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[paliometoxo]

just wonderd... ive never seen a kypraia intrested in learning turkish thats all.. infact all my friends would never step foot or talk to a turk let alone learn turkish... and you saying you want to made me wonder why ... no its not 100% good its 300% good

[LENA]

just wonderd... ive never seen a kypraia intrested in learning turkish thats all.. infact all my friends would never step foot or talk to a turk let alone learn turkish... and you saying you want to made me wonder why ... no its not 100% good its 300% good

My dear, I have never been an example of any rule...I am always one of the exceptions...so nice to meet me...I am the first one you know who has friends from Turkey, TC, GC, Russian, Greek...and love Turkish...I admit that I used to hate them and get upset with the sound of a Turkish song...Now I even dance in their rhythm...

By the way the last few months I have spoken, meet, gone out, chat, laugh etc with TC and Turks in a daily base that can cover you absent and your friends absent.

[Cyprus4MeSoon]

i first must learn to speak english perfectly then go for turkish..... my english is not 100% yet lol but it would be nice to learn turkish... not sure how offen i would use it but as you say Leon it is the two languages of our country and its nice to learn it

Hi paliometoxo,

I think your english is excellent, far better than my Greek though I am trying to learn a little for when we move to Cyprus.
I would give you the 100% on effort, which sadly I could not give myself on speaking or writing Greek! Maybe one day though

[paliometoxo]

sure ive had friends from turkey also and they where called adem and sefa....one guy turkkish cypriot who came to the south to avoid army in north and work here he was a nice guy to... we are very similar in the wa we are i think.

Cyprus4MeSoon:
Thanks thats nice of you to say. I have not heard or seen you speak.. but i am sure its better then my english
but also once your in cyprus you will speak it alot more and you practise to so within no time you will speak fluently. Do you have cypriot friends in england or over here atm?

[Cyprus4MeSoon]

sure ive had friends from turkey also and they where called adem and sefa....one guy turkkish cypriot who came to the south to avoid army in north and work here he was a nice guy to... we are very similar in the wa we are i think.

Cyprus4MeSoon:
Thanks thats nice of you to say. I have not heard or seen you speak.. but i am sure its better then my english
but also once your in cyprus you will speak it alot more and you practise to so within no time you will speak fluently. Do you have cypriot friends in england or over here atm?

I assure you that my Greek at the moment is rubbish But I am trying. I have Cypriot friends over there that are helping me, but I am still finding it very hard. I have a Cypriot friend in the UK, but he only speaks English to me so he is no help, and laughs when I try and practice speaking Greek to him, so I have given up!!

I sure I will get there in the end, even if it is only a few phrases to help me get by and to show that I am trying

[paliometoxo]

tell him you would like to practice and make him speak greek only ;p

bt when your in cyprus going to the shops and day to day things that in england you would use english here you practise every day wherever you go and it will help.... when did you say your coming to cy?

[Marz]

So far no Turks have put their hand up. Maybe Cypriot is too hard to learn.

[Cyprus4MeSoon]

tell him you would like to practice and make him speak greek only ;p

bt when your in cyprus going to the shops and day to day things that in england you would use english here you practise every day wherever you go and it will help.... when did you say your coming to cy?

I will be coming over to Cyprus several times over the next few months, but do not actually move there until the end of year.
I will do as you say and practice when I am over there in the local shops and hopefully in time it will become better, or at least to the stage that I don't get laughed at

I have told my friend here that I want to practice, but he just laughs and tells me that I will never learn the language.
He said what a lot of people are saying on this forum, and that is, people in Cyprus speak English, and unless we are fluent in Greek, then they will speak to us in English to avoid any misunderstandings or confusion!
But I think it would still be nice to learn some basics

[paliometoxo]

yes most people will do that jst speak to u in english. but if you tell them you understand and to speak to you in greek they will speak and ask you alot if you understand..

also theere are classes at the university you can take to learn to read and write greek if your intrested or need it, then when you feel ok to speak it better you can tell them, see how well i learn. If they laugh at your greek, you laugh at their english lol ;p

[Cyprus4MeSoon]

Thanks paliometoxo, I will carry on practicing and do what you say if anyone laughs