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[–] Tuuktuuk@piefed.europe.pub 4 points 5 days ago

For a Finn that's actually easy. You are used to an obscure writing system where the letters alone have no meaning, but you need to look at what letters are near what ones to know if you should pronounce an a or e or u or i.

In Greek pronounciation you just look at each letter and pronounce it. Forget the big picture of the word, just concentrate on three consequtive letters at a time.