Its all Greek to me

Do you know the greek alphabet? Are you able to write and pronounce it from memory? Yeah me either, until yesterday...here you go :) I hope you enjoy...my brain hurts

A few of my classmates were being a little loud and 'having fun' before class so Fr. John says, "All rigth then, how about one the ones having so much fun comes up and gets us started ont he board? I'll take a volunteer to write out the alphabet please."

At that moment I was so happy that I was quietly studying in the back of the room...But Br. Joshua got the whole thing. I was impressed...

I'm having a really hard time with my handwriting and the actual reading of greek, even though I can recognze the individual characters at this point.

I've been looking into doctoral programs at Fordham (Bronx, NY), Catholic Universityof America (Washington, DC), and Norte Dame (South Bend, IN), and of course the pipe dream to study in Rome. But one thing is for sure
-> I truly need to master this AND take Latin I & II if I'm ever moving forward after my M.A. and that makes me scared.

Anyway, here is your greek trivia for the day...because you feel like reading it:

Greek Alphabet

The Greek letters have consistent sounds – not like English, where a letter in different words or even different parts of the same word can be pronounced differently, such as “evert.”


FYI- To be able to type Greek characters in Windows, go to Control Panel/Regional and Language/Languages/Details. Then you can add Greek, and put an icon on the taskbar, and switch between languages with key shortcuts.


N=number; L=letter; T=transliterated; Named=what it is called; Pronounced=how to say it.




Ν L Named T Pronounced

1 α Α alpha a fa la la

2 β Β beta b be

3 γ Γ gamma g go

4 δ Δ delta d do

5 ε Ε epsilon e end

6 ζ Ζ zeta z zip

7 η Η eta ē ate

8 θ Θ theta th thin

9 ι Ι iota i it

10 κ Κ kappa k kin

11 λ Λ lambda l lamb

12 μ Μ mu m moo

13 ν Ν nu n no

14 ξ Ξ xi x fix

15 ο Ο omicron o on

16 π Π pi p pea

17 ρ Ρ rho r row

18 σ [ς] Σ sigma s see

19 τ Τ tau t tow

20 υ Υ upsilon u kip

21 φ Φ phi ph fine

22 χ Χ chi ch cry

23 ψ Ψ psi ps nips

24 ω Ω omega ō oh


and posting this helped me study :) :)