For those in the know !
Our regular readers will have noticed that we’ve moved on from the basics, which you can still check out on the web The Lingo ‘Basics’ Course, and for all our ex-pats in Cyprus this is one of our Advanced Courses, or as we would say “Ya dou’s ex’ib’nous” aka ”for those in the know” 😉
We’ll kick you off with a few numbers …
| One | Ena |
|---|---|
| Two | The'oh |
| Three | Dree'ah |
| Four | Dess'eh'rah |
| Five | Ben'deh |
| Six | S'exi |
| Seven | f'tah |
| Eight | Occ'toh |
| Nine | N'yia |
| Ten | Theh'gah |
| Eleven | En'de'gah |
| Twelve | Thoh'theh'gah |
| Thirteen | The'gah'dree'ah |
| Fourteen | Theh'ga'dess'eh'ra |
| And so on ... | Sin'eh'he'ah |
| Twenty | Eee'goss'ie |
| Thirty | Dree'an'dah |
| Forty | Sa'ran'dah |
| Fifty | Bay'in'dah |
| Sixty | Ex'sin'dah |
| Seventy | Eff'thoh'min'dah |
| Eighty | Occ'thon'dah |
| Ninety | N'en'nin'dah |
| One Hundred | Egg'ah'doh |
| Let's go | Bah'men |
| Shopping | Psoum'nis'ma |
| Are you open? | Iss'eh an'nik'tos? |
| Can I have? | Bor'oh nah ehho? |
| Pink | Roz |
| Please | Se'barra'galloh |
| One of those | En'ah aff'toh |
| Thank you | Eff'harris'toh |
| And | Keh |
| It's | In'neh |
| Too big | Mehg'al'on |
| Black | Mav'ron |
| Too small | Mig'ron |
| Blue | Bleh |
| Too tight | Ss'fig'tonn |
| Red | Gok'kinnoh |
| Too loose | Tart |
| Green | Bras'inoh |
| Too high | Pssy'lon |
| Too short | Gone'doh |
| Yellow | Gid'rie'non |
| Too low | Ham'me'lon |
| Grey | Griz'zoh |
| Do you have? | Eh'heh'deh |
| I want | The'loh |
| I don't want | Then the'loh |
| I like it | Mou ar'ezzie |
| I don't like | Then mou ar'ezzie |
| I need | Hri'azz'oh |
| Can I? | Borro'na |
| Try | Tho'kim'ass'oh |
| This one | Doo'doh |
| A bit bigger | B'yio meg'al'on |
| Nice | Orr'a'oh |
| That one | Gin'noh |
| A bit smaller | B'yio mig'ron |
| Perfect | Del'lee'oh |
| Bikini | Big'ginni |
| One piece | Mono gom'mado |
| Ok | N'daxi |
| I suppose | Mal'lon |
| Wrap it up | Dee'lick'seh'doh |
| Do you take? | B'yian'niz? |
| Cards | Garth'da |
| Cash | Med'rie'da |
| Pounds | Lee'rez |
| Where's? | Boo'inneh |
| The Bank | E drab'ezza |
| The Money | Da' Rie'al'yia |
| Cheque | Ee'bid'oh'yie |
| Stamps | Gramma'dof'filoh |
| Envelope | Fag'ill'loh |
| Gold | Hriss'son |
| Silver | Ass'see'meno |
| Leather | There'ma'din'oh |
| How much? | Boss'sah |
| HOW MUCH?!!! | BOSSSSA?!!! |
MIX & MATCH
Can I have some money to go shopping?
Borro nah ehho riealyia na bahmen psoumnisma?
That black one is too big!
Ginnoh doh mav’roh inneh mehgalon
It’s very nice here
Inneh orr’a’oh thameh
One for the ladies … don’t go shopping without it!
By Tony Dynamou
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