At the coffe shop

Bakery and Café

At the Bakery
A loaf of bread	Ένα (καρβέλι) ψωμί
Crispbread	Φρυγανιές
Croissant	Κρουασάν
Baklava	Μπακλαβάς
Loukoumathes	Λουκουμάδες
Chalva	Χαλβάς

More basic Words

General Phrases
Good bye	Αντίο
Good morning	Καλημέρα
Good night	Καληνύχτα
How are you?	Τι κάνεις;
I like Greece	Μου αρέσει η Ελλάδα
I want	Θέλω.....
I would like	Θα ήθελα
It (the weather) is cold/hot	Κάνει κρύο/ζέστη
Please/You are welcome	Παρακαλώ
Thank you	Ευχαριστώ
Very well	Πολύ καλά

a little	λίγο
also	επίσης
and	και
but	αλλά
excuse me	συγνώμη
how much?	πόσο;
how?	πώς;
maybe	ίσως
only	μόνο
too	επίσης
what?	τι;
when?	πότε;
where?	πού;
which?	ποιο;
who?	ποιος;
why?	γιατί;

Numbers

Cardinal Numbers in Modern Greek
zero	μηδέν
one (m, f, n)	ένας, μία (also μια), ένα
two	δύο (also δυο)
three (m/f, n)	τρεις,  τρία
four (m/f, n)	τέσσερις,  τέσσερα
five	πέντε
six	έξι
seven	επτά (also εφτά)
eight	οκτώ (also οχτώ)
nine	εννέα (also εννιά)
ten	δέκα
eleven	έντεκα (also ένδεκα)
twelve	δώδεκα
thirteen (m/f, n)	δεκατρείς,  δεκατρία
fourteen (m/f, n)	δεκατέσσερις,  δεκατέσσερα
fifteen	δεκαπέντε
sixteen	δεκαέξι
seventeen	δεκαεπτά (also δεκαεφτά)
eighteen	δεκαοκτώ (also δεκαοχτώ)
nineteen	δεκαεννέα (also δεκαεννιά)
twenty	είκοσι
thirty	τριάντα
forty	σαράντα
fifty	πενήντα
sixty	εξήντα
seventy	εβδομήντα
eighty	ογδόντα
ninety	ενενήντα
one hundred	εκατό

Ordinal Numbers in Modern Greek
first	πρώτος, -η,  -ο
second	δεύτερος,  -η,  -ο (F. also δευτέρα)
third	τρίτος, -η, -ο
fourth	τέταρτος, -η,  -ο (F. also τετάρτη)
fifth	πέμπτος, -η, -ο
sixth	έκτος, -η,  -ο
seventh	έβδομος, -η, -ο
eighth	όγδοος, -η, -ο
ninth	ένατος, -η, -ο
tenth	δέκατος, -η, -ο

Why is Greek such a great language?

I can only suppose that the normal language of Greek poetry is in itself in some sense sublime. Most critics accept this as an obvious fact, yet, if true, it is a very strange fact and worth thinking about. The sound of a great deal of Greek poetry, either as we pronounce it, or as the ancients pronounced it, is to modern ears almost ugly. It depends partly, perhaps, on the actual structure of the Greek language: philologists tell us that, viewed as a specimen, it is in structure and growth and in power of expressing things, the most perfect language they know. And certainly one often finds that a thought can be expressed with ease and grace in Greek which becomes clumsy and involved in Latin, English, French or German. But neither of these causes goes, I think, to the root of the matter.

What is it that gives words their character and makes a style high or low? Obviously, their associations; the company they habitually keep in the minds of those who use them. A word which belongs to the language of bars and billiard saloons will become permeated by the normal standard of mind prevalent in such places; a word which suggests Milton or Carlyle will have the flavour of those men’s minds about it. I therefore cannot resist the conclusion that, if the language of Greek poetry has, to those who know it intimately, this special quality of keen austere beauty, it is because the minds of the poets who used that language were habitually toned to a higher level both of intensity and of nobility than ours. It is a finer language because it expresses the minds of finer men. By ‘finer men’ I do not necessarily mean men who behaved better, either by our standards or by their own; I mean men to whom the fine things of the world, sunrise and sea and stars and the love of man for man, and strife and the facing of evil for the sake of good, and even common things like meat and drink, and evil things like hate and terror, had, as it were, a keener edge than they have for us and roused a swifter and a nobler reaction.
From Gilbert Murray, Greek is the higher life of man

Greek Verb Conjugator

This is a simple Modern Greek verb conjugator.

The conjugator can currently do 1080 verbs. 

