Saturday 16 June 2012

Basic Travel Greek


Friends,

Very soon will be the time for all of us to be at the beutiful island of Lesvos for our wedding!

We are thrilled to see you there!

80% of the Greeks talks English! So that ensures that you can get buy and have fun just with the use of English.

However as part of traveling the world is experiencing the different cultures, and part of that is trying to talk some basic words in the native languange. For this reason we provide you 3 short videos, one table with basic greek words and more resources for you to spent some fun time to familiarize yourself with tha languange and ideally learn something ;)

One thing is for sure that even if you say one word like "Yassou" which means hi, the greeks will love you 100 times more and get super exited and will enhanse your travel experience!

Enjoy!










Additional words:
Efharisto = Thank you
Parakalo = Your Welcome
Milate Anglika? = Do you speak English?
Milate Yermanika? = Do you speak German?
Then katalaveno = I don't understand
Pos se lene? = What is your name?
Me lene ... = My name is ...
Apo pou eisai? = Where are you from?
Eimai apo Anglia = I am from England
Thelo ena kafe = I want a coffee
Thelo ena tsai = I want a tea
Thelo mia mpira = I want a beer
Thelo ena poto = I want a drink
Thelo ena thomatio = I want a room
Ehete thomatio? = Do you have a room?
ya mia mera = for one day
ya thimeres = for two days
ya mia vthomatha = for one week
ya thio vthomathes = for two weeks
Poso kanei? = How much is it?
Poso hrostao = How much do I owe?
Logariasmo parakalo = The bill, please.
Mporo na bgalo mia fotografia? = May I take a photo?
Ela = Come
Fiye = Go away! (fi as in fish, ye as in yellow)
Ise omorfi = you are beautiful
M' areseis = I like you
S' agapo = I love you
M' agapas? = Do you love me?
Agapi mou = My love, Darling
Filise me = kiss me
Fili = kiss
Filos / F ili = friend (male) / (female). Pay attention to the small difference from "kiss".
Eho filo = I have a boyfriend
Eimai pantremeni = I am married (female)



Other sources:
http://www.greece.org/gr-lessons/gr-english/tourists.html
http://www.agni.gr/learn_greek/learn_greek_online.asp


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