1.  Ēta is the seventh letter in the Greek alphabet.

2.  Ēta is a voiced vowel as are all vowels. It is always pronounced long. Its corresponding short vowel is epsīlon. Its phoneme sounds like "a" as in "gate" or the "e" in "obey." The vocal cords vibrate when the phoneme is pronounced. You can test this by putting your fingers on your vocal cords and practice saying it.

3.  Ēta's upper and lower case letters look very dissimilar. The capital letter looks like the English "H" and is written exactly like it. However, its sound is very different! The lower case letter looks similiar to the English "n." Do not let this letter fool you! It may help to remember that the lower case letter's final stroke drops below the base line and may be formed in one stroke without lifting the pen from the paper.

4.  Ēta is transliterated into English as "Ē" or "ē" with the macron marking appearing above both the capital and small letter. The macron marking is very important for it differentiates ēta and epsīlon in transliteration!