greek words

Hey well im like half greek and i want to learn some greek words you know cuz my greek sucksss ... so anyway if anyone can help me out with that.
like how to say simple stuff
like how to start a conversation how to say good morning.;;how are you?;;how are you feeling;; well stuff like that.

i really need some major help with my greek because im going back there for the third time in less than a month to visit my family and i wnna know atleast 2 words lol
well thank you.

Originally Posted by crisoula

Hey well im like half greek and i want to learn some greek words you know cuz my greek sucksss ... so anyway if anyone can help me out with that.
like how to say simple stuff
like how to start a conversation how to say good morning.;;how are you?;;how are you feeling;; well stuff like that.

i really need some major help with my greek because im going back there for the third time in less than a month to visit my family and i wnna know atleast 2 words lol
well thank you.

i think i could give u some help i am also half greek and have been studing...
goodmorining - kalimera
good evening- kalispera
geia sou- hello


kala eisia- means sth like r u ok/good
eimai kala- i am good
pou pas- where r u going
pou ine- where is...
thelo- i want
den thelo- i dont want
and more if u want to kno replie back

mixaela ciao!

Originally Posted by mixaela88

i think i could give u some help i am also half greek and have been studing...
goodmorining - kalimera
good evening- kalispera
geia sou- hello


kala eisia- means sth like r u ok/good
eimai kala- i am good
pou pas- where r u going
pou ine- where is...
thelo- i want
den thelo- i dont want
and more if u want to kno replie back

mixaela ciao!

oh my god. thank you haha yay half greeks haha anyway
yeah uhmm well even tough im greek i cant understand a thing they say. its so sad. but anyway
yeah i would really like it if you helped me with my greek haha thank you.
what other words do you know?


i listen to greek music to learn a little more.

well i have been studing greek since almost a yr when i was in greece...i can read and write...and i can understand some when ppl are talkin ...ummm...

im not perfect yet but i will tell u wat i kno...

mazi sou- with you
den boro- i cant
boro- i can
ti kanis- how r u/wat r u doing
apo prwto xeri- from first hand.//it a sayin in greece
den ksero- i dont kno
ksero- i kno
den katalavaveno- i dont understand
katalavas- understand
eimai apo- i am from
den paizei- doesnt matter
perimenw- wait
perimenw ligo- wait a lil bit
pame- lets go
na fame- lets eat

ill get u more soon :P
ciao

Originally Posted by mixaela88

apo prwto xeri- from first hand.//it a sayin in greece
katalavas- understand
eimai apo- i am from
perimenw ligo- wait a lil bit

Bravo Mixaela, well done!

The phrase "apo prwto xeri" is right, but maybe we should give an example in order to be understandable.

ex. I've learnt it from the first hand cause Katerina was there when the accident happened.

Means that Katerina was there when the accident happened and she told it to her friend. So the other girl learned it from the first hand.

Now, I understood means katalava, I understand katalavainw, there's no word katalavas. You understood is katalaves.

I wait a little bit is perimenw ligo, wait a little bit is perimene ligo.

And except from eimai kala you could say eimai mia xara. It's the same!

ENTAXI = it´s OK

KALI NICHTA = Good Night

NESCAFE FRAPE = is a cold nescafe-coffee with foam and you get the best one iof this kind in Greece, nowhere else!

Originally Posted by Tahira

NESCAFE FRAPE = is a cold nescafe-coffee with foam and you get the best one iof this kind in Greece, nowhere else!

Of course, cause frape is greek coffee!

Originally Posted by maria_gr

Of course, cause frape is greek coffee!

You can say frape in Serbia too!
Anyway,I need some help...

1.Pinao --------->does this mean:I'm hungry ??
2.Dipsao ------>does this mean:I'm thursty ??
3.Ton logariasmo --------->???
4.Antio ----------->???
5.Yia mas --------->

Originally Posted by angeliki_sr

You can say frape in Serbia too!
Anyway,I need some help...

1.Pinao --------->does this mean:I'm hungry ??
2.Dipsao ------>does this mean:I'm thursty ??
3.Ton logariasmo --------->???
4.Antio ----------->???
5.Yia mas --------->

I don't say that the name is greek (it's french), but I'm saying that the coffee is greek that's why the best frape is in greece!

