{"id":2606,"date":"2017-07-05T19:59:52","date_gmt":"2017-07-05T19:59:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/greek\/?p=2606"},"modified":"2017-07-10T12:42:19","modified_gmt":"2017-07-10T12:42:19","slug":"greek-diphthongs-pronunciation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/greek\/greek-diphthongs-pronunciation\/","title":{"rendered":"Greek diphthongs: pronunciation"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Some learners find it difficult to pronounce the Greek diphthongs. In this post, there are examples on the pronunciation of the diphthongs <strong>\u03b5\u03b9<\/strong>, <strong>\u03bf\u03b9<\/strong> and <strong>\u03b1\u03b9<\/strong>. They are pronounced as one sound unless the first letter is stressed or if there are two dots or one stress and two dots over the second vowel.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/greek\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2017\/07\/microphone-626618_640.jpg\" aria-label=\"Microphone 626618 640\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-2624\"  alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"426\" \/ src=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/greek\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2017\/07\/microphone-626618_640.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/greek\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2017\/07\/microphone-626618_640.jpg 640w, https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/greek\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2017\/07\/microphone-626618_640-350x233.jpg 350w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h3>\u03b5\u03b9 (pronounced as ea in mean)<\/h3>\n<p>\u03b5\u03b9\u03c1\u03ae\u03bd\u03b7: peace<\/p>\n<p>\u03b5\u03af\u03b4\u03b7\u03c3\u03b7: news<\/p>\n<p>\u03b5\u03af\u03c0\u03b1: I said<\/p>\n<p>\u03be\u03b5\u03bd\u03bf\u03b4\u03bf\u03c7\u03b5\u03af\u03bf: hotel<\/p>\n<p>\u03b2\u03b9\u03b2\u03bb\u03b9\u03bf\u03c0\u03c9\u03bb\u03b5\u03af\u03bf: bookshop<\/p>\n<p>\u03b1\u03bd\u03b8\u03bf\u03c0\u03c9\u03bb\u03b5\u03af\u03bf: flower shop<\/p>\n<p>\u03b6\u03b1\u03c7\u03b1\u03c1\u03bf\u03c0\u03bb\u03b1\u03c3\u03c4\u03b5\u03af\u03bf: pastry shop<\/p>\n<p>\u03bd\u03bf\u03c3\u03bf\u03ba\u03bf\u03bc\u03b5\u03af\u03bf: hospital<\/p>\n<div class=\"compact_audio_player_wrapper\"><div class=\"sc_player_container1\"><input type=\"button\" id=\"btnplay_69d5d903dfa934.99894713\" class=\"myButton_play\" onClick=\"play_mp3('play','69d5d903dfa934.99894713','https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/greek\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2017\/07\/lexeis-me_ei.mp3','80','false');show_hide('play','69d5d903dfa934.99894713');\" \/><input type=\"button\"  id=\"btnstop_69d5d903dfa934.99894713\" style=\"display:none\" class=\"myButton_stop\" onClick=\"play_mp3('stop','69d5d903dfa934.99894713','','80','false');show_hide('stop','69d5d903dfa934.99894713');\" \/><div id=\"sm2-container\"><!-- flash movie ends up here --><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<h3>\u03bf\u03b9\u00a0(pronounced as ea in mean)<\/h3>\n<p>\u03bf\u03b9\u03ba\u03bf\u03bd\u03bf\u03bc\u03af\u03b1: economy<\/p>\n<p>\u03bf\u03b9\u03ba\u03bf\u03bb\u03cc\u03b3\u03bf\u03c2: ecologist<\/p>\n<p>\u03bf\u03b9\u03ba\u03bf\u03b3\u03ad\u03bd\u03b5\u03b9\u03b1: family<\/p>\n<p>\u03ba\u03ac\u03c4\u03bf\u03b9\u03ba\u03bf\u03c2: resident<\/p>\n<p>\u03c6\u03bf\u03b9\u03c4\u03b7\u03c4\u03ae\u03c2: student<\/p>\n<p>\u03c5\u03c0\u03cc\u03bb\u03bf\u03b9\u03c0\u03bf: rest<\/p>\n<p>\u03bb\u03bf\u03b9\u03c0\u03cc\u03bd: so \/ well<\/p>\n<p>\u03bc\u03bf\u03af\u03c1\u03b1: destiny<\/p>\n<div class=\"compact_audio_player_wrapper\"><div class=\"sc_player_container1\"><input type=\"button\" id=\"btnplay_69d5d903e47c36.32066771\" class=\"myButton_play\" onClick=\"play_mp3('play','69d5d903e47c36.32066771','https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/greek\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2017\/07\/lexeis-me-_oi.mp3','80','false');show_hide('play','69d5d903e47c36.32066771');\" \/><input type=\"button\"  id=\"btnstop_69d5d903e47c36.32066771\" style=\"display:none\" class=\"myButton_stop\" onClick=\"play_mp3('stop','69d5d903e47c36.32066771','','80','false');show_hide('stop','69d5d903e47c36.32066771');\" \/><div id=\"sm2-container\"><!