Lonely Planet Greek Phrasebook & Dictionary

Product Information

Organized by subjects such as everyday phrases, hotels, travelling around and includes an extensive menu section. When writing remember γγ is never in the beginning of a word, only γκ Μπ/μπ mee-pee Pronounced like the English B. Greek is the official language of both Greece and Cyprus, but is only spoken in the south of the latter. It is common for older people to pronounce some vowels slightly different according to the the rules of the diacretics (spirits) that used to be taught until 1982, giving them in some occasions a very light h (χ) sound. Note also that Greek punctuation differs a little: The Greek question mark (ερωτηματικό) is just like the Latin semi-colon ; .

STREEP-steh dheh-xee-AH) left αριστερά ( ah-riss-teh-RAH) right δεξιά ( dheh-xee-AH) straight ahead ευθεία ( eh-fthee-ah) towards the _____ προς το/τον/την _____ ( . Albania, Algeria, American Samoa, Andorra, Angola, Anguilla, Antigua and Barbuda, Argentina, Armenia, Aruba, Australia, Bahamas, Bahrain, Barbados, Belgium, Belize, Benin, Bermuda, Bhutan, Bolivia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Botswana, Brazil, British Virgin Islands, Bulgaria, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cambodia, Cameroon, Canada, Cape Verde Islands, Cayman Islands, Central African Republic, Chad, Chile, China, Colombia, Comoros, Cook Islands, Costa Rica, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Côte d'Ivoire (Ivory Coast), Democratic Republic of the Congo, Denmark, Djibouti, Dominica, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Egypt, El Salvador, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Estonia, Ethiopia, European Union, Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas), Finland, France, French Guiana, French Polynesia, Gabon Republic, Gambia, Ghana, Gibraltar, Greece, Greenland, Grenada, Guadeloupe, Guam, Guatemala, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Guyana, Haiti, Honduras, Hong Kong, Hungary, Iceland, India, Indonesia, Iraq, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Jamaica, Japan, Jordan, Kenya, Kiribati, Kuwait, Kyrgyzstan, Laos, Latvia, Lebanon, Lesotho, Liberia, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Macau, Macedonia, Madagascar, Malawi, Malaysia, Mali, Malta, Marshall Islands, Martinique, Mauritania, Mauritius, Mayotte, Mexico, Micronesia, Moldova, Monaco, Mongolia, Montenegro, Montserrat, Morocco, Namibia, Nepal, Netherlands, Netherlands Antilles, New Zealand, Nicaragua, Niger, Niue, Norway, Oman, Pakistan, Palau, Panama, Papua New Guinea, Paraguay, Peru, Philippines, Poland, Portugal, Puerto Rico, Qatar, Republic of Croatia, Republic of the Congo, Reunion, Romania, Saint Helena, Saint Kitts-Nevis, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, San Marino, Saudi Arabia, Senegal, Serbia, Sierra Leone, Singapore, Slovakia, Slovenia, Solomon Islands, South Africa, South Korea, Spain, Sri Lanka, Suriname, Svalbard and Jan Mayen, Swaziland, Sweden, Taiwan, Tajikistan, Tanzania, Thailand, Togo, Tonga, Trinidad and Tobago, Tunisia, Turkey, Turkmenistan, Turks and Caicos Islands, Tuvalu, Uganda, Ukraine, United Arab Emirates, United Kingdom, Uzbekistan, Vanuatu, Vatican City State, Venezuela, Virgin Islands (U.People in no way expect you to be proficient in any aspect of Greek, so by studying a bit before visiting you can really impress people and win their hearts!

Greek people know they have a difficult language (for foreigners) and don't expect any tourist to know more than a couple words. The complete illustrated phrasebook enables you to communicate fully in Greek without mastery of the language. Any other suggestions that might help me remember some of the important words and phrases for some simple interactions. Consequently there are only simple unaspirated s, z, ts, j, x 's (no shame, plea sure, lu xurious, chin etc.

By using the Web site, you confirm that you have read, understood, and agreed to be bound by the Terms and Conditions. This classic English-Greek vocabulary of phrases, first published in the nineteenth century, is based on the writings of Thucydides, Xenophon, Demosthenes and Plato.