“Good day” in Greek is Γεια (yia). You hear individuals saying Γεια σου (yia su) or Γεια σας (yia sas) on a regular basis.

The distinction between them is straightforward: you utilize yia su to handle one particular person, most probably your pal, somebody you understand effectively, or somebody near your age. You say yia sas while you’re greeting a bunch, an individual you don’t know, or somebody you respect because of their age or standing.

When greeting a pal, you additionally say yia su adopted by their title. In a proper setting, you possibly can say yia sas adopted by Ms. or Mr. and their surname. That stated, utilizing yia su and yia sas on their very own can be quite common.

Listed here are some examples:

• Γεια σου (yia su): “Good day” (casual)
• Γεια χαρά (yia hara): “Hello there” or “Hey” (casual)
• Έλα! (Ela): “Hey!” or “Yo!” (additionally used when choosing up the telephone)
• Γεια σας (yia sas): “Good day” (formal or plural)
• Χαίρετε (herete): “Good day” or “Greetings” (formal)
• Γεια σε όλους (yia se olus): “Good day, everybody”
• Γεια σας, κυρία Ανδρέου (yia sas, kiria Andreu): “Good day, Ms. Andreu”
• Γεια σας, κύριε Ανδρέου (yia sas, kirie Andreu): “Good day, Mr. Andreu”
• Γειά σου, Άννα (yia su, Anna): “Good day, Anna”
• Γειά σου, φίλε μου (yia su, file mu)*: “Good day, my pal”

A “good day” can rapidly result in a “how are you.” In some circumstances, individuals may additionally begin the dialog by saying ti kanis (“how are you”) as an alternative of yia sou.

There are lots of alternative ways of claiming “how are you” in Greek, relying on the formality degree. Listed here are among the widespread ones:

• Τι κάνεις; (Ti kanis?): “What are you doing?” or “How are you?” (casual)
• Τι κάνεις σήμερα; (Ti kanis simera?): “What are you doing right now?”
• Τι γίνεται; (Ti yinete?): “What’s taking place?” (casual)
• Έλα, τι κάνεις; (ela, ti kanis?): “Hey, how are you doing?” (casual, used between pals)
• Τι κάνετε; (Ti kánete?): “What are you doing?” (formal or plural)
• Τι κάνετε σήμερα; (Ti kanete simera?): “What are you doing right now?” (formal or plural)
• Τι νέα; (Ti nea?): “What’s new?”
• Πώς είσαι; (Pos ise?): “How are you?” (casual)
• Πώς είστε; (Pos iste?): “How are you?” (formal or plural)
• Καλά είμαι, εσύ πώς είσαι; (Kala ime, esi pos ise?): “I’m nice, how are you?” (casual)
• Καλά είμαι, εσείς πώς είστε; (Kala ime, esis pos iste?): – “I’m nice, how are you?” (formal or plural)
• Πώς πάει; (Pos pai?): “How is it going?”
• Πώς σας πάει; (Pos sas pai?): “How is it going?” (formal or plural)
• Πώς περνάς; (Pos pernas?): “How are you doing?”
• Πώς περνά η μέρα; (Pos perna i mera?): “How is the day going?”
• Πώς περνά η μέρα σου; (Pos perna i mera su?): “How is your day going?” (casual)
• Πώς περνά η μέρα σας ; (Pos perná i méra sas?): “How is your day going?” (formal or plural)

Whenever you’ve simply met somebody new, you may need to observe up your “good day” with a “good to satisfy you.” Or in case you haven’t caught their title but, you may also ask it proper after saying yia su.

• Πώς σε λένε; (Pos se lene?): “What’s your title?” (casual)
• Πώς σας λένε; (Pos sas lene?): “What’s your title?” (formal or plural)
• Ποιο είναι το όνομά σου; (Pio ine to onoma su?): “What’s your title?” (casual)
• Ποιο είναι το όνομά σας; (Pio ine to onoma sas?): “What’s your title?” (formal or plural)
• Από πού είσαι; (Apo pu ise?): “The place are you from?” (casual)
• Από πού είστε; (Apó pou iste?): “The place are you from?” (formal or plural)
• Με λένε… (Me lene): “My title is…” (Say me lene adopted by your title.)
• Το όνομά μου είναι… (To onoma mu ine): “My title is…” (Say to onoma mu ine adopted by your title)
• Χάρηκα (Ηarika): “Good to satisfy you”
• Χαίρω πολύ (Hero poli): “Good to satisfy you”

Think about that you just’ve invited a Greek-speaking pal over for dinner. On this case, it will likely be extra related to greet them by saying “welcome” as an alternative of “good day” as they arrive.

