Intro to Greek 2: Pronunciation

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[@pournimapatil1523]

❤❤ Thank you sir

[@olaadams604]

Thank you 🙏😊

[@sujathamary6647]

Thank sir

[@TitiLectric]

Βήτα is pronounced like V in very not B as in boy

[@HashimWarren]

Murray, can you clear that up? I see some people pronounce Βήτα with a V and some with a B

[@peeps169]

Greek alphabet words whats that

[@rafagamer4718]

Wait I didn’t understand. Isn’t the theta’s pronunciation exactly the same as the phi’s pronunciation?

[@user-yh3wb]

The F is a labiodental fricative, you use your lower lip and your upper teeth to pronounce it. TH is a dental fricative, you put your tongue between your teeth. To a non-native speaker of a language, that distinguishes between F and TH (/f/ and /θ/ in the international phonetic alphabet), they sound very similar. If you speak English, (European) Spanish, Icelandic or Greek, you easily hear the difference. If you hear a sound that is not in your native language, your brain will kind of trick you that you already know this sound, and you will hear a similar sound, hence why so many non native speakers of English pronounce TH as F.

[@rafagamer4718]

@@user-yh3wb very interesting… so you’re saying that phi is pronounced like F (lower lip + teeth)?

[@user-yh3wb]

@@rafagamer4718 yes

[@rafagamer4718]

@@user-yh3wb thanks🫠

[@pournimapatil1523]

Í have problem in last 5 laters in pronoun n in English pronounce.🙏

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