ancient greek

Α α

Alpha (sounds like "ah" in father)

Β β

Beta (sounds like "b" in boat)

Γ γ

Gamma (sounds like "g" in goat)

Δ δ

Delta (sounds like "d" in door)

Ε ε

Epsilon (sounds like "e" in met)

Ζ ζ

Zeta (sounds like "zd" or "z" in daze)

Η η

Eta (sounds like "ay" in hay)

Θ θ

Theta (sounds like "th" in thin)

Ι ι

Iota (sounds like "ee" in meet)

Κ κ

Kappa (sounds like "k" in look)

Λ λ

Lambda (sounds like "l" in lily)

Μ μ

Mu (sounds like "m" in map)

Ν ν

Nu (sounds like "n" in net)

Ξ ξ

Xi (sounds like "x" in fox)

Ο ο

Omicron (sounds like "o" in off)

Π π

Pi (sounds like "p" in pet)

Ρ ρ

Rho (sounds like "r" - often slightly rolled)

Σ σ / ς

Sigma (σ is used at the start/middle, ς is only used at the very end of a word)

Τ τ

Tau (sounds like "t" in top)

Υ υ

Upsilon (sounds like the French "u" or German "ü")

Φ φ

Phi (sounds like "ph" in phone)

Χ χ

Chi (sounds like a raspy "ch" in Loch Ness)

Ψ ψ

Psi (sounds like "ps" in lips)

Ω ω

Omega (sounds like "o" in boat)

ὁ, ἡ, τό

the (ho, hē, to)

καί

and / also (kai)

ἀλλά

but (alla)

γάρ

for / because (gar - always comes 2nd in a sentence)

δέ

and / but (de - always comes 2nd in a sentence)

οὐ, οὐκ, οὐχ

not (ou / ouk before vowels / oukh before 'H' sounds)

τε

and (te - enclitic, comes after the word it connects)

μή

not (mē - used with conditions, commands, and infinitives)

εἰμί

I am (eimi)

βλέπω

I see / I look at (blepō)

ἀκούω

I hear / I listen to (akouō)

λαμβάνω

I take / I take hold of (lambanō)

ἔχω

I have / I hold (ekhō)

ποιέω

I do / I make (poieō)

λέγω

I say / I speak / I tell (legō)

βαίνω

I go / I step / I walk (bainō)

τρέχω

I run (trekhō)

φέρω

I carry / I bring / I bear (pherō)

φεύγω

I flee / I escape (pheugō)

γίγνομαι

I become / I happen (gignomai)

ἔρχομαι

I come / I go (erkhomai)

γινώσκω

I know / I perceive / I understand (ginōskō)

θέλω

I wish / I want / I am willing (thelō)

ζητέω

I seek / I look for (zēteō)

πέμπω

I send (pempō)

λείπω

I leave / I abandon (leipō)

λύω

I loose / I loose / I destroy (lyō)

μένω

I stay / I remain / I wait for (menō)

ἄνθρωπος, ὁ

human / man (anthrōpos)

λόγος, ὁ

word / reason / speech / account (logos)

θεός, ὁ

god / deity (theos)

οἶκος, ὁ

house / home / household (oikos)

ἀγρός, ὁ

field / countryside (agros)

πατήρ, ὁ

father (patēr)

μήτηρ, ἡ

mother (mētēr)

παῖς, ὁ/ἡ

child / boy / girl (pais)

γυνή, ἡ

woman / wife (gynē)

δοῦλος, ὁ

slave / servant (doulos)

φίλος, ὁ

friend (philos)

ἥλιος, ὁ

sun (hēlios)

χρόνος, ὁ

time (khronos)

ἀδελφόos, ὁ

brother (adelphos)

γῆ, ἡ

earth / land / ground (gē)

θάλασσα, ἡ

sea (thalassa)

ὁδός, ἡ

way / road / path (hodos)

πόλις, ἡ

city / city-state (polis)

βασιλεύς, ὁ

king (basileus)

χείρ, ἡ

hand (kheir)

καλός, -ή, -όν

beautiful / good / noble (kalos)

κακός, -ή, -όν

bad / evil / cowardly (kakos)

μέγας, μεγάλη, μέγα

big / large / great (megas)

πολύς, πολλή, πολύ

much / many (polys)

σοφός, -ή, -όν

wise / clever (sophos)

ἀγαθός, -ή, -όν

good / brave / virtuous (agathos)

ἄλλος, -η, -ο

other / another (allos)

μικρός, -ά, -όν

small / little (mikros)

νέος, -α, -ον

young / new (neos)

πρῶτος, -η, -ον

first (prōtos)

τίς, τί

who? / what? (tis, ti - with an accent)

τις, τι

someone / something / a certain (tis, ti - without an accent)

ἐγώ

I (egō)

σύ

you (sy)

αὐτός, -ή, -ό

he, she, it / self / same (autos)

οὗτος, αὕτη, τοῦτο

this (houtos)

ἐκεῖνος, -η, -ο

that (ekeinos)

ὅς, ἥ, ὅ

who / which / what (relative pronoun: hos, hē, ho)

εἰς

into / to (eis + accusative)

ἐν

in / on / among (en + dative)

ἐκ, ἐξ

out of / from (ek / ex before vowels + genitive)

πρός

toward / to / against (pros + accusative)

ἀπό

away from / from (apo + genitive)

ὑπό

by / under (hypo + genitive = agent of passive verb; + accusative = under)

μετά

with / after (meta + genitive = with; + accusative = after)

περί

about / concerning / around (peri + genitive = about; + accusative = around)