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Greek Alphabet Cards

40 pointsby ricochet11today at 11:53 AM14 commentsview on HN

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NooneAtAll3today at 4:15 PM

I wish cards like these didn't stop at ONE letter

a lot of reading skill is in connecting one letter to the next, syllable-grouped

teaching should incorporate that

ARandomerDudetoday at 3:55 PM

Get a decent Greek grammar book and go through the first couple chapters, even if you don’t plan to complete the book. After completing the exercises you’ll be amazed by how quickly the Greek alphabet stuck. Repeat every 10 years if necessary.

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mwexlertoday at 2:43 PM

Very handy. My math education would have gone much better if my notes weren't full of "lambda is the half stickman; sigma is upside down Q or broken E" and other really silly things

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jnmandaltoday at 3:12 PM

Μπράβο ρε. Πόσο όμορφο

Avijit_Thawanitoday at 3:13 PM

Fascinating! I assume Mandarin is one of the other two languages your kids are learning, in which case you may be interested or have already seen Chineasy app and book, for a similar experience with Hanzi.

EstanislaoStantoday at 2:38 PM

I read this whole article like you were going to teach them Ancient Greek, but now I'm guessing modern is more likely?

Anyway, some of my strongest language class memories from college are from translating parts of the Odyssey and New Testament.

iandanforthtoday at 3:29 PM

I have similar projects in mind. How were these printed?

romeinadaytoday at 3:50 PM

no download or buy link?

epilystoday at 2:26 PM

> However, I haven’t found any such cards for Greek characters, so I think mine are the first in Greek.

Huh? A simple web search shows many, many, many results.

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qzgrid37today at 4:09 PM

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