"το γράμμα άλφα"

[aLBC15]

I wrote α and it didnt count :( how was i supposed to know they wanted it spelled out

[BillDe]

We all make this mistake Duolingo seemingly randomly expects the letter alone or it fully spelt out. And marks you wrong if you make the wrong choice
Just get through this first exercise set and keep going. The rest of Duolingo Greek is great!

[Jon345104]

Το γράμμα α was marked wrong ??

[aUe55]

The correct answer was "το γράμμα άλφα" :)

[JosephAldenMoore]

The pronunciation of gamma seems strange to me, shouldn't it be a harder "g"

[mizinamo]

Nope :)

Gamma before back vowels (a o u) is a fricative, not a stop -- it's the voiced version of chi before back vowels (the one that sounds a bit like the "ch" in "Bach" or "Loch Ness" when they are pronounced the German/Scottish way).

[F4V9XR]

It would be good to remind us that it should be written in Greek! Also, why not accept the Greek letter 'α' instead of only the name of the letter ?

[servetopolaris]

Seeing as how they expect us to use "Greek-lish" translations of all of the first activites, when did it change to require Greek keyboard letters?

[Berto29441]

HELP! There is a system to change rapidly the keyboard? Or, at least, is it possible to group the replies to be written in Greek/English? I started this comment by writing "ΗΕΛΠ"!!

[D_..]

The fastest way to change from one keyboard to another on a PC (or Mac) is by using keyboard shortcuts. On a PC, it's usually Alt+Shift or something similar and in any case you can set a combination that works best for you in the settings. Don't waste time by selecting keyboards with a mouse. For mobile devices all it takes is pressing a globe key or similar - it all depends on the specific device.
The sequence of the questions is set automatically by the system, so single-language answers cannot be grouped together.
Don't worry though, it doesn't take much time to get used to using more than one keyboards! It does mean that you will find yourself typing with the wrong keyboard every other sentence, it happens to all of us all the time, you just erase, switch and start typing again! :) (I'm still not sure whether having different keyboards between different programs makes things worse, but I always set my computer to allow it...)

[MariaDeMer3]

my keyboard isn't in greek, it's in english.

[D_..]

MODERN GREEK RESOURCES How to get the keyboard and much more.

[sicMisfit]

is it pronounced "toh gramma alfa"?

[D_..]

Yes, except of course for the fact that g does not really sound like the Greek gamma... And the accents indicate the stressed vowels: toh grAmma Alfa.

[sicMisfit]

Thank you thank you :)