Greek

During the Renaissance, with its focus on science, a lot of Greek words were borrowed into the English language. If you know which words these are, it will help a lot with spelling. After all, if you hear an /f/ sound in a Greek-background word, it's probably spelled with a ph.

Also, people who are learning to become reading teachers do not remember what it is like to look at a mass or words and not know how to read them. So, here is the Greek alphabet and a list of Greek words (written in Greek) that came into the English language. Develop some phonemic awareness in Greek and you will develop a greater understanding of some of the challenges of learning to read.


 * Greek || Traditional || Classical || Modern ||
 * Α α || a || a || a ||
 * Β β || b || b || v ||
 * Γ γ || g || g || gh, y ||
 * Δ δ || d || d || dh ||
 * Ε ε || e || e || e ||
 * Ζ ζ || z || z, zd || z ||
 * Η η || e || ē || i ||
 * Θ θ || th || th || th ||
 * Ι ι || i || i || i ||
 * Κ κ || c || k || k ||
 * Λ λ || l || l || l ||
 * Μ μ || m || m || m ||
 * Ν ν || n || n || n ||
 * Ξ ξ || x || x || x ||
 * Ο ο || o || o || o ||
 * Π π || p || p || p ||
 * Ρ ρ || r || r || r ||
 * Σ σ ς || s || s || s ||
 * Τ τ || t || t || t ||
 * Υ υ || y || u || i ||
 * Φ φ || ph || ph || ph, f ||
 * Χ χ || ch || kh || kh ||
 * Ψ ψ || ps || ps || ps ||
 * Ω ω || o || ō || o ||
 * αι || ae, e || ai || e, ai ||
 * αυ || au || au || af, av ||
 * ει || i || ei || i ||
 * ευ || eu || eu || ef, ev ||
 * γγ || ng || ng || ng ||
 * γξ || nx || nx || nx ||
 * γκ || nc< ||

Here are the Greek words: