Nouns represent people or things. You’ll need them whenever you want to refer to somebody or something. Memorize the Greek nouns below and you’ll be well equipped for almost every basic conversation.

This lesson is part of the chapter “Learning Greek“.

Basic Words & Phrases: Nouns

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Important nouns

EnglishGreekGreek
(Romanization)
Pronunciation
(Audio)
childπαιδίpedíel-sing_child
manάνδραςándrasel-sing_man
womanγυναίκαyinékael-sing_woman
familyοικογένειαikoyéniael-sing_family
town / cityπόλη
πόλη
póli
póli
el-sing_towncity
el-sing_towncity-2
countryχώραkhórael-sing_country
worldκόσμοςkósmosel-sing_world
houseσπίτιspítiel-sing_house
carαυτοκίνητοaftokínitoel-sing_car
street / roadοδός
δρόμος
odós
drómos
el-sing_streetroad
el-sing_streetroad-2
shopκατάστημα
μαγαζί
katástima
magazí
el-sing_shop
el-sing_shop-2
doorπόρταpórtael-sing_door
tableτραπέζιtrapéziel-sing_table
chairκαρέκλαkaréklael-sing_chair
windowπαράθυροparáthiroel-sing_window
newspaperεφημερίδαefimerídael-sing_newspaper
bookβιβλίοvivlíoel-sing_book
penστυλόstilóel-sing_pen
bagτσάνταtsántael-sing_bag
rucksackσακίδιοsakídioel-sing_rucksack
happinessευτυχίαeftikhíael-sing_happiness
loveαγάπηagápiel-sing_love
flowerλουλούδιlulúdiel-sing_flower
ballμπάλαbálael-sing_ball
workδουλειάduliáel-sing_work
vacationδιακοπέςdiakopésel-sing_vacation
passportδιαβατήριοdiavatírioel-sing_passport
languageγλώσσαglóssael-sing_language
questionερώτησηerótisiel-sing_question
answerαπάντησηapántisiel-sing_answer
beginning / startαρχή
έναρξη
arkhí
énarxi
el-sing_beginningstart
el-sing_beginningstart-2
endτέλοςtélosel-sing_end

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