Anoula’s travel notebook.
The official language in Crete is Greek, the translation English-Greek you will find below, is just a phonetic translation of the Greek language.
Before leaving, I advise you to familiarize with the Greek Alphabet, it is very useful, cause you will find many transparent words.
For example : the word ‘sandwich’ in Greek, if you don’t know the Greek alphabet, it won’t be possible for you to recognise the word, but if you know the Alphabet, the word will appear to you naturally and without any effort!
Little everyday words:
| yes | nai |
| no | ochi |
| hello | kalimera |
| good evening | kalispera |
| good night | kalinikhta |
| hi | yassou |
| good bye | athîo |
| please | parakalo |
| thank you | efkharisto |
| sorry | signomi |
| I’m French (Male) / French (Female). | Imé ghalos / ghalida. |
| Do you speak French? | Milatè ghalika ? |
| I don’t understand Greek. | Then katalavéno ta hellinika |
To go a bit further:
| My name is… | Mé léné… |
| How are you? (sg) | Ti Kanis ? |
| How are you? (pl) | Ti kanété ? |
| Fine. | kala |
| How much is it? | Posso kani ? |
| A bier, please. | Mia bira parakalo. |
| The bill, please. | To logariasmo parakalo. |
| red wine | kokino krasi |
| white wine | aspro krasi |
| Where is it? | Pou inè ? |
| right | dhéksia |
| left | aristera |
| straight ahead | efthia |
| a room, please | Ena dhomatio parakalo |
| What time is it? | Ti ora inè ? |
Numbers:
| 1 | éna | 6 | eksi | 20 | ikossi | 70 | evdhominda |
| 2 | dhio | 7 | efta | 30 | trianda | 80 | oghdhonda |
| 3 | tria | 8 | ochto | 40 | saranda | 90 | énéninda |
| 4 | tessera | 9 | énia | 50 | péninda | 100 | ékato |
| 5 | pendé | 10 | dhéka | 60 | eksinda |
Week days:
| Monday | deftera | today | simera |
| Tuesday | triti | tomorrow | avrio |
| Wednesday | tetarti | yesterday | chtès |
| Thursday | pemptio | morning | proï |
| Friday | paraskevi | noon | mésiméri |
| Saturday | savato | evening | vradhi |
| Sunday | kiriaki | night | nikta |
Be careful, when Greek people say ‘yes’ or ‘no’ they do movements which are hard to understand: to say ‘no’, they raise their head and their eyes up to the sky. To say ‘yes’, they tilt their head slightly.
Anoula.