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Language competency consists of active vocabulary, but also passive vocabulary and natural pattern recognition. Train essential listening skills, understand grammar and morphing patterns.

Knowing Basic Phrases allows you to stay in the language instead of switching to English. Listening-Reading videos is a comfortable yet intense training of your listening skills. It also allows you to explore the country through videos.

If you want to really be comfortable, have lessons. What makes Lingophant unique is that you can create your 100% personalised vocabulary from conversations. 45 minutes per week with a friend or a teacher is already enough input for a constant stream of engaging sentences to practice between lessons.

📔 Basic Phrases

These phrases are the perfect point of departure for serious learners. They help you stay in the language, without needing to switch to English. And you internalize patterns.

Unlock them one-by-one in the app, and memorize them from the “Practice” tab.

This is just to get you started. For personalized phrases, we recommend sessions of 45 minutes with a native speaker.

  • Know 300 phrases and you can make jokes and impress people
  • Know 600 phrases and you can hold basic conversations
  • Know 1000 phrases and you start communicating effortlessly

And because of working with audio, you’ll get compliments on your pronunciation a lot. We promise!

🎧 Train your listening skills with proper documentaries

We have selected enjoyable documentaries and reportage channels. Watch them, listen to the language, and build a natural intuition. Some polyglots swear by this method — 30 minutes a day builds working proficiency.

euronews (στα ελληνικά) (146k subs)

euronews (στα ελληνικά) (view channel) – Καλώς ήρθατε στο επίσημο κανάλι του Euronews στο YouTube!

CNN Greece (100k subs)

CNN Greece (view channel) – Προτεραιότητα στα γεγονότα. #CNNgr

The Press Project (98k subs)

The Press Project (view channel) – Το ThePressProject.gr ιδρύθηκε το 2010 και βρίσκεται σήμερα στην 4η έκδοση του. O στόχος του παραμένει σταθερός από την ίδρυσή του: η αναζήτηση στην πράξη για το ποια μπορεί να είναι η νέα δημοσιογραφία των πολιτών και ποια η νέα πολιτεία των δημοσιογράφων.

Σάββας Καλεντερίδης (223k subs)

Σάββας Καλεντερίδης (view channel) – Ο Σάββας Καλεντερίδης είναι πρώην αξιωματικός του Ελληνικού στρατού και της Εθνικής Υπηρεσίας Πληροφοριών, συγγραφέας, εκδότης, αρθρογράφος, blogger, vlogger και γεωπολιτικός αναλυτής.

Πρακτική Σκέψη (166k subs)

Πρακτική Σκέψη (view channel) – 🔴 Γεια σας! Η Πρακτική Σκέψη είναι κανάλι στο Youtube που υπάρχει από το 2017. Το κανάλι ασχολείται με την μελέτη/κατανόηση της Ιστορίας και της Γεωπολιτικής-Γεωγραφίας. Η Πρακτική Σκέψη έχει σκοπό τον διαμοιρασμό της γνώσης ελεύθερα στους ανθρώπους, με στόχο τον εκδημοκρατισμό της γνώσης 🙂

Onassis Foundation (84k subs)

Onassis Foundation (view channel) – Δημιουργούμε τις συνθήκες, αναζητούμε τις ιδέες και πυροδοτούμε τις συζητήσεις που οδηγούν σε μια καλύτερη κοινωνία

Μικρασιάτης (24k subs)

Μικρασιάτης (view channel) – Mikrasiatis – Δίκτυο Μικρασιάτης

Μαύρο Χρήμα (66k subs)

Μαύρο Χρήμα (view channel) – Τί οὖν ἐστι τὸ ταράσσον καὶ καταπλήττον τοὺς πολλούς; Ὁ τύραννος καὶ οἱ δορυφόροι; πόθεν;

Theodoros Maragos (12k subs)

Theodoros Maragos (view channel) – Το επίσημο κανάλι στο YouTube του σκηνοθέτη, σεναριογράφου και συγγραφέα Θόδωρου Μαραγκού.

🎧 Train listening with weird popular YouTube videos

It’s like zapping TV through another linguistic and cultural universe. Watch what native speakers watch. We hope you find something interesting.

🧑‍🏫 Grammar overview in 9 chapters

Below is an overview of the most important grammar topics. Each chapter has a short explanation and recommended videos.

While memorizing phrases, you’ll likely recognize patterns from grammar. You can add a note or question to a card and get it answered next time you’re with a teacher.

