{"id":2035,"date":"2015-11-25T11:56:12","date_gmt":"2015-11-25T11:56:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/greek\/?p=2035"},"modified":"2021-04-11T20:00:09","modified_gmt":"2021-04-11T20:00:09","slug":"changing-the-vowels","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/greek\/changing-the-vowels\/","title":{"rendered":"Changing the vowels"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_2036\" style=\"width: 510px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter post-item__attachment\"><a href=\"https:\/\/c2.staticflickr.com\/8\/7453\/9355336836_be29538235.jpg\" aria-label=\"9355336836 Be29538235\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2036\" class=\"size-full wp-image-2036\"  alt=\"by jeffreyw under a CC license on Flickr\" width=\"500\" height=\"331\" \/ src=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/greek\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2015\/11\/9355336836_be29538235.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/greek\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2015\/11\/9355336836_be29538235.jpg 500w, https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/greek\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2015\/11\/9355336836_be29538235-350x232.jpg 350w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-2036\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">by jeffreyw under a CC license on Flickr<\/p><\/div>\n<p>The differences between the written and the oral speech are a source of confusion. Beginners learn that the word \u201cand\u201d is \u201c\u03ba\u03b1\u03b9\u201d. However, in texts written in in formal language \u03ba\u03b1\u03b9 is often written as <span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">\u03ba\u03b9<\/span>. In oral speech the vowels are can be omitted and replaced by an apostrophe. In this post we will see three cases in which this phenomenon happens. In formal writing, the changes described are not acceptable. In oral speech though they are very common.<\/p>\n<p><strong>#Case<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">Examples:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\u0397 \u039c\u03b1\u03c1\u03af\u03b1 \u03b6\u03b5\u03b9 \u03bc\u03b5 \u03c4<strong><span style=\"color: #000000\">\u03b1 \u03b1<\/span><\/strong>\u03b4\u03ad\u03c1\u03c6\u03b9\u03b1 \u03c4\u03b7\u03c2. <em>Maria lives with her brothers.<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>\u0397 \u039c\u03b1\u03c1\u03af\u03b1 \u03b6\u03b5\u03b9 \u03bc\u03b5 <span style=\"color: #000000\">\u03c4<\/span><strong><span style=\"color: #000000\">&#8216; \u03b1<\/span><\/strong>\u03b4\u03ad\u03c1\u03c6\u03b9\u03b1 \u03c4\u03b7\u03c2.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\u0398\u03ad\u03bb\u03c9 \u03bc\u03af\u03b1 \u03c0\u03af\u03c4\u03b1 \u03b3\u03cd\u03c1\u03bf\u00a0\u03b1\u03c0<strong>\u03cc \u03cc<\/strong>\u03bb\u03b1.\u00a0 <em>I want a pita giro\u00a0with everything (<\/em>see the photo above<em>).<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>\u0398\u03ad\u03bb\u03c9 \u03bc\u03af\u03b1 \u03c0\u03af\u03c4\u03b1 \u03b3\u03cd\u03c1\u03bf\u00a0\u03b1\u03c0<strong>&#8216; \u03cc<\/strong>\u03bb\u03b1.<\/p>\n<p>When a word ends in a vowel (<em><span style=\"color: #000000\">\u03c4\u03b1, \u03b1\u03c0\u03cc<\/span><\/em>) and the following starts by a vowel (<em>\u03b1\u03b4\u03ad\u03c1\u03c6\u03b9\u03b1, \u03cc\u03bb\u03b1<\/em>) the vowel of the first word is often dropped and replaced by an apostrophe (<em>\u03c4&#8217; \u03b1\u03b4\u03ad\u03c1\u03c6\u03b9\u03b1<\/em>).<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">Note that the word<strong> \u03ba\u03b1\u03b9<\/strong> does not need an apostrophe. It changes to\u00a0<strong>\u03ba\u03b9<\/strong>:<\/span><\/p>\n<p>\u0389\u03c1\u03b8\u03b1\u03bd \u03bf \u0393\u03b9\u03ac\u03bd\u03bd\u03b7\u03c2 \u03ba\u03b1\u03b9 \u03bf \u039a\u03ce\u03c3\u03c4\u03b1\u03c2. \u00a0<em>Yannis and Costas came.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>\u0389\u03c1\u03b8\u03b1\u03bd \u03bf \u0393\u03b9\u03ac\u03bd\u03bd\u03b7\u03c2 <strong>\u03ba\u03b9<\/strong> \u03bf \u039a\u03ce\u03c3\u03c4\u03b1\u03c2.<\/p>\n<p>\u0391\u03c1\u03b3\u03cc\u03c4\u03b5\u03c1\u03b1 \u03ae\u03c1\u03b8\u03b1\u03bd \u03ba\u03b1\u03b9 \u03bf\u03b9 \u03ac\u03bb\u03bb\u03bf\u03b9. \u00a0<em>The others came later.