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[paliometoxo]

very good ideas u have there.. apart from the learning both languages part... id not want my kids learning turkish only if they wanted to

[SN]

"Ti kaneis?" is "How are you" in Greek

"Inda pou kamnei?" is "How are you" in Cypriot Greek

OR

"Pou einai to maheri?" is "Where is the knife" in Greek, and your answer would be "Ekei"--"over there"

"Pou ein ton masheri?" is "Where is the knife" in Cypriot Greek and your answer would be "jame"--"over there"

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Niyaz, ta fwta sou parakalw

So i had mate and one day in uni he said something like ''Oi Koumpare inda pou laleis?Lalw sou en eshei lathos''

I freaked out.I didnt understand a word and i started laughing and he started laughing as well bsc i was laughing non stop for 2 minutes.We were a spectacle.

So would that mean??? ''No man what are you saying?.It is perfect''???
He had explained but i forgot.Anyway everytime i think of the Greek Cypriot dialect i remember this phrase always

[paliometoxo]

or jaxame is more xwrkatika - village talk ;p

[SN]

or jaxame???

Translation please.The Kalamarades do not know these stuff:)

[paliometoxo]

jaxame... jame .. ekei - some ellines get angry if you call them Kalamaraes and others not

[SN]

jaxame... jame .. ekei - some ellines get angry if you call them Kalamaraes and others not

I thought Kalamaras is not derogatory.But maybe you say it in a derogatory way Anyhow most mainlanders dont actually care.I dont anyway.

[paliometoxo]

once i called this girl kalamarou and she started shouting at me and other times they dont care.. like u thats why i always use ellines now so i dont offend some of you i was in rodos, they speak cypriot dialect also in that part they like to use the word "malaka" alot.. in cyprus the word is used to differently

[SN]

once i called this girl kalamarou and she started shouting at me and other times they dont care.. like u thats why i always use ellines now so i dont offend some of you i was in rodos, they speak cypriot dialect also in that part they like to use the word "malaka" alot.. in cyprus the word is used to differently

Actually nowhere in Greece do they speak so differently from the mainlanders.In Rhodes for example there is a similarity with the Cypriot dialect but i actually understand a Rhodian 100%.Sometimes if a Cypriot talks to fast i miss a few words here and there.
Kasos maybe is closer to the Cypriot dialect.

But maybe you are confusing the accent in Rhodes ,Kasos,Kastelorizo with the Cypriot accent.The accents are almost the same BUT the Cypriot dialect has words that are not intelligible to the Dodekanese.

[Eric dayi]

cadaunovera , if we are going to live in peace with our compatriots , and yes after 400 plus years in Cyprus , they are Cypriots , we are going to have to get along with them. If we carry on as an extension of Greece we will not.
I'm a Cypriot and a Greek in that order .My allegiance is to my birth country first , my adopted country second , and subsequently to Europe America and the West of which Greece is part of.
I understand the concept of Hellenism but I also respect the rights of the T/Cs not to participate in a national anthem belonging to a foreign country.
Cyprus will prosper and will find the ultimate solution only if our focus is directed towards the Cypriot identity , and the Greek National anthem along with the Greek flag should not be a stumbling block to our progress.

"we are going to have to get along with them."

What does this tell us about how the senile old fool sees us TCs?

It's not "we want to" but it's "we are going to have to"


Thanks but no thanks, we don't want to live with people who would just tolerate us because they have no other choice.

[boomerang]

slip slop slap
here is
a turkey slap

just for you ricco enjoy