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Lonely Planet Greek Phrasebook & Dictionary

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You can say gamma as a hard 'g', chi as 'h', and rho as an unrolled English 'r', you can also say "au" or "eu" instead of "av" and "ev" and you'll be totally understood.

And even if you don't, don't despair: almost all Greeks (but the oldest) can understand and speak English. Greek people know they have a difficult language (for foreigners) and don't expect any tourist to know more than a couple words. Many Greek words have been borrowed into other languages, so you will find a lot of these words familiar, such as τραύμα ( trauma, "injury") and σοφία ( sofia "wisdοm, knowledge").Pote;)) Useful Words [ edit ] Entrance Είσοδος (ee-so-thos) Exit Έξοδος (Exodos) No admittance Απαγορεύεται η είσοδος Emergency exit Έξοδος κινδύνου No smoking Απαγορεύεται το κάπνισμα Pull Τραβήξτε Push Σπρώξτε Toilets Τουαλέτες Condom Προφυλακτικό ( pro-fee-lak-tee-KO) Ladies Γυναικών Gentlemen Αντρών I εγώ you (informal sing. Organized by subjects such as everyday phrases, hotels, travelling around and includes an extensive menu section.

If you are a resident of another country or region, please select the appropriate version of Tripadvisor for your country or region in the drop-down menu. With its completely redesigned interior making the book even more accessible than before, the Berlitz Greek Phrase Book is ideal for travellers of all ages who are looking for a reliable and up-to-date phrase book that contains all the phrases they really need when they are in Greece. noodles μακαρόνια ( makaronia) rice ρύζι ( oh-REE-zah) beans φασόλια ( fah-SOH-lia) May I have a glass of _____? half μισός/μισή/μισό ( mee-SSOHS / mee-SSEE / mee-SSOH) quarter τέταρτο ( tEH-tar-toh less λιγότερος/πιο λίγος/λιγότερη/πιο λίγη/λιγότερο/πιο λίγο ( lee-GHO-teh-rohs / lee-GHO-teh-ree / lee-GHO-teh-roh) more περισσότερος/πιο πολύς/περισσότερη/πιο πολλή/περισσότερο/πιο πολύ ( peh-ree-SSOH-teh-rohs / peh-ree-SSOH-teh-ree / peh-ree-SSOH-teh-ro) Time [ edit ] now τώρα ( TOH-rah) later αργότερα ( ar-GHOH-teh-rah) before πριν ( preen) morning πρωί ( proh-EE) afternoon απόγευμα ( a-POH-yev-ma) evening βράδυ ( VRAH-thee) night νύχτα ( NEE-htah) Clock time [ edit ] one o'clock AM μία η ώρα το πρωί( . Consequently there are only simple unaspirated s, z, ts, j, x 's (no shame, plea sure, lu xurious, chin etc.

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Duration [ edit ] _____ minute(s) _____ λεπτό/λεπτά ( lep-TOH/TAH) _____ hour(s) _____ ώρα/ώρες ( OH-rah/res) _____ day(s) _____ μέρα/μέρες ( MEH-rah/res) _____ week(s) _____ εβδομάδα/δες ( ev-dhoh-MAH-dhah/dhes) _____ month(s) _____ μήνας/μήνες ( MEEN / MEE-nes) _____ year(s) _____ έτος/χρόνος/χρονιά/έτη/χρόνοι/χρονιές Days [ edit ] today σήμερα ( SEE-meh-ra) yesterday χτες ( khtes) tomorrow αύριο ( AHV-ree-oh) this week αυτή την εβδομάδα ( .

north βορράς ( vor-RAHS) south νότος ( NOH-toss) east ανατολή ( ah-nah-TOH-lee) west δύση ( DHEE-see) uphill προς τα πάνω or ανηφόρα ( . It is arranged by topic as follows: the world and nature; space and time; the human body; human life: its various relations; mind; arts and sciences; speech and writing; philosophy; emotions, character; virtue and vice; religion; domestic life; commerce and agriculture; the state; law and justice; military matters; naval matters; miscellany, and proverbs. Note also that Greek punctuation differs a little: The Greek question mark (ερωτηματικό) is just like the Latin semi-colon ; .

If there's an accent at the first vowel of a diphthong, or a diaeresis on the second, then it isn't an actual diphthong and the two vowels are pronunced separately. By using the Web site, you confirm that you have read, understood, and agreed to be bound by the Terms and Conditions. We use Lonely Planet phrase books whenever we roam outside of Europe's core English-French-German-Italian-Spanish-Portuguese language zone. The new and improved content has a more visually appealing colour-coding system, enabling users to find what they want, when they want it, and in less time. we εμείς he αυτός she αυτή it αυτό they αυτοί my/mine δικός μου (δική μου, δικό μου) your/yours (formal) δικός σας (δική σας, δικό σας) your/yours (informal) δικός σου (δική σου, δικό σου) our/ours δικός μας (δική μας, δικό μας) his δικός του (δική του, δικό του) her/hers δικός της (δική της, δικό της) its του their/theirs δικός τους (δική τους, δικό τους) Problems [ edit ] I'm drowning!This book is arranged by topic, with key words and phrases, a pronunciation guide and a dictionary of approximately 4000 Greek words. So if you know some Attic or Koine Greek and pronounce it as Modern Greek, though you will sound archaic, you will probably be understood. Although the small letters seem entirely different (and some of them are indeed) at people's handwriting they can be extremely close to English. idioms and words arranged clearly in terms of themes like custom duties, hotels, services, transport, garages, sights, entertainment, eating out, sports and leisure. Greek is the official language of both Greece and Cyprus, but is only spoken in the south of the latter.

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