Chapter 6: More Letters of the Alphabet

 

This is going to be an easy week as we spend the time learning letters of the alphabet.

Lesson 1: The letter delta

• It is a consonant.
• It is pronounced like "d."

Greek	Small	Capital
Delta	δ	Δ

Lesson 2: The letter zeta

• It is a consonant.
• It is pronounced like "z."

Greek	Small	Capital
Zeta	ζ	Ζ

• Note: the small letter has a "tail" that goes below the line.

Lesson 3: The letter lambda

• It is a consonant.
• It is pronounced like "l."

Greek	Small	Capital
Lambda	λ	Λ

Lesson 4: The letter mu

• It is a consonant.
• It is pronounced like "m."

Greek	Small	Capital
Mu	μ	Μ

• Note: the small letter has "tail" on the front end that goes below the line.

Lesson 5: The letter nu

• It is a consonant.
• It is pronounced like "n."

Greek	Small	Capital
Nu	ν	Ν

Lesson 6: The letter xi

• It is a consonant.
• It is pronounced like an "x."

Greek	Small	Capital
Xi	ξ	Ξ

• Note: the small letter has a "tail" which goes below the line.

What you have learned so far

1. Alphabet

Greek small	Greek capital	English name	Sound
α	Α	alpha	short a
β	Β	beta	b
γ	Γ	gamma	g
δ	Δ	delta	d
ε	Ε	epsilon	short e
ζ	Ζ	zeta	z
η	Η	eta	ay
θ	Θ	theta	th
ι	Ι	iota	i/ee
κ	Κ	kappa	k
λ	Λ	lambda	l
μ	Μ	mu	m
ν	Ν	nu	n
ξ	Ξ	xi	x
ο	Ο	omicron	o
ρ	Ρ	rho	r
σ ς	Σ	sigma	s
τ	Τ	tau	t
υ	Υ	upsilon	u
χ	Χ	chi	ch
ω	Ω	omega	long o

2. Breathing marks and "h" sound: week 2

3. Accents: week 2

4. Diphthongs from letters we have covered so far: week 2

• οι ου υι
• You can memorize them if you want. Or you can wait and I will tell you if each new word has a diphthong or not.

5. Definite article

• ὁ This is the masculine definite article and will be in front of masculine nouns.
• ἡ This is the feminine definite article and will be in front of feminine nouns.
• τό This is the neuter definite article and will be in front of neuter nouns.

6. "A"

• Greek does not have a word for "a".

Vocabulary (this will always be in alphabetical order)

All the words you have learned so far are masculine.

ἢ	or
θεός, ὁ	God
Ἰησοῦς	Jesus
ἰχθύς, ὁ	fish
οὐ, οὐκ, οὐχ	not before a consonant, before smooth breathing, before rough breathing
σωτήρ, ὁ	savior
υἱός, ὁ	son
Χριστός, ὁ	Christ