just a few notes here: "η" is usually transcribed as "i" "υ" is usually transcribed as "i" or "y" "φ" is usually transcribed as "f" sigma has two lowercase forms but one uppercase form: - Σ (uppercase sigma) - σ (lowercase sigma, used at the start or in the middle of words) - ς (lowercase sigma, used at the end of words, likely a standardised cursive simplification of σ) also not really a mistake, but "upsilon" is occasionally spelt "ypsilon". in English, the former is most common, though I prefer the second spelling since it (in my opinion) better reflects the Greek pronunciation of the letter but great video overall
Strange. Why you talk about η but don't talk about β? They should go in pair. They were "Beta" and "Eta" in antique times but changed to "Vita" and "Ita" somewhere in medieval times. This is the reason why russian letter В represents sound V. Alfabet in Russian would be "Alfavit" for this reason.
@@mattslupek7988, yes. Kinda. I learned that in russian so I can't say for sure what is the best analogy for English. In russian I have been told that Greek Η is full analog of our И. Makes sense because our И originated from the Greek Η. And we also have letter Н witch originated from Greek Ν. For some reason in both cases middle line turned counter clockwise (Greek Η -> our И, Greek Ν -> our Н). We can see the process happening gradually in the medieval texts. But why it happened we don't know.
@@almightysmite Γ is used in nuclear industry and radiotherapy and many more... Whereas Π is something that I started studying from 7 grader it is pi it is used to calculate circumference of circle it's value is 3.14 or 22/7
Όλα,τα αγγλικά είναι λατινικά και ελληνικά (αρχαία) , δυστυχώς τα αρχαία ελληνικά με την πάροδο του χρόνου εμείς οι Έλληνες δυστυχώς δεν τα μαθαίνουμε τοσο οσο άλλοτε!!
Thank you for supporting and showing our amazing language to the outside world. Love from Greece 🇬🇷 In Greek: Ευχαριστούμε που υποστηρίζεις και δείχνεις την καταπληκτική μας γλώσσα στον έξω κόσμο. Αγάπη από την Ελλάδα 🇬🇷
In the Greek language we have two (2) letters that are pronounced as E. The first is the letter Epsilon and the second is Alpha and Iota together (αι). Two letters pronounced as o, these are Omicron (o) and Omega (ω). And five(5) pronounced as i, these are: Iota (ι), Ypsilon (υ), Itta (η), Epsilon together with Iota (ει), and Omicron together with Iota (οι), which is mainly used when we write in the plural person. But there are also some exceptions. The exceptions are when in Epsilon-Iota (ει), we have two dots above Iota (εϊ), then it is read separately. The same applies to the Omicron-Iota (οϊ), these dots are called (solvents). Another exception is the letter Ypsilon, which is sometimes pronounced as beta (b), pronounced like the English (v), for example: the word Mavro means Black, and is spelled (Μαύρο), Note: If the Ypsilon contains solvents, it is pronounced separately, for example word formaldehyde = (Latin: formalde-ΰ-di) and spelled φορμαλδεΰδη. As you see it is additionally emphasized.
Hi, I study Ancient Greek at school. We learn two lower cases for the letter Beta : β at the beginning of a word and ϐ anywhere else. Has the latter form disappeared over time in Modern Greek? I can't find it mentionned anywhere.
English has an equivalent archaic symbol to theta called thorn, it fell out of use because the first printing presses didn't have that symbol. A Y would sometime's be used in it's place because they looked similar, that's why you see old signs that say "Ye Olde Shoppe" which is pronounced "The Old Shop".
Lowercase numbers evolved originally as a variant of traditional block letters that were faster to write with a quill when copying books or writing fast otherwise known as a miniscule cursive. Most cursives now are ligatures where letters are written together.
In ancient Greek the letter σ is used at the beginning of the word(for example σωτηρια), while the letter ς has the same pronunciation of the σ but is used at the end of the word(for example κρατος).
Very useful video, i am a Greek teacher (classical studies) and i would be happy if my students had such a beautiful handwriting like the one of this video! Some corrections for the video: M is called "Mi", N is called "Ni", T "taf" Y "ipsilon".
You have done a very good job. As a Greek thank you! In Greek we have 2 o's (ο, ω) 2 e's (ε, αι) 5 i's (ι, η, υ, ει, οι) But αι, ει, οι can have different accent if we put solvents for example αί, εϊ, οϊ αι οι ει αϊ οί εϊ These have different accent
Αα Alpha A Ββ Beta B Γγ Gamma G Δδ Delta D Εε Epsilon E Ζζ Zeta Z Ηη Eta H Θθ Theta TH Ιι Iota I Κκ Kappa K Λλ Lambda L Μμ Mu M Νν Nu N Ξξ Xi X Οο Omicron O Ππ Pi P Ρρ Rho R Σσς Sigma S Ττ Tau T Υυ Upsilon U Φφ Phi PH Χχ Chi CH Ψψ Psi Psi PS Ωω Omega O
Hey, I don’t know if it’s deliberate or a mistake but the difference between capital and small theta is not whether the line touches the shape, it’s that capital theta is almost completely a circle, while small theta is an oval.
I just invented that "Alphabet" word is from Greek. Bc "Alpha" and "Beta" and these are first letters so they made it "Alpha-Bet" but "A" from "Beta" is cut If i say it not correctly then it means that Im too young to know the truth
All the letters are moving in spacetime, or placed in spacetime; tithemi. Logos, tithemi. I noticed the letters pi and rho. I think this seemed to develop from resh (ר), and qof (ק); which jumbled together and may kinda be of like rho. I dunno ;). Have you heard of: Minoru Yamasaki?
Just a few notes there: Θ = Q (If you move the line to the right, and turn it into a slight angle, it makes a Q) Φ = F (When you pronounce it, the "ph" sounds like an F sound) Χ = C (Chi starts with C) Ψ = Y (Remove part of the line poking out of the curve and you get a Y) Ω = W (The lowercase Ω "ω" looks like a W) If you put the Greek alphabet letters in English order, you get something like this ΑΒΧΔΕΦΓΗΙϑΚΛΜΝΟΠΘΡΣΤΥVΩΧΨΖ (Note that I put ϑ there just to substitute J)
