Learn ALL Greek Alphabet in 40 minutes - How to Write and Read Greek

want to speak real greek from your first lesson sign up for your free lifetime account at greekpod101.com [Music] hi everybody i'm stephania welcome to alpavito made easy the fastest easiest and most fun way to learn the greek alphabet the alfavido over the next 15 lessons you'll learn everything there is to know about the reading and writing of modern greek by the end you'll be able to read pretty much anything you like from a greek book newspaper magazine or website are you ready and let's start fame modern greek has only one alphabet of 24 letters so it's super easy once you know this in their upper and lower case and a few combinations you will be ready to read one of the most ancient languages in the world as you may know the greek writing system is written from left to right like all western languages this means there is one less difficulty in learning how to write greek but it gets better more than half of the greek uppercase letters are exactly the same as english yes that's right you're already over halfway done with uppercase letters only 10 more to learn so let's start with the first letter alpha alpha is a vowel and also the first letter of the greek alphabet what sound does it make in greek the name of each letter begins with its own sound this means the sound of alpha is a as in i am in greek like english there are always two ways to write a letter the uppercase and the lowercase this is the uppercase alpha yep it's the same as the english a let's handwrite it alpha and here's the lowercase alpha this is a little different from english but you can see the similarities right it is handwritten like this alpha let's do it again uppercase and lowercase you can now write your first letter in greek good let's move on the second letter is a consonant me you might have heard it called mu but it's not how we say it in greek it's me the sound of me is um and it looks like m in english at least in the uppercase form it is handwritten like this me and this is the lowercase me it's like an english lowercase u but with a longer line attached to its left not that hard is it it is handwritten like this me let's do it again here's the uppercase form and here's the lowercase form you now know two greek letters what can you do with them by themselves they form the word ma which is one way to say but in greek for example in the sentence xera which means but i didn't know so you already have made the first step in making excuses in greek let's write it ma another thing we can write with alpha and me is ama which is one way to say if as in the expression amaboro which means if i can let's write this too amma the third thing that we can do with ma is to double it mama which as you might have guessed is the first word most children all over the world learn mother or to be more accurate mom me alpha me alpha not that hard right let's write it mama now it's time for stefania's insights have you been writing as you watch hope so there's no better way to master the alfavito fast than to write the letters yourself another good idea is to make flashcards for each letter and study them whenever you get a chance that's it for now do you know what the simplest question in greek is after the next lesson you will know both what it is and how to write it see you in the next alfavido made easy lesson [Music] hi everybody this is stefania welcome to greekpod101.com alfavito made easy the fastest easiest and most fun way to learn the greek alphabet the alfavido in our previous lesson we learned two letters alpha and me remember them good in this lesson we'll move on to two more letters see how they are written and what we can do with them our first letter this time is daf it's a consonant and its sound is t you may have heard it called tau which is its usual name in english i'm sure its uppercase form will seem very familiar since it's the same as the english t this is what taf looks like in uppercase and lowercase here is stuff in uppercase you should already be an expert at this shape it is handwritten like this and this is what the lowercase stuff looks like when it's printed i think it's easier than the lowercase t in english since it's just an uppercase d but smaller when it is handwritten the shape looks a little different like this let's do it again here's the uppercase form and here's the lowercase form did you get it i'm sure you already knew how to write this didn't you let's move on to our second letter for this lesson this is a vowel that you may have heard called iota in greek though it is called yota and it makes the sound ee again this will look very familiar since its appearance is the same as the english i this is what the uppercase yoda looks like as i said before it's exactly the same as the english eye it is handwritten like this yotta and this is what the lower case yota looks like yotta notice how the bottom curves slightly when it's handwritten let's do it again here's the uppercase form and here's the lowercase form all these were pretty easy weren't they let's see what we can do with them by themselves staff and yotta spell only one word in greek ti even though it's a very small word it's very important and used all the time in greek because it means what for example the first word in the question tioraine which means what time is it other examples