Stop studying Greek.
Start speaking it.
GreekBrain drops you into a real spoken Greek conversation — with a partner who answers back, and a grader who tells you exactly where you fall short of A2. No tutor to book. Nobody listening but the app.
3 free AI sessions. Vocabulary, grammar and sentence-building stay free forever.
- 15
- role-play scenarios
- 27
- picture prompts
- 130+
- letter phrases
At the taverna
You're the customer
Καλησπέρα! Θέλετε τραπέζι για δύο;
Good evening! Would you like a table for two?
Ναι, παρακαλώ. Έχετε τραπέζι έξω;
Yes, please. Do you have a table outside?
Βεβαίως, ελάτε μαζί μου.
Of course, come with me.
Hold to talk
You can read the menu. You just can't answer the waiter.
Every self-study app trains recognition — picking the right tile, matching the right pair. The exam, and the person in front of you, demand production.
- 01
Streaks aren't speech
Four hundred days of tapping the correct answer, and the first time somebody replies in Greek, it all evaporates.
- 02
Nobody to practise with
Tutors run €25–40 an hour and have to be scheduled around the job you already have.
- 03
Speaking badly is humiliating
So you avoid it. And the one skill that only improves with reps gets none of them.
- 04
No idea if you're ready
Without a rubric, "I think that went okay" is the best self-assessment you've got.
GreekBrain takes away the witness — and gives you the rubric.
A real conversation. With nobody watching.
Pick a scene: a taverna, a hotel desk, a job interview, reporting a break-in. Pick your role, and pick how good your partner's Greek should be. Then hold the button and talk — they answer back, in Greek, in real time. Every session is transcribed, so you can read what you actually said instead of what you think you said.
- 15 exam-style scenarios, each playable from two sides
- Set your partner's level so they meet you where you actually are
- Prep panel first: the words you'll need, the questions you can ask, a worked example
- Or let it choose the scene and the role for you — just like the real exam
One of 15 scenarios — you're the customer, the app plays the waiter.
You're the customer
At the taverna
Partner: A2
Describe the picture. Then get scored on it.
The A2 speaking test hands you a photograph and asks you to talk about it. GreekBrain does the same — then transcribes your Greek and marks it against the exam criteria: what worked, what broke, what to fix next time, and a model answer to measure yourself against.
- 27 exam-style photo prompts, with the vocabulary each one needs
- Banded honestly: Below A2 · A2 borderline · Meets A2 · Above A2
- Strengths, problems and a concrete fix list after every attempt
- Not ready to speak yet? Build the description from word chips instead — free and unlimited
Describe what you see
Meets A2
- +
- Good tense control, all four people described
- !
- Two accent slips · «τραπέζι» declined wrong
Two skeletons cover every A2 letter.
The writing paper asks for one of two things: a friendly letter, or an official announcement. Both are assembled from a fixed sequence of slots. Learn the slots, drill the phrases that fill them, and you can produce a passing letter under time pressure without composing a single sentence from scratch.
Informal letter
- 1 Greeting
- 2 News
- 3 The event
- 4 Your reaction
- 5 Invitation
- 6 Closing
Official announcement
- 1 Header
- 2 Title
- 3 Opening
- 4 What
- 5 Where & when
- 6 Cost
- 7 Call to action
- 8 Sign-off
A2 rubric
Pass — at or above the A2 threshold
- Register matches the letter type
- Greeting present
- Closing present
- All required points covered
Αγαπητή Μαρία, σου γράφω για να σε προσκαλέσω στο πάρτι μου…
used from your toolkit error span
- A ~130-phrase toolkit, drilled by typing until it comes out automatically
- Six stages, each unlocking the next — anatomy, shared core, informal shell, slot-fill, official shell, slot-fill
- Free composition graded on the A2 rubric: register, greeting, closing, required points
- It remembers which phrases you've learned — and flags the ones you knew but didn't use
It remembers which phrases you've learned — and flags the ones you knew but didn't use.
The groundwork, kept deliberately narrow.
Only the words the exam asks for
Spaced repetition over an exam-scoped deck in five exercise formats — plus dedicated sub-decks for picture and dialogue vocabulary, so the words you drill today are the words you'll need in tomorrow's session.
Grammar, in the order it's taught
The A2 curriculum chapter by chapter — cases, verb types, noun gender, accents, possessives — each with a quick ten-question check to prove it stuck.
