Basic English-Greek dictionary Greek belongs to the Indoeuropean family of languages and has thirty four centuries of written

records. In the antiquity it was considered lingua franca of the Mediterranean area. Nowadays, Greek is an official language of Greece and Cyprus, as well as one of the official languages of the European Union. In the Western civilization Greek along with Latin has become the language of the scientific terminology, and thus it has had an enormous impact on many modern languages. It has been estimated that Greek is spoken by some fifteen million people around the world, mainly in Greece and Cyprus, but also in some settlements in the countries such as Turkey, Albania, and Bulgaria. That is why if you are planning a trip to one of these countries, it is crucial that you take advantage of the Greek-English dictionary below and learn key words and phrases that can make a difference during your stay abroad. It is obvious that for example in the centre of Athens, most shop and restaurant owners speak English, so you won't have problems communicating with them. Nevertheless, it always makes an impression on a local citizen when a foreign tourist can say some words in a country he is visiting. A simple "efharisto" (thank you) can elicit plenty of happy replies. Who knows, maybe you could even get a discount on your bill? Greetings Greek Kalimera Kalispera Kalinihta Geia sou Geia sas Pos se lene? Hero poli Ti kanis? Ti kanete? Kala A'shima Etsi k etsi English Good morning Good evening Good night Hi Hello (formal or plural) What's your name? Nice to meet you How are you? (informal) How are You? (formal) Good Bad So and so

Personal Pronouns Greek Ego Esi I You English

Aftos/Afti/Afto Emis Esis Afti

He/She/It We You They

Languages Greek Den katalaveno Pos to lete sta [Agglika]? Mila'te [Ellinika]? Agglika Ellinika Gallika Iermanika Ispanika Kinezika Italika Polonika Rosika Family and Friends Greek i sizigos o sizigos i kori o gios mite'ra pate'ras o filos i fili o aderfos i aderfi o ksaderfos wife husband daughter son mother father friend (male) friend (female) brother sister cousin (male) English English I don't understand How do you say it in [English]? Do you speak [Greek]? English Greek French German Spanish Chinese Italian Polish Russian

i ksaderfi i pethera o petheros o thi'os i thi'a Numbers Greek miden ena dio tria te'ssera pende e'ksi epta ohto ene'a deka e'ndeka do'deka deka tri'a deka te'ssera deka pe'nde deka e'ksi deka epta' deka okto' deka enne'a ikosi ikosi ena ikosi dio trianda saranda peninda eksinda efdominda

cousin (female) mother in law father in law uncle aunt

English zero one two three four five six seven eight nine ten eleven twelve thirteen fourteen fifteen sixteen seventeen eighteen nineteen twenty twenty one twenty two thirty fourty fifty sixty seventy

ogdonda eneninda ekato hilia ena ekatomirio Interrogative pronouns Greek po'so? ti? pou? pote? giati? Shopping Greek po'so ka'ni afto? ti i'ne afto? tha to agoraso tha ithela na agora'so ... 'ehete ...? anihta klista Post office Greek ka'rt posta'l li'go poli' ola tahidromi'o Hotel

eighty ninety one hundred one thousand one million

English how much? what? where? when? why?

pios, pia, pio who? (masculine, feminine, neuter)

English how much does it cost? what is it? I'll buy it I'd like to buy ... Do you have...? open closed

pe'rnete pistotikes ka'rtes? Do you accept credit cards?

English post card a little much all post office

grammato'sima stamp

Greek ksenodohio doma'tio kra'tisi den iparhoun domatia diavatirio hotel room reservation no vacancies passport

English

e'hete ena domatio gia apopse? Are there any vacancies for tonight?

Time of the day Greek tora meta prin to proi to vradi ti nihta English now later before in the morning in the evening at night

to mesimeri in the afternoon

Telling the time Grecki to lepto i ora i mera i evdomada o minas o hronos Ti ora ine?
tri's ke tetarto e'ndeka misi

English minute hour day week month year What's teh time? 3.15 quater past three 11.30 half past eleven 1.45 quarter to two

efta' kie dekatri'a 7.13 thirteen past seven

dio para tetarto

Travelling Greek to treno to isiti'rio to leoforio i stasi tou leoforiu

Poso kani to isitirio?

English a train a ticket a bus a bus station How much is the ticket?

Ena isitirio gia (Iraklio), parakalo One ticket to (Heraklion), parakalo Pu menis? metro'
o stathmo's tou tre'nou

Where do you live? subway train station Bus station Where are you going? a plane departure arrival Car rental agency an airport

o stathmo's tou leoforiu Pu pate? to aeroplano

anaho'risi a'fixi grafi'o enikia'seos aftokini'ton

to aerodromio Directions Greek deksia aristera efthia sto piso voria notia anatoli disi English right left straight to (direction) behind north south east west

brosta apo in front of

Days of the week Greek English

defte'ra tri'ti teta'rti pe'mpti sa'vato kiriaki' Places

Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Saturday Sunday

paraskevi' Friday

Greek tahidromi'o musi'o tra'peza astinomiko tmi'ma nosokomi'o farmaki'o magazi' estiato'rio sholi'o eklisi'a plati'a limni pota'mi pisi'na pirgos gefira

English post office museum bank police station hospital pharmacy/drug store shop restaurant school church square lake river swimming pool tower bridge

Months Greek Ianuarios Fevruarios Martios Aprilios Ma'ios English January February March April May

Iunios Iulios Avgustos Septemvrios Oktovrios Noemvrios Dekemvrios Seasons Greek 'aniksi kaloke'ri himo'nas English spring summer winter

June July August Spetember October November December

fthinoporo autumn

In a restaurant

Greek Pu ine? trapezi fagito alati peperi mustarda Borite na mu ferete toualeta ne ohi proino mesimeriano vradino gia hortofa'gous Geia' mas! Logariasmo, parakalo? table food salt pepper mustard

English where is?

Could you bring me toilet yes no breakfast lunch dinner vegetarian Cheers! Can i have a bill, please?

psomi anapsiktiko kafe ts'ai himo nero krasi' kre'as mpi'ra mosha'ri hirino psa'ri lahanika frou'ta patates salata gliko pagoto' Efharisto poli Parakalo Parakalo, signomi Other Greek Simera Avrio Htes Genethlia

bread beverage coffee tea juice water wine meat beer beef pork fish vegatables fruits fries, chips (British English) salad dessert ice cream Thank You You are welcome please Excuse me

English Today Tomorrow Yesterday Birthday

Hronia polla! Happy Birthday!