Dictionary
Below you'll find a brief dictionary with phonetic translations of a number of English words into Greek. Greeks find it very polite when you try to speak a little Greek to them. When you try to use some of the words below they will treat you polite and try to communicate with you in a language that you do speak. People who want to travel to the interior of Crete themselves should consider buying a Greek phrasebook.
General use
| Yes | nè |
| No | ochhie |
| Maybe | iesos |
| Thank you very much. | èfchariesto |
| Good morning | kaliemèra |
| Good afternoon | kaliemèra / kaliespèra |
| Good night | kaliespèra |
| I am ... | to onoma moe iene |
| Wat does it cost? | poso kostieza aftos |
| How are you doing? | tie kanete |
| I don't speak Greek. | dhè mielao èllienieka |
| I don't understand you. | dhè sas katalawèno |
| I am Dutch. | ieme ollandhos |
| I come from Holland / Belgium. | ieme apo tien ollandhia / to weljo |
| Do you speak German or English? | mielate jermanieka ie anglieka |
| Please! | orieste |
| I'm sorry | liepamè |
| Excuse me | mè sienchorietè |
| I would like... | qa ieqèla |
| Where is ...? | poe ienè ...? |
| How do I come to ...? | pos na pao st ...? |
| Bus | leoforio |
| Turn left | ariestèra |
| Turn Right | dhèxja |
| Straight out | iesia |
| Good luck! | kalie epietiechia! |
| Bye bye! | adiego! |
Days
| Monday | dhèftèra |
| Tuesday | trietie |
| Wednesday | tètartie |
| Thursday | pèmptie |
| Friday | paraskjèwie |
| Saturday | sawato |
| Sanday | kjierjakjie |
| Tomorrow | awrio |
| Yesterday | chtes |
| The day after tomorrow | metawrio |
| The day before yesterday | prochtes |
Months
| January | ianoearios |
| February | fewroearios |
| March | martios |
| April | aprielios |
| May | maïos |
| June | ioenios |
| July | ioelios |
| August | awgoestos |
| September | septemwrios |
| October | oktowrios |
| November | noemwrios |
| December | dhekjemwrios |
Numbers
| 1 | èna |
| 2 | dhieo |
| 3 | tries |
| 4 | tèssèra |
| 5 | pèndè |
| 6 | èxie |
| 7 | èfta |
| 8 | ochto |
| 9 | ènnja |
| 10 | dhèka |
| 11 | èndhèka |
| 12 | dhodhèka |
| 13 | dhèkatriesa |
| 14 | dhèkatèssèra |
| 15 | dhèkapèndè |
| 16 | dhèkaèxie |
| 17 | dhèkaèfta |
| 18 | dhèkaochto |
| 19 | dhèkaènnja |
| 20 | iekosie |
| 21 | iekosie ènas |
| 21 | iekosie dhio |
| 30 | trieanda |
| 40 | saranda |
| 50 | pènienda |
| 60 | èxienda |
| 70 | èwdhomienda |
| 80 | oghonda |
| 90 | ènnènienda |
| 100 | èkato |
| 200 | dhiakosiie |
| 500 | pèndakosiie |
| 1.000 | chhieljie |
| 10.000 | dhèka chieljadhès |
| 100.000 | èkato chieljadhès |
| 1.000.000 | èna èkatommierjo |
