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Greek Expressions
 

Here are below some words and expression that can be useful ...

           
 

Small vocabulary

Hello
= Kalimera
Bye, hello = Yassou
Bye, hello (more than 2 people = Yassas
Please = parakalo
Thanks = Efkaristo
not... (négation) = zen
Good evening = Kalispera
Good night =  Kalinicta
What's your name ? = Posse lene ?
My name is Isa = Me lene Isa
What it is ? = Ti iné afto ?
The notes, Please = To logariasmo parakalo
I don't speak Greek = zen milao Ellinika
I speak Greek a little = Milao Ellinika ligaki
zen echo lepta = I don't have money
yes : nai
no : ochi (say the ch as ich (I) in German



                    

 

wher it is ...? : pou iné ...
where can I find a doctor, Please  ? : parakalo, pou iné o yiatros ?
where are the toilets, Please ? : parakalo, pou iné i toualéta ?
where is the post, please ? : parakalo, pou iné to takchidromio
on the right : deksia
on the left : aristera
straight on  : eftia
in front of : apenandi

 

To be

To have to want

I'm : imé
you are : issé 
He/she is : iné  
we are : imasté
you are : issasté
they are : iné

 

I have: echo 
you have : echisse
He/she has : echi
we have : ekoumé
you have : echété 
they have : echoun 
I want : félo
you want : félis
he/she wants : féli 
we want : féloumé 
you want : félouté
they want : féloun 

Ethymology :
The word Post, in greek Takchidromio, is composed with takchi (fast) and dromio (way,path), here comes the word Taxi
  
                                                   

 

                        
                                    
                                                           
Do you have some noddles ? Echété makaronia ?
Do you have some potatoes ? Echété patates ?
Do you have some French fries ? Echété tiganites patates ?
Do you have some available bedroom ? Echété domatia ?
I want a bedroom : Félo ena domatio
I want a ticket : Félo ena issitirio
I can : Boro
I have to, it has to :Prépi
to buy / take : Paro
Can I get a bedroom ? Boro na echo ena dromatio ?
There the NA between 2 verbs and you have to conjugate them at the same declination, that's the infinitive
Don't you want to buy a ticket ? Zen félis na parisse issitirio ?

 

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