r/GREEK

I'm writing a story and a main character is Greek. She's in the US for college, and she's been speaking English in school since she was very young but her English isn't perfect. I do not speak Greek. I have two questions:

1. Are there any phrases or sayings that my Greek character might use, translated into English?

2. Are there sentence structure mistakes that she might make in English? By which I mean, applying Greek grammar to English sentence, perhaps when she's tired or emotional or drunk.

I hope this doesn't break any community guidelines, I know it's not about learning to speak Greek but I though you all would be the best people to ask.

Thanks in advance!

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A greek man was having a birthday party. In attendance was his partner of 7 years, her mother, his cousin, his cousin’s partner and two of his closest friends who do not speak Greek.

One of the closest friends brought their fiancée, who is Greek. The birthday boy and the fiancée were not friends and had met in a social group setting 5-10 times.

The Greek man gave the first piece of chocolate cake to this fiancée and said, in Greek, he got milk chocolate cake especially for her.

This made her uncomfortable and was very proof, to her, that he was showing romantic interest. (There were more incidents but this added another layer for her).

He has claimed that in Greek custom, you give cake (for instance) to the person furthest from you to welcome them.

I have never heard of this, and nor has any Greek I have asked.

Has anyone else heard of this custom? From what we all say, the cake goes first to the one you want to honour the most.

Hi all - we've been living in Greece for a year now and I wanted some advice on how to improve. I have a tutor and am currently going through B1 textbook. I do duolingo and have done language transfer too.

I can hold a conversation if people accommodate, speak slower or use simpler words but that's not always the case with everyone. I understand maybe 20% of the discussions other parents have around me when picking up the kids from school.

I think I had a big breakthrough six months ago when I understood how past and future tenses work but not much visible progress since then. How do I get to know new words?

Thanks for any advice!

Hello, I'd like to ask for help with some basic Greek terms. I'm going to Olympic Riviera in few days from a student exchange program and I couldn't be more excited. I would like to ask native speakers of Greek about basic terms, like greetings and goodbyes, but also other and more specialized language (especially how to ask whether you can pay using credit/debit card). Thanks in advance

I'm thinking about taking a trip to Greece in June and I'm wondering if I could hire a private tour guide who would speak to me in Greek. I did this in Italy once by hiring a regular guide and then speaking Italian, but my Italian is much stronger. My Greek is at about a B1 level. My fluency is pretty good, but my vocabulary is not that big. I can plod my way through a Wikipedia article about Greek history or geography, but I have to look up a lot of words. I'm wondering if anyone has thoughts about hiring someone for a few hours to do something interesting and touristy while speaking Greek. I feel like anyone who is patient with speaking with someone with modest Greek would be fine. I'm guessing that a tour guide would be OK and that he/she would probably be patient enough, but that a Greek teacher might be better. I wouldn't be looking for someone to correct my grammar, but just to keep the conversation going while we do something interesting (sightseeing, food tour, whatever). Has anyone done something like this?

υπάρχει κάπου το αβαταρ στα ελληνικά; κάποιο πλζ 🙏 (το παιδικό)

In the level Windmill Isle Night act 1, there are some signs that have "Κρατήστε Έξω" written on them. How did this get through?

Hi everyone! This might be a long shot but I once overheard a Greek person describe an eggy stench and I wish I could remember the word. I didn’t know other languages had a word for that weird eggy smell you get on tables, dishes, etc. Arabic has the term Zankha. I’m not sure if anyone might be able to help me?

I recall an expression having to do with black eyes or blackened eyes..

If I’m not mistaken, it was used when seeing someone again after a long while but I’m not certain.

I remember pondering the origin of it.

If anyone knows the expression and its meaning and usage, please let me know. Ευχαριστώ!

Hi all — my husband and I are getting matching anniversary tattoos tomorrow and I want to make sure the Greek is correct before it's permanent. Would really appreciate a native speaker's eyes on this.

What we want the tattoos to say:

- Mine: "Always"

- His: "Forever"

What I've been told:

- Always → Πάντα

- Forever → Για Πάντα (or alternatively Παντοτινά as a single word)

Questions:

1. Are Πάντα and Για Πάντα the most natural, meaningful translations for a romantic/anniversary context? Or would you suggest something different?

2. Is Παντοτινά a better fit if we want both tattoos to be a single word visually?

3. Are the accent marks (ά) essential? I want to make sure nothing gets dropped.

4. Any nuance I should know — does either word carry a connotation that wouldn't land the way "always/forever" does in English?

Thank you so much — permanent ink, so I want to get this right.

Γιατι τα αντιψιχωσικα με κανουν να νιοθο κουρασμενος να ποναο τους μυες μου

I know most courses start late May/early June but I'm talking summer term 1 courses at uni already, but for term 2 I'd like to travel somewhere and dedicate every waking hour I have to learning latin & greek. Does anyone know of programs like this that begin in July? Canada, US or Europe.

I'm making a logo for a group project and we were inspired by Philoctetes. It's also weird that "bow of healing" is in the arrow so if you guys have any other recommendations to what we can put, it would be appreciated hehe.

(I haven't done my research, I'm just doing this for a silly project and my professor won't really care since he doesn't know greek mythology)

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