Greek vowels pronunciation

Like English, Greek has SHORT and LONG versions of its vowels. Notice that the letter forms for alpha, iota, and upsilon are used for both long and short vowels.
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1. Any vowel + ι or υ.

1. What are the 7 vowels in Greek?
2. Why are there 2 O's in Greek?
3. What's the difference between η and ι?
4. What sound does υ make in Greek?

What are the 7 vowels in Greek?

The vowels are α, ε, η, ι, ο, ω, υ. The remaining letters are consonants.

Why are there 2 O's in Greek?

You will probably have noticed that some of the letters are redundant; Greek has three letters representing the sound /i/ ('ee') and two representing the sound /o/ ('oo'). This is because in Classical Greek the different letters did actually have different sounds associated with them.

What's the difference between η and ι?

Words that end in -η (-i) are mainly feminine nouns and pronouns in the singular form and the plural form of neuter -ος (-os) ending nouns. 3. Words that end in -ι (-i) are usually neuter nouns. For example, Το σκυλί σκάβει λάκους στον κήπο.

What sound does υ make in Greek?

In Classical Greek, it was pronounced [y] (a close front rounded vowel), at least until 1030. In Modern Greek, it is pronounced [i]; in the digraphs αυ and ευ, as [f] or [v]; and in the digraph ου as [u].