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Modern Greek for Indian Students (Twentieth Lesson)

Lesson 20 celebrates the completion of the Greek language course, focusing on vital survival phrases, humorous swears, and jokes essential for interaction in Greece. Key phrases include emergency-related expressions, polite and strong swearing for various contexts, and engaging bar jokes that reflect Greek culture. Students are encouraged to prepare for their final exam by responding to personal prompts in Greek, solidifying fluency for everyday conversations. A "Greek Survival Kit" with ten practical expressions is introduced, fostering confidence in real-life situations. The lesson concludes with encouragement to embrace Greek culture like a local and an invitation for further learning. Congratulations are extended to participants for their achievement.
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Lesson 20 of 20: Graduation Day โ€“ Survival Greek, Swearing, Jokes & Your Final Exam ฮฃฯ…ฮณฯ‡ฮฑฯฮทฯ„ฮฎฯฮนฮฑ!

You made it to the end. This lesson is pure fun + the last tools you need to survive (and thrive) as a real Greek speaker.

1. Emergency & survival phrases (memorise these 8)

  1. ฮ’ฮฟฮฎฮธฮตฮนฮฑ! VO-ee-thee-a! Help!
  2. ฮšฮฑฮปฮญฯƒฯ„ฮต ฮฑฯƒฯ„ฯ…ฮฝฮฟฮผฮฏฮฑ / ฮฑฯƒฮธฮตฮฝฮฟฯ†ฯŒฯฮฟ! ka-LEH-steh as-tee-no-MEE-a / as-theh-no-FO-ro Call the police / ambulance!
  3. ฮงฮฌฮธฮทฮบฮฑ! KHA-thee-ka! Iโ€™m lost!
  4. ฮ ฮฟฯ ฮตฮฏฮฝฮฑฮน ฮท ฯ„ฮฟฯ…ฮฑฮปฮญฯ„ฮฑ; Poo EE-neh ee too-a-LEH-ta? Whereโ€™s the toilet?
  5. ฮœฯ€ฮฟฯฮตฮฏฯ„ฮต ฮฝฮฑ ฮผฮต ฯ€ฮฌฯ„ฮต ฯƒฯ„ฮฟ ฮฝฮฟฯƒฮฟฮบฮฟฮผฮตฮฏฮฟ; bo-REE-teh na meh PAH-teh sto nos-o-ko-MEE-o Can you take me to the hospital?
  6. ฮˆฯ‡ฯ‰ ฯ‡ฮฌฯƒฮตฮน ฯ„ฮฟ ฯ€ฮฟฯฯ„ฮฟฯ†ฯŒฮปฮน ฮผฮฟฯ… EH-ho KHA-see to por-to-FO-lee moo I lost my wallet
  7. ฮˆฯ‡ฮตฮน ฯ†ฯ‰ฯ„ฮนฮฌ! EH-hee fo-TYA! Fire!
  8. ฮœฮทฮฝ ฮฑฮฝฮทฯƒฯ…ฯ‡ฮตฮฏฯ„ฮต, ฮตฮฏฮผฮฑฮน ฮบฮฑฮปฮฌ Meen a-nee-see-KHEE-teh, EE-meh ka-LAH Donโ€™t worry, Iโ€™m fine

2. Polite & not-so-polite swearing (use with caution!)

LevelPhrasePronunciationWhen to use
Mildฮ†ฮฝฯ„ฮต ฮผฯ‰ฯฮญโ€ฆAN-deh mo-REHโ€œCome onโ€ฆโ€ / mild annoyance
Mediumฮกฮต ฯ€ฮฟฯฯƒฯ„ฮท ฮผฮฟฯ…reh POO-stee mooโ€œDamn it!โ€ (very common, not literal)
Strongฮ“ฮฑฮผฯŽฯ„ฮฟ / ฮ“ฮฑฮผฯŽ ฯ„ฮท ฯ„ฯฯ‡ฮท ฮผฮฟฯ…gha-MO-to / gha-MO tee TEE-khee mooโ€œDamn it!โ€ / โ€œF*ck my luck!โ€
Nuclearฮ†ฮน ฯ€ฮฑฯฮฌฯ„ฮฑ ฮผฮฑฯ‚ / ฮ†ฮฝฯ„ฮต ฯƒฯ„ฮฟ ฮดฮนฮฌฮฟฮปฮฟEye pa-RA-ta mas / AN-deh sto THYA-o-loโ€œGet lost!โ€ / โ€œGo to hell!โ€

Greeks swear a lot but affectionately โ€” context is everything!