Noun Gender & Articles A1

Every Greek noun belongs to one of three genders — masculine, feminine, or neuter — and this gender controls the form of the article that goes with it. The definite articles are ο (masculine), η (feminine), and το (neuter), while the indefinite articles are ένας, μία/μια, and ένα. For example, ο άντρας (the man), η γυναίκα (the woman), το παιδί (the child). Greek almost always uses the definite article, even before names and abstract nouns, so you will hear it constantly: η Μαρία πίνει καφέ (Maria is drinking coffee).

The fastest way to lock in gender is to always learn every new noun together with its article as a single chunk — never learn just καφές, always learn ο καφές. As you use the app, treat the article as part of the word itself. Once you internalise this, you will be able to match adjectives and verbs correctly, understand which word a pronoun refers to, and sound natural rather than robotic in everyday exchanges.

Present Tense Verb Conjugation A1

Greek verbs change their ending to show who is doing the action, so subject pronouns (εγώ, εσύ, αυτός etc.) are optional and often dropped. Verbs split into two main groups based on their stress and endings: Group 1 verbs like μιλάω/μιλώ (to speak) and Group 2 like αγαπώ (to love) follow distinct but highly regular patterns. For example, μιλάω, μιλάς, μιλάει, μιλάμε, μιλάτε, μιλάνε. Because the ending already signals the subject, you can say simply πάμε! to mean ‘let’s go!’ without any pronoun at all.

A practical strategy is to learn each new verb with its εγώ (I) and αυτός/αυτή (he/she) forms first, since those two cover the majority of sentences you will produce and hear. Noticing stress patterns is key — the accent often shifts across the conjugation, and your ear will pick this up through repetition in the app. Mastering the present tense lets you talk about habits, ongoing actions, and intentions, handling the bulk of casual conversation from the very beginning.

Noun Cases: Nominative & Accusative A1

Greek nouns change their form depending on their role in a sentence. The nominative case marks the subject (who does the action) and the accusative marks the direct object (who receives it). For masculine nouns this change is very visible: ο φίλος (the friend, subject) becomes τον φίλο (the friend, object) — Ο φίλος βλέπει τον φίλο (The friend sees the friend). For feminine and neuter nouns the change is smaller but still affects the article: η γυναίκα → τη γυναίκα, το παιδί stays το παιδί. The accusative is also used after most common prepositions like σε (to/in), με (with), and για (for).

A useful trick is to focus on the article change first — ο/η/το for subjects and τον/τη(ν)/το for objects — before worrying about noun endings. Since prepositions like σε and για are everywhere in daily speech, recognising accusative forms will click quickly through exposure. Once you control nominative and accusative, you can construct clear sentences with subjects, verbs, and objects, ask and answer questions, and navigate preposition phrases covering location, purpose, and company.

Personal Pronouns & Possessives A1

Greek has two sets of pronouns to know early on: the strong (independent) pronouns like εγώ, εσύ, αυτός/αυτή/αυτό used for emphasis or contrast, and the weak (clitic) pronouns like με, σε, τον/την/το that attach closely to verbs as object pronouns. Possession is expressed with short possessive words placed after the noun: το βιβλίο μου (my book), η τσάντα σου (your bag), το σπίτι του/της (his/her house). Crucially, the possessive takes the article of the noun it belongs to, not of the owner.

The clitic pronouns are the trickier part, but they appear so frequently in conversation that you will absorb them fast if you pay attention to short phrases like με λένε (they call me / my name is) or σε βλέπω (I see you). Treat these mini-phrases as chunks first, then analyse the pattern. Once comfortable, you can talk about what belongs to whom, address people directly, and handle common requests and responses — all essential building blocks for real dialogue.

Adjective Agreement A2

In Greek, adjectives must agree with the noun they describe in gender, number, and case. This means the same adjective takes different forms depending on the noun: ένας μεγάλος καφές (a big coffee, masc.), μια μεγάλη πόλη (a big city, fem.), ένα μεγάλο σπίτι (a big house, neut.). Adjectives almost always come before the noun, and if the noun has a definite article, the adjective sits between the article and the noun: ο μεγάλος καφές. The three-way gender split means you effectively learn three forms for each adjective, but the endings follow very predictable patterns: -ος / -η / -ο and -ύς / -ιά / -ύ being the two most common.

Rather than memorising isolated adjective tables, practise adjectives inside full noun phrases — always as ο ωραίος καιρός or η ωραία μέρα, never the adjective alone. Your ear will start to flag when an ending sounds ‘wrong’ after enough exposure. The payoff is significant: you can describe people, places, food, and feelings with colour and precision, making your Greek sound immediately more expressive and natural rather than telegraphic.

