For example the ritual of Hades. I read the Greek in the bottom part during the ritual. I still feel power from it but I pronounce it more like how I was taught to pronounce runes. Is it supposed to be more pronounced like English in that section or is there some special way of doing it. I of course skip the Greek script because I have no idea how to read it. However is there anything I need to know.
Rituals How do you pronounce the Greek in the gods rituals
1 min to readIf you take a little time, it shouldn't be hard to learn to read Greek; the pronunciation I’ve always heard High Priest use is the same one Greek students use when studying Ancient Greek—which is simply the pronunciation of Modern Greek. It is rarely taught outside of Greece, where the Erasmian pronunciation is usually used, or—among the more astute teachers—the reconstructed pronunciation. To learn Modern Greek pronunciation, you just need to learn a bit of Modern Greek, though I realize it might pose a few more challenges for English speakers than, say, for speakers of Romance languages. Still, I doubt it’s impossible; if you ever have the time, look up how to read Modern Greek.
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I read it normally, vibrating it.
Try to associate the Greek words to the English ones, so if you know the meaning, you can visualize while you read / vibrate Ancient Greek.
Indeed, it is not only about how to read and to vibrate Ancient Greek, but also the faculty of Imagination.
This is the targeted reply.
The problem is I don't know what most the words outside a few obvious ones I get from reading the English translation and looking at the Greek. Somehow I still feel the power of the ritual but it would be nice to learn the Greek pronunciations. The other problem is I dont know how the English letters written out are supposed to be produced. Some words are not that hard others with multiple of the same letters in the English letters part I am unsure about.
The problem is I don't know what most the words outside a few obvious ones I get from reading the English translation and looking at the Greek. Somehow I still feel the power of the ritual but it would be nice to learn the Greek pronunciations. The other problem is I dont know how the English letters written out are supposed to be produced. Some words are not that hard others with multiple of the same letters in the English letters part I am unsure about.
See other answers to your questions here and try to do your best.
The Ritual is still efficient even if your pronunciation is not 100% correct.
You could always copy and paste into google “How to pronounce (insert ancient greek text)” and it will guide you on how to go about pronouncing it
In an AMA I asked him this, to pronounce it with modern pronounciation or as with the pronounciation written in the guide, and He said to pronounce it as written there because it goes into isopsephy.
Since it's not written with a phonetical alphabet nor it has one single method of transcribing (for example Hades's ritual and Thanatos's ritual use different transcriptions) I can't say for sure how exactly it's pronounced but I would say, ee, i, y, ē is always like ee in seen (in some cases He pronounced ē as eh in earlier recordings, I would stick with ee), and oo, ou as oo in soon.
In God rituals beta is transcribed as v, recently in Chtonic rituals as b, au, eu as af ef / av ev, recently as au eu...
All in all, since it's definitely confusing and we haven't got a clarification, I would say to just pronounce it with modern pronunciation but pronounce the ei, oi, ai, nt, mp diphthongs separately, as eh-ee, oh-ee, ah-ee nt, mp, except au eu,ēu. This aligns with earlier transcriptions we can see in God rituals, and "pronounce it as written there".
Hopefully we'll get more clarification. I've been pronouncing it with modern pronounciation but when I tried pronouncing the diphthongs separately as I explained above, it felt really powerful.
For example the ritual of Hades.
he pronunciation I’ve always heard High Priest
Okay, the matter seems to be open; I won't get into a debate about it, even though I find the topic interesting. Let's wait for clarification from the appropriate authorities.
For me personally, Ive always learned proper pronunciation of other languages by hearing it said by someone who is fluent. I do not learn this simply by reading. That's just me. Google translate has the option to plug in the word and have it played back in audio form. There are so many programs you can learn and repeat Outlook, too.
My best learning occurs when I visit where its spoken in person or if I happen to work with or live by someone, I practice in person. This way I can ask questions and fine tune.
Good luck! Great question!
It was said: "...The Greek line follows standard Koine pronunciation..."
Anyways it seems it should be pronounced as it was written under the original Greek lines...