ExegeTV - The Greek Alphabet (Episode 6)

Learn the Greek alphabet in under 10 minutes. There's even a song at the end to help you along. For more free biblical resources visit: www.michaelhalcomb.blogspot.com

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[Phant0mDuck]

Guys, there are essential mistakes in all these videos. Β / β is pronounced Vita, not Beta. Δ / δ is pronounced Thelta (as the article THE e.x. The dog, The house), not Delta. Τ / τ is pronounced Taf, not Tau. Υ / υ is pronounced Ipsilon instead of Upsilon, e.t.c. The letters in the video are written in this way in order to match the Greek spelling, but the pronunciation is a lot more different than what we hear in the video.

[tmichaelwhalcomb]

@Phant0mDuck I don't know how many times I have to say it on this wall, there are HISTORICALLY 4 pronunciations of the Greek language. Just because you are Greek doesn't mean you know this or that others know it!!! We have 1) Restored Attic, 2) Modern Greek, 3) Restored Koine, and 4) Erasmian. In this video Erasmian is used. I am not attempting to pronounce modern Greek or the other 2 forms used here.

[Phant0mDuck]

@tmichaelwhalcomb You are right, I found out later that it is indeed as you say. But don't blame Greeks for that kind of comments, in our schools we don't learn anything at all about this pronunciation, other than modern Greek. It's difficult for a Greek to imagine that this is how our language was supposed to sound like. Even in the Ancient Greek lessons we were not taught that there were various accents through the years, and we use the Modern Greek way to read ancient texts.

[tmichaelwhalcomb]

@Phant0mDuck THANK YOU!!!! You are the first person to finally and really do their homework!!!! Now, maybe everyone else will follow suit! I can see where you are coming from with not knowing that this is how the language may have sounded. In fact, it may have not sounded like this in antiquity. This pronunciation is called "Erasmian" which was developed and adopted much later. The pronunciation used in this video is but one way of doing things.

[nilslederskap]

Oh Lord They Are Murdering The Greek Language!!!!!!

And The Worst Is That They Think That They Are Teaching Greek!!!!!

Oh Lord!!!!

[tmichaelwhalcomb]

@nilslederskap I don't know how many times I have to say it on this wall, there are HISTORICALLY 4 pronunciations of the Greek language. Just because you are Greek doesn't mean you know this or that others know it!!! We have 1) Restored Attic, 2) Modern Greek, 3) Restored Koine, and 4) Erasmian. In this video Erasmian is used. I am not attempting to pronounce modern Greek or the other 2 forms used here.

[baddddman]

I KNOW, but they are saying Beta etc not Veta, as in the pronounciation!

[tmichaelwhalcomb]

@eleni22ish I don't know how many times I have to say it on this wall, there are HISTORICALLY 4 pronunciations of the Greek language. Just because you are Greek doesn't mean you know this or that others know it!!! We have 1) Restored Attic, 2) Modern Greek, 3) Restored Koine, and 4) Erasmian. In this video Erasmian is used. I am not attempting to pronounce modern Greek or the other 2 forms used here.

[eleni22ish]

good effort! Βut The pronunciation is not good....example Δ-δ is pronounced THELTA.... I am Greek! I know very much better than some foreigners who write and say so is the pronunciation. good video but still want your job in pronunciation ;)

[MyLittleEars]

@tmichaelwhalcomb I understand that, all that I am saying is that the majority of greeks pronounce the letters close to how I say them with the exception of accents. I know many people from Greece in places such as Athens, Hios and Rhodes, even someone from Cyprus. You're pronunciation is more of the american way, there is nothing wrong with that, it's just what it is.

[tmichaelwhalcomb]

@bubutokuneli actually, it IS ancient Greek pronounced in Erasmian style as is typically done here in the West. Trust me, I'm Western enough to know. I'm not misleading anyone, in fact, I'm trying to educate people. HINT HINT