Greek Vocabulary

Pay attention to the following before you start reading.

In phonetics where you see:

Capital letters is where the word is accented.
ee or i is pronounced as the ee in word beet.
e as the e in the word bet.
a as the a in the word father.
o as the o in the word only.
ou as the ou in the word Lou.
th like the th in think, (bold).
th like the th in this. (bold and underline)
Where you see a (red) " g " in the phonetics for that word, that " g " is pronounced like the y in yes.

Capital letters is where the word is emphasized (accented). See Accent for more information.

Greek	Phonetics	Translation
μαύρο	MA-vro	black
άσπρο	AS-pro	white
κόκκινο	KO-kino	red
κίτρινο	KI-trino	yellow
πράσινο	PRA-sino	green
καφέ	ka-FE	brown
μπλε	BLE	blue
γαλάζιο γαλανό	ga-LA-zio gala-NO	light blue
ροζ	ROZ	pink
πορτοκαλί	portoka-LI	orange
μωβ κυανό	MOV kia-NO	purple
ασημένιο ασημί	asi-ME-nio asi-MI	silver
χρυσό χρυσαφένιο	hri-SO hrisa-FE-nio	gold

    All the above colors are in the neuter gender. Most of the colors are adjectives. That means they have all three genders.
So the color Μαύρο (black) can be: Μαύρος (Masculine) or
Μαύρη (feminine).
    The colors Μπλε and Ροζ don't have another gender except neuter.
    The color Καφέ (brown) in the masculine form ( Καφές ) means coffee.
    The color Πορτοκαλί it can be the fruit orange, if you change the accent. So το πορτοκάλι means orange ( the fruit)

Basic Colors - Βασικά Χρώματα