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Can anyone help me - I'm looking for the pronunciation for the greek word 'Ψυχή' (Soul in English)
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Ok.

Anyone who can speak Greek know how to pronounce the word?

I know that Ψ is Psi, u Upsilon, χ is Chi and ή Eta but I don't know whether you string them together or its a total different pronunciation..

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Going from what google tells me it seems to be pronounced "syy-kee" written psyche which makes sense if it means soul.

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/psyxi/

/ps/ like in English

/y/ is like an 'ee' sound with your lips rounded, like when you say 'oo'

/i/ is and 'ee 'sound

/x/ is the <ch> in <loch>; think how you change between the sounds /t/ and /s/, and it's the same change between /k/ and /x/

Modern Greek pronunciation it's /psiçi/

/ç/ is kind of like a lighter /x/.  Pronounce it with your tongue farther forward in your mouth, where you pronounce the <y> in <yes>.

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That's so hard to say!! Dammit.

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Quote: from Ifodi at 2:27 am on Dec. 18, 2008

Can anyone help me - I'm looking for the pronunciation for the greek word 'Ψυχή' (Soul in English)  
Helps appreciated cheers :)

Psuki (laps, [ü]ber, kitten, philadelphia)

I have read however that modern Greek replaces the ü sound with 'i.' In that case it would by 'psiki.'

Post edited at 6:25 pm on Dec. 27, 2008 by Shaknbake

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Colleen35 is bang on.
Like psee-HEE
but the H is more gutteral; at the back of the throat.  Due to the nature of the word, however, it will likely sound more like a harder or raspier H.

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Quote: from cpjcjhsh at 12:57 am on Dec. 29, 2008

Colleen35 is bang on.
Like psee-HEE
but the H is more gutteral; at the back of the throat. Due to the nature of the word, however, it will likely sound more like a harder or raspier H.

The 'h' is actually farther forward, since it's a palatal articulation in modern Greek and a velar articulation in ancient Greek; English 'h' is either bare phonation or a glottal articulation.

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