Θέλω (I want…)
Remember the meaning of Τι κάνεις; and Τι κάνετε;? Both of these questions mean ‘How are you doing?’. The only difference is in politeness (or the number of people being…
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Προσωπικές Αντωνυμίες (Personal pronouns)
Remember how to ask ‘Who is it?’ in Greek? The most commonly-used phrase is Ποιος είναι; Ποιος is masculine, but can be used to refer to unknown people of any…
Από πού είσαι; (Where are you from?)
You know how you ask how someone is doing, and what their name is. To ask where they are from, or where they live, we need another question word: πού.…
Οι αριθμοί (The numbers) 1-40
Remember the neuter form of ‘a’/’an’ in Greek? Ένα also means ‘one’, and is used for counting. With your knowledge that ‘digraph’ means two letters, and ‘dipthong’ means two sounds,…
Indefinite article (‘a’/’an’): ένας/μία/ένα
Articles are words like ‘the’ (definite article) and ‘a‘/’an‘ (indefinite articles). In English, whether we use ‘a’ or ‘an’ depends on whether a word begins with a vowel (a,e,i,o,u) or…
Καλώς όρισες (Welcome)
Remember the conversation between Kostas, Maria, and Julia at the airport, Καλώς όρισες? Καλώς όρισες means ‘welcome‘. It’s the name of a song by the famous Greek singer Yiannis Parios:…
Παρακαλώ (Please)
Remember how to thank someone in Greek? Thank you & You’re welcome Ευχαριστώ is the verb meaning ‘I thank’, and it’s used like we would say ‘thank you’ in English.…
Definite article (‘the’): ο/η/το
Nouns name things, like ‘bus’ or ‘bank’, as opposed to verbs like ‘ride’, or adjectives like ‘large’. Gender and Nouns In Greek, each noun has a gender: masculine, feminine, and…
Questions: Ποιος;
Aside from yes/no questions, the other main type of question in Greek is those which use interrogatives, or ‘question words’, like Τι; Πώς; or Πού; You can hear examples of…
Questions: Ναι/Όχι
As in many languages, there are two basic types of question in Greek – those with an interrogative, or ‘question word’, like Τι; Πως; or Πού; and those which can…