Learn Modern Greek Through Useful Moments

Why Learn Greek?

Speakers
About 13.5 million (2015)
Official in
Greece and Cyprus, and in the European Union
Written in
The Greek alphabet

Start With the Script

Greek Alphabet

Start Learning

0 of 10 Chapters Complete

1

First Letters

2

Five More Letters

3

Vowels and Th Sounds

4

Same Sound, New Letter

5

Three More Letters

6

The Last Letters

7

Vowel Pairs

8

Letter Pairs

9

More Letter Pairs

10

Signs and Capitals

Read at Your Level

Ordering Food and Greeting in Greek

4 Lessons

Greek Course Levels

  1. Level 1I can sound out words but not much else
  2. Level 2I can read simple sentences
  3. Level 3I can read short stories and messages
  4. Level 4I can read longer texts about everyday life
  5. Level 5I can follow complex topics, but miss some details
  6. Level 6I can read almost anything

How Long Does It Take to Learn Greek?

The U.S. Foreign Service Institute plans 1,012 class hours for its English-speaking students to use Greek at work. That is about 44 weeks of classes, plus about 17 hours a week of study on their own.

Here is how long 1,012 hours takes at your own pace:

3½ hours a week
About 5 years 6 months
7 hours a week
About 2 years 9 months
14 hours a week
About 1 year 5 months
28 hours a week
About 8 months

Common Questions About Learning Greek

Does Bubblegum teach Greek?

Yes. Bubblegum teaches Standard Modern Greek, spelled the way Greek is written today, with one accent mark.

Is Bubblegum good for beginners?

If you are serious about learning Greek, start with Bubblegum. Poppy, your AI tutor, writes lessons at your level about things you like.

Which levels does Bubblegum teach?

Bubblegum has six levels, from Level 1 ("I can sound out words but not much else") to Level 6 ("I can read almost anything"). You can change your level at any time.

Do the Greek lessons have audio?

Yes. Clear, expressive AI voices read every lesson aloud, with a different voice for each speaker.

Can I practice speaking Greek?

Yes. In live voice chat, you talk out loud in Greek with Poppy, your AI tutor.

Which languages can Poppy explain Greek in?

Poppy explains Greek in any of the 74 languages the app comes in. The language pairs page shows how much of the Greek grammar and dictionary is ready in each one.

Is Bubblegum free?

Yes. Lessons Poppy wrote for other learners are free for everyone to read. Custom lessons cost us money to make, so you need Bubblegum Pro for unlimited custom lessons.

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Sources

  1. Wikipedia, Greek language (13.5 million speakers, 2015; the official language of Greece and Cyprus and one of the 24 official languages of the European Union; written in the Greek alphabet)
  2. U.S. Department of State, Foreign Language Training (Category III: about 44 weeks, 1,012 class hours; Albanian, Azerbaijani, Bulgarian, Czech, Estonian, Finnish, Greek, Hungarian, Latvian, Lithuanian, Macedonian, Polish, Russian, Serbo-Croatian, Slovak, Slovenian, Thai, Turkish, Ukrainian, Urdu, Uzbek, Vietnamese)