Lingoflyτα σκούρα μαλλιά
- τα σκούρα μαλλιάta skúra maliádark hair
“τα σκούρα μαλλιά” (ta skúra maliá) — dark hair in Greek. Noun, level A1. The partner of anichtó: skúro is dark about any color, from hair to a suit. The ou gives oo. In a live sentence: “Τα σκούρα μαλλιά της φτάνουν ως τους ώμους” (ta skúra maliá tis ftánun os tus ómus) — Her dark hair reaches her shoulders. You can hear how it sounds right here.
In short
| Written in Greek | τα σκούρα μαλλιά (ta skúra maliá) |
| Read in Latin letters | ta skúra maliá |
| Translation | dark hair |
| Part of speech | noun |
| Level | A1 |
Why it looks that way
the partner of anichtó: skúro is dark about any color, from hair to a suit. The ou gives oo
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.
- Τα σκούρα μαλλιά της φτάνουν ως τους ώμουςta skúra maliá tis ftánun os tus ómusHer dark hair reaches her shoulders
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 “dark hair” in Greek?
«τα σκούρα μαλλιά» (ta skúra maliá), read “ta skúra maliá”. In a live sentence: “Τα σκούρα μαλλιά της φτάνουν ως τους ώμους” (ta skúra maliá tis ftánun os tus ómus) — Her dark hair reaches her shoulders. You can hear how it sounds right on this page. Noun, level A1; written with the characters τ, α, σ, κ, ο, ύ, ρ, α, μ, α, λ, λ…
How is “τα σκούρα μαλλιά” (ta skúra maliá) written in Latin letters?
ta skúra maliá. 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?
The partner of anichtó: skúro is dark about any color, from hair to a suit. The ou gives oo. 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 this 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.