-- flash movie ends up here --><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<h3>Note the pronunciation of the diphthongs when they follow the consonants <em>\u03b3,<\/em> <em>\u03ba<\/em> and <em>\u03c7<\/em>.<\/h3>\n<h3>\u03b3+\u03b5\u03b9<\/h3>\n<p>\u03c5\u03c0\u03cc\u03b3\u03b5\u03b9\u03bf\u03c2: underground<\/p>\n<p>\u039c\u03b5\u03c3\u03cc\u03b3\u03b5\u03b9\u03bf\u03c2: Mediterranean<\/p>\n<p>\u03b3\u03b5\u03af\u03c4\u03bf\u03bd\u03b1\u03c2: neighbor<\/p>\n<p>\u03b3+\u03bf\u03b9<\/p>\n<p>\u03ba\u03c5\u03bd\u03b7\u03b3\u03bf\u03af: hunters<\/p>\n<p>\u03c0\u03ac\u03b3\u03bf\u03b9: ice (plural)<\/p>\n<p>\u03bb\u03cc\u03b3\u03bf\u03b9: reasons<\/p>\n<div class=\"compact_audio_player_wrapper\"><div class=\"sc_player_container1\"><input type=\"button\" id=\"btnplay_69d5d903e939e8.54178013\" class=\"myButton_play\" onClick=\"play_mp3('play','69d5d903e939e8.54178013','https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/greek\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2017\/07\/yee.mp3','80','false');show_hide('play','69d5d903e939e8.54178013');\" \/><input type=\"button\"  id=\"btnstop_69d5d903e939e8.54178013\" style=\"display:none\" class=\"myButton_stop\" onClick=\"play_mp3('stop','69d5d903e939e8.54178013','','80','false');show_hide('stop','69d5d903e939e8.54178013');\" \/><div id=\"sm2-container\"><!-- flash movie ends up here --><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<h3>\u03ba+\u03b5\u03b9<\/h3>\n<p>\u03b5\u03ba\u03b5\u03af: there<\/p>\n<p>\u03ba\u03b5\u03af\u03bc\u03b5\u03bd\u03bf: text<\/p>\n<p>\u03c6\u03b1\u03c1\u03bc\u03b1\u03ba\u03b5\u03af\u03bf: pharmacy<\/p>\n<h3>\u03ba+\u03bf\u03b9<\/h3>\n<p>\u03ba\u03ac\u03c4\u03bf\u03b9\u03ba\u03bf\u03b9: residents<\/p>\n<p>\u03ba\u03bf\u03b9\u03bd\u03c9\u03bd\u03af\u03b1: society<\/p>\n<p>\u03ba\u03bf\u03b9\u03bb\u03ac\u03b4\u03b1: valley<\/p>\n<div class=\"compact_audio_player_wrapper\"><div class=\"sc_player_container1\"><input type=\"button\" id=\"btnplay_69d5d903ed8ca2.36949239\" class=\"myButton_play\" onClick=\"play_mp3('play','69d5d903ed8ca2.36949239','https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/greek\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2017\/07\/kee.mp3','80','false');show_hide('play','69d5d903ed8ca2.36949239');\" \/><input type=\"button\"  id=\"btnstop_69d5d903ed8ca2.36949239\" style=\"display:none\" class=\"myButton_stop\" onClick=\"play_mp3('stop','69d5d903ed8ca2.36949239','','80','false');show_hide('stop','69d5d903ed8ca2.36949239');\" \/><div id=\"sm2-container\"><!-- flash movie ends up here --><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<h3>\u03c7+\u03b5\u03b9<\/h3>\n<p>\u03c7\u03b5\u03af\u03bb\u03bf\u03c2: lip \/ edge<\/p>\n<p>\u03c7\u03b5\u03b9\u03c1\u03cc\u03c4\u03b5\u03c1\u03bf\u03c2: worse<\/p>\n<p>\u03c7\u03b5\u03b9\u03bc\u03ce\u03bd\u03b1\u03c2: winter<\/p>\n<h3>\u03c7+\u03bf\u03b9<\/h3>\n<p>\u03c3\u03c4\u03cc\u03c7\u03bf\u03b9: goals<\/p>\n<p>\u03c7\u03bf\u03b9\u03c1\u03b9\u03bd\u03cc: pork<\/p>\n<p>\u03c7\u03bf\u03b9\u03c1\u03bf\u03bc\u03ad\u03c1\u03b9: ham<\/p>\n<div class=\"compact_audio_player_wrapper\"><div class=\"sc_player_container1\"><input type=\"button\" id=\"btnplay_69d5d903f26e29.63667223\" class=\"myButton_play\" onClick=\"play_mp3('play','69d5d903f26e29.63667223','https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/greek\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2017\/07\/khee.mp3','80','false');show_hide('play','69d5d903f26e29.63667223');\" \/><input type=\"button\"  id=\"btnstop_69d5d903f26e29.63667223\" style=\"display:none\" class=\"myButton_stop\" onClick=\"play_mp3('stop','69d5d903f26e29.63667223','','80','false');show_hide('stop','69d5d903f26e29.63667223');\" \/><div id=\"sm2-container\"><!-- flash movie ends up here --><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<h3>\u03b1\u03b9 (e in elf)<\/h3>\n<p>\u03c0\u03b1\u03b9\u03b4\u03af: child<\/p>\n<p>\u03c0\u03b1\u03af\u03b6\u03c9: to play<\/p>\n<p>\u03c0\u03b1\u03b9\u03c7\u03bd\u03af\u03b4\u03b9: toy, game<\/p>\n<p>\u03b1\u03af\u03bc\u03b1: blood<\/p>\n<p>\u03b5\u03bb\u03b1\u03b9\u03ce\u03bd\u03b1\u03c2: olive grove<\/p>\n<p>\u0391\u03af\u03b3\u03b9\u03bd\u03b1: Aegina<\/p>\n<p>\u03b1\u03af\u03b8\u03bf\u03c5\u03c3\u03b1: hall<\/p>\n<div class=\"compact_audio_player_wrapper\"><div class=\"sc_player_container1\"><input type=\"button\" id=\"btnplay_69d5d904028699.00970208\" class=\"myButton_play\" onClick=\"play_mp3('play','69d5d904028699.00970208','https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/greek\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2017\/07\/lexeis-me-ai.mp3','80','false');show_hide('play','69d5d904028699.00970208');\" \/><input type=\"button\"  id=\"btnstop_69d5d904028699.00970208\" style=\"display:none\" class=\"myButton_stop\" onClick=\"play_mp3('stop','69d5d904028699.00970208','','80','false');show_hide('stop','69d5d904028699.00970208');\" \/><div id=\"sm2-container\"><!