Reading and listening are still in build
We'd rather say so than pretend. Today GreekBrain covers speaking, writing, vocabulary and grammar — the two skills that are hardest to self-study, plus the groundwork under them.
Ninety seconds from here to your first Greek conversation.
- 1
Open it
Nothing to install. Any browser, or the Telegram mini-app — same account, same progress.
- 2
Build the sentence
Assemble the Greek from word chips until the shape stops feeling foreign. Free, unlimited.
- 3
Say it out loud
Hold the button and speak. Nothing is listening except the grader.
- 4
Read the verdict
Scored against A2, with the exact things to fix. Then go again.
Free where it can be. Paid where it costs us.
Everything that doesn't call a model is free forever. The AI features — live voice, spoken grading, written grading — run on a monthly subscription, because every use costs us real money.
Free
€0 forever
- Exam-scoped vocabulary with spaced repetition
- The full A2 grammar curriculum and quizzes
- The writing curriculum and the phrase drill
- Chip mode on every picture and every dialogue
- Progress and readiness tracking
- 3 free AI sessions to try the rest
GreekBrain Pro
The AI half€9.99 per month
- Live voice role-play — 60 sessions a month
- AI scoring of spoken picture descriptions — 200 a month
- AI tutor conversations — 300 a month
- AI grading of your writing — 100 a month
- Everything in Free, included
Cancel any time. Store and regional prices may differ.
Which Greek exam does Cyprus actually ask for?
For long-term residence you're generally asked to show A2. For naturalisation on the general route it's B1 — and the Ministry of the Interior accepts certificates at A2 and B1. In Cyprus the certificate is the Certificate of Attainment in Greek (Ελληνομάθεια) from the Centre for the Greek Language, sat roughly once a year — usually in May, with registration opening in winter. It's administered locally by accredited centres, including the School of Modern Greek at the University of Cyprus.
GreekBrain trains the A2 speaking and writing tasks that exam is built around — picture description, spoken role-play, the informal letter and the official announcement.
Full breakdown of the exam and the requirementsAccurate as of June 2026. Migration rules change — always confirm with the Ministry of the Interior before you apply.
- Residence / long-term resident status
- typically A2
- Citizenship — general naturalisation route
- B1
- Fast-track (highly skilled)
- A2 after 5 yrs · B1 after 4
Also need the Cyprus culture & history exam? That's our sister app, Hallouminati.
Questions people actually ask
Do I need Greek for Cyprus residency or citizenship?
Yes. For long-term residence you're generally asked for A2; for naturalisation on the general route it's B1, and the Ministry of the Interior accepts A2 and B1 certificates. The culture & history exam is a separate requirement on top of the language one — confirm your specific category with the Ministry of the Interior.
What level is GreekBrain for?
A2. It assumes you can read the alphabet and know a handful of words, and takes you to the point where you can hold an A2 conversation and write an A2 letter. It is not an absolute-beginner course, and it doesn't go above A2 yet.
Is it free?
The vocabulary trainer, the grammar curriculum, the writing curriculum with its phrase drill, and chip mode on every picture and dialogue are free forever. The AI features — live voice role-play and the graders — need GreekBrain Pro, and you get 3 free AI sessions to try them first.
How is this different from Duolingo?
Duolingo trains recognition: pick the right tile, match the right pair. GreekBrain trains production: you speak out loud, you write full letters, and both get marked against the exam rubric. If a year of streaks has left you still unable to answer when somebody replies in Greek, that gap is exactly what this is built for.
Do I have to speak out loud?
For the speaking practice, yes — that's the entire point. But every picture and every dialogue also has a free chip mode where you build the Greek by tapping words, so you can rehearse the sentence silently until you're ready to say it.
Does it cover reading and listening?
Not yet. Those two modules are in build. Today GreekBrain covers speaking, writing, vocabulary and grammar — deliberately, because speaking and writing are the parts you cannot practise alone.
Which devices does it work on?
Any device with a browser — laptop, tablet or phone — and as a Telegram mini-app. One account, and your progress follows you between them. All you need for the speaking practice is a microphone.
I'm learning Greek for life here, not for an exam. Is it still useful?
Very. The scenarios are ordinary life — ordering at a taverna, getting a haircut, calling about a broken fridge, reporting a lost bag. The exam just happens to test the same things.
Πάμε.
Your first spoken Greek conversation is about ninety seconds away.
No tutor to book, no class to join, nobody to be embarrassed in front of. Just the button, and the fox.