of its use are tita fame or what will we eat this word is also used in tikkanes which means how are you so let's write this very important two-letter word ti since these were super easy let's try something using all four letters we know do you remember the first two they were alpha and me right let's say them once again and if we put these two together with taf and yota what do we have mati which means i izia and if we add another alpha in the end we get matya which is the plural of i eyes let's write this together matia now it's time for stefania's insides as we said in our previous lesson the best way to master the alfavito the greek alphabet is by writing it as much as you can so please don't neglect this another great help would be to start trying to recognize the letters you've learned so far in greek texts if you can't find any text you can always check out the transcripts on greekbot101.com's advanced audioblock lessons don't worry if you can't understand the words yet you will be able to practice recognizing the letters you learn in here that's it for this lesson do you know how to write okay in greek check our next lesson and see for yourselves it won't be difficult see you in the next alphabeto made easy lesson yahara [Music] hi everybody this is stefania welcome to greekpod101.coms alfavido made easy the fastest easiest and most fun way to learn the greek alphabet the alfavito in our previous two lessons we covered four letters alpha me taf and yota have you been practicing them today we'll learn two more after this we will have covered a quarter of the greek alphabet so let's go our first letter this time is again a consonant kappa its sound is k and it looks like this here's an uppercase kappa yes it's the same as the english k it is handwritten like this kappa and this is what the lowercase kappa looks like like taf it's easier than the lowercase english k since it's an uppercase k but smaller it is handwritten like this kappa let's do it again here's the uppercase form and here's the lowercase form let's move on to our second letter for this lesson this is a vowel called omicron which makes the sound o again this will look very familiar since its appearance is the same as the english o both in uppercase and lowercase this is what the uppercase omicron looks like exactly the same as the english o it is handwritten like this omegron this is what the lowercase omicron looks like nothing to remember right it's handwritten like this omicron let's do that again here's the uppercase form and here's the lowercase form is there something we could do with just kappa and omicron not much besides the all too familiar ok yes greeks use that too especially in internet communication you just write the two letters together as you would in english and also like english it's better to write them in uppercase let's write it together shall we okay okay is well okay but let's try a word that uses letters from all the past lessons kati which means something for example in the sentence meaning i want to eat something let's write this word together another word also useful in everyday communication is the word komati meaning peace as in telo i want a piece of pie let's write komati using all the letters we have learned by now komati as you can see in komati the me is doubled this happens for grammatical reasons we explain in our language lessons on greekpod101.com you have been studying them too right so let's see all the letters we have learned so far alpha me taf yota kappa and omigron not that hard are they now it's time for stephania's insights you may have noticed that the letters up to this point are not that hard since variations of them appear in the english alphabet but please remember that the small differences are important even though most greeks will understand a lowercase kappa written just like a lowercase english k the correct way to write it is with a shorter vertical line don't neglect this detail it will make your greek writing much more natural before i leave you here's a question what is the world's longest number everybody knows it by its greek name which isn't the name of a dessert got it check out our next lesson and learn what i'm talking about see you in the next favorite ladies lesson [Music] hi everybody this is stefania welcome to greekpod101.coms alphabet and made easy the fastest easiest and most fun way to learn the greek alphabet the alfavito in the last three lessons we covered six letters alpha me taf yota capa and omicron which i'm sure you remember very well since they are almost identical to the english a m t i k and o so this time i thought we could try something a little more challenging how about two letters unique to greek in appearance it might sound difficult but i think you can manage our first letter is the consonant p it sounds exactly the same as the english letter p but it's written in a different way let's have a look at it here is what the uppercase p looks like it is handwritten like this b and this is how the lowercase b looks like it's almost the same as the uppercase b but you notice that the horizontal line is a little longer it is handwritten like this b let's do it again here's the uppercase form and here's the lowercase form for anyone who has done math the lowercase b will seem immediately familiar since it's the famous impossibly long number starting with 3.15 most