-- flash movie ends up here --><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<h3>\u03b3+\u03b1\u03b9<\/h3>\n<p>\u0391\u03b9\u03b3\u03b1\u03af\u03bf: Aegean<\/p>\n<p>\u03c0\u03b7\u03b3\u03b1\u03af\u03bd\u03c9: to go<\/p>\n<p>\u03b2\u03b3\u03b1\u03af\u03bd\u03c9: to go out<\/p>\n<div class=\"compact_audio_player_wrapper\"><div class=\"sc_player_container1\"><input type=\"button\" id=\"btnplay_69d5d90406e224.93059276\" class=\"myButton_play\" onClick=\"play_mp3('play','69d5d90406e224.93059276','https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/greek\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2017\/07\/yai.mp3','80','false');show_hide('play','69d5d90406e224.93059276');\" \/><input type=\"button\"  id=\"btnstop_69d5d90406e224.93059276\" style=\"display:none\" class=\"myButton_stop\" onClick=\"play_mp3('stop','69d5d90406e224.93059276','','80','false');show_hide('stop','69d5d90406e224.93059276');\" \/><div id=\"sm2-container\"><!-- flash movie ends up here --><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<h3>\u03ba+\u03b1\u03b9<\/h3>\n<p>\u03ba\u03b1\u03b9: and<\/p>\n<p>\u03ba\u03b1\u03bb\u03bf\u03ba\u03b1\u03af\u03c1\u03b9: summer<\/p>\n<p>\u03ba\u03b1\u03b9\u03bd\u03bf\u03cd\u03c1\u03b3\u03b9\u03bf\u03c2: new<\/p>\n<div class=\"compact_audio_player_wrapper\"><div class=\"sc_player_container1\"><input type=\"button\" id=\"btnplay_69d5d9040c4a46.94355400\" class=\"myButton_play\" onClick=\"play_mp3('play','69d5d9040c4a46.94355400','https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/greek\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2017\/07\/kai-1.mp3','80','false');show_hide('play','69d5d9040c4a46.94355400');\" \/><input type=\"button\"  id=\"btnstop_69d5d9040c4a46.94355400\" style=\"display:none\" class=\"myButton_stop\" onClick=\"play_mp3('stop','69d5d9040c4a46.94355400','','80','false');show_hide('stop','69d5d9040c4a46.94355400');\" \/><div id=\"sm2-container\"><!-- flash movie ends up here --><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<h3>\u03c7+\u03b1\u03b9<\/h3>\n<p>\u03b1\u03c1\u03c7\u03b1\u03af\u03bf\u03c2: ancient<\/p>\n<p>\u03c7\u03b1\u03b9\u03c1\u03b5\u03c4\u03ce: to greet<\/p>\n<p>\u03c4\u03c5\u03c7\u03b1\u03af\u03bf\u03c2: random<\/p>\n<div class=\"compact_audio_player_wrapper\"><div class=\"sc_player_container1\"><input type=\"button\" id=\"btnplay_69d5d904115c82.93425492\" class=\"myButton_play\" onClick=\"play_mp3('play','69d5d904115c82.93425492','https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/greek\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2017\/07\/khai.mp3','80','false');show_hide('play','69d5d904115c82.93425492');\" \/><input type=\"button\"  id=\"btnstop_69d5d904115c82.93425492\" style=\"display:none\" class=\"myButton_stop\" onClick=\"play_mp3('stop','69d5d904115c82.93425492','','80','false');show_hide('stop','69d5d904115c82.93425492');\" \/><div id=\"sm2-container\"><!-- flash movie ends up here --><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<p>Note the pronunciation of the following words:<\/p>\n<p>\u03c1<span style=\"color: #00ffff;\">\u03ad<\/span>\u03b9\u03ba\u03b9: reiki<\/p>\n<p>\u039c<span style=\"color: #00ffff;\">\u03ac<\/span>\u03b9\u03bf\u03c2: May<\/p>\n<p>\u03bc<span style=\"color: #00ffff;\">\u03b1\u03ca<\/span>\u03bd\u03c4\u03b1\u03bd\u03cc\u03c2: parsley<\/p>\n<p>\u03ba\u03b1<span style=\"color: #00ffff;\">\u0390<\/span>\u03ba\u03b9: fishing boat<\/p>\n<div class=\"compact_audio_player_wrapper\"><div class=\"sc_player_container1\"><input type=\"button\" id=\"btnplay_69d5d9041776b8.02685101\" class=\"myButton_play\" onClick=\"play_mp3('play','69d5d9041776b8.02685101','https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/greek\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2017\/07\/separated.mp3','80','false');show_hide('play','69d5d9041776b8.02685101');\" \/><input type=\"button\"  id=\"btnstop_69d5d9041776b8.02685101\" style=\"display:none\" class=\"myButton_stop\" onClick=\"play_mp3('stop','69d5d9041776b8.02685101','','80','false');show_hide('stop','69d5d9041776b8.02685101');\" \/><div id=\"sm2-container\"><!