The Months of the Year

  Οι μήνες του χρόνον είναι: (The months of the year are:)

JanuaryΙανουάριος JulyΙούλιος
FebruaryΦεβρουάριος AugustΑύγουστος
MarchΜάρτιος SeptemberΣεπτέμβριος
AprilΑπρίλιος OctoberΟκτώβριος
MayΜάϊος NovemberΝοέμβριος
JuneΙούνιος DecemberΔεκέμβριος

Hey! What's that ϊ doing in Μάϊος? The double dot over a vowel in Greek means that it should be pronounced separately from the preceding vowel. That is:

  αι is a double vowel, pronounced "eh" as in "get"
  αϊ is two separate vowels, pronounced "ah-ee"

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