You have to type in the first person present form of the verb to conjugate it in Greek. 

If you're totally out of ideas, some Greek verbs to try are:

  είμαι, πηγαίνω, κάνω, θέλω, βλέπω, μπορώ, βρίσκω, διαβάζω, μιλάω

cooljugator

Basic words and phrases (for German students)

Für den Anfang...
Auf Wiedersehen	Αντίο
Wie geht es dir?	Τι κάνεις;
Ich mag Griechenland.	Μου αρέσει η Ελλάδα
Ich möchte ....	Θέλω.....
Ich hätte gerne ....	Θα ήθελα
Es (das Wetter) ist kalt/heiß.	Κάνει κρύο/ζέστη
Bitte/Gern geschehen	Παρακαλώ
Danke	Ευχαριστώ
Sehr gut.	Πολύ καλά

was?	τι;
welcher/s?	ποιο;
wo?	πού;
wann?	πότε;
wie viel?	πόσο;
wer?	ποιος;
warum?	γιατί;
wie?	πώς;
und	και
nur	μόνο
ein wenig	λίγο
auch	επίσης
aber	αλλά
vielleicht	ίσως

Verb conjunctions

In Greek verbs are divided into two conjunctions.  Two categories.  The first conjunction (α’ συζυγία) includes the verbs which are not stressed on the last syllable. The verbs of the second conjunction (β’ συζυγία) are always stressed on the last syllable.

The second conjunction is divided into two groups. In the first group are the verbs with the ending -α and in the second group the verbs with the ending –εί in present form of the indicative, third person singular. This will help you form the other tenses as well.

The tense for both conjunctions in the following examples is the Simple Present of the indicative. Later we will see the conjunctions for the other tenses.

First conjunction

Λύνω, solve.

Εγώ	λύν-ω
Εσύ	λύν-εις
Αυτός, αυτή, αυτό	λύν-ει
Εμείς	λύν-ουμε
Εσείς	λύν-ετε
Αυτοί, αυτές, αυτά	λύν-ουν

In order to conjugate the verbs we keep the verb without the ending and then we just add the suitable ending.

Second Conjunction, first group (-α).

Απαντώ, answer.

Εγώ	απαντ-ώ	or απαντ-άω
Εσύ	απαντ -άς
Αυτός, αυτή, αυτό	απαντ –ά	or απαντ-άει
Εμείς	απαντ –ούμε	or απαντ-άμε
Εσείς	απαντ -άτε
Αυτοί, αυτές, αυτά	απαντ –ουν	or απαντ-άνε

Do not forget that all the verbs of this category have two forms in all persons apart from the second person in both singular and plural. In Greek the first person of the verb functions as the infinitive.  Thus, the infinitive for the first group of the second conjunction can have two forms as well. Don’t get confused.

Second Conjunction, second group (-ει).

Λειτουργώ,operate.

Εγώ	λειτουργ-ώ
Εσύ	λειτουργ -είς
Αυτός, αυτή, αυτό	λειτουργ –εί
Εμείς	λειτουργ –ούμε
Εσείς	λειτουργ -είτε
Αυτοί, αυτές, αυτά	λειτουργ –ουν

Here are some verbs.

1st Conjunction	2nd Conjunction , first group	2nd Conjunction, second group
Γράφω = write	Αγαπώ = love	Ακολουθώ = follow
Σβήνω = erase	Φιλώ = kiss	Παρατηρώ = observe
Παιζώ = play	Κρατώ = hold	Εποκοινωνώ = communicate
Πλένω = wash	Ρωτώ, ask	Εξηγώ = explain
Αγοράζω = buy	Σπαταλώ = waste	Συγχωρώ = forgive
Πηγαίνω =  die	Μετρώ = count	Πληροφορώ = inform
Μαθαίνω = learn	Χαιρετώ = wave	Οδηγώ = drive
Έχω = have	Πηδώ = jump	Ομολογώ = confess
Πιστεύω = believe	Γελώ = laugh	Ζώ = live
Φωνάζω = shout	Κολυμπώ = swim	Δημιουργώ = create

Personal pronouns, direct-indirect object

In Greek the direct and indirect pronoun are not the same like in English. 

For example in English we say : I met him and I talked to him.

Both direct and indirect object are the same. If you translate the same sentence to Greek:

Τον συνάντησα και του μίλησα

Here the “Τον” is the direct object and the “του” is the indirect. I will give you a second example to understand it better:

Σε ικετεύω μην το κάνεις! - I beg you don’t do it!  Whom do I beg? -> you.

Σου έφερα φαγητό να φας.- I brought you food to eat. To whom I brought? ->to you

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