-- flash movie ends up here --><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/greek\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2017\/07\/fax-1889077_640.jpg\" aria-label=\"Fax 1889077 640\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-2625\"  alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"640\" \/ src=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/greek\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2017\/07\/fax-1889077_640.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/greek\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2017\/07\/fax-1889077_640.jpg 640w, https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/greek\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2017\/07\/fax-1889077_640-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/greek\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2017\/07\/fax-1889077_640-350x350.jpg 350w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<img width=\"350\" height=\"350\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/greek\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2017\/07\/fax-1889077_640-350x350.jpg\" class=\"attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/greek\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2017\/07\/fax-1889077_640-350x350.jpg 350w, https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/greek\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2017\/07\/fax-1889077_640-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/greek\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2017\/07\/fax-1889077_640.jpg 640w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 350px) 100vw, 350px\" \/><p>Some learners find it difficult to pronounce the Greek diphthongs. In this post, there are examples on the pronunciation of the diphthongs \u03b5\u03b9, \u03bf\u03b9 and \u03b1\u03b9. They are pronounced as one sound unless the first letter is stressed or if there are two dots or one stress and two dots over the second vowel. \u03b5\u03b9&hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"post-item__readmore\"><a class=\"btn btn--md\" href=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/greek\/greek-diphthongs-pronunciation\/\">Continue Reading<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"author":102,"featured_media":2625,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"content-type":""},"categories":[11,274452],"tags":[504073,363595,504072],"class_list":["post-2606","post","type-post","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-pronunciation","category-vocablary","tag-greek-diphthongs","tag-greek-letters","tag-greek-pronunciation"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/greek\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2606","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/greek\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/greek\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/greek\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/102"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/greek\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2606"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/greek\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2606\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2632,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/greek\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2606\/revisions\/2632"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/greek\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2625"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/greek\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2606"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/greek\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2606"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/greek\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2606"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}