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>\u0391\u03c1\u03b3\u03cc\u03c4\u03b5\u03c1\u03b1 \u03ae\u03c1\u03b8\u03b1\u03bd \u03ba\u03b9 \u03bf\u03b9 \u03ac\u03bb\u03bb\u03bf\u03b9.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>#Case 2<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">Example:<\/span><\/p>\n<p>\u03a0<strong>\u03bf\u03c5<\/strong> <strong>\u03b5\u03af<\/strong>\u03bd\u03b1\u03b9 \u03c4\u03b1 \u03c0\u03b1\u03b9\u03b4\u03b9\u03ac; \u00a0<em>Where are the children?<\/em><\/p>\n<p>\u03a0<strong>\u03bf\u03cd<\/strong> <strong>&#8216;<\/strong>\u03bd\u03b1\u03b9 \u03c4\u03b1 \u03c0\u03b1\u03b9\u03b4\u03b9\u03ac;<\/p>\n<p>When a word starts by a vowel (<em>\u03b5\u03af\u03bd\u03b1\u03b9<\/em>) and the word that proceeds ends in a vowel (<em>\u03c0\u03bf\u03cd<\/em>), the vowel of the second word is often dropped and replaced by an apostrophe.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>#Case 3<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">Example:<\/span><\/p>\n<p>\u0397 \u03a3\u03bf\u03c6\u03af\u03b1 \u03b5\u03af\u03bd\u03b1\u03b9 \u03b1\u03c0<strong>\u03cc<\/strong> <span style=\"color: #ff0000\">\u03c4<\/span>\u03b7 \u0398\u03b5\u03c3\u03c3\u03b1\u03bb\u03bf\u03bd\u03af\u03ba\u03b7. \u00a0<em>Sophia comes from Salonika.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>\u0397 \u03a3\u03bf\u03c6\u03af\u03b1 \u03b5\u03af\u03bd\u03b1\u03b9 \u03b1\u03c0<b>&#8216;\u00a0<\/b>\u00a0<span style=\"color: #ff0000\">\u03c4<\/span>\u03b7 \u0398\u03b5\u03c3\u03c3\u03b1\u03bb\u03bf\u03bd\u03af\u03ba\u03b7.<\/p>\n<p>When a word ends in a vowel (<em>\u03b1\u03c0\u03cc<\/em>) and the following word starts by a consonant (<em>\u03c4\u03b7)<\/em>, the last vowel of the first words is often dropped and replaced by an apostrophe.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_2040\" style=\"width: 403px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter post-item__attachment\"><a href=\"https:\/\/c1.staticflickr.com\/1\/49\/135304037_5f1ce39379.jpg\" aria-label=\"135304037 5f1ce39379\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2040\" class=\"size-full wp-image-2040\"  alt=\"By Jad_23 under a CC license on Flickr\" width=\"393\" height=\"500\" \/ src=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/greek\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2015\/11\/135304037_5f1ce39379.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/greek\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2015\/11\/135304037_5f1ce39379.jpg 393w, https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/greek\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2015\/11\/135304037_5f1ce39379-275x350.jpg 275w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 393px) 100vw, 393px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-2040\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">By Jad_23 under a CC license on Flickr<\/p><\/div>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\"><strong>Note:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\u039f \u03c0\u03b1\u03c0\u03b1\u03b3\u03ac\u03bb\u03bf\u03c2 \u03b5\u03af\u03bd\u03b1\u03b9 \u03bc\u03b5<strong>\u03c2 <span style=\"color: #0000ff\">\u03c3\u03c4\u03bf<\/span><\/strong> \u03ba\u03bb\u03bf\u03c5\u03b2\u03af (instead of <em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">\u03bc\u03ad\u03c3\u03b1<\/span><\/em> \u03c3\u03c4\u03bf \u03ba\u03bb\u03bf\u03c5\u03b2\u03af). \u00a0 <em>The parrot is in the cage.<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>When the word <span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">\u03bc\u03ad\u03c3\u03b1<\/span> is followed by <span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">\u03c3\u03c4\u03bf\u03bd<\/span>, <span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">\u03c3\u03c4\u03b7\u03bd<\/span>, <span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">\u03c3\u03c4\u03bf<\/span> etc. it becomes <strong>\u03bc\u03b5\u03c2<\/strong> (with a final <strong>-\u03c2<\/strong> and not an apostrophe).<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\u03a4\u03bf\u03bd \u03b5\u03af\u03b4\u03b5 \u03bc\u03ad<strong>\u03c3&#8217; <span style=\"color: #0000ff\">\u03b1\u03c0\u03cc<\/span><\/strong> \u03c4\u03bf \u03c4\u03b6\u03ac\u03bc\u03b9. She saw him through the window glass.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>In this case, <span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">\u03bc\u03ad\u03c3\u03b1<\/span> is followed by <span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">\u03b1\u03c0\u03cc<\/span> and it takes an apostrophe.