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