"το γράμμα χ"
Translation:The letter chi
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I've studied linguistics and I'm familiar with the IPA, and it kind of confuses me that the correct equivalent of "χ" is "h" and not "x", since the sound that "χ" makes is represented in the IPA as "x". To me, it's nothing at all like "h".
The letter X descended from chi (χ or "hee" as doulingo says it). H actually descended from eta (η or "eeta" as doulingo says it). Chi can also be represent ch as in character
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That won't do at all. I just wrote ‘το γράμμα ψ’ in response to a similar question, and I was told that I had a typo and the correct answer was ‘το γράμμα ψι’. Now I wrote ‘το γράμμα χι’, and I'm told that I have a typo and the correct answer is ‘το γράμμα χ’. Consistency?
Im struggling with the acute accents (´) like where and when to use them. Is it about pronunciation or about the vowels and such?
It's a little bit like Spanish in that it just marks which syllable gets stressed.
https://www.duolingo.com/comment/10500749/Accents-in-the-Greek-language
The acute accent basically makes a sound longer. For example, compare the omega in ξυλόφωνο, to the omega in γιώτα, the omega in γιώτα has a slightly longer sound.
You know, I don't think Duolingo has any exercises related to rho (Ρ). I think it's spelt ρο in Greek, and it transliterates to R.