  • Adjectives in Greek│Grammar, Level A1 – greek2go by Rita Dana: Directly targets beginner learners of Modern Greek, covers adjective categories and agreement with gender, making it highly relevant for A2 learners studying adjective agreement.
  • Adjectives in Greek – Languages with Stalo: Provides a structured overview of Modern Greek adjective groups and their declension across genders and cases, directly supporting the adjective agreement topic at an accessible level.

Verb Aspect & the Simple Past (Aorist) A2

Greek verbs carry a grammatical feature called aspect that English lacks: every verb has an imperfective stem (for ongoing or repeated actions) and a perfective stem (for completed, one-off actions). The simple past tense, called the aorist, is built on the perfective stem and is the main way to narrate things that happened: έφαγα (I ate), πήγα (I went), είπε (he/she said). Forming the aorist often involves a stem change plus the past endings -α, -ες, -ε, -αμε, -ατε, -αν, and many common verbs have irregular perfective stems that simply need to be memorised.

The most effective approach is to learn high-frequency verbs in paired present–past chunks: πάω / πήγα (go/went), λέω / είπα (say/said), τρώω / έφαγα (eat/ate). Hearing these pairs in the app’s example sentences will make the stem shifts feel intuitive faster than studying tables. Controlling the aorist opens up storytelling and recounting — you can explain what happened, why you are somewhere, and what someone said, which transforms your conversations from present-tense-only exchanges into genuine narratives.

The Particle ‘να’ & Modal Expressions A2

One of the most distinctive features of Greek is the particle να, which introduces subordinate verb phrases the way ‘to’ does in English infinitives — but crucially, the verb after να is fully conjugated. Να appears in constructions meaning want, can, must, should, and let’s: θέλω να πάω (I want to go), μπορώ να σε βοηθήσω (I can help you), πρέπει να φύγουμε (we must leave), ας πάμε (let’s go). The verb after να takes the perfective stem for a single/completed action or the imperfective stem for ongoing/habitual meaning, so aspect matters here too.

Since θέλω να…, μπορώ να…, and πρέπει να… are sentence-starters you will use dozens of times a day, learn them as fixed opening chunks and slot different verbs after them. Notice whether the speaker uses an imperfective or perfective stem after να — this distinction carries real meaning and your intuition will build through repeated encounters. Mastering να unlocks your ability to express wishes, possibilities, obligations, and suggestions, essentially giving you the tools to negotiate, plan, and persuade in everyday Greek.

Genitive Case: Possession & Relationships B1

The genitive case in Greek expresses possession, origin, and relationships between nouns — roughly equivalent to ‘of’ or the English apostrophe-s. It is formed by changing the noun ending and its article: ο φίλος → του φίλου (of the friend), η μητέρα → της μητέρας (of the mother), το παιδί → του παιδιού (of the child). In speech the genitive noun typically follows the thing it belongs to: το αυτοκίνητο του Γιώργη (George’s car), η τιμή του εισιτηρίου (the price of the ticket). The genitive is also used after certain common phrases like κοντά στο (near) and χωρίς (without, which takes accusative — a useful contrast).

Focus first on the article changes — του for masculine and neuter, της for feminine — since these signal the genitive loud and clear even before you’ve processed the noun ending. Practising with names and family vocabulary (η μαμά μου, το σπίτι της Άννας) gives immediate, memorable anchors. Once you command the genitive, you can talk about ownership, describe where something comes from, read menus and signs that use of-phrases, and ask about prices and relationships — all highly practical in daily life.

Future Tense & Conditional Structures B1

Greek forms the future simply by placing the invariable particle θα in front of the verb. Θα with a perfective-stem verb gives the simple future (a single future event): θα πάω (I will go), θα φάμε (we will eat). Θα with an imperfective-stem verb gives the continuous future (an ongoing future state or habit): θα πηγαίνω (I will be going / I’ll go regularly). The same θα + imperfective combination creates the conditional: θα ήθελα έναν καφέ (I would like a coffee), θα μπορούσες να με βοηθήσεις; (Could you help me?). This makes Greek’s future and conditional far more streamlined than many European languages.

Because θα never changes, you can immediately build future sentences by putting θα before any present-tense form you already know — a huge shortcut. Pay special attention to θα ήθελα and θα μπορούσατε as polite formulae; they are the Greek equivalent of ‘I’d like’ and ‘could you’ and will make you sound considerably more natural in shops, restaurants, and requests. Controlling θα lets you make plans, offers, promises, and polite requests, rounding out your conversational toolkit for real-world interactions.