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,…
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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…
The negative δεν
“To be, or not to be…” If you want to negate a sentence in Greek, that is, to say ‘I am not ___’ or ‘it isn’t ___’, then you’ll need…
Questions: Πώς;
Whenever you’re learning a new language, it’s important to be able to ask what something is called in that language. In Greek, this is quite similar to asking someone’s name:…
The auxiliary είμαι
The auxiliary verb ‘to be‘ (in Greek, είμαι) is quite irregular in many languages. In English, we say I am, you are, (s)he/it is, we are, etc. Fortunately, the Greek…