pronounce σκοτάδι+φως help me

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diva.saan
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pronounce σκοτάδι+φως help me

Post by diva.saan »

hello..
how are you?
please i need to help you
i don't know how i can prononce this word in greek

φως in english mean light
is pronounce like "fosh or foz".?

and this word
σκοτάδι

is pronounce "skotathe"..

?

please tell me how i can prononce this word

mwh
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Re: pronounce σκοτάδι+φως help me

Post by mwh »

In modern greek, φως is pronounced something like “foss,” and σκοταδι more or less as you have it, with stress on the “a” (“a” as in “father”) and your “the” as the English word but with the tongue at the top of the upper teeth and with the “e” as in “easy" but shorter.

More or less.

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