Common Conversation Phrases
Traveling to Greece? Below are the phonetic pronunciations for useful Modern Greek travel phrases for tourists that you can use to start a conversation:
- My name is (They call me): Με λένε (Me le-ne)
- What is your name?: Πώς σε λένε; (Pos se le-ne)
- Excuse me, do you speak English?: Παρακαλώ, μιλάτε αγγλικά; (Pa-ra-ka-lo, mee-la-tay an-gli-ka)
- I don't speak Greek: Δεν μιλάω ελληνικά (Then mi-laow el-le-eni-kah)
- I don't understand: Δεν καταλαβαίνω (Then kah-tah-lah-vae-no)
- Do you have: ‘Εχεις / ‘Εχετε (E-chees to one person or E-che-tay to more than one person)
- Please help, I'm lost: Παρακαλώ βοηθήστε, είμαι χαμένος (Pa-ra-ka-lo, voi-thi-ste, e-mee xa-mee-nos)
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