CYPRIOT GRAMMAR
CYPRIOT GRAMMAR
CYPRIOT GRAMMAR
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1.4 Punctuation<br />
1.4.1 The Stress Mark<br />
Greek like many other languages but unlike english has a punctuantion mark for indicating the stressed syllable especially in polysyllabic<br />
words. It is located above vowels only and at the second vowel in a diphthong. This tone mark is '΄'<br />
Αφκόν - afkOn - egg<br />
Λαός - laOs - hare<br />
Μούττη - mUtti - nose<br />
Πατταλόνιν - pattalOnin – trousers<br />
Κκελλέ – kkellE - head<br />
1.4.2 Other Punctuation Marks<br />
The rest of the punctuation marks in Cypriot have the same use as English.<br />
Full stop . (τελεία)<br />
Comma , (κόμμαν)<br />
Question Mark ; (ερωτιματικόν)<br />
Exclamation Mark ! (θαυμαστικόν)<br />
Asterisk * (αστερισκος)<br />
Parenthesis (…) (παρέθθεση)<br />
Suspensive Points … (ποσιωπιτικά)<br />
Quotation Marks ‘‘…’’ (εισαγωγικά)<br />
Strike – (παύλα)<br />
Colon : (άνω και κάτω τελεία)<br />
1.4.3 Diesis ¨ (δίεση)<br />
This is used to avoid the pronunciation of two vowels as diphthongs. For example we saw that ει, οι are pronounced as ee. However when<br />
there is a Dieresis on top εϊ, οϊ then each vowel is pronounced separately; thus e ee and o ee. Note: It is only used on Ι ι and rarely on Υ υ.<br />
1.5 Names of Alphabetical Letters<br />
As in English alphabetical letters have a specific name and not just pronounced according to the sound they represent. Contrary to English<br />
though where the names are almost never written in full in Cypriot the alphabetical letters can be written as full words, nouns, and behave<br />
like them. Here is the name of each Letter in the Cypriot alphabet which is important to know since this is your ABC for Cypriot!<br />
Α α – Άρφα<br />
Β β - Βήτα<br />
Γ γ - Γάμμα<br />
Δ δ - Δέρτα<br />
Ε ε - Έψιλον<br />
Ζ ζ - Ζήτα<br />
Ζ' ζ' – Ζ’ήτα<br />
Η η - Ήττα<br />
Θ θ - Θήτα<br />
Ι ι - Γιώτα<br />
Κ κ - Κάππα<br />
Λ λ - Λάβδα<br />
Μ μ - Μι<br />
Ν ν - Νι<br />
Ξ ξ - Ξι<br />
Ξ’ ξ’ – Ξ’ι<br />
Ο ο – Όμικρον<br />
Π π - Πι<br />
Ρ ρ - Ρο<br />
Σ σ - Σίγμα<br />
Σ' σ' – Σ’ίγμα<br />
Τ τ - Ταύ<br />
Τζ' τζ' – Τζ’αύ<br />
Τσ' τσ' – Τσ’αύ<br />
Υ υ - Ύψιλον<br />
Φ φ - Φι<br />
Χ χ - Χι<br />
Ψ ψ - Ψι<br />
Ψ’ ψ’ – Ψ’ί<br />
Ω ω - Ωμέγα<br />
1.6 Exercises<br />
Try pronouncing these easy words:<br />
Word Pronounciation Meaning<br />
Τζ'ύρης - Jiris - father<br />
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