Hi, I’m new both to these forums and to Ancient Greek. I have a couple questions that I need some help with, and since so many people seem so proficient in Ancient Greek I would really appreciate it if you could help me. I’m using White’s First Greek Book, but since my questions are pretty general I will post it in this forum.
How do you pronounce Upsilon? The book I’m using says like the French e, but I can’t figure out how to say its sound.
What is the difference between Epsilon and Eta? Omicron and Omega? (how are they pronounced differently?)
Do diphthongs count as long or short?
How do you pronounce accents? Do you say them like French accents? How do they change the way a word is pronounced?
What are antepenults, penults, and ultimas?
Oh, and the book I’m using has a list of 30 words that it uses for excercises. Should I wait and memorize these words before going on or should I just go on and learn the actual vocabulary when it tells me it (if it does) or later?
Thanks, I’d really appreciate it if someone helps me out on these. I’ll probably have more questions as I go on to Lesson 3, I’ll post them in this thread. Thanks!