English to Greek Translator

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What changes when you translate English to Greek

Translating English into Greek changes more than the words. Greek has been written continuously for nearly three millennia, marks three genders and four cases, and uses the semicolon-like character ';' as its question mark. Greek inflects nouns, articles, and adjectives together for gender and case, so agreement must stay consistent across the whole phrase. A word-for-word tool gets the vocabulary right and these things wrong, which is why the translator above reads the whole sentence before it writes anything.

English and Greek: key differences

English and Greek diverge on the writing system, word order, grammatical gender, formality, subject pronouns, and articles. Each row below is a place where swapping words one for one produces the wrong Greek sentence.

Feature	English	Greek
Writing system	the Latin alphabet	the Greek alphabet
Typical word order	subject–verb–object	subject–verb–object, with flexible order
Grammatical gender	no grammatical gender	three genders (masculine, feminine, neuter)
Formality	no formal/informal distinction	informal and formal second person (εσύ / εσείς)
Subject pronouns	required	usually dropped
Articles	definite and indefinite	definite and indefinite, marked for gender, number, and case

English to Greek example sentences

Full sentences translated from English to Greek:

English	Greek
Could you please send us the signed contract by Friday?	Θα μπορούσατε να μας στείλετε την υπογεγραμμένη σύμβαση έως την Παρασκευή; Professional email to one client · formal — Formal singular address uses a plural conditional verb, while the participle agrees with the feminine noun σύμβαση · Standard Modern Greek (Greece); one formally addressed recipient
I have been living in Athens for six months.	Μένω στην Αθήνα εδώ και έξι μήνες. Conversation about current residence · neutral — Greek uses the present tense with εδώ και for a state that began in the past and continues now
Call me as soon as you arrive.	Πάρε με τηλέφωνο μόλις φτάσεις. Message to a friend who is travelling · informal — The perfective stems in πάρε and φτάσεις frame the call and arrival as complete events
Do not open the door until I come back.	Μην ανοίξεις την πόρτα μέχρι να επιστρέψω. Safety instruction to someone familiar · informal — A negative one-time command uses μην plus the perfective dependent form, and μέχρι να introduces another dependent form
That suggestion doesn't make sense to me.	Αυτή η πρόταση δεν μου βγάζει νόημα. Discussing a proposal in a meeting · neutral — The idiom βγάζει νόημα expresses making sense; the experiencer is the weak dative pronoun μου
I am cold, but the soup is cold too.	Κρυώνω, αλλά και η σούπα είναι κρύα. Contrasting how a person feels with food temperature · neutral — Greek uses the verb κρυώνω for a person's sensation but an agreeing adjective for the soup
Have a good month!	Καλό μήνα! Greeting exchanged at the beginning of a new month · neutral — The conventional Greek wish uses an accusative time expression and has no routine word-for-word English equivalent · Common usage in Greece

Common English to Greek phrases

Everyday expressions translated from English to Greek:

English	Greek (Ελληνικά)
Hello	Γεια σας (yia sas)
Good night	Καληνύχτα (kalinychta)
Thank you	Ευχαριστώ (efcharistó)
Please	Παρακαλώ (parakaló)
How are you?	Τι κάνεις; (ti kaneis?)
What is your name?	Πώς σε λένε; (pos se lene?)
I love you	Σ' αγαπώ (s' agapó)
Excuse me	Συγγνώμη (signomi)
Where is the bathroom?	Πού είναι η τουαλέτα; (pou einai i toualeta?)
Goodbye	Αντίο (antío)

About the Greek language

Greek (Ελληνικά) is spoken by about 13 million people across Greece and Cyprus. It belongs to the Hellenic (Indo-European) language family and is written in the Greek alphabet.

Native name: Ελληνικά
Speakers: 13 million
Language family: Hellenic (Indo-European)
Writing system: the Greek alphabet
Word order: subject–verb–object, with flexible order

English to Greek translation tips

English is written in the Latin alphabet, and Greek uses the Greek alphabet, so the translator converts between writing systems for you.
This bundle defaults to Standard Modern Greek as used in Greece and does not claim review of Cypriot Greek or regional varieties.
Articles, nouns and adjectives mark gender, number and case. Keep the whole noun phrase aligned instead of translating an English article in isolation.
Greek verbs contrast imperfective and perfective stems in commands, dependent forms and other contexts. The choice concerns how an event is viewed, not simply English tense.
Use εσύ with singular verb forms for familiar address and εσείς with plural forms for formal singular or plural address. Avoid mixing the two patterns in one interaction.
The Greek question mark is the semicolon-shaped character (;). Preserve it as Greek punctuation rather than 'correcting' it to an English semicolon or inferring that the sentence is a statement.

Greek false friends to watch for

συμπαθητικός looks like “sympathetic” but means likeable or pleasant.
παθητικός looks like “pathetic” but means passive.

English to Greek translation FAQ

How accurate is AI English to Greek translation?

The translator uses a modern AI language model that understands context, so English to Greek results read more naturally than word-for-word tools. For legal, medical, or other high-stakes text, have a fluent speaker review the output.

How do you say hello in Greek?

Hello in Greek is Γεια σας (yia sas). The common-phrases table on this page lists more everyday Greek expressions, such as Ευχαριστώ (efcharistó) (thank you) and Αντίο (antío) (goodbye).

Why does a Greek question end with a semicolon-shaped mark?

In Greek, the character ; functions as the question mark. Keep it when translating Greek to English, and do not interpret it as evidence that two clauses were joined by an English semicolon.

How should formal English 'you' be translated into Greek?

Use εσείς and plural verb forms for a formally addressed individual as well as for multiple people. Context or a label should clarify whether the addressee is singular or plural.

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