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Listen to the pronunciation of the following phrases. Note that the phrases of the second column are pronounced as one.<\/p>\n<audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-2035-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/greek\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2015\/11\/phrases_pron.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/greek\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2015\/11\/phrases_pron.mp3\">https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/greek\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2015\/11\/phrases_pron.mp3<\/a><\/audio>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<table>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"189\">\u03c4\u03bf \u03b1\u03b3\u03cc\u03c1\u03b9<\/td>\n<td width=\"189\">\u03c4\u2019 \u03b1\u03b3\u03cc\u03c1\u03b9<\/td>\n<td width=\"189\">the boy<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"189\">\u03c3\u03bf\u03c5 \u03ad\u03b4\u03c9\u03c3\u03b1<\/td>\n<td width=\"189\">\u03c3\u03bf\u03c5 \u00a0\u2018\u03b4\u03c9\u03c3\u03b1<\/td>\n<td width=\"189\">I gave you<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"189\">\u03bc\u03bf\u03c5 \u03ad\u03c6\u03b5\u03c1\u03b5<\/td>\n<td width=\"189\">\u03bc\u03bf\u03c5 \u2018\u03c6\u03b5\u03c1\u03b5<\/td>\n<td width=\"189\">he\/she\/it brought me<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"189\">\u03c4\u03bf \u03ad\u03ba\u03b1\u03bd\u03b1<\/td>\n<td width=\"189\">\u03c4\u03bf \u2018\u03ba\u03b1\u03bd\u03b1<\/td>\n<td width=\"189\">I did it<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"189\">\u03ba\u03b1\u03b9 \u03b1\u03c5\u03c4\u03cc\u03c2<\/td>\n<td width=\"189\">\u03ba\u03b9 \u03b1\u03c5\u03c4\u03cc\u03c2<\/td>\n<td width=\"189\">he also, and him<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>If you need more practice, you can do the following exercise: rewrite the sentences making the changes described.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>\u0395\u03af\u03c3\u03b1\u03b9 \u03c3\u03af\u03b3\u03bf\u03c5\u03c1\u03bf\u03c2 \u03cc\u03c4\u03b9 \u03c3\u03bf\u03c5 \u03b5\u03af\u03c0\u03b5 \u03c4\u03b7\u03bd \u03b1\u03bb\u03ae\u03b8\u03b5\u03b9\u03b1;<\/li>\n<li>\u03a3\u03c4\u03bf \u03c0\u03ac\u03c1\u03c4\u03b9 \u03ae\u03c1\u03b8\u03b1\u03bd \u03bf \u03a3\u03c0\u03cd\u03c1\u03bf\u03c2 \u03ba\u03b9 \u03bf \u03a3\u03c4\u03ad\u03bb\u03b9\u03bf\u03c2.<\/li>\n<li>\u039c\u03bf\u03c5 \u03ad\u03b4\u03c9\u03c3\u03b5 \u03bc\u03b1\u03bd\u03c4\u03b1\u03c1\u03af\u03bd\u03b9\u03b1 \u03b1\u03c0\u03cc \u03c4\u03bf\u03bd \u03ba\u03ae\u03c0\u03bf \u03c4\u03bf\u03c5.<\/li>\n<li>\u03a0\u03bf\u03cd \u03b5\u03af\u03bd\u03b1\u03b9 \u03c4\u03bf \u03cc\u03bc\u03bf\u03c1\u03c6\u03bf \u03c0\u03b1\u03b9\u03b4\u03af;<\/li>\n<li>\u0394\u03b5\u03bd \u03c4\u03bf \u03b1\u03b3\u03cc\u03c1\u03b1\u03c3\u03b1 \u03b3\u03b9\u03b1\u03c4\u03af \u03b4\u03b5 \u03bc\u03bf\u03c5 \u03ad\u03ba\u03b1\u03bd\u03b5.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>You may find the right answers here:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/greek\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2015\/11\/vowels_exercise.pdf\">vowels_exercise<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<img width=\"275\" height=\"350\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/greek\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2015\/11\/135304037_5f1ce39379-275x350.jpg\" class=\"attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image tmp-hide-img\" alt=\"\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/greek\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2015\/11\/135304037_5f1ce39379-275x350.jpg 275w, https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/greek\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2015\/11\/135304037_5f1ce39379.jpg 393w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 275px) 100vw, 275px\" \/><p>The differences between the written and the oral speech are a source of confusion. Beginners learn that the word \u201cand\u201d is \u201c\u03ba\u03b1\u03b9\u201d. However, in texts written in in formal language \u03ba\u03b1\u03b9 is often written as \u03ba\u03b9. In oral speech the vowels are can be omitted and replaced by an apostrophe. 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