english speakers call it pi but now you know its real name is p it comes from the first letter of the greek word peripheria meaning the circumference of a circle but enough with math you're here to learn how to write greek write so let's move on to our second letter for this lesson it's another consonant but very important to the writing of the greek language in english it's often called sigma but in greek it's sigma and makes a s sound interestingly enough this letter has three forms one in uppercase and two in lowercase it's the only letter with this peculiarity and this happens because it is often used as a final letter in greek which is when you use the third shape this is what the uppercase sigma looks like it is handwritten like this sigma and here's the lowercase sigma it's like an omicron but with a small line protruding to the right it is handwritten like this sigma and this is what the ending sigma looks like it is similar to the english s isn't it it is handwritten like this sigma let's do it again here's the uppercase form here's the lowercase form and here's the ending sigma now let's see what we can do with the letters we have learned so far in our first lesson we used me and alpha to write mama or mom right so how about we write the greek word for dad with the letters from this lesson we have everything we need the word is babas let's write it if you notice that me and p together actually sound like b you were right in greek we don't have a separate letter for the sound b so we form it using me and p this is a little bit complicated but we'll go over it in detail in the last lesson of this series which is all about double consonants don't worry if you learn the single letters double ones won't be a problem i promise is there something more simple we can write with these letters well there is actually something very useful how about the word poto meaning drink as in pamiyanapoto or let's go for a drink here it is and it's handwritten like this okay you've made it through four lessons let's have a look at all the letters we have learned alpha me taf yota omicron pi and sigma not bad huh now it's time for stephania's insides an alphabet has many letters but not all letters are created equal the letters you've learned so far are the most commonly used in greek so even though you only know a third of the letters you'll be able to read a lot more than a third of greek texts the ending sigma in particular pops up a lot try this print some text from a greek website and mark all the ending sigma's read how many did you count in one page up until now we've seen familiar letters are you ready for an exotic looking one there is a letter resembling the symbol of the legendary greek god of the sea poseidon here to see how it looks check out our next unfavito made easy lesson [Music] hi everybody this is stefania welcome to greekpod101.com alphabeto made easy the fastest easiest and most fun way to learn the greek alphabet del favito in our previous lessons we covered eight letters of the greek alphabet do you remember them they were alpha me taf yota kappa omicron b and sigma right some of these letters were very familiar to english speakers and a couple of them were new i'm sure that you didn't have any problem remembering and writing them so in this lesson we will learn two more one very familiar and one rather exotic our first letter is a vowel ita which makes an e sound like i said before the writing will look familiar at least in the uppercase form since it's the same as the english h the uppercase ita is handwritten like this and this is what the lowercase ita looks like it kind of looks like a lowercase h but with the vertical line shortened it is handwritten like this let's do it again here's the uppercase form and here's the lowercase form this character is pretty easy since the similarities to the english h are big aren't they so let's step up the difficulty with our second letter the strange-looking c you may have heard it in english called sai there is no corresponding sound in english it makes up sound like p and s said at the same time here's the uppercase c it looks like the trident the symbol of the greek god of the sea poseidon doesn't it if you ever forget how to pronounce this letter just remember c is for poseidon and his trident it is handwritten like this c and this is what the lowercase c looks like it's the same as the uppercase c but written lower on the line with the vertical line going below it it is handwritten like this c let's do it again here's the uppercase form and here's the lowercase form did you get it it's not so hard right you just write something like a u and then add a vertical line we now know ten letters that's almost half of the greek alphabet and the possibilities for new words increase exponentially with each new letter let's try our hand in three new words all using the exotic c let's have a look at them the first is sito meaning roast as in sitto crease or roast meat let's write this together not that hard is it and speaking of sito or roast what do you need to put it in the oven a topsi or pan let's write this one tap see do you feel up for something a little more complicated how about the word elegant in greek this is compsos and even though writing it isn't that hard saying it is a little tricky since you have to combine the m and the sounds for the moment though let's