Day 4 | Greeting

After the headache of consonants and vowels we can start sticking letters together into words to make beautiful conversations with the locals.  Here is my first attempt at coping with bumping into someone that I would already know in a Greek street (and swiftly moving on after a quick Αντιό!).

Andreas P	Hello Mrs K	Γεια σου Κυρια Κ	Yiasoo Keereea Κ
Despina K	Hello Mr P	Γεια σου Κύριος Π	Yiasoo Keereos Π
Andreas P	How are you?	Τι Κάνετε;	Tee Kahnehteh
Despina K	I'm fine	Μιά Χαρά	Meeah Harah
Andreas P	Me too	Και ερώ Επίσις	Keh-eroh Epeesees
Despina K	Good seeing you	Xάρηκα που σε ειδα	Hahreeka poo see eetha
Andreas P	Thank you	Ευχαριστώ	Efhareestoh
Despina K	Goodbye	Αντίο	Adeeo
Andreas P	Goodbye	Αντίο	Adeeo

 the tics in 3rd column are emphasised in bold in the far-right column

Some interesting points from this.  The question mark in English "?" is used in Greek with a semi-colon ";" (what they use for a semi-colon is a mystery).  Also, Γεια σου (Yiasoo) I understand is used interchangeably for Hello and Goodbye in Cyprus whilst in Greece they use the αντίο (Adeeo) for the Goodbye (so one less word to remember).  Also, don't be fooled by the "I'm fine" sentance and assume "I am" equals Μιά because it doesn't.  "I am hungry" for example translates to Είμαι νυσταλέος (Eemeh neestalehos) which uses the true translation for "I am" whilst the one shown in the table above translates to "one" (I know, it still doesn't make sense to me either - comments please!).    


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