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Question for the Greek Team. Why did you choose to make the "ee" sound the standard transliteration for "ι" "η" "υ" "οι" "ει" etc as opposed to "i"? In English, "ee" is a longer sound, and Greek utilizes the short "i" as opposed to "ee". Just curious.
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'ee' vs 'i' in English doesn't really denote length, it's a quality distinction around the tenseness/looseness of the tongue. Say "ship" and say "sheep" in English, and feel the difference in what your tongue is doing. Then do it again, holding the vowel in 'ship' longer and making 'sheep' shorter. The words are still recognisable because you aren't changing the important distinction between the vowels. Greek 'η' etc are tense vowels which are closer to "sheep" than "ship".
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'ee' vs 'i' in English doesn't really denote length, it's a quality distinction around the tenseness/looseness of the tongue. Say "ship" and say "sheep" in English, and feel the difference in what your tongue is doing. Then do it again, holding the vowel in 'ship' longer and making 'sheep' shorter. The words are still recognisable because you aren't changing the important distinction between the vowels. Greek 'η' etc are tense vowels which are closer to "sheep" than "ship".
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You keep pressed your the space key of the keyboard of your phone and choose the greek key, or if you are in pc, you can to search the alphabet keyboard for download it.
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"Type what you hear", but answering with just the letter you hear is a typo?
"Type what you hear" exercises only accept one answer as correct - that's how they have been set up by Duolingo unfortunately. So, please try to overlook these 'corrections' when you come across them. :)