concentrate on the writing part comp source one grammatical note compsos is masculine so you can use it only for masculine nouns for feminine nouns it would be comp c while for neutral nouns compso let's do a brief recap of everything we learned so far we have alpha me taff yota omicron p sigma ita and psi okay now it's time for stephanie's insides you might have noticed that this lesson's ita sounds exactly like the yota we learned in lesson two why is that well it has to do with a complicated history of ita at first it is generally believed to be pronounced like a long version of epsilon and sounded like e after the classical period however its sound started to change and merged with yota as did another letter trust me you don't want me to go on just learn them as e like all greeks and you'll be perfectly fine so do you want to learn how to write the name of our home planet in this lesson you learn how to write half of it in our next alphabeto made easy lesson you will learn the other half don't miss it [Music] hi everybody this is stefania welcome to greekpod101 alfavido madisi the fastest easiest and most fun way to learn the greek alphabet the alfavito great job on making it this far after this lesson you will have learned half of the greek alphabet yes in this lesson we will learn our 12th letter that is 12 out of 24. let's do a quick review of our previous letters they were alpha me taf have you been practicing them so i'm sure you have figured out their small quirks and are ready for two more one very similar to english and one unique to greek let's start from the exotic one it is the consonant gamma which makes a sound and might be a little difficult for english speakers since it doesn't have an exact english equivalent most people treat it like a g but it is softer more like the y sound in u or young here's the uppercase form of gamma lama and here's the lowercase form of gamma this might seem a little difficult to remember since there is no similarity between the uppercase and the lowercase form so all you can do is learn it by heart it is handwritten like this gamma let's do it again here's the uppercase form and here's the lowercase form okay the hard part is over so let's get to something more familiar how about the s sound as in the english them in greek it's represented by the vowel epsilon here is the uppercase version it is handwritten like this epsilon and this is what the lowercase epsilon looks like it's not that different than the uppercase epsilon just more rounded sort of like how you would write a backwards three it is handwritten like this epsilon let's do it again here's the uppercase form and here's the lowercase form not that hard was it i mean you already knew the uppercase from english as for the lowercase well it's just a squiggly line isn't it let's use something new and something old to write a short but very important word it is yi and it means earth it's written using today's gamma and lesson 5's ita here we go yi this was short so let's write something longer like full in greek it's yamatos and it's written like this notice though that this is the masculine form for the feminine you should use yamati and for the neutral yamato so let's recap the first half of the greek alphabet sigma ita see gamma and epsilon these are all familiar by now right now it's time for stefania's insights like i said in the beginning we have covered half of the greek alphabet this is no small feat and i hope you feel proud even though we're still missing some important letters the ones we have covered so far are enough to be able to read and write hundreds of greek words so please don't neglect your reading and practicing furthermore i'd like to suggest something using the letters you know try to read a greek text and try to guess the ones you don't it might sound strange but it will help your greek because it will hone your instinct for the language besides air food and water there is something else you cannot live without can you guess what it is the answer and the way to write it is in the next alfavido made easy lesson so don't miss it hi everybody this is stefania welcome to greekbot101.com alfavito made easy the fastest easiest and most fun way to learn the greek alphabet delfavito in the previous six lessons we managed to go through half of the greek alphabet and even managed to tackle a couple of tricky greek only letters like c and gamma do you remember them let's move on with two more letters which will look familiar but may be a little tricky pronunciation wise our first letter this time is the consonant ro its sound is and is exactly like the english r wouldn't it be nice if the shape looked the same as the english are nope unfortunately it looks like an english p close but not close enough you'll just have to remember to pronounce this letter as an r here's the upper case at all it is handwritten like this row and this is what the lowercase row looks like as you can see there is no real difference between the uppercase and the lowercase form it's the same shape but the lowercase is written lower on the line with its vertical line extending below it it is handwritten like this hello let's do it again here's the uppercase form and here's the lowercase form i would like to point out a very small detail that will make your writing of row perfect because of its similarity to the english p you