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3. Classic Greek jokes (tell these in a bar and youโ€™re officially accepted)

Joke 1 ฮˆฮปฮปฮทฮฝฮฑฯ‚ ฯ„ฮฟฯ…ฯฮฏฯƒฯ„ฮฑฯ‚ ฯƒฯ„ฮทฮฝ ฮ•ฮปฮฒฮตฯ„ฮฏฮฑ ฮฒฮปฮญฯ€ฮตฮน ฮญฮฝฮฑ ฯฮฟฮปฯŒฮน ฮบฮฟฯฮบฮฟฮบ ฮบฮฑฮน ฯฯ‰ฯ„ฮฌฮตฮน ฯ„ฮฟฮฝ ฮ•ฮปฮฒฮตฯ„ฯŒ: ยซฮคฮน ฯŽฯฮฑ ฮตฮฏฮฝฮฑฮน;ยป ฮŸ ฮ•ฮปฮฒฮตฯ„ฯŒฯ‚: ยซฮ•ฮฏฮฝฮฑฮน 11:47 ฮบฮฑฮน 38 ฮดฮตฯ…ฯ„ฮตฯฯŒฮปฮตฯ€ฯ„ฮฑ.ยป ฮŸ ฮˆฮปฮปฮทฮฝฮฑฯ‚: ยซฮ‘ ฮผฯ€ฯฮฌฮฒฮฟโ€ฆ ฮตฮผฮตฮฏฯ‚ ฯƒฯ„ฮทฮฝ ฮ•ฮปฮปฮฌฮดฮฑ ฮฑฮบฯŒฮผฮฑ 11:30 ฮญฯ‡ฮฟฯ…ฮผฮต!ยป

Joke 2 ฮ ฯŽฯ‚ ฮปฮญฮณฮตฯ„ฮฑฮน ฮฟ ฮšฮนฮฝฮญฮถฮฟฯ‚ ฯ€ฮฟฯ… ฮผฮญฮฝฮตฮน ฮผฯŒฮฝฮนฮผฮฑ ฯƒฯ„ฮทฮฝ ฮ•ฮปฮปฮฌฮดฮฑ; ฮœฮญฮฝฮตฮน-ฮœฮญฮฝฮตฮน!

4. Your final exam โ€“ speak this out loud (record it!)

Answer in full Greek sentences:

  1. ฮ ฮตฯ‚ ฮผฮฟฯ… 3 ฯ€ฯฮฌฮณฮผฮฑฯ„ฮฑ ฯ€ฮฟฯ… ฮปฮฑฯ„ฯฮตฯฮตฮนฯ‚ ฮบฮฑฮน 2 ฯ€ฮฟฯ… ฮฒฮฑฯฮนฮญฯƒฮฑฮน.
  2. ฮ ฮตฯ‚ ฯ„ฮน ฮญฮบฮฑฮฝฮตฯ‚ ฯ‡ฮธฮตฯ‚ ฯ„ฮฟ ฮฒฯฮฌฮดฯ….
  3. ฮ ฮตฯ‚ ฯ€ฯŽฯ‚ ฮตฮฏฮฝฮฑฮน ฮท ฮนฮดฮฑฮฝฮนฮบฮฎ ฯƒฮฟฯ… ฮผฮญฯฮฑ ฯƒฯ„ฮทฮฝ ฮ•ฮปฮปฮฌฮดฮฑ.
  4. ฮฆฮปฮญฯฯ„ฮฑฯฮต ฮบฮฌฯ€ฮฟฮนฮฟฮฝ/ฮบฮฌฯ€ฮฟฮนฮฑ ฯƒฮต 3 ฯ€ฯฮฟฯ„ฮฌฯƒฮตฮนฯ‚.
  5. ฮ ฮตฯ‚ ฮผฮนฮฑ ฮผฮนฮบฯฮฎ ฮนฯƒฯ„ฮฟฯฮฏฮฑ ฮฑฯ€ฯŒ ฯ„ฮนฯ‚ ฯ„ฮตฮปฮตฯ…ฯ„ฮฑฮฏฮตฯ‚ ฮดฮนฮฑฮบฮฟฯ€ฮญฯ‚ ฯƒฮฟฯ….