1.Pinao ---------> I'm hungry (right)
2.Dipsao ------> I'm thursty (right)
3.Ton logariasmo ---------> the bill
4.Antio -----------> goodbye
5.Yia mas ---------> cheers (in fact means to our health, but the english word is cheers)

Filia

Originally Posted by maria_gr

I don't say that the name is greek (it's french), but I'm saying that the coffee is greek that's why the best frape is greece!

Aaaah!hehe
Epharisto maria mou!

Originally Posted by angeliki_sr

Aaaah!hehe
Epharisto maria mou!

i wanted to write in greece, but I eat words, probably I'm hungry (peinaw as you said)

Originally Posted by maria_gr

i wanted to write in greece, but I eat words, probably I'm hungry (peinaw as you said)

You wrote it well,I quoted wrong,I am the one who's hungry

could anybody explain to me, what ti egine means? there must be more than one translation

susi

Originally Posted by angeliki_sr

You wrote it well,I quoted wrong,I am the one who's hungry

Hehe I'm a cheater, I corrected it!

So I'm really hungry, peinaw, peinaw, thelw na faw! lol

Originally Posted by blue velvet

could anybody explain to me, what ti egine means? there must be more than one translation

susi

My dictionary says:WHAT BECAME..I know 'TI' is what....

Hehe I'm a cheater, I corrected it!

CCCCC...

Originally Posted by blue velvet

could anybody explain to me, what ti egine means? there must be more than one translation

susi

Ti egine i think that has only one translation (what happened).

So ti ginetai you could say it and as what's going on, how are you etc.

Originally Posted by maria_gr

Ti egine i think that has only one translation (what happened).

So ti ginetai you could say it and as what's going on, how are you etc.

tora katalaveno, efcharisto maria

susi

Originally Posted by Tahira

NESCAFE FRAPE = is a cold nescafe-coffee with foam and you get the best one iof this kind in Greece, nowhere else!

Frappa!! lol could remind to someone of Frank Zappa..

Anyhow frappe is not greek if i remember correct. I think it originates from some arab country where we and them only have it or at least used to cuz now u can find frappe in Bulgaria and rest Balkan countries as well

It is indeed considered the summer national coffee of Greeks..
The winter national coffee is (what else) "nes" which is the same coffee (nescafe) but hot - not cold.

I am stickin to freddo and cappuccino. Ha!

And girls good luck with your greek.. I hope after a point you ll stop sayin "its all greek to me" Ppl here have made an excellent job with the Grammar thread so I would suggest you check that as well.
Other than that for words and phrases am sure ppl will assist here with pleasure.

Originally Posted by YpNoS

And girls good luck with your greek.. I hope after a point you ll stop sayin "its all greek to me" Ppl here have made an excellent job with the Grammar thread so I would suggest you check that as well.
Other than that for words and phrases am sure ppl will assist here with pleasure.

sometimes I am completely fed up to learn greek, especially when I try to translate something and don't even understand one sentence. or if I have an argument with a greek, and I miss the words I would need.

but most time I am happy to learn a new language (my children are always very impressed, when they hear me talking in greek on the phone) - but I suppose I learn more from talking to greeks, especially the elder ones. they admire you, if they realize you want to learn their motherlanguage, and nobody is laughing when I contruct funny sentences.

and for me it's normal if I want to live in a foreign country for good, that I learn the language of this country!

susi

Mwro mou, Nescafé is a trademark of Nestlé (hence nes(tle)+cafe).
The brand is instant coffee. It could be Jacobs, Tchibo, Nescafe, etc.

No, it's doesn't originate from any Arab country, it originates from our beautiful Thessaloniki.

Frappé dates back to the 1957 International Trade Fair in Thessaloniki. The representative of the Nestlé company, Yannis Dritsas, was exhibiting a new product for children, a chocolate beverage produced instantly by mixing it with milk and shaking it in a shaker. Dritsas' employee Dimitris Vakondios was looking for a way to have his usual instant coffee during his break but he could not find any hot water, so he mixed the coffee with cold water and a shaker, creating the first frappé coffee.

This improvised experiment established this popular Greek beverage. Frappé has been marketed chiefly by Nestlé and has been a popular drink in Greece.

Since it's a Nestle product, of course you can find it in Bulgaria, for instance.

Nescafe Frappe - Фрапирай Л�тото / Vbox7

Many people drink frappe. I don't, but you know this.

P.S. In Bulgaria people also use Coca Cola instead of water. Caffeine killer drink.