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1. Select the phrases that you want to learn from the list on the right. These cover a wide variety of Greek topics, including the numbers in Greek, Greek days, Greek greetings and the months in Greek. All the phrases have audio recorded by a native speaker.

2. Listen to and copy the native speech on the review page.

3. Learn the phrases using the learning methods which include flashcards and multiple choice to practice learning, speaking and recall.

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Greek is written using the Greek alphabet (of 24 letters descended from the Phoenician alphabet).

The words and phrases on SurfaceLanguages are written using the Greek script and also in a romanized version. This attempts to match the sounds of the Greek alphabet as closely as possible to those of the Roman alphabet.

The Greek alphabet is phonetic and straight-forward to learn. Learn the Greek Alphabet


Greek

Greek is spoken by the 12 million inhabitants of Greece and Cyprus. It belongs to an independent branch of the indo-European language family. The history of the language can be traced from Proto-Greek, an assumed theoretical language from which all dialects of Greek are descended, via Mycenaean and Ancient Greek to the Demotic or Standard Modern Greek as is spoken in Greece today.

The Greek language

Greek nouns have gender and can be masculine, feminine or neuter. The definite articles for masculine, feminine and neuter nouns are o, ή and τo respectively (in the nominative case). The man 'άντρας', the woman 'ή γυναίκα' are examples of masculine and feminine nouns (in the nominative). Nouns decline and can be either nominative, vocative, accusative or genitive. Definite and indefinite articles decline. (The indefinite article exists only in the singular).

Adjectives decline and vary according to the noun described. Many adjectives (in the nominative) end in -o if the word is masculine, -η if it is feminine and -o if it is neuter.

Links

Learn the Greek alphabet
Basic Greek grammar
Learning Greek in three months
English words derived from Greek
Greek Words from the FSI Greek language course
www.fsi-language-courses.org
http://www.bbc.co.uk/languages/greek/talk/


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Greek Phrases

A few first words. 1
A few first words. 2
Bathroom. Items found in the bathroom
Bedroom. Items found in the bedroom
Buying things. General phrases
Buying things. Useful words
Countries and where I am from
Communication problems
Conversation. Introductions
Conversation. Small talk. 1
Conversation. Small talk. 2
Conversation. Small talk. Sport and filler words
Sport
Conversation. Small talk. The weather
Describing things. Colours
Describing things. Adjectives
Directions. 1
Directions. 2
Days. General
Days of the week and seasons
Eating. Phrases. 1
Eating. Phrases. 2
Eating. Items
Emergencies
Family
Food and Drink. At the Bar or Café. 1
Food and Drink. At the Bar or Café. 2
Food and Drink. At the Bar or Café. 3
Getting around. General words
Getting around. General phrases
Getting around. Train bus and taxi
Getting around by car
Health and at the chemist
Money
Months of the year
Numbers. 1 to 10
Numbers. 11 to 20
Numbers. 30 to 1000
Parts of the body
Places and buildings. 1
Places and buildings. 2
Useful words
Question and size words
Special occasions
Sightseeing
Somewhere to stay. 1
Somewhere to stay. 2
The house
Useful words to recognize
Words to do with food. General
Words to do with food. Fruit
Words to do with food. Vegetables
Words to do with food. Meat
Time
Clothing
Common nouns. 1
Common nouns. 2
Common nouns. 3
Common nouns. 4