τα γαλάζια μάτια
“τα γαλάζια μάτια” (ta galázia mátia) — blue eyes in Greek. Noun, level A1. yalázio is the color of the sky and the sea; a darker blue would be called ble. In a live sentence: “Το μωρό έχει γαλάζια μάτια” — The baby has blue eyes. You can hear how it sounds right here. Written with the characters τ, α, γ, α, λ, ζ, ι, α, μ, τ, ι, α. A word from the everyday Greek course, level A1.
In short
| Written in Greek | τα γαλάζια μάτια |
| Read in Latin letters | ta galázia mátia |
| Translation | blue eyes |
| Part of speech | noun |
| Level | A1 |
- τα γαλάζια μάτιαta galázia mátiablue eyes
Why it looks that way
yalázio is the color of the sky and the sea; a darker blue would be called ble
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.
- Το μωρό έχει γαλάζια μάτιαto moró ékhi galázia mátiaThe baby has blue eyes
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 “blue eyes” in Greek?
«τα γαλάζια μάτια», read “ta galázia mátia”. In a live sentence: “Το μωρό έχει γαλάζια μάτια” — The baby has blue eyes. You can hear how it sounds right on this page. Noun, level A1; written with the characters τ, α, γ, α, λ, ζ, ι, α, μ, τ, ι, α.
How is “τα γαλάζια μάτια” written in Latin letters?
ta galázia mátia. 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?
yalázio is the color of the sky and the sea; a darker blue would be called ble. 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.