(If you can do all 5 without looking โ€” you are officially fluent enough for 99 % of real-life situations!)

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5. Your Greek Survival Kit โ€“ the 10 golden lines you now own

  1. ฮคฮน ฮปฮญฮตฮน; / ฮคฮน ฮณฮฏฮฝฮตฯ„ฮฑฮน;
  2. ฮ ฯŽฯ‚ ฯ€ฮฌฮผฮต ฮณฮนฮฑ ฮบฮฑฯ†ฮญ/ฯ€ฮฟฯ„ฯŒ;
  3. ฮœฮฟฯ… ฮฑฯฮญฯƒฮตฮน ฯ€ฮฌฯฮฑ ฯ€ฮฟฮปฯ ฮตฮดฯŽ!
  4. ฮ ฯŒฯƒฮฟ ฮบฮฌฮฝฮตฮน; โ†’ ฮœฯ€ฮฟฯฮตฮฏฯ„ฮต ฮฝฮฑ ฮผฮฟฯ… ฮบฮฌฮฝฮตฯ„ฮต ฮบฮฑฮปฯฯ„ฮตฯฮท ฯ„ฮนฮผฮฎ;
  5. ฮˆฮปฮฑ ฮผฯ‰ฯฮญ, ฮผฮทฮฝ ฮฑฮณฯ‡ฯŽฮฝฮตฯƒฮฑฮน!
  6. ฮ“ฮตฮนฮฑ ฮผฮฑฯ‚! / ฮฃฯ„ฮทฮฝ ฯ…ฮณฮตฮนฮฌ ฮผฮฑฯ‚!
  7. ฮ˜ฮฑ ฯ€ฮฌฯ‰ ฮผฮนฮฑ ฮฒฯŒฮปฯ„ฮฑ.
  8. ฮœโ€™ ฮฑฯฮญฯƒฮตฮนฯ‚. ฮ˜ฮญฮปฮตฮนฯ‚ ฮฝฮฑ ฮฒฮณฮฟฯฮผฮต;
  9. ฮ•ฮฏฮผฮฑฮน ฯ‡ฮฌฮปฮนฮฑ / ฮ•ฮฏฮผฮฑฮน ฯ„ฮญฮปฮตฮนฮฑ!
  10. ฮŸฯฯ†, ฮณฮฑฮผฯŽฯ„ฮฟโ€ฆ ฯ€ฮฌฮปฮน ฮฑฯฮณฮฎฯƒฮฑ!

ฮคฮ•ฮ›ฮŸฮฃ!

ฮ•ฮฏฯƒฮฑฮน ฯ€ฮนฮฑ ฮˆฮปฮปฮทฮฝฮฑฯ‚/ฮ•ฮปฮปฮทฮฝฮฏฮดฮฑ ฯƒฯ„ฮทฮฝ ฮบฮฑฯฮดฮนฮฌ ฮบฮฑฮน ฯƒฯ„ฮท ฮณฮปฯŽฯƒฯƒฮฑ. ฮ ฮฎฮณฮฑฮนฮฝฮต ฮญฮพฯ‰, ฮผฮฏฮปฮฑ, ฯ†ฮปฮญฯฯ„ฮฑฯฮต, ฯ€ฮฑฮถฮฌฯฮตฯˆฮต, ฮณฮบฯฮฏฮฝฮนฮฑฮพฮต, ฯ†ฮฌฮต, ฯ€ฮนฮตฯ‚, ฯ‡ฯŒฯฮตฯˆฮต ฮบฮฑฮน ฮฑฯ€ฯŒฮปฮฑฯ…ฯƒฮต ฯ„ฮทฮฝ ฮ•ฮปฮปฮฌฮดฮฑ ฯƒฮฑฮฝ ฮฝฯ„ฯŒฯ€ฮนฮฟฯ‚!

