Chapter 3 — Greek Alphabet Deck

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24 cards — one per letter of the Greek alphabet. Import ch3-alphabet-deck.txt directly into Anki (File → Import).

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How to Use

• Front of card: lowercase form (uppercase in parentheses)
• Back of card: letter name + transliteration + pronunciation hint
• Sigma's two lowercase forms (σ / ς) are on a single card
• Tags allow filtering by letter type (vowel, labial, velar, dental, liquid, nasal, sibilant, double)

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Card List

#	Front — Lowercase (Uppercase)	Name	Transliteration	Pronunciation
1	α (Α)	Alpha	a	"father" (long) / "along" (short)
2	β (Β)	Beta	b	"Bible"
3	γ (Γ)	Gamma	g	"gone" (hard g); before γ/κ/χ/ξ = nasal "ng"
4	δ (Δ)	Delta	d	"dog"
5	ε (Ε)	Epsilon	e	"met" (always short)
6	ζ (Ζ)	Zeta	z	"daze"
7	η (Η)	Eta	ē	"they" (always long)
8	θ (Θ)	Theta	th	"thin"
9	ι (Ι)	Iota	i	"intrigue" (long) / "in" (short)
10	κ (Κ)	Kappa	k	"kitchen"
11	λ (Λ)	Lambda	l	"law"
12	μ (Μ)	Mu	m	"mother"
13	ν (Ν)	Nu	n	"new"
14	ξ (Ξ)	Xi	x	"axiom" (double consonant: k+s)
15	ο (Ο)	Omicron	o	"off" (always short)
16	π (Π)	Pi	p	"peach"
17	ρ (Ρ)	Rho	r	"rod" (slightly trilled; initial ῥ = "rh")
18	σ / ς (Σ)	Sigma	s	"sun" (σ = initial/medial; ς = word-final)
19	τ (Τ)	Tau	t	"talk"
20	υ (Υ)	Upsilon	u / y	French "tu" / German "über"
21	φ (Φ)	Phi	ph	"phone"
22	χ (Χ)	Chi	ch	German "Bach" (breathy k — never English "ch")
23	ψ (Ψ)	Psi	ps	"lips" (double consonant: p+s)
24	ω (Ω)	Omega	ō	"tone" (always long)

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Tags for Import

Tag	Cards
bbg-ch3-alphabet	all (1–24)
letter-vowel	1, 5, 7, 9, 15, 20, 24
letter-consonant	2–4, 6, 8, 10–14, 16–19, 21–23
letter-labial	2, 16, 21
letter-velar	3, 10, 22
letter-dental	4, 8, 19
letter-liquid	11, 17
letter-nasal	12, 13
letter-sibilant	18
letter-double	6, 14, 23
vowel-always-short	5, 15
vowel-always-long	7, 24
vowel-either-length	1, 9, 20