First 101 Words in Greek

The following list of words is taken from the 100 Words To Learn In A Foreign Language page by Aaron Rubin and will hopefully provide the reader with a basic vocabulary in Greek. Note that Nouns and Adjectives are presented in the Nominative Case of the Masculine Gender and the Verbs in the First Person of the Present Tense. Unlike English one cannot just glue words together to make a sentence, but one has to learn to conjugate nouns and verbs in order to form grammatically correct phrases.
Basic words
hello*gh'A*
yes*nE*
no*Okh'i*
good morning*kalimEra*
good night*kalinIkhta*
goodbye*adIo*
thank you*ephkharistO*
what?;*tI?*
which? (neuter);*pkh'O?*
where?;*pU?*
when?*pOte*
how much?;*pOso*
who? (masc);*pkh'Os?*
why?;*gh'atI?*
how?;*pOs?*
please() *(sas) parakalO*
and*k'E*
only*mOno*
a little*lIgho*
also*epIsis*
too (in excess)*epiplEon*
but*alA*
maybe*Isos*
something*kAti*
someone (masc)*kApkh'os*
excuse me*sighnOmi*
Nouns
book*bhibhlIo*
pen*stilO*
table*trapEzi*
man*Andras*
woman*gh'inEka*
child*pedhI*
boy*aghOri*
girl*korItsi*
student (masc)*mathitIs*
car*aphtokInito*
language*ghlOsa*
tourist*turIstas*
city*pOli*
money*khrImata*
store*katAstima*
restaurant*estiatOrio*
family*ikogh'enia*
mother*mitEra*
father*patEras*
sister*adherphI*
brother*adherphOs*
water*nerO*
day*imEra*
evening*bhrAdi*
night*nIkhta*
morning*proI*
afternoon*apOgh'ebhma*
breakfast*proinO*
lunch*gh'Ebhma*
dinner*dhIpno*
food*phaI*
chair*karEkla*
friend*phIlos*
newspaper*ephimerIdha*
spouce*sIzighos*
sea*thAlassa*
Verbs
to ask*rotO*
to speak*milO*
to know*ksEro*
to see*bhlEpo*
to do*kAno*
to make*phtkh'Akhno*
to eat*trOo*
to drink*pIno*
to understand*katalabhEno*
to want*thElo*
to learn*mathEno*
to sit*kAthome*
to need*khriAzome*
to go*pAo*
to live*zO*
to come*Erkhome*
to buy*aghorAzo*
to sell*pulO*
to look for*psAkhno*
to work*dhulEbho*
to visit*episk'Eptome*
to smoke*kapnIzo*
to love*aghapO*
to pay*plirOno*
to hear*akUo*
Adjectives
beautiful/pretty (masc)*Omorphos*
nice (masc)*orEos*
big (masc)*meghAlos*
small (masc)*mikrOs*
good (masc)*kalOs*
interesting (masc)*endhiaphEron*
sick (masc)*Arostos*
cold (masc)*krIos*
hot (masc)*zestOs*
new (masc)*k'enUrgh'os*
old (thing) (masc)*pal'Os*
young (masc)*nEos*
old (person) (masc)*gh'Eros*
Greek (nationality) (masc)*Elinas*

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