When learning New Testament Greek, it is as important to see how a Greek alphabetical character is properly written as it is to hear it pronounced correctly.  This is the goal of this graphic tutorial in conjunction with Lesson One, The Greek Alphabet: The Sight and Sounds of the Greek Letters.

Description

Choose any letter from the table of contents from the left that you wish to see animatedly written.  The names of the Greek letters are both transliterated from Greek into English as an aid to identify  in the table of contents to the left, and spelled in all Greek small letters in parenthesis.  However, during the tutorial itself, all Greek letters are spelled only in Greek.

Each Greek character is first introduced with its spelling in all Greek capital letters.  This will help the beginning student to see and learn the Greek capital letters quickly.

The next series of frames begin to draw the Greek character: first the capital letter, then its corresponding small letter.  It should be observed that the Greek character's name is spelled with a capital letter in the upper left-hand corner, and with a small letter in the upper right-hand corner.  

As an aid in pronouncing the Greek letter correctly, "sound like" syllables are provided between the arrows (< ahl - fah >) below the base line.  A MP3 audio file accompanies each alphabetical character so that it may be heard as it is being written.

Download time will vary according to the speed of your modem.  A DSL or cable connection is highly recommended (2-4 seconds for each letter), although anyone with connection to the internet should be able to view these files (56 kps is about 10-15 seconds).

Ready to begin?  Let's do it!  You may try alpha first, or any letter you choose.