Greek Pronunciation

Greek is pronounced quite differently from other languages. Reading this page won't make your spoken Greek perfect, but it will hopefully give you an idea of how to pronounce those strange looking words. The main thing here is where to put the emphasis. As you will see, putting the emphasis on the wrong syllable might change the meaning of the word entirely, making it quite rude or just incomprihensible. The Greek spelling is also very difficult, even for the Greeks, and even though the words below often are spelt differentely, they sound the same with only the emphasis on a different syllable.