Useful Phrases
Travel-ready Greek for greetings, directions, food, and polite requests.
- Start with high-frequency expressions.
- Use polite forms in service situations.
- Memorize one emergency phrase set.
Practice block
Pick 10 phrases, record yourself speaking them, and compare after a week.
Mini-dialogue 1: Cafe
A: Kalimera! Enan kafe, parakalo.
Good morning! One coffee, please.
Good morning! One coffee, please.
B: Veveos. Zachari?
Certainly. Sugar?
Certainly. Sugar?
A: Ochi, efcharisto.
No, thank you.
No, thank you.
Mini-dialogue 2: Directions
A: Signomi, pou ine to metro?
Excuse me, where is the metro?
Excuse me, where is the metro?
B: Eftheia kai meta dexia.
Straight and then right.
Straight and then right.
A: Teleia, efcharisto poly!
Great, thank you very much!
Great, thank you very much!