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why's it so hard 😭

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[–] teft@lemmy.world 7 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago)

Πτολεμαίος

You can put it in google translate to hear a modern greek version of it. The P sound is there but nearly silent.

https://translate.google.com/?sl=el&tl=en&text=%CE%A0%CF%84%CE%BF%CE%BB%CE%B5%CE%BC%CE%B1%CE%AF%CE%BF%CF%82&op=translate