Picture Drama Number 1
Below is a “picture drama” that introduces the next letter, which is, as you know by now, all Greek.
At the right is a picture of an oar, which you use to row, row, row your raft down the river. | ![]() |
Ρ ρ
And above is a Greek letter that looks like that oar.
You pronounce it with a "trill", and it sounds like this:
The letter's name is spelled ρω, which is pronounced:
If you can't do the trill, just make it sound like the first consonant in row, and everyone will still understand you.
Now we know all the letters we need to write a very useful word:
παρακαλώ.
This is the Greek word for “please,” and it also serves double duty as “you’re welcome.”
Now we need to learn how to say “thank you,” for which we’ll need several new letters. But first...
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