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It's pronounced "mee" (mi). Like the english pronoun "me".
The "u" that you can hear at the beginning is just a slight audio error.
Person two years later in the future here to say that it seems the audio problem is still here.
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Thanks, I just wanted to make sure that modern Greeks did not simply pronounce a little phantom vowel in front of M or anything like that.
Why isn't "μ" accepted here? There are too many variations in the alphabet section at the moment. How are you supposed to know that the test wants "μι" and not just the letter?
I agree, the directions are really really unclear ! Here they ask you to type how the "μι" sound (name of this Greek letter) would be written in English, they don't ask for the letter.
I've mentioned as this is Beta and we are still testing the course there are things that will need editing.
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But it's still having this issue, and the course is not in beta any more. I know there are always still bugs, but it seems this one ought to have been fixed before taking it out of beta.
There are complaints about this on every letter so far. It frustrates new learners. :-/
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As well as old ones. This entire unit should be reworked along the lines of the alphabet units in Hebrew, Ukrainian, and Russian. Quite honestly, I avoid coming back to Greek precisely because I know I will be wasting my time writing mee and hee.
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I like the way it's introducing the letters; I haven't done Hebrew yet because it (imo) throws us in too quickly, so I'm having to learn the Hebrew letters from other sources.
But there should definitely be a way to skip the section for "review" time. I can see how it would be mind-numbing to someone who knows them already, and, frankly, once we get far enough into the tree I think it would be equally dull even for newbies to review letters we've been using regularly by that point.
(And obviously they need to fix the issue about whether to spell out the letter or not!)
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I agree that the introduction of the alphabet in Hebrew is quite shockingly fast. The speed here and in the Slavic languages is better. What I am not asked to do in any other language, though, is to write out some name of the letter as an English word. Indeed, in no other course have I been asked to write out the name of the letter in any way. Rather, the sound of the letter has been introduced through actual words, often quite useful ones. I have an absolute horror of having to remember to write hee instead of the letter chi, for instance. Indeed, I would not even call the chi sound H, any more than the Russian X is. Unfortunately, while I have been doing the little strengthening exercises every day, at least every other day it takes me right back to this alphabet lesson. When strengthening Polish, German, Danish, Portuguese, and Turkish, I have never been brought back to the first lesson anything like this often. Using a new alphabet might be a bit of a shock, but once you have it, you have it. I guarantee you that, if you finish this tree, you could not use Greek for a decade and you would still recognize the letters of the alphabet. My father had to learn them as part of a fraternity in the 1950s, though he never learned the Greek language, yet he could easily recognize the letters and their sounds in the 1980s, having not used them in decades. It is not something that students should be brought back to again and again, especially when things like the system of past tenses are dealt with so cursorily.
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So the letter (?) "μι" is pronounced "μ" or "mee"? That is like greek prononcuation of a greek letter or am I getting this wrong?
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That's right! The analogue in English would be showing the letter m and the pronunciation/"translation" of em—or εμ!
Ok. Because I was quite confused. More common in dualingo would be having the English letter "m" and then I chose between a couple of Greek letters for the translation. In that way, I connect the new letters with English. Other exercises can be to imitate the sound of the letter by saying it out loud.
When I now start to connect the Greek letter with phonetical pronunciation I'm not really sure what I learn. Because "mee" is what I remember to write on the sound of one of the unfamiliar Greek letters. I don't think it's that much of use seems I already can hear that sound when the letter is shown. I almost feel like I'm ought to be a Greek speaker learning English letters. Does anyone feel me?
yes i think understand you. besically, the don't give neither the phonemes, nor the translation, rather they just give the name of the letter.
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The particle μην means "don't"; before a voiced consonant, it becomes μη. I think that this is what you're thinking of. (In general, as I understand it, μην is the negative subjunctive particle, and is used for more than just imperatives.)
The word μι just means the letter μ ("mu"). :-)
Yes, to be exact "μη" means "don't", "do not", "not" and "non-". As it is very early in the course it is not being introduced as a word but as a letter of the alphabet and is spelled "μι".
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CA/US keyboard, type: mee
Greek keyboard, type: mi
'Μ'(uppercase)/'μ'(lowercase)
'Μυ/μι' Greek name
'Mee' English name
It is pronounced mee or mu? The translation said both when I hovered over it.
This is letters from the alphabet I know I did not get that we were learning the letters until now
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These links will not only show you how to get the Greek keyboard but also how to find the Greek letters on it, how to add accents etc.
THE GREEK ALPHABET https://www.duolingo.com/comment/22424028
And here is another to help you navigate Duolingo
FAQ - General Questions, Bugs & Reports https://www.duolingo.com/comment/23799672
https://www.duolingo.com/comment/22040507
Some simple hints to get you started:
1.Always read the comments before posting.
-
Read the Tips & notes right below the list of lessons on your Homepage
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Read the drop down hints. Pass your cursor over a word and a list of words will appear.
These are the official Duolingo guidelines which you should read. https://www.duolingo.com/guidelines And these will answer lots of questions about how Duo works. https://www.duolingo.com/comment/8000024
If you have questions just ask.
