a little greek

A little Greek

Learn the basics of Greek and throw yourself into the culture. Here are some words and phrases that will help you as an introduction.

Good Morning	Kalimera	Hospital	Nosokoméio
Good Evening	Kalispera	Receipt	Apothiksí
Hello/Goodbye	Yassoo	Road	Thrómos
Yes	Nai	Footpath	Monopáti
No	Ochi	Spring	Pigí
Please	Parakalo	River	Potamós
Excuse me!	Signómi!	Ravine	Faráagi
Thank you	Efkaristo	Mountain	to Voonó
Ok	Endaxi	Cave	Spiliá
Doesn’t matter!	Dén pirázi!	Sea	Thálassa
How are you?	Ti Kanis?	Beach	Paralía
I am well	Eimai kala	Harbor	Limáni
You	Esy	Ancient ruins	Ta arhéa
May I have, Please	Boro na echo, parakalo	Church	Eklisía
I am from...	Eimai apo...	Village	Horió
And	Kai	House	Spíti
Where?	Poo?	Airport	Aërothrómio
Now	Taura	The weather	O kerós
Tomorrow	Avrio	Time	O jronos
Do you speak English?	Miláte angliká?	Snow	Hióni
I don't understand	Then katalavéno	Rain	Vrécki
I'm lost	Hathika	Hot	Zésti
Help	Voíthiá	Cold	Krío
Come	Éla	Above	Páno
What is this?	Ti íne aftó?	Below	Káto
Good	Kalós	Northwards	Pros voriá
Bad	Kakos	Southwards	Pros notiá
Today	Símera	Eastwards	Pros anatoliká
How far is the....?	Poso makriá eínai	Westwards	Pros thitiká
Is it far from here?	eínai makriá po tho?	Opposite	Apénandi
Where will we find...?	Poú na vroúme	Go left	Aristerá
Where is...?	Poú eínai?	Go right	Theksiá
When?	Póte?	Towards	Pros
What?	Ti?	Near	Kondá
Which?	Pios?	Far	Makriá
Do you have a room?	Mípos ékete domátio?	Between	Metaksí
Is there a taverna near here?	Ipárke tavérna ethó kondá?	Next to	Thípla
Where are you from?	Apó poú eísaste?	Straight on	Efithía
What is your name?	Pós sas léne?	Straight on	Ísya
My name is	Me léne	There it is	Náto
How much does it cost?	Póso kánei?	You take	Tha parete
what time does it leave?	Ti óra fev´ye?	From	Apó
What time does it arrive	Ti óra ftanei	It is forbidden	Apagorévete
Food	Fagitó	It is allowed	Epitrépete
Water	Ta neró	1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9,10	Ena, dio, tria, tessera, pende, exi, eptá, ochtó, enéa, deca
I am thirsty	Thipsáo	January, February, March, April, May ,June	Janúarios, Fevruáios, Mártios, Aprílios, Máios, Iúnios
Medicine	Phármako	July, August, September, October, November, December	Júlios, Áugustos, Septémvrios, Októvrios, Noémvrios, Dekémvrios
Chemists shop	Pharmakéio	Sunday, Monday, Thuesday,	Kiriakí, Deftéra, Tríti
Doctor	Iatrós	Wenesday, Thursday, Fryday, Saturday	Tetárti, Pémti, Paraskeví, Sávato,

Greek alphabet

alfa	a	A	alja	a	/ a /
beta	b	B	bhta	b	/ b /
gamma	g	G	gamma	g	/ ga, gue /...
delta	d	D	delta	d	/ d /
epsilón	e	E	eyilon	e	/ e /
dseta	z	Z	zhta	z	/ ds, z / (za, ce, ci. zo, zu ).
eta	h	H	hta	e	/ e /
zeta	q - J	Q	qhta	th	/za, ce, ci, zo, zu/
iota	i	I	iwta	i	/ i /
cappa	k	K	kappa	c , k	/ k /
lambda	l	L	lambda	l	/ l /
my	m	M	mu	m	/ m /
ny	n	N	nu	n	/ n /
xi	x	X	xi	x	/ ks /
omicrón	o	O	omikron	o	/ o /
pi	p	P	pi	p	/ p /
rho	r	R	rw	r	/ r /
sigma	s,-V	S	sigma	s	/ s /
tau	t	T	tau	t	/ t /
ypsilón	u	U	uyilon	y	/ u /(fr.)- ü (ger.)
fi	j - f	F	ji	ph	/ f /
ji	c	C	ci	ch	/ j /
psi	y	Y	y	ps	/ (p)s /
omega	w	W	w	o	/ o /

Letter sets
Vowels		Consonants
ai	|e|	mp	|b|
ei	|i|	-mp	|mb|
oi	|i|	nt	|d|
ou	|u|	-nt	|nd|
au	|av| |af|	gk	|g|
eu	|ev| |ef|	-gk,gg	|ng|
ai	|e|	tx	|dz|
ei	|i|	ts	|ts|

Links

· An Introduction to Modern Greek – sound enhanced modern Greek lessons, covering the Greek alphabet, Greek numbers, Greek grammar, verbs, days of the week, months of the year, dates and more.

· Quick Course in Greek - a brief illustrated introduction to the ancient Greek language, covering the alphabet, diphthongs, diacriticals, pronunciation, transcription and more   .

· Greek Through the Internet - online lessons and guides in the Greek alphabet, how to write Greek letters, letters and sounds, pronunciation, accents/stressing, punctuation, phrases for meeting and getting to know people, nouns, adjectives, the present tense, vocabulary and other phrases.

· A Greek Grammar for Colleges - a comprehensive text based guide to Greek grammar, covering letters, sounds, syllables, accent, the greek alphabet, inflection, parts of speech, formation of words and more.