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Learning the Greek Articles displayed below is vital to the language. Greek articles are words that combine with a noun to indicate the type of reference being made by the noun. Generally articles specify the grammatical definiteness of the noun. Examples are "the, a, and an".
Definite Article:
Unlike English, which has only one definite article “the", Greek has 3 definite articles and their corresponding plural forms:
Singular Plural
Masculine o πατέρας (the father) οι πατέρες (the fathers)
Feminine η μητέρα (the mother) οι μητέρες (the mothers)
Neuter το παιδί (the child) τα παιδιά (the children)
Indefinite Article:
While we have (a / an) in English as indefinite articles, we also have ένας / μία / ένα in Greek .
In general, whenever (a, an) are used in English you, you need to use (ένας), (μία) or (ένα) to say the equivalent in Greek.
ένας άνδρας (a man)
μία γυναίκα (a woman)
ένα σπίτι (a house)
Here are some examples:
| English Articles | Greek Articles |
|---|---|
| articles | arthra - άρθρα |
| the | o - ο |
| a | ena - ένα |
| one | enas - ένας |
| some | peripou - περίπου |
| few | ligoi - λίγοι |
| the book | to vivlio - το βιβλίο |
| the books | ta vivlia - τα βιβλία |
| a book | ena vivlio - ένα βιβλίο |
| one book | ena vivlio - ένα βιβλίο |
| some books | kapoia vivlia - κάποια βιβλία |
| few books | merika vivlia - μερικά βιβλία |
Notice the structure of the Articles in Greek.
Below is a list of vocabulary where you can use the Definite and Indefinite Articles in Greek. Try to practice but also memorizing this table will help you add very useful and important words to your Greek vocabulary.
| English Vocabulary | Greek Vocabulary |
|---|---|
| Food | trofh - τροφή |
| almonds | amygdala - αμύγδαλα |
| bread | pswmi - ψωμί |
| breakfast | prwino - πρωινό |
| butter | voytyro - βούτυρο |
| candy | karamela - καραμέλα |
| cheese | tyri - τυρί |
| chicken | kotopoulo - κοτόπουλο |
| cumin | kymino - κύμινο |
| dessert | epidorpio - επιδόρπιο |
| dinner | deipno - δείπνο |
| fish | psari - ψάρι |
| fruit | karpos - καρπός |
| ice cream | pagwto - παγωτό |
| lamb | arni - αρνί |
| lemon | lemoni - λεμόνι |
| lunch | meshmeriano - μεσημεριανό |
| meal | geyma - γεύμα |
| meat | kreas - κρέας |
| oven | foyrnos - φούρνος |
| pepper | piperi - πιπέρι |
| plants | fyta - φυτά |
| pork | xoirino - χοιρινό |
| salad | salata - σαλάτα |
| salt | alati - αλάτι |
| sandwich | santouits - σάντουιτς |
| sausage | loukaniko - λουκάνικο |
| soup | soypa - σούπα |
| sugar | zaxarh - ζάχαρη |
| supper | deipno - δείπνο |
| turkey | galopoyla - γαλοπούλα |
| apple | mhlo - μήλο |
| banana | banana - μπανάνα |
| oranges | portokalia - πορτοκάλια |
| peaches | rodakina - ροδάκινα |
| peanut | fystiki - φυστίκι |
| pears | axladia - αχλάδια |
| pineapple | ananas - ανανάς |
| grapes | stafylia - σταφύλια |
| strawberries | fraoules - φράουλες |
| vegetables | laxanika - λαχανικά |
| carrot | karoto - καρότο |
| corn | kalampoki - καλαμπόκι |
| cucumber | aggoyri - αγγούρι |
| garlic | skordo - σκόρδο |
| lettuce | maroyli - μαρούλι |
| olives | elies - ελιές |
| onions | kremmydia - κρεμμύδια |
| peppers | piperies - πιπεριές |
| potatoes | patates - πατάτες |
| pumpkin | kolokythi - κολοκύθι |
| beans | fasolia - φασόλια |
| tomatoes | domates - ντομάτες |
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