Η πιστωτική κάρτα είναι ακριβή.

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Breakdown of Η πιστωτική κάρτα είναι ακριβή.

• ακριβός: expensive
• η πιστωτική κάρτα: credit card

Questions & Answers about Η πιστωτική κάρτα είναι ακριβή.

How do you pronounce Η πιστωτική κάρτα είναι ακριβή?

A rough pronunciation is:

ee pee-stoh-tee-KEE KAR-tah EE-neh ah-kree-VEE

A more careful transliteration would be:

I pistotikí kárta íne akriví

A few helpful notes:

• Η is pronounced ee, not like English h
• πιστωτική has the stress on the last syllable: -κή
• κάρτα has the stress on κάρ-
• είναι is usually pronounced EE-neh
• ακριβή has the stress on the last syllable: -βή

What does Η mean at the beginning?

Η means the.

It is the feminine singular definite article, because κάρτα is a feminine singular noun.

So:

• η κάρτα = the card
• η πιστωτική κάρτα = the credit card

One important detail: although Η looks like the English letter H, in Modern Greek it is pronounced ee.

Why are there two words, πιστωτική κάρτα, for credit card?