I always carried around my moleskin notepad with me and it came in quite handy as a translation aid. Any time I learned a new word, I'd write it down in my book. Here are all the words I learned (written phonetically):
Yes: Neh
No: Ohi
Hello (formal): Yassus
Hello (informal): Yassou
Good morning: Kali merra
Good evening: Kali sperra
Good night: Kali nicht
(you'll note that there's no "Good Afternoon" because everyone is napping during the siesta!)
Good: Kala
See you later: Tha Teh Pumeh
Beautiful: Orayo
Please: seh perakalo
Thank you: Efarrysto
Your welcome: parakalo
Cheers: Yammous
Bathroom: Banyo (also same word for beach...that's awkward!)
Hot: zesty
I love you: Sa ga po
ice cream: Pa ga toh
I love you, ice cream: Sa ga po, pa ga toh
How are you: Ti kanateh
I like: Moo aressi
Everything: Ola
Sorry, excuse me: Signomi
of course: veh veh
What is that: ti nefto
What time is it: ti ora eena
water: nero
Many years (as in Happy Birthday): Kronya pola
very, many: poli
watermelon: karpuzi
later: mehta
only: mono
food: fagitoh
I eat: Tro
every: kathay
good luck: Kali tikhi
with: Meh
Fish: Psari
Fresh: Fresca
Greece: Ellatha
One: Enna
Two: Theo
Three: Tria
Four: Tessayra
Five: Penteh
Six: Ecksi
Seven: upta
Eight: Ochto
Nine: Ennia
Ten: Thecka
I also learned how to read Greek. I couldn't comprehend what I was reading - and I could only read if it was all capitals - but I could read it! Here is a lexicon for what each letter sounds like:
Γ: Y or G sound
Θ: Thhh
Ψ: Pss
Φ: Fff
Ξ: Kss
Π: P
Λ: L
Σ: S
Δ: Th (as in the)
P: R
V: N
Ω: O
Y: ee
X: phlegmy kh
B: V
MΠ: B
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