η μπαταρία αυτοκινήτου
“η μπαταρία αυτοκινήτου” (i bataría aftokinítu) — car battery in Greek. Noun, level A1. bataría is any battery, which the course knows dead; aftokinítu makes it a car one. The mb at the start sounds b. In a live sentence: “Η μπαταρία αυτοκινήτου άδειασε στο κρύο” — The car battery died in the cold. You can hear how it sounds right here. Written with the characters η, μ, π, α, τ, α, ρ, α, α, υ, τ, ο.
In short
| Written in Greek | η μπαταρία αυτοκινήτου |
| Read in Latin letters | i bataría aftokinítu |
| Translation | car battery |
| Part of speech | noun |
| Level | A1 |
- η μπαταρία αυτοκινήτουi bataría aftokinítucar battery
Why it looks that way
bataría is any battery, which the course knows dead; aftokinítu makes it a car one. The mb at the start sounds b
A word with a story stays in memory longer than one learned as a “spelling — translation” pair: memory holds on to meaning, not to a string.
In a live sentence
A single word almost never appears alone in conversation. A sentence shows where it fits and what stands next to it.
- Η μπαταρία αυτοκινήτου άδειασε στο κρύοi bataría aftokinítu ádiase sto kríoThe car battery died in the cold
How not to forget this word
Reading a word and remembering it are different jobs. A day later, little survives of a single reading — and that is not bad memory, that is how memory works.
- This has been tested on foreign words too. The difference shows up most when you test yourself a few days later rather than straight away.checked many timesKim & Webb, 2022, Language Learning 72(2) · 48 experiments, 3,411 participants, 98 comparisons.
- Recalling beats re-reading. Covering the translation and trying to remember it does more than reading it ten more times.checked many timesAdesope, Trevisan & Sundararajan, 2017, Review of Educational Research 87(3) · 188 experiments, 272 comparisons. g = 0.61; against plain re-reading 0.51, against passive review 0.93.
- An answer you worked out yourself sticks better than one handed to you.checked many timesBertsch et al., 2007, Memory & Cognition 35(2) · 86 studies, 445 comparisons, d = 0.40.
Frequently asked
How do you say “car battery” in Greek?
«η μπαταρία αυτοκινήτου», read “i bataría aftokinítu”. In a live sentence: “Η μπαταρία αυτοκινήτου άδειασε στο κρύο” — The car battery died in the cold. You can hear how it sounds right on this page. Noun, level A1; written with the characters η, μ, π, α, τ, α, ρ, α, α, υ, τ, ο.
How is “η μπαταρία αυτοκινήτου” written in Latin letters?
i bataría aftokinítu. This is a practical spelling — you need it to read aloud and be understood, not to meet an academic standard.
Why does this word look the way it does?
bataría is any battery, which the course knows dead; aftokinítu makes it a car one. The mb at the start sounds b. A word with a story stays in memory longer than a “spelling — translation” pair: memory holds on to meaning, not to a string.
Can I hear how it sounds?
Yes, right on this page: click the word and it will play. The sound works on any phone, and nothing needs to be installed.