• Καλώς ήρθες (kalos irthes): “Welcome” (casual)
• Καλώς ήρθατε (kalos irthate): “Welcome” (formal or plural)
• Χαίρομαι που είσαι εδώ (herome pu ise edo): “I’m glad to have you ever right here” (casual)
• Χαίρομαι που είστε εδώ. (herome pu iste edo): “I’m glad to have you ever right here” (formal or plural)

Like in lots of languages, greetings in Greek may also change relying on the time of the day. These embrace greetings comparable to “good morning” or “good night.”

Kali or kalo imply “good” in Greek, and mera means “day.” Kalimera means each “good day” and “good morning.” Most individuals use it to say good day in the course of the day, earlier than 12 p.m.

• Καλημέρα (kalimera): “Good morning”
• Καλημέρα σας (kalimera sas): “Good morning everybody”

Mesimeri is midday or lunchtime in Greek. Throughout mesimeri, some individuals take a nap, whereas others exit for lunch. Though not all, some outlets in Greece may shut between 1pm and 4:30 p.m.

• Καλό μεσημέρι (Kalo mesimeri): “Good midday/good afternoon”
• Καλή όρεξη (kali oreksi): “Get pleasure from your meal”

Kalispera comes from the mixture of kali and espera, which implies afternoon. After lunchtime, you can begin saying kalispera as an alternative of kalimera. One other phrase which means afternoon in Greek is apogevma.

• Καλησπέρα (kalispera): “Good afternoon”
• Καλησπέρα σας (kalispera sas): “Good afternoon everybody”
• Καλό απόγευμα (kalo apogevma): “Have a very good afternoon”

“Good evening” in Greek is kalo vradi or kalinihta. These phrases are hardly ever used as a greeting — as an alternative, you say kalo vradi or kalinihta as you permit a venue or go to mattress. If you wish to say good day to somebody at evening, you should use yia su or kalispera.

• Καλό βράδυ (Kalo vradi): “Good evening”
• Καληνύχτα (kalinihta): “Good evening”
• Καλησπέρα (kalispera): “Good night”

You may greet somebody in Greek by saying yia su or yia sas.* Alternatively, you can even say kalimera or kalispera relying on the time of the day. Associates typically give one another a hug or a kiss on every cheek.

For individuals who have simply met, it’s extra applicable to shake fingers and use formal language, particularly in the event that they’re older. For instance, as an alternative of yia su it will likely be yia sas, or as an alternative of pos ise (“how are you”), it will likely be pos iste.

Because the Greek alphabet is totally different from the Latin alphabet, studying the right way to learn and write may take a while. To put in writing the phrase “good day” for instance, you utilize 4 letters:

• Γ (Γάμμα): “Gamma”
• Ε (Έψιλον): “Epsilon”
• Ι (Ήτα): “Iota”
• Α (Άλφα): “Alpha”

In block capitals, it’s ΓΕΙΑ. In lowercase, it might be γεια, with the letter “gamma” barely totally different from its capital letter model. If you happen to add σας (sas) to the top, your γεια turns into formal or plural. If you happen to add σου (sou), it turns into casual. That stated, it’s additionally nice to make use of γεια by itself.

The block capital model of sas is ΣΑΣ, and for sou it’s ΣΟΥ.

Each good day has a goodbye. As we close to the top of this text, let’s be taught some phrases that imply goodbye in Greek.

• Αντίο (Adio): “Goodbye”
• Τα λέμε (Ta leme): “See you”
• Να προσέχεις (na prosehis): “Take care”
• Καλό ταξίδι (Kalo taksidi): “Have a very good journey”
• Πρέπει να φύγω (Prepi na figo): “I’ve bought to go”
• Καλή συνέχεια (kali sinerhia): “Get pleasure from the remainder of your day”
• Καληνύχτα (kalinihta): “Good evening”
• Όνειρα γλυκά (onira glika): “Candy desires”

Along with greetings, it is very important find out about some well mannered expressions, particularly in formal settings.

• Παρακαλώ (parakalo): “Please”
• Ευχαριστώ (efharisto): “Thanks”
• Ευχαριστώ πολύ (Efharisto poli): “Thanks very a lot”
• Συγγνώμη (signomi): “Excuse me”
• Παρακαλώ πολύ (parakalo poli): “You’re very welcome”