13th Lesson / Dipthongs αι, αη, οι, οη and ια, ιο, ιε, ιου

Dipthongs αι, αη and οι, οη pronounced as one syllable in a word .

Examples:

νεράιδα /neraitha/  (We must put the stress on the first vowel of dipthong).

αηδόνι /aithoni/, κορόιδο /koroitho/,  βόηθα / voitha/

”ια” , ”ιο”, ”ιε”, ”ιου”: The ‘i’ sound of the dipthong is pronounced like ‘γ’ (in the word γεμάτος)  παιδιού /pethyou/ or like ‘χ’ (in the word όχι) after μπ, ντ, β, ζ, ρ, π, τ, φ, θ, σ /ποιος /pxios/

and as one syllable after ν, λ, κ, γ, χ, γκ         

Examples: νιος /nios/ , ελιά /elya/ , για /yati/