However, being polite does not require you to know every single phrase. Knowing how to say “bye” and “have a nice day/evening” is all you need to get by in everyday situations. Of course, as we’ve discussed in previous articles, consulting theGreek IPAis a great way to make sur...
That is the way to saygood afternoonin Greek, which can be said after noon or during most of the English afternoon. In Greece, when we saygood afternoonwe usually mean up until 7-8 PM. Our afternoon is split into early (around 3-4 PM), mid (around 5-6 PM), and late (around 7...
As it happens in every country, people in Crete will be glad to hear you trying to speak their language. Even if all you can say is “kalimera” or “Yassou”, people will smile and open up. Greetings in Greek In all the following, “e” is read as in “egg” and “th” is re...
We almost all know to say “hola.“ Just remember that the letter h is silent in this case, just like it is in the English word “heir.” To be time-specific, you can use buenos dias (good morning), buenas tardes (good afternoon) and buenas noches (good night). But, of course,...
in Ephesians 2:10 (“For we are God’s workmanship, created in Christ Jesus to do good works…”), the Greek word translated workmanship ispoiema,the same word from which we get the English word, poem. We are God’s poem, His art. And we are created to do good works, our art. ...
way they are used. These changes might happen in either oral or written form, or both. Sometimes, words are changed in oral conversations, but not in writing. That is to say, the pronunciation of a word is changed but its spelling has remained unchanged. A good example here is the word...
Dialog on How to Ask for the Time in the Greek Language Greet the Person First In the Greek language, you wouldn’t simply approach a stranger and ask them for the time out of the blue. The goal is to ask in a polite way. You would start by getting someone’s attention in a polit...
The season for tourism traditionally starts after Greek Orthodox Easter, and finishes towards the end of September, mid-October. During this time, you can be more or less guaranteed of good weather for your beach holiday, the sea is warm enough to swim in, and the tourist infrastructure is ...
"an accurate and sensitive scholar, particularly in Greek" (p. 3). In 1929, he won a scholarship to read classics at Balliol College, Oxford University. There, he obtained first class honours and in 1933, after examination, became the only Prize Fellow elected to All Souls,...
to let the currents sweep food straight in. This is one way North Atlantic right whales feed in the Bay of Fundy between Maine, New Brunswick, and Nova Scotia. Or so the experts suspect, having watched the 40-to 80-ton animals surface with mud on their crowns. Mind you, they say, ...