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[pantheman]

Ναι Troodos είναι πολύ καλύτερο το καλοκαίρι. Αλλά έχω πολλή εργασία που κάνει στο σπίτι μας εκεί. Όταν τελειώνω επόμενος το Σεπτέμβριο πρέπει να τον χρωματίσω όλοι. Κάποιες διακοπές;

Het RichardB, this gives you away χρωματίσω όλοι, i assume you mean paint them all ?? as opposed to colour everyone ?

Have a nice holiday, anyway.

[RichardB]

Actually i meant paint IT all

Better keep practicing

Still I get by
.

[paliometoxo]

thats good ur doing well.. how long have you been learning for?

[RichardB]

I've never had a formal lesson in my life. But having a Cypriot wife and Family helps

My spoken Cypriot is better than my written, But I get some strange looks from Nicosians when they here a Brit speaking with a vllage dialect (could be worse I suupose ..It could be a paphos dialect)

Plus I have lived and worked in Cyprus for about 9 years out of the last 20 So its been a case of learn or dont earn.

Hope to be permanently in Cyprus by next summer latest

[pantheman]

Actually i meant paint IT all

Better keep practicing

Still I get by
.

RichardB, no offence intended mate. I make similar mistakes. I guess thats how they know we are not locals euh?

[RichardB]

I dont take any offence pantherman half the fun of learning is being able to laugh at the mistakes

Sometines I've had the locals laughing so much they've even waived the "Brit Tax"

[Spetz]

I am half Cypriot but haven't spend much time here

And funny... you guys type village talk!

[paliometoxo]

i wish my cousins in england wanted to learn like you english.. my auntie married an english guy but he refused to learn greek so it was hard. and now my cousins.. his sons dont really speak greek at all one wants to learn and the other has no intrest in learning any

[RichardB]

My son speaks pretty fluent Greek

But in General we Brits are miles behind when it comes to learning languages

Most of the time they work on the principle that if people dont understand English then all you have to do is shout LOUDER

[paliometoxo]

lol good idea.. a few people i know here refuse to learn english also but mostly everyone speaks it even the 15 yr old girls know alot.