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When learning ancient Greek how do I know if a given word is spelled with short e (epsilon) or long e (eta)? Similarly how do I know that with short o (omikron) and long o (omega)? Do I have to learn this by heart or is there some rule?

>> No.19097061
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>>19096995
I don't understand the question, they are different sounds and are different letters. It's easy to distinguish them.

>> No.19097070

>>19096995
>when learning English, how do I know whether a given word is spelled with p (hard labial sound) or b (soft labial sound)? Do I have to learn this by heart or is there some rule

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>>19097061
He's reading it transliterated into Latin alphabet

>> No.19097108

>>19097084
Transliterations distinguish them too, omega is ō and eta is ē

>> No.19097420

>>19096995
either you have a mediocre textbook or you don't have any textbook at all

eta is pronounced as in "Mel" Gibson
epsilon is in "tell"

Omicron = moss
omega = mole

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>>19097420
>mfw Mel rhymes with tell

>> No.19097531

>>19097455
he must pronounce it 'Meal' bc that is the sound eta makes

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>anglophones trying to get vocals right

>> No.19098226

>>19096995
In learning vocabulary I ignore most of vocal lengths and accents. I figure I'm only learning greek for reading, so why make it 10x harder? If I see a word enough times I eventually memorize the right spelling, but I go out of my way to do it only when there is confusion between two similar words that appear in the same context.

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>tfw you realize everyone in this thread is a goddamn retard

>> No.19098433

>>19097455
damn, you right, then how about

eta = sail
Epsilon = "telEphone"

>> No.19098446

>>19097084
The alphabet is Roman, you disgusting beast, not Latin
>inb4 tranny dictionary definition
Eat a dick, you mental midget

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>>19098446
Romans were latin

>> No.19099425

>>19096995
t-this is a troll right?