Greetings in Greek
It is a super basic word. It means good morning and is used from early morning till midday.
It means good noon and technically, you’re supposed to use it from 12.00 until 15.00. Kalo mesimeri also conveys the wish to have a good lunch and a nice siesta.
This word derives from kali “beautiful” or “good”, and espera “even” and means good evening. You can also use the phrase Kalo apogeuma instead of Kalispera and you’re supposed to use it from 15.00 or 16.00 until the night.
It means “good night” and is the phrase Greeks use right before bedtime. You can also say Kalo vrady, which has the same meaning.
That word (in the singular) is actually an informal way of saying ”hello”. It derives from ygeia ”health” and sou ”to you”. So when you say Ya sou to someone you are wishing him/her good health. The formal and polite greeting is Ya sas and you have to use ya sas with strangers, older people, etc.
That word is the polite way to say hi. Actually it means ”rejoice” and “greetings”.
It means ”welcome”. If you want, you can also use the phrase Kalos orises, which is the formal way to say welcome in greek.
It is a very popular expression and it is the informal way of saying ”see you” . The formal way is Eis to epanidein which literally means ”until we see each other again”
Useful words and phrases in Greek
That word means “Yes”.
That word means ”No”.
It means ”Thank you”.
It means ”You are welcome”.
It means ”I don’t know”.
It means ”I don’t understand”.
It is the phrase we used for ”Cheers”.
That word means ”Come on”. You can also use this word when you answer the phone to someone familiar.
It means ”Nice to meet you”.
We are using this phrase when we want to say to someone ”Enjoy your meal”.
That phrace is used for the question ”Do you speak english?”.
It means ”How are you?”
It means ”Where is…?”.
It means “Right”
It means “Left”.
It means “Walk”.
It means “Kisses”.
That is a slang word which is used to describe jerk but this word has a variety of different meanings depending on the tone and context used. So you can also use this word to a friend instead of “dude”, or “mate”.
Beautiful, unique words
That word meaning is ”hospitality” and derives from the words filo which means ”love” in ancient greek and ksenos which means ”stranger”, so its the state of being a friend to strangers. For ancient Greeks filoxenia was a core value and Zeus, the King of the gods and ruler of Mount Olympus was also known as Zeus Xenios, “the strangers’ god,” because he was the protector of strangers and travelers.
That is maybe the highest of all virtues among Greeks but it is difficult to explain it. It is comprising of the words filo ” to love” or ”to like” and timo ”to honor” and it actually represents a way of life which encompasses an array of virtues like honour, justice, courage, duty, dignity, respect, pride and integrity.
This is a really beautiful untranslatable word in Greek which means to do something with passion, with love, with absolute devotion, with all your heart.
It means homesickness and derives from the word nostos which is the ”homecoming” and the word algos which means ”pain” or ”ache”.
This is another word that can not be translated and it is used to describe the spirit of joy, euphoria and happiness.