useful Greek phrases ;)

these are the phrases we always wonder in our mind
( i was having fun with babel fish application)

με συγχωρήστε ο κύριος είναι ότι πορτοφόλι ή είναι εσείς ακριβώς ευτυχείς να με δείτε
excuse me mister is that wallet or are you just glad to see me


με συγχωρήστε ο κύριος τι εσείς έχει στην τσέπη σας
excuse me mister what do you have in your pocket

η θέση μου ή η θέση σας
my place or your place

καφές, τσάι, εγώ;
coffee, tea, me?

θα με παντρεψετε;
will you marry me?

An example case of the phrase number 2 can be seen underneath
(this picture can also be used while demostrating phrase 1)




με συγχωρήστε ο κύριος τι εσείς έχει στην τσέπη σας
excuse me mister what do you have in your pocket

emilia from finland wrote:

these are the phrases we always wonder in our mind
( i was having fun with babel fish application)

με συγχωρήστε ο κύριος είναι ότι πορτοφόλι ή είναι εσείς ακριβώς ευτυχείς να με δείτε
excuse me mister is that wallet or are you just glad to see me


με συγχωρήστε ο κύριος τι εσείς έχει στην τσέπη σας
excuse me mister what do you have in your pocket

η θέση μου ή η θέση σας
my place or your place

καφές, τσάι, εγώ;
coffee, tea, me?

θα με παντρεψετε;
will you marry me?

An example case of the phrase number 2 can be seen underneath
(this picture can also be used while demostrating phrase 1)




με συγχωρήστε ο κύριος τι εσείς έχει στην τσέπη σας
excuse me mister what do you have in your pocket

WOWOWOWO Emilia, sorry baby, but they are some mystakes here...
Babelfish don't translate very well greek, i know that for test it ...

Exemple :

For the sentence :

excuse me mister what do you have in your pocket ?

you shouldn't say :

με συγχωρήστε ο κύριος τι εσείς έχει στην τσέπη σας

But :

Me sinxorite kirie, ti exete stin tzepi sas ?

im sorry but there is no greek person who can understand what is written in Greek.all the sentences are wrong.

the problem with babel fish is of course that it translates the words literally from English and it's a machine

stelios wrote:

im sorry but there is no greek person who can understand what is written in Greek.all the sentences are wrong.

That's why i write it in "phonetic" language

emilia from finland wrote:

the problem with babel fish is of course that it translates the words literally from English and it's a machine

Of course Emilia mou, but the translations are wrong and we must made the good sentence with the babel's translation...

The most important thing to remember when you learn Greek is that we don't use SUBJECTS often because our verbs have different endings for each person so we can easily understand without subjects.

For example in English we have

I play
you play
he plays
she plays
it plays
we play
you play
they play


If you just say play people cannot understand who you are talking about.

But in Greek.....

Εγω παιζω- Εgo pezo
Εσυ παιζεις-Esi pezis
Αυτος παιζει-aftos pezi
Εμεις παιζουμε-emis pezoume
Εσεις παιζετε-esis pezete
Αυτοι παιζουν-ayti pazoun

See?Each person has each own ending.


So.....if you want to say Emilia that you adore Sakis it's wrong to say Ego latrevo ton Saki. You have to say Latrevo ton Saki without putting any subject.

Yes, that's right

Greek language is propably the only language in the world, where you don't use subjects. Even though in Finnish language the verbs have different endings for each person. You always put the subject infront of the verb.

Sounds a very interesting topic there Em, I am a little crap with Greek when it comes to word orders and sentences. But I know a few words though.

*Paraskévie* wrote:

WOWOWOWO Emilia, sorry baby, but they are some mystakes here...
Babelfish don't translate very well greek, i know that for test it ...

Exemple :

For the sentence :

excuse me mister what do you have in your pocket ?

you shouldn't say :

με συγχωρήστε ο κύριος τι εσείς έχει στην τσέπη σας

But :

Me sinxorite kirie, ti exete stin tzepi sas ?

I have to say Chiefie mou that sites especially Babelfish are really crap with translations. You could be a Greek teacher here with translations like that, you are pretty good with your Greek.

thanks Moldie

Let's just say I have a long way 2 go when learning Greek. Lol. At least ur Greek is fine chief.

I know... thanks you

*Paraskévie* wrote:

I know... thanks you

Yw chief.

ALSO SAKIS pocket may include few coins . this is whats you want emilia?

emilia wrote:

Greek language is propably the only language in the world, where you don't use subjects. Even though in Finnish language the verbs have different endings for each person. You always put the subject infront of the verb.

emilia, also Romanian is another language where you can use the verbs without a subject, because you can deduce the person from the verb's ending. But we, romanians, usually use the verbs with persons , subjects .

bogdi2005 wrote:

emilia wrote:

Greek language is propably the only language in the world, where you don't use subjects. Even though in Finnish language the verbs have different endings for each person. You always put the subject infront of the verb.

emilia, also Romanian is another language where you can use the verbs without a subject, because you can deduce the person from the verb's ending. But we, romanians, usually use the verbs with persons , subjects .

I didn't know that about Romanian,very interesting!

Chrisanthi wrote:

bogdi2005 wrote:

emilia wrote:

Greek language is propably the only language in the world, where you don't use subjects. Even though in Finnish language the verbs have different endings for each person. You always put the subject infront of the verb.

emilia, also Romanian is another language where you can use the verbs without a subject, because you can deduce the person from the verb's ending. But we, romanians, usually use the verbs with persons , subjects .

I didn't know that about Romanian,very interesting!

I agree. Thanks 4 telling us Bogdi.

bogdi2005 wrote:

emilia, also Romanian is another language where you can use the verbs without a subject, because you can deduce the person from the verb's ending. But we, romanians, usually use the verbs with persons , subjects .

Very interesting fact Bogdi. I have to admit that I am interested in the Romanian language plus the Slavic languages e.g Bulgarian, Serbian, Russian. Plus I tend to pick up a few words of them at times and learn it, especially from pop songs.

Moldienut wrote:

bonkers,

this word in greek is 'palaviaris'

lunaLENA wrote:

this word in greek is 'palaviaris'

Never knew that Lena, thanks for the word.

Moldienut wrote:

lunaLENA wrote:

this word in greek is 'palaviaris'

Never knew that Lena, thanks for the word.

it's a really funny word mo! reaaaally funny!

lunaLENA wrote:

it's a really funny word mo! reaaaally funny!

I could use that when you and the Twins get looney again.

Moldienut wrote:

lunaLENA wrote:

it's a really funny word mo! reaaaally funny!

I could use that when you and the Twins get looney again.

ok but you must say palaviares cos that's the plural!