I thank you so much for this. I'm a Spanish-speaker trying to learn Greek for reading the New Testament but I'm trying very hard to avoid the Erasmian pronunciation, as it sounds to my ears like an English-speaking American person with a thick accent trying to speak Greek.
So when we use words such as Θεοί, for instance, which I hear a lot in an English context pronounced usually as "They-oy" or "Theo-i"; would it actually be pronounced "Theyee" or something of the like?
Okay so after being annoyed for a bit about Ζευς being pronounced as {zefs}, I thought about it for a moment and wondered how the letter "F" can come out of a "U": and remembering that upsilon can also be pronounced as {v} then it wasn't too difficult to see that "F" is simply a soft pronunciation of "V": and after hearing our beautiful presenter pronounce the ευ diphthong I got my confirmation. In conclusion instead of Ζευς being pronounced {zefs} it's mostly likely {ze-oofs}. And this is because when dealing with these unique sounds over time people blend the sounds and rush through them instead of taking time to properly break them down, and so if you're not paying attention it can throw you off.
I have some questions about modern Greek pronunciationis: 1) is alfa yota the equivalent to epsilon 2) is epsilon yota the equivalent the equivalent of yota 3) is omicron yota the equivalent of yota 4) is omicron ipsilon the equivalent of yota
There are specific letters. For example after af and ef there is the letter t usually or the letter hi (x). After ev or av there are letters like r(ρ) or g (γ)...
Would you be so kind to make a lesson on the pronouns and verbs for "I have," "You have," "He, She, It has," "You have, We have and They have. Please reply. Thank you so much - John
@@TheProfessorwiththeBowTie What do you mean by saying "You programmed such a lesson?" You made that lesson already or you are going to make that lesson?
What do you mean?? All Greek dipthongs are pronounced the same except for some special cases...
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Because other professional teachers are probably using Erasmian pronunciation (which practically no native Greek speaker uses). The professor here is using the actual way people speak modern Greek today.
haha great. We've been taught over and over again wrong pronunciations. There's even a scientific ecology journal Oikos (Nordic Society for Ecology) where every single editor pronounces oikos as o-i-kos instead of ikos.
Maybe they use the erasmian accent about this word because it is the same word in ancient Greek. Probably they use the ancient Greek word as the name of the journal... I didn't know about this journal!! 🙂
We don't know exactly. We suppose only from ancient authors, grammarians who wrote comments and marks to preserve the knowledge of the ancient pronunciation.
@@TheProfessorwiththeBowTie and are the diphthongs pronounced differently in this supposed ancient Greek pronunciation? I tried a comparison with your other video (on ancient vs modern Greek) but couldn't make that up without having the text to read along. Thx for your answers.
The base is the same but there are differences because the language has evolved! The pronunciation then was like singing unlike now. And according to the erasmian accent that was an effort to revive the ancient as close it could be, the diphthongs was pronounced separately.
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Thank you so much, I just watched it and thank you so much.
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I thank you so much for this. I'm a Spanish-speaker trying to learn Greek for reading the New Testament but I'm trying very hard to avoid the Erasmian pronunciation, as it sounds to my ears like an English-speaking American person with a thick accent trying to speak Greek.
Thank you for the comment!! I know it is difficult but it needs repetition!! I will make a video about pronunciation...
@@TheProfessorwiththeBowTie Great! Thank you
Ευχαριστώ. Thank you!
So when we use words such as Θεοί, for instance, which I hear a lot in an English context pronounced usually as "They-oy" or "Theo-i"; would it actually be pronounced "Theyee" or something of the like?
Yes, we use the last one as a way of pronunciation.
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Thank you!! 😁
I love your teaching. Can you make one video that shows how to draw all the Greek letters - upper and lower case?
I will, maybe next week because I have already prepare a few videos!! 🙂
@@TheProfessorwiththeBowTie Thank you so much!
Okay so after being annoyed for a bit about Ζευς being pronounced as {zefs}, I thought about it for a moment and wondered how the letter "F" can come out of a "U": and remembering that upsilon can also be pronounced as {v} then it wasn't too difficult to see that "F" is simply a soft pronunciation of "V": and after hearing our beautiful presenter pronounce the ευ diphthong I got my confirmation.
In conclusion instead of Ζευς being pronounced {zefs} it's mostly likely {ze-oofs}. And this is because when dealing with these unique sounds over time people blend the sounds and rush through them instead of taking time to properly break them down, and so if you're not paying attention it can throw you off.
I have some questions about modern Greek pronunciationis:
1) is alfa yota the equivalent to epsilon
2) is epsilon yota the equivalent the equivalent of yota
3) is omicron yota the equivalent of yota
4) is omicron ipsilon the equivalent of yota
and what about dipthongs where there is an ita
Νο, but many times the pronunciation is the same...
@@TheProfessorwiththeBowTie Thanks
Hello! Is this the ancient greek pronunciation? If you have a course of ancient greek I would love to pay for it :) I'm really keen to learn more.
Hello! It is the modern Greek pronunciation. Unfortunately I am totally booked right now. But thank you very much!! 🙂
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Thank you!!
Great lesson - what are the rules please? When do you say "ev" or "ef" and "av" or "af" Are there rules to know which sounds? Thank you.
There are specific letters. For example after af and ef there is the letter t usually or the letter hi (x). After ev or av there are letters like r(ρ) or g (γ)...
@@TheProfessorwiththeBowTie It is very kind of you to reply to me. Thank you.
@@TheProfessorwiththeBowTie Good to know. Thanks
Would you be so kind to make a lesson on the pronouns and verbs for "I have," "You have," "He, She, It has," "You have, We have and They have. Please reply. Thank you so much - John
Yes I have already programmed such a lesson. 👍🏼
@@TheProfessorwiththeBowTie What do you mean by saying "You programmed such a lesson?" You made that lesson already or you are going to make that lesson?
Why are all your dipthongs pronunciation different from other professional teachers?
What do you mean?? All Greek dipthongs are pronounced the same except for some special cases...
Because other professional teachers are probably using Erasmian pronunciation (which practically no native Greek speaker uses). The professor here is using the actual way people speak modern Greek today.
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haha great. We've been taught over and over again wrong pronunciations. There's even a scientific ecology journal Oikos (Nordic Society for Ecology) where every single editor pronounces oikos as o-i-kos instead of ikos.
Maybe they use the erasmian accent about this word because it is the same word in ancient Greek. Probably they use the ancient Greek word as the name of the journal... I didn't know about this journal!! 🙂
So how do we Know what the ancient pronunciation sounded like? Is this deduced from poetry and assumed rhyme?
We don't know exactly. We suppose only from ancient authors, grammarians who wrote comments and marks to preserve the knowledge of the ancient pronunciation.
@@TheProfessorwiththeBowTie and are the diphthongs pronounced differently in this supposed ancient Greek pronunciation? I tried a comparison with your other video (on ancient vs modern Greek) but couldn't make that up without having the text to read along. Thx for your answers.
The base is the same but there are differences because the language has evolved! The pronunciation then was like singing unlike now. And according to the erasmian accent that was an effort to revive the ancient as close it could be, the diphthongs was pronounced separately.