PIMGRK 1+2 VERBS

Question 1

my name is…

Answer 1

Question 2

to answer

Answer 2

απαντώ

Question 3

to arrive

Answer 3

φτάνω / φθάνω

Question 4

to ask

Answer 4

ρώτω

Question 5

to be

Answer 5

είμαι

Question 6

to buy

Answer 6

αγοράζω

Question 7

can / be able to

Answer 7

μπορώ

Question 8

to change

Answer 8

αλλάζω

Question 9

to close

Answer 9

κλείνω

Question 10

to come

Answer 10

έρχομαι

Question 11

to come back
( a verb in its own right in Greek )

Answer 11

γυρίζω

Question 12

to do

Answer 12

κάνω

Question 13

to drink

Answer 13

πίνω

Question 14

to drive

Answer 14

οδηγώ

Οδηγώ εδώ και τρεις ώρες χωρίς στάση — χρειάζομαι έναν καφέ επειγόντως!
I’ve been driving for three hours without a break — I need a coffee, urgently!

Question 15

to eat

Answer 15

τρώω

Question 16

to give

Answer 16

δίνω

Question 17

to go

( both forms )

Answer 17

παω / πηγαίνω

παω - one-off action
πηγαίνω - habitual action

Question 18

to have

Answer 18

έχω

Question 19

to listen / to hear

Answer 19

ακούω

Question 20

to help

Answer 20

βοηθώ

Μπορείς να με βοηθήσεις με το πλύσιμο των πιάτων;

Question 21

to know

Answer 21

ξέρω

Question 22

to leave

Answer 22

φέυγω

Το αεροπλάνο φεύγει στις 2, πρέπει να είσαι εκεί μέχρι τη 1, εντάξει;
The plane is leaving at 2, you need to be there by 1, got it?

Cool mnemonic:
“Στις is the party invite; τη is the deadline.”

Question 23

to look
( not ‘to see’ )

Answer 23

κοιτάζω

Κοιτάζει γύρω του σαν να ψάχνει κάποιον.
He’s looking around as if he’s searching for someone.

Μην κοιτάς μόνο μπροστά· κοίτα και γύρω σου.
Don’t just look ahead—look around you too.

Κοίταξα έξω από το παράθυρο και είδα τη βάρκα να μπαίνει στο λιμάνι.
I looked out of the window and saw the boat enter the harbour.

Look, the bus has arrived!
Κοίτα, έφτασε το λεωφορείο!

Question 24

to look for

Answer 24

ψσάχνω

Question 25

to need

Answer 25

χρειάζομαι

Question 26

to pass by / enter

Answer 26

περνώ | to invite someone in: περάστε!

Question 27

to play

Answer 27

παίζω

Question 28

to prefer

Answer 28

προτιμώ

Question 29

to read

Answer 29

διαβάζω

Question 30

to rejoice, be glad

Answer 30

χαίρω | Pleased to meet you!: Χαίρω πολύ! ## Footnote Καλά, πολύ χαίρεσαι που με έφαγε η γκάφα, ε; Wow, you're really enjoying the fact I screwed up, huh? Χαίρομαι που τελικά θυμήθηκες ότι υπάρχω! Glad you finally remembered I exist! Χάρηκα που ήρθες. I’m glad (that) you came.

Question 31

to rent

Answer 31

νοικιάζω

Question 32

to repeat

Answer 32

επαναλαβαίνω

Question 33

to say

Answer 33

λέω

Question 34

to see **( not 'to look' )**

Answer 34

βλέπω

Question 35

to send

Answer 35

στέλνω

Question 36

to show

Answer 36

δείχνω ## Footnote **Sample sentence:** He showed me the way on the map. Μου έδειξε τον δρόμο στον χάρτη.

Question 37

to speak

Answer 37

μιλάω

Question 38

to spend time; to cross

Answer 38

περνώ ## Footnote **EXAMPLES** **to spend time** Περάσαμε μερικές μέρες στη Θεσσαλονίκη. We spent several days in Thessaloniki. **to cross** Πέρασε τον δρόμο για να έρθει να μας χαιρετήσει. He crossed the road to come and say hello.

Question 39

to start, begin

Answer 39

αρχίζω

Question 40

to stay / live

Answer 40

μένω

Question 41

to take / put on e.g. to take sugar e.g.

Answer 41

βάζω ## Footnote He doesn't take sugar: Δεν βάζει ζάχαρη. He put on his coat and left - Έβαλε το σακάκι του και έφυγε.

Question 42

to take / receive e.g. to take a taxi e.g. to receive an email

Answer 42

παίρνω ## Footnote We took a taxi to the Acropolis - Πήραμε ταξί για την Ακρόπολη. I've just received an email from her - Μόλις πήρα ένα email από αυτήν.

Question 43

to think

Answer 43

νομίζω

Question 44

to be sorry **not συγγνώμη**

Answer 44

λυπάμαι ## Footnote Λυπόμαστε, αλλά δεν μπορούμε να σας αφήσουμε να μπείτε. We're sorry, but we can't let you in.

Question 45

to travel

Answer 45

ταξιδεύω

Question 46

to try

Answer 46

προσπαθώ

Question 47

to turn

Answer 47

στρίβω ## Footnote Στρίψαμε δεξιά στο ταχυδρομείο και πέσαμε πάνω στο μουσείο. We turned right at the post office and stumbled upon the museum.

Question 48

to understand

Answer 48

καταλαβαίνω

Question 49

to unite / join / connect / combine

Answer 49

ενώνω ## Footnote **EXAMPLES OF USES:** Ένωσε τις φυλές ενάντια στον εχθρό. He united the tribes against the enemy. Είναι πολύ καλός στο να ενώνει διαφορετικές ιδέες. He’s very good at bringing different ideas together.

Question 50

to visit

Answer 50

επισκέπτομαι

Question 51

to wait

Answer 51

περιμένω ## Footnote **μην v. δεν** **Μην** με περιμένεις, θα γυρίσω αργά. Don’t wait for me, I’ll be home late. **μην** is for negative commands **δεν** is for negative indicative sentences

Question 52

to walk

Answer 52

περπατώ / περπατάω

Question 53

to want

Answer 53

θέλω

Question 54

to watch out

Answer 54

προσέχω

Question 55

to wear (clothing)

Answer 55

φορώ **βάζω is more colloquial** βάζω = put on or to wear ## Footnote All the waiters wore aprons - Όλοι οι σερβιτόροι φορούσαν ποδιά. Note the singular form, without an article for ποδιά, a feminine word - ποδιά / ποδιές

Question 56

to work

Answer 56

δουλέυω

Question 57

to tease, bother, irritate, affect emotionally, touch, mess with, tamper with

Answer 57

πειράζω ## Footnote Μη με πειράζεις τώρα. → Don’t mess with me right now. Με πείραξε αυτό που είπε. → What he said got to me. Πειράζεις το φαγητό πριν το σερβίρω; → Are you messing with the food before I serve it? Μην πειράζεις τα καλώδια! → Don’t touch the cables!