there are several topics in the Greek and Cyprus forums but need to be searched out here is one

and a few more

Yes ne
no ohi
thank you efharisto
please parakalo
sorry signomi
go away paratame
good morning kali mera
good afternoon/evening kali spera
good night kali nihta
goodbye andio
do you speak English milate Anglika

cheers stini yamas (however the usual toast in Cyprus and Greece is Yamas meaning our health and is a toast to all around you)



efftihismenos I thiakopes [happy holiday]

yasus
wizard

ps.. a lot of hotel and bar staff are not locals so only speak English and German [and their own tongue]
an example from one of my visits [to a 4 star hotel]
we went to the bar and the conversation was thus..
ME.. yasus oria mera thelo mia beera ke mia miso beera parakalo [halo loverly day, a beer and a half beer please]
waiter.. sorry i don't understand I'm from Albania i don't speak Greek

You might find this useful and interesting... http://www.bbc.co.uk/languages/greek/talk/

Marion

i watched the BBC talk Greek schools program the other week [at 4 in the morning how sic is that] but half of what they were teaching didn't bear any relationship to how Greeks talk everyday and in Cyprus the language is slightly different again as it contains many English,Turkish and other words

yasus
wizard

Wizard wrote:

waiter.. sorry i don't understand I'm from Albania i don't speak Greek

I know a couple of websites with some extremely naughty words and phrases translated, if anyone's interested.

Mark

another useful one:

http://www.transparent.com/languagepages/greek/grphrases.htm

but takes a while for each word to load.