Ocean & marine life — χταπόδι · chtapódi

Greek, pronunciation, and English. Same order as the vocabulary song. 12 words.

Greek	Pronunciation	English
χταπόδι	chtapódi	octopus
καλαμάρι	kalamári	squid
μέδουσα	médousa	jellyfish
αστερίας	asterías	starfish
θαλάσσια χελώνα	thalássia chelóna	sea turtle
φάλαινα	fálaina	whale
φώκια	fókia	seal
καβούρι	kavoúri	crab
αστακός	astakós	lobster
γαρίδα	garída	shrimp
μύδι	mýdi	mussel
αχιβάδα	achiváda	clam

Modern Greek alphabet

Pronunciation, transliteration, and letter names. From the athenasgreek.net alphabet page.

Letter	Modern name	Pronunciation	Transliteration	Sounds like	Classical
Α α	άλφα	álfa	a	a as in father	alpha
Β β	βήτα	víta	v	v as in very	beta
Γ γ	γάμμα	gámma	g	gh, or y before e/i	gamma
Δ δ	δέλτα	délta	d	th as in this	delta
Ε ε	έψιλον	épsilon	e	e as in get	epsilon
Ζ ζ	ζήτα	zíta	z	z as in zoo	zeta
Η η	ήτα	íta	i	ee as in see	eta
Θ θ	θήτα	thíta	th	th as in think	theta
Ι ι	ιώτα	ióta	i	ee as in see	iota
Κ κ	κάππα	káppa	k	k as in sky	kappa
Λ λ	λάμδα	lámda	l	l as in lamp	lambda
Μ μ	μι	mi	m	m as in man	mu
Ν ν	νι	ni	n	n as in no · print looks like a v; handwriting looks like n	nu
Ξ ξ	ξι	xi	x	ks as in box	xi
Ο ο	όμικρον	ómikron	o	o as in hot	omicron
Π π	πι	pi	p	p as in spot	pi
Ρ ρ	ρο	ro	r	r, lightly rolled	rho
Σ σ / ς	σίγμα	sígma	s	s as in sun · ς at the end of a word	sigma
Τ τ	ταυ	taf	t	t as in stop	tau
Υ υ	ύψιλον	ípsilon	y	ee as in see	upsilon
Φ φ	φι	fi	f	f as in five	phi
Χ χ	χι	chi	ch	ch as in loch	chi
Ψ ψ	ψι	psi	ps	ps as in lapse	psi
Ω ω	ωμέγα	oméga	o	o as in more	omega

Transliteration

athenasgreek.net uses the Greek alphabet to show basic letter equivalents (for example, π = p). In vocabulary lists, transliteration is sometimes adjusted when letters combine (see Greek letter combinations below).

Letter names

Modern names are what you hear when Greeks recite the alphabet today—βήτα (víta), μι (mi), νι (ni). The classical name is the international list used in English, science, and classics: alpha, beta, mu, nu.

Greek letter combinations

ντ → d sound

Example: άντρας → ántras
μπ → b sound

Example: λάμπα → lámpa

In Modern Greek, μπ can represent the b sound, as in English “lamp.” In λάμπα, it sounds like an English b, not a separate “m” followed by “p.”
γκ → g sound

Example: αγκαλιά → angaliá
γγ → ng sound

Example: φεγγάρι → fengári
τζ → dz sound

Example: τζάκι → tzáki
τσ → ts sound

Example: τσάντα → tsánta

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