What you can read at L0

Lines of up to 4 words, each one a complete thought. Never a paragraph
Words of at most 4 syllables, so every word can be sounded out letter by letter
At most 10 words you have not met before in the whole story, and every one of them appears at least twice
Stories of 10 to 15 lines, the shortest thing we make

Grammar you'll meet

The present tense, one verb to a line: πάει, έχει, είναι, μαζεύω
The articles η, ο and το in front of a noun
The few dozen commonest Greek words (και, είναι, στο, με, για) count as already known, because they are in every line of Greek you will ever read
Nothing else. No other tenses, no clauses, no connectors beyond και

How the AI writes L0

Every L0 story is checked against the same numbers this page states, not against a vague “keep it simple”: at most 4 words to a line, at most 4 syllables to a word, at most 10 words the reader has not met, each of them used at least twice, 10 to 15 lines. Words are counted against your own saved L0 stories, so the budget is real for you, not for an average reader. A generated story that breaks the budget is rebuilt, up to twice, before it is shown. A story made from a photo is measured against the same limits and marked if it misses them, since there is no second photo to try.

A taste of L0 Greek

Η γάτα πάει βόλτα. Η βόλτα είναι μικρή. Η γάτα είναι μικρή. Η ελιά έχει καρπό. Μαζεύω τον καρπό. Μαζεύω και ελιά. Η γάτα πάει σπίτι. Το σπίτι έχει ελιά. Πάει στο σχολείο. Το σχολείο έχει ελιά.

The cat goes for a walk. The walk is short. The cat is small. The olive tree has fruit. I gather the fruit. I gather olives too. The cat goes home. The house has an olive tree. It goes to school. The school has an olive tree.

How to study at this level

L0 is for the reader who can sound out Greek letters but freezes at a sentence: a child who has done the alphabet, or an adult who never got past it. Read each line out loud, finger under the words. Ten new words is the whole budget, so re-read the same story until you own all ten before asking for the next one. If the letters themselves are still a struggle, start with our Greek alphabet guide first.

Common questions

What is the difference between L0 and A0?: A0 is short sentences in a paragraph. L0 is separate lines, and the hard limit is ten new words per story rather than a sentence length. The first time we asked for a story inside a beginner’s vocabulary, it came back reading exactly like A0. A true beginner is defeated by how many unknown words land before the line ends, far more than by which words they are. So L0 is lines.
Does L0 cost anything?: No. L0 is on the free plan and always will be, and an L0 story costs one credit at any length. It is the door in, and charging for the door would defeat the point of cutting it.
When should we move from L0 to A0?: When a new L0 story has almost nothing new in it. After ten or so saved stories you own up to a hundred words beyond the core, which is what A0 is built from.

Read at L0 today

Generate a story in natural Modern Greek at exactly L0. Pick any topic you like, with audio and tap-to-translate built in.

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Not sure L0 is the right fit? Try the self-check across every level, L0 to C1.