Greek Grammar

The Greek grammar allows you to manipulate the vocabulary to obtain multiple forms of a word. The grammatical rules below are the most important in Greek and help connect words or shape the structure. We start with the prepositions:

And: και  [kai]	Under: υπό  [epo]
Before: προτού  [protoύ]	After: μετά  [meta]
Inside: εντός  [entos]	Outside: εκτός  [ektos]
With: με  [me]	But: αλλά  [alla]
For: για  [yia]	From: από  [apo]
To: να  [na]	In: σε  [se]

Questions and Adverbs

To ask questions, use the following:

What?: τι;  [ti;]	Who?: ποιος;  [poios;]
How?: πώς;  [pos;]	Why?: γιατί;  [yiati;]
Where?: πού;  [poύ;]

Some of the most important time adverbs:

Never: ποτέ  [pote]	Rarely: σχεδόν ποτέ  [schethon pote]
Sometimes: μερικές φορές  [merikes fores]	Usually: συνήθως  [senethos]
Always: πάντοτε  [pantote]	Very: πολύ  [polύ]

Most commonly used pronouns in Greek:

I: εγώ  [eyo]	You: εσείς  [eseis]
He: αυτός  [aetos]	She: αυτή  [aete]
We: εμείς  [emeis]	They: αυτοί  [aetoi]

To express the possession of something [possessive form]:

My: μου  [moe]	Your: σας  [sas]
His: του  [toe]	Her: της  [tes]
Our: μας  [mas]	Their: τους  [toes]

Grammar in a sentence

Some random verbs to show how it's being used:

I speak English: μιλάω αγγλικά  [milao ayylika]

You speak French: μιλάτε γαλλικά  [milate yallika]

He speaks German: μιλάει γερμανικά  [milaei yermanika]

She speaks Italian: μιλάει ιταλικά  [milaei italika]

I visited France: επισκέφθηκα τη γαλλία  [episkeftheka te yallia]

I will drink milk: θα πιω γάλα  [tha pio yala]

Some extra grammatical structures:

I understand you: σας καταλαβαίνω  [sas katalavaino]

I don't understand you: δεν σας καταλαβαίνω  [then sas katalavaino]

I don't speak French: δεν μιλώ γαλλικά  [then milo yallika]

This is my house: αυτό είναι το σπίτι μου  [aeto einai to spiti moe]

That restaurant is far: αυτό το εστιατόριο είναι μακριά  [aeto to estiatorio einai makria]

No problem: κανένα πρόβλημα  [kanena provlema]

The above Greek grammar can provide tools to use in coordination with the Greek vocabulary to obtain some popular Greek phrases.