100 Basic Greek Vocabularies
We believe in learning the most important vocabularies first to start off your learning journey on the right foot. The list below contains 100 of the most frequently used Greek vocabularies. For more vocabularies like that, check out our yellow vocabulary book towards the end of this page.
| English | Greek |
|---|---|
| I | εγώ (egó) |
| you | εσύ (esý) |
| he | αυτός (aftós) |
| she | αυτή (aftí) |
| it | αυτό (aftó) |
| we | εμείς (emeís) |
| you | εσείς (eseís) |
| they | αυτοί (aftoí) |
| what | τί (tí) |
| who | ποιος (poios) |
| where | πού (poú) |
| why | γιατί (giatí) |
| how | πώς (pós) |
| which | ποιο (poio) |
| when | πότε (póte) |
| then | τότε (tóte) |
| if | αν (an) |
| really | πραγματικά (pragmatiká) |
| but | αλλά (allá) |
| because | επειδή (epeidí) |
| not | δεν (den) |
| this | αυτό (aftó) |
| that | ότι (óti) |
| all | όλα (óla) |
| or | ή (í) |
| and | και (kai) |
| to know | ξέρω (xéro) |
| to think | σκέφτομαι (skéftomai) |
| to come | έρχομαι (érchomai) |
| to put | βάζω (vázo) |
| to take | παίρνω (paírno) |
| to find | βρίσκω (vrísko) |
| to listen | ακούω (akoúo) |
| to work | δουλεύω (doulévo) |
| to talk | μιλάω (miláo) |
| to give | δίνω (díno) |
| to like | μου αρέσει (mou arései) |
| to help | βοηθώ (voithó) |
| to love | αγαπώ (agapó) |
| to call | καλώ (kaló) |
| to wait | περιμένω (periméno) |
| 0 | μηδέν (midén) |
| 1 | ένα (éna) |
| 2 | δύο (dýo) |
| 3 | τρία (tría) |
| 4 | τέσσερα (téssera) |
| 5 | πέντε (pénte) |
| 6 | έξι (éxi) |
| 7 | επτά (eptá) |
| 8 | οκτώ (októ) |
| 9 | εννέα (ennéa) |
| 10 | δέκα (déka) |
| 11 | έντεκα (énteka) |
| 12 | δώδεκα (dódeka) |
| 13 | δεκατρία (dekatría) |
| 14 | δεκατέσσερα (dekatéssera) |
| 15 | δεκαπέντε (dekapénte) |
| 16 | δεκαέξι (dekaéxi) |
| 17 | δεκαεπτά (dekaeptá) |
| 18 | δεκαοκτώ (dekaoktó) |
| 19 | δεκαεννέα (dekaennéa) |
| 20 | είκοσι (eíkosi) |
| new | νέος (néos) |
| old | παλιός (paliós) |
| few | λίγα (líga) |
| many | πολλά (pollá) |
| wrong | λάθος (láthos) |
| correct | σωστός (sostós) |
| bad | κακός (kakós) |
| good | καλός (kalós) |
| happy | χαρούμενος (charoúmenos) |
| short | κοντός (kontós) |
| long | μακρύς (makrýs) |
| small | μικρός (mikrós) |
| big | μεγάλος (megálos) |
| there | εκεί (ekeí) |
| here | εδώ (edó) |
| right | δεξιά (dexiá) |
| left | αριστερά (aristerá) |
| beautiful | όμορφος (ómorfos) |
| young | νέος (néos) |
| old | γέρος (géros) |
| hello | χαίρετε (chaírete) |
| ok | εντάξει (entáxei) |
| of course | φυσικά (fysiká) |
| bye bye | γειά (geiá) |
| good bye | αντίο σας (antío sas) |
| excuse me | με συγχωρείτε (me synchoreíte) |
| sorry | συγγνώμη (syngnómi) |
| thank you | ευχαριστώ (efcharistó) |
| please | παρακαλώ (parakaló) |
| now | τώρα (tóra) |
| hour | (η) ώρα (óra) |
| minute | (το) λεπτό (leptó) |
| second | (το) δευτερόλεπτο (defterólepto) |
| day | (η) ημέρα (iméra) |
| week | (η) εβδομάδα (evdomáda) |
| month | (ο) μήνας (mínas) |
| year | (το) έτος (étos) |
| evening | νωρίς το βράδυ (norís to vrády) |
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