Greek Nouns

Welcome to the third Greek lesson about nouns. This time we will first learn about fruits and vegetables, followed by grammar rules, then food items, finally a conversation in Greek to help you practice your daily phrases. To hear the pronunciation, just click on the sound icon.

potatoes πατάτες [patates]

tomatoes ντομάτες [ntomates]

onions κρεμμύδια [kremmύthia]

carrots καρότο [karoto]

fruits φρούτα [froύta]

apples μήλο [melo]

bananas μπανάνες [mpananes]

oranges πορτοκάλια [portokalia]

Nouns Grammar Rules

In general nouns refer to a person, an object, or abstract ideas. For example: a fast runner the noun is [runner] because it refers to a person. The examples below use nouns in different ways and places to demonstrate how they behave in a sentence.

Grammar + Rules - Greek + Pronunciation
do you have milk? [verb + noun] έχεις γάλα? [echeis yala?]
I have milk and coffee [preposition + noun] έχω γάλα και καφέ [echo yala kai kafe]
he has three apples [number + plural noun] έχει τρία μήλα [echei tria mela]
she only has one apple [number + singular noun] έχει μόνο ένα μήλο [echei mono ena melo]
we live in a small house [adjective + noun] ζούμε σε μικρό σπίτι [zoύme se mikro spiti]
I like our breakfast [pronoun + noun] μου αρέσει το πρωινό μας [moe aresei to proino mas]

The following are nouns of food items that you might be interested in learning and memorizing.

bread ψωμί [psomi]

milk γάλα [yala]

butter βούτυρο [voύtero]

cheese τυρί [teri]

coffee καφές [kafes]

sandwich σάντουιτς [santoeits]

meat κρέας [kreas]

chicken κοτόπουλο [kotopoelo]

fish ψάρι [psari]

breakfast πρωινό [proino]

lunch μεσημεριανό [mesemeriano]

dinner δείπνο [theipno]

Conversation in Greek

Now we finally reach the fun part, the practice of the daily conversations. These phrases are used to get to know new people, and break the ice.

English - Greek - Pronunciation
Do you speak (English/ Greek)? μιλάς αγγλικά/ελληνικά? [milas ayylika/ellenika?]
Just a little λίγα [liya]
I like Greek μου αρέσουν τα ελληνικά [moe aresoen ta ellenika]
Can I practice with you? μπορώ να εξασκηθώ μαζί σου? [mporo na exasketho mazi soe?]
How old are you? πόσω χρονών είσαι? [poso chronon eisai?]
I'm thirty three years old είμαι τριάντα τρία χρονών. [eimai trianta tria chronon.]
It was nice talking to you χάρηκα που τα είπαμε [chareka poe ta eipame]

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