might be tempted to write it in a similar way first the line and then the circle it is better though to learn to write it the correct way as a continuing line starting from the circle and going on to the line let's move on to our second letter for this lesson which like raw looks familiar but sounds different its name is he it is also a consonant and its sound is all this is wonderful except for the part where it looks like an x this is what the uppercase he looks like it is handwritten like this and this is what the lowercase heel looks like again same shape but extending below the line actually the line cuts it in half it is hand written like this let's do it again here's the uppercase form and here's the lowercase form as you know the only problem you might have with these letters are their similarity to other english letters this may tempt you to write or read it that way but there's only three ways to prevent this from happening practice practice practice since these two letters are both consonants there isn't much we can do with them so we will use some help from letters we learned in the previous lesson thankfully we now have plenty of those how about starting with something that we all use every day after air water and food it's hrimata or mani and we write it like this this was easy now how about the most common greek female name you might have heard its italian and spanish version maria and it's exactly the same in greek maria that will be it for this lesson just to make sure you haven't forgotten them let's go through all the letters you know once again they are alpha me awesome now it's time for stefania's insights these days with computers and cell phones we rarely have the occasion to really write which is all fine and dandy but it makes us forget one of the most basic skills so please even if you have access to a greek keyboard don't neglect actually writing by hand this is what will make you really capable of writing greek i guarantee that you will learn it much faster and better if you do write so until the next lesson practice your writing as much as you can did you know that there is one greek letter whose name sounds like a part of your body this letter also appears in the english alphabet but with a different name do you want to know what it is check the next alphabeto made easy lesson and find out [Music] hi everybody this is stefania welcome to greekpod101.coms alphabeto made easy the fastest easiest and most fun way to learn the greek alphabet del favito this lesson is also a landmark after you finish it you will have covered more than half of this series and two-thirds of the greek alphabet what do you think of greek letters now do they seem as hard as they did when you started you know quite a lot by now so a few more won't make a difference will they on one hand they won't but on the other of course they will since you can't really write greek without them the first letter today is a consonant knee yes pronounced just like the knee on your leg its sound in greek is and its shape will seem very familiar notice something a little off let's first look at the uppercase knee it is handwritten like this knee and this is what the lowercase knee looks like it is handwritten like this knee so what do we notice the upper case is identical to the english n but the lowercase looks exactly like a v this might prove a bit tricky but since knee is such a common letter you'll get used to it in no time let's do it again here's the uppercase form and here's the lowercase form and now for something completely different from english even though we haven't finished our lessons yet here's the last letter of the greek alphabet have you heard its name before it's omega the sound it makes is o yes just like omegron here is an uppercase omega it is handwritten like this or this omega and this is what the lowercase omega looks like it is handwritten like this omega as you can see there is a similarity between the uppercase omega and omegran when they're handwritten right let's do it again here's the uppercase form and here's the lowercase form think of omega as a big omicron actually this is what its name means omega big o while omicron means small o now let's see what new words we can make so adding pi and yotta we get something we do every day that is the verb to drink in greek this is pino and it's written this way there is something in this word which shows why omega is one of the most important letters of the greek language it is the ending letter for the dictionary form of verbs a good example is the verb ejo to have let's write it together ejo 16 letters down eight to go not bad huh let's put them all together and see what we have alpha me taf now it's time for stefania's insights in our first lesson we started with the letter alpha and in this lesson we learned omega these are the first and the last letters of the greek alphabet in greek as in english saying that something is to alpha omega or the alpha and the omega means that something is very important that if you have this you also have everything in between so the alpha and the omega of right in greek is practice it's a cliche but it's true do you know what greece is called in greek many people might think it is well greece it isn't and in the next lesson we'll learn how to write it see you in the next 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