ฮ‘ฮฝ ฯ€ฮฟฯ„ฮญ ฮธฮตฯ‚ ฮตฯ€ฮฑฮฝฮฌฮปฮทฯˆฮท, ฯ€ฮนฮฟ ฯ€ฯฮฟฯ‡ฯ‰ฯฮทฮผฮญฮฝฮฑ, ฮดฮนฮฌฮปฮตฮบฯ„ฮฑ ฮšฯฮฎฯ„ฮทฯ‚/ฮšฯฯ€ฯฮฟฯ… ฮฎ ฮฝฮฑ ฮผฮฌฮธฮฟฯ…ฮผฮต ฮฝฮฑ ฮฒฯฮฏฮถฮตฮนฯ‚ ฯƒฮฑฮฝ ฮฝฮฑฯ…ฯ„ฮนฮบฯŒฯ‚โ€ฆ ฮฑฯ€ฮปฮฌ ฯ€ฮตฯ‚ ฮผฮฟฯ….

ฮšฮฑฮปฮฎ ฯ„ฯฯ‡ฮท, ฯ†ฮฏฮปฮต/ฯ†ฮฏฮปฮท ฮผฮฟฯ… โ€” ฮบฮฑฮน ฮฮฑ ฯ€ฮตฯฮฝฮฌฯ‚ ฯ„ฮญฮปฮตฮนฮฑ ฯ€ฮฌฮฝฯ„ฮฑ! ฮฃฯ„ฮทฮฝ ฯ…ฮณฮตฮนฮฌ ฯƒฮฟฯ…!

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ฮคฮ•ฮ›ฮŸฮฃ ฮ ฮกฮŸฮ“ฮกฮ‘ฮœฮœฮ‘ฮคฮŸฮฃ โ€“ ฮฃฮฅฮ“ฮงฮ‘ฮกฮ—ฮคฮ—ฮกฮ™ฮ‘!


Modern Greek for Indian Students

By Tanmoy Bhattacharyya

Howrah District Court

22 November 2025


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  1. Modern Greek for Indian Students (First Lesson)
  2. Modern Greek for Indian Students (Second Lesson)
  3. Modern Greek for Indian Students (Third Lesson)
  4. Modern Greek for Indian Students (Forth Lesson)
  5. Modern Greek for Indian Students (Fifth Lesson)
  6. Modern Greek for Indian Students (Sixth Lesson)
  7. Modern Greek for Indian Students (Seventh Lesson)
  8. Modern Greek for Indian Students (Eighth Lesson)
  9. Modern Greek for Indian Students (Ninth Lesson)
  10. Modern Greek for Indian Students (Tenth Lesson)
  11. Modern Greek for Indian Students (Eleventh Lesson)
  12. Modern Greek for Indian Students (Twelth Lesson)
  13. Modern Greek for Indian Students (Thirteenth Lesson)
  14. Modern Greek for Indian Students (Fourteenth Lesson)
  15. Modern Greek for Indian Students (Fifteenth Lesson)
  16. Modern Greek for Indian Students (Sixteenth Lesson)
  17. Modern Greek for Indian Students (Seventeenth Lesson)
  18. Modern Greek for Indian Students (Eighteenth Lesson)
  19. Modern Greek for Indian Students (Nineteenth Lesson)
  20. Modern Greek for Indian Students (Twentieth Lesson)
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